"It is not many years since the production of such a pillar would have been impossibility in the largest foundries of the world, and even now there are comparatively few where a similar mass of metal could be turned out."
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Academics from IrelandFellows of the Royal SocietyPeople from DublinGeologists from IrelandNaturalists from Ireland
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About the Iron pillar in Delhi.
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Valentine Ball
1802 – 1857
Valentine Ball (14 July 1843 – 15 June 1895) was an Irish geologist, son of Robert Ball (1802–1857) and a brother of Sir Robert Ball. Ball worked in the Geological Survey of India for twenty years before returning to take up a position in Ireland.
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