Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Royal Geological Society of Cornwall The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society based in Penzance, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world, after the Geological Society of London which was founded in 1807. The first President of the society was Davies Gilbert, the first Secretary John Ayrton Paris, and other notable members include Humphry Davy (some of whose papers are held by the Society), and William Gregor, who discovered titanium. The society's first premises was
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra The Essential Electric Light Orchestra The Essential Electric Light Orchestra is a single CD, US-only compilation album by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 2003. It is part of Sony Music's "The Essential" series. It was preceded by US compilations "Olé ELO" in 1976 and "" in 1995. On 2 September 2008 an eco-friendly repackage of this album called "Playlist: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra" was released and included a multimedia section on the CD with photos, credits and two new wallpapers. A third re-release in 2011 expanded the original album to include a second disc and