On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Hal Opperman wrote:
> Does anyone really believe, because we call a particular hump in Colorado
> "Pike's Peak," that it ever belonged to Zebulon Pike? Or that "Boyle's
> Law" is the personal property of Robert Boyle and his descendants? No more

It's Pikes Peak. The USGS did, in fact, decide that geologic features
don't belong to anyone. No apostophes. The chemists, however, do let
Boyle keep his law.

Kelly Cassidy -- Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Box 357980, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
kelly at u.washington.edu --- 206-685-4195 --- 206-368-8076