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From Rugby to the Andaman Islands
In 1874 Oldham (age 16) publishes a 7 page article on the Chalk of southern England in the Rugby school Journal of Natural History. Geology was taught by the Rev. J. M. Wilson in the third year of a four year course for students taking natural sciences. and the Rugby Nat. Hist. Soc. was founded in 1867 and held 12 meetings a year with an attendance of 25-32. In 1868 there were 16 meetings.
Oldham's 1897 glossary contains numerous mining terms but defines an earthquake."A shaking of the earth's surface by some subterranean force. It is a wave of elastic compression produced in the crust of the earth by some sudden exertion of force in the interior"
In a note following Oldham's Naini Tal article Medlicott speaks of the 22 year old Oldham:
"My youngest colleague Mr. Richard D. Oldham, happening to be in Kumaon at the time, I asked him to give me an account of the disastrous landslip at Naini Tal. The foregoing excellent paper is the result . It is Mr Oldham's first contribution to the publications of the Survey and the accurate observation and strict reasoning, and good form it evinces, give high promise of fruitful work to come. "
Three years later Medlicott in his 1883 report (22 Jan 1884) remarks of Oldham's Jaonsar findings in the lower Himalaya near Simla.
All this may seem a little wild but a perusal of Mr. Oldham's paper will show that he thoroughly understands what he is about, and has completely protected his position; that if he scorns grooves and is somewhat reckless with antecedent probabilites, he has on the other hand a wholesome faith in close observation and sound reasoning.
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1874
Geological Expedition to the Wyken Colliery near Coventry, Rep. Natural History Society of Rugby School for 1874, 26-27 (1874)
Subwealdon Explorations, Rep. Natural History Society of Rugby School for 1874, 17-22 (1874)
1879
Geological Glossary for the use of students, by the late Thomas Oldham, edited by R. D. Oldham, Stanford, (1879) (prefaced "Rugby May 27 1879"). pp. 62.
1880
Note on the Naini Tal landslip (18 September 1880). Rec. Geol. Surv. India 13, 277-282 (1880).google access
1882
The Cachar earthquake of 10th January, 1869, by the late Thomas Oldham edited by R. D. Oldham, Mem. Geol. Soc Ind, XIX, 1-98, (1882)
The thermal springs of India, by the late Thomas Oldham edited by R. D. Oldham, Mem. Geol. Surv. of India, 19, 99-161 Calcutta, (1882). [286 locations of hot springs in India, mostly with coordinates, compiled from three earlier sources and supplemented by new data]
A catalogue of Indian earthquakes from the earliest time to the end of A.D. 1869, by the late Thomas Oldham edited by R. D. Oldham, Mem. Geol. Surv. India, 19, 163-215 (1882)
Report on the geology of parts of Manipur and the Naga Hills Mem. Geol. Surv. India, 19(4), 217-242 (1882)
1883
Note on the Geology of Jaonsar, Rec. Geol. Surv. India 16(4), 193-198, (1883).google access
Notes on a traverse between Almora and Mussoorie, Rec. Geol. Surv. India 16, 1162-164, (1883).google access
Presentation of a photograph of an Edict of Asoka at Kalsi in Jaonsar. Proc Asiatic Soc Bengal July-August 120-121 1883
1884
Note on the earthquake of 31 December 1881, Rec.Geol. Surv. India,17(2) 47-53 (1884). Rec.Geol. Surv. google access.
On the rediscovery of certain localities for fossils in the Siwalik beds Rec. Geol. Surv. India, 17, 78-79 (1884) google figure only
Note on the Geology of Gangasulan Pargana of British Garhwal, Rec. Geol. Surv. India, 17, 161-167, (1884)first page missing in google
Note on the smooth water anchorages of the Travancore coast. Rec. Geol. Surv. India,17, 190-192, (1884). google access
Rough notes for the construction of a chapter on the History of the Earth, J. As. Soc. Bengal 53(2), 3, 187-198 (1884); summary Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 145-147, (1884).
On fossil bones from the Jumna Alluvium, Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 159-161, (1884) 5 Nov 1884 at 9 pm in Calcutta Oldham opens thus"I have to bring before your notice this evening what I may safely describe as one of the most important discoveries communicated to the society in recent years".
Double-storied houses and concave roofs, Nature, 8 May 1884.
1885
Note on the probable age of the Mandhali series in the Lower Himalaya, Rec. Geol. Surv. India,18, 77-78, (1885) google access
Memorandum on the probability of obtaining water by means of Artesian wells in the plains of Upper India. Rec. Geol. Surv. India,18, 110-112, (1885). google first page only
Notes on the Geology of the Andaman Islands Rec. Geol. Surv. India,18, 135-145, (1885).google link
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