◼ On camera, Rick Perry addresses ni**erhead rock - Charlie Spiering/Washington Examiner
◼ Surprising things and places in science, engineering and geography named “niggerhead” - WattsUpWithThat
I can understand how it is offensive, and I can certainly see removing it. But I think removing it is going to be a much bigger job than the bloodhounds in the mainstream media thinks. Just look at all the references to the word in science and engineering and geography... Read The Rest...
◼ The mineral resources of New South Wales – Page 402
◼ books.google.com Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman – 1901 – 487 pages – Free Google eBook
There is another peculiar form common on the field, known as a nigger head. These nigger heads are usually oval or spherical masses of more or less opal- impregnated, fine grained silica ; they are of all sizes from 1 lb. to 1 cwt.,