California Survey Research Articles

Scientific Intelligence from America *

Scientific Intelligence from America *

I. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain-building, II. Historical Notes on the Earthquakes of New England

THE first of these works is a small volume containing three reviews, or essays, as they might be more correctly termed, reprinted from the “North American Review,” and written by the well-known geologist Mr. Whitney, formerly director of the Geological Survey of California. They are well worthy of perusal, not only from the easy, somewhat popular style in which they are written, but more especially from their containing a tolerably fair summary of the opinions held by most of the later scientific writers who have treated of the phenomena of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain-building, as it is here termed, drawn up by one who is evidently well-read in the literature of these subjects. I. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain-building, three articles published in the “North American Review,” 1869–1871. By J. D. Whitney. 8vo, pp. 107. (University Press, Cambridge, United States, 1871.) II. Historical Notes on the Earthquakes of New England, 1638–1869. By William T. Brigham. 4to, pp. 28. (Boston, 1871.)

The Ancient Lakes of Western America, their Deposits and Drainage*

The Ancient Lakes of Western America, their Deposits and Drainage*

Extract of a letter from Professor W. H. Brewer, State Geological Survey of California, on the Forests of Sequoia (Wellingtonia) gigantea, addressed to Sir W. J. Hooker, F.R.S. & L.S.

Extract of a letter from Professor W. H. Brewer, State Geological Survey of California, on the Forests of Sequoia (Wellingtonia) gigantea, addressed to Sir W. J. Hooker, F.R.S. & L.S.

Notice of the explorations of the Geological Survey of California in the Sierra Nevada during the summer of 1864

Notice of the explorations of the Geological Survey of California in the Sierra Nevada during the summer of 1864

Progress of the Geological Survey of California

Progress of the Geological Survey of California

Five Hundred and Fifty-Third Meeting. May 30, 1865. Annual Meeting; Characters of Some New Plants of California and Nevada, Chiefly from the Collections of Professor William H. Brewer, Botanist of the State Geological Survey of California, and of Dr. Charles L. Anderson, with Revisions of Certain Genera or Groups

Five Hundred and Fifty-Third Meeting. May 30, 1865. Annual Meeting; Characters of Some New Plants of California and Nevada, Chiefly from the Collections of Professor William H. Brewer, Botanist of the State Geological Survey of California, and of Dr. Charles L. Anderson, with Revisions of Certain Genera or Groups