dutton captain clarence edward (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. All plates and maps in very good condition. Minor foxing. Binder's label on front endpaper "The Bookbindery" Auckland, N.Z. Date "1884" written in ink on first page. ; This is the long report on "Hawaiian Volcanoes" by Clarence Edward Dutton, extracted from the "Fourth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1882-'83" by J. W. Powell (director), Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. This extracted report has been rebound (late 20th century?) in full blue synthetic leather boards, with gilt lettering and rule on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 294 x 196mm. (75)-219, [1 (blank)] pages + plates numbered from II to XXX (29 plates in total, including 1 double page plate). The plates include 6 maps (5 folding, 1 double page): General Map of the Hawaiian Islands; Map of the Island of Hawaii; Map of Mokuaweoweo; Map of Mani; Map of Haleakala; Map of Oahu. The other plates include profiles, views, a panorama, plans of craters, and wood engraved illustrations. Some of the plates are folding. Illustrations include: Buttes and terraces at Hilea; Panorama of Mokuaweoweo; Cliffs on the windward coast; Kamehameha's temple; The eruption of 1858; Wailuku; The Pali; Diamond Head. Complete with all plates and illustrations called for in the list of Illustrations on page 79. Contents: Geography of the Hawaiian Islands; A Journey to Kilauea; Kilauea; Purlieus of Kilauea; Mauna Loa; Through Puna to Hilo; From Hilo to Mauna Kea; Hamakua - Kohala - Hualalai; Kona - Eruption of 1868; The Volcanic Problem; Maui; Oahu.

HAWAII (illustrator). First Edition. Full Description: DUTTON, Captain Clarence Edward. [HAWAII]. The Hawaiian Islands and People. A Lecture at the U.S. National Museum Under the Auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Anthropological and Biological Societies of Washington. February 9th, 1884. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1884. First edition. Octavo pamphlet (9 x 5 3/4 inches; 230 x 145 mm). 32 pp. Original mauve printed wrappers. Stamp for the "U.S. Geological Survey Library 1884" to front wrapper, title-page and blank margin of page 27. Some sunning to spine and edges. A bit of chipping to wrapper along spine. Internally very clean. Overall a very good copy. "Clarence Edward Dutton (1841-1912) was one of several scientists who laid the foundations for modern geology from their work in North America during the late nineteenth century. Dutton was a career soldier who fought in the American Civil War and remained with the US Army Ordnance Corps to his retirement in 1901. Despite military obligations, Dutton developed a profound interest in geology and, on secondment first to the Powell Survey and later to the fledgling US Geological Survey, made important contributions to volcanic geology, seismology and physical geology. His lifelong fascination with volcanism led to improved understanding of the volcanic geology of the American West, Hawaii, and Central America. This work linked naturally with the emerging science of seismology, as reflected in his study of the 1886 earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina, and he is often credited with introducing the 'new seismology' to American scientific audiences." (Clarence Edward Dutton: soldier, polymath and aesthete. By Antony R. Orme.) HBS 69602. $1,000.