9781108049405 - Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Cambridge Library Collection: Earth Sciences) von Zurcher, Frédéric (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. An attractively illustrated popular account of volcanoes around the globe, originally published in 1866, and in this English translation in 1868. Translator(s): Lockyer, Winifred. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science. Num Pages: 314 pages, 62 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. . 2012. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The original French edition of this book appeared in 1866 as part of Hachette's extensive, popularising Bibliothèque des Merveilles series, which included several science titles by Frédéric Zurcher (1816-90) and Elie Margollé (1816-84). Their books were illustrated with attractive wood-cuts, and remained in print until the 1880s; they were also translated into English. This volume was published in London in 1868, and is a good example of popular science publishing in Victorian Britain. The material is organised geographically, beginning in Europe with Vesuvius, Etna and Icelandic volcanoes including Hecla, all of which had recently seen major eruptions. The authors quote from eyewitness accounts, and refer to scholarly publications on volcanoes including Darwin (1844) and Scrope (1862), also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Later chapters describe oceanic volcanoes, the Andes, the volcanic zone of New Zealand's North Island, and recently discovered volcanoes such as Mt Erebus in Antarctica.