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Bound collection of 34 papers published in various journals and magazines by Hobbs, a geologist, while at the UW. Half brown morocco, hinges worn, one inch tear at upper front hinge, two inch tear at upper rear hinge, covers curved, corners worn, case rubbed. Some of the papers show edge yellowing and chipping, slight water damage; mostly they are very good. Bookplate on first page (University of Wisconsin | Office of the President). Typed 'title' page and table of contents: Phases in the Metamorphism of the Schists of Southern Berkshire, 1893; Volcanite, an Anorthoclastic-Augite Rock Chemically Like the Dacites, 1893; Ueber den Volcanit, 1893 (German version of the previous title); On a Rose-colored Lime- and Alumina-bearing Variety of Talc, 1893; On the Geological Structure of the Mount Washington Mass of the Taconic Range, 1893; The Geological Structure of the Housatonic Valley Lying East of Mount Washington, 1893; Die krystallisirten Mineralien aus dem "Galena Limestone des südlichen Wisconsin und des nördlichen Illinois, 1895; Outfit for a Tramping and Camping Trip, 1895; On the Crystal Form of Borneol and Isoborneal, 1895; Mineralogical Notes, 1895; A Summary of Progress in Mineralogy in 1895, 1896; Goldschmidtit, ein neues Mineral, 1899; The Diamond Field of the Great Lakes, 1899; A Spiral Fulgurite from Wisconsin, 1899; Emigrant Diamonds in America, 1899; A Theory of Origin of Systems of Nearly Vertical Faults, 1900; Suggestions Regarding the Classification of the Igneous Rocks, 1900; The Newary System of Pomperaug Vally, Connecticut, 1901; Diamondiferous Deposits in the United States, 1901; The Geologist Awheel, 1901; Art as the Handmaid of Literature, 1901; The River System of Connecticut, 1901; Still Rivers of Western Connecticut, 1901; Connecticut Rivers, 1901; Emigrant Diamonds in America, 1901; The Old Tungsten Mine at Trumbull, Connecticut, 1902; Former Extent of the Newark System, 1902; A Meteoric Iron, 1902; The Mapping of the Crystalline Schists, 1902; An Instance of the Action of the Ice-sheet upon Slender Projecting Rock Masses, 1902; Meteorite from Algoma, Wisconsin, 1903; The Geological Structure of the Southern New England Region, 1903; The Frontier of Physiography, 1903. Several hundred pages, b/w and a few color figures, maps, charts. Hobbs went on to found the geography department at the University of Michigan, visited Greenland, and wrote books on Peary and the North Pole. Size: 7¼" by 11". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers os090
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