Author: Geological and Natural History Survey of MinnesotaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Annual Report - Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota
Author: Geological and Natural History Survey of MinnesotaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Annual Report - Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota
Author: Geological and Natural History Survey of MinnesotaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
"American opinion on the older rocks": 18th, p. [65]-225.
Annual Report - Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota
Author: Geological and Natural History Survey of MinnesotaPublisher:
ISBN: 9783386657921
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Geology of Minnesota
Author: Minnesota. Geological and Natural SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Minnesota's Geologist
Author: Sue LeafPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452963002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Winner of the 2021 Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota Nonfiction The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota’s geology, set against the backdrop of early scientific inquiry in the state At twenty, Newton Horace Winchell declared, “I know nothing about rocks.” At twenty-five, he decided to make them his life’s work. As a young geologist tasked with heading the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey, Winchell (1839–1914) charted the prehistory of the region, its era of inland seas, its volcanic activity, and its several ice ages—laying the foundation for the monumental five-volume Geology of Minnesota. Tracing Winchell’s remarkable path from impoverished fifteen-year-old schoolteacher to a leading light of an emerging scientific field, Minnesota’s Geologist also recreates the heady early days of scientific inquiry in Minnesota, a time when one man’s determination and passion for learning could unlock the secrets of the state’s distant past and present landscape. Traveling by horse and cart, by sailboat and birchbark canoe, Winchell and his group surveyed rock outcrops, river valleys, basalt formations on Lake Superior, and the vast Red River Valley. He studied petrology at the Sorbonne in Paris, bringing cutting-edge knowledge to bear on the volcanic rocks of the Arrowhead region. As a founder of the American Geological Society and founding editor of American Geologist, the first journal for professional geologists, Winchell was the driving force behind scientific endeavor in early state history, serving as mentor to many young scientists and presiding over a household—the Winchell House, located on the University of Minnesota’s present-day mall—that was a nexus of intellectual ferment. His life story, told here for the first time, draws an intimate picture of this influential scientist, set against a backdrop of Minnesota’s geological complexity and splendor.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1895-1902
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees - Chicago. Natural History Museum
Author: Chicago Natural History MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description