Author: Eugene A. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Report of Eugene A. Smith, State Geologist, on the Geological and Agricultural Survey of Alabama
Author: Eugene A. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Report on the Geological and Agricultural Survey of Alabama
Author: Geological Survey of AlabamaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
1943/44- include the report of the State Oil and Gas Board.
Eugene Allen Smith's Alabama
Author: Aileen Kilgore HendersonPublisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 1588382435
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In 1871 when the University of Alabama reopened after its destruction by Federal troops, Eugene Allen Smith returned to his alma mater as professor of geology and mineralogy. Until his death in 1927, this gifted man devoted his abundant energy and his stout heart to the welfare of the school and the state. After persuading the legislature to appoint him state geologist in 1873, he spent his summers enduring chills, fevers, and verbal abuse as he searched for industrial raw materials that could bring about better lives for destitute Alabamians. Traveling in a mule-drawn wagon, he recorded detailed observations, botanical and geological discoveries, and mineral analyses in his journal. He loaded the wagon with specimens for the university museum he dreamed of creating some day. He inventoried industries that had failed or been destroyed, judging whether they were worth salvaging. Interspersed with this information were pithy comments on people he met, frustrations he dealt with, historical notes, and poetic descriptions of rocks and creeks and mountains, giving a vivid picture of Alabama in transition. What he accomplished, against monumental odds, became the catalyst that transformed Alabama from an aimless and poverty-stricken agricultural state to an industrial giant to be reckoned with. How he accomplished what he did, with very little support and hardly any money, gave this diminutive and very human man a stature of mythic proportions in the history of the university and the state. The story of Little Doc, as told in Eugene Allen Smiths Alabama, is drawn from many sources: Smiths transcribed field notes, countless numbers of letters he received and the carbon copies of his replies, his published reports over a period of fifty years, wills, genealogical records, histories of the st
Geological Survey of Alabama
Author: Eugene Allen SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Report of Progress for the Fiscal Years ...
Author: Geological Survey of AlabamaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Report of Eugene A. Smith
Author: Geological Survey of AlabamaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Bulletin - Geological Survey of Alabama
Author: Geological Survey of AlabamaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Report Of Progress For
Author: Geological Survey of AlabamaPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020468186
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a detailed report of geological surveys conducted in Alabama, authored by Eugene Allen Smith and the Geological Survey of Alabama. It covers various aspects of geological formations in Alabama and provides a valuable resource for geologists and scholars of the field. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Report of Progress
Author: Geological Survey of AlabamaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
1943/44- include the report of the State Oil and Gas Board.
Report of Progress for ...
Author: Geological Survey of AlabamaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description