Main entry:

American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pacific Coast Committee.

Title & Author:

Nature and science on the Pacific coast : a guide-book for scientific travelers in the West / edited under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; illustrated with nineteen text figures, twenty-nine half-tone plates and fourteen maps.

Publication:

San Francisco : Paul Elder and Company, [1915]
©1915

Description:

xii, 302 pages, 43 pages of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, maps (some folded) ; 20 cm

Notes:
A collection of articles by various writers.
"The Pacific Coast Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science has considered it desirable in this year of the two expositions celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal to bring together in hand-book form concise data ... for the use of travelers in this region"--P. v.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The approaches to the Pacific Coast / Frederick J. Teggart -- Spanish settlements on the Pacific Coast / Charles E. Chapman -- Historical sketch of the Panama Canal / Rudolph J. Taussig -- Weather conditions on the Pacific Coast / Alexander McAdie -- Physiographic geography / Ruliff S. Holway -- Geology of the West Coast region of the United States / C.F. Tolman, Jr. -- Earthquakes / J.C. Branner -- Mines and mining / H. Foster Bain -- Petroleum resources and industries of the Pacific Coast / Ralph Arnold -- Significant features in the history of life on the Pacific Coast / John C. Merriam -- The vertebrate fauna of the Pacific Coast / Joseph Grinnell -- Fishes of the Pacific Coast / David Starr Jordan -- Marine biology on the Pacific Coast / Charles Atwood Kofoid -- Oceanic circulation and temperature off the Pacific Coast / George F. McEwen -- Insects of the Pacific Coast / Vernon L. Kellogg -- Flora of the Pacific Coast / Harvey Monroe Hall -- Forests of the Pacific Coast / Willis Linn Jepson -- The deserts and desert flora of the West / LeRoy Abrams -- The marine flora of the Pacific Coast / William Albert Setchell -- Burbank's gardens / Vernon L. Kellogg -- Ethnology of the Pacific Coast / T.T. Waterman -- Astronomical observatories / R.G. Aitken -- Museums of the Pacific Coast / Barton W. Evermann -- Agricultural development of the Pacific Coast / E.J. Wickson -- Some notable irrigation and hydro-electric developments / C.E. Grunsky -- Chemical resources and industries / Harry East Miller -- Mountaineering on the Pacific Coast / Joseph N. LeConte -- Outdoor life and the fine arts / John Galen Howard -- Literary landmarks on the Pacific Coast / S.S. Seward, Jr. -- Legal and political development of the Pacific Coast states / Orrin K. McMurray -- Scenic excursions / A.O. Leuschner.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The Pacific Coast region of the United States contains many distinctive natural features and much unique material for scientific research. Many of the problems presented here are peculiar to the West, but in their larger aspects they have a significant bearing upon fundamental questions of world-wide concern both in the field of natural science and in the relation of these problems to the affairs of men. However interesting western materials may be, the traveler wishing to know of them has little time for study, and sources of information which might be used are frequently scattered and inaccessible. Recognizing the need for ready information on nature and science in the West, the Pacific Coast Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science has considered it desirable in this year of the two expositions celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal to bring together in hand-book form concise data upon matters of general interest for the use of travelers in this region. A special committee was appointed to assemble the material and to enlist the assistance of men well informed upon the subjects to be discussed. The descriptions contained in this book have been prepared with care by specialists, and the volume is addressed to all travelers in the West who wish to know the significant features of the land through which they pass."-- c taken from Introductory Note, page v.

Resources:
Internet Archive

Subject:

Plants Pacific Coast (America)
Animals Pacific Coast (America)
Geology Pacific Coast (America)
Coastal animals Pacific States.
Coastal plants Pacific States.
Coastal forests Pacific States.
Coastal biology Pacific States.
Natural history Pacific Coast (America)
Géologie Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique)
Faune littorale États du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Flore littorale États du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Forêts littorales États du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Biologie littorale États du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Sciences naturelles Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique)
Animals
Coastal animals
Coastal biology
Coastal forests
Coastal plants
Geology
Natural history
Plants
Travel
Natural history Pacific coast (United States and Canada)
Pacific Coast (America)
Pacific States.
Pacific States Description and travel.
Pacific Coast (America) Description and travel.
Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique)
États du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique) Descriptions et voyages.
America Pacific Coast
United States Pacific States
Pacific coast (United States and Canada) Guidebooks

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Paul Elder and Company, publisher.
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pacific Coast Committee
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76535
Call No.: ID PO17290 EXP T872 TC781; ID:92-B610
Status: Available