Author:James Dwight Dana

James Dwight Dana
(1813–1895)

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American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist; made important studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans

James Dwight Dana

WorksEdit

System of Mineralogy (1837)
Manual of Mineralogy (1848)
Manual of Geology (1863)
Corals and Coral Islands (1872; revised ed. 1890)
Characteristics of Volcanoes (1890)

Articles in Popular Science MonthlyEdit

"On New England and the Upper Mississippi Basin in the Glacial Period" in Popular Science Monthly, 44 (April 1894)

Works about DanaEdit

"Prof. James D. Dana" in Popular Science Monthly, 1 (July 1872)
"Dana, James Dwight," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

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