Fragmens de géologie et de climatologie Asiatiques 2 Volume Set

Published in 1831, this pioneering scientific work on Central Asia deals with mountain chains, volcanoes, hydrology and climatology.

Alexander von Humboldt (Author)

9781108049443, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 28 June 2012

662 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.9 cm, 0.89 kg

Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was one of the most respected scientists of his day, influencing the work of Darwin. He is considered the founder of physical geography, climatology, ecology and oceanography. In 1829, the Russian government invited Humboldt to visit the gold and platinum mines in the Urals. As he studied the mountains' mineral wealth, he was the first to predict the presence of diamonds. During six months, his epic 10,000-mile expedition took him as far as the Altai Mountains and the Chinese frontier. Humboldt's observations on the geography, volcanic geology and meteorology of Central Asia, being then a largely unexplored territory, were acknowledged as pioneering contributions. The results of his journey also provided much of the data used in part of his great work Kosmos. These volumes, published in 1831, deal with Central Asia's mountain chains, volcanoes, hydrology and climatology.

Volume 1: Mémoire sur les chaines des montagnes
Notes et additions
Routiers dans l'Asie centrale. Volume 2: Considérations sur la témperature et l'etat hygrométrique de l'air dans quelques parties de l'Asie
Recherches sur les causes des inflexions des lignes isothermes
Inclinaisons de 'aiguillle aimantée
Notice sur la position astronomique de quelques lieux dans le sud ouest de la Sibérie
Richesse de l'or dans la chaine de l'Oural
Notice historique du voyage de M. de Humboldt en Sibérie
Table des matières.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX]