(CALIFORNIA) Tyson Philip T et al Geology and Industrial Res

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(CALIFORNIA.) Tyson, Philip T., et al. Geology and Industrial Resources of California. 3 folding maps, 9 folding plates. xxxiv, 127, 37 pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth, worn, tastefully rebacked; minor wear and foxing; embossed library stamp on title page, bookplates on front pastedown. With [2] pages of undated publisher's ads. Baltimore, 1851

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Second issue, with Tyson's title page and introduction added to the 1850 Senate issue. Goes well beyond the strictly scientific scope suggested by the title to discuss the living conditions of the miners; also includes the extract of a travel journal by Lieutenant Theodore Talbot. "Probably the earliest work of true scientific research to emerge from the Gold Rush. Its author was a gifted scientist whose pioneering effort was of considerable value"--Wheat, Gold Rush 212. Cowan 1933 page 648; Howes T455; Sabin 97652.