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  1. 1Prefatory Note
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Scientific Periodical Literature in 1818
  4. 4Early Scientific Journals
  5. 5The Founder of the American Journal of Science
  6. 6The Early Years of the Journal
  7. 7“Plan of the Work
  8. 8The Close of the First Series
  9. 9The Second, Third and Fourth Series
  10. 10Present and Future Conditions
  11. 11Introduction
  12. 12The Rise of Geology in Europe
  13. 13The Rise of Geology in North America
  14. 14Wernerian Geology in North America
  15. 15Unearthing of the Cenozoic and Mesozoic in North America
  16. 16Unearthing of the Paleozoic in North America
  17. 17The Taconic System Resurrected
  18. 18The Silurian Controversy
  19. 19Paleogeography
  20. 20Paleometeorology
  21. 21Evolution
  22. 22The Growth of Invertebrate Paleontology
  23. 23III — A Century of Geology — Steps of Progress in the Interpretatio…
  24. 24The Interpretation of Valleys
  25. 25Steps Backward
  26. 26Valleys Formed by Rivers
  27. 27Denudation by Rivers
  28. 28Features Resulting From Glaciation
  29. 29The Deluge
  30. 30Glaciers vs. Icebergs
  31. 31Extent of Glacial Drift
  32. 32Epochs of Glaciation
  33. 33The Loess as a Glacial Deposit
  34. 34Glacial Sculpture
  35. 35Conclusion
  36. 36Bibliography
  37. 37Introduction — The Intellectual Viewpoint in 1818
  38. 38The Prolonged Influence of Outgrown Ideas
  39. 39Structures and Relationships of Igneous Rocks
  40. 40Contributions on Volcanic and Intrusive Rocks
  41. 41Origin of Greenstone
  42. 42Views on the Structural Relations of Granite
  43. 43Rise and Decline of the Metamorphic Theory of Granite
  44. 44Orogenic Structures
  45. 45Recognition of Appalachian Structures
  46. 46Nature of Forces Producing Folding
  47. 47The Theory of Geosynclines and Geanticlines
  48. 48The Ultimate Cause of Crustal Compression
  49. 49The New Era in the Interpretation of Mountain Structures
  50. 50Crust Movements as Revealed by Physiography
  51. 51Relations of Crust Movements to Density and Equilibrium
  52. 52Conclusion on Contributions of America to Theories of Orogeny
  53. 53V — A Century of Government Geological Surveys
  54. 54VI — On the Development of Vertebrate Paleontology — Introduction
  55. 55Rise of Vertebrate Paleontology in Europe
  56. 56Vertebrate Paleontology in America
  57. 57Joseph Leidy (1823–1891)
  58. 58Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899)
  59. 59Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897)
  60. 601870–1880
  61. 611880–1900
  62. 62Summary
  63. 63Influence of the American Journal of Science
  64. 64VII — The Rise of Petrology as a Science
  65. 65Bibliography
  66. 66VIII — The Growth of Mineralogy From 1818 to 1918
  67. 67“Gibbs’ Grand Collection of Minerals
  68. 68IX — The Work of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institu…
  69. 69Introduction
  70. 70Atomic Weights
  71. 71Analytical Chemistry
  72. 72General Inorganic Chemistry
  73. 73Physical Chemistry
  74. 74Organic Chemistry
  75. 75Agricultural Chemistry
  76. 76Industrial Acids and Alkalies
  77. 77Conclusion
  78. 78XI — A Century’s Progress in Physics
  79. 79XII — A Century of Zoology in America
  80. 80Period of Experimental Biology, Since 1890
  81. 81Biological Periodicals
  82. 82Biological Associations
  83. 83Biological Stations
  84. 84Natural History Museums
  85. 85Systematic Zoology and Taxonomy
  86. 86Biometry
  87. 87Comparative Anatomy and Embryology
  88. 88Cytology
  89. 89Comparative Physiology
  90. 90Economic Zoology
  91. 91Genetics
  92. 92Evolution
  93. 93Conclusion
  94. 94XIII — The Development of Botany Since 1818
  95. 95Asa Gray and the Journal
  96. 96Cryptogamic Botany in the Journal Since 1846
  97. 97Systematic and Geographical Botany of Late Years
  98. 98Paleontological Botany
  99. 99Economic Botany, Plant Physiology, etc.

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