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Josiah Dwight Whitney (November 23, 1819 – August 18, 1896) was an American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874). Through his travels and studies in the principal mining regions of the United States, Whitney became the foremost authority of his day on the economic geology of the U.S. Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, and the Whitney Glacier, the first confirmed glacier in the United States, on Mount Shasta, were both named after him by members of the Survey. (From Wikipedia) More about J. D. Whitney:
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3 additional books about J. D. Whitney in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Life and letters of Josiah Dwight Whitney (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909), by Edwin Tenney Brewster (page images at HathiTrust)- Full exposure of the conduct of Dr. Charles T. Jackson, leading to his discharge from the government service, and justice to Messrs. Foster and Whitney, U. S. geologists. (s.n., 1850), by United States Department of the Interior (page images at HathiTrust)
- Geographical surveys in the United States. Remarks upon Professor J.D. Whitney's article in the North American Review, July, 1875, concluding with an account of the origination of the Pacific Railroad. (Printed by Judd & Detweiler, 1877), by Gouverneur Kemble Warren (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by J. D. Whitney: Additional books by J. D. Whitney in the extended shelves:- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: An address on the propriety of continuing the state Geological survey of California (Towne and Bacon, 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: An address on the propriety of continuing the state Geological survey of California, delivered before the Legislature at Sacramento, Thursday evening, January 30th, 1868: to which are appended: Two letters to the governor relative to the progress of the Geological survey communicated to the legislatures of 1865-6 and 1867-8; also, the report of the commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa big tree grove, for the years 1867-8[?] (Towne and Bacon, 1868), also by Towne & Bacon and California. Commissioners to Manage the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Azoic system and its proposed subdivisions. (Printed for the museum, 1884), also by M. Edward Wadsworth (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The climatic changes of later geological times : a discussion based on observations made in the Cordilleras of North America (University Press, John Wilson and son, 1882) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The climatic changes of later geological times: a discussion based on observations made in the Cordilleras of North America. (University Press, 1882) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The climatic changes of later geological times : a discussion based on observations made in the cordilleras of North America (Printed for the Museum, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Collected papers. (1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Earthquakes ; Volcanoes ; and, Mountain-building (University Press, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Geographical and geological surveys (Welch, Bigelow, and company, 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Geological report on the copper lands of Lake Superior land district, Michigan. (Printed for the House of Reps., 1850), also by J. W. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Geology. ([Caxton press of Sherman & co.; etc., etc.], 1865), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Geology. (Caxton press of Sherman and co.; etc.,etc.], 1865), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Lecture on geology, delivered before the Legislature of California, at San Francisco, Thursday evening, Feb. 27, 1862. (B. P. Avery, state printer, 1862) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Letter of the state geologist relative to the progress of the state Geologist survey. (Sacramento [etc.]., 1861), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The metallic wealth of the United States, described and compared with that of other countries. (Lippincott, Grambo & Co.; [etc., etc.], 1854), also by Grambo & Co Lippincott (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Names and places; studies in geographical and topographical nomenclature (The University Press, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Notes from Prof. J.D. Whitney's lectures on the metals, mines and mining (Cambridge, Mass., 1895), also by Norman S. Easton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Notice of new localities, and interesting varieties of minerals, in the Lake Superior region, supplementary to the chapter on this subject, in Pt. 2. of the Report of Foster and Whitney. (1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Notice of the progress of the Geological Survey of California, up to May, 1863. ([San Francisco, 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Notice of the two masses of meteoric iron brought from Tucson to San Francisco, 1862 and 1863. (San Francisco, 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: On the physical geography of California. (1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Owen's Valley earthquake ... ([J.H. Carmany & company], 1892) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Owen's valley earthquake. No. 1. (1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Plain, prairie and forest. (Cambridge, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Report of the State Geologist on the condition of the Geological Survey of California ([State Geologist], 1863), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Report on the geological survey of the State of Iowa. ([Des Moines], 1858), also by Iowa Geological Survey and James Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Report on the Geological survey of the state of Iowa : embracing the results of investigations made during portions of the years 1855, 56 & 57 (Published by authority of the Legislature of Iowa, 1858), also by Iowa Geological Survey and James Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Report on the Geological survey of the State of Wisconsin. Volume 1. (Printed by authority of the Legislature of Wisconsin, 1862), also by Mineralogical Wisconsin. Commissioners of the Geological, Joseph Leidy, Jeffries Wyman, and James Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Report on the geology and topography of a portion of the Lake Superior Land District in the state of Michigan (Printed for the House of Reps., 1850), also by J. W. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: Report on the geology of the Lake Superior land district: (Printed by A. B. Hamilton, 1851), also by J. W. Foster, W. D. Whitney, Charles Whittlesey, É. Desor, and James Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The United States: facts and figures illustrating the physical geography of the country, and its material resources. (Little, Brown, and company, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The United States: facts and figures illustrating the physical geography of the country, and its material resources. Supplement I. Population: immigration: irrigation. (Little, Brown, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The United States. Supplement I. Population: immigration : irrigation (Little, Brown, and company, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The use of the blowpipe in chemistry and mineralogy. (W.D. Ticknor and co., 1845), also by Jöns Jakob Berzelius (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Yosemite guide book a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California ... ([University press, Welch, Bigelow, & co.], 1871), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Yosemite guide-book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California. (Published by authority of the Legislature, 1870), also by Mass.) University Press (Cambridge, Bigelow & Co Welch, and Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Yosemite guide-book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California. (Published by authority of the Legislature by University Press, Welch, Bigelow, & Co., 1871), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Yosemite guide-book: a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California. (University Press, Welch, Bigelow], 1874), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896: The Yosemite guide-book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California (University Press, Welch, Bigelow], 1869), also by Geological Survey of California (page images at HathiTrust)
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