Studiën betreffende den bodem van Sumatra's oostkust, zijn uiterlijk en zijn ontstaan
This work about the geology and the soil of Sumatras east coast has been written for officials and planters, who could use it in practice.
This work about the geology and the soil of Sumatras east coast has been written for officials and planters, who could use it in practice.
The author got the mission after the eruption of the volcano Krakatau from the Dutch-Indian government to go to the volcano and conduct a geological survey. This Publication is the result of this survey and describes the volcano before its erution, the cause of the eruption and everything that happened.
The islands to the south of New Zealand consist of six widely separated groups, situated between the parallels of 48° and 55° S. lat. and 159° and 179° E. long. This volume contains information about these islands.
Towards the end of 1906 a deputation from the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury waited upon the Hon. R. McNab, Minister of Lands, and urged upon him the desirability of extending the magnetic survey of New Zealand to the various groups of islands lying to the south of the mainland, and suggested that in the event of this being done advantage should be taken of the opportunity to further investigate the geology, zoology, and botany of these islands. This volume is based mainly on observations and collections made during the resulting expedition.
Les pages qui suivent ont pour origine l'esquisse d'un ouvrage que l'auteur comptait présenter au concours institué, en 1913, par l'Institut Royal Colonial d'Amsterdam, dont le programme stipulait une "Description succincte des Terres et Peuples de Sumatra".
Für alle, die in den Alpen unterwegs sind: Allgemein verständlich und doch wissenschaftlich korrekt vermittelt Lebenswelt Alpen Naturphänomene und Zusammenhänge, denen man in den Bergen auf Schritt und Tritt begegnet: