The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 : report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission, in two volumes and atlas.
Foreword
The reprinting of a sixty-year-old scientific publication, for scientific reasons and in response to a scientific demand, is a rare event indeed. Yet it is precisely for such reasons and in response to such a demand that the Carnegie Institution is presenting once again its Publication 87, The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906.
Dr. William W. Rubey, whose lifetime of investigation has influenced the course of modern geophysics so widely and deeply, and whose knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the 1906 earthquake is so unique, has honored this edition with an Introduction that provides in detail the setting in which the 1906 Report was made. It was Dr. Rubey who first sensed and emphasized the special timeliness of the Report today. We believe that geophysicists at large in coming years will share our gratitude to him.
The reprinting has been made possible by a grant of $15,000 from the Harry Oscar Wood Fund for this purpose. The late Dr. Wood, a noted seismologist and fifteen years a Research Associate of the Institution, was also, most appropriately, a Principal Contributor to this volume.
President, Carnegie Institution
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Title: The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 : report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission, in two volumes and atlas.
By: California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission, Lawson, Andrew C. (Andrew Cowper), 1861-1952
Date: 1908-10
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
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