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كلارنس كنگ

كلارنس ر. كنگ Clarence R. King (و. 6 يناير 1842 – ت. 24 ديسمبر 1901)، هو جيولوجي متسلق جبال وناقد فني أمريكي. كان أول مدير للمسح الجيولوجي الأمريكي من 1879 حتى 1881، اشتهر كنگ باسكتشاف سييرا نـِڤادا.

كلارنس كنگ
Clarence King
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كلارنس كنگ، مؤسس المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكي
وُلِدَ6 يناير 1842
نيوپورت، رود أيلاند
توفي24 ديسمبر 1901
فينكس، أريزونا
الجنسيةأمريكي
المدرسة الأمجامعة يل
اللقباستكشاف سييرا نـِڤادا
السيرة العلمية
المجالاتجيولوجي


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حياته

وُلد كنگ في 6 يناير 1824، في نيوپورت، رود أيلاند.

في 3 مارس 1879، خول الكونگرس الأمريكي (20 Stat. L. 394) مكتب مدير المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكي، وذلك بقيامه بتخصيصات في الميزانية "لمصاريف مدنية متفرقة للحكومة." كلارنس كنگ، أول مدير، كان قد رُشـِّح في 21 مارس 1879 وبدأ العمل في 24 مايو 1879. وكان المسح على مستوى الدولة لتصنيف الأراضي العامة وبنيتها الجيولوجية والمصادر المعدنية والمنتجات. وكان أول مسح جيولوجي بتمويل من الكونگرس قد أُمِر به في 28 يونيو 1834 (4 Stat. L. 394) والذي خصص $5,000 دولار لمسح قام به جورج وليام فيذرستونهو للأرض بين نهري ميزوري والأحمر. أول مسح على نفقة ولاية أجري في 1830-33 في مساتشوستس.« *


الهامش

المراجع

أعمال عن كنگ

  • Aaron Sachs, The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism, (Viking, 2006), King, one of four Americans on whom the author focuses, was influenced by Alexander von Humboldt.
  • Peter Wild (1981). Clarence King. Boise, Idaho: Boise State University "Western Writers Series" # 48. pp. 46. ISBN 978-0884300724; OCLC 7628120
  • Thurman Wilkins and Caroline Lawson Hinkley (1988). Clarence King: A Biography, University of New Mexico Press, 1988 revised edition, softcover, ISBN 0-8263-1085-0
  • Robert Wilson (2006). The Explorer King : Adventure, Science, and the Great Diamond Hoax – Clarence King in the Old West, Scribner, ISBN 0-7432-6025-2

أعمال لكنگ

  • King, Clarence. "Catastrophism and Evolution", The American Naturalist, Vol. 11, No. 8. (August 1877), pp. 449–470.
  • King, Clarence. 1872. Copy of official letter, addressed November 11, 1872, to the Board of Directors of the San Francisco and New York Mining and Commercial Company ... discovering the new diamond fields to be a fraud." San Francisco and New York Mining and Commercial Company. [San Francisco? 1872]. 12 pages. 24 cm. Held in the USGS Library.
  • King, Clarence. 1881. Records of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel ("King Survey"), 1867–81. Geological Survey (U.S.) 1842–1901. National Archives (U.S.), Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.). File microcopies of records in the National Archives; no. M622. 3 volumes. Notes: "Part of the records in the National Archives designated as Record Group 57, Records of the Geological Survey" – p. iii. Microfilm. Washington: National Archives, 1965. 3 microfilm reels; 35 mm.
  • King, Clarence. 187?. Atlas accompanying Volume III on Mining industry / United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Clarence King, Geologist in charge. United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. New York: J. Bien, [187–?]. 16 leaves of maps (part col.); 49 x 64 cm. Notes: Includes 14 numbered plates.
  • Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel. by United States. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, King, Clarence, 1842–1901, Hague, A. (Arnold), 1840–1917, Emmons, Samuel Franklin, 1841–1911, Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836–1908, Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817–1876, Hall, James, 1811–1898, Whitfield, Robert Parr, 1828–1910. Ridgway, Robert, 1850–1929., Watson, Sereno, 1826–1829, Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834–1895, Bien, Julius, 1826–1909. [Washington : G.P.O., 1870–80]. Imprint: 7 v. : ill., maps and atlas. 2v. 50 x 64 cm. and 83 x 63 cm. Notes: Each volume has special t.p. Atlases have titles as follows: "Atlas accompanying volume III. Mining industry ... New York, Engraved and printed by Julius Bien" and "Geological and topographical atlas ... 1876. Julius Bien, lith." I. (1878) Systematic geology, by Clarence King. – II. (1877) Descriptive geology, by Arnold Hague and S.F. Emmons. – III. (1870) Mining industry, by James D. Hague, with geological contributions by Clarence King. – IV. (1877) pt. I. Palaeontology, by F.B. Meek. pt. II. Palaeontology, by James Hall and R.P. Whitfield. pt. III. Ornithology, by Robert Ridgway. – V. (1871) Botany. By Sereno Watson, aided by Prof. Daniel C. Eaton, and others. – VI. (1876) Microscopical petrography, by Ferdinand Zirkel. – VII. (1880) Odonthornithes:a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America ... by Othniel Charles Marsh.
  • Report of the Public Lands Commission, by United States. Public Lands Commission (1903–1905), Williamson, James Alexander, 1829–1902, King, Clarence, 1842–1901, Britton, Alexander Thompson, 1835–1899, Donaldson, Thomas, 1843–1898, Powell, John Wesley, 1834–1902. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1880. Imprint: xlvii, [2], xlix–c p., 1 l., 690 p. fold. plates (1 col.) fold. maps, diagrs. 24 cm. Notes: Preliminary report of the Public lands commission (p. [v]–xlvii) signed: J.A. Williamson, Clarence King, A.T. Britton, Thomas Donaldson, J.W. Powell.
  • Clarence King memoirs. The helmet of Mambrino, by Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836–1908, King, Clarence, 1842–1901. Century Association (New York, N.Y.). King Memorial Committee. New York: Published for the King Memorial Committee of the Century Association by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. Imprint: vii, 429 p., [10] leaves of plates : facsim., 9 ports.; 22 cm. Notes: Committee chairman: James D. Hague. "The helmet of Mambrino" was first published in the Century magazine, May 1886. Includes bibliographical references (p. 372–374) and index. The helmet of Mambrino / Clarence King – Don Horatio / James D. Hague – Clarence King / John Hay – Meetings with King / William Dean Howells – King / Henry Adams – Clarence King / John LaFarge – King, "The frolic and the gentle" / Edmund Clarence Stedman – King at the Century / William Crary Brownell – Century necrological note / Edward Cary – King's "Mountaineering" / Edward Cary – Clarence King, geologist / Samuel Franklin Emmons – Clarence King's school-days / Daniel C. Gilman – Biographical notice / Rossiter W. Raymond – Memoriabilia / James D. Hague.
  • King, Clarence. 1881, 1882. Statistics of the production of the precious metals in the United States. King, Clarence, 1842–1901., United States. Census Office. Washington: Gov't Print. Off., 1881. 94 p.: 6 col. pl. (incl. diagr.) ; 30 cm. Notes: At head of title: Department of the Interior. Tenth census of the United States. Francis A. Walker, superintendent. Also: Extract from the Annual report of the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, [2d] 1880–81. Cover title.
  • King, Clarence. 187?. Atlas accompanying volume III on Mining industry / United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel; Clarence King, Geologist in charge. United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel., New York : J. Bien, [187–?]. 16 leaves of maps (part col.) ; 49 x 64 cm. Notes: Includes 14 numbered plates.
  • King, Clarence. 1881. Records of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel ("King Survey"), 1867–81 by Geological Survey (U.S.), 1842–1901., National Archives (U.S.), Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.). File microcopies of records in the National Archives; no. M622. 3 volumes. Notes: "Part of the records in the National Archives designated as Record Group 57, Records of the Geological Survey" – p. iii. Microfilm. Washington: National Archives, 1965. 3 microfilm reels; 35 mm.

وصلات خارجية

 
مشاع المعرفة فيه ميديا متعلقة بموضوع كلارنس كنگ.
 
معرفة المصادر بها نص من the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica مقالة King, Clarence.



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