FORMS OF WATER IN CLOUDS & RIVERS, ICE & GLACIERS
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[SIGNED BOOK] JOHN HAYS HAMMOND [1855-1936] American mining engineer, b. San Francisco. On staff, U.S. Geological Survey, in California gold fields (1880); associated with Cecil Rhodes in development of South African resources; a leader in Transvaal reform movement (1895-96); arrested after Jameson Raid and sentenced to death; sentence commuted to imprisonment; freed finally on payment of fine. Consulting engineer, esp. to Guggenheim Exploration Co. (1900-07). A signed book from his library titled "THE FORMS OF WATER IN CLOUDS & RIVERS, ICE & GLACIERS,"by John Tyndall, London, 1889. Hammond writes by his signature "Johannesburg 1895". Signed the year of the Jameson Raid for which Hammond was to be sentenced to death. NO dj o/w VG. Quite uncommon.
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FORMS OF WATER IN CLOUDS & RIVERS, ICE & GLACIERS
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