Frank Dawson Adams
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McGill University, Montreal, Canada, geologist and petrologist, who studied the Monteregian Hills
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Frank Dawson Adams's Degrees
- PhD Geology Johns Hopkins University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Frank Dawson Adams was a Canadian geologist. Early life and education Frank Dawson Adams was born into a prosperous, middle-class family in Montreal, Canada East. Adams attended the High School of Montreal . As a pupil there, Adams received a classical education, and his knowledge of Latin was valuable later in life in his historical studies.
Frank Dawson Adams's Published Works
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- The Birth and Development of the Geological Sciences (1940) (169)
- Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks (1918) (95)
- The geology of Ceylon (70)
- An Experimental Contribution to the Question of the Depth of the Zone of Flow in the Earth's Crust (1912) (37)
- An investigation into ths elastic constants of rocks, more especially with reference to cubic compressibility (21)
- The Monteregian Hills: A Canadian Petrographical Province (1903) (20)
- An Experimental Investigation into the Action of Differential Pressure on Certain Minerals and Rocks, Employing the Process Suggested by Professor Kick (1910) (20)
- Hutton's “Theory of the Earth” (1895) (18)
- On the Origin of the Amphibolites of the Laurentian Area of Canada (1909) (15)
- Investigation into the elastic constants of rocks (1906) (13)
- Report of the Special Committee for the Lake Superior Region (1905) (11)
- An experimental investigation into the flow of rocks; the flow of marble (1910) (11)
- NOTE ON THE VITAL CAPACITY OF THE LUNGS AND THE CARBON DIOXIDE COMBINING CAPACITY OF THE BLOOD IN CASES OF “EFFORT SYNDROME.” (1919) (7)
- Deformation of galena and pyrrhotite (1931) (7)
- The Transfusion of Matter from One Solid to another Under the Influence of Heat - a New Factor in the Process of Metamorphism (1930) (6)
- On the Amount of Internal Friction Developed in Rocks during Deformation and on the Relative Plasticity of Different Types of Rocks (1917) (5)
- Problems of American geology (5)
- THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY. (1934) (5)
- Report of Explorations in the Laborador Peninsula along the East Main, Koksoak, Hamilton, Manicuagan and the Portions of Other Rivers in 1892-93-94-95 (1897) (5)
- Origin and nature of ore deposits an historical study (1934) (5)
- On the occurrence of a large area of nepheline syenite in the township of Dungannon, Ontario (1894) (4)
- Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks, based on chemical and mineral characters with a Systematic Nomenclature (1903) (3)
- Experiment in geology (3)
- Sir William Dawson (1899) (3)
- Nodular granite from pine lake, Ontario (3)
- Further Note on the Earliest Use of the Word “Geology” (1933) (3)
- Effect of Pressure on the Radiation from Radium (1907) (2)
- The Scottish School of Geology (2)
- HIS PLACE IN GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA. (1933) (2)
- Scientific Books: Causal Geology (1910) (2)
- On the origin and relations of the Grenville and Hastings series in the Canadian Laurentian, with remarks by R. W. Ells (1897) (2)
- On the presence of chlorine in scapolites (1879) (2)
- The artesian and other deep wells on the Island of Montreal (2)
- Report of a Special Committee on the Correlation of the Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the Adirondack Mountains, the "Original Laurentian Area" of Canada, and Eastern Ontario (1907) (2)
- ON TWO NEPHELINE-SODALITE-SYENITES FROM NEW LOCALITIES IN NORTHERN RHODESIA (1932) (2)
- On a new alkali hornblende and a titaniferous andradite from the nepheline syenite of Dungannon, Hastings County, Ont (1896) (2)
- Recent Studies in the Grenville Series of Eastern North America (1908) (2)
- Report on the Geology and Natural Resources of the Area included by the Nipissing and Temiscaming Map Sheets, comprising portions of the district of Nipissing, Ontario, and of the county of Pontiac, Quebec. Alfred Ernest Barlow (1899) (2)
- Nepheline syenite from Solwezi, Northern Rhodesia (1934) (2)
- The Laurentian System in Eastern Canada (1910) (2)
- RAINFALL AND RUN-OFF. (1928) (1)
- Industrial Research in Canada (1923) (1)
- A Handbook of Rocks for use without the Microscope (1896) (1)
- THE EMBANKMENTS OF THE RIVER PO. (1896) (1)
- On the Structure and Relations of the Laurentian System in Eastern Canada (1908) (1)
- Some Recent Papers on the Influence of Granitic Intrusions upon the Development of Crystalline Schists (1897) (1)
- On the Typical Laurentian Area of Canada (1893) (1)
- A further contribution to our knowledge of the Laurentian (1895) (1)
- The Basis of Pre-Cambrian Correlation (1909) (1)
- The Excursion to the Pyrenees in Connection with the Eighth International Geological Congress (1901) (1)
- The Natural History of Igneous Rocks . By Alfred Harker, M.A., F.R.S., Lecturer in Petrology in the University of Cambridge. New York, The Macmillan Company. 1909. Pp. 383, with 112 diagrams and 2 plates. (1909) (0)
- Eastern Townships Map, Three Rivers Sheet, Nw Quarter Sheet, Quebec (0)
- Proceedings of Geological Society of London (1908) (0)
- Report on a portion of the Province of Quebec comprised in the south-west sheet of the "Eastern Townships" map (Montreal sheet) with a chapter on the Laurentian north of the St. lawrence River (0)
- On the Probable Occurrence of a Large Area of Nepheline-Bearing Rocks on the Northeast Coast of Lake Superior (1900) (0)
- Invoice from F. Adams to Ogden Goelet (0)
- Map of the City of Montreal and Vicinity (0)
- On a new nepheline rock from the Province of Ontario, Can (1904) (0)
- Geological map of the Island of Montreal and Vicinity, Province of Quebec (0)
- Preliminary report on the geology of a portion of central Ontario situated in the counties of Victoria, Peterborough and Hastings, together with the results of an examination of certain ore deposits occurring in the region (0)
- On a melilite-bearing rock (alnoite) from Ste. Anne de Bellevue near Montreal. Can (1892) (0)
- Geological map of central Ontario, showing the position of the several belts of corundum-bearing rocks (0)
- Geological map of parts of Joliette, Argenteuil, Terrebonne and Montcalm Counties, Quebec (0)
- Reports and Proceedings (1908) (0)
- The Province of Quebec: Geographical and Social Studies by J. C. Sutherland (review) (1922) (0)
- Geological map of portions of Hastings, Haliburton and Peterborough counties, Province of Ontario [Bancroft map] (0)
- Volume Information (1897) (0)
- A Graphic Method of Representing the Chemical Relations of a Petrographic Province (1914) (0)
- The Natural History of Igneous Rocks (1909) (0)
- The Evolution of Earth Structure With a Theory of Geomorphic Changes (1904) (0)
- Geological Survey of Canada (0)
- Reports and Proceedings (1887) (0)
- Origin of springs and rivers; an historical review (abstract with discussion by O. E. Meinzer) (1928) (0)
- Haliburton Sheet, parts of Hastings, Haliburton, Renfrew and Nipissing Counties, Ontario (0)
- The Extension of the Montana Phosphate Deposits Northward into Canada. (0)
- Province of Quebec, Montreal sheet (Eastern Townships map) (0)
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