History of Geophysics: Volume 1

Title Page......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
Introduction......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
Man's Arrival and Early Agriculture......Page 8
Oral Literature......Page 11
Myths of Origin And Creation......Page 12
Etiological Myths......Page 17
A Soteriological Myth......Page 19
Serpents and Water......Page 20
Indians of the United States......Page 21
Chac, the Mayan Rain God......Page 22
Baptism and Sacred Baths......Page 24
Food and Shelter......Page 26
Domestic Water Supply......Page 27
Lakes......Page 28
Irrigation......Page 29
The Valley of Mexico......Page 33
Acknowledgments.......Page 35
References......Page 36
Sponsored Research in Geomagnetism 130 Years Ago
......Page 38
The Ancestryof Solar-Terrestrial Research......Page 40
The Place of the Geophysical Sciencesin Nineteenth Century Natural Philosophy......Page 43
North American Eskimos......Page 47
Aurora Australis......Page 48
References......Page 49
Historical Aspects of the IGY......Page 50
Krakatau 1883: A Classic Geophysical Event......Page 53
The Dinner......Page 56
2.1. The International Telegraph Union......Page 58
2.2. Radio Telegraph Union 1903-1932.......Page 59
2.3. The Creation of the International Telecon1municationunion......Page 60
4.3. The General Secretariat......Page 61
4.5. The Period After Atlantic City......Page 62
5. The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee ccitt......Page 63
6. The International Radio Consultative Committee ccir......Page 64
7. Relations With Ursi......Page 66
References......Page 68
2. Early History......Page 69
3. Breit and Tuve Sounding Experiments 
......Page 75
4. Development of the Ionosonde and Radar
......Page 77
References......Page 82
Scienlitic Communicalion in Geophysics
......Page 83
References......Page 88
Paper Pollution: The Scientific Literature Explosion......Page 89
Referee Identification......Page 90
Acknowledgments......Page 93
References......Page 94
Communication Modes of Geophysics: the Case of Ionospheric Physics 
......Page 95
Historical Growth of Literature inIonospheric Physics......Page 96
Survey of Ionospheric Physicists......Page 97
Characteristics of Current JournalLiterature in Ionospheric Physics......Page 99
Conclusions......Page 102
References......Page 103
International Meetings in Solar-Terrestrial Physics......Page 104
Results of Poll......Page 105
Summary of Comments......Page 107
Conclusions and Recommendations......Page 108
References......Page 109
Is JGR Expensive?......Page 111
Tidal Cycles of Volcanic Eruptions: Fortnightly to 19 Yearly Periods¹
......Page 112
Tidal Eruption Cycles......Page 113
References......Page 124
Analysis Of Ancient Atmospheres......Page 125
References......Page 128
Measurement and Calibration Techniques
......Page 129
References......Page 131
Early Recognition of Long-Term Auroral Variations
......Page 132
The Post-Maunder Minimum Record
......Page 133
The Maunder Minimum in the Auroral Record
......Page 134
The Pre-Maunder Minimum Record
......Page 137
Summary and Prospectus
......Page 141
References......Page 142
Data Analysis......Page 144
References......Page 147
Fifty Years-Past and Hence......Page 148
Waldo E. Smith:AQuarter Centuryof Service......Page 149
This Small World
......Page 150
Walter B. Langbein: 1907-1982......Page 152
Francis w.Reichelderfer 1895-1983......Page 153