Einführung in die Geophysik (Naturwissenschaftliche Monographien und Lehrbücher, Vierter Band)

Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1922. Near Fine condition. Handsomely bound in marbled boards with green cloth spine and corners. Black leather spine label with bright and shiny gilt stamping. Original yellow wraps bound-in. Mit 82 textabbildungen. Adalbert Prey (1873-1949, see DSB, vol. 13, p. 410). This copy is from the library of, and bears the small ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division... in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." Keywords: Geophysics, Theoretical Astronomy, Astrophysics. . First Edition (1. Auflage). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. viii, 340pp + 4 pages of ads.