Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.

In a series of seven articles, of which this is the first, Muir illustrates each with his own pen sketches. ""In the beginning of the long glacial winter, the lofty Sierra seems to have consisted of one vast undulated wave, in which a thousand separate mountains with their domes and spires...

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Published: The Overland Monthly, v. 12, no. 5 1874
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spelling ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/916 2023-05-15T16:40:30+02:00 Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture. 1874-05-01 http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/916 unknown The Overland Monthly, v. 12, no. 5 See also: no. 23A; no. 25; no. 329; no. 400, pp. 3-16; no. 406, pp. 3-16; no. 432A. 1874 ftunivpacific 2016-07-27T10:19:33Z In a series of seven articles, of which this is the first, Muir illustrates each with his own pen sketches. ""In the beginning of the long glacial winter, the lofty Sierra seems to have consisted of one vast undulated wave, in which a thousand separate mountains with their domes and spires, their innumerable canons and lake basins, lay, concealed."" The article shows the results of the ice sheet on the varying types of underlying rock structure. Other/Unknown Material Ice Sheet University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections
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description In a series of seven articles, of which this is the first, Muir illustrates each with his own pen sketches. ""In the beginning of the long glacial winter, the lofty Sierra seems to have consisted of one vast undulated wave, in which a thousand separate mountains with their domes and spires, their innumerable canons and lake basins, lay, concealed."" The article shows the results of the ice sheet on the varying types of underlying rock structure.
title Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.
spellingShingle Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.
title_short Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.
title_full Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.
title_fullStr Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.
title_full_unstemmed Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.
title_sort studies in the sierra. no. i - mountain sculpture.
publisher The Overland Monthly, v. 12, no. 5
publishDate 1874
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op_relation See also: no. 23A; no. 25; no. 329; no. 400, pp. 3-16; no. 406, pp. 3-16; no. 432A.
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