Coast range geology : geologic map and section to accompany a preliminary report on the general geology along the proposed line of the Hetch-Hetchy water system / by John C. Branner. 1912.

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Coast range geology : geologic map and section to accompany a preliminary report on the general geology along the proposed line of the Hetch-Hetchy water system / by John C. Branner. 1912.

2 folded maps + 1 photo.

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Hetch Hetchy Project (Calif.)

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Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922

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John Casper Branner (1850-1922) was a geologist was born on July 4, 1850, in New Market, Tennessee. He enrolled at Maryville College, but after two years he transferred to Cornell. He developed an interest in Brazil and he accompanied his professor, Charles F. Hartt, there in 1874, staying until 1883. He studied the country's geology, and also searched for vegetable fibers that could be used to make incandescent light. At the same time, he studied insects that affected cotton plants, under the c...