Osborn, Chase Salmon

The Earth Upsets (Another Terrestrial Motion)

Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc., 1927. First Edition. In his pioneering book, ex-Michigan governor and world traveler Chase Salmon Osborn expounds on the Earth's movements citing many historical examples of earthquakes, ancient continents, ice sheets, the effect of the moon, etc. He devotes a later chapter to Dayton Miller's Etherdrift experiments.

12mo. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine, 216 pp. Some dust-soiling to cloth, else a near fine copy lacking the presumed dust jacket. Item #13843

Price: $75.00