Synoptic Index 



PAGE 



Crossing the Sierra Nevada afoot 262 



Meeting with Professor William H. Brewer of 



the Geological Survey of California . . . 262 



King's work on that Survey 263 



Exploration in Arizona, accompanying General 



McDowell 263 



Field studies abound extinct volcanoes in associa- 

 tion with Baron von Richthofen .... 264 

 King's important discovery of significant fossils 



on the Mariposa estate (1863) 264 



Initiative efforts at Washington to organize the 

 Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Par- 

 allel, 1866-67 . . . . „ 265 



Conduct of that Survey 266 



Mining Industry, the earliest publication of the 



Report (1870) . . . 268 



Subsequent publications 269 



Glaciers on Mount Shasta 269 



Islands along southern coast of New England . 269 



Systematic Geology (1878) 271 



Establishment of the United States Geological 



Survey 273 



King's work as United States Geologist . . . 275 



Fellowship in scientific societies 276 



Geological Society of London (1874) .... 276 

 National Academy of Sciences (1876) .... 276 

 American Institute Mining Engineers .... 276 



King's financial affairs 277 



Time and attention which he might otherwise 

 have given to science and literature absorbed 



by necessity of earning money 278 



His quick perception and acute judgment illus- 

 trated in his discovery of the ' ' diamond 



swindle " , 278 



Service as scientific adviser in important mining 



litigations 279 



Honorary degree of LL.D. conferred by Brown 



University (1890) 281 



King's scientific writings discussed 281 



" Catastrophism and the Evolution of Environ- 

 ment " 282 



Systematic Geology 283 



423 



