Synoptic Index 



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His establishment of a physical laboratory for in- 

 vestigations conducted by Professors Barus 



and Hallock 287 



His paper on the " Age of the Earth" .... 289 



His estimate confirmed by Lord Kelvin . . . 290 



King's literary work .... 291 



His remarkable intellectual versatility .... 292 



His last illness 293 



Memoir by Daniel C. Gil man 295 



Clarence King's boyhood at New Haven . . . 297 



School-days at Hartford 297 



At the Sheffield School 298 



His graduation there in 1862 299 



His subsequent career 300 



Biographical Notice by Rossiter W. Raymond . 303 



Clarence King a " mother's boy " 306 



His schoolboy days 306 



" The gift of friendship," a characteristic from his 



earliest youth 306 



James T. Gardiner's note descriptive of that 



period 307 



King's crossing of the continent in 1S63, suggestive 



of General Sherman's experience .... 308 

 Letter of Professor Brewer — quoted .... 310 

 His meeting with King and Gardiner on Sacra- 

 mento River steamer 311 



Brewer's first ascent of Mount Shasta .... 314 



His descriptive letter to Professor Brush . . . 315 



King's resolution inspired thereby 315 



King's engagement on the Geological Survey of 



California 316 



His literary camp outfit (footnote) 317 



Ascent of Lassen Peak 318 



King's glissade 319 



Discovery of Jurassic and Triassic fossils in the 

 auriferous zone of California at Genesee 



Valley, Plumas County 321 



King's discovery of glaciers on Mount Shasta in 



1870 323 



Mount Whitney 324 



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