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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Number 158 
March 1870 and published in signatures (#8-11) dated 
April 1871.) 
[416] Blake, James. 1871. Climate of the North Pacific 
Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of 
Sciences, ser. 1, 4([April]): 128-130. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 18 July 
1870 and published in signatures (#8-11) dated April 
1871. ) 
[417] Blake, James. 1872. [Remarks on variations of the 
barometer as influenced by the moon]. Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 1, 4([January]): 
166. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 1 May 
1871 and published in a signature (#12) dated January 
1872. ) 
[418] Blake, James. 1872. [On some diatoms collected at a 
hot spring in Pueblo Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada], 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 
1, 4([January]):183. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 21 Au¬ 
gust 1871 and published in a signature (#13) dated Jan¬ 
uary 1872.) 
[419] Blake, James. 1872. [On prismatic dolerite, an inter¬ 
esting form of volcanic rock found near Black Rock, 
Nevada], Proceedings of the California Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, ser. 1, 4([January]): 183-184. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 21 
August 1871 and published in a signature (#13) dated 
January 1872.) 
[420] Blake, James. 1872. [Remarks on animal life found in 
hot springs, at Calistoga, of 168 degrees of tempera¬ 
ture], Proceedings of the California Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, ser. 1, 4([January]):190-191. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 18 Sep¬ 
tember 1871 and published in a signature (#14) dated 
January 1872.) 
[421] Blake, James. 1872. [Remarks a visit to the Geysers 
and finding algae growing in the waters at different tem¬ 
peratures], Proceedings of the California Academy of 
Sciences, ser. 1, 4([January]): 193-194. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 7 
October 1871 and published in a signature (#14) dated 
January 1872.) 
[422] Blake, James. 1872. [Remarks on the extent of the 
deposits that had been formed by the hot springs at 
Puebla, in Humboldt County, Nevada], Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 1, 4([January]): 
197-198. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 20 No¬ 
vember 1871 and published in a signature (#14) dated 
January 1872.) 
[423] Blake, James. 1873. [Remarks on a branch of the 
great Japanese warm stream]. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Sciences, ser. 1, 4([January]): 
216-217. 
(Communication presented at the Academy meeting 
held 18 March 1872 and published in a signature (#16) 
dated January 1873.) 
[424] Blake, James. 1873. On some recently discovered 
aboriginal implements. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Sciences, ser. 1, 4([January]):221-222, figs. 
1 - 2 . 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 6 May 
1872 and published in a second signature (#17) dated 
January 1873.) 
[425] Blake, James. 1873. On the absence of a rim to the 
Great Basin to the north of the Pueblo Butte. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 
1, 4([January]):223. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 6 May 
1872 and published in a second signature (#17) dated 
January 1873.) 
[426] Blake, James. 1873. Remarks on the topography of 
the Great Basin. Proceedings of the California Academy 
of Sciences, ser. 1, 4([January]):276-277. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 21 
October 1872 and published in a fifth signature (#20) 
dated January 1873.) 
[427] Blake, James. 1873. On the connection between the 
atomic weights of substances and their physiological 
action. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, ser. 1, 5([21 April]):75-77. 
[428] Blake, James. 1873. On the structure of the honey- 
bag in the honey-making ant Myrmecocystus mexicanus. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 
1, 5([19 May]):98. 
[429] Blake, James. 1873. On the structure of Verrillia 
blakei. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, ser. 1, 5([ 18 August]): 149-150. 
[430] Blake, James. 1873. On nickeliferous sand from 
Fraser River. Proceedings of the California Academy of 
Sciences, ser. 1, 5([17 November]):200. 
[431] Blake, James. 1873. On the Puebla Range of Moun¬ 
tains. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, ser. 1, 5([ 15 December]):210-214. 
[432] Blake, James. 1874. On the structure of the sonorous 
sand from Kauai. Proceedings of the California Acad¬ 
emy of Sciences, ser. 1, 5([20 July]):357-358. 
[433] Blake, James. 1874. Curious electrical light observed 
during the storm of September 30th. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Sciences, ser. 1, 5([5 October]): 
406. 
[434] Blake, James. 1874. On the composition of some 
grapes grown in Califormia, in relation to their fitness 
for making wine. Proceedings of the California Acad¬ 
emy of Sciences, ser. 1, 5([16 November]):416-418. 
[435] Blake, James. 1875. On roscoelite, or vanadium mica. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 
1, 6:150. 
[436] Blake, James. 1875. [Results of some physiological 
experiments to determine the molecular relations of 
beryllium]. Proceedings of the California Academy of 
