My Experiments With
Volcanoes
Thomas A. Jaggar
January 24, 1871—January 17, 1953
My Experiments With
Volcanoes
THOMAS A. JAGGAR
MCMLVI
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
HONOLULU
Copyright, 1956, by the
Hawaiian Volcano Research Association
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Thomas Augustus Jaggar, Jr.
January 24, 1871
January 17, 1953
It is the wish of the members of the Hawaiian Volcano ResearchAssociation to share with others the experiences they have enjoyed intheir association with a truly great man.
On October 5, 1911, through the efforts of Thomas Augustus Jaggar,Jr., the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association was organized to assistin the support of the newly created Hawaiian Volcano Observatoryat Kilauea, Hawaii. Accepting Dr. Jaggar’s sincere belief that asystematic and continuous study of volcanoes would result in theprotection of life and property, the motto the Hawaiian VolcanoResearch Association adopted was “Ne plus haustae aut obrutaeurbes.”
Dr. Jaggar arrived in Hawaii to take up his work at the Observatoryon January 17, 1912—exactly forty-one years before the day of hisdeath on January 17, 1953.
Dr. Jaggar spent the last years of his life writing the historyof his sixty years of intensive, rugged, and hazardous scientificachievements. During many of these years, and up to the completionof his life’s history, it has been well stated that one of his mostvaluable co-workers was his wife, Isabel, who shared with him thedisappointments, the joys of discovery, and much of the physical work.It is the privilege of the officers, directors and members of theHawaiian Volcano Research Association to present in book form thisstory of Dr. Jaggar’s life.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Young Scientist | 3 |
| II. | Imitating Ripplemarks | 32 |
| III. | Expedition Decade | 55 |
| IV. | Living with Volcanoes | 85 |
| V. | Expansion Decade | 114 |