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### Author
Dana, James Dwight (1813-1895), American mineralogist and palaeontologist at New Haven, naturalist on the U.S. Exploring Expedition.
**Abbreviated name**: *Dana* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dana*\]
#### Collections
Mainly at US.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 250; Barnhart 1: 416; BM 1: 418-419, 6: 250; Bossert p. 92; CSP 2: 139-143, 6: 632, 7: 480-481, 9: 630-631, 14: 466-467; ME 1: 176-177 (biogr.), 3: 560 (index); Merrill p. 694 passim; Quenstedt p. 103.
- Marcou, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 30: 223-227. 1885 (bibl.).
- Dana, Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 49: 329-356. 1895 (portr., bibl.).
- Williams, J. of Geol. 1895: 601-621.
- Beecher, Amer. Geol. 17: 1-16. 1896 (portr., bibl.).
- Le Conte, Bull. Soc. Geol. Soc. Amer. 7: 461-479. 1896 (bibl., portr.).
- Gilman, The life of James Dwight Dana, New York, London 1899, xii, 409 p., *5 pl*. (portr., bibl.).
- Collins, Rhodora 14: 66. 1912.
- Spezia, Atti Accad. Sci. Torino 47: 22-24. 1912.
- Hadley et al., Bull. geol. Soc. Amer. 24: 55-69. 1913 (Dana centenary).
- Pirsson, Biogr. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 9: 41-92. 1919 (portr.).
- Bartlett, Proc. amer. phil. Soc. 82: 655-663. 1940.
- Rodgers, John Torrey 339. 1942, Amer. Bot. 1873-1892. 327. 1944.
- Steenis-Kruseman, Fl. males. ser. I. 1: 129. 1950.
- Ewan, *in* A century of progress in the nat. sciences 47. 1955.
- Sanford, J. Hist. Ideas 26: 531-546. 1965.
- Stanton, DSB 3: 549-554. 1971 (bibl.)
### Publications
##### n.1302. Manual of geology
**Title**
*Manual of geology*: treating of the principles of the science, with special reference to American geological history for the use of colleges, academies, and schools of science... illustrated by a chart of the world, and over 1000 figures, mostly from American sources. Philadelphia, London 1863. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Man. geol.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1863, before Oct, p. i-xvi, 1-798, *1 pl*., 1 map.
*Ed. 2*: New York (Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Co.) and London (Trübner and Co.) 1876 (p. x: 1 Mar 1874), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-828, *1 pl*., 1 map, text figs. *Copy*: HH. "Manual... history, by James D. Dana..."
*Ed.3*: New York (Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co.) and London (Trübner and Co.) 1880, p. \[ii\]-xiv, \[1\]-919, \[4, expl. *pl*.\], *pl. 1-12*, map, text figs. Oct. *Copies*: MICH, NY.
"Manual... history, by James D. Dana..."
*Ed. 4*: New York, Cincinnati, Chicago (American Book Company) \[1895\] (p. 5: Jan 1895), \[1\]-1087, \[1088, err.\], 2 maps, *1575 figs.
Copy*: MICH.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 419, ME 3: 560.
- Anon., North Amer. Rev. 97: 372-386. Oct 1863.