Letter from JC Branner to John Muir 1910 Feb 25

Stanford University, Cal., Feb. 25, 1910 John Muir, Martinez, Cal. Dear Mr. Muir: - I am glad you like the photograph of the Araucaria. You ask about pictures of South American glaciers. The best I can do is to tell you where they are published. The glaciers of the high Andes are best shown and described by Edward Whymper in his “Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator”. New York, 1892. Another good book on the Andes is Sir Martin Conway’s “The Bolivian Andes”, New York and London, 1901. The glaciers of the southern end of the continent are described by Sir Martin Conway in his “Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego”. London, 1902. E. A. Fitsgerald’s “The highest Andes; a record of the first ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato”, New York, 1899, gives a good account of the highest peaks, which, by the way, are not far from the railway crossing from Valparaiso to Buenos Aires. I suppose these books can be had in the public libraries of San Francisco. But in case they cannot, I shall be glad to loan you my copies if you will let me know. They are all books that will make you want to start by the next steamer; and they are all by excellent writers and perfectly trustworthy. I f I can be of any service to you at any time, let me know; it will give me great pleasure. Very truly yours, J C Branne

Earth Sculpture or the Origin of Land-forms

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A Review of Sociological Issues in Fire Safety Regulation

This paper presents an overview of contemporary sociological issues in fire safety. The most obviously social aspects of fire safety—those that relate to the socioeconomic distribution of fire casualties and damage—are discussed first. The means that society uses to mitigate fire risks through regulation are treated next; focusing on the shift towards fire engineered solutions and the particular challenges this poses for the social distribution and communication of fire safety knowledge and expertise. Finally, the social construction of fire safety knowledge is discussed, raising questions about whether the confidence in the application of this knowledge by the full range of participants in the fire safety design and approvals process is always justified, given the specific assumptions involved in both the production of the knowledge and its extension to applications significantly removed from the original knowledge production; and the requisite competence that is therefore needed to apply this knowledge. The overarching objective is to argue that the fire safety professions ought to be more reflexive and informed about the nature of the knowledge and expertise that they develop and apply, and to suggest that fire safety scientists and engineers ought to actively collaborate with social scientists in research designed to study the way people interact with fire safety technology

Geology and topography of Serra de Jacobina, State of Bahia, Brazil

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