Good . Octavo.Dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles.Small stain on front.( see picture) Corners with some light wear. 47 black and white plates includes maps, charts, and photos (including many of the 1923 Tokyo earthquake). Map in rear pocket, showing the depression and upheaval of the ground produced at Kwanto District after the Great Earthquake of September 1st, 1923. NOT containing the geological map of the Japanese Empire ( that was to be supplemented separately)

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I. Geographical Sketch of Japan.

By Naomasa YAMASAKI, D. Sc., Professor of Geography, Tokyo Imperial University.

CHAPTER II. The Climate of Japan, with a note on the Mete-orological Service in Japan

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By Takematsu OKADA, D. Sc., Director of the Central Meteorological Observatory.

CHAPTER III. Geology of the Japanese Empire,

Part I. Geology of Japan.

By Nobuyasu KANEHARA, Director of the Imperial Geological Survey of Japan.

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Part. II. Geology of Korea

By Shigetaro KAWASAKI, Director of the Geological Survey of Koren.

CHAPTER IV. General Aspects of the Flora of Japan, including Southern Saghalien, the Kuriles, Korea, Formosa, the Loo-choos, the Bonins, and the Micronesias under the Japanese Mandatory Rule

By Bunzō HAYATA, D. Sc., Professor of Botany, Tokyo Imperial University.

CHAPTER V. On the Fauna of Japan

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By Tokio KABURAKI, D. Sc., Professor of Zoology, Tokyo Imperial University.

CHAPTER VI. Races of the Japanese Empire

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By Yoshikiyo KOGANEI, M. D., Emer. Professor, Tokyo

Imperial University, Akira MATSUMURA, D. Sc., Assist. Professor, Tokyo Imperial University, and Nenozo UTSURIKAWA, Ph. D.

CHAPTER VII. The Great Earthquake of S. E. Japan on Sept. 1, 1923, with two Appendices

By Akitune IMAMURA, D. Sc., Professor of Seismology, Tokyo Imperial University.

CHAPTER VIII. Mathematics in China and Japan. By Yoshio MIKAMI.

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CHAPTER IX. On the Development of the Astronomical Science in the Ancient Orient

199 By Shinzo SHINJO, D. Sc., Professor of Cosmical Physics, Kyoto Imperial University.

CHAPTER X. A brief History of Botany in old Japan. 213 By Mitsutaro ShmAI, D. Sc., Emeritus Professor, Tokyo Imperial University.

CHAPTER XI. A brief Outline of the History of Medicine in Japan 229

By Yu FUJIKAWA, M. D., D. Litt.

CHAPTER XII. Physical Sciences in Japan, from the time of the first Contact with the Occident until the time of the Meiji Restoration

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By Ayao KUWAKI, D. Sc., Professor of Physics, Kynshu Imperial University.

CHAPTER XIII. A Historical Sketch of the Development of Seismology in Japan

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By Torahiko TERADA, D. Sc., Professor of Physics, Tokyo Imperial University, and Takeo MATUZAWA, Assistant Professor, Tokyo Imperial University.

CHAPTER XIV. Learned Institutions Compiled by the Publishing Committee.