Andrew Ellicott Douglass and the Big Trees: The Role of the Giant Sequoia in the Development of Dendrochronology

该项目侧重于树木年代学作为一门科学学科（树木年轮测年）的详细研究，并将其置于历史背景中。安德鲁·埃利科特·道格拉斯，美国最杰出的天文学家之一，是树木年代学的创始人和早期发展者。该项目试图回答几个基本问题：1)巨红杉（Sequoiadendron giganteum）在树木年代学的建立中扮演了什么角色？2)选择巨型红杉作为安德鲁·埃利科特·道格拉斯的第二个试验物种的依据尚不清楚，但从植物学的角度来看，使用这种植物过去和现在都存在问题，这些问题可能严重限制了该领域的早期发展。道格拉斯如何选择使用红杉代表了第二个问题。最后，与第二个问题有着千丝万缕联系的是有机体选择的问题。红杉是这项工作的合适人选吗？这项研究将在亚利桑那大学图书馆井然有序的道格拉斯论文中进行。

This project focuses on a detailed study of Dendrochronology as a science discipline (tree ring dating), and places it in an historical context. Andrew Ellicott Douglass, one of America's premier astronomers, was the founder and early developer of the discipline of dendrochronology. The project seeks to answer several fundamental questions: 1) what was the role of Sequoiadendron giganteum, the Giant Sequoia, in the establishment of dendrochronology? 2) The basis for the choice of Sequoiadendron giganteum as Andrew Ellicott Douglass's second test species is little understood, but there were and are problems employing this plant from a botanical standpoint that could have severely restricted the early development of the field. How Douglass chose to use sequoia represents the second question. 3) Finally, and inextricably linked to the second question, is the question of the choice of organism. Was sequoia the `right organism for the job?` The research will be undertaken in the well-ordered Douglass papers in the University of Arizona Library.