Dr. Balázs Dénes szerk.: Földrajzi Múzeumi Tanulmányok 7. (Magyar Földrajzi Múzeum; Érd, 1989)

ÉRTEKEZÉSEK - Dr. Hála József: Szabó József észak-amerikai utazása

a JCtaqaral méj.\ 06 ^ c TTuiqaraJL mur q as 2'* 1 "b Cluifen csoport 9^ d Medinai fu,,/ioAJsä 90 . _ i oixeJVJiol KunojQÍt rete^eJc. A Niagara-vízesés földtani szelvénye (SZABÓ 3. 1883a) SZABÓ J. (1892): A chinaiak Amerikában - Földr. Közi. XX. 18-30. SZABÓ J. (1893a): Ásványtan - Budapest SZABÓ J. (1893b): Előadások a geológia köréből — Budapest SZÁDECZKY-KARDOSS E. (1961): Szabó József az ásvány és kőzettudós - Földt. Közi. XCL 251 - 263. SZINNYEI J. (1909): Szabó József - In: Magyar írók élete és munkái XIII. 224 — 230. Budapest VADÁSZ E. (1961): Elnöki megnyitó a Szabó József emlékközgyűlésen - Földt. Közt. XCL 247-250. VADÁSZ E. (1967) : A magyar földtan útja Szabó József nyomában — Budapest VADÁSZE. (1970): Szabó József - Budapest J. SZABÓ'S VISIT TO NORTH AMERICA AND HIS EXPERIENCES J. SZABÓ (1822—1894), an eminent geologist of the 19th century from Hungary made a round trip in North America between July 17th and the 12th of September, 1882. During his visit he covered several thousand kilometers visiting several cities like New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington, San Francisco, Denver, Montreal, Ottawa, Albany, Boston and also several mining localities and those of geological interests such as Virginia City and the Niagara. He also conducted studies at several institutions, museums and universities, e.g. Peabody Museum, Columbia College, Academy of Natural Sciences, Smithsonian Institute, Geological Survey of the Territories, State Geological and Agricultural Hall. He also saw the Mining Exhibition in Denver and took part in the work of the itinerary congress of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences where he lectured on the new method of the determination of the feldspars elaborated by himself. In the course of his visit, he naturally built excellent personal contacts with several American scientists and consulted with them (e.g. T.S. HUNT, E.S. DANA, G.J. BRUSH, A. HAGUE, G.F. BECKER, J.S. NEWBERRY, A. HEILPRIN, J.W. POWELL, S.F. EMMONS, Ch.W. CROSS, G.M. DAWSON, J. HALL, and CR. KING). Here his most important personal contacts were established with G.F. BECKER and A. HEILPRIN. The results of these contacts and their importance from point of view of the history of geology can be found in T. PÓKA's and T. KECSKEMÉTFs articles in this very same issue. Beside the experience obtained there, J. SZABÓ also brought home a considerable collection of rocks and minerals. On his visit to North America he lectured several times, and published two detailed accounts and eight studies. These studies, among others, dealt with geology, petrography, palaeontology, mineralogy, with the different ethnic groups of the U.S.A. such as the English, Irish, German, French, Indian, Negro and Chinese populations, the possibilities of immigration into the United States, the Mormons, cultural life, religion, education, different funds, etc. He also wrote of the Hungarian ethnic group in some papers. J. SZABÓ utilized his experience in the three geological and mineralogical textbooks written after his visit to the U.S.A. By this he greatly contributed to a better information concerning North America to the Hungarian professionals and also to the wider public. Another result of his visit was that the American colleagues could get a first-hand information concerning the results of the Earth sciences in Hungary.