His book includes descriptions of the heavy tropical rains , eruptions of the Kīlauea volcano , earthquakes , and tsunamis , such as the one caused by the 1868 Hawaii earthquake . Coan was known as " the bishop of Kilauea , " and his observations were invaluable to subsequent scientists . Both Fidelia and his second wife Lydia wrote a piece about the volcano , as well as his sons , Titus M. and Samuel . Fidelia Coan was among the first American women to publish in a scientific journal : an 1852 article in the '' American Journal of Science ''
1868 Hawaii earthquake
1868 Hawaii earthquake
Titus Coan