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Title

Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel [electronic resource] : made by order of the Secretary of War according to the Acts of Congress of March 2, 1867, and March 3, 1869, under the direction of Brig. and Bvt. Major General A.A. Humphreys, chief of engineers / by Clarence King.

Author

United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)

Publication

[Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1870-1880]

Details

Additional Authors

• King, Clarence, 1842-1901.
• Hague, A. (Arnold), 1840-1917.
• Emmons, Samuel Franklin, 1841-1911.
• Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836-1908.
• Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876.
• Hall, James, 1811-1898.
• Whitfield, R. P. (Robert Parr), 1828-1910.
• Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929.
• Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892.
• Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895.
• Bien, Julius, 1826-1909.

Description

1 online resource (7 v.) : ill., maps.

Series Statement

• Professional papers of the Engineer Department, U.S. Army ; no. 18
• Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925

Uniform Title

• Professional papers (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers) ; no. 18.
• Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.

Subject

• Discoveries in geography
• Geology > United States
• Mines and mineral resources > United States
• Paleontology > United States
• Botany > West (U.S.)
• Birds > United States
• United States > Discovery and exploration
• Comstock Lode (Nev.)

Note

• Each volume has special t.p.
• Atlases have titles as follows: "Atlas accompanying volume III. Mining industry ... New York, Engraved and printed by Julius Bien" and "Geological and topographical atlas ... 1876. Julius Bien, lith."
• Includes indexes.
• Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

Contents

I. (1878) Systematic geology / by Clarence King -- II. (1877) Descriptive geology / by Arnold Hague and S.F. Emmons -- III. (1870) Mining industry / by James D. Hague ; with geological contributions by Clarence King -- IV. (1877) pt. I. Palaeontology / by F.B. Meek. pt. II. Palaeontology / by James Hall and R.P. Whitfield. pt. III. Ornithology / by Robert Ridgway -- V. (1871) Botany / by Sereno Watson ; aided by Daniel C. Eaton, and others -- VI. (1876) Microscopical petrography / by Ferdinand Zirkel -- VII. (1880) Odonthornithes : a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America / by Othniel Charles Marsh.

OCLC

• 875134428
• NCCO2011808

Conference

United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)

Title

Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel [electronic resource] : made by order of the Secretary of War according to the Acts of Congress of March 2, 1867, and March 3, 1869, under the direction of Brig. and Bvt. Major General A.A. Humphreys, chief of engineers / by Clarence King.

Imprint

[Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1870-1880]

Series

Professional papers of the Engineer Department, U.S. Army ; no. 18

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925

Professional papers (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers) ; no. 18.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.

Local Note

Reproduced from source library: v. 5-7.

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Added Author

King, Clarence, 1842-1901.

Hague, A. (Arnold), 1840-1917.

Emmons, Samuel Franklin, 1841-1911.

Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836-1908.

Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876.

Hall, James, 1811-1898.

Whitfield, R. P. (Robert Parr), 1828-1910.

Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929.

Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892.

Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895.

Bien, Julius, 1826-1909.