| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | A geological and agricultural survey of the district adjoining the Erie canal in the state of New York: Taken under the direction of the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer. Part I. Containing a description of the rock formations; together with a geological profile, extending from the Atlantic to Lake Erie
| | | | Creator: | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | | | | | Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839 | | | | Publication: | Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen, Albany,1824. | | | | Notes: | Introductory reports signed: Amos Eaton. | | | | Call #: | QE145 E14G | | | | Extent: | 163 p. : 2 fold. profiles. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Geology -- New York (State) | Erie Canal (N.Y.)
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Notes on the glaciation of the Shawangunk Mountain, N.Y: Read Nov. 19, 1883
| | | | Creator: | Julien, Alexis A. | | | | Publication: | Published by the Academy, N.Y, New York,1883. | | | | Notes: | Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, late Lyceum of Natural History, vol. 3, Nov. 1883. | | | | Call #: | QE697 J94 | | | | Extent: | p. 22-29 ; 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Glacial epoch | Geology -- New York (State)
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Summary narrative of an exploratory expedition to the sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820: resumed and completed, by the discovery of its origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832. By authority of the United States. With appendices, comprising ... all of the official reports and scientific papers of both expeditions
| | | | Creator: | Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 | | | | Publication: | Lippincott, Grambo, and co, Philadelphia,1855. | | | | Notes: | The first part, Narrative of the expedition of 1820 (p. 37-220), is a revised edition of Schoolcraft's "Narrative journal of travels through the north western regions of the United States." Albany, 1821. The second part, Discovery of the actual source of the Mississippi river (p. [221]-274), is an abridgement of his "Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi valley to Itaska Lake." New York, 1834. | | | | Call #: | F42J S372S | | | | Extent: | xx, [17]-596 p. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Natural history -- Northwest, Old | Natural history -- Mississippi River Valley | Indians of North America | Geology -- New York (State) | Ojibwa language | Mississippi River -- Sources | Great Lakes | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
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