AuthorUnited States. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel.
TitleReport of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel / 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 A.A.Humphreys, chief of engineers, by Clarence King, U.S.geologist.
Published[Washington : Government Printing Office, 1870-1880]
Description7v. : front.(v.1-2) plates, maps, tables. ; 30cm. + and atlas. 2v. 50 x 64cm and 83 x 63cm.
SeriesProfessional papers of the engineer's department, U.S.army, no. 18
General NoteEach 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."
Formatted NoteContents: 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 Prof. 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.
SubjectsBirds -- United States.
Botany -- West (U.S.)
Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Geology -- United States.
Mines and mineral resources -- United States.
Paleontology -- United States.
United States -- Exploring expeditions.
Other AuthorsKing, Clarence, 1842-1901,
Hague, 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, Robert Parr, 1828-1910.
Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929.
Watson, Sereno, 1826-1829.
Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895.
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909, engraver.
LC Card Number03-23452
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