Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel

Related Titles

Series: Professional papers (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers), no. 18
Series: Professional papers of the engineer's department, U.S.army, no. 18

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United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 1867-1881

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

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, D.C, G.P.O, 1870-80

Notes

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."

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 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.

Subjects

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

BHL Collections

Bone Wars Collection
Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection

Call Number

QE74 .K5

Classification

557.3

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.49454
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/03023452
OCLC: 424439
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51409526