Water-supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey, Issues 157-164U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 - Irrigation |
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Page 101 - The serial publications of the United States Geological Survey consist of ( 1 ) Annual Reports, (2) Monographs, (3) Professional Papers, (4) Bulletins, (5) Mineral Resources, (6) Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers, (7) Topographic Atlas of United States — folios and separate sheets thereof, (8) Geologic Atlas of the United States — folios thereof.
Page 86 - B 165. Contributions to the geology of Maine, by HS Williams and HE Gregory. 1900.
Page 5 - The following papers also relate to this subject: Underground waters of Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado, by GK Gilbert, in Seventeenth Annual, Pt. II; Preliminary report on artesian waters of a portion of the Dakotas, by NH Darton, in Seventeenth Annual, 1't.
Page 125 - Survey, from whom they may be obtained, free of charge (except classes 2, 7, and 8), on application. 2. A certain number are delivered to Senators and Representatives in Congress, foi distribution.
Page 29 - Most of the above publications may be obtained or consulted in the following ways ' 1. A limited number are delivered to the Director of the Survey, from whom they may be obtained, free of charge (except classes 2, 7, and 8), on application.
Page 2 - ... the well. 5. A suitable exposure of the edge of the porous stratum, so that it may take in a sufficient supply of water. 6. An adequate rainfall to furnish this supply. 7. An absence of any escape for the water at a lower level than the surface of the well.
Page 171 - Underground waters of Tennessee and Kentucky west of Tennessee River and of an adjacent area in Illinois, by LC Glenn.
Page 103 - United States — folios thereof. The classes numbered 2, 7, and 8 are sold at cost of publication; the others are distributed free. A circular giving complete lists may be had on application.
Page 126 - Development of underground waters In the eastern coastal plain region of southern California.
Page 2 - A water-tight bed below to prevent the escape of the water downward. 3. A like impervious bed above to prevent escape upward; for the water, being under pressure from the fountain-head, would otherwise find relief in that direction.