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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
 

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Seite 437 - 24. List of Marine Mollusca, comprising the Quaternary fossils and recent forms from American Localities between Cape Hatteras and Cape Roque.
Seite 435 - The publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of operations, geological and economic maps illustrating the resources and classification of the lands, and reports upon general and economic geology and paleontology.
Seite 435 - ... be the property of the United States and form a part of the library of the organization : And the money resulting from the sale of such publications shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.
Seite 438 - Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by JS Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1 pi. Price 5 cents. 39. The Upper Beaches and Deltas of the Glacial Lake Agassiz, by Warren Upham. 1887. 8°.
Seite 221 - ... located in each area under survey shall be determined and marked on the ground by iron or stone posts or permanent bench marks, at least two such posts or bench marks to be established in each township or equivalent area, except in the forest-clad and mountain areas, where at least one shall be established, and these shall be placed, whenever practicable, near the township corners of the public-land surveys...
Seite 408 - The elevations in the following list are based on a bronze tablet set in the Allegany County Court House at Cumberland, Md., and marked "C 688.
Seite 435 - Director, but otherwise in ordinary octavos. Three thousand copies of each shall be published for scientific exchanges and for sale at the price of publication ; and all literary and cartographic materials received in exchange shall be the property of the United States...
Seite 226 - Levelman and rodman must keep separate notes and compute differences of elevation immediately. As levelman and rodman pass, the former must read the rod himself, record and compare readings, then compute the HI, and after computations are made compare results with the rodman. No comparisons should be made until the record is complete. If the results differ, each must read the rod before comparing anything but results. 6. Work on primary lines should not be carried on during high winds or when the...
Seite 226 - One such bench-mark should be left for every mile run, in order to give sufficient points to which to tie future levels. Mark in large figures, in a conspicuous place when possible, the elevation to the nearest foot. Make notes opposite all elevations at crossings of roads, railroads, streams, bridges, and in front of railway stations and public buildings, and of such other facts as may aid the topographer in his work. 13. All permanent...
Seite 437 - White. 1884. 8°. 38 pp. 9 pi. Price 5 cents. 5. A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, compiled by Henry Gannett. 1884. 8°.

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