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Ninth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1887-88

by Powell, J.W.

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Publisher : Government Printing Office
Published In : Washington
Illustrations : 88 plates (some folding, some double-page), 5 folding, col maps, 61 b/w figs

Description:

Contains four large papers: The Charleston Earthquake of August 31, 1886 by C. E. Dutton; The Geology of Cape Ann, Massachusetts by N. S. Shaler; Formation of the Travertine and Siliceous Sinter by the Vegetation of Hot Springs by W. H. Weed; On the Geology and Physiography of a Portion of Northwestern Colorado and adjacent Part of Utah and Wyoming by C. A. White. The ninth Annual Report was produced by John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) who served as the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1881–1894. The volume contains a series of important papers, accompanied with fascinating black and white illustrations and attractive lithographic maps. Five colour maps; one Map of the United States, showing the progress of the topographic survey during the fiscal year 1887-’88; three maps concerned with, The Geology of Cape Ann, Massachusetts and one map, ‘Geological map of the Northwestern Colorado and adjacent parts of Utah and Wyoming'.

Condition

Ex-lib, Letchworth and District Naturalists' Society Museum Library. 4to, orig. cloth, rubbed, scuffed and a little worn; otherwise a good copy of this Annual Report.