Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1884-85

Description:

Contains five large papers: Mount Taylor and the Zuni Plateau, by Capt. C.E. Dutton; Preliminary paper on the Driftless area of the Upper Mississippi Valley by T. C. Chamberlain and R.D. Salisbury; The Quantitative Determination of Silver by Means of the Microscope by J.S. Curtis; Sea coast swamps of the Eastern United States by Prof. N.S. Shaler; Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie group by Prof. L.F. Ward. The United States Geological Survey was established by an act of Congress in 1879 and was charged with the 'classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain'. The sixth 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. Includes a large fold-out map 76cm x 50cm, ‘Map of the United States exhibiting the progress made in the geographic survey during the fiscal year1884-85’ by Henry Gannett.

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.