Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1891-92. Pt I: Report of the Director Pt II: Geology, Pt III: Irrigation

Description:

Volume complete in three parts. Part 1: Report of the Director. Includes two large folding maps in rear pocket; Topographic progress map and Geologic progress map. Part II: includes articles; Second Expedition to Mount St. Elias [Alaska] by I.C. Russell; The Geological History of Harbors by N. S. Shaler; The Mechanics of Appalachian Structure by B. Willis; The Average Elevation of the United States by H. Gannett; The Rensselaer Grit Plateau in New York by T. N. Dale; The American Tertiary Aphidae by S. H. Scudder. Includes a large colour folded map ‘Map showing altitudes in the United States’ in rear pocket. Part III, Irrigation, includes articles; Water Supply for Irrigation by F.H. Newell; American Irrigation Engineering by H.M. Wilson; Engineering Results of Irrigation Survey by H.M. Wilson; Report upon the Construction of Topographic Maps and the Selection and Survey of Reservoir Sites in the Hydrographic Basin of the Arkansas River, Colorado by A.H. Thompson; Report upon the Location and Survey of Reservoir Sites during the Fiscal Year ending June 30th 1892 by A.H. Thompson 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 Thirteenth 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 three volumes contain a series of important papers, accompanied with fascinating black and white photographs, illustrations and maps.

Condition

3 vols, 4to, orig. cloth, rubbed, scuffed and a little worn; slightly shaken, hinges a little slack,. A good, clean and complete set of this important Annual Report.