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Geology of the Southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Philip B. King
1948, Professional Paper 215
This report deals with an area of 425 square miles in the western part of Texas, immediately south of the New Mexico line. The area comprises the south end of the Guadalupe Mountains and the adjacent part of the Delaware Mountains; it includes the highest peaks in the State of...
Reservoirs in the United States
G. Earl Harbeck Jr.
1948, Circular 23
Man has engaged in the control of flowing water since history began. Among his early recorded efforts were reservoirs for muncipal water-supplies constructed near ancient Jerusalem to store water which was brought there in masonry conduits. 1/  Irrigation was practiced in Egypt as early as 2000 B. C. There the...
Flood of September 1946 at San Antonio, Texas
Seth D. Breeding
1948, Circular 32
A flood occurred in the streams in and near San Antonio, Teat., during the early morning hours of September 27, 1946, as a result of heavy rains falling during the previous night. Much property damage occurred in San Antonio and below, and four lives were lost. . It is the...
Special problem caused by the epigenetic alterations of Liassic rocks
Henry Joly, Ninck Joly
1948, Open-File Report 48-17-B
"Special problem caused by the epigenetic alterations of Liassic rocks", by Henry Joly and Ninck, describes damages to the foundation of a building in Nancy due to swelling of a Jurassic shale bed. The swelling was due to the formation of calcium sulphate by chemical reaction of constituents of the...
Tests and researches on building stones
M. R. L’Hermite
1948, Open-File Report 48-17-E
In 1941, the "Association Francaise de Normalisation" (French Association of Standardization) decided to create a Commission for the purpose of writing out a standard for building stones. When this Commission met under the chairmanship of Mr. Pol Abraham, Architect, they realized how far behind was our precise technical knowledge of...
Texas floods of 1940
Seth D. Breeding
1948, Water Supply Paper 1046
Floods occurred in Texas during, June, July, and November 1940 that exceeded known stages on many small streams and at a few places on the larger streams. Stages at several stream-gaging stations exceeded the maximum known at those places since the collection of daily records began. A storm, haying its...