The glacial boundary in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois
G. Frederick Wright, Thomas C. Chamberlin
1890, Bulletin 58
A report of work done in the division of chemistry and physics, mainly during the fiscal year 1888-89
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
1890, Bulletin 64
The present bulletin represents work finished in the Division of Chemistry and Physics during the fiscal year 1888—'89, and resembles in general design and purpose its predecessors, Nos. 9, 27, 42, 55, and 60. It covers, however, only a part of the work actually accomplished, for some investigations are not...
Mineral resources of the United States, 1888
David T. Day
1890, Report
No abstract available....
The molecular stability of metals, particularly of iron and steel
C. Barus
1890, Nature (41) 369-371
(1) ALLOW me to add some words relative to the very timely lecture on the hardening and tempering of steel, recently published by Prof. Roberts-Austen (NATURE, xli. pp. 11, 42). I desire, in the first place, to point out the bearing of the singular minimum of the viscosity of hot...
I.-Subaerial Deposits of the Arid Region of North America
Israel C. Russell
1889, Geological Magazine (6) 289-295
The subaërial deposits now accumulating in the arid portion of the United States may be divided into four classes: 1, Eolian Sands; 2, Talus Slopes; 3, Alluvial Cones; and 4, Calcareous Clays to which no specific name has been applied, but which, for reasons stated below, will be called “adobe”...
Report upon United States geological surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, Volume I: Geographical report
George Montague Wheeler
1889, Report, Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian
The Potomac or younger Mesozoic flora
William Morris Fontaine
1889, Monograph 15
Report of work done in the division of chemistry and physics, mainly during the fiscal year 1886-87
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
1889, Bulletin 55
Ninth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1887-1888
J. W. Powell
1889, Annual Report 9
No abstract available....
The geology of Nantucket
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
1889, Bulletin 53
On invertebrate fossils from the Pacific coast
Charles A. White
1889, Bulletin 51
The Paleozoic fishes of North America
J.S. Newberry
1889, Monograph 16
Eighth annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1886-1887: Part 1
J. W. Powell
1889, Annual Report 8
The Geological Survey was organized, with Mr. Clarence King as Director, in March, 1879. In March, 1881, Mr. King resigned and the present Director was appointed. From its organization to the present time the Survey has steadily grown as Congress has enlarged its functions and increased its appropriations. During this...
Subaerial decay of rocks and origin of the red color of certain formations
Israel C. Russell
1889, Bulletin 52
Formulas and tables to facilitate the construction and use of maps
Robert Simpson Woodward
1889, Bulletin 50
Eighth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1886-1887: Part 2
J. W. Powell
1889, Annual Report 8
No abstract available....
Fossil wood and lignite of the Potomac formation
Frank Hall Knowlton
1889, Bulletin 56
Latitudes and longitudes of certain points in Missouri, Kansas, and New Mexico
Robert Simpson Woodward
1889, Bulletin 49
On the thermoelectric measurement of high temperatures
Carl Barus
1889, Bulletin 54
III.-The Work of Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis in Glacial Geology
Warren Upham
1889, Geological Magazine (6) 155-160
The recent notice of the life and work of Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis, whose lamented death occurred in Manchester, July 21st, 1888, in his thirty-fifth year, well indicates the wide range of his scientific labours. He published valuable results of investigations in astronomy, mineralogy and petrology, and especially in glacial...
Instructions to rain-fall observers of U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1889, Division of Hydrography Circular 1
In the prosecution of the general "survey of the arid lands for purposes of irrigation," authorized by Congress to be undertaken by the U. S. Geological Survey, a determination of the amount of water supplied by the natural rain and snow fall in different localities is of fundamental importance. To...
Nature and origin of deposits of phosphate of lime
Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose Jr., Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
1888, Bulletin 46
On the form and position of the sea level with special references to its dependence on superficial masses symmetrically disposed about a normal to the earth's surface
Robert Simpson Woodward
1888, Bulletin 48
Analyses of waters of the Yellowstone National Park, with an account of the methods of analysis employed
Frank Austin Gooch, James Edward Whitfield
1888, Bulletin 47
Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope, with an atlas
George Ferdinand Becker
1888, Monograph 13
The field work of the investigations recorded in this volume occupied nearly the whole of three seasons, beginning in 1883. All the mines might have been examined and the maps colored in a much shorter time, but it was found soon after the examinations were begun that they could not...