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...
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
Nature and origin of deposits of phosphate of lime
Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose Jr., Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
1888, Bulletin 46
Fossil fishes and fossil plants of the Triassic rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley
J.S. Newberry
1888, Monograph 14
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...
Seventh Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1886
J. W. Powell
1888, Annual Report 7
No abstract available....
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
Mineral resources of the United States, 1887
David T. Day
1888, Report
No abstract available....
Rules for the preparation of manuscript and illustrations designed for publication by the United States Geological Survey
Thomas Hampson
1888, Report
In the annual report of the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey for 1885-'86, pages 40 and 41, you set forth the functions of the chief of the editorial division as follows: "To secure clear and accurate statement in the material sent to press, careful proof-reading, and uniformity in...
VII.—On Hindeastraea, a New Generic Form of Cretaceous Astraeidae
Charles A. White
1888, Geological Magazine (5) 362-364
The little Coral here described was discovered in Kaufman County, Texas, in strata of the Kipley Group, by Dr. R. H. Loughridge, and presented by him to me, together with a few characteristic molluscan species of that group which he found associated with it. The Ripley Group is the uppermost...
I.-The Jordan-Arabah Depression and the Dead Sea
Israel C. Russell
1888, Geological Magazine (5) 337-344
The following account of the geology of the Dead Sea basin A. has been compiled from the observations of others, and I am especially indebted in this connection to H. J. Johnson, Geologist of the United States Expedition to the Dead Sea, to Professor Louis Lartet, Geologist of the Due...
Bibliography of North American geology for 1886
Nelson Horatio Darton
1887, Bulletin 44
The present condition of knowledge of the geology of Texas
Robert Thomas Hill
1887, Bulletin 45
Changes in river courses in Washington Territory due to glaciation
Bailey Willis
1887, Bulletin 40
No abstract available....
On the fossil faunas of the Upper Devonian: The Genesee section, New York
Henry Shaler Williams
1887, Bulletin 41
I have the honor to transmit herewith for publication as a bulletin a second contribution to the study of Devonian paleontology, Bulletin No. 3, "On the Fossil Faunas of the Upper Devonian," having been designed as the first of a series of papers on the comparative paleontology of the Devonian...
Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky
Joseph Silas Diller
1887, Bulletin 38
The upper beaches and deltas of the glacial lake Agassiz
Warren Upham
1887, Bulletin 39
Types of the Laramie flora
Lester Frank Ward
1887, Bulletin 37
I have in preparation a work on the flora of the Laramie group, in which will be described and figured a very large number of fossil plants, most of which were collected by myself in the seasons of 1881 and 1883 and the elaboration of which has occupied most of...
Tertiary and Cretaceous strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers
Eugene Allen Smith, Lawrence C. Johnson
1887, Bulletin 43
Report of work done in the division of chemistry and physics, mainly during the fiscal year 1885-1886
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
1887, Bulletin 42
Mineral resources of the United States, 1886
David T. Day
1887, Report
No abstract available....
On the organization of scientific work of the general government
John Wesley Powell
1886, Report
Extracts from the testimony taken by the Joint commission of the Senate and House of representatives to "consider the present organizations of the Signal service, Geological survey, Coast and geodetic survey, and the Hydrographic office of the Navy department, with the view to secure greater efficiency and economy of administration."...
Report of work done in the division of chemistry and physics mainly during the fiscal year 1884-85
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
1886, Bulletin 27
The present bulletin contains some of the more important results obtained in the chemical laboratory of the United States Geological Survey during the fiscal year 1884—'85. It also contains two physical papers representing work which was mainly done during previous fiscal years, but completed during the one for which this...
Lists and analyses of the mineral springs of the United States: A preliminary study
Albert C. Peale
1886, Bulletin 32
In attempting the collection of data for the statement of the commercial value of the mineral waters of the country for publication in the report on the Mineral Resources of the United States, 1883 and 1884, it was necessary as a prerequisite to have a list of the springs from...
Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America
Charles D. Walcott
1886, Bulletin 30
Herewith I have the honor to transmit the Second of my preliminary studies on the Cambrian Faunas of North America. The larger portion of the report was ready for publication July 7, 1885, but, having visited a number of localities in Utah and Nevada during the season of 1885, numerous...
