Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1892-93. Pt I: Report of the Director Pt II: Accompanying Papers
- Publisher : Government Printing Office
- Published In : Washington
- Illustrations : 74 plates (some folding, some double-page), 75 figs
Description:
Volume complete in two parts. Part I: Report of the Director. Includes one large folding map in rear pocket; Topographic progress map. Part II includes articles; Potable Waters of Eastern United States by W.J. M’Gee; Natural Mineral Waters of the United States by A.C. Peale; Results of Stream Measurements by F.H. Newell; The Laccolitic Mountain Groups of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona by W. Cross; The Gold-Silver Veins of Ophir, California by W. Lindgren; Geology of the Catoctin Belt by A. Keith; Tertiary Revolution in the Topography of the Pacific Coast by J.S. Diller; The Rocks of the Sierra Nevada by H.W. Turner; Pre-Cambrian Igneous Rocks of the Unkar Terrane, Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona by Walcott, C.D.; On the Structure of the Ridge between the Taconic and Green Mountain Ranges in Vermont, by T.N. Dale.; The Structure of Monument Mountain in Great Barrington, Massachusetts by T.N. Dale; The Potomac and Roaring Creek Coal Fields in West Virginia by J.D. Weeks. Includes three large folded maps in rear pocket; Geological map of the United States; Map showing location of mineral spring resorts; Map showing springs whose waters are used commercially. 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 Fourteenth 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 of Accompanying Papers contains a series of important articles, accompanied with fascinating black and white photographs, illustrations and maps.
Condition
2 vols, 4to, orig. cloth, rubbed, and a little worn. Ex-lib, with labels to endpapers and blind stamps to title pages, otherwise a good, clean and complete set of this important Annual Report.