Object Details
Author
Blake, William P (William Phipps) 1826-1910
Conrad, T. A (Timothy Abbott) 1803-1877
Schiel, J (Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm) 1813-
Antisell, Thomas 1817-1893
United States War Department
United States War Department Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad
Notes
Compilation of geological reports extracted from the publication: Reports of explorations and surveys, for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, compiled by the United States War Dept. and published 1855-1860.
Contents
Geological report / by William P. Blake (includes Description of the fossil shells / T.A. Conrad) (1857) -- Report of the geology of the route near the thirty-second parallel prepared from the collection and notes of Capt. Pope / by William P. Blake (1856) -- Geological report of the country explored under the 38th and 41st parallels in 1853-1854 / by James Schiel (1855) -- Report of the geology of the route (1856) -- Geological report (1856) -- Geological report / by Thomas Antisell (1856)
Date
1855
1855-1857
Call number
QE73 .G46 1855
Type
Books
Physical description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps (some folded) ; 29 cm
Place
West (U.S.)
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Geology
Mollusks, Fossil
Fossils
Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys
Record ID
siris_sil_743060