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[Geological reports] : explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean / War Department

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_sil_743060
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