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Descriptions of Fourteen New Species and One New Genus of North American Mammals

Brief summary of new species identified, including grasshopper mice, marmot, pika, Spermophile, ground squirrel, bat, and Arvicolinæ.

Date: October 30, 1889

Creator: Merriam, C. Hart

Item Type: Report

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Revision of the North American Pocket Mice

From introductory remarks: "Classification study of the North American pocket mouse based on about 170 specimens. Results of study increased recognized species to 18 and subspecies to 3 as well as shifting several well known names to other forms."

Date: October 25, 1889

Creator: Merriam, C. Hart

Item Type: Report

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Formulas and Tables to Facilitate the Construction and Use of Maps

A report about a spheroid which represents the true size and shape of the earth, and it is the one to which nearly all geodetic work in the United States in now referred.

Date: 1889

Creator: Woodward, Robert Simpson

Item Type: Report

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Fossil Wood and Lignite of the Potomac Formation

A report about flood theories, fossil wood, ignite of the potomac formation.

Date: 1889

Creator: Knowlton, Frank Hall

Item Type: Report

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The Geology of Nantucket

Letter of transmittal: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on the geology of the island of Nantucket. This report embodies a portion of the work which I have done in connection with the general study of the Atlantic coast line. Although part of a much more extended inquiry, it seems well to publish the results contained in this memoir in advance of my general report for the reason that the region constitutes a distinctly bounded field and also because the problems considered in this … more

Date: 1889

Creator: Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

Item Type: Report

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Latitudes and Longitudes of Certain Points in Missouri, Kansas, and New Mexico

A report about the latitudes and longitudes which were determined by the telegraphic method with respect to the observatory of Washington University.

Date: 1889

Creator: Woodward, Robert Simpson

Item Type: Report

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On Invertebrate Fossils from the Pacific Coast

A report about fossils from the Chico-Téjon series of California. These fossils constitute additions to the already known molluscan fauna of an important series of rich strata.

Date: 1889

Creator: White, Charles A.

Item Type: Report

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On the Thermo-Electric Measurement of High Temperatures

From preface: The present publication is the first contribution to a research on the physical constants of rocks; the experiments of which are to follow a general plan devised by Mr. Clarence King, former Director of the U. S. Geological Survey.

Date: 1889

Creator: Barus, Carl

Item Type: Report

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Report of Work Done in the Division of Chemistry and Physics

A report about mica which occurs in overlapping, crystalline plates, at Stony Point.

Date: 1889

Creator: Powell, J. W.

Item Type: Report

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Subaërial Decay of Rocks and Origin of the Red Color of Certain Formations

A report that focuses on the widespread decay of the surface rocks throughout the Appalachian region. It also focuses on the iron-stained sands which result from subaërial decay of crystalline rocks that agree in many ways with iron-stained sands forming certain geologic formations.

Date: 1889

Creator: Russell, Israel Cook

Item Type: Report

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Analyses of Waters of the Yellowstone National Park With an Account of the Methods of Analyses Employed

A report about 43 different waters made up of geysers, hot springs, mud springs, cold springs, and surface waters found within the limits of Yellowstone Park.

Date: 1888

Creator: Gooch, Frank Austin & Whitefield, James Edward

Item Type: Report

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Nature and Origin of Deposits of Phosphate of Lime

A report which provides information about American phosphate of lime deposits.

Date: 1888

Creator: Penrose, R. A. F., Jr.

Item Type: Report

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On the Form and Position of the Sea Level

A report about sea level change and problems and methods pertaining to measuring it.

Date: 1888

Creator: Woodward, Robert Simpson

Item Type: Report

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On the Fossil Faunas of the Upper Devonian: the Genesee Section, New York

From letter of transmittal: The present report includes special discussion of the faunas of the Hamilton group and of those below the black shales of the Genesee group is omitted.

Date: 1887

Creator: Williams, Henry Shaler

Item Type: Report

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Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky

A report about the peridotite found in dikes of an eruptive rock between Isom's and Critche's Creeks in Kentucky.

Date: 1887

Creator: Diller, J. S.

Item Type: Report

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Tertiary and Cretaceous Strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers

From preface: This bulletin is based upon the observations of the Tertiary and Cretaceous strata exposed along the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers in the state of Alabama.

Date: 1887

Creator: Smith, Eugene Allen & Johnson, Lawrence C.

Item Type: Report

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Types of the Laramie Flora

From explanatory remarks: 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 my time since the latter date.

Date: 1887

Creator: Ward, Lester F.

Item Type: Report

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The Upper Beaches and Deltas of the Glacial Lake Agassiz

A report about the exploration of the extinct Lake Agassiz, now a prairie, in Minnesota that was explored in 1879 and 1881.

Date: 1887

Creator: Upham, Warren

Item Type: Report

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The Gabbros and Associated Hornblende Rocks Occurring in the Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland

From introduction: The present paper is intended as a contribution to our knowledge of a particular phase of metamorphism in eruptive rocks, i.e., that one which is dependent on the secondary development of hornblende by the paramorphism or pseudomorphism of pyroxene.

Date: 1886

Creator: Williams, George Huntington

Item Type: Report

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Notes of the Geology of North California

A report about a complex group of mountain ridges in Northern California and Oregon. It discusses the geology of North California.

Date: 1886

Creator: Diller, J. S.

Item Type: Report

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On the Relation of the Laramie Molluscan Fauna to That of the Succeeding Fresh-Water Eocene and Other Groups

A report about strata found in Utah and Wyoming which contains fresh water types of fossil molluscan forms which share some characteristics of the Laramie Group.

Date: 1886

Creator: White, Charles A.

Item Type: Report

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Physical Properties of the Iron-Carburets: Third Paper

A report about magnetization and homogeneity as it pertains to Iron-Carburets.

Date: 1886

Creator: Barus, Carl & Strouhal, Vincent

Item Type: Report

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Subsidence of Fine Solid Particles in Liquids

A report about the phenomenon of subsidence which is divided into parts.

Date: 1886

Creator: Barus, Carl

Item Type: Report

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The Lignites of the Great Sioux Reservation : a Report on the Region Between the Grand and Moreau Rivers Dakota

From introductory: Report of the survey party on the Great Sioux Reservation for determining any coal-beds of economic value.

Date: 1885

Creator: Willis, Bailey

Item Type: Report

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Descriptions of Fourteen New Species and One New Genus of North American Mammals

Revision of the North American Pocket Mice

Formulas and Tables to Facilitate the Construction and Use of Maps

Fossil Wood and Lignite of the Potomac Formation

The Geology of Nantucket

Latitudes and Longitudes of Certain Points in Missouri, Kansas, and New Mexico

On Invertebrate Fossils from the Pacific Coast

On the Thermo-Electric Measurement of High Temperatures

Report of Work Done in the Division of Chemistry and Physics

Subaërial Decay of Rocks and Origin of the Red Color of Certain Formations

Analyses of Waters of the Yellowstone National Park With an Account of the Methods of Analyses Employed

Nature and Origin of Deposits of Phosphate of Lime

On the Form and Position of the Sea Level

On the Fossil Faunas of the Upper Devonian: the Genesee Section, New York

Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky

Tertiary and Cretaceous Strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers

Types of the Laramie Flora

The Upper Beaches and Deltas of the Glacial Lake Agassiz

The Gabbros and Associated Hornblende Rocks Occurring in the Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland

Notes of the Geology of North California

On the Relation of the Laramie Molluscan Fauna to That of the Succeeding Fresh-Water Eocene and Other Groups

Physical Properties of the Iron-Carburets: Third Paper

Subsidence of Fine Solid Particles in Liquids

The Lignites of the Great Sioux Reservation : a Report on the Region Between the Grand and Moreau Rivers Dakota