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Genera and Subgenera of Voles and Lemmings

Description: Revision of the genera and subgenera of voles and lemmings with comparison between North American and European.
Date: July 23, 1896
Creator: Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956
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Revision of the North American Bats of the Family Vespertilionidæ

Description: Classification of more than 3,000 bats to enable correct specimen identification based upon material contained in the collection of the Biological Survey of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Date: October 16, 1897
Creator: Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956
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Synopsis of the Weasels of North America

Description: Classification of the one ferret and 22 weasel species and subspecies, with 11 described for the first time.
Date: June 30, 1896
Creator: Merriam, C. Hart
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Results of a Biological Survey of Mount Shasta California

Description: From introduction: "Biological survey of northern California from the Madeline Plains to the Pacific Ocean and from the Oregon boundary to Lassen Butte and parts of the Sierra, with Mount Shasta occupying a nearly central position."
Date: October 28, 1899
Creator: Merriam, C. Hart
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The Death Valley Expedition: A Biological Survey of Parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, Part 2

Description: Collection of reports on Death Valley, the bordering region of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Reports include birds, reptiles and Batrachians, fishes, insects, mollusks, trees and shrubs, cactuses and yuccas, and list of localities in the reports.
Date: May 31, 1893
Creator: Fisher, A. K.; Stejneger, Leonhard; Gilbert, Charles H.; Riley, C. V.; Stearns, R. E. C.; Merriam, C. Hart et al.
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[American Shrews]

Description: Brief summary of three genera of American shrews, including characteristics, habits, habitat, and skull, jaws, and teeth illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Merriam, C. Hart & Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956
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Natural History of the Tres Marías Islands, Mexico

Description: Brief description of the Tres Marías Islands, Mexico, including mammals, birds, reptiles, crustacea, and plants found there.
Date: April 29, 1899
Creator: Nelson, E. W.; Stejneger, Leonhard; Rathbun, Mary J. & Rose, J. N.
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A Late Volcanic Eruption in Northern California and its Peculiar Lava

Description: Synopsis: The Lassen Peak, Volcanic Ridge, which connects the northern end of the Sierra Nevada in California with the Coast Range and separates the upper portion of the Sacramento Valley from the great interior basin, is composed chiefly of lavas from many volcanic reuptions.
Date: 1891
Creator: Diller, J. S.
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The Viscosity of Solids

Description: Preface: This bulletin is a second contribution to the general investigation of the physical contents of rocks, the experiments concerning which follow a general plan devised by Mr. Clarence King.
Date: 1891
Creator: Barus, Carl
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Correlation Papers: Cambrian

Description: From outline: This work is a review, by one who is working in the Cambrian field, of the work of his predecessors, and of the results they and he have thus far obtained as he interprets them. It thus becomes historical and descriptive, and is a general statement of the principles upon which the correlations have been made in establishing the group.
Date: 1891
Creator: Walcott, Charles Doolittle
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Correlation Papers: the Newark System

Description: From outline: The aim of this paper is to review the progress of our knowledge concerning a well defined system of rocks on'the Atlantic border, named the Newark system; to summarize the present state of information concerning it, and to discuss the bearing that its study has on principles of correlation.
Date: 1892
Creator: Russell, Israel Cook
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The Volume Thermodynamics of Liquids

Description: From preface: In the following chapters, I have commenced a serious study of the volume thermodynamics of liquids and solids. The work is, as yet, confined to volume, pressure, and temperature. Questions involving entropy and energy are also in active progress, but can not be included in the present bulletin.
Date: 1892
Creator: Barus, Carl
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The Moraines of the Missouri Coteau, and their Attendant Deposits

Description: Introduction: It seems important that several general facts should be stated for the full understanding of terms used and allusions made in this report. The field considered is the region lying between the Missouri and James rivers, and between the latitudes of Jamestown, N. Dak., and Huron, S. Dak. 1. As has been stated in papers published by Chamberlin, Upham, myself, and others, several more or less distinct moraines have been observed in the Mississippi Valley. It has been found convenient … more
Date: 1896
Creator: Todd, James Edward
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Correlation Papers: Eocene

Description: From outline: This essay comprises, first, a general discussion of the limitations of the term Eocene as employed in American geology. The two-fold character of the Tertiary (1. Eocene, 2. Neocene) in America is insisted on. After a somewhat extended review of the literature, in which the various opinions upon disputed points are especially considered, a general study of the stratigraphical, paleontological, and topographical characteristics of the Eocene in the various portions of the country … more
Date: 1891
Creator: Clark, William Bullock
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The Cambrian Rocks of Pennsylvania

Description: From introduction: In his report on the Geology of Pennsylvania,' Professor Lesley summarizes his opinion upon the geology of the South Mountains and Formation No. 1. In this, Formation No. 1 is referred to the Upper Cambrian, and a detailed description is given of its occurrence along the South Mountains and across the State to the Delaware. The superjacent limestone, No. 2, is referred to the Ordovician.' Fuller reference will be made to Professor Lesley's descriptions in speaking of the rock… more
Date: 1896
Creator: Walcott, Charles Doolittle
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Correlation Papers: Archean and Algonkian

Description: From outline: This hook is a review of the present state of knowledge of the general structure of the pre-Cambrian rocks of the United States and Canada. The material contained in the historical chapters is of two kinds: Summaries of all articles pertaining to the subject considered, and summaries of the conclusions which appear to be established. The first represents the substance of the literature; the second brings together the important ascertained structural facts, and often times becomes … more
Date: 1892
Creator: Van Hise, Charles Richard
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A Gazetteer of Kansas

Description: From letter of transmittal: SIR: I beg to transmit herewith, for publication as a bulletin, a gazetteer of Kansas.
Date: 1898
Creator: Gannett, Henry
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