Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West Of The One Hundredth Meridian In Charge Of First Lieut Geo M Wheeler Under The Direction Of Brig Gen A A Humphreys

Author : U. S. Army Engineer Department
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333476762
Total Pages : 442 pages
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Download or read book Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in Charge of First Lieut. Geo; M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Vol. 6 of 7 written by U. S. Army Engineer Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in Charge of First Lieut. Geo; M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Vol. 6 of 7: Under the Direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army; Published by Authority of the Honorable the Secretary of War, in Accordance With Acts of Congress of June 23, 1874, and February 15, 1875; Botany The plan for the systematic prosecution of a detailed topographical survey of the territory of the United States west of the one hundredth meridian, as the main object, was submitted to the Engineer Department by the officer in charge shortly after the return of the Expedition of 1871, was then approved by Brig. Gen. A A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, and the Honorable the Secretary of War, and received the sanction of Congress by a specific act approved June 10, 1872. In addition to the astronomic, geodetic, topographical, and meteor ological observations needed for the preparation and construction of the map, such observations as are required, and are commensurate with the present condition of development of this region, are made in the branches of mineralogy and mining, geology, paleontology, zo'ology, botany, archae ology, ethnology, and philology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.