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Geographic tables and formulas

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Samuel Stinson Gannett

Geology of the Globe copper district, Arizona

The investigation of the Globe district was begun early in the summer of 1901, a month being devoted to preliminary reconnaissances and areal mapping of the geology. Work was subsequently resumed in October of the same year, with the efficient assistance of Dr. John D. lrving, and continued to the 1st of February, 1902. Much time was necessarily consumed in studying and mapping the intricately fau
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Frederick Leslie Ransome

Hartville folio, Wyoming

The Geological Survey is making a geologic map of the United States, which necessitates the preparation of a topographic bas map.  The two are being issue together in the form of an atlas, the parts of which are called folios.  Each folio consists of a topographic base map and geologic maps of a small area of country, together with explanatory and descriptive texts.
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William Sidney Tangier Smith

Instructions relating to the work of the United States Geological Survey to take effect May 1, 1903

On March 3, 1900, a series of instructions relating to the work of the topographic branch of the Geological Survey was approved and published in pamphlet form.  The extensive use of this publication by those engaged in topographic work and others exhausted the first edition and seemed to justify its enlargement so that it would cover the field and office work of the Survey generally.  The instruct
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Irrigation in India

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Herbert M. Wilson

Mineral analyses from the laboratories of the United States Geological Survey, 1880 to 1903

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Frank Wigglesworth Clarke

Mitchell folio, South Dakota

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James Edward Todd

Modern methods of rock and mineral analysis

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W. F. Hillebrand

Modern methods of rock and mineral analysis

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W. F. Hillebrand

Normal and polluted waters in northeastern United States

In order to properly determine the water resources of a country, and to define the limitations of use which apply to various rivers, it becomes necessary to know the character of the water in' each case. Water is a source of wealth by reason of the uses to which it may be put, and these are dependent to a large extent upon the nature of the water. It follows, then, that for each branch of water ut
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Marshall O. Leighton

Notes on the geology of southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon

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Israel C. Russell

Observations on the flow of rivers in the vicinity of New York City

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Henry Albert Pressey