Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota : and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska Territory : made under instructions from the United States Treasury Department / by David Dale Owen, United States Geologist.
Alternate Title(s):
Illustrations to the geological report of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota
Published / Created:
Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852.Philadephia : C. Sherman, printer, 19 St. James Street
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The second volume has title: Illustrations to the geological report of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota ... It includes 69 leaves of plates, including "twenty-seven quarto plates of organic remains, eight of which are executed by the medal-ruling process ..." (see List of illustrations, volume 1).
Contents:
Geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota / D.D. Owen -- Geological report of a survey of portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota, made during the years 1847, '48, '49 and '50 / J.G. Norwood -- Geological report of that portion of Wisconsin bordering on the south shore of Lake Superior, surveyed in the year 1849 / Charles Whittlesey -- Geological report of local, detailed observations, in the valleys of the Minnesota, Mississippi, and Wisconsin rivers, made in the years 1848 and 1849 / B.F. Shumard -- Description of the remains of extinct Mammalia and Chelonia, from Nebraska Territory / Joseph Leidy.
United States. General Land Office. | United States. Department of the Treasury. | Leidy, Joseph, 1823–1891. | Norwood, J. G. (Joseph Granville), 1807–1895. | Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823–1890. | Pratten, Henry. | Shumard, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1820–1869. | Whittlesey, Charles, 1808–1886. | Lippincott, Grambo & Co., publisher. | Sherman, Conger, 1793–1867, printer.