On the organization of scientific work of the general government
By: by John W. Powell ... Extracts from the testimony taken by the Joint commission of the Senate and House of representatives to "consider the present organizations of the Signal service, Geological survey, Coast and geodetic survey, and the Hydrographic office of the Navy department, with the view to secure greater efficiency and economy of administration."
Contributors: United States. Congress. Joint Commission to Consider the Present Organizations of the Signal Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Dept.
Publisher: Govt. print. off.
Published: 1885
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Scientific bureaus -- United States; Surveys; Geological surveys
Notes: Various paging.
Collation: 1 p. l., 49, 162-180, 184-209, 378-451, 460-468 p., etc.
Includes a short summary of methods for conducting government surveys, topographical, geological, etc. in various countries.