Catalogue of the collection to illustrate the animal resources and the fisheries of the United States
By: prepared under the direction of G. Brown Goode
Series: Bulletin of the United States National Museum -- number 14; Smithsonian collections online : world's fairs and expositions : visions of tomorrow; Bulletin (United States National Museum) -- no. 14.; Smithsonian collections online : world's fairs and expositions : visions of tomorrow
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 1879
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Animals; Fisheries; Economic Zoology; Catalogs
Other titles: International Exhibition, 1876, Catalogue of the collection to illustrate the animal resources and the fisheries of the United States; Bulletin (United States National Museum)
Description: On the occassion of the International Exhibition, in 1876, certain appropriations were made by Congress to the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Fish Commission. The former was called upon to prepare an exhibition to illustrate the economical value of the mineral and animal products of the country, while the latter was to perform a similar task for the national fisheries.

The following catalogue is a simple enumeration of the objects exhibited in this series, and illustrative of the animal resources and the fisheries of the United States.
Notes: Department of the Interior, U. S. National Museum. No. 14.

Catalogue of the collection to illustrate the animal resources and the fisheries of the United States: Exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876 by the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Fish Commission, and forming a part of the United States National Museum - prepared under the direction of G. Brown Goode.

Reproduction of the original from the Smithsonian Libraries.

Index of Objects. (p. 301-345). Index of Contributors. (p. 347-351).
Table of contents: title: Introductory Note.; title: Section A. List of Animals of North America Beneficial or Injurious to Man: 1. Mammals; title: 2. Birds; title: 3. Reptiles; title: 5. Fishes; title: 6. Elasmobranchiates; title: 7. Marsipobranchiates; title: 8. Leptocardians; title: Section B. Means of Pursuit and Capture: 1. Hand-Implements (Simple Tools); title: 2. Implements for Seizure of Object; title: 3. Missiles; title: 4. Baited Hooks - Angling Tackle; title: 5. Nets; title: 6. Traps; title: Apparatus for Wholesale Destruction; title: 8. Hunting-animals; title: Section C. Methods of Preparation: 1. Preparation and preservation of foods; title: 2. Manufacture of textile fabrics, felts, and stuffings; title: 3. Preparation of the skin and its appendages; title: 4. Preparation of hard tissues; title: 5. Preparation of oils and gelatines; title: 6. Preparation of drugs, perfumes, and chemical products; title: 7. Preparation of fertilizers; title: 8. Preparation of Limes; title: 9. Preparation of the animal for scientific uses; title: Section D. Animal Products and Their Applications: 1. Foods; title: 2. Clothing; title: 3. Materials Employed in the Arts and Manufactures; title: Section E. Protection and Culture of Useful Animals: 1. Investigation; title: 2. Protection; title: 3. Propagation; title: Catalogue of Illustrations of the Economical Invertebrates of the American Coasts / by W. H. Dall; title: Mollusca Cephalopoda.; title: Squids and Cuttles; title: Mollusca Gastropoda.; title: Sea-snails, &.; title: Mollusca Acephala.; title: Bivalve Shellfish; title: Crustacea Phyllopoda; title: Crustacea Isopoda; title: Crustacea Stomatopoda; title: Crustacea Decapoda.; title: Lobsters, Shrimp, Crawfish, Crabs; title: Cirripedia (Injurious); title: Annelida.; title: Worms and Leeches; title: Radiates.; title: Sea-Urchins, Starfish, Corals, Medusae, etc.; title: Protozoans.; title: Sponges, etc.; title: Miscellaneous Products of Sea or Shore, not of an Animal Nature; title: Commercial Statistics of Animal Products in the United States. A review of a portion of the Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics for the fiscal year ending June 30,. 1977. by G. Borwn Goode.