Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel
Subtitle: made by order of the Secretary of War according to the Acts of Congress of March 2, 1867, and March 3, 1869, under the direction of Brig. and Bvt. Major General A.A. Humphreys, chief of engineers
By: by Clarence King
Contributors: King, Clarence, 1842-1901; Hague, A. (Arnold), 1840-1917; Emmons, Samuel Franklin, 1841-1911; Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836-1908; Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876; Hall, James, 1811-1898; Whitfield, R. P. (Robert Parr), 1828-1910; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929; Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892; Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895; Bien, Julius, 1826-1909
Series: Professional papers of the Engineer Department, U.S. Army -- no. 18; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Professional papers (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers) -- no. 18.; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: G.P.O.
Published: 1870
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Discovery and exploration; Geology; Mines and mineral resources; Paleontology; Botany; Birds
Notes: Each volume has special t.p.

Atlases have titles as follows: "Atlas accompanying volume III. Mining industry ... New York, Engraved and printed by Julius Bien" and "Geological and topographical atlas ... 1876. Julius Bien, lith."

Includes indexes.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.
Table of contents: title: I. (1878) Systematic geology / by Clarence King; title: II. (1877) Descriptive geology / by Arnold Hague and S.F. Emmons; title: III. (1870) Mining industry / by James D. Hague ; with geological contributions by Clarence King; title: IV. (1877) pt. I. Palaeontology / by F.B. Meek. pt. II. Palaeontology / by James Hall and R.P. Whitfield. pt. III. Ornithology / by Robert Ridgway; title: V. (1871) Botany / by Sereno Watson ; aided by Daniel C. Eaton, and others; title: VI. (1876) Microscopical petrography / by Ferdinand Zirkel; title: VII. (1880) Odonthornithes : a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America / by Othniel Charles Marsh.