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View of the climate and soil of the United States of America: to which are annexed some accounts of Florida, the French colony on the Scioto, certain Canadian colonies and the savages or natives: tr. from the French of C.F. Volney ..

Author:
Volney, C.-F (Constantin-François) 1757-1820  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Parris, Alexander 1780-1852 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Woodworth, Jay Backus 1865-1925 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, [iii]-vi, 503, [1] p. fold. plates, fold. maps. 24 cm
Type:
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Place:
United States
Mississippi River Valley
Date:
1804
Topic:
Physical geography  Search this
French  Search this
Miami language (Ind. and Okla.)  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
E164 .V92 E1804
E164.V92 E1804
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edanmdm:siris_sil_71076

Report of a geological and agricultural survey, of Burke and Richmond counties, Georgia : performed under the patronage of citizens of the two counties / by John Ruggles Cotting

Title:
Geological and agricultural survey, of Burke and Richmond counties, Georgia
Author:
Cotting, John Ruggles 1783-1867  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
194, [2], 195-198 [i.e. 200] p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Georgia
Date:
1836
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Soils  Search this
Call number:
QE102.B95 C68 1836
QE102.B95C8
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edanmdm:siris_sil_156621

A geognostical essay on the superposition of rocks in both hemispheres. By Alexandre de Humboldt. Tr. from the original French

Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[v]-viii, 482 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1823
Topic:
Petrology  Search this
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE602.H9X
Data Source:
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edanmdm:siris_sil_178875

Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats-Unis d'Amérique : suivi d'éclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur la colonie française au Scioto, sur quelques colonies canadiennes, et sur les sauvages : enrichi de quatre planches gravées, dont deux cartes géographiques et une coupe figurée de la chûte de Niagara / par C.-F. Volney ..

Author:
Volney, C.-F (Constantin-François) 1757-1820  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Dishman, William S. DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Place:
Mississippi River Valley
United States
Date:
1803
An XII.--1803
Topic:
French  Search this
Miami language (Ind. and Okla.)  Search this
Meteorology  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Climate  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E164 .V92 1803
E164.V92
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edanmdm:siris_sil_64718

Outlines of geology, prepared for the use of the junior class of Columbia College / by James Renwick

Author:
Renwick, James 1792-1863  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Columbia College (Columbia University) Curricula  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. ; 20 cm
Type:
Outlines, syllabi, etc
Date:
1838
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Geology--Study and teaching (Higher)  Search this
Call number:
QE41 .R46 1838
QE41.R42
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_165509

Reise durch einige der mittlern und südlichen Vereinigten Nordamerikanischen Staaten : nach Ost-Florida und den Bahama-Inseln unternommen in den Jahren 1783 und 1784 / von Johann David Schöpf ... ; mit einem Landchärtchen

Author:
Schöpf, Johann David 1752-1800  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : map ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
Bahamas
United States
Date:
1788
Topic:
Plants  Search this
Botany, Economic  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
E164 .S36 1788
E164.S36
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edanmdm:siris_sil_118646

Geological essays, or, An enquiry into some of the geological phenomena to be found in various parts of America, and elsewhere / by Horace H. Hayden

Title:
Geological essays
Enquiry into some of the geological phenomena to be found in various parts of America, and elsewhere
Author:
Hayden, Horace H. 1769-1844  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 412 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1820
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE35 .H414 1820
QE35.H414
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edanmdm:siris_sil_120554

An index to the geology of the Northern States, with a transverse section from Catskill Mountain to the Atlantic. Prepared for the geological classes at Williams College, Northampton, Belchertown, Leicester and Worcester, (Mass.) By Amos Eaton ..

Title:
Geology of the Northern States
Author:
Eaton, Amos 1776-1842  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
52 p., [1] folded leaf of plates. illus. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New England
Date:
1818
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE78.3 .E14
QE78.3 .E14 1818
QE78.3.E14
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edanmdm:siris_sil_165369

Geological text-book, for aiding the study of North American geology : being a systematic arrangement of facts, collected by the author and his pupils : under the patronage of the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer / by Amos Eaton

Title:
Eaton's Geological text-book. Second edition DSI
Author:
Eaton, Amos 1776-1842  Search this
Van Rensselaer, Stephen 1764-1839  Search this
Former owner:
Lea, Isaac 1792-1886 DSI  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
134 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (lithographs) ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Date:
1832
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE145 .E29 1832
QE145.E14 1832
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_122556

Third annual report on the geology of the state of Maine / by Charles T. Jackson, M.D., geologist to the state of Maine

Title:
Report on the geology of the state of Maine
Geology of the state of Maine
Author:
Jackson, Charles T (Charles Thomas) 1805-1880  Search this
Stephenson, Samuel  Search this
Adams, Solomon 1797-1870  Search this
Cahoon, J. B  Search this
Cleaveland, Parker 1780-1858  Search this
Gardiner, Robert Hallowell 1782-1864  Search this
Keely, G. W  Search this
Sewall, Daniel 1755-1842  Search this
Maine Geological Survey (1836-1839)  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Printer:
Smith & Robinson DSI  Search this
Subject:
Jackson, Charles T (Charles Thomas) 1805-1880 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, [2], 276, lxiv, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Observations
Catalogs and collections
Place:
Maine
Wales
Date:
1839
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Geological surveys  Search this
Meteorology  Search this
Geological specimens  Search this
Soil science  Search this
Slate industry  Search this
Call number:
QE119 .J348 1839
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_533600

Second report on the geology of the state of Maine / by Charles T. Jackson, M.D., geologist to the state of Maine

Title:
Report on the geology of the state of Maine
Geology of the state of Maine
Author:
Jackson, Charles T (Charles Thomas) 1805-1880  Search this
Maine Geological Survey (1836-1839)  Search this
Printer:
Severance, Luther 1797-1855  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Jackson, Charles T (Charles Thomas) 1805-1880 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, [3], 18-168 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Maine
Date:
1838
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Geological surveys  Search this
Soil science  Search this
Call number:
QE119 .J34 1837
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_927239

A geological manual / by Henry T. De La Beche

Author:
De La Beche, Henry T (Henry Thomas) 1796-1855  Search this
Possible former owner:
Hoopes, Josiah 1832-1904 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
Foote, Albert E. 1846-1895 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 535 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1832
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE26 .D33 1832b
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_505819

Second annual report on the geology of the public lands, belonging to the two states of Maine and Massachusetts / by C.T. Jackson, geological surveyor

Title:
Second annual report of the geology of the public lands, belonging to the states of Maine and Massachusetts
Geology of the public lands
Author:
Jackson, Charles T (Charles Thomas) 1805-1880  Search this
Adams, Solomon 1797-1870  Search this
Cleaveland, Parker 1780-1858  Search this
Frost, Oliver 1801-1871  Search this
Gardiner, Robert Hallowell 1782-1864  Search this
Hodge, James T (James Thatcher) 1816-1871  Search this
Sewall, Daniel 1755-1842  Search this
Printer:
Severance, Luther 1797-1855  Search this
Engraver:
Devereux  Search this
Former owner:
Purrington, T (Tobias) DSI  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Gill, Theodore 1837-1914 DSI  Search this
National Institute for the Promotion of Science DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Jackson, Charles T (Charles Thomas) 1805-1880 DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
Foote, Albert E. 1846-1895 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Jackson, Charles T (Charles Thomas) 1805-1880 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 100, xxxvii p., 9 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Observations
Place:
Maine
Massachusetts
Date:
1838
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Public lands  Search this
Meteorology  Search this
Geological surveys  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
QE119 .J12
QE119 .J34 1837
QE119.J12
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_57649

Outline of the geology of the globe, and of the United States in particular: with two geological maps, and sketches of characteristic American fossils

Author:
Hitchcock, Edward 1793-1864  Search this
Former owner:
Silliman, Benjamin 1779-1864 DSI  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Hitchcock, Edward 1793-1864 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
136 p., [8] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., 2 col. maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1853
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE28 .H67 1853
QE28.H67 1853
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_212359

An introduction to geology : intended to convey a practical knowledge of the science, and comprising the most important recent discoveries, with explanations of the facts and phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various geological theories / by Robert Bakewell

Title:
Bakewell's introduction to geology with Silliman's appendix
Author:
Bakewell, Robert 1768-1843  Search this
Silliman, Benjamin 1779-1864  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Merritt, John C. DSI  Search this
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927 DSI  Search this
Lithographer:
Pendleton's Lithography  Search this
Engraver:
Daggett & Ely  Search this
N. & S.S. Jocelyn (Firm) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 479, [1] p., [1], 8 [i.e. 9] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1833
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE26 .B16 1833
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_514162

A geognostical essay on the superposition of rocks in both hemispheres. By Alexandre de Humboldt. Tr. from the original French

Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[v]-viii, 482 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1823
Topic:
Petrology  Search this
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE602.H9X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_299715

Observations on the geology of the United States of America : with some remarks on the effect produced on the nature and fertility of soils, by the decomposition of the different classes of rocks : and an application to the fertility of every state in the Union, in reference to the accompanying geological map : with two plates / by William Maclure

Title:
On the geology of the United States of America
Author:
Maclure, William 1763-1840  Search this
Engraver:
Tanner, Henry Schenck 1786-1858  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
ix, [2], 12-127, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1817
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE77 .M12 1817
QE77.M12X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_24669

Report on the geological survey of the state of New Jersey / by Henry D. Rogers

Title:
Geological survey of the state of New Jersey
Author:
Rogers, Henry D (Henry Darwin) 1808-1866  Search this
Geological Survey of New Jersey  Search this
Inscriber:
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman 1812-1880 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Robinson, H. D. DSI  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Geological Survey of New Jersey  Search this
Physical description:
174, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New Jersey
Date:
1836
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE141 .R64 1836
QE141.A1 1836Z
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_233030

Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history; and an account of the whale-fishery. / By Professor Leslie, Professor Jameson, and Hugh Murray ..

Author:
Leslie, John Sir 1766-1832  Search this
Murray, Hugh 1779-1846  Search this
Jameson, Robert 1774-1854  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[2], vi, [3], 10-373, [23] p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 16 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Arctic regions
Date:
1831
Topic:
Whaling  Search this
Call number:
G625 .L63 1831
G625.L63 1831
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_229103

A synopsis of lectures on geology : comprising the principles of the science : designed as a text book / by John Ruggles Cotting

Author:
Cotting, John Ruggles 1783-1867  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
iv, [1], 6-120 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Outlines, syllabi, etc
Date:
1835
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Geology--Study and teaching  Search this
Call number:
QE41 .C68 1835
QE41.C84X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_230553

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