Politics, Science and Government Mapping in the United States, 1800 to 1925University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985 - 248 pages |
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... Prof. E. T. Quimby , in New Hampshire , found that , were misplaced ; the on existing maps , ... many mountains ... error in some cases being as much as five miles.3 Accurate maps were seen as being essential to the effective ...
... Prof. E. T. Quimby , in New Hampshire , found that , were misplaced ; the on existing maps , ... many mountains ... error in some cases being as much as five miles.3 Accurate maps were seen as being essential to the effective ...
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... Prof. John E. Davies of Wisconsin made little progress in fiscal year 1886-87 , while Prof. E. A. Bowser , New Jersey , was kept from entering the field between June and September . The very late appropriation of October 1887-88 ...
... Prof. John E. Davies of Wisconsin made little progress in fiscal year 1886-87 , while Prof. E. A. Bowser , New Jersey , was kept from entering the field between June and September . The very late appropriation of October 1887-88 ...
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... Prof. Merriman in Pennsylvania on the one hand , and Coast Survey personnel on the other . For Prof. John L. Campbell in Indiana , the delay in appropriations for fiscal year 1885-86 heralded the end of his work.50 In western ...
... Prof. Merriman in Pennsylvania on the one hand , and Coast Survey personnel on the other . For Prof. John L. Campbell in Indiana , the delay in appropriations for fiscal year 1885-86 heralded the end of his work.50 In western ...
Contents
would like to thank my advisor Professor David Woodward | 10 |
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1 Numbers of State Geological Surveys | 82 |
Common terms and phrases
Academy of Sciences ACIR Allison Commission American Science appropriations Benjamin Peirce Boutelle Civil Coast and Geodetic Coast Survey Coast Survey personnel Congress Congressional Contemporary Federalism cooperative federalism Daniels Davies dual federalism Dupree economic Elazar Federal Government Federal Power Federal science Federal Surveying fiscal funding geodesy Geodetic Survey Geographical geologists Government Printing Office Growth of Federal Hampshire Hassler History Hunter Dupree idem Jersey Kevles Land Office Lapham Papers legislatures levels of government mapping activities mapping agencies mapping organizations Minerals and Lands National Academy National Mapping Policy nineteenth century North American Datum note 12 note 25 note 30 Ordnance Survey Pennsylvania Physicists primary triangulation Prof Public Domain Pure Science Ideal Rabbitt Science in America Science in Federal Science in Society scientists Statutes at Large systematic survey topographic mapping topographical survey triangulation U.S. Geological Survey United University Press USCGS Annual Report USCGS Expenditures Washington Washington D.C. Wheeler Survey Wisconsin