Politics, Science and Government Mapping in the United States, 1800 to 1925University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985 - 248 pages |
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Page 48
... limited , per annum basis.47 The comparatively inconsistent foundation of the surveys , along with their particular and individual natures , led to duplication of work and thence to great rivalry among all four , not just in the fight ...
... limited , per annum basis.47 The comparatively inconsistent foundation of the surveys , along with their particular and individual natures , led to duplication of work and thence to great rivalry among all four , not just in the fight ...
Page 78
... limited in their budget . This is not to say that overspending did not occur ; the transferral of funds from one category of operations to another was not uncommon . This method of allocating funds is borne out by the case of the New ...
... limited in their budget . This is not to say that overspending did not occur ; the transferral of funds from one category of operations to another was not uncommon . This method of allocating funds is borne out by the case of the New ...
Page 115
... limited way . 1925 , therefore , the lingering belief in dual federalism and the related belief in a democratic utilitarianism not only hampered the development of a systematic government survey of the United States , but positively ...
... limited way . 1925 , therefore , the lingering belief in dual federalism and the related belief in a democratic utilitarianism not only hampered the development of a systematic government survey of the United States , but positively ...
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