Politics, Science and Government Mapping in the United States, 1800 to 1925University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985 - 248 pages |
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... operations in the states , in line with the irrigation surveys . The Geological Survey was still unable to initiate topographic activities within the states , a situation that lasted until 1925. As far as the states were concerned , the ...
... operations in the states , in line with the irrigation surveys . The Geological Survey was still unable to initiate topographic activities within the states , a situation that lasted until 1925. As far as the states were concerned , the ...
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... operations are recorded for Bowser during fiscal year 1888-89 , and a delay in operations was recorded in Tennessee . 28 26 As figure 4.1 shows , there was a distinct drop in the level of appropriations for the state surveys in fiscal ...
... operations are recorded for Bowser during fiscal year 1888-89 , and a delay in operations was recorded in Tennessee . 28 26 As figure 4.1 shows , there was a distinct drop in the level of appropriations for the state surveys in fiscal ...
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... operations to another was not uncommon . This method of allocating funds is borne out by the case of the New Jersey survey : the halving of appropriations led to the halving of operations and therefore of expenditures . To cite a ...
... operations to another was not uncommon . This method of allocating funds is borne out by the case of the New Jersey survey : the halving of appropriations led to the halving of operations and therefore of expenditures . To cite a ...
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