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240. Rafter, G. W. 



Sewage irrigation. 



U. S. Geol. Surv., Water-Supp. and Irr. Paper No. 22, 

 89 pp., 1899. 



Sewage conditions at Bristol, Danbury, Lake Wauramaug, Litchfield, 

 Meriden, and Waterbury; gives population, filterage, and drainage 

 as found in these places. 



241. Rice, W. N. 



On the trap and sandstone in the gorge of the Farming- 

 ton river at Tarififville, Connecticut. 



Am. Jour. Sci., (3) xxxii, 430-433, 1886. 



Description of the relations existing between the trap and sand- 

 stone in the gorge, preving that the lower sheet of trap is con- 

 temporaneous. 



242. Rice, W. N. 



First biennial report of the commissioners of the State 

 Geological and Natural History Survey. 18 pp., Hartford, 

 Connecticut, 1904. 



The act establishing the state geological and natural history survey 

 was passed June 3d, 1903. The commissioners met on June 25th, 

 1903, and appointed William North Rice superintendent. The work 

 undertaken during the first year includes a manual of geology, a 

 geological map, and an investigation of the clays. 



243. Rice, W. N. , 



The physical geography and geology of Connecticut. 

 Connecticut Board of Agric, Rept., 74-112, 2 maps, 1904. 



A general sketch of the geology and geography of Connecticut, show- 

 ing three physiographic divisions. The method of formation of the 

 different rocks is outlined, as is also the geological history. 



243a. Rice, W. N., and Gregory, H. E. 



Manual of Connecticut geology. 



Connecticut State Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv., Bull. No. 6, 

 259 PP-, 31 pis., 22 figs., 1906. 



This report is divided into four parts: i. Geography of Connecticut 

 as related to geological structure and history; 2. The Crystalline Rocks, 

 including a discussion of their composition and structure and also a 

 description of the different rock formations of the western and eastern 

 Highlands; 3. The Triassic, including sedimentary rocks and the traps; 

 4. Glacial Geology. The manual is " an outline of what is known in 

 regard to the geological structure and history of Connecticut." 



244. Ries, H. 



The limestone quarries of eastern New York, western 

 Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. 



U. S. Geo. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., pt. iii (cont.), 795- 

 811, 1896. 



Description of localities and character of the limestones, in- 

 cluding the Stockbridge limestone, quarried at Canaan, and used for 

 making lime. Chemical analyses are given. 



