146 THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



Wood. ... 3d ed. Washington, Govt, print, off., 

 1916. 120 p. 

 J7 Service bulletin, August, 1916; organization and investi- 

 gations in progress. Washington, Govt, print, off., 

 1916. 45 p. 



78 Topographic instructions of the United States Geologi- 



cal survey; ed. of 19 15. Washington, Govt, print, off., 

 1915. 215, A-X, 217-228 p. 



Unofficial Publications: Books and Pamphlets 



79 Atkins, J. D. C. Speech of Hon. J. D. C. Atkins of 



Tennessee in the House of representatives, Feb. 10, 

 1879. Washington, 1879. 23 p. 



[Relative to bill which would place the scientific surveys and 

 surveys of the General land office under the control of the 

 Coast survey; the abolition of the office of Surveyor-general 

 and the creation of the office of Geological director] 



80 Brown, Charles O. Present public land surveys, n. p. 



[1878?] 6 p. 



81 Clarke, F. W. The chemical work of the United States 



Geological survey. {In International congress of ap- 

 plied chemistry, London, 1909. Seventh international 

 congress of applied chemistry. London, 1910. Sec- 

 tion 2, p. 146-61) 



["Sir William Ramsay congratulated Prof. Clarke on the 

 ingenious and instructive series of researches which have 

 been pursued for so many years in his laboratory"] 



82 Everhart, Elfrida. Geological survey. {In her Hand- 



book of United States public documents. Minneapolis, 

 1910. p. 108-12) 



[Brief history of the service; organization and scope of 

 work ; descriptive list of publications of the Survey] 



83 Extracts from letters and notices of eminent scientific 



men and journals in Europe and America, commenda- 

 tory of the United States Geological and geographical 

 survey of the territories . . . under the direction of 



