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On Copellation with the blowpipe, and on accurate methods of quan- 
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On the meteorology of Lake Superior and the causes of the sudden 
and gradual changes of the level of the waters of the Lakes. Am. 
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Two reports to W. P. Cutler, President, and to A. B. Walker on the 
mineral resources along the line of the Cincinnati and Belpre railroad. 
Published in pamphlet form with the report of the President, 1848-9. 
1818. 
Report and Topographical and Geological Map and sections of 7,500 
acres of coal and iron land, the Robertson tract in Southern Ohio. 
Premium Essay oa the Mineral Kingdom being the source of the 
matter of the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms. Third Annual Report 
of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. 
1849. 
Report on the practicable routes for the Scioto and Hocking Valley 
R. R. Various routes suggested and discussed. The route recom- 
mended was adopted and the road built. Scioto County papers at 
Portsmouth, Nov. to April, 1849-50. 
The question argued on the propriety of a county subscription of 
$100,000 by Jackson County to the R. R. Co. This question argued and 
all the objections answered, and advantages set forth. Resulted in a 
vote of 4 to 1 in favor of the county subscription. Published in the 
Jackson Standard, March 14-21-28, 1850. Copied into other papei's. 
Arguments used in various counties. 
1850. 
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County, O. Fifth Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agricul- 
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Rotations of timber growth. Ohio Agri. Rep.. 1850. 
Edited the Fifth Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agricul- 
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]851. 
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1852. 
Edited the 6th Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agricul- 
ture. Assembly Document. 
Report as Corresponding Secretary to the Ohio State Board of Agri- 
culture. Si.xth Annual Report Ohio State Board of Agriculture. 
Report on the Analysis of soils of Ohio, as Agricultural Chemist of 
Ohio. Sixth Annual Report Ohio State Board of Agriculture. 
Essay on the soils of Ohio, their geological relations, characters, de- 
terioration, renovation, mineral elements of parts of plants, composition 
of soils. Sixth Annual Report Ohio State Board of Agriculture. 
