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A description of the island of St. Michael : comprising an account of its geological structure : with remarks on the other Azores or Western Islands : originally communicated to the Linnaean Society of New-England / by John W. Webster

Title:
Description of the island of Saint Michael
Author:
Webster, John White 1793-1850  Search this
Linnaean Society of New England  Search this
Ill:
Tillard Capt.  Search this
Engraver:
Morse, Hazen  Search this
Annin & Smith  Search this
Donor:
Swanton, John Reed 1873-1958 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, [9]-244 p., [6] leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Azores
São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island (Azores)
Date:
1821
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DP702.A86 W3 1821
DP702.A86W3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270099

A discourse on the revolutions of the surface of the globe, and the changes thereby produced in the animal kingdom / by Baron G. Cuvier ; translated from the French, with illustrations and a glossary

Title:
On the revolutions of the surface of the globe
Author:
Cuvier, Georges baron 1769-1832  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 252 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (lithographs) ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1831
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Call number:
QE26 .C9913 1831
QE26.C99 E1831
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_78216

A geognostical essay on the superposition of rocks in both hemispheres. By Alexandre de Humboldt. Tr. from the original French

Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[v]-viii, 482 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1823
Topic:
Petrology  Search this
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE602.H9X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_178875

A geognostical essay on the superposition of rocks in both hemispheres. By Alexandre de Humboldt. Tr. from the original French

Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[v]-viii, 482 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1823
Topic:
Petrology  Search this
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE602.H9X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_299715

A geological and agricultural survey of Rensselaer County, in the state of New-York : to which is annexed, a geological profile, extending from Onondaga Salt Springs, across said county, to Williams College in Massachusetts / taken under the direction of the honourable Stephen Van Rensselaer

Author:
Eaton, Amos 1776-1842  Search this
Van Rensselaer, Stephen 1764-1839  Search this
Former owner:
Nott, Eliphalet 1773-1866 DSI  Search this
Evans, Herbert M (Herbert McLean) 1882-1971 DSI  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) Library DSI  Search this
Troy Lyceum of Natural History DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
vii, [2], 10-70, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County (N.Y.)
Date:
1822
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
QE146.R4 E14 1822
QE146.R4E14 1822
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_378457

A geological and agricultural survey of the district adjoining the Erie Canal, in the state of New-York : taken under the direction of the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer : Part I. containing a description of the rock formations : together with a geological profile, extending from the Atlantic to Lake Erie

Author:
Eaton, Amos 1776-1842  Search this
Van Rensselaer, Stephen 1764-1839  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
American Antiquarian Society DSI  Search this
Physical description:
163 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
New York (State)
North America
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Date:
1824
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Call number:
QE145 .E28 1824
QE145.E2X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_76079

A geological manual / by Henry T. De La Beche

Author:
De La Beche, Henry T (Henry Thomas) 1796-1855  Search this
Possible former owner:
Hoopes, Josiah 1832-1904 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
Foote, Albert E. 1846-1895 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 535 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1832
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE26 .D33 1832b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_505819

A geological map of the United States, and the British provinces of North America : with an explanatory text, geological sections, and plates of the fossils which characterize the formations / by Jules Marcou

Title:
Marcou's Geological map of the United States and the British provinces of N.A
Author:
Marcou, Jules 1824-1898  Search this
Dedicatee:
Agassiz, Louis 1807-1873 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Girard, Charles 1822-1895 DSI  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[v]-x, [13]-92 p., VIII [i.e. 9] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (lithographs), map. ; 24 cm
Type:
Maps
Place:
United States
Canada
Date:
1853
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE77 .M348X
QE77 .M348 1853
QE77.M348X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_180737

A second visit to the United States of North America / by Sir Charles Lyell ; in two volumes

Author:
Lyell, Charles Sir 1797-1875  Search this
Former owner:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Lyell, Charles Sir 1797-1875 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
1849
19th century
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Geology  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E165 .L982X 1849
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_791055

A synopsis of lectures on geology : comprising the principles of the science : designed as a text book / by John Ruggles Cotting

Author:
Cotting, John Ruggles 1783-1867  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
iv, [1], 6-120 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Outlines, syllabi, etc
Date:
1835
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Geology--Study and teaching  Search this
Call number:
QE41 .C68 1835
QE41.C84X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_230553

A treatise on rocks, rock-weathering and soils, by George P. Merrill ..

Author:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 400 p. illus., 31 pl. (incl. front.) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1906
Topic:
Petrology  Search this
Soils  Search this
Call number:
QE431 .M57 1906
QE431.M57 1906
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_42914

A treatise on rocks, rock-weathering and soils; by George P. Merrill

Author:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 411 p. illus., 25 pl. (incl. front) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1897
Topic:
Petrology  Search this
Soils  Search this
Call number:
QE431.M6 1897X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_105196

Agency history, 1897-1942

Creator:
United States National Museum Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (Systematic and Applied)  Search this
Subject:
Foshag, William F (William Frederick) 1894-1956  Search this
Henderson, Edward P (Edward Porter) 1898-  Search this
Shannon, Earl V (Earl Victor) 1895-  Search this
Gilbert, Chester Garfield  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929  Search this
Laney, Francis Baker 1875-1938  Search this
Martin, James C  Search this
Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (Systematic and Applied)  Search this
United States National Museum Department of Geology  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1897
1897-1942
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Meteorites  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00047
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_218110

Agency history, 1897-1963

Creator:
United States National Museum Department of Geology  Search this
Subject:
Bassler, Ray S (Ray Smith) 1878-1961  Search this
Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-2000  Search this
Foshag, William F (William Frederick) 1894-1956  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929  Search this
Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Mineral Sciences  Search this
Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Paleobiology  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1897
1897-1963
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00045
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_217947

American geology, containing a statement of the principles of the science : with full illustrations of the characteristic American fossils : to be published in four parts, with an atlas and a geological map of the United States. Part 1 / by Ebenezer Emmons

Author:
Emmons, Ebenezer 1799-1863  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Publisher:
Gray, Sprague & Co.  Search this
Physical description:
2 parts in 1 volume, leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
1854
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Call number:
QE26 .E53X 1854
QE26.E53X 1854
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_337069

An Historical Account of the Department of Geology in the U.S. National Museum, George P. Merrill, circa 1925, B. Mason, (130 pages - page 122 missing)

Collection Creator::
Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929  Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 1
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-012, George P. Merrill Collection
See more items in:
George P. Merrill Collection
George P. Merrill Collection / Box 1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa98-012-refidd1e203

An elementary introduction to the knowledge of mineralogy: including some account of mineral elements and constituents; explanations of terms in common use; brief accounts of minerals, and of the places and circumstances in which they are found. Designed for the use of the student. By William Phillips ... with notes and additions on American articles, by Samuel L. Mitchill ..

Title:
Mineralogy
Phillip's Introduction to mineralogy DSI
Elementary introduction to mineralogy
Author:
Phillips, William 1775-1828  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Mitchill, Samuel L (Samuel Latham) 1764-1831  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this
Publisher:
Collins & Co. (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
x, xxxiv, [10], 246, [10] pages 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1818
Topic:
Mineralogy--Study and teaching  Search this
Minerals  Search this
Call number:
QE363 .P7
QE363 .P7 1818X
QE363.P7
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_125820

An essay on the geology of the Hudson River, and the adjacent regions : illustrated by a geological section of the country, from the neighbourhood of Sandy-Hook, in New-Jersey, northward, through the highlands in New-York, towards the Catskill Mountains : addressed to Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill, president of the New-York Lyceum of Natural History / by Samuel Akerly ; read before the Lyceum in August, ...

Title:
Geology of the Hudson River, and the adjacent regions
Author:
Akerly, Samuel 1785-1845  Search this
Mitchill, Samuel L (Samuel Latham) 1764-1831  Search this
Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
69 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
New York (State)
New Jersey
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Date:
1820
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
QE146.H8 A34 1820
QE145.A31
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_31985

An index to the geology of the Northern States : with transverse sections, extending from Susquehanna River to the Atlantic, crossing Catskill Mountains : to which is prefixed a geological grammar / by Amos Eaton

Title:
Geology of the Northern States
Author:
Eaton, Amos 1776-1842  Search this
Troy Lyceum of Natural History  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
286 [i.e. 288] p., 2 [i.e. 4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New England
Date:
1820
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE78.3 .E14
QE78.3 .E14 1820
QE78.3.E14
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_232920

An index to the geology of the Northern States, with a transverse section from Catskill Mountain to the Atlantic. Prepared for the geological classes at Williams College, Northampton, Belchertown, Leicester and Worcester, (Mass.) By Amos Eaton ..

Title:
Geology of the Northern States
Author:
Eaton, Amos 1776-1842  Search this
Former owner:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
52 p., [1] folded leaf of plates. illus. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New England
Date:
1818
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Call number:
QE78.3 .E14
QE78.3 .E14 1818
QE78.3.E14
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_165369

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