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Contour map of India

Description: Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2492 [India. Survey of India Dept.] Contour map of India. [Calcutta, 1886] 6 sheets. [see cabinet].""Based on a system of approximate contours." Two tables: "Table showing the Mean Elevation of India in different Latitudes" and "Table showing Lengths and Heights of Sources of the larger Rivers of India and the Areas drained by them." MS notes: Burton (map collection) India contour. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: February 1886
Call number: 623666
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Contour map of the city of Los Angles, Cal. No. 4. / Frank H. Olmsted city engineer

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Shows population (each dot representing 5 people), topography and rail lines of the metropolitan Los Angeles area in 1899. Covers the city of Los Angeles. The northeast most portion of the city is given in an inset. Scale determined from horizontal bar scale on map given in thousands of feet. Coordinates not presented on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief given in contours. With hand-written legend on paper label pasted onto lower right. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Signed and dated: Frank H. Olmsted Apr. 23, '03. Additional paper label, removed during conservation, reads: Contour map of Los Angeles, Cal. No. 4 showing railways. Drawer 20 No. 27. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.

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Big Creek area map with layers showing water courses topographic contours and hydro facilities

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[Big Creek area map with layers showing water courses topographic contours and hydro facilities. Map is mislabeled in a few areas (Lake Edison and Florence Lake are reversed, Mono/Bear diversion location is incorrect.] [with 3 variants]

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Railway map of India

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2493 [India. Survey of India Dept.] Railway map of India. [Calcutta, 1885]. 6 sheets. [see cabinet]." Submap: Continuation of the Province of Nritish Rurmah (Tenasserim Division) MS notes: Burton (map cabinet) India Railway . Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps.

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Smith's new map of the navigable canals and ri vers, of England, Wales & Scotland : distinctly shewing the length of each line, and the dates of the Acts of Parliament which have passed for executing the same ; containing also the direct roads to the principal places, with their distance from London

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Alternate title from cover. A detailed map of the extensive network of canals and rivers crossing the UK in early 1800's. Submaps: Canals in the Environs of Birmingham; Continuation of Scotland including the Caledonian Canal. Table of principal canals with lengths. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Engraving.

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Geologic Atlas of the United States : Bisbee folio, Arizona

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Contents: Description of the Bisbee quadrangle / by Frederick Leslie Ransome -- Topography -- Areal geology -- Structure sections -- Diagram of the Bisbee quadrangle showing major faulting and general distribution of the rocks -- Topography, Bisbee special map -- Economic geology, Bisbee special map -- Structure sections, Bisbee special map -- Columnar section -- Illustrations I -- Illustrations II. At head of title: Department of the Interior ; United States Geological Survey ; Charles D. Walcott, Director.On cover: Index Map.Text and illustrations on inside covers.List of folios on back cover. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. References: Originally HEH Accn 261497. Verso Text: MS note: 261497.

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[Relief map of Big Creek area - Contours, tributaries, and hydroelectric facilities shown.]

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