Abstract of disbursements made by H. C. Rizer, disbursing agent, U. S. Geological Survey, during June, 1890. Total amount expended, as per detailed statement herewith, to June 30, 1890. Transportation of assistants. Total. IRRIGATION LITERATURE. The following is a list of books, pamphlets, and articles on irrigation and allied subjects, mainly contained in the library of the U. S. Geological Survey. It is not a complete bibliography, but has been prepared by members of the U. S. Geological Survey for the convenience of students of irrigation. The principal titles of this list have been taken from a card catalogue prepared by Mr. Charles A. Burnett, to which numerous additions have been made by other persons, notably of references to subjects. The following abbreviations or contractions are used in this list: Am. Inst. Min. Eng.: For American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York. Am. Met. Jour.: For American Meteorological Journal. Am. Soc. C. E.: For American Society of Civil Engineers, New York. Ann. des Ponts: For Annales des Ponts et Chaussées. Chief Eng., U. S. A.: For Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to the Secretary of War. M. I. C. E.: For Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, with other selected and abstracted papers, London (consists of 105 volumes to 1891). Senate Report: For Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Fifty-first Congress, first session, Report No. 928 (in 6 volumes). U. S. Agr. Dep.: For United States Department of Agriculture. U. S. G. S.: For United States Geological Survey. U. S. Int. Dep.: For United States Department of Interior (including United States Geological Survey, Census Office, etc.). ABBAY (R.). Periodicity of the fresh-water lakes Restoration of the ancient tank system of ir- ABBOTT (W.E.). Water supply in the interior of ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES. Comptes Rendus, ACHESON (FREDERICK). The Victorian gov. AFRICA, Irrigation in: Cape of Good Hope. Colonial botanist report, 1866. Cape of Good Hope. Irrigation commission report, 1883. Cape of Good Hope. Ministerial dept. report, Collins, V. D., Agriculture in Morocco. U.S. Gamble, J. G., Water supply, Cape Colony. Gamble, J. G., Storage reservoir, Achterfeld. Hallé, G., Public works of Orange Free State, 1884. AGRA CANAL (India). Anderson, C. E. Allahabad, 1878. Forbes, J. C. Simla, 1885. Public Works Department, Simla, 1885. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, U. S. See U. S. Agr. Dept. ALEXANDER (B. S.) and others. Irrigation of the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento valleys, 1874. Report of the Board of Com missioners on Irrigation. House Doc. 290, 43d Congress, Washington, 1874. Report upon the desert lands of Kern County. See Haggin, J. B., 1877, pp. 300–306. ALGERIA, Irrigation in: Blanc, E. Sahara Desert. M. I. C. E., vol. 102, p. 375, 1890. Crugnola, C., Habra dam. M. I. C. E., vol. 70, Doumèrc. Revue scientifique, vol. 40, p. 235. Pochet, L., Plain of Habra. Ann, des Ponts. Rolland, G., M. I.C. E., vol. 41, pp. 247-251, 1875. Saint Pulgent, L. de., The Forez irrigation canal. 1872, 64 pp., 1 map. Société agricole et industrielle de Batna et du sud algérien, 1889. Torricelli, G., Laghi artificali dell' Algeria, etc. M. I. C. E., vol. 84, 1886. Abstract from Giornale del Genio Civile, p. 611, 1885. ALKALI IN SOILS. (Composition, amount, and relation to irrigation.) Donaldson, T., Public domain. Hilgard, E. W., Senate report, 1890. ALLARD (E.). Prevision of floods. Ann. des Ponts, etc., vol. 17, 1889; also, M. I. C. E., vol. 99, p. 432. ALLARDT (G. F.). Culture of sugar cane. port on water supply for irrigation, etc. See Schuyler, James D. ALTENECK (VON HEFNER). Re Electrical appa ratus for indicating the water level in reservoirs. M. I. C. E., vol. 69, p. 509. AMERICAN CYCLOPÆDIA, 1883. Irrigation, vol. 9, pp. 414-416. AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. Heavy rainfalls in Texas in May, p. 157, 1884-'85. AMERICAN NATURALIST, 1872. Irrigation and the flora of the plains. E. L. Greene. Vol. 6, pp. 76-78. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. Transactions of. New York. See in partic ular: Dorsey, E. B., Irrigation, vol. 16, p. 85. Schuyler, J. D., Sweetwater dam, vol. 19, p. 201. Wilson, H. M., American irrigation engineer. ing, vol. 25, p. 161. ANDERSON (C. E.). Damage to works of Agra Canal by floods of September, 1875, to February, 1877. Allahabad, India, 1878. ANDERSON (GEO. G.). Large irrigation canals. Railroad and Engineering Journal, 1890. Some aspects of Irrigation. Denver Society of Civil Engineers and Architects, 1890, vol. 1, pp. 52-62. Construction, operation, and maintenance of large irrigating canals. Trans. Denver Society of Civil Engineers and Architects, vol. 1, p. 23-42, 1890. Economical use of water. Irrigation Age, vol. 1, Denver, 1891. ANDERSON (J. C.). Irrigation in Madras Presidency. Professional papers on Indian Engineering, No. 253, Roorkee. ANDERSON (WILLIAM). Notes of a journey through the northeast portion of the Delta of the Nile, 1884. M. I. C. E., vol. 76, pp. 346-354. Discusses irrigation. ANNALES DES PONTS ET CHAUSSÉES. Paris. ANNIS (FRANK J.). Colorado State board of agriculture. Agricultural statistics of the State of Colorado, 1886. Denver, 1888, 89, 30 pp. AQUEDUCTS. On high embankments. Engineering News, ARID LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES: Powell, Report arid region, 1879. U. S. Congress, Senate Special Committee, 1890. ARIZONA: Bancroft, H. H., Agriculture and irrigation, 1889. Black, J. A., Arizona, 1890. Blake, W. P., 1889. Gulley, F. A., Agr. Experiment Station, 1890. Hill, J. R., Arizona's Development, 1888. Newell, F. H., Census Bulletin, 1891. Pinal County, Resources, 1889. Sorin, T. R., Handbook, Tucson, 1880. U. S. War Dept., Report of Secretary, 1888. Widney, J. P., Colorado Desert. Overland ARNY (W. F. M.). New Mexico, Resources, 1873. |