Rain chart US. Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878; Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901; United States. Census Office, 1874


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Full Title: Rain chart of the United States. Showing the distribution by isohyetal lines of the mean precipitation in rain and melted snow for the year. Constructed under the direction of Prof. Joseph Henry, Sec'y. Smithsonian Institution from materials collected and observations made for the Smithsonian Institution by Chas. A. Schott, Asst., U.S. Coast Survey, with additions to 1872. (Julius Bien, Lith., 1874)

Author: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878; Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901; United States. Census Office

Date: 1874

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Author: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878; Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901; United States. Census Office

Date: 1874

Short Title: Rain chart US.

Publisher: Washington: U.S.

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 35

Object Width cm: 52

Scale 1: 10,300,000

Note: Colored lithographed map. "Re-engraved and printed for the Statistical atlas of the United States, with permission ..." "The precipitation on the mountain ranges west of longitude 1040, though often considerable is too imperfectly known to be delineated."

Country: United States

Subject: Climate

Full Title: Rain chart of the United States. Showing the distribution by isohyetal lines of the mean precipitation in rain and melted snow for the year. Constructed under the direction of Prof. Joseph Henry, Sec'y. Smithsonian Institution from materials collected and observations made for the Smithsonian Institution by Chas. A. Schott, Asst., U.S. Coast Survey, with additions to 1872. (Julius Bien, Lith., 1874)

List No: 3566.003

Page No: V

Series No: 6

Engraver or Printer: Bien, Julius

Published In: Statistical atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870 with contributions from many eminent men of science and several departments of the government. Compiled under authority of Congress by Francis A. Walker, M.A., Superintendent of the 9th Census, professor of political economy and history, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College. Julius Bien, Lith., 1874.

Publication Author: United States. Census Office; Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897

Publication Date: 1874

Publication Reference: Phillips, 1330; Phillips. Maps of America, p. 919; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 407.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 3566.000

Publication Type: Statistical Atlas

Publication Maps: 38

Publication Height cm: 56

Publication Width cm: 43

Image No: 3566003

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