Contributions to the natural history of Alaska : results of investigations made chiefly in the Yukon district and the Aleutian islands : conducted under the auspices of the Signal Service, United States Army, extending from May, 1874, to August, 1881 / prepared under the direction of Brig. and BVT. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen, chief signal officer of the Army ; by L.M. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Lucien M. (Lucien McShan)

Contributor:

Hazen, W. B.

Series:

Arctic series of publications issued in connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army ; no. 2.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Arctic series of publications issued in connection with the Signal service, U.S. Army ; no. II

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meteorology--Alaska.

Meteorology.

Natural history--Alaska.

Natural history.

Alaska--Description and travel.

Alaska.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p., 26 plates) : ill.

Other Title:

Contributions to the natural history of Alaska

Place of Publication:

Washington : G.P.O., 1886.

Contents:

1. General description.- 2. Meteorology.- 3. Plants.- 4. Fishes.- 5. Birds.- 6. Mammals.

Notes:

At head of title: 49th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Mis. Doc. no. 155.

Prepared under the direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen, chief signal officer of the army.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

OCLC:

1011844113