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Page 326 - Counties, Wisconsin. Ulysses Sherman Grant, Ph. D., Professor of Geology, Northwestern University. 1901. Pp. VI., 83; 13 plates. Sent on receipt of lOc.
Page 325 - Scientific Series.— The bulletins so designated consist of original contributions to the geology and natural history of the state, which are of scientific interest rather than of economic importance.
Page 80 - The paved spaces on each side of the 18 middle feet are to be coated with broken stones or well cleansed, strong gravel up to the footpath or other boundary of the road, so as to make the whole convexity of the road 6 inches from the center to the sides of it.
Page 80 - After all the joints are thus filled flush with the top of the bricks and sufficient time for evaporation has taken place, so that the coating of sand will not absorb any of the mixture, one-half inch of sand shall be spread over the whole surface, and in case the work is subjected to a hot summer sun an occasional sprinkling, sufficient to dampen the sand, should be followed for two or three days. The grouting thus finished must remain absolutely free from disturbance or traffic of any kind for...
Page 88 - The roads can never be rendered thus perfectly secure, until the following principles be fully understood, admitted, and acted upon: namely, that it is the native soil which really supports the weight of traffic : that while it is preserved in a dry state, it will carry any weight without sinking...
Page 326 - Bulletin No. X. Economic Series No. 6. Highway Construction in Wisconsin. Ernest Robertson Buckley, Ph. D., State Geologist of Missouri, formerly Geologist, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. 1903. Pp. xvi, 339; 106 plates, including 26 maps of cities. Sent on receipt of 30 cents.
Page 80 - After the grouting is done and a sufficient time for hardening has elapsed, so that the coating of sand will not absorb any moisture from the cement mixture, one-half inch of sand shall be spread over the whole surface, and in case the work is subjected to a hot summer's sun, an occasional sprinkling sufficient to dampen the sand should be followed for two or three days.
Page 325 - A Contribution to the Geology of the Pre-Cambrian Igneous Rocks of the Fox River Valley, Wisconsin.
Page 326 - Survey has published three biennial reports, which relate to administrative affairs only and contain no scientific matter. First Biennial Report of the Commissioners of the Geological and Natural History Survey. 1899. Pp. 31. Second Biennial Report of the Commissioners of the Geological and Natural History Survey.
Page 160 - COUNTY. Green county is located in the south central part of the state on the Illinois-Wisconsin boundary line. It is situated partly in the glaciated and partly in the driftless area. The surface in the western part, which is in the driftless area, is rough and hilly, while that of the eastern glaciated section is more of the rolling, regular type. About two-thirds of the county is covered with a thin mantle of drift, as a result of the earlier glacial epochs.