COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Rain chart US.
Obj Height cm:
35
Obj 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."
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
Pub Date:
1874
Pub Title:
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.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 1330; Phillips. Maps of America, p. 919; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 407.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3566.000
Pub Maps:
38
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
43
Image No:
3566003
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
U.S.
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
United States
Subject:
Climate
Engraver or Printer:
Bien, Julius
Publication Author:
United States. Census Office
Publication Author:
Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897
Pub Type:
Statistical Atlas
Author:
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Author:
Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901
Author:
United States. Census Office
Date:
1874
Rain chart US.
