Report On The Progress Of The State Geological Survey Of Michigan Presented 1871

Excerpt from Report on the Progress of the State Geological Survey of Michigan Presented, 1871: Presented to the State Geological Board, Nov. 22, 1870 Chapter four is devoted to Dimensions. After furnishing the different lengths of degrees of longitude and latitude within the State, with intervals of space corresponding to one minute and one second of time, a' table of air-line distances between the principal points of the State is given, and then a complete list of all the islands belonging to the State which exceed one one-hundredth of a square mile in area. It is found that the number of these islands is 179, with a total area of acres. Chapter five is devoted to an exposition of the system of survey of the public lands. The inaccuracies incident to the system are noticed - both those which are inherent and those which are casual. The more important provisions of the State laws in reference to surveys are cited; and a brief account is given of the origin and character of the old territorial patents, whose lines are unconformable with those of the United States surveys. The sixth chapter consists of a table of areas of the several townships of the State, from the records of the Land Othee at Lansing. These are arranged by counties and towns. Appended is a table of areas of the islands of the State, with an indica tion of the counties to which they severally belong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.