History of North American pinnipeds; monograph of the walruses, sea-lions, sea-bears and seals of North America. By J. A. Allen. 1880. REPORTS (ANNUAL).

Report 10. Embracing Colorado and parts of adjacent territories. 1876.

11. Embracing Idaho and Wyoming. 1877.
REPORTS (FINAL).

V. 12. Fresh water rhizopods of North America.
By Joseph Leidy. 1879.
Geographical and Geological Survey
of the Rocky Mountain Region. J. W.
Powell, geologist in charge. Report on
the geography of the high plateaus of
Utah. With atlas. By C. E. Dutton.
Illus. 4°. Washington, 1880. pp. 307.

Report on the geology and resources of the Black Hills of Dakota. With Atlas. By H. Newton and W. P. Jenney. Microscopic petrography. By J. H. Caswell. Botany of the Black Hills of Dakota. By Asa Gray. Illus. 4°. Washington, 1880. pp. 566.

Report on the geology of the Henry Mountains. By G. K. Gilbert. Illus. With maps. fol. Washington, 1877. pp. 160.

Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. With maps. fol. Washington, 1879.

Official register of the United States, containing a list of officers and employés in the civil, military, and naval service on the 1st July, 1881, together with a list of ships and vessels of the United States. 2 v. V. 1. Legislative, executive, judicial. V. 2. Post-office department and postal service. Comp. and printed under direction of the Secretary. fol. Washington, 1881.

Patent office. Catalogue of the library. Compiled under authority of the commissioner of patents. (Weston Flint, librarian.) 40. Washington, 1878. pp. 917+17.

UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES. Department of the Interior. Patent office-continued.

Subject-matter index of Italian patents ("Privative industriali "), 1864—, prepared by E. Szemelényi. Translated. Register of, containing a list of persons employed in the department, appointed by the President, and by the Secretary. Corrected to August 1, 1880. 8°. Washington, 1880. pp. 135.

Supplement to the catalogue of the library. Nov. 8, 1878. 8°. Washington, 1878. pp. 10.

UNITED STATES. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Engineers. Report of a board of United States naval engineers on the Herreshoff boiler and system of machinery for steam yachts, steam launches, etc., Dec. 29, 1879. Illus. 8°. Washington, 1879. pp. 48.

--Report of J. W. King, U. S. Navy, on European ships of war and their armament, naval administration and economy, marine constructions and appliances, dock yards, etc. 8°. Washington, 1877. pp. 273.

Report of the "Board of Engineers" on the experiments tried with the horizontal fire-tube and the vertical watertube boilers, designed for the purpose of comparison, at the request of the Secretary of the U. S. Navy. Together with the tabulated results, and plates illustrating the same. 4°. Phila., 1868. pp. 34.

Report on the two kinds of coal submitted by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad coal agency. 8°. Washington, 1878. pp. 30.

Naval observatory. Astronomical and meteorological observations made during the years 1869-'71. Commodore B. F. Sands, superintendent. Years 1875'76, Rear Adm. C. H. Davis, sup't; 1877, 1878, Rear Adm. J. Rodgers, sup't. Illus. 40. Washington, 1870–273.

UNITED STATES. Department of the Navy. Naval observatory-continued.

[1876, in 2 pts. Pt. 2 consists of 3 appendices: 1. A subject index to the publications of the observatory, 1845-'75, by E. S. Holden. 2. Transit of Mercury, 1878. 3. Solar eclipses 1878 and 1880.]

Astronomical observations, 1878. Monograph of the central parts of the nebula of Orion. By E. S. Holden. Illus. 40. Washington, 1882. pp. 230.

Report of the Secretary of the Navy, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two houses of Congress. [1878-79.] 8°. Washington, 1880. UNITED STATES. Department of State. Commercial relations of the United States. Commerce of the world and the share of the United States therein. Letter from the Secretary transmitting the annual reports upon commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries for 1880-'81. 8°. Washington, 1883.

Cotton goods trade of the world, and the share of the United States therein. Reports from consuls of the United States on the trade in cotton yarns, twists, and cotton manufactures in their several districts, with an introductory letter from the Secretary of State. 8°. Washington, 1881. pp. 383.

Reports of consuls. No. 15-26—, 1882-. 8°. Washington, 1882. [Bd. in 2 v.]

No. 15-22. On the commerce, manufactures, etc., of their consular districts.

23. The cotton and woolen mills of Europe. 24-25. The commerce, manufactures, etc., of their consular districts.

25. Cereals of Europe, India, and Algeria. 26. The commerce, manufactures, etc., of their consular districts. International monetary conference held in Paris, August, 1878, under the auspices of the ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of France. 8°. Washington, 1879. pp. 14+918.

[Senate Ex. Doc. No. 58. 45th Cong., 3d sess.]

UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES. Dep't of State-cont'd. V. 4. Chemical processes, mining ir dustries, steam and gas engines, machines and machine tools, clocks and watches, railway apparatus. Illus.

5. Agricultural implements, agricultural pro. ducts, live stock, horticulture, piscicul ture.

- Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain, from the Lake of the Woods to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. Authorized by act of Congress, March 19, 1872. Archibald Campbell, commissioner; Capt. W. J. Twining, chief astronomer. Illus. 4°. Washington, 1878. pp. 624.

State of labor in Europe, 1878. Reports of the United States consuls in the several countries of Europe on the rates of wages, cost of living to laborers, past and present rates, present condition of trade, business habits and systems, amount of paper money in circulation, etc., in response to a circular from the department requesting information. Letter from the Secretary transmitting these reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 8°. Washington, 1879. pp. 428. UNITED STATES. Department of the Treasury. Annual report of the supervising architect to the Secretary of the Treasury for the year ending Sept mber 30, 1882. Illus. 40. Washington, 1882. pp. 45.

Bureau of statistics. First annual report of the internal commerce of the United States, by Joseph Nimmo, jr., chief of division of internal commerce, being part second of the annual report of the chief of the bureau of statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. 8°. Washington, 1877.

Monthly reports on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1873, 1874, 1875. 3 v. 4°. Washington, 1873-275.

Quarterly reports of the chief of the bureau of statistics, showing the imports and exports of the United States, and other statistics relative to the trade and industry of the country, for the four quarters of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and also for the corresponding quarters of the year immediately preceding. 8°. Washington, 1876. pp. 3+527.

UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES. Department of the Treasury-continued.

--

Coast survey. Bureau of weights

and measures. Papers relating to metric standards, distributed to the States of the Union, under a joint resolution of Congress, July 27, 1866. 8. Washington, 1876. pp. 6.

Imports; duties from 1867 to 1878, inclusive. A compilation of foreign commodities imported and entered for consumption in the United States. Compiled from the annual vols. of commerce and navigation, by Charles H. Evans. 8°. Washington, 1879.

[46th Cong., 1st sess., Senate, Misc. Doc. No. 46.]

Life-saving service. Annual reports on the operations of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877-81. Sumner A. Kimball, general superintendent. 8°. Washington, 1877-'81.

Mining industry of the States and Territories of the Rocky Mountains, including descriptions of quartz, placer, and hydraulic mining, amalgamation, concentration, smelting, etc. By Rossiter W. Raymond. Illus. 8°. N. Y., 1876. pp. 550.

Proposed American inter-oceanic canal, in its commercial aspects, by Joseph Nimmo, jr. 8°. Washington, 1880. pp. 139.

Report of the Secretary on the construction and distribution of weights and measures. Illus. 8°. Washington, 1857. pp. 218.

[Ex. doc. No. 27.]

Silver and gold: an account of the mining and metallurgical industry of the United States, with reference chiefly to the precious metals. By Rossiter W. Raymond. Illus. 8°. N. Y., 1876. pp. 566. UNITED STATES Department of War. Alphabetical catalogue of the War Department library, including law library. Authors and subjects. 4°. Washington, 1882. pp. 325.

Bureau of engineers. Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains. By Howard Stansbury. Illus. 8°. Phila., 1852. pp. 487.

UNITED STATES. Department of War. Bureau of engineers-continued.

No. 23. Report upon experiments and investigations to develop a system of submarine mines for defending the harbors of the United States. 1881. By H. L. Abbot. 24. Report upon the primary triangulation of the United States lake survey. By C. B. Comstock, etc.

25. Report upon the practice in Europe with the heavy Armstrong, Woolwich, and .Krupp guns, submitted by the board of engineers for fortifications. By Z. B. Tower.

Report upon experiments made by W. H. Hearding upon the compressive power of pine and hemlock timber, under the direction of D. C. Houston, eng. U.S. A., Feb. 6, 1871. Illus. 8°. Washington, 1872. pp. 12.

Report upon the blasting operations at Lime Point, California, in 1868–69. By G. H. Mendell. With map. 8. Washington, 1880. pp. 12.

Report upon the results of firings to determine the pressure of the blast from 15-inch smooth-bore guns, made at Staten Island, N. Y. harbor, 1872-'73, by J. Newton and Q. A. Gillmore. 8°. Washington, 1874. pp. 18.

Report upon United States geographical surveys west of the 100th meridian; in charge of G. M. Wheeler, under direction of A. A. Humphreys, U. S. A. v. 7. Archælogy. Maps. Supplement to v. 3. Geology. Illus. 4°. Washington, 1879. Bureau of ordnance. Ordnance notes No. 90. Measurement of powder pressures in cannon by means of the registered compression of oil. Experiments at Washington arsenal 1854-55. 11 pl. By W. E. Woodbridge. fol. Washington, 1878.

UNITED STATES.

UPPINGHAM.

UNITED STATES. Dep't of War-cont'd.
of Congress of July 28, 1866. 4°. Wash-
ington, 1871. pp. 11, pl. 33.

Report on the compressive strength,
specific gravity, and ratio of absorption
of the building stones in the United States.
By Q. A. Gillmore. Illus. 8°. N. Y.,
1876. pp. 37.

Surgeon-General's office. Index-cat-
alogue of the library of. Authors and
subjects. V. 1. A-Berliński. With a list
of abbreviations of titles of periodicals
indexed. V. 2. Berlioz-Cholas. V. 3.
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1880-'82. pp. 6+888.

government; its organization and prac-
tical workings, etc. See Lamphere, G. N.
Great industries of. See Greeley, H.,
and others.

Hand-book of artillery, for the service
of the United States army and militia.
See Roberts, J.

History of. See Ridpath, J. C.
History of the government printing
office, from 1789-1881. See Kerr, R. W.
History of the national flag. See Schuy-
ler, H.

homœopathic pharmacopoeia.

80. Chicago, 1878.

1st ed.

Industrial history of. See Bolles,

Albert S.

UNITED STATES-continued.

Surveying and subdividing public lands
of. See Hawes, J. H.

United States wind engine and pump co.
Descriptive catalogue and price-list of Hal-
laday's standard wind mills. 8°. Batavia,
Ill. pp. 40. (3 cop.)

Units and physical constants. See Everett,
J. D.

A complete

Universal (The) assistant and complete me-
chanic. See Moore, R.
Universal (The) decorator.
guide to ornamental design, including de-
signs for cabinet makers, wood carvers,
metal workers, Birmingham, Sheffield and
the potteries; scrolls, panels, and general
ornament alphabets, initials, and mono-
grams. Illustrations by William Gibbs.
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encyclopædia. See Colange, L.
UNIVERSITIES. Health notes for stu-
dents. See Wilder, B. G.

University of Wisconsin. Washburn ob-
servatory. Publications, v. 1. 120. Madi-
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1870. [Continued.]

No. 9. The earth a great magnet. By A. M.
Mayer.

10. Mysteries of the voice and ear. By O. N.
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List of the scientific and literary institu-
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United States medical investigator. Semi-
monthly journal of medical sciences. New
series. v. 11-16-, 1880-82-. Illus. 8°.
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United States (The) miller v. 5-14-,
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[Continued from The United States milling and
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United States (The) milling and manufac-
turing journal. Devoted to the interests
of millers, mechanics, and manufacturers.
Monthly. [E. Harrison Cawker, ed.] v.
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[Continued as The United States miller.]

Geschichte der Rinderpestimpfung. 8°.
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Unwin, W. Cawthorne. Elements of ma-
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principles which determine the arrange-
ment and proportions of the parts of ma-
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Upmann, J., and Meyer, E. v.

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Uppingham sanitary committee. Visita-
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URANUS.

VANDERBURG.

URANUS. Investigation of the orbit of. By S. Newcomb. Smiths'n contrib. v. 19. Urbani de Gheltof, G. M. A technical history of the manufacture of Venetian laces. (Venice - Burano.) Tr. by Lady Layard. Illus. 120. Venice, 1882. pp. 57.

Urbanitzky, Alfred v. Die elektrische

Beleuchtung und ihre Anwendung in der Praxis. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ergebnisse der internationalen elektrischen Ausstellung in Paris, 1881. Illus. 12°. Wien, Pest, Leipzig, 1882. pp. 215. Chem.-techn. Bib., B. 95. Ure, Andrew. A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines, etc. Ed. by Robert Hunt. v. 4. Supplement. 8°. Lond., 1878. pp. 7+1,020.

Urquhart, J. W. Electric light, its production and use, embodying plain directions for the working of galvanic batteries, electric lamps, and dynamo-electric machines. Ed. by F. C. Webb. Illus. 120. Lond., 1880. pp. 290.

Electro-motors; a treatise on the means and apparatus employed in the transmission of electrical energy and its conversion into motive power, for the use of engineers and others. Illus. 120. Manchester, Lond., 1882. pp. 178.

Electro-plating. Practical handbook, including the practice of electrotyping. Illus. 120. Lond., 1880. pp. 216.

Electrotyping; a practical manual forming a new and systematic guide to the reproduction and multiplication of printing surfaces and works of art by the electrodeposition of metals. Illus. 12°. Lond., 1881. pp. 226.

Sewing-machinery; being a practical manual of the sewing machine, comprising its history, its details of construction, with full technical directions for adjusting sewing machines. Illus. 120. Lond., 1881. pp. 8+172. Weale's series, No. 217. URUGUAY river. Hydraulics of. See Révy, J. J.

Use and abuse of tobacco. See Lizars, J. Useful plants of India; chief value in commerce, etc. See Drury, H. UTAH. Report on the geology of the high plateaus. By C. E. Dutton. See UNITED STATES. Interior dept. Geolog. and geograph. survey of the Rocky mt. region. J. W. Powell.

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Vaccination; arguments pro and con, on the hygiene of small-pox. See Edwards,

J. F.

Handbook of. See Seaton, E. C. Vago, A. L. Instructions in the art of modeling in clay. With an appendix on foliage, etc. By Benn Pitman. 120. Cincin., 1880. pp. 72. Vaile, Charles A. Galvanized iron cornice-workers' manual. Containing instructions in laying out the different miters, and making patterns for all kinds of plain and circular work. Tables of weight, areas, and circumferences of circles, and other matters to benefit the trade. Illus. 4°. Phila., 1872. pp. 74. Vaill, E. W. Ca'alogue and price-list of patent folding chairs. Illus. 8°. Worcester, Mass., 1879. pp. 96. Valentine, Mrs. L. The girl's own book of amusements; enlarged and modernized by. See Child, L. M.

Valérius, H. Les applications de la cha

leur, avec un exposé des meilleurs systèmes de chauffage et de ventilation. Illus. 8°. Paris, 1879. pp. 6+404.

Valley machine co. Wright's patent double acting bucket plunger, steam pumps,manufactured by. 120. East Hampton, n. d. Bp. 7. VALUATION. Engineer's valuing assistant. See Hoskold, H. D. VALVE. See also Slide valve.

gearing. Le servo-moteur appliqué à la manœuvre des gouvernails. See Farcot, J. VALVES and valve gears. Designing, etc. See Bilgram, H.

sliding stop, for steam, water, and gas. See Ludlow valve manuf'g co. Van Buren, J. D., jr. Investigations of formulas for the strength of the iron parts of steam machinery. Illus. 8°. N. Y., 1869. pp. 70.

Van Cleve, B. Frank. English and American mechanic; collection of over 3,000 receipts, rules, and tables. Illus. 12. Phila., [1874]. pp. 283. Vanderburg, A. R. and P. School of painting for the imitation of woods and marbles, as taught and practiced by A. R.