Report on the Battery Extension, and the Abuses Existing in the Harbor of New-York.
New York: Pudney & Russell, 1859. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 13pp. Very good. Slight age toning and soiling, mainly to outer wrappers; largely disbound. The noted physicist (1806-67), superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, relays to the president of the New York Chamber of Commerce the results of a study on changes in depth that had taken place off the piers in New York harbor -- decreases caused mainly by city dumping. Not in Sabin. Item #18356
Price: $125.00
See all items by A. D. BACHE