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V.—Report upon the National Geological Surveys of Europe1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
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In the following pages a brief account is given of the organization and publications of the chief Geological Surveys in Europe. The statements are taken from official sources, or from an inspection of the publications.
In formation has been kindly supplied by the directors of the following surveys: — Austro-Hungary, Bavaria, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
In the preparation of this report my colleague, Mr. W. H. Dalton, has given me much assistance; my thanks are also due to Professor G. A. Lebour and to Mr. F. W. Rudler.
The “Geological Record” gives descriptions of maps published in and since 1874.
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page 447 note 2 The exact equivalent of the term “Geological Survey” is not used on the Continent; it is that of Committee, Commission, Inquiry, Institute, or Service.
page 449 note 1 This most convenient arrangement is also adopted in the maps of Prussia and Saxony.
page 452 note 1 All these signs, etc., are fully explained in pamphlets issued in 1874, ‘Généralités’ A, B, C, and D.
page 453 note 1 A notice of the various geological maps of France was given, by Lebour, G. A., in the Geographical Magazine, vol. iii. p. 47, 1876Google Scholar.
page 456 note 1 A full account of this survey was published for the Mining Exhibition in Madrid, 1883—Com. Mapa Geol. Espan., su origen, vicisitudes y circumstancias actuales, with two index maps (Boletin, t. x.). An earlier publication' Memoria... Mapa Geol. Espan., 1876, Madrid, pp. 183. This gives a full account of the geological literature of Spain (in provinces) and its foreign possessions.
page 459 note 1 Smith made a Geological map of Somersetshire upon the one-inch scale in 1799.
page 460 note 1 A Catalogue of the Publications of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom to 1884 has just beea issued, with index maps, pp. 95, price Is.