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  	<title>USGS Multimedia Gallery for Set: USGS Museum</title>
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	<language>en-us</language>
	<description>A list of photography and images from the U.S. Geological Survey's Multimedia Gallery (http://gallery.usgs.gov).</description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Kemmerer and Releated Items ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and closes it. The kemmerer is then pulled up and tests can be done to find out very useful information about the water at that depth (amount of oxygen dissolved in water, clarity, etc.). Used by Luna Leopold
Object ID: USGS-000764]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000764</category>

				<category>Kemmerer</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Sample</category>

				<category>Sampling</category>

				<category>Luna</category>

				<category>Leopold</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Kemmerer and Releated Items ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and closes it. The kemmerer is then pulled up and tests can be done to find out very useful information about the water at that depth (amount of oxygen dissolved in water, clarity, etc.). Used by Luna Leopold
Object ID: USGS-000764]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000764</category>

				<category>Kemmerer</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Sample</category>

				<category>Sampling</category>

				<category>Luna</category>

				<category>Leopold</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Kemmerer and Releated Items (3 of 4)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and closes it. The kemmerer is then pulled up and tests can be done to find out very useful information about the water at that depth (amount of oxygen dissolved in water, clarity, etc.). Used by Luna Leopold
Object ID: USGS-000764]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000764</category>

				<category>Kemmerer</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Sample</category>

				<category>Sampling</category>

				<category>Luna</category>

				<category>Leopold</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Kemmerer and Releated Items (4 of 4)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Water sampling kit including a kemmerer. The Kemmerer, also known as a water bottle is used by lowering it to the desired depth of water to be tested. A messenger (torpedo-like object with slit on the side) is attached to the rope holding kemmerer and slides down to it. It hits the kemmerer and closes it. The kemmerer is then pulled up and tests can be done to find out very useful information about the water at that depth (amount of oxygen dissolved in water, clarity, etc.). Used by Luna Leopold
Object ID: USGS-000764]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_27_2009_r84Yqd0POk_07_27_2009_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000764</category>

				<category>Kemmerer</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Sample</category>

				<category>Sampling</category>

				<category>Luna</category>

				<category>Leopold</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[High Standard Alidade]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This alidade consists of straightedges with a rigidly-mounted telescope that can be rotated through the vertical angle ±30. The telescope is set on a high standard or post (4 inches in height) to raise it above the table. The telescope for the high standard is 16 power, inverting type with internal focusing. It is made of brass and was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey.
Object ID: USGS-000158]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>Object</category>

				<category>ID:</category>

				<category>USGS-000158</category>

				<category>High</category>

				<category>Standard</category>

				<category>Alidade</category>

				<category>Keuffel</category>

				<category>Esser</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Gurley Micrometer Alidade]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York. The micrometer attachment us a modification of the tangent screw attached to the horizontal axis of the telescope and used for measuring vertical angles in terms of their tangents. Relatively few of these types of alidades are listed in early 1900s property records of instruments used by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Object ID: USGS-000159]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000159</category>

				<category>Gurley</category>

				<category>Micrometer</category>

				<category>Alidade</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Pendulum Self-leveling Alidade]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a telescopic alidade in which a pendulum device, or compensator replaces the conventional bubble for establishing a horizontal reference line from which vertical angles may be measured. Alidades were the primary mapping instrument in the U.S. from about 1865 to the 1980s, when they were replaced by the total station. This alidade was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey.
Object ID: USGS-000160]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000160</category>

				<category>Self-leveling</category>

				<category>Alidade</category>

				<category>Keuffel</category>

				<category>Esser</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Explorer's Alidade]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Keuffel & Esser, New York & New Jersey. In this type of alidade, as opposed to the high standard, the telescope mounted close to the straightedge, producing a more compact instrument. A right-angle prism is attached to the eyepiece and permits viewing by looking down. A cylindrical bubble and magnetic compass needle are attached to the base; these are used to level and orient the plane table to its proper position.
Object ID: USGS-000161]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000161-Explorers_Alidade.jpg" length="12614" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000161</category>

				<category>Explorer's</category>

				<category>Alidade</category>

				<category>Keuffel</category>

				<category>Esser</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Telescopic Alidade]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A high standard alidade; this type of alidade permits direct viewing through the telescope. The level is mounted below the inverting telescope and the base (blade) is solid brass with circular voids. Manufactured by Keuffel & Esser, New York & New Jersey.
Object ID: USGS-000165]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000165-Telescopic_Alidade.jpg" length="10670" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000165</category>

				<category>Telescopic</category>

				<category>Alidade</category>

				<category>Keuffel</category>

				<category>Esser</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Drafting Set]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Also known as a drawing set, the instruments were used in cartographic work. The instruments include ruling pens and ring head dividers. This set was manufactured by Eugene Dietzgen & Company, Chicago and New York. The set was used by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch in the early decades of the 20th Century.
Object ID: USGS-000173]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000173-Drafting_Set.jpg" length="14289" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000173</category>

				<category>Drafting</category>

				<category>Eugene</category>

				<category>Dietzgen</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Rigid Graver with Loupe]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Gravers were used in cartographic work by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch. Graver types include rigid, swivel, building and fine line.
Object ID: USGS-000178]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000178-Swivel_Graver_with_Loup.jpg" length="13956" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000178</category>

				<category>Loupe</category>

				<category>Rigid</category>

				<category>Graver</category>

				<category>cartographic</category>

				<category>Topographic</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Cast Bronze Benchmark]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Benchmarks can be divided into two general groups: the "vertical control points" are points that mark a very precise elevation above the standard datum plane (usually referred to as elevation above sea level) and the "horizontal control points" are points with precisely established latitude and longitude. The National Geodetic Survey, not the U.S. Geological Survey, is the Maintainer of federal Vertical Control Marks. This specimen is a Reference Benchmark and not a geodetic control mark. In actual use, this marker would have been used to keep the location of a triangulation station from being lost. Its arrow would be set to the location of the triangulation station; the station's description would have accurate azimuth and horizontal (not slope) distance to each of its reference marks so that it can be re-set from them if necessary.
Object ID: USGS-000181]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_7</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000181-Benchmark.jpg" length="11263" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000181</category>

				<category>Cast</category>

				<category>Bronze</category>

				<category>benchmark</category>

				<category>Reference</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Stereoscope used in Photogrammetry]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional) imaging is any technique capable of producing three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image. This apparatus was manufactured by Oculus.
Object ID: USGS-000192]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000192-Sterogram_Stereoscope.jpg" length="19011" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000192</category>

				<category>Stereoscope</category>

				<category>stereoscopic</category>

				<category>Photogrammetry</category>

				<category>Oculus</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Argus Film Projector]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Argus Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This projector was used for 35mm slides.
Object ID: USGS-000194]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_9</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000194-Argus_Film_Projector.jpg" length="13340" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000194</category>

				<category>Argus</category>

				<category>Film</category>

				<category>Projector</category>

				<category>35mm</category>

				<category>slide</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[T21 Theodolite]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by WILD Heerbrugg, Switzerland. This instrument was made in the late 1950s- early 1960s and was in service until the late 1970s. It includes its original air-tight and water-tight steel case, as well as its shipping case.
Object ID: USGS-000198]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_10</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000198_Theodolite.jpg" length="21808" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000198</category>

				<category>T21</category>

				<category>Theodolite</category>

				<category>WILD</category>

				<category>Heerbrugg</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Tagged Marker Stake]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Used in U.S. Geological Survey field work.
Object ID: USGS-000209]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_11</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000209-Tagged_Marker_Stake.jpg" length="5778" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000209</category>

				<category>Marker</category>

				<category>Stake</category>

				<category>field</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Plane Table with Tripod]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Plane tables are also known as drawing boards. The round leg tripod is made from hardwood, with a bronze head, steel tips and plum bob.
Object ID: USGS-000210]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_12</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000210-Drawing_Board_with_Tripod.jpg" length="17655" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000210</category>

				<category>Tripod</category>

				<category>Plane</category>

				<category>Table</category>

				<category>drawing</category>

				<category>board</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Split-leg Tripod (Plane Table Base)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Constructed of maple with cast bronze Johnson Head, leather strap, cast steel shoes and attached hooks (probably not original). This tripod is about 50-1/2" in height (closed) and is nearly identical to another tripod in the USGS Collection (USGS-492).]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_13</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000211-Split-leg_Tripod.jpg" length="18842" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000211</category>

				<category>Split-leg</category>

				<category>Tripod</category>

				<category>Plane</category>

				<category>Table</category>

				<category>drawing</category>

				<category>board</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Leather Boots]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The soles of made of heavy-duty rubber with metal studs.
Object ID: USGS-000212]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_14</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000212-Leather_Work_Boots.jpg" length="16545" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000212</category>

				<category>Leather</category>

				<category>boots</category>

				<category>metal</category>

				<category>studs</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Canvas Plane Table Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Used in field work by Thomas B. Nolan, who served as the seventh Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1956-1965).
Object ID: USGS-000214]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_15</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_15</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000214-Plane_Table_Case.jpg" length="17360" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000214</category>

				<category>Canvas</category>

				<category>Plane</category>

				<category>Table</category>

				<category>Case</category>

				<category>Thomas</category>

				<category>Nolan</category>

				<category>Director</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird-banding Kit]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The kit contains over 600 pieces and was used at the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland.
Object ID: USGS-000219]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_16</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_16</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000219-Bird_Banding_Kit.jpg" length="15416" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000219</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>BirdBanding</category>

				<category>Laboratory</category>

				<category>Patuxent</category>

				<category>Wildlife</category>

				<category>Research</category>

				<category>Maryland</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Quintant Sextant or Lattice Sextant]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This instrument was manufactured by Spencer, Browning & Rust, London. A sextant is used for measuring the altitude of the sun or another celestial body; such measurements can then be used to determine the observer's geographical position or for other navigational, surveying, or astronomical applications. Dating from the 1820s-1850s, this instrument is among the earliest objects in the U.S. Geological Survey museum collection.
Object ID: USGS-000220]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_17</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_17</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000220-Sextant.jpg" length="19208" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000220</category>

				<category>Quintant</category>

				<category>Lattice</category>

				<category>Sextant</category>

				<category>Spencer</category>

				<category>Browning</category>

				<category>Rust</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Copper Crucible Oven]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by E.H. Sargent and Company. The set includes the oven, ceramic crucibles, a mortar & pestle, lead tape and stirrers.
Object ID: USGS-000233]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_18</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_18</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000233-Copper_Crucible.jpg" length="13026" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000233</category>

				<category>Copper</category>

				<category>stirrers</category>

				<category>ceramic</category>

				<category>lead</category>

				<category>pestle</category>

				<category>Crucible</category>

				<category>mortar</category>

				<category>Oven</category>

				<category>Sargent</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Stereoscope]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Q-O-S Corporation, New York for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Although originally designed for military reconnaissance work, this type of instrument was used for map reading of aerial photographs up to 8".
Object ID: USGS-000235]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_19</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_19</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000235-Stereoscope.jpg" length="14991" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000235</category>

				<category>Stereoscope</category>

				<category>Q-O-S</category>

				<category>U.S.</category>

				<category>Army</category>

				<category>Corp</category>

				<category>of</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

				<category>military</category>

				<category>reconnaissance</category>

				<category>aerial</category>

				<category>photographs</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Heavy Metal Separator Funnel]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This apparatus is known by various names: Separatory Funnel, Heavy Metal Separator, Sep Funnel and a few more. This is an example of antique lab equipment which can be found in the U.S. Geological Survey museum collection. 
Object ID: USGS-000239]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_20</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_20</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000239-Heavy_Metal_Separatory_Funnel.jpg" length="13065" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000239</category>

				<category>Heavy</category>

				<category>Metal</category>

				<category>Separator</category>

				<category>Funnel</category>

				<category>Sep</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Distiller]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Distilling Apparatus or Still. The prominent feature of this antique lab equipment is the spherical copper globe. Object ID: USGS-000240]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_21</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_21</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000240-Still.jpg" length="11403" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000240</category>

				<category>Distiller</category>

				<category>Still</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Barometer or Barograph]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This device records atmospheric pressure and uses twelve stacked aneroid barometer cells in its mechanism to move a pen upon paper, both of which are attached to a drum moved by clockwork. The apparatus is enclosed in a wooden cabinet with set-in glass viewing pane.
Object ID: USGS-000242]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_22</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_22</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000242-Barometer.jpg" length="13106" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000242</category>

				<category>aneroid</category>

				<category>barometer</category>

				<category>barograph</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Water Testing PH Analysis Kit]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Lamotte Chemical Products Company, Chestertown, Maryland sometime after 1930.
Object ID: USGS-000249]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_23</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_23</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000249-PH_Testing_Kit.jpg" length="16929" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000249</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Testing</category>

				<category>PH</category>

				<category>analysis</category>

				<category>Kit</category>

				<category>Lamotte</category>

				<category>Chemical</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bevel Protractor]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Object has its original Case. A graduated circular protractor with pivoting arm, it is used for measuring or marking off angles. This instrument was manufactured by Bowen & Company and was first used by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers before being transferred to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Object ID: USGS-000252]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_24</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_24</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000252-Protractor.jpg" length="14667" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000252</category>

				<category>bevel</category>

				<category>Protractor</category>

				<category>Bowen</category>

				<category>U.S.</category>

				<category>Army</category>

				<category>Corp</category>

				<category>of</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Weston Direct-Reading Ammeter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Model #6367, believed to be manufactured December 15, 1898 by the Weston Electrical Instrument Company, Newark, New Jersey. Edward Weston introduced this type of meter in 1889 and was a serious competitor of Thomas Edison in the development of electricity. This ammeter was the first pivoted moving coil meter as well as the first thoroughly reliable direct-reading meter.
Object ID: USGS-000253]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_25</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_25</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000253-Ammeter.jpg" length="10271" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000253</category>

				<category>Weston</category>

				<category>Direct-Reading</category>

				<category>ammeter</category>

				<category>6367</category>

				<category>Weston</category>

				<category>Electrical</category>

				<category>Instrument</category>

				<category>Edward</category>

				<category>Weston</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Rock Dust Testing Kit]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Mine Safety Appliances Company sometime after 1914, the wood cabinet-like chest includes an analytical balance, pans and flasks.
Object ID: USGS-000259]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_26</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_26</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000259-Rock_Testing_Kit.jpg" length="10889" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000259</category>

				<category>Rock</category>

				<category>Dust</category>

				<category>Testing</category>

				<category>Kit</category>

				<category>Mine</category>

				<category>Safety</category>

				<category>appliances</category>

				<category>analytical</category>

				<category>balance</category>

				<category>pans</category>

				<category>flasks</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Geiger Counter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Electron & Nuclear Counter, Model #ARA35-1, Type DW-51. Manufactured by Cyclotron Specialties Company. Additional information would be appreciated.
Object ID: USGS-000262]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_27</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_27</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000262-Cyclotron.jpg" length="14009" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000262</category>

				<category>Geiger</category>

				<category>Counter</category>

				<category>Electron</category>

				<category>Nuclear</category>

				<category>Counter</category>

				<category>ARA35-1</category>

				<category>DW-51</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA["Lucky Strike" Geiger Counter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Serial # 06C1147, Model #106B. Manufactured by Precision Radiation Instruments, Inc., Los Angeles, California. This instrument was purchased and used in the Rocky Mountain region by U.S. Geological Survey scientists.
Object ID: USGS-000268]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_28</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_28</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000268-Geiger_Counter.jpg" length="15155" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000268</category>

				<category>Geiger</category>

				<category>Counter</category>

				<category>06C1147</category>

				<category>106B</category>

				<category>Precision</category>

				<category>Radiation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Tower Press Camera]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA["4x5" enclosure camera with Rangefinder and Wollensak Raptar lens serial #A18388, 62 mm, 1950s-60s. Manufactured by Busch Optical Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois (also known as Busch Precision Camera Corporation). The company was famous for its versatile press cameras which featured an optical finder. This folding bed view camera allowed lens board movement and professional flash photography.
Object ID: USGS-000275]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_29</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_29</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000275-View_Camera.jpg" length="20026" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000275</category>

				<category>Tower</category>

				<category>Press</category>

				<category>Camera</category>

				<category>Rangefinder</category>

				<category>Wollensak</category>

				<category>Raptar</category>

				<category>A18388</category>

				<category>Busch</category>

				<category>Optical</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Stereo Compilation (3D) Glasses]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company. Stereographs and stereo compilation glasses are used in the photogrammetry, which is the process of making maps or scale drawings from photographs, especially aerial photographs.
Object ID: USGS-000276]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_30</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_30</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000276-Stereo_Compilation_-3-D-_Glasses.jpg" length="7695" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000276</category>

				<category>3D</category>

				<category>Stereograph</category>

				<category>photogrammetry</category>

				<category>aerial</category>

				<category>photographs</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[35mm Coupled Rangefinder Camera]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Equipped with a Summaron Lens, 1950s. Manufactured in Leitz, Germany.
Object ID: USGS-000277]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_31</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_31</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000277-Early_Leitz_Wetzlar_SLR.jpg" length="18116" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000277</category>

				<category>35mm</category>

				<category>Coupled</category>

				<category>Rangefinder</category>

				<category>Camera</category>

				<category>Summaron</category>

				<category>Leitz</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Kodak Folding Pocket Camera]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[With original case.
Object ID: USGS-000287]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_32</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_32</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000287-Portable_View_Camera.jpg" length="14154" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000287</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Fairchild Cartographic Aircraft Camera]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The camera is type CA-8, with magazine serial #291; it uses 9" film and has a 6" focal length.
Object ID: USGS-000289]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_33</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_33</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000289-Cartographic_Camera.jpg" length="15179" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000289</category>

				<category>Fairchild</category>

				<category>Cartographic</category>

				<category>Aircraft</category>

				<category>Camera</category>

				<category>CA-8</category>

				<category>291</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Lens Cone Aircraft Camera]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[type 12" K-17C
Object ID: USGS-000290]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_34</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_34</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000290-Lens_Cone_Aircraft_Camera.jpg" length="14514" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000290</category>

				<category>Lens</category>

				<category>Cone</category>

				<category>Aircraft</category>

				<category>Camera</category>

				<category>K-17C</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Brass Gravers with Needle-like Nibs]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Used in cartography work.
Object ID: USGS-000294]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_35</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_35</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000294-Graving_Needles.jpg" length="9877" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000294</category>

				<category>Brass</category>

				<category>Gravers</category>

				<category>cartography</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Swivel Graver with Loupe]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Gravers were used in cartographic work by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch. Graver types include rigid, swivel, building and fine line.
Object ID: USGS-000302]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_36</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_36</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000302-Swivel_Graver.jpg" length="12020" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000302</category>

				<category>Swivel</category>

				<category>Graver</category>

				<category>Loupe</category>

				<category>Topographic</category>

				<category>Topography</category>

				<category>cartographic</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[AGFA Large-format View Camera on Portable Stand]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This Rembrandt Portrait Studio Camera uses sheet film negatives. AGFA was the abbreviation for Actien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation, given in 1873 to a company that had been founded in Berlin in 1867.
Object ID: USGS-000322]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_37</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_37</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000322-Studio_Camera.jpg" length="13944" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000322</category>

				<category>AGFA</category>

				<category>Camera</category>

				<category>Rembrandt</category>

				<category>Actien-Gesellschaft</category>

				<category>für</category>

				<category>Anilin-Fabrikation</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Expedition Alidade with Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The rectangular base (blade) features two different types of spirit levels and a trough compass. Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York.
Object ID: USGS-000328]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_38</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_38</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000328-Expedition_Alidade.jpg" length="14254" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000328</category>

				<category>Expedition</category>

				<category>Alidade</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Abney Level]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A pocket instrument used in surveying which consists of a fixed sighting tube, a movable spirit level connected to a pointing arm and an arced scale graduated 0 to 90º in both directions. When correctly used, the Abney Level is an accurate surveying tool used to measure degrees, percent of grade and topographic elevation. Manufactured by E.R. Watts & Son; serial #4709. E. R. Watts & Son was established in London in 1857.
Object ID: USGS-000334]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_39</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_39</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000334-Abney_Level.jpg" length="10715" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000334</category>

				<category>Abney</category>

				<category>Level</category>

				<category>topographic</category>

				<category>Watts</category>

				<category>Son</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Gurley Dip Needle Lake Superior Model with Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Also known as a Forrester's Compass or Miner's Compass, a dip (or dipping) needle is an instrument for measuring the intensity of the earth's magnetic field. It is used to locate buried or hidden metal. Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York. 
Object ID: USGS-000345]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_40</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_40</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000345</category>

				<category>Gurley</category>

				<category>Dip</category>

				<category>dipping</category>

				<category>Needle</category>

				<category>Lake</category>

				<category>Superior</category>

				<category>Forrester</category>

				<category>Miner</category>

				<category>Compass</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Stadia Hand Transit with Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This instrument was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey, serial #2300. Stadia Hand Transits are made of up a small telescope with cross and stadia hairs and a circular box which serves as either a magnetic compass or clinometer. The company sold these instruments from 1910 until the 1930s.
Object ID: USGS-000349]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_41</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_41</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000349</category>

				<category>Stadia</category>

				<category>Transit</category>

				<category>Keuffel</category>

				<category>Esser</category>

				<category>2300</category>

				<category>clinometer</category>

				<category>compass</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Surveying Altimeter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This type of altimeter is a precision aneroid barometer that translates barometric (air) pressure into altitude. Temperature compensation calculations, as well as calculations to account for diurnal barometric change need to be recorded during use. In the field the survey altimeter first must be placed at a known elevation point and the instrument set to this reading.
Object ID: USGS-000358]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_42</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_42</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000358</category>

				<category>Surveying</category>

				<category>Survey</category>

				<category>altimeter</category>

				<category>aneroid</category>

				<category>barometer</category>

				<category>barometric</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Dumpy Level]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Prism level manufactured by C.L. Berger & Sons, serial# 16898. The company was founded by Christian Louis Berger (1842-1922) who was born at Stuttgart, Germany and moved to Boston in 1866. In 1871 he joined with George Louis Buff, and began trading as Buff & Berger. In 1898, after an acrimonious dispute over the roles that their sons would play in the business, Buff and Berger parted company. Berger acquired the assets of Buff & Berger, began trading as C. L. Berger & Sons. The company was successful throughout the first half of the 20th century, but could not adjust to the post World War II electronic revolution in instrumentation. The Chicago Steel Tape Company purchased the remains of C. L. Berger & Sons in 1995.
Object ID: USGS-000359]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_43</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_43</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000359-Prism_Level.jpg" length="11209" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000359</category>

				<category>Dumpy</category>

				<category>Prism</category>

				<category>Level</category>

				<category>Berger</category>

				<category>Sons</category>

				<category>16898</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Altimeter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Pocket Model used to measure altitude. Accurate to 15,000 ft. Made in Aug. 1968 by Revue Thommen AG, Switzerland.
Object ID: USGS-000646]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_44</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_44</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000646-Altimeter.jpg" length="13349" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000646</category>

				<category>altimeter</category>

				<category>Revue</category>

				<category>Thommen</category>

				<category>measure</category>

				<category>altitude</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Mannheim Type Slide Rule with Leather Sleeve]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Original Box & Booklets. Marketed as being made of Ivorite, this slide rule was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey in the 1960s. All slide rules consist of three parts (the stock, the slide and the cursor or indicator) and have logarithmic scales that can be moved in relation to each other in order to do basic mathematical calculations. Slide rules were largely supplanted by electronic calculators in the 1980s.
Object ID: USGS-000653]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_45</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_45</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000653-Slide_Rule.jpg" length="14835" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000653</category>

				<category>Mannheim</category>

				<category>Slide</category>

				<category>Rule</category>

				<category>Ivorite</category>

				<category>Keuffel</category>

				<category>Esser</category>

				<category>math</category>

				<category>mathematics</category>

				<category>mathematical</category>

				<category>calculate</category>

				<category>calculations</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Polarimeter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An early optoelectronic instrument manufactured by Ernst Leitz G.m.b.H., Wetzlar, Germany, serial #25748. The instrument consists of a weighted stand with optics device with attached power cord, transformer box ("Regel-Transformator / Nur für Wechselstrom / 120/220 Volt - 50 HZ / Typ REDYX Nr. 25748 / Leitz-Speziallampe 6V. 5Amp. / max. 6 Amp") and transformer cord.
Object ID: USGS-000660]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_46</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_46</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/000660-Polarimeter.jpg" length="15894" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000660</category>

				<category>Polarimeter</category>

				<category>Ernst</category>

				<category>Leitz</category>

				<category>25748</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Grover ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Grover was built in just four months in 1971 by the USGS Astrogeology Research Program (called the Branch of Astrogeology at the time) and used to training Apollo 15-17 astronauts at the Cinder Lakes training ground near Flagstaff, in California's Mojave Desert, and in the Rio Grande gorge near Taos, New Mexico, an area which resembled the moon's Hadley Rille, destination of Apollo 15. Driving practice was necessary for the astronauts because of the rover's unique propulsion system: it had a separate motor for each wheel

The trainer was built in Flagstaff by Rutledge Mills (equipment specialist) and mechanics William Tennin and Irving Wiser. Design and construction of Grover was carefully modeled after the actual Rover. Costs were kept down on the model by using a variety of new and used parts from Renault (R-8 steering gear), Volkswagon, Lear, Jeep (hubs by Willy's), Warn, General Motors (Oldsmobile Toronado wheels), Hughes Aircraft (B-26 bomber landing gears), Morris Minor and Yamaha. When parts were needed that the men couldn't find, they were handcrafted in the USGS shops in Flagstaff. Grover could not be identical to the ones which were used on the moon because these latter vehicles are actually quite fragile, built only to withstand the moon's one-sixth gravity: Grover weighs 800 pounds heavier than the LVRs that went to the moon. This vehicle was one of 10 lunar rovers built, including testing and training models.
Object ID: USGS-418682]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_47</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_47</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/418682-lunarrover.jpg" length="15719" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-418682</category>

				<category>Lunar</category>

				<category>Rover</category>

				<category>Moon</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Grover</category>

				<category>Astrogeology</category>

				<category>Research</category>

				<category>Apollo</category>

				<category></category>

				<category>astronauts</category>

				<category>space</category>

				<category>exploration</category>

				<category>Cinder</category>

				<category>Lake</category>

				<category>Flagstaff</category>

				<category>California</category>

				<category>Rio</category>

				<category>Grande</category>

				<category>Rutledge</category>

				<category>Mills</category>

				<category>William</category>

				<category>Tennin</category>

				<category>Irving</category>

				<category>Wiser</category>

				<category>Flagstaff</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Denver Display]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Director's Display in Denver Colorado. It displays surveying equipment used by USGS field scientists. Some of the instruments included are engineer's levels, transits, hand-held transits, altimeters and microscopes.
Object ID: USGS-DenverDisplay(1of2)]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_48</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_48</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/Denver_Display_-1of2-.jpg" length="22660" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>Object</category>

				<category>ID:</category>

				<category>USGS-DenverDisplay(1of2)</category>

				<category>Denver</category>

				<category>Field</category>

				<category>Equipment</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Denver Display ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Director's Display in Denver Colorado. It displays surveying equipment used by USGS field scientists. Some of the instruments included are engineer's levels, transits, hand-held transits, altimeters and microscopes.
Object ID: USGS-DenverDisplay(2of2)]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_49</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009_49</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/j51Qi76Hgb_07_22_2009/thumbs/Denver_Display_-2of2-.jpg" length="22692" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>Object</category>

				<category>ID:</category>

				<category>USGS-DenverDisplay(2of2)</category>

				<category>Denver</category>

				<category>Field</category>

				<category>Equipment</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Chart Dividers]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Description: Also known as a measuring compass or proportional divider, chart dividers are used in cartography (map making), as well as nautical navigation. In map making this divider is used to change the scale from one map to another. Manufactured by Bowen & Company, Inc. Serial # 310R and marked with USGS property number "G-154". Object ID: USGS-000400]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009/thumbs/000400-Chart_Dividers.JPG" length="9970" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000400</category>

				<category>chart</category>

				<category>dividers</category>

				<category>Bowen</category>

				<category>Company</category>

				<category>310R</category>

				<category>G-154</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Engineer's or Wye Level with Case ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, before 1950. The case is original, marked "HYDROGRAPHY / U.S.G.S." and "1939". The case includes an adaptive re-use of a belt as the carrying strap. The instrument has serial #1749 and was used in the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Discipline's New York district gauging stations, particularly during construction and annual maintenance trips. The term Hydrography has not been used for several decades. The tripod for this level is also in the museum collection.
Object ID: USGS-000738]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000738</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

				<category>Wye</category>

				<category>Level</category>

				<category>Gurley</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Engineer's or Wye Level with Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, before 1950. The case is original, marked ""HYDROGRAPHY / U.S.G.S." and "1939". The case includes an adaptive re-use of a belt as the carrying strap. The instrument has serial #1749 and was used in the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Discipline's New York district gauging stations, particularly during construction and annual maintenance trips. The term Hydrography has not been used for several decades. The tripod for this level is also in the museum collection.
Object ID: USGS-000738]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009/thumbs/000738-Surveyors_Level_(2).JPG" length="16301" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000738</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

				<category>Wye</category>

				<category>Level</category>

				<category>Gurley</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Engineer's or Wye Level with Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, before 1950. The case is original, marked ""HYDROGRAPHY / U.S.G.S." and "1939". The case includes an adaptive re-use of a belt as the carrying strap. The instrument has serial #1749 and was used in the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Discipline's New York district gauging stations, particularly during construction and annual maintenance trips. The term Hydrography has not been used for several decades. The tripod for this level is also in the museum collection.
Object ID: USGS-000738]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/w06Eu22Tto_07_22_2009/thumbs/000738-Surveyors_Level_(3).JPG" length="17697" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000738</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

				<category>Wye</category>

				<category>Level</category>

				<category>Gurley</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Saddle Blanket]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is one of many saddle blankets from Dr. J.D. Love. The blanket has some felt decoration along the edges and is in particularily good condition. Saddle Blankets were used under saddles or pack saddles to provide comfort for animals used to carry equipment.
Object ID: USGS-000011]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000011-Saddle_Blanket.jpg" length="2229" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000011</category>

				<category>Saddle</category>

				<category>blanket</category>

				<category>Horse</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Pack Saddle]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a pack saddle used by Arnold Hague in the late 1800s. The wooden saddle has leather straps and a cinch used for the animal's comfort when carrying especially large loads. Pack saddles could be used to carry panniers or other large objects.
Object ID: USGS-000014]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000014-Pack_Saddle.jpg" length="3668" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000014</category>

				<category>Pack</category>

				<category>Saddle</category>

				<category>Horse</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Arnold Hague's Saddle]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is Arnold Hague's saddle. The saddle is likely about 120 years old and in the western style with a sheepskin liner. Arnold Hague used this saddle on his expeditions in the west.
Object ID: USGS-000015]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000015-Arnold_Hague_s_Saddle.jpg" length="2850" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000015</category>

				<category>Arnold</category>

				<category>Hagues</category>

				<category>Saddle</category>

				<category>Horse</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Portable Field Desk]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This desk, used in the field, was originally made for the US Army. The drawers all pull into the desk and the writing surface of the desk then folds up for transport. Often, scientists took advantage of surplus items for their field work.
Object ID: USGS-000017]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000017-Portable_Field_Desk.jpg" length="3971" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000017</category>

				<category>Portable</category>

				<category>Field</category>

				<category>Desk</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Arnold Hague's Bridle]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Arnold Hague used this bridle on his mapping expeditions of the west in the late 1800s. The metal accents are decorated with lucky horseshoes. This is just one example of the equipment used by field scientists in the care of animals that were used for transportation.
Object ID: USGS-000020]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000020-Arnold_Hague_s_Bridle.jpg" length="2812" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000020</category>

				<category>Arnold</category>

				<category>Hagues</category>

				<category>Bridle</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Field Table]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a rolltop table used by Arnold Hague. The table top is made of oilcloth and rolls up. The table, legs and frame can be collapsed for easy travel and the package can then be carried on a wooden pack saddle.
Object ID: USGS-000023]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000023-Field_Table.jpg" length="2866" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000023</category>

				<category>Field</category>

				<category>Table</category>

				<category>Arnold</category>

				<category>Hague</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Rawhide Pannier]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This rawhide pannier was made for Dr. J. D. Love in 1945. It consists of rawhide stretched over wooden frames. For transportation, this type of pannier was made to hang on animals with wooden pack saddles.
Object ID: USGS-000027]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000027-Rawhide_Pannier.jpg" length="4304" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000027</category>

				<category>Rawhide</category>

				<category>Pannier</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Arnold Hague's Chair]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A wooden, collapsible chair from Arnold Hague's expedition. Made of sassafras wood with interchangeable canvas covers. This chair can be collapsed into a roll that is packed up and transported easily.
Object ID: USGS-000031]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_7</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000031-Arnold_Hague_s_Chair.jpg" length="2950" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000031</category>

				<category>Arnold</category>

				<category>Hagues</category>

				<category>Chair</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Rema Stove]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a "Rema Stove." It was invented by Bill Rema and the design was never patented. This is likely the only remaining stove of its kind. Dr. J. D. Love added a few elements, but it is essentially built to the original specifications. This stove was used extensively by USGS field scientists.
Object ID: USGS-000034]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000034-Rema_Stove.jpg" length="2513" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000034</category>

				<category>Rema</category>

				<category>Stove</category>

				<category>Bill</category>

				<category>Rema</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Canvas Pannier]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is one of many heavy, canvas and leather panniers. They were used by Arnold Hague in the late 1800s and are no longer made or used. Many are imprinted with "US Geol. Sur."
Object ID: USGS-000037]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_9</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000037-Canvas_Pannier.jpg" length="4260" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000037</category>

				<category>Canvas</category>

				<category>Pannier</category>

				<category>Arnold</category>

				<category>Hague</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Gasoline Lantern]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a Coleman lantern used by field scientists at campsites. This particular lantern has a black leather case with a spring inside the lid to stabilize the lantern during travel.
Object ID: USGS-000038]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_10</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000038-Gasoline_Lantern.jpg" length="3399" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000038</category>

				<category>Coleman</category>

				<category>lantern</category>

				<category>Gasoline</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Canvas Cinch ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This canvas cinch was developed by Dr. J. D. Love. This type of cinch was used to protect sores from developing on animals that carried surveying or camp equipment for field scientists.
Object ID: USGS-000039]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_11</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000039-Canvas_Cinch.jpg" length="2264" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000039</category>

				<category>Canvas</category>

				<category>Cinch</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Leather Map Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Books, pencils and numerous other tools could have been kept in this leather map case. There is a loop on the back so that the case could be attached to a belt. The case and its contents could easily be transported and used in this manner.
Object ID: USGS-000046]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_12</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000046-Leather_Map_Case.jpg" length="2440" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000046</category>

				<category>Leather</category>

				<category>Map</category>

				<category>Case</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[First Aid Kit ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a first aid kit used in fieldwork in the west. The kit is likely an army surplus item. The kit includes first aid materials for snake bites as well as more common ailments.
Object ID: USGS-000057]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_13</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000057-First_Aid_Kit.jpg" length="3890" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000057</category>

				<category>First</category>

				<category>aid</category>

				<category>Kit</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Canteen and Canteen Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Objects like this canteen and canvas case tell about the daily activities of scientists in the field. Life centered around the campsite and is extremely different than the experiences of today's scientists.
Object ID: USGS-000065]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_14</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000065-Canteen_and_Canteen_Case.jpg" length="2716" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000065</category>

				<category>Canteen</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Aluminum Pannier]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This aluminum pannier was made for the storage of meat, vegetables and other food products. The pannier could be buried in the ground or placed in water in order to keep the contents cool. It was designed by Dr. J. D. Love and made for him in 1945. For transportation, this pannier, along with two rectangular panniers, would be strapped to an animal using pack saddles.
Object ID: USGS-000073]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_15</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_15</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000073-Aluminum_Pannier.jpg" length="3200" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000073</category>

				<category>aluminum</category>

				<category>Pannier</category>

				<category>horse</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Animal Halter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is one of many objects used by field scientists in the care of their animals. This type of halter was used to provide an easy way to hold on to animals that might otherwise become unruly or wander away.
Object ID: USGS-000076]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_16</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_16</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000076-Animal_Halter.jpg" length="3539" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000076</category>

				<category>animals</category>

				<category>Halter</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Hobble]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is one of many objects used by scientists in the care of their animals. This hobble, consisting of two leather straps connected with a chain, was placed around the feet of an animal to keep it from straying far.
Object ID: USGS-000084]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_17</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_17</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000084-Hobble.jpg" length="2319" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000084</category>

				<category>Hobble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Tool Belt ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This belt is one of many personal items included in the geological collection. It may have been used with clips to hold equipment for easy access in the field.
Object ID: USGS-000093]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_18</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_18</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000093-Tool_Belt.jpg" length="1898" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000093</category>

				<category>Tool</category>

				<category>belt</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Water Cooler]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a metal cooler used for water at campsites and in the field. Field scientists were concerned with their work as well as living for long periods at campsites.
Object ID: USGS-000106]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_19</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_19</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000106-Water_Cooler.jpg" length="2720" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000106</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Cooler</category>

				<category>Can</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Warming Oven]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This oven was made for cooking on top of a stove. There is no heating source, but the bottom is open and the oven sits on a heated stove for warmth. There are racks inside and a small temperature gauge on the oven door. The oven was used by scientists at their campsites.
Object ID: USGS-000111]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_20</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_20</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/000111-Warming_Oven.jpg" length="2667" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000111</category>

				<category>Warming</category>

				<category>Oven</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Mess Kit]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a set of food preparation tools used in the field. Included in the mess kit are cups, pans, interchangeable lids and handles, a strainer, a coffeepot and a hot water pot. This kit was used by field scientists in the west.
Object ID: USGS-000135-136, 138-144, 146 & 148-150]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_21</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_21</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000135</category>

				<category>USGS-000136</category>

				<category>USGS-000138</category>

				<category>USGS-000139</category>

				<category>USGS-000140</category>

				<category>USGS-000141</category>

				<category>USGS-000142</category>

				<category>USGS-000143</category>

				<category>USGS-000144</category>

				<category>USGS-000146</category>

				<category>USGS-000148</category>

				<category>USGS-000149</category>

				<category>USGS-000150</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Grove Karl Gilbert]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of Grove Karl Gilbert(1843-1918) was done in the 1920's by Abner Lowe. Gilbert joined the Geological Survey on its founding in 1879 and served as its first Chief Geologist (1889-1892). Gilbert made significant contributions to the fields of tectonics, hydrology, glaciology, earthquake studies, and geological methods. He is considered one of the most distinguished American Geologists.Object ID: USGS-575001.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_22</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_22</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575001</category>

				<category>portrait</category>

				<category>Geologist</category>

				<category>tectonics</category>

				<category>hydrology</category>

				<category>glaciology</category>

				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>geological</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Abraham Gottob Werner]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Abraham Gottob Werner(1750-1817), along with James Hutton, is considered one of the founders of Geology. This German geologist's work was mostly concerned with the formation of the Earth and the formation of rocks. He focused on the color, luster, streak, and hardness of rocks and minerals, rather than on the chemical and crystal compositions that his contemporaries were working on. Though not much of a field worker himself, his writings and lectures influenced an entire generation of geologists. His terminology became known as "Wernerian" geology. This portrait of him was done in the 1920s by Abner Lowe.
Object ID: USGS-575002]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_23</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_23</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575002</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>Abraham</category>

				<category>Gottob</category>

				<category>Werner</category>

				<category>founder</category>

				<category>Geology</category>

				<category>geologist</category>

				<category>Wernerian</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[J. Louis Agassiz]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of J. Louis Agassiz(1807-1873) was done in the 1920s by Abner Lowe. Agassiz was a pioneer in the field of glacial studies and the effects that they had on the Earth. His work was some of the first to suggest that there had been an ice age on Earth, and that the boulder and rock deposits had not been made by the great flood of the Bible.
Object ID: USGS-575003]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_24</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_24</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575003</category>

				<category>Louis</category>

				<category>Agassiz</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[James Hall]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of James Hall(1811-1898) was done by Abner Lowe in the 1920s. Hall was one of Amos Eaton's students at the Rensselaer School. His work in Geology is marked by his tenure as the New York State Chief Geologist. He was not just a state geologist. Much of his work was very influential and in many ways his influence shaped the history of American Geology.
Object ID: USGS-575004]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_25</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_25</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575004</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Hall</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>Amos</category>

				<category>Eaton</category>

				<category>Rensselaer</category>

				<category>Chief</category>

				<category>Geologist</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[James Hutton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[James Hutton(1726-1797) is considered to be the founder of modern Geology. His studies of the rock formations of his native Scotland helped him to formulate his most famous work, "Theory of the Earth". This work was interpreted and used by many as the basis for geological theory. Hutton made many observations about rock formations and how they were effected by erosion. His terminology and rock formation theories became known as "Huttonian" Geology. Several of the watercolors on this page are reproductions of works that he did while in the field. This portrait of him was done by Abner Lowe in the 1920s.
Object ID: USGS-575005]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_26</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_26</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575005</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Hutton</category>

				<category>founder</category>

				<category>Geology</category>

				<category>rock</category>

				<category>Huttonian</category>

				<category>Geologist</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>portrait</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[William Maclure]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of William Maclure(1763-1840) was done in the 1920s by Abner Lowe. Maclure, born in Ayr, Scotland, helped found the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia then became its president for 22 years. He also created one of the first true geological maps of any part of North America.
Object ID: USGS-575006]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_27</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_27</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575006</category>

				<category>William</category>

				<category>Maclure</category>

				<category>portrait</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>Ayr</category>

				<category>Scotland</category>

				<category>Philadelphia</category>

				<category>president</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Amos Eaton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Amos Eaton(1776-1842) was a geologist whose research area was the geological profile of the New England region of the United States. He was one of the most influential American Geologists. He is considered by some to be the father of American Geology. He was an advocate of field work and took his students out on long field trips when he was a Professor at the Rensselaer School. This portrait of Amos Eaton was done by Abner Lowe in the 1920s.
Object ID: USGS-575007]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_28</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_28</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575007</category>

				<category>Amos</category>

				<category>Eaton</category>

				<category>geologist</category>

				<category>New</category>

				<category>England</category>

				<category>Geology</category>

				<category>Professor</category>

				<category>Rensselaer</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Leopold von Buch]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of Leopold von Buch(1774-1853) was painted in the 1920s by Abner Lowe. Geologist, Paleontologist, and Graduate of the mining academy, Frieburg, Germany, von Buch is largely known for finding flaws in Abraham G. Werner's hypothesis (rocks from aqueous origins). Some of his more important achievements included discovering that igneous processes formed granites and determining that the Alps resulted from an upheaval in the earth's crust.
Object ID: USGS-575008]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_29</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_29</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575008</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>Geologist</category>

				<category>Paleontologist</category>

				<category>mining</category>

				<category>academy</category>

				<category>Frieburg</category>

				<category>Germany</category>

				<category>Alps</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[William Smith]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[William Smith(1769-1839) is Considered by many people to be the "Father of English Geology". He began his work as an engineer for a company digging canals. While he was working he made some observations about the way that the Earth was arranged in layers around him. This lead to him creating a profile of the entire country of England. After his initial discoveries and theories, he went on to have a very distinguished career in the British Science Societies. This portrait of him was done by Abner Lowe in the 1920s.
Object ID: USGS-575009]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_30</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_30</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575009</category>

				<category>Father</category>

				<category>English</category>

				<category>Geology</category>

				<category>England</category>

				<category>British</category>

				<category>Science</category>

				<category>Societies</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[James Dwight Dana]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of James Dwight Dana(1813-1895) was done in the 1920s by Abner Lowe. Yale educated, Dana made significant contributions to geology, mineralogy, and zoology. In 1838, Dana accompanied the United States Exploring Expedition as a Zoologist and produced two important monographs, one on coral and anemones and the other on crustaceans. Their size, scope and detail left a lasting legacy for future systematic researchers in these fields.
Object ID: USGS-575010]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_31</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_31</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575010</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Dwight</category>

				<category>Dana</category>

				<category>Abner</category>

				<category>Lowe</category>

				<category>geology</category>

				<category>mineralogy</category>

				<category>zoology</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Frederick Street, Edinburgh by James Hutton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a replica of a watercolor done by James Hutton when he was doing his field work in Scotland. It is titled, Frederick Street, Edinburgh.
Object ID: USGS-575011]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_32</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_32</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575011</category>

				<category>Frederick</category>

				<category>Street</category>

				<category>Edinburgh</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Hutton</category>

				<category>watercolor</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Cross, Edinburgh by James Hutton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A replica of a watercolor print done by geologist James Hutton entitled, Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Cross, Edinburgh.
Object ID: USGS-575014]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_33</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_33</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575014</category>

				<category>Arthur</category>

				<category>Salisbury</category>

				<category>Cross</category>

				<category>Edinburgh</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Hutton</category>

				<category>watercolor</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Map, Glen Tilt, Tayside by James Hutton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A replica of a watercolor done by geologist James Hutton. This work is entitled, Map, Glen Tilt, Tayside.
Object ID: USGS-575015]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_34</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_34</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575015</category>

				<category>Map</category>

				<category>Glen</category>

				<category>Tilt</category>

				<category>Tayside</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Hutton</category>

				<category>watercolor</category>

				<category>geologist</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Theory of the Earth by James Hutton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Reproduction of a Watercolor print done by geologist James Hutton entitled, Detailed East-West Section, Northern Granite, Isle of Arran, Strathclyde or Theory of the Earth.
Object ID: USGS-575016]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_35</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_35</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575016</category>

				<category>Theory</category>

				<category>Earth</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Hutton</category>

				<category>Watercolor</category>

				<category>geologist</category>

				<category>Arran</category>

				<category>Strathclyde</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Thomas B. Nolan's Appointment as USGS Director]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is the original historical document that made Thomas B. Nolan the director of the Geological Survey. It was signed in Washington, DC on January 27, 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Object ID: USGS-575017]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_36</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_36</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575017</category>

				<category>Thomas</category>

				<category>Nolan</category>

				<category>appointment</category>

				<category>USGS</category>

				<category>Director</category>

				<category>historical</category>

				<category>document</category>

				<category>President</category>

				<category>Dwight</category>

				<category>Eisenhower</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Map, Glen Tilt, Tayside by James Hutton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This engraving of Map, Glen Tilt, Tayside, was done by geologist James Hutton.
Object ID: USGS-575048]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_37</link>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575048</category>

				<category>Map</category>

				<category>Glen</category>

				<category>Tilt</category>

				<category>Tayside</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Hutton</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Lucien Powell]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This large (74" X 114.5") oil painting was done by Lucien W. Powell and is on loan to the Geological Survey from the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. The title of the painting is The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Object ID: USGS-575066]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_38</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_38</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575066</category>

				<category>Grand</category>

				<category>Canyon</category>

				<category>Yellowstone</category>

				<category>Lucien</category>

				<category>Powell</category>

				<category>Smithsonian</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[John Wesley Powell]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is an oil portrait of John Wesley Powell painted by N.H. Busey. Powell served as the director of the Geological Survey from 1881 to 1894. Although he was the second director of the survey, he is perhaps the most famous. He participated in several mapping and exploration expeditions to the southwestern United States, and the national center in Reston is named after him. He is distinguishable in art because he is missing his right arm, which he lost in the Civil War.
Object ID: USGS-575109]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_39</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_39</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575109</category>

				<category>John</category>

				<category>Wesley</category>

				<category>Powell</category>

				<category>oil</category>

				<category>portrait</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Clarence King]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of Clarence King was painted by George Howland in 1902. King was the first director of the Geological Survey. He served from 1879 to 1881.
Object ID: USGS-575110]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_40</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_40</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575110</category>

				<category>Clarence</category>

				<category>King</category>

				<category>George</category>

				<category>Howland</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Charles Walcott]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Portrait of Charles Walcott painted by Charles H. Pevor. Charles Walcott was the Director of the US Geological Survey from 1894 to 1907.
Object ID: USGS-575111]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_41</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_41</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575111</category>

				<category>Charles</category>

				<category>Walcott</category>

				<category>Charles</category>

				<category>Pevor</category>

				<category>Director</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Walter Mendenhall]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of Walter Mendenhall was painted by Harris and Ewing, Inc. Mendenhall served as the director of the Geological Survey from 1931-1943.
Object ID: USGS-575112]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_42</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_42</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575112</category>

				<category>Walter</category>

				<category>Mendenhall</category>

				<category>Harris</category>

				<category>Ewing</category>

				<category>Inc.</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[George Otis Smith]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[George Otis Smith was the director of the Geological Survey from 1907 to 1930. This oil portrait of him was painted by Harris and Ewing, Inc.
Object ID: USGS-575113]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_43</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_43</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575113</category>

				<category>George</category>

				<category>Otis</category>

				<category>Smith</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>oil</category>

				<category>portrait</category>

				<category>Harris</category>

				<category>Ewing</category>

				<category>Inc</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[William Wrather]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[William Wrather served as the director of the Geological Survey from 1943 to 1955. This oil portrait of him was painted by Harris and Ewing Inc.
Object ID: USGS-575114]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_44</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_44</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575114</category>

				<category>William</category>

				<category>Wrather</category>

				<category>Harris</category>

				<category>Ewing</category>

				<category>oil</category>

				<category>portrait</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Thomas B. Nolan]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This oil portrait of Thomas B. Nolan was painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald. Nolan served as director of the Geological Survey from 1956 to 1965.
Object ID: USGS-575115]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_45</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_45</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575115</category>

				<category>Thomas</category>

				<category>Nolan</category>

				<category>Edmond</category>

				<category>Fitzgerald</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[William Pecora]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[William Pecora was the director of the Geological Survey from 1965-1971. This oil painting of him was painted by Samuel Brooks in 1972.
Object ID: USGS-575116]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_46</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_46</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575116</category>

				<category>William</category>

				<category>Pecora</category>

				<category>oil</category>

				<category>painting</category>

				<category>Samuel</category>

				<category>Brooks</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Vincent McKelvey]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Vincent McKelvey was the director of the Geological Survey from 1971-1978. This portrait of him was painted by Claire Hack.
Object ID: USGS-575117]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_47</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_47</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575117</category>

				<category>Vincent</category>

				<category>McKelvey</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>portrait</category>

				<category>Claire</category>

				<category>Hack</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[William Menard]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This portrait of William Menard was painted in 1980 by Larcy Frost. Menard served as director of the Geological Survey from 1978-1981.
Object ID: USGS-575118]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_48</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_48</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575118</category>

				<category>William</category>

				<category>Menard</category>

				<category>painting</category>

				<category>Larcy</category>

				<category>Frost</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[J. W. Powell's Appointment as USGS Director]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[J. W. Powell's Appointment as Director, U.S.Geological Survey
This single-page document, signed in Washington, D.C., on 21, March 1881, is the appointment of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) as Director of the United States Geological Survey (1881-1894). It is signed by President James A. Garfield and countersigned by Interior Secretary S.J. Kirkwood. It is blind-stamped with the seal of the Interior Department in the lower left margin. On display in the Department of Interior Museum. 

During the period between 1881 - 1894 while Powell was the Geological Survey's director, he made the agency the largest and most influential of its kind in the world. In 1883, he began publication of the Survey's famed Bulletins, supplemented in 1890 by the agency's equally respected Monographs. Powell topped his career at the Survey with the inauguration of folio atlases, publications that made the Survey a part of everyday life in America. 
Object ID: USGS-575119]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_49</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_49</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575119</category>

				<category>Powell</category>

				<category>appointment</category>

				<category>Director</category>

				<category>document</category>

				<category>President</category>

				<category>James</category>

				<category>Garfield</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Native American Basket, Ca. 1800, from the J.W. Powell Collection]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This bowl-shaped basket, from the J.W. Powell Collection, probably was acquired by John Wesley Powell when he was collecting for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology in the 1880s. 
Constructed with coiled cottonwood or willow and decorated with anthropomorphic figures, geometric designs and triple step designs using devil's claw stitching, this 12 inch high basket probably was made by Apache Indians in the American Southwest, a region Powell visited. 
Object ID: USGS-575123]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_51</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_51</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575123</category>

				<category>Native</category>

				<category>American</category>

				<category>baskets</category>

				<category>Powell</category>

				<category>Collection</category>

				<category>cottonwood</category>

				<category>anthropomorphic</category>

				<category>Apache</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[John Wesley Powell's Swivel Chair]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This swivel chair is an original and is believed to have been used by John Wesley Powell.
Object ID: USGS-575126]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_52</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_52</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/575126-John_Wesley_Powell_s_Swivel_Chair.jpg" length="2955" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575126</category>

				<category>John</category>

				<category>Wesley</category>

				<category>Powell</category>

				<category>Swivel</category>

				<category>Chair</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bronze Bust of John Wesley Powell]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This bronze bust of John Wesley Powell was made by U.S.J. Dunbar Sr. It is mounted on a marble base and is signed in Verso, June 1894, and is inscribed, "Soldier, Teacher, Explorer, Geologist, Conservationist, Ethnologist, and Director of the USGS 1881-1894".
Object ID: USGS-575163]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_53</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_53</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/575163-Bronze_Bust_of_John_Wesley_Powell.jpg" length="2624" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575163</category>

				<category>Bronze</category>

				<category>Bust</category>

				<category>John</category>

				<category>Wesley</category>

				<category>Powell</category>

				<category>marble</category>

				<category>Verso</category>

				<category>June</category>

				<category>1894</category>

				<category>Solider</category>

				<category>Teacher</category>

				<category>Explorer</category>

				<category>Geologist</category>

				<category>Conservationist</category>

				<category>Ethnologist</category>

				<category>Director</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Captains of the Cañon by John K. Hillers]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Entitled Captains of the Cañon this painted photograph is an example of mixed media artwork and is displayed in a conference room on the seventh floor of the the John W. Powell building in Reston. It is mounted in the wall and is back lit to produce a spectacular effect. It was made by John K. Hillers.
Object ID: USGS-575171]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_54</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_54</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575171</category>

				<category>Captains</category>

				<category>Cañon</category>

				<category>John</category>

				<category>Hillers</category>

				<category>painted</category>

				<category>photograph</category>

				<category>John</category>

				<category>K.</category>

				<category>Hillers</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA["Yosemite in November" by John K. Hillers]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA["Yosemite in November" is the second of the mixed media artwork done by John Hillers. It is displayed next to the Captains of the Cañon. This artwork shows a view of El Capitan, the world's largest monolith (on the left) and Three Brothers Mountain (on the right) in Yosemite National Park, California.
Object ID: USGS-575172]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_55</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_55</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575172</category>

				<category>Capitan</category>

				<category>John</category>

				<category>Hillers</category>

				<category>monolith</category>

				<category>Three</category>

				<category>Brothers</category>

				<category>Mountain</category>

				<category>Yosemite</category>

				<category>National</category>

				<category>Park</category>

				<category>California</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Dallas Peck]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This is a photograph of Dallas Peck, director of the Geological Survey from 1981-1993.
Object ID: USGS-575173]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_56</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_56</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575173</category>

				<category>Dallas</category>

				<category>Peck</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>photograph</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Gordon Eaton]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Gordon Eaton was the director of the Geological Survey from 1994 to 1997. Artist is unknown.
Object ID: USGS-575174]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_57</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_57</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-575174</category>

				<category>Gordon</category>

				<category>Eaton</category>

				<category>director</category>

				<category>painting</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (1 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_58</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_58</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/car.jpg" length="4360" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (2 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_59</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_59</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/car_parke.jpg" length="3801" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (3 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_60</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_60</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/coordinator1.jpg" length="3971" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (4 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_61</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_61</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/coordinator2.jpg" length="4120" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (5 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_62</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_62</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/coordinator3.jpg" length="2984" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (6 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_63</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_63</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/modela_oval.jpg" length="4888" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (7 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_64</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_64</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/modela1.jpg" length="5255" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (8 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_65</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_65</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/modela2.jpg" length="4388" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Model A Car (9 of 9)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Levi Noble used this car to map the Mohave Desert. It was originally gray but later painted it red so he would be able to find it in the desert. More information can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/museum/exhibits.asp
Object ID: USGS-004041]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	kbuck - at - usgs.gov (USGS Museum Staff)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_66</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_22_2009_kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009_66</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_22_2009/kOf6JVu22C_07_22_2009/thumbs/modela3.jpg" length="4837" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-004041</category>

				<category>Model-A</category>

				<category>modela</category>

				<category>Car</category>

				<category>Ford</category>

				<category>Red</category>

				<category>Mohave</category>

				<category>Desert</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Engineer's and Surveyor's Transit ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by C.L. Berger & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts, serial #27124. The company was founded by Christian Louis Berger (1842-1922) who was born at Stuttgart, Germany and moved to Boston in 1866. In 1871 he joined with George Louis Buff, and began trading as Buff & Berger. In 1898, after an acrimonious dispute over the roles that their sons would play in the business, Buff and Berger parted company. Berger acquired the assets of Buff & Berger, began trading as C. L. Berger & Sons. The company was successful throughout the first half of the 20th century, but could not adjust to the post World War II electronic revolution in instrumentation. The Chicago Steel Tape Company purchased the remains of C. L. Berger & Sons in 1995.
Object ID: USGS-000187]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000187-Transit_(12).jpg" length="24015" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000187</category>

				<category>transit</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

				<category>and</category>

				<category>Surveyors</category>

				<category>Berger</category>

				<category>27124</category>

				<category>Buff</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Engineer's and Surveyor's Transit]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by C.L. Berger & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts, serial #27124. The company was founded by Christian Louis Berger (1842-1922) who was born at Stuttgart, Germany and moved to Boston in 1866. In 1871 he joined with George Louis Buff, and began trading as Buff & Berger. In 1898, after an acrimonious dispute over the roles that their sons would play in the business, Buff and Berger parted company. Berger acquired the assets of Buff & Berger, began trading as C. L. Berger & Sons. The company was successful throughout the first half of the 20th century, but could not adjust to the post World War II electronic revolution in instrumentation. The Chicago Steel Tape Company purchased the remains of C. L. Berger & Sons in 1995.
Object ID: USGS-000187]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000187-Transit_(2).JPG" length="23508" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000187</category>

				<category>Transit</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

				<category>and</category>

				<category>Surveyors</category>

				<category>Berger</category>

				<category>27124</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Open-sight Alidades]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Open-sight Alidades. This type of alidade is a straightedge with a sighting device parallel to the edge. Early alidades were simple bars with open sights on either end, while telescopic alidades were introduced in the early 1800s. The examples here of solid brass and an early plastic/wood combination.
Object ID: USGS-000629, USGS-000631]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000629000631-Alidades.jpg" length="12658" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000629</category>

				<category>USGS-000631</category>

				<category>Alidade</category>

				<category>Open-Sight</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Geiger Counter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Precision Radiation Instruments, Los Angeles, California, 1950s. The instrument was used in the Rocky Mountain States, as well as by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey in the 1960s.
Object ID: USGS-000667]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000667-Geiger_Counter.JPG" length="65653" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000667</category>

				<category>Geiger</category>

				<category>Counter</category>

				<category>Precision</category>

				<category>Radiation</category>

				<category>Instruments</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Geiger Counter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Precision Radiation Instruments, Los Angeles, California, 1950s. The instrument was used in the Rocky Mountain States, as well as by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey in the 1960s.
Object ID: USGS-000667]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000667-Geiger_Counter_(6).jpg" length="11407" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000667</category>

				<category>Geiger</category>

				<category>Counter</category>

				<category>Precision</category>

				<category>Radiation</category>

				<category>Instruments</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bamboo Pointer belonging to Levi F. Noble ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The pointer is a souvenir from the Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress held in Tokyo in 1926. A prominent geologist, Noble (1882-1965) spent his entire career with the U.S. Geological Survey. He began field investigations in 1917, which continued on and off for the next 45 years, where he observed and recorded the major geologic features of Death Valley; he also studied features of the Grand Canyon and the San Andreas Fault.
Object ID: USGS-000707

Decorative owl detail carved and burned into the pointer; the owl's tail is detailed on the opposite side of the pointer as if it was perched in a hole.
Object ID: USGS-000707]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000707-Pointer_(1).jpg" length="6528" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000707</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

				<category>Bamboo</category>

				<category>Japan</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bamboo Pointer belonging to Levi F. Noble ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The pointer is a souvenir from the Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress held in Tokyo in 1926. A prominent geologist, Noble (1882-1965) spent his entire career with the U.S. Geological Survey. He began field investigations in 1917, which continued on and off for the next 45 years, where he observed and recorded the major geologic features of Death Valley; he also studied features of the Grand Canyon and the San Andreas Fault.
Object ID: USGS-000707

Decorative owl detail carved and burned into the pointer; the owl's tail is detailed on the opposite side of the pointer as if it was perched in a hole.
Object ID: USGS-000707]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000707-Pointer_(7).JPG" length="16655" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000707</category>

				<category>Levi</category>

				<category>Noble</category>

				<category>Bamboo</category>

				<category>Japan</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Universal Spectrophotometer]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Coleman Electric Company, Inc., Maywood, Illinois; serial #9171, 1940s. This instrument was used in the U.S. Geological Survey Water-Quality office/laboratory in Worland, Wyoming which opened in 1946 and closed in 1982. It was used to measure how much color spectra was absorbed by water. This meter is representative of the science boom which followed World War II.
Object ID: USGS-000735]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009_7</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/f3Al15Occ7_07_20_2009/thumbs/000735-Water_Meter_(5).jpg" length="14898" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000735</category>

				<category>Spectrophotometer</category>

				<category>Coleman</category>

				<category>9171</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Quality</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Surveying Compass with Leather Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The cardinal points are lettered N, W, S and E, graduated to degrees and numbered every ten degrees to 360. The connecting sights fold away for storage. Manufactured by Keuffel & Esser, New York.
Object ID: USGS-000162]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/07_20_2009/nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009/thumbs/000162-Surveying_Compass_(1).JPG" length="16986" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000162</category>

				<category>Surveying</category>

				<category>Compass</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Surveying Compass with Leather Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The cardinal points are lettered N, W, S and E, graduated to degrees and numbered every ten degrees to 360. The connecting sights fold away for storage. Manufactured by Keuffel & Esser, New York.
Object ID: USGS-000162]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000162</category>

				<category>Surveying</category>

				<category>Compass</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Drafting or Drawing Set]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The set includes compasses, ruling pens, spring bows and horn center; the instruments were used in cartographic work by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch. The set was manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York & New Jersey.
Object ID: USGS-000174]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000174</category>

				<category>Drafting</category>

				<category>Drawing</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Stevens Type F Weekly Water Recorder]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This drum recorder with a weekly paper chart was used to record the levels of water in ground water wells.
Object ID: USGS-000452]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000452</category>

				<category>Stevens</category>

				<category>Type</category>

				<category>Water</category>

				<category>Recorder</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Price Current Meter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Developed in the early 1900s and modified many times prior to 1930. Purchased from the W. & L. E. Gurley Company, Troy, New York.
Object ID: USGS-000458]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000458</category>

				<category>Price</category>

				<category>Current</category>

				<category>Meter</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Heliotrope]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by American Instrument Company. Survey instrument to take measurements from the Sun.
Object ID: USGS-000471]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_5</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000471</category>

				<category>Heliotrope</category>

				<category>American</category>

				<category>Instrument</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Heliotrope ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by American Instrument Company. Survey instrument to take measurements from the Sun.
Object ID: USGS-000471]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_6</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000471</category>

				<category>Heliotrope</category>

				<category>American</category>

				<category>Instrument</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Heliotrope ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by American Instrument Company. Survey instrument to take measurements from the Sun.
Object ID: USGS-000471]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_7</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000471</category>

				<category>Heliotrope</category>

				<category>American</category>

				<category>Instrument</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Surveyor's Level used by Luna Leopold]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Post WWII instrument manufactured by Zeiss/Keuffel & Esser (K+E), New York and New Jersey.
Object ID: USGS-000495]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_8</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000495</category>

				<category>Luna</category>

				<category>Leopold</category>

				<category>Surveyors</category>

				<category>Level</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Surveyor's Level used by Luna Leopold]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Post WWII instrument manufactured by Zeiss/Keuffel & Esser (K+E), New York and New Jersey.
Luna Leopold was the Director of the Water Resource Discipline at the USGS.
Object ID: USGS-000495]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_9</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000495</category>

				<category>Luna</category>

				<category>Leopold</category>

				<category>Surveyors</category>

				<category>Level</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bow Compass with Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Bow Compass with Case. Also known as a Drop Bow Pen or Spring Bow, serial #760 C. This instrument was made by Eugene Dietzgen & Company, Chicago and New York and used by the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Branch after 1945-1960s.
Object ID: USGS-000645]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_10</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000645</category>

				<category>compass</category>

				<category>Drop</category>

				<category>Bow</category>

				<category>Pen</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Equal Space 10 Point Divider]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Constructed entirely of stainless steel with brass pivot pins; the "teeth" or points are stamped on both faces 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. Manufactured by Theodore Alteneder & Sons, Philadelphia. The 10 point dividers are also referred to as 11 point dividers. The divider is used in form design, development of models, textile design, etc. The divider plots equally spaced points.
Object ID: USGS-000649]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_11</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000649</category>

				<category>Point</category>

				<category>Divider</category>

				<category>steel</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Prototype Nolan Hammer]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A standard tool of hard-rock geologists, this long-handled, medium weight hammer-shaped sledge is called a Nolan hammer. Thomas Brennan Nolan (1901-1992) worked as a geologist and served as seventh Director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1956 to 1965. Nolan developed this hammer in the early 1930s while doing field studies in what is now the Boulder (Lake Mead) Nevada area. The head weighs 3.7 lbs.
Object ID: USGS-000732]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_12</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000732</category>

				<category>Thomas</category>

				<category>Brennan</category>

				<category>Nolan</category>

				<category>Hammer</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Brunton Pocket Transit, 1960s]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[First patented in 1894, the pocket transit is a relatively simple instrument which provides horizontal and vertical readings; it has adjustable sights and also can function as a plumb bob. The pocket transit is commonly used in geologic mapping, surveying and claim staking. Although the basic design of the Brunton is the same today as when it was first patented, the instrument has undergone changes through the decades, such as the addition of a second bubble and improvements to the sighting arm. Manufactured by William Ainsworth & Sons, Denver, Colorado.
Object ID: USGS-000741]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_13</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000741</category>

				<category>Brunton</category>

				<category>Pocket</category>

				<category>Transit</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Buff & Buff Engineer's Transit with Case]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Manufactured by Buff & Buff, Boston, Massachusetts, serial #12759. Both George Buff and Christian Louis Berger immigrated to this country and became partners of Buff & Berger in the 1870s. The partnership was dissolved in 1898, at which time Berger organized C.L. Berger & Sons, a noted manufacturer of surveying equipment. Buff also organized his own company, Buff & Buff. The company went out of business in 1962. The company's transits were exceptionally machined and crafted, and were selected for use in building the Panama Canal due to their precision and excellence.
Object ID: USGS-000759]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_14</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000759</category>

				<category>Panama</category>

				<category>Canal</category>

				<category>Engineers</category>

				<category>Transit</category>

				<category>Buff</category>

				<category>George</category>

				<category>Christian</category>

				<category>Louis</category>

				<category>Berger</category>

				<category></category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Small Bedload Sampler]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Named for co-inventors Ed Helley and Winchell Smith; built in the 1960s by Vigus and Lyle, machinists in the Geology Department of the University of California, Berkeley. This sampler was first used in California and later at several locations around the country. Bedload samplers are used to sample sand, silt, gravel or rock debris carried by a stream or immediately above the stream bed. This sampler weighs 65 lb, larger versions weigh over 100 lb.
Object ID: USGS-000760]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_15</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_15</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000760</category>

				<category>bedload</category>

				<category>sampler</category>

				<category>Ed</category>

				<category>Helley</category>

				<category>Winchell</category>

				<category>Smith</category>

				<category>Vigus</category>

				<category>Lyle</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Trough Compass with Case, 1916]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The storage case has a sliding lid. The compass is marked Troughton & Simms Ltd, London, 1916, No.9214. A trough compass is used with either a plane table or a theodolite. The needle is a long magnetized bar of steel which is pointed at both ends.
Object ID: USGS-000824]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_16</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_16</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-000824</category>

				<category>Trough</category>

				<category>Compass</category>

				<category>1916</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Drawing Board with Case ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Drawing board with mount for a tripod. Used in field survey work. This is a particularly fine example in pristine condition.
Object ID: USGS-Temp47]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_17</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_17</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-Temp47</category>

				<category>Drawing</category>

				<category>board</category>

				<category>Tripod</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Drawing Board with Case ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Drawing board with mount for a tripod. Used in field survey work. This is a particularly fine example in pristine condition.
Object ID: USGS-Temp47]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_18</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_18</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-Temp47</category>

				<category>Drawing</category>

				<category>board</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Drawing Board with Case ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Drawing board with mount for a tripod. Used in field survey work. This is a particularly fine example in pristine condition.
Object ID: USGS-Temp47]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	JBongard - at - usgs.gov (Justin Bongard)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_19</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_20_2009_nsj7MYx43F_07_20_2009_19</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		
				<category>USGS-Temp47</category>

				<category>Drawing</category>

				<category>board</category>

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