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ADVERTISEMENT. 



In preparation: 



19. Irrigation near Merced, California, by C. E. Grunsk'y. 



20. Experiments with Windmills, by T. O. Perry. 



21. Wells of Indiana, by Frank Leverett. 



22. Sewage Irrigation, Part II, by George W. Rafter. 



23. Water-Right Problems of Bighorn Mountains, by Elwood Mead. 



TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. 



When, in 1882, the Geological Survey was directed by law to make a geologic map of the United 

 States there was in existence no suitable topographic map to serve as a base for the geologic map. 

 The preparation of such a topographic map was therefore immediately begun. About one-fifth of the 

 area of the country, excluding Alaska, has now been thus mapped. The map is published in atlas 

 sheets, each sheet representing a small quadrangular district, as explained under the following head- 

 ing. The separate sheets are sold at 5 cents each when fewer than 100 copies are purchased, but when 

 thev are ordered in lots of 100 or more copies, whether of the same sheet or of different shee:s, the 

 price is 2 cents each. The mapped areas are widely scattered, nearly every State being represented. 

 More than 800 sheets have been engraved and printed; they are tabulated by States in the Survey's 

 "List of Publications," a pamphlet which may be had on application. 



The map sheets represent a great variety of topographic features, and with the aid of descriptive 

 text they can be used to illustrate topographic forms. This has led to the projection of an educational 

 series of topographic folios, for use wherever geography is taught in high schools, academies, and 

 colleges. Of this series the first folio has been issued, viz: 



1. Physiographic types, by Henry Ganuett, 1898, folio, consisting of the following sheets and 4 

 pages of descriptive text: Fargo (N. Dak.-Minn.), a region in youth ; Charleston (W.Va.), a region in 

 maturity ; Caldwell (Kans. ), a region in old age ; Palmyra (Va. ), a rejuvenated region ; Mount Shasta, 

 (Cal.), a young volcanic mountain; Eagle (Wis.), moraines; Sun Prairie (Wis.), drumlins; Donald- 

 sonville (La.), river flood plains; Boothbay (Me.), a fiord coast; Atlantic City (N. J.), a barrier-beach 

 coast. 



GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The Geologic Atlas of fche United States is the final form of publication of the topographic and 

 CTeolocic maps. The atlas is issued in parts, progressively as the surveys are extended, and is designed 

 ultimately to covji the entire country. 



Under the plan adopted the entire area of the country is divided into small rectangular districts 

 (designated <\ n adranyles) , bounded by certain meridians and parallels. The unit of survey is also the 

 unit of publication, and the maps and descriptions of each rectangular district are issued as a folio of 

 the Geologic Atlas. 



Each folio contains topographic, geologic, economic, and structural maps, together with textual 

 descriptions and explanations, and is designated by the name of a principal town or of a prominent 

 natural feature within the district. 



Two forms of issue have been adopted, a "library edition" and a "field edition." In both the 

 sheets are bound between heavy paper covers, but the library copies are permanently bound, while 

 the sheets and covers of the field copies are only temporarily wired together. 



Under the law a copy of each folio is sent to certain public libraries and educational institu- 

 tions. The remainder are sold at 25 cents each, except such as contain an unusual amount of matter, 

 which are priced accordingly. Prepayment is obligatory The folios ready for distribution are listed 

 below. 



Kaine of .sheet. 



Livingston 



Ringgold 



Placei'ville 



Kingston 



Sacramento 



Chattanooga 



Pikes Peak (out of stock) . . 



8 Sewanee 



9 Anthracite-Crested Butte . 



10 



Harpers Ferry. - 



Jackson 



Estillville 



Fredericksburg . 



Staunton 



Lassen Peak 



Knoxville 



Montana 



Georgia 



Tennessee 



California 



Tennessee 



California 



Tennessee 



Colorado 



Tennessee 



Colorado 



[Virginia 



< West Virginia 



(Maryland 



California 



{Virginia 

 Kentucky 

 Tennessee 



/Maryland 



\ Virginia 



[Virginia 



I West Virginia.. 



California 



I Tennessee 



\Nurth Carolina 



Limiting meridians. 



110°-1 11° 



85°-85° 30' 



120° 30-121° 



81° 30'-85° 



121°-121° 30' 



85°-85° 30' 



105°-105' 30' 



85° 30 '-86° 



106° 45'-107° 15' 



77° 30'-78° 



120° 30' -121° 



82° 30'-83° 



79°-79° 30' 



121°-122° 



83° 30'-84° 



Limiting parallels. 



45°-46° 

 34° 30'-35° 



35° -35° 30' 

 38° 30' -39° 

 35°-35° 30' 

 38° 45'-39° 



-38° 30' 

 30'-37° 



3S°-38° 30' 



40°-41° 



35° 30-36° 



Area, in Price, 

 miles, cents. 



