CLASSIFICATION OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL 



SURVEY. 



[Bulletin No. 274.] 



The publications of the United States Geological Survey consist of (1) Annual 

 Reports, (2) Monographs, (3) Professional Papers, (4) Bulletins, (5) Mineral 

 Resources, (6) Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers, (7) Topographic Atlas of 

 United States folios and separate sheets thereof, (8) Geologic Atlas of United 

 States folios thereof. The classes numbered 2,7, and 8 are sold at cost of pub- 

 lication; the others are distributed free. A circular giving complete lists may be 

 had on application. 



Most of the above publications may be obtained or consulted in the following 

 ways: 



1. A limited number are delivered to the Director of the Survey, from whom 

 they may be obtained, free of charge (except classes 2, 7, and 8). on application. 



2. A certain number are delivered to Senators and Representatives in Con- 

 gress for distribution. 



3. Other copies are deposited with the Superintendent of Documents, Washing- 

 ton, D. C., from whom they may be had at prices slightly above cost. 



4. Copies of all Government publications are furnished to the principal public 

 libraries in the large cities throughout the United States, where they may be con- 

 sulted by those interested. 



The Professional Papers, Bulletins, and Water-Supply Papers treat of a variety 

 of subjects, and the total number issued is large. They have therefore been classi- 

 fied into the following series: A, Economic geology; B, Descriptive geology; C, 

 Systematic geology and paleontology; D, Petrography and mineralogy; E, Chem- 

 istry and physics; F, Geography; G, Miscellaneous; H, Forestry: I, Irrigation; J, 

 Water storage; K, Pumping water; L, Quality of water; M, General hydrographic 

 investigations; N, Water power; O, Underground waters: P, Hydrographic 

 progress reports. This paper is the forty-seventh in Series F. the complete list 

 of which follows (all are bulletins thus far except Professional Paper 45): 



SERIES F, GEOGRAPHY. 



5. Dictionary of altitudes in United States, by Henry Gannett. 1884. 325-pp. (Out of stock; 



see Bulletin 160.) 



6. Elevations in Dominion of Canada, by J. W. Spencer. 1884. 43 pp. (Out of stock.) 



13. Boundaries of United States and of the several States and Territories, with historical sketch 

 of territorial changes, by Henry Gannett. 1885. 135 pp. (Out of stock; see Bulletin 171.) 



48. The form and position of the sea level, by R. S. Woodward. 1888. 88 pp. (Out of stock.) 



49. Latitudes and longitudes of certain points in Missouri, Kansas, and New Mexico, by R. S. 



Woodward. 1889. 133pp. 



50. Formulas and tables to facilitate the construction and use of maps, by R. S. Woodward. 



1889. 124pp. (Out of stock.) 



10. Report on astronomical work of 1889 and 1890, by R. S. Woodward. 1890. 79 pp. 

 ~-L Altitudes between Lake Superior and Rocky Mountain, by Warren Upham. 1891. 229 pp. 

 76 Dictionary of altitudes in United States (second edition), by Henry Gannett. 1891. 393 pp. 



(Out of stock; see Bulletin 160.) 



115. Geographic dictionary of Rhode Island, by Henry Gannett. 1894. 31 pp. 

 11(J. Geographic dictionary of Massachusetts, by Henry Gannett. 1894. 126 pp. 



117. Geographic dictionary of Connecticut, by Henry Gannett, 1894. 67 pp. 



118. Geographic dictionary of New Jersey, by Henry Gannett. 1894. 131 pp. 



122. Results of primary triangulation, by Henry Gannett. 1894. 412 pp., 17 pis. (Out of stock.) 



123. Dictionary of geographic positions, by Henry Gannett. 1895. 183 pp., 1 map. (Outof stock.) 

 154. Gazetteer of Kansas, by Henry Gannett. 1898. 246 pp., 6 pis. 



Bull. 27406 68 I 



