SOUTH AMERICA 533 



URUGUAY. 



MONTEVIDEO. 



Institute Solar Internacional. 



Address. Montevideo. Director: Carlos Honore. 



History. Founded in 1899 by Carlos Honore ; incorporated Jan. 26 of 

 that year. Affiliated with it is the Asociacion de Fomento Cientifico 

 y Artistico, organized on initiative of the Institute in 1900, as a suc- 

 cessor to the Sociedad Ciencias y Artes. 



Object. To study the results of solar research; to disseminate information re- 

 garding the terrestrial effects of solar phenomena, particularly their influence 

 on the weather ; to establish a model observatory and to form a library. 



Meetings. Annual business meeting; special meetings of the Institute and of the 

 Association as called. 



Membership. 17 collaborating, 46 corresponding and 6 honorary associates of the 

 Institute (subscriptions voluntary). The Association consists of 20 active asso- 

 ciates (subscriptions voluntary) in addition to the membership of the Institute 

 and of the former Sociedad Ciencias y Artes. 



Publications. 



El sol interior. Montevideo, 1900. 4. 

 Eclipses del sol interior. Montevideo, 1900. 4. 

 Institute solar internacional y Asociacion de fomento cientifico y 

 artistico. Antecedentes y actuacion 1876-1905. Montevideo, 1905. 4. 



Contents: A. Memoria presentada a la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados 

 Unidos de Norte- America. B. Documentos anexos. (C. Documentos 

 adjuntos were bound with only a few copies, but can be obtained from 

 the Institute by those who wish to add them to the volume. They in- 

 clude the above publications and blue prints of the plans of the pro- 

 jected Observatorio astro-fisico del Sud.) 



Distribution. Exchange. 



Museo Nacional de Montevideo. 



Address. Montevideo. Director: J. Arechavaleta. 



History. Based upon the collections of the Uruguayan naturalist La- 

 rraiiaga, to which were added in 1837 the geological, botanical and 

 mineralogical collections of Villerdebo, the first director of the museum ; 

 reorganization and development begun by Dr. Carlos Berg in 1890, 

 and continued by the present director. The museum comprises 2 sec- 

 tions: Natural history; Fine arts. 

 Ref.: Anales . . . t. I, fasc. i. 



"Founded in 1876; inactive from 1889 to its reorganization in 1897. Publ.: Boletin 

 . . . t. I-XI. Montevideo, 1877-88. 



