B. TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS AND METEOROLOGY. 79 



proceeded to carry out the third section of its work, viz., the 

 collection of weather reports from stations in the interior of 

 the continent of Europe and the issue of storm warnings. 

 The object of the Seewarte is to study meteorology on a 

 grand scale by means of simultaneous observations, and to 

 thereby investigate the movements of the atmosphere as a 

 whole instead of merely studying climatology. There will 

 therefore be established seven first-class observing stations 

 on the German coasts, with self-recording barometers and an- 

 emometers. At these observations are made at 8 A.M., 12 M., 



4 and 8 P.M., two of which are telegraphed daily to Ham- 

 burs:. A laro-e number of minor coast stations are also oc- 

 cupied, and two completely equipped stations are supported 

 by the Navy Department. In the interior of the German 

 kingdom there are to be sixteen stations, which will, it is 

 hoped, be supplied by volunteers from among the numerous 

 amateur and professional meteorologists of Germany. The 

 hours of telegraphic observation will be 7 A.M., local time, 

 from April 1st to September 30th, and 8 A.M. from October 

 1st to March 31st. It seems that the telegraph offices are 

 generally opened at 8 A.M., and this arrangement of hours 

 has long been used by France, Sweden, and Norway. On 

 the other hand, in England, Holland, and Denmark 8 A.M. 

 is adopted uniformly throughout the year, while V A.M. is 

 uniformly adopted by Austria and Russia. Circulars of July 



5 and September 20 of Hamburg Seewarte. 



METEOROLOGY OF THE SIEBEN-GEBIRGE. 



The greater part of the little pamphlet of communications 

 published by the Sieben-Gebirge Natural History Society is 

 taken up with an account of the meteorology of that portion 

 of Germany. Seven stations are occupied in the neighbor- 

 hood of these mountains ; their altitudes vary fronr 200 to 

 700 meters. It appears from these records that throughout 

 the year 1873' unusual warmth and dryness were experienced. 

 The annual means of temperature at all the stations exceed- 

 ed the normal means by very considerable quantities, while 

 the annual total rainfall was every where less than the nor- 

 mal fall. Vegetation was remarkably forward in the spring- 

 time, and uninjured by unfavorable weather through the 

 summer. Verhandl. Sieben-Gebirge Verei7i, 1875. 



