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continental areas, it is seen that the fulfillment of the plan contem- 

 plated will add greatly to our knowledge of the actual distribution 

 of terrestrial magnetism, even if it should not immediately elucidate 

 this obscure phenomenon. 



Separate mention of the large number of investigations carried on 



... „ . by the aid of small grants would require undue 



Minor Projects. J D ^ 



space here. It will be seen from the list on page 

 19 that there were sixty-four such grants- subject to payment during 

 the year. Many more than this number of investigations, however, 

 were under way, while a few grantees of the year have been unable 

 to begin their projects. A number of researches undertaken by aid 

 of grants made in previous years have been completed and offered 

 for publication. Some of these have been issued during the year 

 and several of them are now in press. It should be stated also that 

 numerous preliminary papers resulting from researches under way 

 have appeared in the current journals. A list of these, obtained by 

 aid of the authors themselves, will be found on pages 43-50. 



Specially worthy of mention among the minor projects are the 

 following, by reason of contributions already published or soon to 

 be ready for publication, namely : 



1. The archeological and geological researches of Prof. Raphael 

 Pumpelly in Turkestan. The first volume of a report on these 

 researches has been issued during the year and a second is in prepa- 

 ration. Professor Pumpelly had planned to resume field work in 

 Turkestan during the past summer, but the Russian government 

 declined to permit him to return there at this time. 



2. The preparation by Prof. L,ewis Boss of a fundamental catalogue 

 giving the precise positions of about six thousand stars, embracing 

 all stars from the brightest down to the sixth magnitude. This 

 will make a solid contribution to stellar astronomy. 



3. The researches on the moon by Prof. Simon Newcomb. 



4. The precise quantitative investigations of Prof. A. A. Noyes 

 and T. W. Richards in chemistry. 



5. The comprehensive researches in geology and cosmology by 

 Prof. T. C. Chamberlin, whose preliminary papers have already 

 proved full of interest and suggestion to a wide circle of readers. 



6. The work of Prof. Carl Barus on the nucleation of dust-free 

 atmosphere ; of Prof. E. W. Scripture on researches in phonetics ; of 

 Prof. G. R. Wieland on American cycads, and the work of Mr. W. L,. 

 Tower on the evolution of beetles, all of which are now in press. 



