Meteorology 



By courtesy of the Chief of the United States Weather Bureau 

 a complete set of meteorological instruments has been installed 

 in the Museum for educational purposes. Public lectures have 

 been given describing the use of these instruments and the 

 principles of weather forecasting. Plans are also matured for 

 giving instruction in meteorology to children of the public and 

 private schools, and to facilitate this work the Museum has pur- 

 chased a series of lantern slides. 



The Charleston Museum has the distinction of being the first 

 museum to undertake this line of work. 



Library 



The employment of a librarian as a regular member of the 

 staff during the greater part of the year has enabled marked 

 progress to be made in the organization of the library. The 

 necessity, however, of changing librarians delayed the progress 

 of this work, and the task of correlating the work of the various 

 acting librarians is so great that it will require some months 

 yet before the library will be brought up to date. 



During the autumn 130 volumes have been bound in the 

 Gaylord binders, greatly improving the appearance of the 

 shelves and the accessibility and durability of the books. One 

 of the most serious needs of the library is money for permanent 

 binding. 



The library is especially indebted to Mr. William Brewster 

 for a valuable series of ornithological books, pamphlets, and 

 journals; to Dr. Daniel S. Martin for a similar series of geo- 

 logical literature; to Mr. William G. Hinson for a copy of 

 Michaux's North American Sylva; to Dr. John Forrest for 

 astronomical books; to the daughters of John Bachman for his 

 unpublished manuscript work on American entomology with 



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