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"Higher tenipei-atnros are produced in the sepai-ate oven than in the ordi- 

 nary grate type. 



" In the ordinary grate type much of the advantage of the oven type may 

 be secured by increasing the distance from grate to l)oiler." 



Sugar and corn sirup (starch, glucose) as raw materials for the confection- 

 ery and preserves industries, L. K. Boseley (Internat. Sugar Jour., 11 (1909), 

 No. 127, pp. S.'iS, S.'i-'f). — A summary of the requirements for the above-named 

 products in the confectionery and preserving industries, based upon experiments 

 by the author. 



A uniform nomenclature for the products of sugar manufacture, F. Stroh- 

 MER (Ztsclrr. Vcr. Deut. Zuckcrindus., 1909, No. 6Jf.'i, II, pp. 778-782). — A plea 

 for the unification of terms and descriptions of the products of the sugar 

 industi'y, 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



Meteorology, E. Kleinschmidt (JaJirh. Nainnc, 2) {1908-9), pp. 112-133). — 

 Pi'ogress in aerology, solar radiation, composition of the atmosphere, atmos- 

 pheric electricity, terrestrial magnetism, weather forecasting, and other meteor- 

 ological subjects, is reviewed as usual. 



Brief list of meteorological text-books and reference books, C. F. Talman 

 (17. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bur., 1909, pp. 76),— This is a list of about 150 

 works suitable for general, scientific, and university libraries in the United 

 States, and " intended to provide a ready means of complying with the many 

 requests received by the Weather Bureau from teachers, students, and others 

 for the titles of books dealing with meteorology and its several branches." 



Meteorological observations at the Massachusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, J. E. Ostrandee and C. M. Damon (Massachusetts 8ta. Met. Buls. 

 2't9, 250, pp. Jf each). — Summaries of observations at Amherst, Mass., on pres- 

 sure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, cloudiness, and 

 casual phenomena during September and October, 1909. The data are briefly 

 discussed in general notes on the weather of each month. 



Weather observations (New Jersey Stas. Rpt. 1908, pp. 86-89, 298-301).— 

 Tables are given which show daily and monthly precipitation at the New Jersey 

 Station farm during the year ended October ol, 1908, monthly precipitation 

 since January 1, 1896, monthly maximum and minimum means of temperature 

 since 1896, and rainfall, temperature, and sunshine during the growing season, 

 April to September, for the State, for the period from 1889 to 1908. 



Physical and meteorological service, .J. Jaubert (Ann. Ohserv. Muriic. 

 (Observ. Montsouris) [Paris], 9 (1908), No. 3-4, pp. 373-//22).— Tables of 

 observations on temperature, pressure, precipitation, humidity, wind, and 

 evaporation for the year ended November P>0, 1908, are given. 



Meteorology and climate [of New South Wales] (Off. Yearbook N. S. Wales, 

 1907-8, pp. 15-23).— This article summarizes in tables and text the principal 

 meteorological and climatic conditions of New South Whales. 



On the composition of atmospheric air, (i. Claude (Compt. Rend. Aead. Sci. 

 [Paris], 1.1,8 (1909), No. 22, pp. l.',5Ji-1456, fig. 1; abs. in Beibl. Ann. Phys., 33 

 (1909), No. 20, p. 1050). — Apparatus and methods employed in the determina- 

 tion of the rarer constituents of the atmosphere are described. 



Analysis of air, P. Miqukl (Ann. Ohserr. Mitnie. (Observ. Montsouris) [Paris], 

 9 (1908), No. 3-J,. pp. ,?//3-257 ) .—Numerous analyses of the air of parks, tuu- 

 Qels of underground railways, dwellings, public monuments, etc., are reported. 



Apparatus for the purification of air (Rev. Sci. [Paris], 7/7' (1909), II, No. 5, 

 p. 1U).—A brief account is given of au apparatus and process proposed by 



