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METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, 1904-5 {['. S. Dept. A(/r., 

 WcatJirr Bur. h'pt. Hid',-.-,, pp. XXIV+3SJi).^V:\vl 1 of Ihix report oontaius a 

 review of the last iU years" work of the Bureau and an account of the work of 

 the year (E. S. R., 17, p. 734) ; part 2. a list of observing stations and changes 

 therein durinsr 1004, and twice-daily observations for 30 selected stations, 1904; 

 part 3. nimthly and annual meteorological summaries for 180 stations; part 4, 

 monthly and annual means and extremes of temperature and datjes of first and 

 last killing frosts. 1!)04 ; part 5, monthly and annual precipitation. 1904; and 

 part <I. miscellaneous m(^teoi'<ilogical tables and reports. 



Monthly Weather Review (Mo. Weather Rev., 3.'i (1906), Xos. 3, pp. 109- 

 l.-)6, fl(iH. 13, clutrtH 7 : .'/, pp. 157-200, p/.v. ..^ chdrtu 7). — In addition to the usual 

 reports on forecast.s, warnings, weather and crop conditions, meteorological tables 

 and chai'ts for the months of March and April, 1900, recent papers bearing on 

 meteorology, recent additions to the Weather Bureau library, etc., these numbers 

 contain the following articles and notes: 



No. 3. — Structure of Hailstones, by E. S. Webster ; Studies on the Thermody- 

 namics of the Atmosphere — III. Application of the Thermodynamic FornmhTe to 

 the Nonadiabatie Atmosphere (illus. ). by F. H. Bigelow ; German Aerial Re- 

 search Station ; A New Departure in Forecasting ; Atmospheric Effects in 

 Astronomical Observations ; The Eighth International Geographic Congress ; 

 The Legitimate Line of Duty ; The Tornado at Meridian. Miss., March 2, 190G 

 (illus.), by L. A. Den son ; The Opportunities of the Weather Service; Drought 

 and Atmospheric Electricity ; Severe Hailstorm at Pensacola, Fla., by W. F. 

 Reed, jr.; A Peculiar Temperature Fluctuation (illus.), by W. TTpton ; Ilalos 

 of March 1-1, 1900 (illus.) ; Weather Bureau Men as Educators; Kite Flight 

 of April 5, 1900, at Mount Weather Observatory (illus.), by O. L. Fassig; 

 Where are the Old Records of Haiti; The Zodiacal Light (illus.). l)y M. Hall; 

 and The Zodiacal Light — ^Is It ^Meteorological or Astronomical. 



No. 4. — Note on Evaporimeter, by B. F. E. Keeling; The Nephological Re- 

 view ; Storm and Hurricane Insurance in the West Indies ; Cloud Banners ; 

 The Indexing of Marine Reports ; The Pul^lication of the Chicago ^Memoirs ; 

 The Warmth of December, 190.5 ; Style of Meteorological Publications ; Cosmic 

 Relations of the Atmosphere ; The Province of the Monthly Weather Review ; 

 Diurnal Variation of the Barometer ; Influence of the Ocean on Continental 

 Precipitation ; Pressure and Rainfall over the Indian Monsoon Area ; Vincent's 

 Bibliography of Treatises on Meteorology ; Meteorology in Egypt ; The Colors of 

 Dust-haze; Can We Argue from the Climate Back to the Orography? Krakatoa 

 Dust versus Krakatoa Vapor ; The Convection Theory of Whirlwinds ; A Method 

 of Predicting the iNIovement of Tropical Cyclones, by M. Hall ; On the Condi- 

 tions Determining the Formation of Cloud-spberes and Photospheres, by A. W. 

 Clayden ; Tlieory of the Rainbow, by W. LeC. Stevens ; Weather Bureau Men 

 as Educators; and Mr. R. F. de Grain. 



Meteorological observations, .7. E. Ostrander and T. A. Barry {MassaeJin- 

 .sclts Sta. Met. Bids. 209, 210. pp. J each i. — Summaries of observations at Am- 

 herst. JIass., on pressure, temperature, huniidily, precipitation, wind, sunshine, 

 cloudiness, and casual phenomena during ]\Iay and .lune, 1900. The data are 

 briefly discussed in a gcn(>ral note on the weather of each month. 



Meteorological observations, W. T. Ellis, .W. T. Macoun, R. Robertson. 

 W. S. Blair. S. A. Bediord. A. Mackay, and T. A. Sharpe {Canada E.rpt. 

 Farms lipts. 190.;. pp. 2.S. 91. 263. 301, 321. 3-16. 3.17. J,00. J,01, //5S).— Summaries 

 are given of observations on temperature, precipitation, etc., during 1905 at 



