814 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



spout — Continued (illus.), by F. H. Bigelow ; Climatological Reports from the 

 Philippines ; Lunar Rainbow at Tampa. Fla., by J. S. Hazen ; The Origin of Our 

 Cold Waves ; Meteorology in Austria ; Mountain Stations for Forecast Work ; 

 Weather Bureau Men as Educators ; The Study of Practice Forecasting, by J. L. 

 Bartlett ; The Evaporation of Ice, by F. C. Mitchell ; and Harmonic Analysis of 

 the Diurnal Barometric Curve at Washington, D. C. (illus.), by W. J. Bennett. 



No. 12. — Salton Sea and the Rainfall of the Southwest, by A. J. Henry (see 

 p. 815 ; Changes of Latitude and Climate ; Tornadoes of June G, I'.tOG, in Miune- 

 s'ota and Wisconsin ; Studies on the Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere — V, 

 The Horizontal Convection in Cyclones and Anticyclones (illus.), by F. H. 

 Bigelow; Villard's Theory of the Aurora (illus.), by W. R. Blair; Observations 

 of Halos in England, by M. E. T. Gheury ; Problems in Meteorology (illus.), by 

 C. F. von Herrmann ; Notes on the Climate of Kansas, by T. B. .Jennings ; Clay- 

 den's Cloud Studies ; Weather Bureau Men as Educators ; and T. S. Outram, 

 deceased. 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander and T. A. Barry {Massa- 

 rliuscttn /S'^M. Met. Buls. 211, 218, pp. 4 each). — Summaries of observations at 

 Amherst, Mass., on pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sun- 

 shine, cloudiness, and casual phenomena during January and February, 1907. 

 The data are briefly discussed in a general note on the weather of each month. 



Meteorological observations at the Michigan Agricultural College for 

 the year 1905 ( Micliii/an »S7(/. Rpt. I'JOii. pi). 111-l.iO). — Tabulated daily and 

 monthly summaries are given of observations during 1905 on temperature, pres- 

 sure, precipitation, humidity, cloudiness, wind movement, etc. 



Meteorological records for 1905 {'New York Btate Sta. Rpt. 1905. pp. 

 385-391). ■ — Tables are given which show the average monthly precipitation 

 since 1882 ; average monthly temperature since 1882 ; tridaily readings of the 

 standard air thermometer during each month of 1905 ; a monthly summary of 

 iiKixinunn, minimum, and standard thermometer readings; and daily readings 

 of maxinuun and minimum thermometers at 5 p. m. for each month of the year. 



Meteorological summary for Bern, Switzerland, for the period 1894 to 

 1905 {Mitt. Bern. Htatis. Bur., 1906, No. 1, pp. 77-84). — A summary is given 

 of observations on temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity at Zurich 

 and Bern for the period 1894 to 1905, and summaries of observations on 

 pressure, temijerature. precii)itation, and cloudiness during 190-4 and 1905 at 

 Reatenberg. 



Observations at the meteorological observatory of tjie University of 

 Innsbruck, 1903—4, W. Trabert {BeohacJitungeii des meteorologischen Ob- 

 ftervatoriums der Vniversitut Innshruek in den Jahreii 1903 nnd 190-i. Inns- 

 l)7'uck: University, 1906, pp. 133). — Detailed data for monthly, daily, and hourly 

 observations on pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, etc., 

 are reported in tabular form. 



Meteorological observations at Verona in 1905, G. Fracastoro {Atti e 

 Mem. Accad. Afir. [etc.] Verona, 5. ser., 5 {1906), Hup., pp. 51). — Observations 

 on temperature, pressure, precipitation, humidity, direction of wind, etc., at the 

 meteorological observatory of the Technical Institute of Verona are summarized 

 in detail. 



Influence of the ocean on climate {Amer. Mo. Rev. of Reviews, 35 (1907), 

 No. 3, pp. 376, 377). — The cause and the influence on climate of the Gulf Stream 

 and associated currents are discussed mainly on the basis of a contribution to 

 the subject by W. Meinardus.a it being asserted that the Gulf Stream, which 

 to such a large extent controls the climate of Europe, is set in motion chiefly 



"Met. Ztschr., 22 (1905), p. 398. 



