616 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



An Annotated Bibliography of Evaporation, l)y Mrs. G. J. Livingston, and the 

 following articles and notes : 



No. 3.— Weather Bureau Kiosks (illus.), by D. T. Maring; Suggested Reforms 

 in Meteorological Methods, by M. E. J. Gheury ; Adopt the Kelvin Thermometer 

 Scale and the Metric System, by H. PI. Clayton ; Express all Barometric Meas- 

 urements by Ordinary General Units of Force, by W. Koeppen, trans, by C. 

 Abbe, jr.; Meteorlogical Registrations in Samoa, 1902-190G— I, Winds (illus.), 

 by O. Tetens; Meteorological Observatory at Teneriffe; Argentine Weather 

 (illus.), by H. L. Solyom; The Specific Gravity of Snow, by M. E. J. Gheury: 

 Changes in the Monthly Weather Review; Meteorology in the Schools; Weather 

 Bureau Meteorological Charts of the Oceans; The Cuthbert. Ga., Tornado, by 

 C. F. von Herrmann ; Tornadoes in Alabama, by F. P. Chaffee ; Severe Winds in 

 South Carolina; Tornadoes in Texas; Sleet Storm in Ohio; Tornadoes in Missis- 

 sippi ; and Waterspouts on the Atlantic Coast. 



No. 4. — The Clouds of Venus and Their Significance ( illus. ;>, by A. W. 

 Clayden; [The April Moon and the weather] ; Scientific Trespass; What is the 

 Chinook Wind? Reform in Meteorological Methods; Northers of the Sacra- 

 mento Valley, by T. A. Blair; The Force of Gravity at the Earth's Surface; 

 Meteorology at Harvard College Observatory; Meteorology as a Study for 

 Practical Men; The Relation of the Movements of the High Clouds to Cyclones 

 in the West Indies (illus.), by J. F. Quinn ; Methods and Apparatus for the 

 Observation and Study of Evaporation (illus.), by C. F. Marvin; High Winds 

 in Ohio, by J. W. Smith; Snowballs and Water Equivalents in New York; 

 Tornado in Illinois; Tornadoes in Kansas; Tornadoes in Tennessee (illus.), 

 by H. C. Bate ; Tornadoes in Mississippi, by W. S. Belden ; Severe Local Storm 

 at Cleveland, Ohio (illus.), by J. Kenealy; Tornado in Alabama, by E. C. Hor- 

 ton; Tornadoes in Arkansas (illus.) ; Red Snow in Michigan, by A. Wiesner ; 

 and The Aurora of INIay 15-16, 1909. 



Meteorolog'ical observations at the Massachusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, J. E. Ostrander and R. C. Lindblad {Ma-ssaehusetts Sta. Met. 

 Buls. 2^7, 2^8, pp. li each). — Summaries of observations at Amherst, Mass., on 

 pressure, temperature, huinidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, .cloudiness, and 

 casual phenomena during July and August, 1909, are given. The data are 

 briefly discussed in general notes on the weather of each month. 



Meteorological records for 1908 (xVcio York State Sta. Rpt. 1908, pp. 527- 

 537). — Tables are given showing tridaily readings of the standard air ther- 

 mometer during each month of 1908; daily readings of maximum and minimum 

 thermometers at 5 p, m. for each month of the year ; a monthly summary of 

 maximum, minimum, and standard thermometer readings ; average monthly and 

 yearly temperatures since 1S82 ; monthly and yearly maximum and minimum 

 temperatures from 1883 to 1908, inclusive ; and rainfall by months since 1882. 



Texas climate {Texas Dept. Agr. Bui. 8, pp. 288-3 J ^i). — Data with reference 

 to the climatic features of southern and western Texas are summarized and 

 the principal climatic features of the regions are described. A summary is also 

 given of data for i)recipitation in the Panhandle region of Texas. 



Lightning and lightning conductors, A, J. Henry ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Farmers' Bui. 367, pp. 20, flg-s. 3). — This bulletin "contains information respect- 

 ing the phenomena of lightning in general and suggests means of protecting 

 farm buildings from destructive lightning strokes." 



Papers on the conservation of water resources ( U. S. Gcol. Survey, Water- 

 Supplij Paper Vo. 234, PP- 96, clgms. 8, maps 2). — This pamphlet contains a re- 

 print of the following selected papers written by the members of the Geological 

 Survey for the report of the National Conservation Commission : Distribution 



