SUBJECT INDEX 



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Rails, North Ainericaii, distribution and mieration 



(32) 55. 

 Raimondia, notes, (31) 339. 

 Rain- 

 as drinking water supply in British Guiana, 



(29) 16. 

 chemistry, (27) 317. 



chlorin content, (30) 418, P20, 815; (32) 121. 

 combined nitrogen in, (27) 212. 

 composition, (31) 21, 416; (34) 15. 

 dissemination of plant diseases by, (38) 47. 

 dissolved oxygen in, (37) 620. 

 effect on cereals, (27) 15. 

 effect on compositiop of hay, (26) 235. 

 excessive, in California, (28) 415. 

 fertilizing value, (27) 317; (29) 209; (32) 419; (33) 



716; (36) 19; (38) 619. 

 forests, mountain, in Jamaica, (32; 748. 

 gage, eight-day recording, (33) 118. 

 gage exposure, effect, (34) 117. 

 gage, "Seathwaite" pattern, (30) 118. 

 gages, accuracy, (30) 17. 

 nitric and nitrous acids in, (34) 118. 

 nitrogen, chlorin, and sulphates in, (34) 615; (38) 



416. 

 nitrogen content, (30) 211, 815; (31) 812; (32) 

 120, 121, 615, 616; (33) 617; (35) 620; (38) 509; 

 (40) 724, 809. 

 notes, (28) 897. 

 of South Polar region, ammonia content, (26) 



515. 

 papers on, (27) 816. 

 penetration of soil surfaces by, (29) 426. 

 problem of denudation by, (40) 118. 

 relation to grape downy mildew, (28) 448. 

 relation to sunspots, (27) 718. 

 smoke acids in, (32) 422. 

 spotting of morning-glories by, (29) 752. 

 substances dissolved in, (40) 19. 

 sulphuric acid content, (40) 314. 

 summer, of North Germany, (27) 510. 

 transition to blue skv, (31) 213. 

 tropical, (35) 619; (38) 415. 

 water, hardness of, (29) 122. 

 water of Leeds, analyses, (27) 212. 

 Rainbow, horizontal, (32) 210. 

 Rainbows^ 



ground, (36) 419. 



horizontal, on Lake Mendota, (35) 115. 

 papers on, (37) 115, 513. 

 Rainfall — see also Precipitation, 

 after battle, (32) 614. 



and evaporation in eastern Pennsylvania, (32) 

 34. 

 gunfire, (33) 115, 511. 

 raininess, (39) 718. 

 run-off in Oahu, Hawaii, (37) 513. 

 run-off in Porto Rico, (32) 187. 

 synoptic winds, relation, (35) 115. 

 annual, of Scotland, (28) 213. 

 annual, of United States, (27) 616; (28) 212; 



(38) 209. 

 approximating over long periods, (29) 14. 

 as affected bv— 



cannonading, (37) 418, 512, 717. 

 forestation, (31) 415. 

 forests, (29) 842; (36) 346, 843. 

 as factor in tree increment, (27) 348. 

 at Arecibo, (29) 85. 



Berkeley, California, (29) 510, 511; (3.5) 116. 

 Georgetown, Demerara, (35) 420. 

 Mazatlan, Mexico, (28) 716. 

 Montevideo, (34) 15. 

 North Platte, (29) 225. 

 Temple, (38) 331. 

 computing run-off from, (33) 775. 

 conservation, (.30) 17. 

 cyclonic distribution, (26) 614. 

 deficient, in summer of 1913, (29) 813. 

 desert, effect on soil moisture, (30) 619. 

 diminution with height above the ground, 



(40) 314. 

 discussion, (30) 17. 

 distribution in France, (39) 18. 

 distribution in Sicily, (31) 716. 

 diurnal distribution, (36) 717. 

 effect on — 



composition of tomatoes, (34) 636. 

 composition of wheat, (M) 834. 



52831— 26 1 31 



Rainfall— Continued, 

 effect on— continued, 

 crop yields, (34) 319. 

 distribution of soil particles, (32) 511. 

 electric energy consumption by irrigation 



plants, (36) 1H4. 

 fruit crop in Norway, (40) 810. 

 growth of trees, (31) 716. 

 protein content of wheat, (28) 537; (30) 836. 

 redwood, (38) .522. 

 rubber and resin content of guayule, (30) 



tree growth, (3H) 415. 



water level in soils, (35) 813. 



water level in wells, (34) 319. 



yield and quality of wheat, (30) 662. 



yield of corn, (39) 418. 



yield of milk, (28) 716. 

 efficiency of varying amounts, (:J8) 716. 

 European, as affected by American tempera- 

 tures, (31) 416. 

 excessive, in London, (38) 511. 

 forecasting in southern England, (30) 819. 

 greatest, (26) 614. 



greatest at Washington, D. C, (38) 511. 

 heaviest in British Isles, (38) 511. 

 heavy — 



at Kansas City, (32) 614. 



at Montell, Te.xas, (29) 721. 



effect on soils, (35) 514. 



in Arkansas, (29) 510. 



in Louisiana, (30) 417.' 

 in Alberta and Saskatchewan, (29) 85. 

 Australia, (33) 616, 807; (34) 118; (40) 716. 

 British Isles, (32) 25; (33) 20; (39) 210; (40) 314. 

 California, (30) 713; (32) 120; (33) 716. 

 Canada, (36) 617. 

 China, (35) 618. 



Colorado River Delta, (28) 484. 

 cotton belt of United States, (33) 20. 

 eastern United States, (33) 117, 118; (38) 717. 

 France, (28) 315. 

 Great Britain, (32) 119; (36) 811. 

 Great Britain and Ireland, (30) 118. 

 "ilabana, (27) 15. 

 Hawaii, (31) 616. 

 Hungary, (27) 510. 

 India, (32) 615; (37) 716. 

 Indo China, (37) 620. 

 Italy, (40) 810. 

 Java, (37) 16. 

 Massachusetts, (30) 318. 

 Minnesota, (26) 418. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, (33) 212. 

 New South Wales, (35) 116; (36) 19, 811. 

 New Zealand, (33) 118. 



Nile Basin, (26) 118; (28) 315; (30) 511; (33) 510. 

 North and South America, (35) 419. 

 northeastern United States, (32) 119. 

 Paris, (28) 416. 

 Philippines, (26) 318. 

 Queensland, (27) 680; (33) 212. 

 Rhodesia, (31) 511. 

 St. Croix, (33) 807. 

 St. Paul, Minnesota, (31) 21. 

 Scotland, (34) 320. 

 South Africa, (38) 15. 

 South Africa as affected by vegetation, (39) 



418. 

 southwestern Alaska, (40) 809. 

 Sulphur Spring Valley, (29) 725. 

 Sumatra, (34) 510. 



Tennessee, (29) 616; (35) 795; (38) 318, 319. 

 Texas, (33) 788. 

 Tunis, (31) 287. 



Turgai-Ural Colonization District, (20) 620. 

 Union of South Africa, (34) 818. 

 United States, (34) 415; (35) 15; (39) 418; (40) 



808. 

 United States, factors determining, (33) 319. 

 United States, relation to agriculture, (33) 



715. 

 upper Pecos Valley, New Mexico, (37j 808. 

 Victoria, (28) 416; (29) 896. 

 western and equatorial Africa, (34) 208, i^. 

 western United States, (33) 319. 

 western Washington, (33) 299. 

 lunar periods in, (38) 510. 

 map of United States, (33) 318. 



