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scope and its accessories, niicrotecliUHiue ami ri'a.Lients, staivli and inuliii, ve.ice- 

 table fibers and the microscopic examination of paper, animal fibers, mineral 

 fibers and textiles, wood of dicotyledons and .^ynmospernis, monocotyledonons 

 stems, subterranean orjxans and barks, leaves, insect powder, fruits and seeds, 

 includinj; oil cakes, teeth, bone, horn, etc., and microchemical analysis. 



A new apparatus for the rapid determination of dry matter in wheat 

 gluten, W. Bremer (Clicm. Ztg., SI {1901), No. 88, p. 1008, fig. 1). — By means 

 of especially constructed porcelain plates the author believes that gluten may be 

 couvenienfly dried in a thin layer in a short time. 



Use of the Abbe refractonieter for the determination of dry substance in 

 cane juice and sugar-house products, H. C. P. Geerligs (Intcniat. t^ugar 

 Jour., 10 (1008), No. 110, pp. 68-81 ). — A study of the use of the refractometer 

 for the determination of dry substance in cane juices in preference to older 

 methods, depending for success on the reading of the Brix hydrometer, is given 

 in detail. 



Agricultural chemistry in the first half of the year 1907, Zielstorff 

 {Client. ZtscJir., 7 {1008), No. 1, pp. l-tl). — This article summarizes briefly the 

 progress during the period named in investigations relating to the nutrition of 

 plants and animals. 



General index of Chemisches Centralblatt for the years 1902-1906, A. 

 Hesse and I. Block (Vlicni. Cciithl., ilcn. Reg. 100.^-1006, pp. 166S).— Both 

 authors and subjects are indexed. 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



The study of the weather as a branch of nature knowledge, M. I. New- 

 BiGiN (Hoot.' Gcogr. Mag., ,^.i {1907), No. 12, pp. 627-6-'i8, fiy.s. 0). — This is an 

 address to teachers which attempts to show what there is to teach in connection 

 with the weather and to suggest methods of teaching it. 



Smithsonian meteorological tables, A. McAdie, C. F. Marvin, and C. Abbe 

 {Smithsn. Misc. Collect., 35, No. 1032, 3. rev. eel., pp. LZ+2S0).— This is the 

 third revised edition of these tables, the first edition of which was issued in 

 1893. In this edition " all errata thus far detected have been corrected upon the 

 plates, the Marvin vapor tensions over ice have been introduced, Professor F. H. 

 Bigelow's system of notation and formulte has been added, the list of meteoro- 

 logical stations has been revised, and the international meteorological symbols, 

 together with the Beaufort notation, are given at the close of the A-olume." 



Organization and development of the meteorological service of Mexico, 

 M. E. Pastrana {Heraldo Ag>:, 7 {1907), Nos. 11, pp. 2.'i-26; 12, pp. 21-23). 



Monthly Weather Review {Mo. Weather Rev., 35 (1907), Nos. 11, pp. 

 503-556, figs. 16, charts 8; 12, pp. 557-606, pis. 4, figs. 13, charts S).— In addition 

 to the usual reports on forecasts, warnings, weather and crop conditions, 

 meteorological tables and charts for the months of November and December, 

 1907, recent papers bearing on meteorology, recent additions to the Weather 

 Bureau library, etc., these numbers contain the following articles and notes: 



No. 11. — Phenomena connected with the San Francisco Earthquake, by C. M. 

 Richter and A. (i. McAdie; The Christmas Snowstorm of 1900 (illus.), by H. R. 

 Mill ; Well-marked Foehn Effects with (Jreat Diurnal Ranges of Temperature 

 in Southern California, by A. G. McAdie; The Central Pennsylvania Meteor of 

 October 1, 1907, by H. A. Peck ; The Relation of the Movements of the High 

 Clouds to Cyclones in the West Indies, by J. T. Quiu ; A Method of Preserving 

 Rainfall, by J. C. Alter; Studies of Frost and Ice Crystals, by "W. A. Bentley; 

 The Winds of the Lake Region (illus.), by A. .1. Henry; Influence of Vegetation 

 iu Causing Rain; Weather Bureau Men as Educators; A Universal Seismo- 



