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usual reports on forecasts and warnings and on weather and crop con- 

 ditions, and meteorological tables and charts, No. 10 contains special 

 contributions on A record of some kite experiments, by W. A. Eddy; 

 The effect of proximity to the sea on thunderstorm periods, by H. D. 

 Stearns; Removal of Weather Bureau office in New York City, by 

 A. J. Henry; Hot summers and cold winters at Washington, D. C, 

 by F. Gillarn; and In memory of Prof. William Ferrel, by P. Con- 

 nor; and notes by the editor on American climatologieal publications, 

 notes from the voyage of La Perouse, lightning on wire fences, and the 

 utilization of fog. 



No. 12 contains special contributions on The thunderstorm of Sep- 

 tember 17-18, 1895, Local atmospheric disturbances, and Are our win- 

 ters changing? by A. J. Henry; Meteorological observations near 

 Circle City, Alaska, by J. O. Holt; What a weather observer should 

 know, by N. R. Taylor; The San Diego waterspout, by P. A. Carpenter; 

 The weather and storms of Malta during October, 1898, by J. H. Grout; 

 Aneroid barometers, by C. Chree; Civil-service examinations for observ- 

 ers in the United States Weather Bureau, by H. H. Kimball; and 

 Climate and crop report, season of 1898, Alaska section, by H. L. Ball ; 

 and notes by the editor on reduction to standard gravity, the practical 

 side of Weather Bureau work, the chemical thermoscope, kite work in 

 Madeira, origin of tornadoes, meteorology in France, the climate of 

 Athens, astronomy for the meteorologist, electrical districts, origin of 

 the word "blizzard," seismic noises, mirobia and seiches, anew elemen- 

 tary meteorology, the Royal Meteorological Society, Civil-service exami- 

 nations for assistants, St. Elmo's fire, ball lightning, cloud phenomena 

 at sunrise and sunset, distant thunder, a new style of aneroid, low 

 pressures and tidal waves, floating spider webs, the barograph on ships, 

 weights and measures in Porto Rico, the waterspout of September 29, a 

 crude hygrometer, the Weather Bureau and the universities and col. 

 leges, Chinook at Havre, Montana, northers in the Caribbean Sea and 

 the Gulf of Mexico, recent earthquakes, the moon and the weather, 

 unequal distribution of snow, recent meteors, and optical phenomena. 



Meteorology of 1897, L. G. Carpenter et al. {Colorado Sta. Bui. 

 49, 2 } P' 3-55, 66-70, figs. 17). — This bulletin gives descriptions (with 

 illustrations) of various instruments used in meteorological observa- 

 tions and tabulated summaries of daily observations on temperature, 

 barometric pressure, precipitation, humidity, radiation, sunshine, direc- 

 tion and movement of wind, etc., at Fort Collins during each month of 

 1897, with monthly summaries of observations (especially temperature 

 and precipitation) at Rockyford, Cheyenne Wells, Estes Park (at base 

 of Longs Peak, elevation 9,000 ft.), Pinkhampton (elevation 8,400 ft.), 

 and Gleneyre (near head of Laramie River, elevation 8,000 ft.). The 

 monthly precipitation is reported by voluntary observers from 4 addi- 

 tional points in the watershed of the Cache a la Poudre River. " These 

 stations have been selected in most cases for the purpose of obtaining 

 a record of the precipitation in the mountains which form the water- 

 shed of the adjacent rivers. As the Cache a la Poudre River has been 



