424 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



METEOROLOGY— CLIMATOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review (TJ. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau 

 Monthly Weather Review, 25 (1897), Wos. 4, pp. 123-188, charts 6; 5, pp 

 189-234, charts 5; 6, pp. 235-283, charts 5). — Besides the usual summaries 

 No. 4 contains articles on The early use of wire in kite flying, by S. B 

 Fergusson; Cloud measurements at Blue Hill, by H. H. Clayton; The 

 mechanics and equilibrium of kites (figs. 23), by C. F. Marvin (see p. 427 

 and notes by the editor on seasonal forecasts for Oregon, cloud heights — 

 a problem for students (fig. 1), the Franklin kite club, the kite as used 

 by Espy, the kite used in 1822 by Fisher, Archibald on kites, efficiency 

 of windmills, the Franklin kite club and James Swaim, and kites in 

 America and Europe. 



No. 5 contains special articles on Clothing aud temperature, by W.F.E. 

 Phillips (see p. 425); The standard system of coordinate axes for mag- 

 netic and meteorological observations and computations, by F. H. 

 Bigelow (see p. 42G) ; Aurora australis of April 20, by M. W. Campbell- 

 Hep worth; Wiud-barometer table, by E. B. Garriott (see p. 426); and 

 notes by the editor on weather telegraphy in England and America, 

 Captain Dansey's kite for stranded vessels, Kerkam's kites with rocket 

 signals, the use of the searchlight in meteorology, waterspouts off Long 

 Island, waterspout, cloudburst, or tornado, character of the skylight, 

 atmospheric vapor, the meteorological use of the term " local," water 

 measurements for irrigation, melting snow, and river floods, snowfall 

 in Colorado, evaporation at Fort Collins, Colorado, hail and a rain gauge 

 for its management, ignis fatuus or Jack-o'-lantern, current weather 

 and future crops, secular changes in climates and crops, peculiar moun- 

 tain storms, cirrus clouds on the northwest side of a storm, Mexican cli- 

 matological data, anchor ice, the chinook and the signs of its approach, 

 and frost formations. 



No. 6 contains special contributions on Temperature and rainfall at 

 Mersivan, Turkey; Whirling alto-stratus (pi. 1), by A. D. McAdie; The 

 problem of the kite, by A. D. McAdie; Climate of Alaska, by A. J. 

 Henry (see below) ; and notes by the editor on records of foggy and 

 cloudy days, homogeneity and uniformity, electrical districts, tornado 

 frequency per unit area, thunderstorms at Eustis, Lake County, Florida, 

 frequency of thunderstorms, movements of winds and clouds in Minne- 

 sota, hourly results from self-registers, recent earthquakes, Mexican 

 climatological data, seismographs at meteorological stations, climate 

 and crime, climatological data for Jamaica, West Indies, hot winds in 

 Missouri, hot winds in Kansas, and a bright meteor. 



Meteorology, W. H. Bishop (Delaware Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 163-177).— 

 Monthly summaries of observations on temperature, atmospheric pres- 

 sure, and precipitation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1806, and 

 a summary of observations on temperature and precipitation during 

 the calendar year 1805 are given and the data briefly discussed. 



