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The meteorology of the [British] empire during- the unique period 

 1892-1902, J. Eliot {Broad Views, 1 (1904), pp. 191-201). 



Meteorological review, Nancy, 1854-1903 (Bui. Soc. Sci. Nancy, 3. ser., 5 

 (1904), No. 2, pp. 98-105, dgms. 5). —The course of the temperature and rainfall dur- 

 ing this period is traced in diagrams and briefly discussed. 



Rainfall in the agricultural districts, E. L. Fowles (Queensland Agr. Jour., 15 

 (1904), No. 5, p. 745). — A table is given showing total rainfall for each month from 

 October, 1903, to October, 1904, inclusive, in the agricultural districts of Queensland. 



The heat exchange in soil, water, and atmosphere, J. Schubert (Ber. Dent. 

 Phys. Gesell., 2 (1904), No. 9, pp. 173-175). — The difference between the highest and 

 lowest heat content during the year is taken as the heat exchange. This is shown 

 to l>e much larger in the case of the sea than in case of land and atmosphere. 



Plants and frost, E. Vanderlinden ( Ciel et Terre, 25 (1904), pp. 1*21-128). 



The relation of yield to weather factors, P. Holdefleiss ( Wetter, 21 (1904), 

 No. 9, pp. 205-211). 



Wind and weather, L. Weber (Wind und Wetter. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1904, 

 pp. V+130). 



Investigations on the influence of the diurnal rotation of the earth on 

 atmospheric disturbances, M. Gokodensky (Ann. Soc. Meteor. France, 52 (1904), 

 pp. 113-120). 



On the diurnal variations of air pressure in Berlin, R. Bornstein (Ber. Deut. 

 Phys. Gesell, .' [1904), No. 12, pp. 193, 194). 



On the general circulation of the atmosphere in middle and higher 

 latitudes, W. N. Shaw (Proc. Roy. Soc. [London], 74 (1904), No. 497, pp. 20-30). 



The atmosphere as an electropneumatic motor, K. Keller (Die Atmosphdre 

 ein Elektropneumalischer Motor. Zurich: Keller, 1903, pp. 103; abs. in Naturw. Rund- 

 schau, 19 (1904), No. 36, p. 465). 



Electrical methods of measuring temperature (Sci. Amer. Sup., 57 (1904), 

 No. 1483, pp. 23768, 23769). 



Present problems of meteorology, A. L. Rotch (Science, n. ser., 20 (1904), No. 

 521, pp. 872-878). — The problems of dynamic meteorology are considered most 

 pressing and require for their solution a more systematic study of the upper air. 

 Progress in this line of study is reviewed and some of the newer methods employed 

 are described. The application of these methods in the study of atmospheric circu- 

 lation, vertical, thermal and hygrometric gradients, the relations of solar energy to 

 atmospheric electricity and terrestrial magnetism, and similar problems are 

 discussed. 



International catalogue of scientific literature. F — Meteorology ( Intermit. 

 Cat. Sci. Lit., 2 (1904), Sept., pp. VIII-\-296). — The second annual issue, including 

 references to literature of meteorology and terrestrial magnetism appearing in 1901, 

 which were omitted from the first volume (E. S. R., 14, p. 847), as well as to litera- 

 ture appearing during 1902. 



WATER— SOILS. 



The underground waters of southern California, W. C. Mendeniiall (For- 

 estry and Trrig., 10 (1904), No. 10, pp. 448-455, fig. 1). — This article discusses general 

 conditions, but explains especially the conditions in the artesian basins of the Coastal 

 Plain, Chino, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto, which originally had areas of 295, 

 24, 30, and 14 square miles, respectively, but which under the combination in recent 

 years of heavy withdrawals of ground water and a shortage of rain have been reduced 

 33 per cent or to a total area of 250 square miles. 



In a few cases the plane of saturation has been lowered from 60 to 70 ft. during 

 the period from 1900 to 1904, in which the deficiency of rainfall was, roughly, 20 



