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years 92.2). The year 1904 was exceptionally cold. The total precipitation was a 

 little greater than during 1903, but still 6 in. below the average. 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander, C. H. Chadwick, and G. W. 

 Patch {Massachusetts Sta. Met. Bids. 195, 196, pp. 4 each).— Summaries of observa- 

 tions on pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, cloudiness, 

 and casual phenomena during March and April, 1905. The data are briefly discussed 

 in general notes on the weather of each month. 



Meteorological observations, H. L. Price ( Virginia Sta. Rpt. 1904, pp. 17-19).— 

 Tables are given which show monthly averages of observations at Blacksburg, Va., 

 on temperature, precipitation, direction of wind, and cloudiness for the calendar 

 year 1904, and monthly means of temperature and precipitation during 12 years 

 (1893-1904). The mean temperature for the year ended December 31, 1904, was 

 49.9° F., the precipitation 32.25 in. 



Agricultural meteorology, 1904, Marie-Davy {Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 9 

 {1905), No. 9, pp. 276, 277). — A brief summary of observations at Paris on pressure, 

 temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind, etc. 



Meteorology of Tunis, autumn of 1904 {Bui. Dir. Agr. et Corn. [Tunis], 9 

 {1905), No. 34, pp. 146-157).— A. summary of observations on pressure, temperature, 

 rainfall, evaporation, humidity, etc., at a large number of stations in different parts 

 of Tunis. 



Sunshine tables, C. F. Marvin {U. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau Doc. 320, ]>ts. 

 1, 2, 3, pp. 25 each). — These tables, which are revised to 1905, give "the times of 

 sunrise and sUnset in mean solar time and the total duration of sunshine for every 

 day in the year, latitudes 20 to 50° north." They have been computed from Smith- 

 sonian Meteorological Tables, 1897, giving the duration of sunshine for each 20 

 minutes of solar declination. 



Report on the climate of Baltimore and vicinity, <). L. Fassig {Md. Weather 

 Serv. Spec. Pub., 2 {1904), pt. i a ).— The report is modeled on the lines of Hann's 

 Handbuch der Climatologie. A complete summary is given of data regarding pressure 

 and temperature, and each element is considered with reference to (1) diurnal 

 period, (2) annual period, and (3) variable or non-periodic aspect. 



Atmosphere and climate in relation to agriculture, A. Linton {Jour. Khediv. 

 Agr. Soc. and School Agr., 6 {1904), No. 5, pp. 159-168).— A general discussion of 

 this subject with special application to conditions in Egypt. 



WATER-SOILS. 



Underground waters of Eastern "United States, M. L. Fuller ( U. S. Geo!. 

 Surrey, Water-Supply and Irrig. Paper No. 114, PP- 285, pis. IS, figs. 40). — "The aim 

 of the paper is to present a brief summary of the underground water conditions in 

 the States east of the Mississippi and in those States bordering that river on the 

 west. It is prepared to meet the demand of drillers and others for general informa- 

 tion relating to the broader features of the occurrence of underground waters in the 

 various States or districts." 



Preliminary report on the underground waters of Washington, H. Landes 

 {U. S. Geol. Survey, Water-Supply and Irrig. Paper No. Ill, pp. 85, pi. 1) .— "This 

 report contains a brief account of the water resources of Washington as represented 

 by municipal supplies, deep wells, and springs. For each county a general state- 

 ment is made, giving the location, rainfall, and most striking features of topography 

 and geology. Following this are detailed statements, which give data concerning the 

 municipal systems, deep wells, and springs." A map of the State giving isohyetose 

 lines is included. 



Underflow tests in the drainage basin of Los Angeles River, H. Hamlin 

 ( U. S. Geol. Survey, Water-Supply and Irrig. Paper No. 112, pp. 55, pis. 7, figs. 30). — 



