118 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Huwanl Shriver, Dr. Earl Flint, HerlK-rtson's (Ustrilmtion of rainfall over the land, 

 the storniH of the Hawaiian Islands, the rainfall and evaj.oration of Great Salt Lake, 

 Harvard's meteorological stations, reflection by clonds of light from a distant fire, 

 history of meteorology in Belgium, official standard time, the work of the Metef)ro- 

 logical Institute of Prussia, temperature of deep lakes, ice caves. Weather Bureau 

 men as instructors, English v. metric system of measurements, the structure and 

 formation of hail, Hann's new meteorology, the relative duration of the normal 

 warm and cold seasons, the weather in distant regions, and new determination of 

 vajior tension. . 



No. 'A, special contributions on Fog studies on JNIount Tamaljiais: Nundier 4 

 (illus.), by A. G. McAdie; Pressure of saturated aqueous vapor at temi)erature.s 

 below freezing, by M. Thiesen; Auroral observations on the second Wellman exjje- 

 dition made in the neighborhood of Franz Josef land, by E. B. Baldwin; and 

 Damage by hail in spite of cannonading, by J. M. Pernter; and notes by the editor 

 on snow crystals, charts of atmosphere humidity, J. . Brown Hicklin, normals for 

 Manila, the new Philippine weather service. Weather Bureau men as instructors, 

 dust storms and red rain, the permanence of climate, and the moon and the weather. 



Report of the meteorological council for the year ending- Marcli 31, 1900, 

 to tlie president and council of the Royal Society {London: (loirnnnrnt, ]900, 

 pp. 158, fig. 1, charts 2). — Gives an account, with numerous appendixes, of the t)i)era- 

 I'ons of the weather service during the year. 



The application of meteorology to agriculture, J. Yandervakren [Des appli- 

 cations de la mctcorologie en agriculture. Brecht: L. Braeckmans, 1900, pp. 88, ]>!. 1). — 

 The pamphlet discusses weather forecasting, briefly describing the systems followed 

 in Belgium, France, England, Switzerland, and the United States, and exi)lains 

 weather signals and other means of disseminating weather predictions and storm 

 warnings. A bric-f note on the importance of climatological observations is ad(le«l. 



Meteorok)gical observations, 1900, L. G. Carpenter, R. E. Trimble, etal. ( Colo- 

 rado Sta.lipt. HMO, pp. 16.5-211, 217,218). — This is a tabulated daily and monthly 

 summary of observations, during 1900, on temperature, pressure, precii)itation, dew 

 point, relative humidity, terrestrial and solar radiation, wind movement, and <lays 

 of frost at Fort Collins, Colorado; monthly summaries of similar observations 

 at Rockyford and Cheyenne Wells; and monthly summaries of observations on 

 temperature and precipitation at the base of Long's Peak, near Estes Park, elevation 

 about 9,000 ft.; Gleneyre, elevation 8,000 ft.; Pinkhampton, North Park, elevation 

 8,400 ft. Tables are also given which sunnnarize the monthly and annual precipita- 

 tion at 8 different points in the State, and show the monthly and annual rainfall at 

 Fort Collins for the period from 1872 to 1900 with the normals for that period. The 

 following is a summary of the principal meteorological data reported for Fort Collins: 

 Mean temperature (5 maximum and 2 mininuim), 48° F. ; maximum, 94.4°, June; 

 minimum, — 23.4°, February; precipitation, 19.21 in.; snow fall, 52. 1 in.; mean relative 

 humidity, 66.3 per cent. The normals for this place are, tem})erature, 46.5° F., 

 precipitation, 14.14 in.; mean relative humidity, 65.1 percent. 



Meteorological report, J. Dryden {Utah Stu. Rpt. 1900, pp. XLV-XLVIIl). — 

 Tables are given which show the average monthly temperature and precipitation for 

 12 representative points in the State, compiled from the monthly reports of the U. S. 

 Weather Bureau. This is a continuation of the records published in a previous IjuI- 

 letin (E. S. R., 8, p. 963), bringing these records up to the end of 1898, ex(;ept in 

 case of Salt Lake City, for which they are brought up to the end of 1899. In case of 

 Corinne and Ogden the figures represent averages of 29 years, for Salt Lake City 30 

 years, and for all other places 8 years. The mean temperature for the State, calcu- 

 . lated from these records, is 46.8° F., the total rainfall, 12.17 in. 



Barometers and the measurement of atmospheric pressure, C. F. Marvin 

 ( IJ. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau Doc. 241, pp. 94, figs. 23). — This is a second edition 



