426 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



No. 6, special fontrilmtioiiH on Sun sjiots and the weather, })y H. H. Kinil)all; An 

 instance of Imll lightninj;: at sea, by R. Seybotli; The climate of Harpoot, Turkey in 

 Asia, by E. Huntington; Reforestation and rainfall in tlie Leeward Islands (illus. ), 

 by AV. H. Alexander; Climatology of St. Kitts — comparison of barometers, ])y W. H. 

 Alexander; and Weather Bureau exhibit at the Pan-American P^xposition, Buffalo, 

 N. Y., by D. T. Maring; and notes by the editor on hail and thunderstorms in 

 Oregon, meteorology in French Indo-China, a rain of small fish, sun spots and 

 meteorology, meteorology in the universities, the International Meteorological Con- 

 gress, Paris, September 10-16, 1900, and Knut Angstrom on atmospheric absorption. 



Department of meteorolog-y, J. E. Bonebright {IdaJto Sta. Bui. 29, pp. 21-33). — 

 A tal)ular record is given of daily observations at Moscow, Idaho, on temperature, 

 pressure, precipitation, and cloudiness <luring each month of 1900. 



Weather and crop records for 1898, 1899, and 1900, J. H. SHEPPERnand 

 A. M. Ten Eyck {North Dakota Sta. F-ul. 4S, pp. 777-77,9).— Tables are given which 

 sliow the average soil and air temper, tures, temperatures of mean dewpoint, relative 

 humidity, average and total evapori.tion, and total rainfall for the crop-growing 

 jieriods (May to August); also the monthly weather and crop records for the periods 

 from April to September, inclusive, of each year. 



Meteorological {Rpt. Dept. Agr. Northirest Territories, 1900, pp. 5-15). — The data 

 reported include mean temperature and precipitation during April-September, 1900, 

 at 12 different i)laces in the Territories; annual j^recipitation at 8 i^Iaces during 1886- 

 1900, inclusive; and annual and monthly summaries of observations on precipitation 

 and maximum, minimum, and mean temperature during 1900 at about 30 different 

 places. The general meteorological features of the year (1900) are discussed. 



General summary of meteorological observations made in different parts 

 of Mexico during 1900 {IM. Mens. Ohs. Met. Cent. Mexico, 11)00, No. 4,pp- 4G-4S).,— 

 Tabular monthly summaries of observations on atmospheric pressure, temperature, 

 humidity, precipitation, per cent and direction of clouds, velocity and direction of 

 the wind, and evaporation are given. 



Meteorological summary, 1900, H. Dufour and D. Valet {Chron. Agr. Canton 

 ]'((>i(l, 14 [luOl], No. 17, pp. 421-424)- — Monthly and annual summaries are given of 

 observati(jns in different parts of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on temperature 

 and rainfall during 1900 and 25 years (1874-1898); and on hours of sunshine during 

 1900 and 10 years (1886-1895), and intensity of sunshine during 1890 and 25 years 

 (1876-1900). The results of semiweekly measurements of soil temperatures at 3 

 depths are also reported. 



Report of the imperial station of meteorology and terrestrial magnetism 

 at Vienna {Jahrh. K. K. Central-Anst. Met. v. Erduiagiiet., Vienna, n. ser., 35 {1S9S), 

 pp. XXI + 14.5; 36 {1899), pt. 1, pp. 192).— The detailed official report of observa- 

 tions in Austria during the years 189S and 1899. 



Magnetical, meteorological, and seismological observ&,tions made at the 

 government observatory, Bombay, 1898 and 1899 {Bomhai/: Goreniineut Cen- 

 tral Press, 1901, pp. 196, charts 11). — This report contains an account of the organiza- 

 tion and operations of this institution during the years named, and tabular records 

 of continuous observations with automatic instruments during 1898 and 1899; obser- 

 vations at 5 different hours daily during 1898 and 1899; five-day means 1898 and 1899; 

 principal disturbances recorded by Milne's seismograph from September, 1898, to 

 December, 1899; absolute magnetic observations, 1898 and 1899, with hourly means 

 of declination, horizontal and vertical force, for 1894 to 1899; mean hourly values of 

 temperature and pressure, 1876-1895, with harmonic analyses of the tenn^erature 

 and pressure at Colaba; and temperature, pressure, and rainfall normals, 1873-1896. 



The distribution of rainfall over the land, A. J Herbertson {Lcmdon: John 

 Murraij, 1901; rer. in Nalnre, 6'/ {1901), So. 1661,)). 423). 



The moon and wet days, A. B. MacDowall {Nature, 64 [1901], No. 1661, p. 



