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additions to the Weather Bureau library and of recent papers on meteorology, 

 notes from the Weather Bureau library, the weather of these months, a con- 

 densed climatolosical summary, and climatological tables and charts, these 

 numbers contain the following articles : 



No. 5. — The Influence of Meteorological Conditions on the Propagation of 

 Sound (illus.), by H. Bateman; The Mechanics of Atmospheric Air Within 

 Cyclones and Anti-Cyclones, by M. MoUer; The Halos of November 1-2, 1913; 

 Remarkable Halo at Pueblo, Colo., February 6, 1914, by L. H. Daingerfield; 

 Unusual Solar Halos Seen in Kansas on February 24, 1914 ; The Solar Halos 

 as seen at Topeka (illus.), by S. D. Flora; The Solar Halos at lola (illus.), 

 by H. K. Holcomb ; The Solar Halos as Seen at Gamett, Kans. (illus.), by D. D. 

 Judy; Land and Sea Breezes, by R. DeC. Ward; Graphical Integration of 

 Functions of a Complex Variable with Applications (illus.), by S. D. Killam; 

 Notes on the Formation of Glazed Frost, by T. Okada ; Haze of May 13 to May 

 17, 1914 ; and The Thermal Regions of the Globe, by A. J. Herbertson. 



No. 6. — Solar Radiation Intensities at Mount Weather, Va., during April, 

 May, and June, 1914, by H. H. Kimball ; Photometric Measures of the Zodiacal 

 Light (illus.), by M. Hall; The Distribution of Snowfall in Cyclones of the 

 Eastern United States (illus.), by C. F. Brooks; On the Influence of the 

 Deviating Force of the Earth's Rotation on the Movement of the Air (illus.), 

 by N. Ekholm; Meteorology at the Lick Observatory (illus.), by W. G. Reed; 

 The Neglect of Atmospherics; The Weather Versus Coal Mine Disasters; 

 The Ultimate Cause of our Weather; The Planets and the Weather, by W. J. 

 Humphreys; The Thunderstorm and Its Phenomena (illus.), by W. J. Hum- 

 phreys (see p. 24) ; Flood Studies at Los Angeles (illus., by F. A. Carpenter; 

 and Artificial Deepening of the Arkansas at Wichita, Kans. (illus.), by A. J. 

 Henry. 



Weather records, C. C. Georgeson {Alaska Stas. Rpt. 1913, pp. 74-80). — 

 Observations on temperature, precipitation, and condition of the weather at 

 diflierent places in Alaska from December, 1912, to December, 1913, inclusive, 

 are recorded as usual. 



Climate and meteorology, A. J. Connor (Canada Yearbook, 1913, pp. 113- 

 122, figs. 3). — The climatic and meteorological conditions in the Dominion of 

 Canada are summarized from all available data up to and including the year 

 1913. 



British rainfall, 1913, R. C. Mossman and C. Salter (London, 1914, PP- 

 92+384, pis. 4, figs. 76; rev. in Nature \_London], 94 (1914), No. 2341, p. 33).— 

 As in previous years, the fundamental part of this report includes general 

 tables of total rainfall and observers' remarks on the weather. Among the 

 topics discussed are monthly and seasonal rainfall, heavy daily falls, and 

 the relation of the annual rainfall to the average. An account is given in some 

 detail of a great rainstorm on September 17 centering near Doncaster. 



The volume includes three special articles: (1) An appreciative memoir of 

 the late Sir John Murray, who represented Scotland on the board of trustees 

 of the British Rainfall Organization; (2) the dry summer of 1913, the rainfall 

 deficiency during July and August being 60 per cent over the United Kingdom 

 as a whole; and (3) the frequency of heavy rains in short periods, 1868-1913. 



The rainfall of the year over the whole of the British Isles was almost 

 exactly equal to the average for 35 years (1875-1909). There was an excess 

 in Wales of 9 per cent, and in Ireland of 7 per cent. Elsewhere there was, 

 generally speaking, a deficiency. 



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