1916] METEOROLOGY. 419 



tallied the aroma and flavor of the fresh fruit were prepared at room tem- 

 perature by adding enough sugar to the juice from fruits high in pectin to 

 increase tlie Brix degree to 65. Loganberries and currants were especially- 

 adapted to this procedure. 



Jellies, preserves, and marmalades, Agnes E. Hakkis (Fla. State Col. for 

 Women Ext. Bui. 6 (1916), pp. 28, figs. 2).— This bulletin includes suggestions 

 and recipes for the preparation of jellies, marmalades, and preserves. 



Preserving at home, Emily Riesenberg (Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 

 1916, pp. 32). — This small volume briefly discusses the principle of canning and 

 preserving fruit, molds and molding, sterilization, selection of fruit, fruit jars 

 and glasses, utensils for preserving, preparing fruit for all kinds of preserving, 

 sealing and storing fruits, and keeping fruit clear, and gives recipes for canning 

 fruit and vegetables and preparing jam and preserves, jellies and marmalades, 

 sweet pickled fruits, beverages, homemade pickles, and condiments. 



Proceedings of the thirty-first annual convention of the Association of 

 Official Agricultural Chemists, 1914 (Jour. Assoc. Off. Agr. Cheni., 1 (1915), 

 No. 3, pp. IV +3.53-529; 1 (1916), No. 4, pt. 1, pp. 531-599; 2 (1916), No. 1, pt. 1, 

 pp. 91). — This is a detailed report of the proceedings of the convention held 

 at Washington, D. C, November 16-18, 1914, previously noted (E. S. R., 32, 

 p. 294). 



METEOROLOaY. 



Monthly Weather Review (U. 8. Mo. Weather Rev., 44 (1916), Nos. 3, pp. 

 111-175, pis. 21, figs. 16; 4, pp. 177-242, pis. 10, figs. 12).— In addition to 

 weather forecasts, river and flood observations, and seismological reports for 

 March and April, 1916 ; lists of additions to the Weather Bureau Library and 

 of recent papers on meteorology and seismology ; notes on the weather of the 

 months ; solar and sky radiation measurements at Washington, D. C, during 

 March and April, 1916 ; condensed climatological summaries ; and the usual 

 climatological tables and charts, these numbers contain the following articles : 



No. 3. — Convection in the Upper Regions of the Sun's Atmosphere, by F. 

 Henroteau ; Seesaw of Pressure, Temperature, and Wind Velocity Between 

 Weddell Sea and Ross Sea, by R. C. Mossmann ; Atmospheric Pollution in 

 English and Scottish Towns, by J. B. C. Kershaw (see p. 420) ; Atmospheric 

 Pollution, by W. P. Wynne (see p. 420) ; Some Problems of Atmospheric Elec- 

 tricity, by G. C. Simpson; Rainfall Data of Berkeley, Cal. (illus. ), by W. G. 

 Reed (E. S. R., 35, p. 116) ; Distribution of Cyclonic Precipitation, by T. 

 Terada ; On Pressure-change Charts (illus.), by E. H. Bowie; Fire Weather 

 Warnings, by H. E. Williams ; River-stage Forecasts for the Arkansas River, 

 Dardanelle to Pine Bluff, Ark. (illus.), by H. W. Smith; Disappearance of 

 Snow in the High Sierra Nevada of California, by A. J. Henry ; Southern 

 Appalachian Earthquake of February 21, 1916 (illus.), by W. J. Humphreys; 

 and Observations of an Earthquake in a Telescope, by W. P. Hoge. 



No. 4. — Total Radiation Received on a Horizontal Surface from the Sun 

 and Sky at Madison, Wis., April, 1911, to March, 1916, by H. H. Kimball and 

 E. R. Miller; Local Circulation of the Atmosphere (illus.), by W. H. Dines; 

 The Planetary System of Convection (illus.), by W. R. Blair; The Average 

 Internal Curve and Its Application to MeteorologicrJ Phenomena (illus.), by 

 W. J. Spillman, H. R. Tolley, and W. G. Reed; A Correlation Between the 

 Rainfall of North and South America (illus.), by H. H. Clayton; Report of 

 the Meteorological Station at Berkeley, Cal., 1914 (illus.), by W. G. Reed; 

 A Centigrade Thermometer Scale Preferred; Marcellus Hartley Memorial 

 Medal, 1916; Use of "Indian Summer" in 1778? Need for Pan American 



