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ander ; New Hypsometric Map of the Russian Empire ; The Hottest Region in the 

 United States ; Relation Between Departures from the Normal in the Strength 

 of the Trade Winds of the Atlantic and Those in the Water Level of the Northern 

 European Seas, by P. H. Galle; The Robinson Anemometer, by K. Schreber; 

 Report of the Work Carried Out by the Steamship " Scotia," 1913, by G. I, 

 Taylor ; Radium Content of Water from Gulf of Mexico, by S. J. Lloyd ; Discus- 

 sion on Antarctic Meteorologj' (illus.) ; Low Temperatui-e of the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere; Australian Rainfall, by H. A. Hunt (E. S. R., 33, p. 616) ; Influence of 

 Weather Conditions on the Amounts of Nitric Acid and of Nitrous Acid in the 

 Rainfall Near Melbourne, Australia, by V. G. Anderson (E. S. R., 33, p. 617) ; 

 Serial Numbers of Weather Bureau Publications, by R. Seyboth ; and Detection 

 of Seismic Zones by Means of Barometric Gradient, by A. Nakamura. 



No. 8. — Storm Frequency Changes in the United States (illus.), by H. Arctow- 

 ski ; A Uniform Thermometer Exposure at Meterological Stations for Determin- 

 ing Air Temperature and Atmospheric Humidity (illus.), l)y V. Kiippen ; Weather 

 Bureau Terms Used to Designate Storms; Note on the Crushing of a Copper 

 Tube by Lightning (illus.), by W. J. Humphreys; A Note on the Relation of Cli- 

 mate to Agriculture in California, by A. H. Palmer (see p. 114) ; Classification of 

 American Summers, by H. F. Alciatore ; Beach Fog and Fracto-Cumulus ; Notes 

 at Honolulu, Hawaii, during Solar Eclipse of August 10. 191;", by W. W. Wyatt; 

 The Tropical Storm of August 10, 1915 (illus.), by H. C. Frankenfield ; and 

 Weather Conditions on the North Atlantic during August, 1914, l\v P. C. Day. 



Meteorological observations at the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, J. E. Ostkandku and D. I'ottkr {Ma-ssarhuxctts Sfa. Met. Biil't. 321, 322 

 ( I'.iJo), pp. 4 each). — Sununaries of observations at Amherst, Alass., on pressure, 

 temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, cloudiness, and casual 

 phenomena during September and October, 1915, are presented. The data are 

 briefly discussed in general notes on the weather of each month. 



Meteorological records for 1914 (Xetc York State Sta. Itpt. 1914, Pt- ■?. PP- 

 974-98.'/). — Tables are given showing tridaily readings at Geneva, N. Y., of 

 stanchird air thermometers for each month of the year; daily readings of maxi- 

 mum and minimum thermometers at 5 p. m. for each month of the year; a 

 monthly sununary of maxinmm, minimum, and standard thermometer readings 

 for the year; monthly and yearly maximum and minimum temperatures from 

 1SS3 to 1914, inclusive; average monthly and yearly temperatures since 1882; 

 and rainfall by months since 1882. 



Ohio weather for 1914, J. AV. Smith and C. A. Patton {Ohio Sta. Bui. 2S7 

 {1915), pp. 293-372, figs. 63). — The temperature and precipitation throughout 

 the State during each month are shown in charts. The usual sunuuary tables 

 are given showing temperature and rainfall at Wooster and throughout the 

 State (1888-1914). 



The mean temperature for the year at Wooster was 49.2° F. ; for the State 

 50.9°. The highest temperature at the station was 95°, June 24 and .Tuly 12; 

 for the State, 100°, July 12. The lowest temperature at the station was —18°, 

 February 25; for the State, —24°, February 25. The annual rainfall at the 

 station was 37.38 in.; for the State, 35.42 in. The number of rainy days at 

 the station was 114 ; for the State, 106. The prevailing direction of the wind 

 was southwest. 



Meteorology, H. D. Edmiston {Penmylvania Sta. Rpi. 1912. pp. 479-492. 

 805S26; 1913, pp. SS7-396, 729-750) .—The observations here recorde<l are of 

 the same character as those reported in previous years (E. S. R., 28, p. 115). 

 The summary for 1911 and 1912 is respectively as follows : 



