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METEOROLOGY. 



Reorg-anization of the meteorological service in Brazil (Diario Off., Estad. 

 Unul. Brazil, 56 (1915), No. 61; Bui. Off. Bur. Renseig. Br^sil d Paris, No. 33 

 (1915), pp. 12, 13; ahs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome's, Mo. Bill. Agr. Intel, and 

 Plant Diseases, 6 (1915), No. 8, pp. 1024, 1025). — Certain clauses of th^ decree 

 of March 4, 1915, providing for the reorganization of this service indicate that 

 more attention than heretofore is to be paid to work which has a direct bearing 

 upon agriculture, such, for example, as the study of rainfall, droughts, and 

 flow of streams, with special reference to the water supply for dry regions, and 

 weather forecasts and warnings of special interest to farmers. 



Reading' the weather, T. M. Longsteeth (New York: Outing Publisliing Co., 

 1915. pp. iy-\-195, pis. 8). — This is one of the Outing Handbooks and deals with 

 the commoner facts relating to the weather in a popular way, especially with 

 reference to outdoor life. 



Some Arabic weather sayings, Kasim (Cairo Sei. Jour., 8 (1914), ^o. 97-98, 

 pp. 209-2-38, pi. 1, fig. 1). — This article is mainly a collection of weather sayings, 

 but it also includes a compilation (mainly from almanacs and calendars in 

 common use among the people) of notes bearing on meteorologj" and hydrog- 

 raphy in association with the dates of the Coptic calendar, a general descrip- 

 tion of the climate of Egj'pt, and notes on the cause and character of the Nile 

 floods. 



Monthly Weather Review (U. S. ilo. Weather Rev., 43 (1915), Nos. 9, pp. 

 437-494, pis. 14, figs. 4; 10, pp. 495-541, pis. 11, figs. 6).— In addition to weather 

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

 and October, 1915; lists of additions to the Weather Bureau Library and of 

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

 a condensed climatological summary ; and the usual climatological tables and 

 charts, these numbers contain the following articles : 



No. 9. — Solar and Sky Radiation Measured at Washington, D. C, during 

 September, 1915 ; and Solar Radiation Measurements at Santa Fe, N. Mex., 

 and Maxima at Other Stations (illus.), by H. H. Kimball; Halo Observations 

 at York, N. Y., by M. N. Stewart; Cumulus Over a Fire, by E. N. Munns; 

 Electricity of Atmospheric Precipitation, by G. C. Simpson; Aurora Observa- 

 tions in 1913, by C. Stormer; The Great Aurora of June 16, 1915, by E. E. 

 Barnard; A Remarkable Fall of Hail in Maryland (illus.), by O. L. Fassig; 

 Influence of a Forest on the Temperature of an Air Current, by L. M. Lalin; 

 Organization of the Meteorological Office in London, by W. N. Shaw (E. S. R., 

 34, p. 319) ; Weather Bureau Exhibit at San Francisco, 1915 (illus.), by .1. C. 

 Alter; Memorandum by the Director of the Meteorological Office [London], 

 by W. N. Shaw ; The Tropical Hurricane of September 29, 1915, in Louisiana, 

 by I. M. Cline ; Condensation upon and Evaporation from a Snow Surface, 

 by B. Rolf; Relation between Monthly Values of Atmospheric Pressure Varia- 

 tion and Simultaneous INIonthly Values of Temperature Variation and Humid- 

 ity, and Geographical Latitude, by N. Ekholm ; Climatic Subdivisions of the 

 United States (illus.), by R. DeC. Ward; and A Pacific Hurricane of Septem- 

 ber, 1915, by J. H. Kimball. 



No. 10. — Solar and Sky Radiation Measured at Washington, D, C, during 

 October, 1915, by H. H. Kimball ; Effects of Hurricanes on the Upper Air Cur- 

 rents, by W. H. Pickering; 22° Halo with Upper and Lower Tangent Arcs 

 (illus.), by C. G. Andrus; Experiment on Sunset Colors, by F. AV. Jordan; 

 Halo of May 20, 191.5, Analyzed (illus.), by C. S. Hastings; Spectrum and Tem- 

 perature of the Solar Photosphere, by A. Amerio ; Effect of Ultra- Violet Light 



