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national Exchange Service; Waterspout at Beaufort, X. C, by B. McGloue; 

 and Australian Weather (illus.), by D. J. Mares. 



No. S.— Annual Rise of the Columbia River in 1908 (illus.), by E. A. Reals: 

 The 1907 Annual Rise in the Columbia River ; Storms and Ice on the Great 

 Lakes, by N. B. Conger; Studies on the Vortices of the Atmosphere of the Earth 

 (illus.), by F. H. Bigelow; A Two Years' Study of Spring Frosts at Williams- 

 town, Mass. (illus.), by W. I. Milham (see p. 514) ; Government Meteorological 

 Work in Brazil, by R. DeC. Ward ; Further Observations of Halos and Coronas, 

 by M. E. T. Gheui'y ; The Observatory on Mount Etna; The Heaviest Rainfall 

 in One Hour, by A. G. McAdie; and Studies in the Formation of Frost (illus.), 

 by D. A. Seeley. 



Meteorological observations at the Massachusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, J. E. Ostrander and R. C. Lindelad (Massachusetts 8ta. Met. 

 Buls. 231, 238, pp. 4 each). — Summaries of observations at Amherst, Mass., on 

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

 casual phenomena during September and October, 1908. The data are briefly 

 discussed in general notes on the weather of each month. 



[Meteorological observations at North Dakota Station!, E. F. Ladd (yorth 

 Dakota Sta. Rpt. 1907, pt. 1, pp. 2-J-.3J). — This includes, as in previous years, 

 sunmiaries of temperature and rainfall, monthly I'ecord of sunshine, and record 

 of wind velocity. The mean annual temperature of 1907 was 37.26° F., the 

 rainfall 15.34 in. 



Annual report of the director of the [Philippine] Weather Bureau for 

 the year 1905, J. Algue {Ann. Rpt. [Philippine^ Weatlier Bur., 1905, pt. 2, 

 pp. 3S6). — A record of meteorological observations at the secondary stations 

 in 1905. 



Evaporation from water surface, E. F. Ladd {North Dakota Sta. Rpt. 

 1907, pt. 1, pp. 33-.36). — This is a record of a continuation of observations on 

 evaporation from the surface of water contained in a galvanized iron tank, 

 the evaporation during 1907 being compared with that of 5 previous years and 

 with the rainfall during the same period. 



Rain and run-off near San Francisco, California, C. E, Grunsky et al. 

 {Proc. Amcr. Soc. Civ. Engin., 34 {1908), Nos. J,, pp. 339-358, pi. 1, figs. 2; 6, 

 pp. 6.'i0-660, pi. 1, fig. 1). — This article discusses the results of a study of the 

 rainfall and run-off of the basins tributary to three storage reservoirs supply- 

 ing water to San Francisco, 



Fluctuations in the level of the g'round water and in the flow of springs, 

 C. Mezger {Gsndhts. Ingen., 31 (1908), No. 32, pp. 501-511, figs. 10).— The in- 

 fluence of precipitation, atmospheric pressure, temperature, direction of the 

 wind, and other factors upon fluctuations in ground water and flow of springs 

 is quite fully dealt with in this paper. 



The removal of iron from potable waters in Germany and the Netherlands, 

 H, SciiWERS (Rev. Hijg. et Pol. Sanit., 30 (1908), Nos. 8, pp. 6.',3-G73, (hjms. 9, 

 map 1 ; 9, pp. 756-786; 10, pp. S.',6-87S).— The methods used and their efficiency 

 are discussed at considerable length. 



Sterilization of drinking water by chemical agents, H. Labb^ (Rev. Sci. 

 IParis], 5. ser., 10 (1908), No. 11, p. 3//3).— Various processes, particularly 

 those making use of iron and manganese salts, are briefly described. 



Sewage and waste waters of industries, P. Razous (Eaux iVEgont et Eaux 

 R('-si(1uaires Industrielles. Paris, 1908, pp. 192, illus.; rev. in Rev. Sci. [Paris], 

 5. ser., 10 (1908), No. 7, p. 222).— This book discusses irrigation and biological 

 processes of purifying sewage, and describes various methods of handling waste 

 water from industrial establishments, such as starch factories, cheese factories, 

 breweries, wine-making establishments, tanneries, dye houses, and abattoirs. 



