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METEOROLOGY— CLIMATOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review (J/o. Wenther Rev., 31 {1903), Nos. 4,Pli- 165-216, figa. 

 7, churls 10; 5, jjp- ,.'17-Jo6\ Jigs. 3, charts 22; 6, pp. 259-307, figs. 10, charts 9).— In 

 addition to the usual reports on forecasts, warnings, weather and croji conditions, 

 meteorological tables and charts for the months of April, May, and June, 1903, 

 recent papers bearing on meteorology, etc., these numbers contain the following 

 articles and notes: 



No. 4. — Special contributions on The Water Equivalent of Snow on (iround, by 

 C. A. Mixer; Eiver Floods and Melting Snow (illus.), by C. A. Mixer; Typical Octo- 

 ber Winds on Our Atlantic Coast, by T. H. Davis; The Franco-Scandinavian Station 

 for Aerial Soundings, by L. Teisserenc de Bort; Note on the Radiation Formulas and 

 on the Principles of Thermometry, by E. Buckingham; The Influence of Light and 

 Darkness upon Growth and Development, by D. T. MacDougal; The Fulton Auto- 

 matic River Gage at Chattanooga, Tenn. (illus.), by W. M. Fulton; and Antarctic 

 Research; and notes on climatic factors in railroad engineering, meteorological expe- 

 dition to the Bahamas, and Weather Bureau men as instructors. 



No. 5. — Special contributions on March and Winter Winds (illus.), by W. B. 

 Stockman; A Waterspout off Hatteras, by T. B. Harper; High Winds at Point Reyes 

 Light, Cal., by W. W. Thomas and A. G. McAdie; Lantern Slides, by O. L. Fassig; 

 Meteorological Observations Obtained by the Use of Kites off the West Coast of 

 Scotland, 1902, by W. N. Shaw and W. H. Dines> A Curious Coincidence — Is it 

 Accidental or Governed by Law [Periodicity in Rainfall and Pressure at Seattle, 

 Wash.]? by G. N. Salisbury; Atmospheric Electricity Considered from the Stand- 

 point of the Theory of Electrons, by H. Ebert; Abnormal Variations in Insolation, 

 by H. H. Kimball; Hailstorms in Porto Rico (illus.), by W. H. Alexander; and 

 Stages of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, by W. S. Belden; and notes on cold 

 weather in the Arctic and temjierate zones, meteorology at the next meeting of the 

 French association, exhibition of meteorological apparatus at Southport, England, 

 international aerial research, and currents in Sandusky Bay. 



No. 6. — Special contributions on "La lune mange les nuages" — A Note on the 

 Thermal Relations of Floating Clouds (illus.), by W. N. Shaw; Tornado at Gaines- 

 ville, Ga., June 1, 1903 (illus.), by J. B. Marbury; Weather Reports from Vessels at 

 Sea, by A. G. McAdie; The Earthquake of June 2, 1903, at Washington, D. C, by 

 C. F. Marvin; Autumnal Coloration of Foliage, by A. F. Wood; The Weather 

 Bureau Seismograph (illus.), by C. F. Marvin; and Observations of Solar Radiation 

 with the Angstrom Pyrheliometer, at Providence, R. I. (illus.), by H. N. Davis; and 

 notes on Weather Bureau men as instructors, the climate and the sugar beet, and 

 the moon's influence on the weather. 



Storms of the Great Lakes, E. B. Garriott ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau 

 Bui. K,pp. 9, charts 968) .—This bulletin consists of "charts that describe graphically 

 238 of the more important storms that visited the Great Lakes during the 25-year 

 period 1876 to 1900. The purpose of the compilation is to furnish observers of the 

 Weather Bureau and shipmasters a handy reference which will aid them to recognize 

 on the daily weather maf)S the general atmospheric conditions that attend the 

 approach of lake storms." 



The climate of Illinois, J. G. Mosier {lllmols tSta. Bui. SO, pp. 45-76, fig.^. 2). — 

 This is a summary of climatic conditions in different districts of the State compiled 

 largely from the records of the United States Weather Bureau. The general sum- 

 mary given is in part as follows: 



"The rainfall for the northern district is 33.48 in., the least being 21.46 in. in 1891, 

 the greatest being 47.22 in. Seventeen and four- tenths per cent of the rain falls in 

 winter, 28.1 per cent in spring, 31.9 per cent in summer, and 22.6 per cent in autumn. 



