440 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Household chemistry, H. T. Vulte and <i. A. Goodell (Easton, Pa.: Chemical 

 Publishing Co., 1904, pp. 88). — In this volume, which is designed asaguideand intro- 

 duction to the study of household science, some directions for laboratory manipula- 

 tions are given, and air and water, fuel, food constituents, milk testing, antiseptics 

 and preservatives, and related questions are taken up. The appendix among other 

 matters contains a summary of data on the removal of stains from fabrics. 



Chemistry of the household, Margaret E. Dodo (Chicago: American School of 

 Household Economics, 1905, pts. 1, pp. 1-55, figs. 15; 2, pp. 55-88, figs. ■'>; 3, pp. 89-122, 

 flg Sn 12). — A series of lessons on chemistry with special reference to the household 

 designed for instruction by correspondence. Some of the subjects taken up are 

 water, atmosphere, combustion, food and cookery, chemistry of cleaning and laundry 

 work, and plant growth. 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



Climate [of Idaho] [The State of Idaho. Boise: Bur. Immig., Labor, and Starts., 

 1905, pp. 154-157). — A brief general description of the climate of Idaho, including 

 tabular data for temperature and precipitation for different sections of the State dur- 

 ing 1903. The annual mean temperature for 1903 was 45.1°, the highest temperature 

 110°, the lowest —37°. The total precipitation was 16.6 in., the total snowfall 57 in. 

 The total precipitation for the different sections of the State varied from 10.93 in. in 

 the southern section to 19.36 in. in the central section and 24.74 in. in the northern 

 section. 



An account of some features of the climate of Reno, Nevada, S. B. Doten 

 ( Nevada Sta. Bui. 5!/, pp. 21, pis. 4). — Meteorological observations on temperature, 

 rainfall, snowfall, frost, and cloudiness which have been made at the Nevada State 

 University since 1888 are summarized and discussed in their bearing on the climatic 

 characteristics of the region. 



Work of the station of agricultural climatology of Juvisy during 1904, 

 C. Flammarion {Bui. Mens. Of. Renseig. Agr. [Paris], 4 (1905), Nos. 7, pp. 780-793, 

 figs. 7; 8, pp. 928-952, Jigs. 3). — This report is of the same character as those of pre- 

 vious years (E. S. R., 16, p. 855). It contains tabular and diagrammatic records of 

 the temperature of the air during each day and month of 1904, and of the annual 

 and seasonal temperatures from 1885 to 1904; observations on barometric pressure, 

 humidity, cloudiness, rainfall, direction of the wind, hours of sunshine, and solar 

 radiation; a study of the diurnal and annual course of temperature for the climate of 

 Paris, and of the diurnal variations of the temperature of the air. 



The results of a study of the relation of the sun to vegetation and the action of dif- 

 ferent rays on vegetation and on silkworms are also reported, as well as the influence 

 of the moon and of electricity on vegetation. 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander and C. H. Chadwick ( Massa- 

 chusetts Sta. Met. Bids. 201, 202, pp. 4 each) .—Summaries of observations at Amherst, 

 Mass., on pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, cloudi- 

 ness, and casual phenomena during September and October, 1905. The data are 

 briefly discussed in a general note on the weather of each month. 



Meteorological summary for 1903-4, E. Btkke (Montana Sta. Rpt. 1904, pp. 

 .'37, 238). — Monthly and annual summaries of observations on temperature, precipi- 

 tation, cloudiness, prevailing winds, etc., for the year ended October 31, 1904. The 

 mean temperature for that period was 41.2°, the highest temperature 89° August 

 14, the lowest— 23° November 17. The total rainfall was 16.34 in., total snowfall 95 

 in., number of clear days 103, days on which 0.01 in. or more of precipitation 

 occurred 89. 



Meteorological summary for 1903, C. A. Patton (Ohio St<(. Bid. 152, pp. 195- 

 208). — This summary includes notes on the weather and tabulated daily and monthly 



