34 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. 



and the manuscript for several others will soon be received. It should be 

 observed also that many preliminary or briefer papers reporting the results 

 of investigations by associates of the Institution have been published during 

 the year in the current journals of the world. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publication of 20 volumes has been authorized by the Executive 



Committee during the year at an aggregate estimated cost of $48,610. 



These volumes have emanated from 35 different authors 



Publications Author- .^j ^^f^^ ^o 7 different fields of investigation, 

 ized and Issued ^ ° 



During the Year. The following list gives the titles and authors of the 



volumes issued during the year. It includes 27 volumes 



and I atlas with an aggregate of 4,843 octavo pages and of 2,485 quarto 



pages. The total cost of these volumes is $63,876.44. 



List of Publications issued during the year. 



Year Book, No. 6, 1907. Octavo, vii + 242 pages, 11 plates. 



Index Medicus, Second Series, vol. 5, 1907. Octavo, 1,444 pages. 



No. 39. Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions — North and South America. 

 Octavo, vni + 592 pages. 



No. 43. Observed Positions of Sun-spots. By C. H. F. Peters. (Edited by E. B. 

 Frost.) Quarto, xin + 189 pages. 



No. 54. Research in China : vol. 2, Systematic Geology. By Bailey Willis. Quarto, 

 V + 133 + V pages, 8 plates. 



No. 66. High Steam Pressures in Locomotive Service. By W. F. M. Goss. Octavo, 

 144 pages, 120 text figures, 12 plates. 



No. 75. The Fossil Turtles of North America. By O. P. Hay. Quarto, 568 pages, 704 

 text figures, and 113 plates. 



No. 77. The Influence of Inanition on Metabolism. By F. G. Benedict. Octavo, vii + 

 542 pages, 2 text figures. 



No. 78. Synopsis of Linear Associative Algebra: A Report on its Natural Develop- 

 ment and the Results reached up to the present time. By James Byrnie 

 Shaw. Quarto, 145 pages. 



No. 79. Researches on the Performance of the Screw Propeller. By W. F. Dnrand. 

 Octavo, 61 pages, 8,=; text figures. 



No. 82. The Physiology of Stomata. By Francis E. Lloyd. Octavo, 142 pages, 40 

 text figures, 14 plates. 



No. 85. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United 

 States. Prepared for and under the direction of the Department of Eco- 

 nomics and Sociology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Separate 

 volume for each State. By Adelaide R. Hasse. Quarto. Massachusetts 

 (1789-1904), 310 pages; Rhode Island (1789-1904), 95 pages; New York 

 (1789^1904), 553 pages. 



No. 87. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Report of the State Earthquake 

 Investigation Commission. Andrew C. Lawson, Chairman. Quarto. 

 Vol. r (in two parts). Report of the Commission. 



Part I, pages xviii + 254. plates 1-98, text figures 1-54. 

 Part II. pages 255-451. plates 99-1.-16, text figures 55-69. 

 Atlas contains 25 maps relating to volume i and 15 sheets of seismograms 

 relating to volimie 2. 



No. 89. The Old Yellow Book: Source of Browning's "The Ring and the Book." By 

 Charles W. Hodell. Octavo, ccrxn + 345 pages, a plater-. 



No. 91. Guide to the Materials for the History of the United States in Spanish Archives 

 (Simancas, the Archivo Historico Nacional, and Seville). By W. R. Shep- 

 herd. Octavo, 107 pages. 



