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pulse-rate and muscular activity," by Francis G. Benedict and 

 Fritz B. Talbot (Publication No. 201) and to "A study of pro- 

 longed fasting," by Francis G. Benedict (in press as Publication 

 No. 203). 



The extensive operations of the Department of Terrestrial 



Magnetism on the oceans and in foreign countries have been 



adequately supplemented during the year by the 



Terrestrial new departmental laboratorj^, whose completion 

 agne ism. ^^^ occupatiou took place nearly simultaneously 

 with the beginning of the second decade of the Department's 

 existence. This laboratory and its site provide greatly enlarged 

 facilities for research as well as unsurpassed quarters for the 

 resident departmental staff. This site (of 7.4 acres) is well pro- 

 tected on all sides from possible objectionable elements, while 

 the laboratory is an exceptionally well-lighted, fire-proof building 

 with 44 rooms and many specially designed adjuncts. Attention 

 may be invited particularly to the relatively low cost (22 cents 

 per cubic foot) of this building, and to the reasons why it, like 

 the Geophysical Laboratory and the Nutrition Laboratory, has 

 been economically built. These reasons are found mainly in 

 deliberate preparation of preliminary programs, in carefully 

 drawn plans and specifications by competent architects, and in 

 responsible superintendence of construction. 



Near the end of the preceding fiscal year the non-magnetic 

 ship Carnegie returned to New York City, where she underwent 

 such extensive repairs as are always required by wooden vessels 

 after long cruises in tropical waters. After refitting, she left 

 New York, June 8, 1914, for a cruise in the North Atlantic. In 

 this, the third of her expeditions, she traversed about 10,600 

 miles, making a first stop at Hammerfest, Norway, July 3, 

 reaching the high latitude 79° 52' off the northw^est coast of 

 Spitzbergen, touching at Reykjavik, Iceland, August 24, and re- 

 turning to the base station at Greenport, Long Island, October 9, 

 and to Brooklyn, New York, October 21. During this cruise the 

 Carnegie was in command of Mr. J. P. Ault. She is now refitting 

 for a longer cruise during 1915-1916, in southern latitudes (50° to 

 75°), where magnetic observations require supplementing. 



