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The appendix contained the following papers : 



Is there life in other worlds? by H. Spencer Jones, F. R. S. 



Use of solar energy for heating water, by F. A. Brooks. 



The fringe of the sun : nebulium and coronium, by C. G. James. 



Our knowledge of atomic nuclei, by G. P. Harnwell, Ph. D. 



Spectroscopy in industry, by George R. Harrison, Ph. D. 



Physical science in the crime-detection laboratory, by J. Edgar Hoover. 



Physical interpretation of the weather, by Edgar W. Woolard. 



Hurricanes into New England : meteorology of the storm of September 21, 



1938, by Charles F. Brooks. 

 Humanity in geological perspective, by Herbert L. Hawkins, D. Sc, 



F. R. S., F. G. S. 

 Geologic exhibits in the National Zoological Park, by R. S. Bassler. 

 The structure of the earth as revealed by seismology, by Ernest A. Hodgson. 

 Our petroleum supply, by Hugh D. Miser. 

 Biologic balance on the farm, by W, L. McAtee. 

 On the frontier of British Guiana and Brazil, by Capt. H. Carington 



Smith, R. E. 

 The sea bird as an individual: results of ringing experiments, by R. M. 



Lockley. 

 Birds and the wind, by Neil T. McMillan. 

 Bookworms, by E. A. Back. 

 The problem of conserving rare native plants, by M. L. Fernald, D. C. L., 



D. Sc. 

 Plankton in the water supply, by Florence E. Meier. 

 Trichinosis in swine and its relationship to public health, by Benjamin 



Schwartz. 

 Closing the gap at Tepe Gawra, by E. A. Spelser, 

 Sun worship, by Herbert J. Spinden. 

 The use of soapstone by the Indians of the eastern United States, by 



David I. Bushneil, Jr. 

 The modern growth of the totem pole on the northwest coast, by Marius 



Barbeau. 

 Historic American highways, by Albert 0. Rose. 

 Modern trends in air transport, by W. F. Durand. 

 The story of the Time Capsule, by G. Edward Pendray. 



Report for 19Jfi. — The report of the Secretary, which included 

 the financial report of the executive committee of the Board of 

 Regents, and which will form part of the annual report of the Board 

 of Regents to Congress, was issued in January 1941. 



Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report 

 of the executive committee of the Board of Regents for the year ended June 

 30, 1940. ix-fll5 pp., 4 pis. 



The report volume, containing the general appendix, was in press 

 at the close of the year. 



SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS 



Brief guide to the Smithsonian Institution (fourth edition). 80 pp., 74 figs. 

 (Publ. BL.) July 1, 1940. 



The Smithsonian Institution, by C. G. Abbot. 25 pp., 13 pis., (Publ. 3604.) 

 January 18, 1941. 



