280 ^ SCIENTIFIC RECORD FOR 1884. 



broken threads which need to be completed by making a similar collec- 

 tion of not only the remaining German, but all other meteorological lit- 

 erature. General W. B. Hazen, having decided that in view of the im- 

 portance of the subject the Signal Ofiice should complete the index to 

 meteorological literature already in its possession in the shape of a 

 large card catalogue, has solicited contributions of titles from all inter- 

 ested in the subject, and has appointed Mr. C. J. Sawyer as biblio- 

 graphic expert to prepare the work for publication. The office will also 

 make a special examination of various important libraries, serials, and 

 other sources. As this work is, properly speaking, only a hand book for 

 the use of working meteorologists, it has been deemed most desirable to 

 finish it in a short time without incurring such delay as might be needed 

 to i>repare a work of bibliographic elegance. Consequently the major- 

 ity of the titles will be taken from Reuss, Poggcndorf, the Royal So- 

 ciety, Hellmanu, Symons, and other authorities without directly con- 

 sulting the volumes themselves. It is expected that the work will 

 occupy two volumes containing forty or fifty thousand titles in all, and 

 that a first part will go to press early in 1886.] 



90. Prof. Frank Waldo, of Washington, in a short note on the study 

 of meteorology in Europe, shows that in 1883 out of thirty-eight German 

 universities only fourteen had established special chairs for this study. 

 In respect to this Dr. Koppen remarks that probably this neglect had 

 already been partially rectified by 1884. The following is a list of those 

 who are more or less devoted to instruction of this class (i>. M. Z., i, p. 

 148): 



University of Berlin ; Dr. Thiesen. 



Technological School at Brunswick 5 Dr. H. Weber. 



University at Czernowitz ; Professors Supan and Handl. 



Technological School at Darmstadt : Dr. Giibel and Prof. E. Dorn. 



Technical School at Gratz ; Professor Wilhelm. 



University at Halle ; Professors Knoblauch, Overbeck, and Cornelius, 

 and Dr. Lehmann. 



University at Heidelberg ; Professor Kopp. 



University at Inuspruck ; Professors Torre and Pfaundler, and Dr. 

 Tollinger. 



Polytechnic School at Carlsruhe ; Professor Sohncke. 



University at Kouigsberg ; Professor Zoi)pritz. 



University of Leipsic ; Professor Bruns. 



University of Rostock ; Professor Mathiessen. 



Polytechnic School at Stuttgart; Professors Dietrich and von Schroe- 

 der. 



iJniversity at Vienna : Professors Hanu and Simony. 



High School at Zurich ; Dr. Weilenmann. 



The following have since been announced : 



University of Giessen ; Prof. H. Hoft'mann ; Dr. Frome will begin iu 

 1884. 



