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ilineral Resources of the United States, bound in black cloth. For 1888, by David T. Day. 

 1890. 660 PI). For 1889 and 1890, by David T. Day. 1892. 680 pp. 



Monographs. 24x29 cm., bound in brown cloth. Vol. XVII. The Flora of the Dakota Group, a 

 posthumous work, by Leo Lesquereux. Edited by F. H. Knowlton. 1891. 400 pjj.; 66 pi. 



XVIII. Gasteropoda and Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey, 

 by Robert P. Whitfield. 1891. 402 pp.; 50 pi. 



XIX. The Penokee Iron-Bearing Series of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan, by Roland D. 

 Irving and C. R. Van Hise. 1892. 408 pp.; 50 pi. 



XX. Geology of the Eureka District, Nevada, by Arnold Hague. 1892. 440 pp.; 8 pi.; accom- 

 panied by an atlas 43x53 cm. of 2 single and 9 double-size geological maps, published 1883, Clar- 

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V. S. Department of the Interio) — Smithsonian Institution: ( See Smithsonian Institution, p. 157.) 



United States Navy Department — U. S. Naval Observatory: Report of the Superintendent of the 



U. S. Naval Observatory for the year ending June 30, 1889, pp. 414-425. From Rep. Sec. Navy. 



For 1890, pp. 92-103. From Rep. Sec. Navy. For 1891, pp. 122-131. From Rep. Sec. Navy. For 



year ending June 30, 1892, pp. 133-140. From Report of Secretary of the Navy. 



Washington Observations. 25x30 cm., bound in green cloth. Observations made during the 

 year 1887 at the United States Naval Observatory, with 3 appendices and 10 plate.s. Capt. Robert 

 L. Phythian, U. S. N., Superintendent. 1892. 664 pp. Introduction, 68 pp. Observations with 

 the Transit Circle, 1887, 82 pp. Observations with the XXVI-inch Equatorial, 1887, pp. 83-133. 

 Mean Places of Miscellaneous Stars, given by individual observations with the Transit Circle, 



1887. pp. 1.35-170. Appendix 1. A report upon some magnetic observatories of Europe, by C. C. 

 Marsh. Ensign U. S. N. 40 pp.: 6 pi. App. 2. Magnetic Observations at the U. S. Naval Observ- 

 atory, 1890, by J. A. Hoogewerff, Ensign U. S. N. 100 pp.; 4 pi. App. 3. Meteorological Observa- 

 tions and results at the United States ObsefVatory, 1883-1887. 261 pp. 



Observations made during the year 1888 at the United States Naval Observatory, with 2 appen- 

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 the Washington Observations, 1888, 94 pp. Astronomical Observations, Reductions, and Results, 



1888, 88 pp. Meteorological Observations and Results, 1888, 60 pp. App. 1. Observations of 

 Double Stars made at the U. S. Naval Observatory. Part second, 1890-1891, by Asaph Hall, Pro- 

 fessor of Mathenaatics, U. S. N. 204 pp. App. 2. Magnetic Observations at the United States 

 Naval Observatory, 1891, by J. A. Hoogewerff, Ensign U. S. Navy. Capt. F. V. McNair, U. S. N., 

 Supt. 100 pp.; 4 pi. 



Vnited States Treasury Department — U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey: Report of the Superintend- 

 ent for the year ending June, 1887. 1889. 564 pp., 49 maps and sketches. Contains (Appendix 

 No. 16) A Bibliography of Geodesy, by J. Howard Gore, B. S., Ph. D., of 200 pages. 



United States Coast and Geodetic Survey: Report for 1888. 24x29 cm, bound in black cloth. 566 pp.; 

 60 folded maps, sketches, and illustrations. Contains the following principal papers in the ap- 

 pendices: No. 6. Part I. Value of the "Arcano del Mare" with reference to our knowledge of 

 the magnetic declination in the earlier part of the 17th century. Pp. 167-170. Part II. Historical 

 review of the work of the C. & G. Survey in connection with terrestrial magnetism. Pp. 171-176. 

 No. 7. The secular variation of the magnetic declination in the United States at some foreign 

 stations. Seventh edition. Pp. 177-312. No. 14. Determination of latitude and gravity for the 

 Hawaiian government. Pp. 471-563. 



Report for 1889. Same size and style. 506 pp.; 50 maps, sketches, and illustrations. Contains 

 the following papers: No. 7. The need of a remeasurement of the "Peruvian arc," by Erasmus 

 D. Preston. Pp. 199-208. No. 11. The distribution or the magnetic declination in the United 

 States for the epoch 1890, by Charles A. Schott. Pp. 233-402. No. 16. Gulf Stream explorations 

 — observations of currents, 1888 and 1889, by Lieut. J. E. Pillsbury, U. S. N. Pp. 466-477. 



Report for 1890. Same data. 780 pp., 71 folded maps, charts, sketches, and illustrations. Con- 

 tains the following important papers: Nos. 8, 9. The magnetic declination at Los Angeles, Calif., 

 1882-"89. — Results of the absolute measures of the direction and intensity of the earth's magnetic 

 force, and results of the differential measures of the magnetic declination. Pp. 199-457. No. 10. 

 The Gulf Stream — a descriiition of the methods employed in the investigation, and the results of 

 the research, by John Elliott Pillsbury, Lieutenant U. S. N. Pp. 459-620; pU. 30-54; figs. 1-10. 

 No. 12. Determination of Gravity and the Magnetic Elements, in connection with the U. S. Sci- 

 entific Expedition to the west coast of Africa, 1889-'90, by E. D. Preston. Pp. 625-684. 



Volta Bureau, 3ili Q Street, Washington, D.C.: Notes and Observations upon the Education of 

 the Deaf, with a revised analytical index to Education of Deaf Children, by Joseph Claybaugh 

 Gordon, M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Mathematics, National College for the Deaf, Washington, D. C. 

 1892. 204 pp., bound in olive-green cloth sides, sheep back. 



Worcester, Mass. — Worcester Natural History Society: Catalogue of the Phsenogamous and Vascular 

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