242 METEOROLOGY AND ALLIED SUBJECTS. 



second volume of the catalogue of tlie observatory at Poulkova, and the 

 admirable bibliography of astronomy by Lancaster, have been published, 

 and contain much meteorology. A third volume of Poggendorft's great 

 work and a catalogue of Dove's library are also in course of prepara- 

 tion. {Z. 0. G. j\L, XIV, 1879, p. 97.) 



Eubensou has published a Swedish "handbook of nautical meteor- 

 ology," which contains also data and considerations that are novel and 

 of interest to meteorologists, although the work is generally intended 

 for use in the Swedish navy and merchant marine. {Z. 0. G. M., XVI, 

 1881, p. 455.) 



J. C. Houzeau and A. Lancaster have published a general treatise on 

 meteorology (324 images octavo) that fairly represents the elements of 

 this science so far as they can be understood without the help of 

 mathematical symbols. The special chapter on weather charts and 

 weather and storm predictions and the utilization of meteorological ob- 

 servations will attract attention. 



Among the new periodicals devoted to meteorology, we note "Ciel et 

 Terre," publishe<l bimonthly, beginning March, 1880, under the editorial 

 direction of an active corps at Brussels, among whom we notice Lan- 

 caster, Houzeau, Hooreman, von Eysselberghe. 



Blanford's annual report on the meteorology of India for 1878 and 

 1879 (Calcutta, 1880 and 1881, respectively) has been received. The 

 temperature tables are given for about 125 stations, the rainfall for 

 about 400. The Madras Presidency continues to sustain an independ- 

 ent meteorological office, while the other provinces have come into union 

 with the central office at Calcutta, an arrangement that promises many 

 advantages so long as the latter is under the present able management. 



The Eoyal Meteorological Institute of Prussia, under the direction of 

 Dr. G. Eellmann as successor of Dove, has published in the "Ergebnisse" 

 for 1880 the result of observations at 130 stations. Special details are 

 given for the high stations, viz : Schneekoppe 1,599™, Brocken 1,142™, and 

 the corresponding base stations at altitudes 348™ and 222™, respectively. 

 The summaries for each station are given in the form recommended by 

 the International Congress of Meteorologists. {Z. 0. G. 31., XVI, 1881, 

 p. 528.) 



The Central IMeteorological Bureau of France has published its An- 

 nales for 1878 and 1879 in magnificent quarto volumes, four of which, 

 it would seem, are expected to appear each year. For 1878 we have as 

 follows : 



I. — Study of thunder storms in France by Fron, followed by Ed. Bec- 

 querel's observations of earth temperatures, Angot's tables of reduction 

 to sea-level, and some minor memoirs by Hildebrandsen and Eollin. 



Vol. II contains the daily observations at French and Algerian sta- 

 tions ; these are arranged on a scheme adopted by the International Me- 

 teorological. Commission. This is followed by a valuable review by An got, 

 month by month, of the climatology of 1878. 



