Appendix VII. 



REPORT OF THE EDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1894. 



SiK : I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1894: 



I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



The only publication in this series during the past year is No. 884, The Internal 

 Work of the Wind, by S. P. Laugley, a quarto volume of iii + 23 pages; illustrated 

 with 3 figures in the text and 5 plates. This work is designed to form a part of 

 Volume XXVII of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, a volume not yet 

 completed, although Volume xxviii has already been issued, as noticed in last year's 

 list of publications. 



II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



No. 850. Bibliography of Chemistry, 1492-1892, by Dr. Henry Carrington Bolton 

 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. xxxvi). The first edition of this 

 volume, published in 1892, having been exhausted, a second edition was issued in 

 January, 1894. 



No. 856. An Index of the Genera and Species of the Foraminifera, by Charles 

 Davis Sherborn. Part I (A to Non), octavo volume of ii + 240 pages. 



No. 858. Proceedings of the Regents, and Report of the Executive Committee for 

 the Year 1890-91, together with Acts of Congress, (From the Smithsonian Rei)ort 

 for 1891.) Octavo pamphlet of 37 pages. 



No. 859. Celestial Spectroscopy, by William Huggius, F. R. S. (From the Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1891.) Octavo pamphlet of 34 pages. 



No. 860. Stellar Numbers and Distances ; The Sun's Motion in Space; and A South- 

 ern Observatory, by Agues M. Clarke. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1891.) 

 Octavo pamphlet of 24 pages, illustrated with 1 diagram. 



No. 861. Some Applications of Physics and Mathematics to Geology, by C. Chree. 

 (From the Smithsonian Report for 1891.) Octavo pamphlet of 27 pages. 



No. 862, Origin of the Rock Pressure of Natural Gas in the Trenton Limestone of 

 Ohio and Indiana, by Edward Orton. (From the Smithsonian Rejwrt for 1891.) 

 Octavo ; 8 pages. 



No. 863, Geysers, by Walter Harvey Weed, United States Geological Survey. 

 (From the Smithsonian Report for 1891.) Octavo j>amphlet of 15 pages; illustrated 

 with 1 figure. 



No. 864. The General Circulation of the Atmosphere, by Werner von Siemens. 

 (From the Smithsonian Report for 1891.) Octavo pamphlet of 10 pages. 



No. 865. The Gulf Stream, by Alexander Agassiz. (From the Smithsonian Report 

 for 1891.) Octavo pamphlet of 18 pages; illustrated with 5 figures and 1 plate. 



No. 866. The Absolute Measure of Hardness, by F. Auerbach. (From the Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1891.) Octavo pamphlet of 30 pages; illustrated with 2 figures. 



No. 867. The Flow of Solids, by William Hallock. (From the Smithsonian Report 

 for 1891.) Octavo pamphlet of 10 pages; illustrated with 4 figures. 



No. 868. The Scientific Work of George Simon Ohm, by Eugene Lommel. Trans- 

 lated by William Hallock. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1891.) Octavo; 10 

 pages. 



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