APPENDIX.— BiBLIOGKAPHY. 



[Note. — The following bibliography is not complete, nor is it intended to be 

 so. The references here given are the most important ones ; and by following 

 them up in the original works the reader will find himself on the track of others 

 not here printed.] 



Abney (W. de W.) : On the transmis- 

 sion of sunlight through the earth's 

 atmosphere. [Atmospheric conditions 

 on the Riffel, Sect, vii.] Phil. Trans., 

 R. S., vol. 178.1887, p. 255. 



American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science : Proceedings, 1868 : 

 1870, p. 373 ; ibid., 1871, pp. 442-3. 



America^i Meteorological Journal : 

 [Contains many articles and notes on 

 mountain observatories and stations ; 

 on determinations of meteorological 

 data by balloon ascensions, etc.] 



Andre (C.) and Rayet (G.) and Angot 

 (A.) : L' Astronomic iiratique et les 

 observatoires, etc. Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Paris, 12mo. 1874-1878. 



Anon : Mountain Observatories. The 

 Edinburgh Revierv, vol. 160, October, 

 1884 (American edition), p. 351. 



Anon : [Description of the great dome 

 at Nice.] Nature, vol. 32, pp. 62, 297. 



[Balmat (Jacques) ] : Account of the 

 first ascent of Mt. Blanc (1786) in Im- 

 pressions de Voyage — En Suisse — i, 

 chap. X, par Alexander Dumas 

 (I)ere). 



Barnard (E. E.) : Blueness of the sky 

 at high altitudes [in Colorado, in 

 California]. Astronomy and Astro- 

 physics, 1893, p. 750. 



Bauschinger (J.) : [The law of the dimi- 

 imtion of temperature with altitude 

 in the atmosphere — studied by data 

 obtained from balloon ascents, etc.] 

 Aiinalen d. Munchener Steruirarte, 

 vol. 3, p. 212. 



[Ben Nevis Observatory] : [Reports of 

 the meteorological observations may 

 be found, summarized, in] Reports 

 B. A. A. S. 



Berson ( ? ) : [Scientific balloon ascents 

 in September, 1894], [reviewed in] 

 Amer. Meteor. Journal, vol. 12, p. 99. 

 [The highest altitude reached was 

 18,450 metres = 60,531 feet; "un- 

 doubtedly the maximum altitude 

 ever attained by a balloon."] 



Burnham (S. W.) : Report to the 

 trustees of the James Lick Trust of 

 Observations made on Mt. Hamilton, 

 with reference to the location of the 

 Lick Observatory. (Reprinted in 

 Publications of the Lick Observatory, 

 vol. 1, 4to, 1887, p. 13.) Chicago, 1880, 

 4to. 



Cambridge : Annals of Harvard Col- 

 lege Observatory, vol. 22, 1889, 4to. 

 [Contains meteorological observations 

 at the summit of Pike's Peak, 1874- 

 1888, with some notes on similar ob- 

 servations at Mt. Washington. Com- 

 piled by H. A. Hazen.] 



Colton (A. L.) : (Sunsets at Mt. Hamil- 

 ton) — illustrated. Contributions 

 from the Lick Observatory, No. 5. 



Conway (W. M.) : Climbing in the 

 Himalayas, 1894. [I have not been 

 able to consult this work.] 



Copeland (R.) : An account of some 

 recent astronomical experiments at 

 high elevations in the Andes. Coper- 

 nicus, vol. 3, 15. 193. 



Cornu (A.) : Observation de la limite 



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