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1890, pp. 65-75. Right ascensions, north polar distances, and semi-diameters of the sun, 
moon, planets, etc., 1890, 75-81. Results of observations with 26-inch equatorial, 1890, pp. 
83-91. Results of observations with 96-inch equatorial, 1890, pp. 98-99. Meteorological ob- 
servations and results obtained at the U. S. Naval Observatory for the year 1890, pp. 1-57. 
A catalogue of 16,748 stars deduced by the U. S. Naval Observatory from the zone observa- 
tions made at Santiago de Chile, by the U. S. naval astronomical expedition to the south- 
ern hemisphere during the years 1849-’52, Lieut. J. M. Gilliss, Superintendent; MacRae, 
Phelps, and Smith, Assistants, pp. 1-420. 
United States Treasury Department — U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, T. C. Mendenhall, 
Superintendent: Report of the superintendent for the year ending June 30, 1893, 23 x 29 
bound in black cloth. Part II, 640 pp.; 37 pll.; about 34 figs. Appendix No.1. ‘State laws 
authorizing entrance upon lands within state limits for the purposes of the United 
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, pp. 1-18. No.2. Heights from geodetic leveling be- 
tween St. Louis and Jefferson City, Mo., 1882 and 1888, pp. 19-36; fig. 1. No. 3. Photo- 
topography as practiced in Italy and in the Dominion of Canada, with a brief historical 
review of other photographic surveys and publications on the subject, pp. 37-116; pll. 1 
and 111; 31 figs. No. 4. Photographic determinations of longitude by lunar distances, 
pp. 117-124. No.5. On the measurement of base lines with steel tapes and with steel and 
brass wires, by Edy. Jaderin, pp. 125-164; pll.tv and y. No.6. Fundamental standards of 
length and mass, pp. 165-172. No.7. Units of electrical measure, pp. 173-176. No.8 An 
historical account of the boundary line between the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware, 
by W. C. Hodgkins, pp. 177-222; pll. vi-x. No.9. Proceedings of the geodetic conference 
held at Washington, D. C., January 9 to February 28, 1894, pp. 223-424; pll. x1-xrx. No. 10. 
The preparation and arrangement of the exhibit of the United States Coast and Geodetic 
Survey at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893, pp. 425-440. No.11. On the variation 
of latitude at San Francisco, Cal., from observations made in concert with the Interna- 
tional Geodetic Association in 1891 and 1892, pp. 441-508; pll.xx and xxi. No. 12. Deter- 
minations of latitude, gravity, and the magnetic elements at stations in the Hawaiian 
islands, including a result for the mean density of the earth, pp. 509-640; pl. xx1I-xxxvu. 
Report for the year ending June, 1894. Pp. 616; 7 pll.; 7 figs.; 4 diagrams; 3 maps and 
2 charts. Contains, besides the report of the superintendent, Appendix No.1. Relative 
determination of gravity with half-second pendulums and other pendulum investigations, 
by G. R. Putnam, assistant; and a report on a geological examination of some Coast and 
Geodetic Survey gravity stations, by G. K. Gilbert, Geologist, United States Geological 
Survey, pp. 7-56; figs. 1-7. No.2. Telegraphic determination of the force of gravity at 
Baltimore, Md., from simultaneous observations at Washington and Baltimore, by E. D. 
Preston, assistant, pp. 57-70; 1 diagram. No.3. Standard geodetic positions in south- 
eastern Alaska, depending on astronomic observations made during 1892-93-94. Reports 
of December 27, 1893; March 28 and August 7, 1894, by C. A. Schott, assistant, pp. 71-86; 
1 diagram. No. 4. Distribution of the magnetic declination in Alaska and adjacent 
waters for the year 1895. Report by C. A. Schott, assistant, 87-100; 2 charts. No.5. The 
length of the Holton base, Indiana, and related experimental measures, during July, 
August, September, and October, 1891, pp. 101-116. No.6. The length of the St. Albans 
base, West Virginia, measured in October, 1892, pp. 117-124. No.7. Manual of tides, part 
III. Some connections between harmonic and non-harmonic quantities, including appli- 
cation to the reduction and prediction of tides, pp. 125-262; pll. 111. No.8. Notes on 
some instruments recently made in the instrument division of the coast and geodetic sur- 
vey, pp. 263-275, pll.r-tv. No.9. Formule and tables of factors for the computation of 
geodetic positions, pp. 277-348; 2 diagrams. No.10. Geographic positions in the state of 
Massachusetts, 1882-1890, pp. 349-615; 3 maps. 
ILLINOIS. 
CHAMPAIGN.—Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History: Bulletins, Vol. IV. Bacteria 
normal to digestive organs of hemiptera, by S. A. Forbes, 7 pp. Descriptions of new 
deltoid moths, by G. H. French, pp. 8-9. Life-history and distribution of the prothonotary 
warbler in Illinois, by W. E. Loucks, pp. 10-35; 1 map. List of altitudes in the state of 
Illinois, by C. W. Rolfe, 36-137. A preliminary account of two new oligocheta from Illinois, 
by Frank Smith, pp. 188-148. On the entomology of the Illinois river and adjacent waters, 
by C. A. Hart, 149-273. Description of three new parasitic hymenoptera from the Illinois 
river, by William H. Ashmead, pp. 274-277; plates with this and preceding article, 15. 
Notes on species of North American oligocheta, by Frank Smith, pp. 284-297. Notes on 
the brain and pineal structures of Polyodon folium, by H. Garman, pp. 298-308; 6 pll. 
CHICcAGO.—Chicago Academy of Sciences: Bulletins, Vol. II, No. 2. Preliminary outline of 
a new classification of the family Muricide, by Frank Collins Baker, pp. 167-190. 
Thirty-eighth annual report, for the year 1895, 16 pp. 
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