APPENDIX VIII. 
REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications 
of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1909: 
There have been distributed a total of 757 volumes and separates in the series 
of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 15,080 in the series of Smithsonian 
Miscellaneous Collections, 22,991 in the series of Smithsonian Annual Reports, 
and 4,022 in the series of Special Publications. In addition thereto there were 
sent out by the Institution 1,313 publications not included in the Smithsonian 
series, making a grand total of 44,163, a decrease of 15,732 from the previous 
year. The total number of letters relating to publications received amounted 
to 6,825, an increase of 280 over the previous year. 
I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 
In the series of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge there appeared 
during the year no original papers, but there was published in August, to meet 
the increasing demand for the work, a reprint of Mr. Langley’s memoir on 
The Internal Work of the Wind, originally published in 1893 in quarto form 
as No. 884, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. ‘To the present edition 
was added as an appendix a translation of the ‘“ Solution of a special case 
of the general problem,” by Réné de Saussure, which appeared in 1893 with 
“Le Travail Intérieur du Vent” in Revue de l’Aéronautique Théorique et 
Appliqué, Paris, pages 58-68. 
II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 
In the series of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume LII, there 
were published 20 papers in the quarterly issue, volume 5, parts 2 and 3; and 
in the regular series, Volume XXXYV, a fourth revised edition of the Smith- 
sonian Physical Tables by Thomas Gray; and in Volume LIII of the regular 
series, 3 papers by Charles D. Walcott. 
In the quarterly issue the following papers were published : 
1813. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Quarterly issue. Volume 5, 
part 2 (containing Nos. 1814-1823). Octavo. Pages 121-276, with Plates 
IX-XVIII. 
1814. The Nettelroth Collection of Invertebrate Fossils. By R. S. Bassler. 
Published September 23, 1908. Octavo. Pages 121-152, with Plates IX—XI. 
1815. A New Opuntia from Arizona. By J. N. Rose. Published October 6, 
1908. Octavo. Page 153, with Plate XII. 
1816. The Story of the Devil-Fish. By Theodore Gill. Published October 15, 
1908. Octavo. Pages 155-180. 
1817. Indians of Peru. By Charles C. Eberhardt, American consul at Iquitos, 
Peru. Published October 24, 1908. Octavo. Pages 181-194, with Plates XIII, 
XIV. 
1818. On Opuntia Santa-Rita, a Species of Cactus of Ornamental Value. By 
J. N. Rose, associate curator, division of plants, United States National Museum. 
Published December 29, 1908. Octavo. Pages 195, 196, with Plate XV. 
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