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  ANNUAL 
  EEPOKT 
  SMlTHoONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  constant 
  results 
  from 
  1920 
  to 
  1927. 
  If 
  this 
  periodicity 
  continues 
  to 
  

   show 
  in 
  the 
  coming 
  yccars, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  forecast 
  at 
  least 
  

   two 
  years 
  in 
  advance 
  the 
  principal 
  solar 
  changes, 
  and 
  whatever 
  may 
  

   be 
  found 
  to 
  depend 
  thereon. 
  

  

  INTEENATIONAL 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  

   LITEKATURE 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  bureau 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  collect 
  data 
  for 
  an 
  index 
  

   to 
  the 
  scientific 
  publications 
  of 
  this 
  country. 
  Although 
  postwar 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  forced 
  the 
  catalogue 
  to 
  suspend 
  publication 
  in 
  1921, 
  every 
  

   effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  33 
  countries 
  cooperating 
  in 
  the 
  enter- 
  

   pi-ise 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  organization 
  alive 
  so 
  that 
  publication 
  may 
  be 
  re- 
  

   sumed 
  when 
  financial 
  support 
  appears. 
  The 
  latest 
  published 
  list 
  of 
  

   the 
  scientific 
  journals 
  of 
  the 
  cooperating 
  nations 
  shoAved 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  

   6,4:9G 
  titles, 
  and 
  this 
  number 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  greatly 
  increased. 
  The 
  

   United 
  States 
  bureau 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  engaged 
  in 
  revising 
  the 
  list 
  for 
  

   this 
  country. 
  

  

  A 
  moderate 
  capital 
  fund 
  is 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  needed 
  to 
  enable 
  this 
  great 
  

   international 
  undertaking 
  to 
  function 
  fully 
  again. 
  For 
  many 
  years 
  

   this 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  comprehensive 
  bibliography 
  of 
  science 
  available 
  to 
  

   students 
  and 
  research 
  workers, 
  and 
  nothing 
  has 
  appeared 
  since 
  to 
  

   take 
  its 
  place. 
  

  

  NECROLOGY 
  

  

  CHARLES 
  DOOLITTLE 
  AA'ALCOTT 
  

  

  Charles 
  Doolittle 
  Walcott, 
  fourth 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   tnstitution, 
  died 
  in 
  Washington 
  February 
  9, 
  1927. 
  He 
  had 
  served 
  as 
  

   secretary 
  for 
  20 
  years, 
  and 
  his 
  death 
  is 
  a 
  heavy 
  blow 
  to 
  the 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  at 
  a 
  critical 
  time 
  in 
  its 
  history, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  great 
  personal 
  loss 
  

   to 
  his 
  friends 
  and 
  associates. 
  A 
  detailed 
  biographical 
  sketch 
  of 
  

   Doctor 
  Walcott 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  appendix 
  to 
  the 
  

   Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents, 
  so 
  that 
  here 
  I 
  shall 
  only 
  

   very 
  briefly 
  outline 
  his 
  career. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  Mills, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  March 
  31, 
  

   1850, 
  and 
  received 
  his 
  early 
  education 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  schools 
  of 
  Utica 
  

   and 
  the 
  Utica 
  Academy. 
  He 
  did 
  not 
  attend 
  a 
  university 
  but 
  received 
  

   his 
  training 
  in 
  science 
  from 
  his 
  oavii 
  field 
  excursions 
  and 
  from 
  books 
  

   and 
  association 
  with 
  geologists. 
  His 
  first 
  geological 
  v\'ork 
  was 
  done 
  

   in 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  assistant 
  to 
  James 
  Hall, 
  famous 
  paleontologist, 
  by 
  

   vvdiom 
  he 
  v.'as 
  assigned 
  to 
  field 
  researches 
  in 
  Indiana, 
  New 
  York, 
  

   Ohio, 
  and 
  Canada 
  successively. 
  In 
  1879 
  Professor 
  Hall 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survej'-, 
  Clarence 
  King, 
  

   and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  lie 
  was 
  made 
  an 
  assistant 
  geologist 
  in 
  the 
  survey. 
  His 
  

   first 
  work 
  was 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  geological 
  sections 
  from 
  southern 
  Utah 
  

  

  