Dr. Bauer has been the director of the Department of Terres- 

 trial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington since 

 1904. He is the author of many papers dealing with that subject 

 and since 1896 has been editor of Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmos- 

 pheric Electricity. Among his works may be mentioned the "Re- 

 searches of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism," Carnegie 

 Instn. Publ. lys (i^ collaboration with others, IQ12-IQ26); "The 

 Physical Decomposition of the Earth's Permanent Magnetic Field" 

 (Terrestr. Magnet, and Atmospher. Electr., Vols. 4, 6, 8, 9, 1899- 

 1904); "The Physical Theory of the Earth's Magnetic and Electric 

 Phenomena" {ibid., Vols. 15-17, 1910, 1912); "The General Mag- 

 netic Survey of the World" (Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc, Vol. 46, 1914); 

 "The Earth's Magnetism" {Bedrock, Vol. 2, 1913; reprinted, after 

 revision, in Ann. Rept. Smithsofiian Instn. J or 1913, Washington, 

 1914)- 



