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Physik, and many others. It was found that the general indexing 
of the Royal society for the period from 1800 to 1878, was not 
full enough for this special bibliography, and all periodicals rich in 
meteorological literature were reindexed. 
The International meteorological committee had already consid- 
ered the subject of meteorological bibliography, and, unable to secure 
at once the publication of a general bibliography, had recommended 
that each country compile a list of its own observations and that 
special national bibliographies be prepared wherever possible. 
Some work had been done in accordance with this recommendation, 
especially in Germany and Russia, and an attempt was made by 
the Signal office to secure the extension of this work and to obtain 
from foreign meteorologists and librarians, bibliographies for their 
respective countries. The great interest in the work was shown by 
the hearty co-operation from all sections. 
Among the special bibliographies received the following may be 
mentioned as among the most complete and valuable: Germany, by 
Dr. Hellmann; Japan, by Dr. Knipping; Norway, by Prof. Mohn ; 
Poland, by Prof. Karlinski; Portugal, by J. C. de Brito—Capello ; 
Roumania, by Dr. Hepites; Russia, by Profs. Wild and Woeikof ; 
South Africa, by Dr. Gamble; Sweden, by C. G. Fineman and C. 
Annerstedt ; Victoria, by R. L. J. Ellery. 
All the meteorological libraries of the world are represented, in- 
cluding, as worthy of special mention, those of the Meteorological 
office and Royal Meteorological Society, of London; the Societé 
météorologique de France, Paris; the large manuscript collection 
of Prof. Poey, the Ronald’s, Poulkova, and Brussels catalogues, all 
contained in the catalogue of Prof. Symons; the Deutsche Seewarte, 
Hamburg (including the library of the late Prof. Dove), and the 
k. k. Central-Anstalt, of Vienna (with that of Prof. Hann), added 
by the Signal office. The number of scientific and general libraries 
represented is very large. 
Letters, requesting lists of their works, were sent to about 400 
writers (exclusive of those in Germany, where this method had been 
employed by Dr. Hellmann), and the replies received have been of 
the greatest value in the representation of living authors. 
The desirability of securing as great completeness as possible, the 
expectation of an early publication, and the fact that the Symons 
and Hellmann catalogues ceased with 1881, led to the adoption of 
this date as the close of the bibliography, and the following state- 
