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345, with Isothermal Charts. 
1877 Currinc: Vermont Agricultural Report for 1877. Climato- 
logy of Vermont, by Dr. Hiram A. Cutting, pp. 120 to 
141. Montpelier, 1877. 
1881 ScHotr: Tables and Results of Precipitation in Rain and 
Snow in the U. S., from collections by the Smithsonian 
Institution. By Chas. A. Schott. 2d edition, Washington, 
May, 1881. 4to, pp. 250, with large rainfall maps, for 
each season and the year. ‘‘Including records to 1877.” 
1882 GiLperT: A New Method of Measuring Heights by Means of 
the Barometer. By G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological 
Survey. Large 8vo, pp. 408-566, 162, with plates. 
Washington, 1882. 
1884 RELIEF COMMITTEES: Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce ; 
Flood in the Ohio, Feb. 1884. Cincinnati, 1884. 8vo 
pamphlet, pp. 193. 
1888 Haypen: The Great Storm off the Atlantic Coast of the 
United States, March 11-14, 1888. By Everett Hayden, 
in charge of Marine Meteorology. Montreal Monograph, 
No. 5, U. S. Hydrographic Office. Washington, 1888. 
4to, pp. 65, and plates. 
1889 BLopcet: The Floods in Pennsylvania, May 31 and June 
1, 1889. By Lorin Blodget, for the Department of In- 
ternal Affairs of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, 1889. 8vo 
pamphlet, pp. 8, with map. 
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REPORTS OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OrFicEer U.S. A., 1871 TO 1891. 
The Metorological Branch of the Signal Service was authorized 
by Joint Resolution No. 9, approved Feb. 9, 1870, the Secretary 
of War being authorized ‘‘To provide for taking Meteorological 
Observations at the Military Stations and at other points in the 
Interior,’’ and to give notice of the approach of Storms, etc. On 
Nov. 1, 1870, the first synchronous reports were transmitted. The 
