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SCIENCE 



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generally into our libraries, but it is to be 

 hoped that all educational institutions will 

 secure free copies. 



THE ANTI-TRADE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 



The ' Eesults of the Franco- American Ex- 

 pedition to explore the Atmosphere in the 

 Tropics ' are discussed by Professor A. L. 

 Botch in the Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and 

 8ci., Vol. 42, No. 14, Dec, 1906. A summary 

 of these results has already appeared in Sci- 

 BNCE. This expedition, it will be remembered, 

 was sent out in the summer of 1905, at the 

 joint expense of Messrs. Teisserenc de Bort 

 and Botch, and made studies of the atmos- 

 pheric conditions in and above the IS. E. trade 

 belt of the eastern North Atlantic, by means 

 of small balloons and kites. The most im- 

 portant result of the summer's work was the 

 establishment of the fact that ' the classic ob- 

 servations of the return trade, which were long 

 ago made on the Peak of Teneriffe, indicate 

 a general phenomenon, and agree with those 

 obtained over the open ocean by the present 

 expedition.' We note also a conjSirmation 

 (p. 268) of the view that at sea cumulus clouds 

 (noted at the edge of the N. E. trade in this 

 case) are probably formed by the condensa- 

 tion of water vapor which is diffused upward 

 from the ocean surface. 



THE TSUKUBA OBSERVATORY 



We have received the results of meteoro- 

 logical observations made on Mt. Tsukuba 

 (Japan) during the year 1902. This moun- 

 tain is about forty miles northeast of Tokio, 

 and rises to 2,854 feet at its highest summit. 

 Although the altitude is not great, the ex- 

 posure is excellent. In addition to the sum- 

 mit station, there are also a base and an inter- 

 mediate station. The observatory is well 

 equipped with standard instruments. Obser- 

 vations are taken at 2, 6 and 10 a.m. and p.m. 

 on the summit; at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 a.m. and 

 P.M. at the intermediate station. At the base, 

 observations are made weekly, when the ther- 

 mograph and barograph sheets are changed. 

 On the summit, hourly records can be ob- 

 tained from the self-recording instruments. 

 An annual publication is issued. On the title- 



page appears this statement : ' Herausgegeben 

 von Hofmarschall-Amt. S. K. H. des Prinzen 

 Yamashina.' 



TUBERCULOSIS AMONG THE INDIANS OF ARIZONA 

 AND NEW MEXICO 



Under the above title Dr. I. W. Brewer, of 

 Port Huachuca, Ariz., has given the results of 

 a study recently made by him, with the assist- 

 ance of the medical officers at the Indian 

 agencies and schools {N. Y. Med. Journ., 

 Nov. 17, 1906). The wide-spread prevalence 

 of tuberculosis among these Indians empha- 

 sizes very forcibly the fact that the climate of 

 Arizona and New Mexico, with all its sun- 

 shine and dryness, is not a specific. No 

 climate is a specific. It is certainly of great 

 benefit to those in the early stages of tuber- 

 culosis, but is of little value when a patient 

 is improperly nourished and is surrounded by 

 filth, or lives in poorly ventilated houses. 



B. DeO. Ward 



Harvard University 



TEE AMEBIGA'N WOMEN'S TABLE AT 

 NAPLES 



The Naples Table Association for promo- 

 ting Laboratory Beseareh by Women wishes 

 to call attention to the opportunities for re- 

 search in zoology, botany and physiology pro- 

 vided by the foundation of this table. 



The Zoological Station at Naples was opened 

 by Professor Anton Dohrn in 18Y2 for the col- 

 lection of biological material and for the study 

 of all . forms of plant and animal life. 

 Under the personal direction of Professor 

 Dohrn and his assistants the station has de- 

 veloped into an international institution for 

 scientific research. Any government or asso- 

 ciation which pays five hundred dollars an- 

 nually is assigned a table for research and is 

 entitled to appoint to it qualified students, 

 who are provided by the station with all 

 materials, apparatus and assistance, free of 

 cost. One table is sometimes used by four 

 or five research students in the course of a 

 year. 



This association, which was formed in 1898 

 to promote scientific research among women. 



