1875.] Library. 123 



in the minima periods. In the case of Calcutta, however, the rainfall in the 

 minima sun-spot years was greater than that in the maxima years, and such 

 was also true for Rome. For Greenwich the totals were almost equal. 



Assuming however a rainfall periodicity, corresponding to that of the 

 sun-spot area, to be established, he thought it was quite conceivable, as 

 pointed out by Mr. Blanford, that while the maximum temperature indicated 

 by the solar radiation thermometer varied directly with the sun-spot area, 

 the temperature of the air near the surface might vary in an inverse manner 

 in certain localities. An examination of the records of mean annual tem- 

 perature derived from hourly observations in Calcutta showed that no 

 periodicity was apparent. The mean annual temperature had in fact been 

 practically constant for the last twenty years. 



The reading of the following paper was postponed. 

 Pali Studies, No. 1, by Major G. E. Fryer, Sandoway. 



LIBRARY. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 Meeting held in May last. 



Presentations. 



*** Names of Donors in Capitals. 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, January, 1875. — Vol. 

 XXIII, No. 158. 



J. Norman Lochjer — Remarks on a New Map of the Solar Spectrum. — /. Tyndall. — 

 On Acoustic Reversibility. W. S. Johnson — On some remarkable Changes produced in 

 Iron and Steel by the action of Hydrogen and Acids. /. B. N. Hennessey, — On the 

 Atmospheric Lines of the Solar Spectrum, illustrated by a Map drawn on the same 

 scale as that adopted by Kirchhoff. 



Royal Society, London. 

 Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland, 1873-4. Vol. IV. 

 Pt. I. 



/. E. Gore. — Note on a bed of Fossiliferous " Kunkur" in the Punjab. 



Royal Geological Society, Ireland. 

 Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 

 April and July, 1874. Vol. IV. No. I. 



Anthropological Institute op Great Britain and Ireland. 

 Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 

 Vol. 28, 1873-74. 



Baron L. Bvnas — Semitic Legends. Robert Gordon. — " Inscription on Burmese Bell, 

 Liverpool Museum."— Translation from the Pali and Burmese. C. H. Steam and G. IT. 

 Lee. — On the Expansion of the E line of the Hydrogen Spectrum, with plates. 



Literary and Piiilosopiiical Society of Liverpool. 



