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that Mr. Powers has established his proposition in a satisfactory 
manner. 
With regard to the mode in which a heavy discharge of artillery 
might cause rain, we differ widely in opinion from the author of 
pleased if Mr. Powers, or some ot ther r person, would resume the 
TT on of this subject in accordance with a truly us 
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Society. 218 pp. 12mo, with 6 isa Edinburgh and London, 
1870. (Wm. Blackw ood & S ons).—Mr, Buchan takes the lead 
among the meteor logiats and meteorological investigators of 
Scotland. This small ‘and convenient text- book takes up in order 
the history and scope of Meteorology ; Atmospheric pressure an 
its distribution over the globe—a subject which has been much 
and hail; winds; storms ; peta cist 
eiitiwinde, aed waterspouts ; aurora borealis and a mag- 
ns ozone ; optical phenomena; meteors; weat and storm 
3. Dominican Republic. Report of the sea 1 of In 
fra to Santo Domingo, with the toe om ory Message Me the 
4. Sun-Pietures of Rocky Mountain Scenery, with a desc 
tion of the Geographical — Geological features and some account 
of the Resources of the t West; containing thirty phoe 
great 
graphic views along the line of the "Paxitie Railroad, from Omahe 
to ento. By F V. Haypen, M.D., U.S . Geologist, 
