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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  2. 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Washington 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  vol. 
  

   i, 
  pp. 
  xiv, 
  34V 
  ; 
  Plates 
  xxvi. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Proceed- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  the 
  Washington 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  

   issued. 
  It 
  contains, 
  besides 
  administrative 
  matters, 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   valuable 
  papers. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  a 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  Squirrels 
  

   of 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Central 
  America, 
  by 
  E. 
  W. 
  Nelson 
  ; 
  another 
  gives 
  

   a 
  synopsis 
  of 
  Mexican 
  and 
  Central 
  American 
  Umbel 
  lifer 
  ge, 
  by 
  J. 
  

   M. 
  Coulter 
  and 
  J. 
  N. 
  Rose 
  ; 
  an 
  important 
  paper 
  by 
  Lester 
  F. 
  

   Ward 
  (noticed 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  number, 
  p. 
  384) 
  describes 
  a 
  new 
  

   genus 
  and 
  twenty 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  fossil 
  cycads 
  from 
  Wyo- 
  

   ming; 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  C. 
  D. 
  Walcott 
  on 
  the 
  Lower 
  Cambrian 
  Terrane 
  

   of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Provinces 
  was 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  April 
  number 
  

   (p. 
  302). 
  

  

  3. 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  

   and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey, 
  showing 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  from 
  

   July 
  1st, 
  1897, 
  to 
  June 
  30th, 
  1898. 
  Pp. 
  489, 
  4to, 
  with 
  numerous 
  

   maps 
  and 
  plates. 
  Washington, 
  1900. 
  — 
  The 
  present 
  volume 
  is 
  the 
  

   sixty-seventh 
  annual 
  report 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  Bureau, 
  

   now 
  under 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  S. 
  Pritchett. 
  It 
  contains 
  the 
  

   usual 
  administrative 
  report 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  appendices 
  

   by 
  various 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  corps 
  of 
  the 
  Survey. 
  Three 
  

   of 
  these 
  contain 
  altitude 
  determinations 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  spirit 
  leveling 
  

   between 
  Salina, 
  Kansas, 
  and 
  Colorado 
  Springs 
  ; 
  another 
  discusses 
  

   determination 
  of 
  time, 
  longitude, 
  latitude, 
  and 
  azimuth 
  ; 
  still 
  

   another 
  the 
  salinity 
  and 
  temperature 
  of 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  Ocean. 
  

  

  4. 
  Vertical 
  Gradients 
  of 
  the 
  Temperature, 
  Humidity, 
  and 
  

   Wind 
  Direction. 
  A 
  Preliminary 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Kite 
  Observa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  1898. 
  Prepared 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Willis 
  L. 
  Moore, 
  

   Chief 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Weather 
  Bureau, 
  by 
  H. 
  C. 
  Frankenfield. 
  

   Washington, 
  1899. 
  (U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Weather 
  

   Bureau, 
  Bulletin 
  F.) 
  — 
  This 
  volume 
  is 
  a 
  striking 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  

   advance 
  made 
  in 
  meteorological 
  methods 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  by 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  kites. 
  The 
  opening 
  pages 
  by 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Marvin 
  describe 
  

   the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  kites 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  useful, 
  the 
  method 
  

   of 
  using 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  meteorograph 
  employed. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  Theory 
  and 
  Practice 
  of 
  Interpolation 
  ; 
  by 
  Herbert 
  

   L. 
  Rice, 
  M.S., 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Ephemeris. 
  Pp. 
  234, 
  4to. 
  Lynn, 
  

   Mass., 
  1900 
  (The 
  Nichols 
  Press). 
  — 
  A 
  treatise 
  of 
  much 
  value 
  for 
  

   computers. 
  The 
  author 
  has 
  collected 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  from 
  all 
  

   sources 
  since 
  Newton, 
  everything 
  of 
  value 
  relating 
  to 
  differences, 
  

   interpolation, 
  tabular 
  differences, 
  and 
  mechanical 
  quadrature 
  with 
  

   many 
  processes 
  and 
  developments, 
  original 
  if 
  not 
  altogether 
  new. 
  

   Eight 
  tables, 
  including 
  Newton's, 
  Sterling's 
  and 
  Bessel's 
  coeffi- 
  

   cients, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  illustrative 
  examples 
  and 
  a 
  full 
  bibliog- 
  

   raphy 
  add 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  usefulness 
  of 
  the 
  book. 
  w. 
  b. 
  

  

  6. 
  Irrigation 
  and 
  Drainage 
  • 
  Principles 
  and 
  Practice 
  of 
  their 
  

   Cultural 
  Phases; 
  by 
  F. 
  H. 
  King. 
  Pp. 
  1-492 
  ; 
  New 
  York, 
  1900. 
  

   (The 
  Macmillan 
  Co.) 
  — 
  This 
  last 
  volume 
  in 
  the 
  Rural 
  Science 
  

   Series 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  written, 
  well 
  illustrated 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  relation 
  

  

  