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  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Astronomical 
  Observatory 
  of 
  Harvard 
  Col- 
  

   lege. 
  — 
  Part 
  4 
  of 
  volume 
  xxx 
  and 
  Part 
  5, 
  vol. 
  xl, 
  recently 
  received, 
  

   contains 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  observations 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  Blue 
  Hill 
  Meteoro- 
  

   logical 
  Observatory, 
  Mass. 
  The 
  former 
  volume 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  a 
  

   paper 
  by 
  H. 
  Helm 
  Clayton 
  on 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  cloud 
  observa- 
  

   tions. 
  It 
  opens 
  with 
  an 
  historical 
  sketch 
  of 
  cloud 
  nomenclature, 
  

   which 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  system 
  founded 
  

   upon 
  the 
  international 
  nomenclature. 
  The 
  relations 
  of 
  clouds 
  to 
  

   rain-fall, 
  cyclones, 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  wind, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  points, 
  

   are 
  discussed 
  in 
  detail, 
  with 
  other 
  related 
  subjects. 
  The 
  memoir 
  

   is 
  accompanied 
  by 
  seventeen 
  plates, 
  showing 
  particularly 
  the 
  

   relation 
  of 
  the 
  cloudiness 
  in 
  general, 
  and 
  the 
  different 
  forms 
  of 
  

   clouds, 
  to 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  cyclones 
  and 
  anti-cyclones. 
  

  

  Circular, 
  No. 
  15, 
  by 
  E. 
  C. 
  Pickering, 
  discusses 
  the 
  remarkable 
  

   results 
  obtained 
  in 
  photographing 
  the 
  stars 
  by 
  the 
  Bruce 
  photo- 
  

   graphic 
  telescope 
  and 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  some 
  beautiful 
  

   plates. 
  Circular, 
  No. 
  16, 
  gives 
  measurements 
  ot 
  the 
  spectrum 
  of 
  

   £ 
  Pupis. 
  

  

  2. 
  Smithsonian 
  Physical 
  Tables 
  ; 
  prepared 
  by 
  Thomas 
  Gray. 
  

   pp. 
  xxxiv 
  and 
  304. 
  Washington, 
  1896. 
  (Smithsonian 
  Miscel- 
  

   laneous 
  Collections, 
  1038.) 
  — 
  This 
  volume 
  forms 
  the 
  third 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  new 
  series 
  of 
  Smithsoniau 
  tables 
  planned 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  

   Prof. 
  S. 
  P. 
  Langley. 
  The 
  first 
  volume, 
  which 
  was 
  issued 
  in 
  1883 
  

   (see 
  this 
  Journal, 
  xlvi, 
  160), 
  comprised 
  the 
  meteorological 
  tables; 
  

   the 
  second, 
  issued 
  in 
  1894 
  (xlix, 
  327), 
  included 
  the 
  geographical 
  

   tables, 
  and 
  was 
  prepared 
  by 
  Prof. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woodward. 
  This 
  third 
  

   part 
  includes 
  the 
  physical 
  lables 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   Thomas 
  Gray, 
  of 
  Terre 
  Haute, 
  Indiana. 
  The 
  introduction 
  is 
  

   given 
  up 
  to 
  units 
  of 
  measurement 
  and 
  conversion 
  formulae, 
  and 
  

   then 
  follow 
  315 
  tables 
  relating 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  different 
  departments 
  of 
  

   physics, 
  but 
  so 
  varied 
  in 
  character 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  mention 
  

   them 
  individually. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  so 
  large 
  and 
  so 
  carefully 
  com- 
  

   piled 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  tables 
  of 
  physical 
  constants 
  is 
  obvious 
  and 
  need 
  

   not 
  to 
  be 
  insisted 
  upon. 
  

  

  3. 
  North 
  Carolina 
  and 
  its 
  Resources. 
  Issued 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  413 
  pp. 
  with 
  a 
  map 
  and 
  numerous 
  illus- 
  

   trations. 
  Raleigh, 
  1896. 
  — 
  This 
  handsome 
  volume 
  discusses 
  the 
  

   resources 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  in 
  all 
  their 
  varied 
  aspects, 
  economic 
  

   and 
  scientific. 
  It 
  thus 
  contains 
  much 
  matter 
  both 
  of 
  local 
  and 
  

   general 
  interest. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  excellent 
  plates 
  show 
  

   features 
  of 
  the 
  scenery, 
  agricultural 
  industries, 
  public 
  buildings, 
  

   etc., 
  and 
  add 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  attractive 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  volume. 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  National 
  Museum. 
  — 
  By 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  at 
  its 
  last 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  

   Chas. 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  was 
  

   appointed 
  Acting 
  Assistant 
  Secretary, 
  with 
  the 
  understanding 
  

   that 
  his 
  duties 
  would 
  be 
  exclusively 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  appointment 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  temporary 
  

   until 
  a 
  permanent 
  successor 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  G. 
  Brown 
  Goode 
  shall 
  be 
  

   appointed. 
  

  

  