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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  interior 
  states 
  and 
  territories 
  on 
  primary 
  and 
  secondary 
  triangula- 
  

   tion. 
  Magnetic 
  observations 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  five 
  observatories, 
  in 
  

   addition 
  to 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  six 
  parties 
  engaged 
  in 
  this 
  work 
  on 
  

   land, 
  and 
  observations 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Survey 
  vessels 
  at 
  

   sea. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  the 
  magnetic 
  elements 
  were 
  determined 
  at 
  

   upward 
  of 
  300 
  stations, 
  while 
  60 
  stations 
  were 
  reoccupied 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  determining 
  the 
  secular 
  change 
  of 
  the 
  elements. 
  The 
  

   international 
  boundaries 
  between 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Canada 
  

   and 
  between 
  Alaska 
  and 
  Canada 
  have 
  also 
  made 
  important 
  pro- 
  

   gress. 
  

  

  The 
  Superintendent 
  has 
  also 
  published 
  a 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  seven- 
  

   teenth 
  General 
  Conference 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Geodetic 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  on 
  the 
  geodetic 
  operations 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  1909-1 
  912. 
  

  

  The 
  California-Washington 
  Arc 
  of 
  Primary 
  Triangulation 
  ; 
  by 
  

   A. 
  L. 
  Baldwin. 
  Special 
  Publication 
  No. 
  13. 
  Pp. 
  78 
  ; 
  7 
  illus- 
  

   trations. 
  

  

  4. 
  Hurricanes 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Prepared, 
  under 
  direction 
  

   of 
  Willis 
  L. 
  Moore, 
  by 
  Oliver 
  L. 
  Fassig. 
  Pp. 
  28 
  ; 
  4 
  tables, 
  

   25 
  plates. 
  Washington, 
  1913. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agricul- 
  

   ture, 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  Bulletin. 
  — 
  This 
  important 
  memoir 
  dis- 
  

   cusses 
  the 
  areas 
  and 
  tracks 
  of 
  West 
  Indian 
  hurricanes 
  ; 
  their 
  

   frequency 
  (88 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  August, 
  September 
  and 
  October); 
  pro- 
  

   gressive 
  movement 
  ; 
  duration 
  and 
  intensity 
  ; 
  origin, 
  and 
  allied 
  

   points. 
  The 
  storm 
  of 
  August 
  7-20, 
  1899, 
  so 
  destructive 
  in 
  Porto 
  

   Rico, 
  is 
  described 
  in 
  particular 
  detail. 
  This 
  general 
  subject 
  

   becomes 
  of 
  vital 
  interest 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  

   navigation 
  in 
  West 
  Indian 
  waters 
  likely 
  to 
  result 
  from 
  the 
  open- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  Panama 
  canal. 
  

  

  5. 
  Die 
  Zersetzung 
  und 
  Haltbarmachung 
  der 
  JEier 
  • 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   Dr. 
  Alexander 
  Kossowicz. 
  Pp. 
  vi, 
  74. 
  Wiesbaden, 
  1913 
  (J. 
  

   F. 
  Bergmann). 
  — 
  The 
  monograph 
  includes 
  a 
  detailed 
  review 
  of 
  

   the 
  literature 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  bacteria, 
  yeasts, 
  and 
  

   moulds 
  in 
  eggs 
  under 
  various 
  conditions 
  of 
  preservation, 
  along 
  

   with 
  the 
  author's 
  experimental 
  observations 
  bearing 
  on 
  this 
  ques- 
  

   tion. 
  In 
  contrast 
  with 
  the 
  contentions 
  of 
  certain 
  American 
  inves- 
  

   tigators 
  he 
  finds 
  that 
  fresh 
  eggs 
  rarely 
  contain 
  bacteria 
  within 
  

   them. 
  However 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  time 
  micro-organisms 
  readily 
  

   find 
  their 
  way 
  into 
  the 
  interior 
  through 
  the 
  intact 
  shell. 
  This 
  is 
  

   particularly 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  putrefactive 
  type. 
  In 
  discussing 
  the 
  

   problems 
  of 
  preserving 
  eggs 
  the 
  author 
  emphasizes 
  low 
  tempera- 
  

   ture, 
  lime-containing 
  mixtures, 
  and 
  water 
  glass 
  solutions. 
  L. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  6. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Comitato 
  Talassografico 
  Italiano, 
  

   Venice, 
  1912. 
  — 
  The 
  Commission 
  for 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  Italian 
  

   Seas, 
  which 
  began 
  its 
  work 
  in 
  1910 
  (see 
  vol. 
  xxxi, 
  p. 
  581), 
  continues 
  

   to 
  be 
  highly 
  active 
  in 
  its 
  many 
  departments. 
  A 
  bi-monthly 
  bulle- 
  

   tin 
  is 
  published, 
  the 
  last 
  received 
  being 
  No. 
  20 
  for 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  

   November 
  and 
  December, 
  1912. 
  In 
  addition, 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  twenty 
  

   memoirs 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  dealing 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  vari- 
  

   ety 
  of 
  subjects. 
  These 
  include 
  the 
  temperature 
  and 
  composition 
  

   of 
  the 
  sea 
  water 
  ; 
  meteorological 
  conditions 
  over 
  the 
  sea 
  deter- 
  

  

  