﻿Miscellaneous 
  Intelligence. 
  89 
  

  

  mined, 
  for 
  example, 
  by 
  balloons 
  ; 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   eries, 
  as 
  those 
  for 
  sponges 
  on 
  the 
  African 
  coast. 
  A 
  large 
  amount 
  

   of 
  important 
  material 
  is 
  thus 
  being 
  brought 
  together, 
  having 
  to 
  

   do 
  with 
  the 
  Adriatic 
  and 
  Mediterranean. 
  

  

  7. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Allegheny 
  Observatory 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  

   of 
  Pittsburgh 
  ; 
  edited 
  by 
  Frank 
  Schlesinger, 
  Director. 
  These 
  

   include 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  Volume 
  II, 
  Title 
  Page 
  and 
  Contents. 
  

  

  Vol. 
  Ill, 
  No. 
  1. 
  Irregularities 
  in 
  Atmospheric 
  Refraction 
  ; 
  by 
  

   Frank 
  Schlesinger. 
  Pp. 
  10. 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  The 
  Orbit 
  of 
  U. 
  Sagittse 
  ; 
  by 
  Mary 
  Fowler. 
  Pp. 
  

   11-15. 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  A 
  Description 
  of 
  Eighteen 
  Spectrograms 
  of 
  Nova 
  

   Geminorum; 
  by 
  Frank 
  C. 
  Jordan. 
  Pp. 
  17-22. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Mellon 
  Spectrograph 
  : 
  A 
  Correction. 
  Pp. 
  

   197-199. 
  Index, 
  p. 
  199. 
  

  

  The 
  addresses 
  given 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  dedication 
  of 
  the 
  

   new 
  Allegheny 
  Observatory 
  on 
  August 
  28th, 
  1912, 
  are 
  printed 
  in 
  

   a 
  special 
  pamphlet 
  of 
  39 
  pages 
  with 
  3 
  plates 
  — 
  Misc. 
  Sci. 
  Papers, 
  

   N. 
  S., 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  No. 
  2. 
  

  

  8. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Detroit 
  Astronomical 
  Observatory 
  of 
  

   the 
  University 
  of 
  Michigan 
  ; 
  William 
  J. 
  Hussey, 
  Director. 
  

   Volume 
  I. 
  Pp. 
  72; 
  13 
  plates. 
  Ann 
  Arbor, 
  1912. 
  — 
  This 
  in- 
  

   cludes 
  a 
  general 
  illustrated 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Observatory 
  by 
  the 
  

   Director 
  ; 
  also 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  single-prism 
  spectrograph 
  by 
  R. 
  H. 
  

   Curtiss, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  registration 
  of 
  earthquakes 
  from 
  Aug. 
  16, 
  

   1909 
  to 
  Jan. 
  1, 
  1912, 
  by^W. 
  M. 
  Mitchell. 
  

  

  9. 
  Carothers 
  Observatory 
  — 
  private 
  astronomical, 
  Houston, 
  

   Texas. 
  — 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  1 
  discusses 
  the 
  " 
  Central 
  Law 
  of 
  the 
  

   Weather 
  :" 
  localized 
  "long 
  range" 
  forecasts 
  in 
  actual 
  operation, 
  

   a 
  comparison 
  with 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Weather 
  Bureau's 
  local 
  forecasts 
  ; 
  by 
  

   W. 
  F. 
  Carothers. 
  

  

  10. 
  Bibliotheca 
  Zoologica 
  II. 
  Verzeichniss 
  der 
  Schriften 
  

   uber 
  Zoologie 
  Welche 
  in 
  den 
  periodischen 
  Werken 
  Enthalten 
  

   und 
  vom 
  Jahre 
  1861-1880 
  selbstandig 
  erschie?ien 
  sind, 
  etc.; 
  

   bearbeitet 
  von 
  Dr. 
  O. 
  Taschenberg. 
  Achtzehnte 
  Lieferung. 
  

   5515-5800. 
  Leipzig, 
  1910 
  (Wilhelm 
  Engelmann, 
  Mittelstrasse 
  2). 
  

   — 
  The 
  opening 
  parts, 
  I 
  and 
  II, 
  of 
  this 
  valuable 
  and 
  exhaustive 
  

   work 
  were 
  noticed 
  in 
  1887 
  (see 
  vol. 
  xxxiii, 
  p. 
  245). 
  During 
  the 
  

   years 
  that 
  have 
  elapsed, 
  nineteen 
  parts 
  have 
  been 
  published, 
  of 
  

   which 
  seventeen 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  proper 
  in 
  its 
  different 
  

   divisions. 
  Part 
  XVIII 
  (as 
  also 
  XIX, 
  vol. 
  xxxv, 
  p. 
  558), 
  are 
  sup- 
  

   plementary 
  in 
  nature 
  ; 
  the 
  one 
  now 
  in 
  hand 
  contains 
  corrections 
  

   and 
  additions, 
  dealing 
  first 
  with 
  literature, 
  books, 
  and 
  periodicals, 
  

   and, 
  second,- 
  with 
  the 
  subjects 
  of 
  aquariums, 
  museums, 
  zoological 
  

   gardens, 
  laboratories 
  and 
  microscopes, 
  and 
  finally 
  with 
  works 
  

   dealing 
  with 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  natural 
  sciences 
  and 
  allied 
  subjects. 
  

   The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  has 
  run 
  to 
  6,000 
  pages, 
  with 
  

   from 
  twenty 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  references 
  on 
  each 
  page, 
  indicates 
  its 
  

   extraordinary 
  completeness. 
  

  

  