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  Scientific 
  Intelligence 
  . 
  

  

  von 
  Bar 
  and 
  Errata. 
  Volume 
  II, 
  A 
  Translation 
  of 
  the 
  Text, 
  by 
  

   John 
  P. 
  Bate, 
  with 
  index 
  of 
  authors 
  cited. 
  Pp. 
  26«, 
  348. 
  

  

  3. 
  Observatory 
  Publications. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  publications 
  

   from 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  Observatories 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  call 
  for 
  mention: 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Natal 
  Observatory. 
  Reprint, 
  Second 
  Series, 
  volume 
  

   IX, 
  Appendix. 
  — 
  Determination 
  of 
  the 
  Difference 
  of 
  Longitude 
  

   between 
  Washington 
  and 
  Paris 
  1913-1914; 
  reduced 
  under 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  F. 
  B. 
  Littell 
  and 
  G. 
  A. 
  Hill. 
  Pp. 
  ElOO; 
  5 
  pis. 
  

   Washington, 
  1916. 
  Annual 
  Report 
  for 
  1916. 
  Pp. 
  21; 
  3 
  plates. 
  

  

  Allegheny 
  Observatory 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Pittsburgh. 
  — 
  

   Vol. 
  Ill, 
  No. 
  22. 
  The 
  orbit 
  and 
  spectrum 
  of 
  <r 
  Aquilse 
  ; 
  bv 
  

   Frank 
  C. 
  Jordan. 
  Pp. 
  189-196. 
  No. 
  23. 
  On 
  the 
  orbit 
  of 
  T 
  

   Vulpeculss; 
  by 
  A. 
  F. 
  Beal. 
  Pp. 
  197-199. 
  

  

  Cincinnati 
  Observatory. 
  — 
  No. 
  18. 
  Part 
  II. 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  

   Proper 
  Motion 
  Stars. 
  Pp. 
  113; 
  b}^ 
  Jermain 
  Gr. 
  Porter, 
  Director; 
  

   Everett 
  I. 
  Yowell 
  and 
  Elliott 
  Smith, 
  astronomers. 
  Cincin- 
  

   nati, 
  1916. 
  

  

  Princeton 
  University 
  Observatory. 
  — 
  No. 
  4. 
  Photometric 
  

   Researches. 
  The 
  eclipsing 
  vaiiables 
  R 
  V 
  Ophiuchi, 
  R 
  Z 
  Cassio- 
  

   peiae; 
  by 
  Raymond 
  S. 
  Dugan. 
  Pp. 
  38; 
  tables 
  and 
  illustrations. 
  

  

  Detroit 
  Observatory. 
  — 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Astronomical 
  

   Observatory 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Michigan. 
  Volume 
  II. 
  Pp. 
  

   186; 
  11 
  pis. 
  Ann 
  Arbor, 
  1916. 
  

  

  Carothers 
  Observatory 
  [Private 
  Astronomical), 
  Houston, 
  

   Texas, 
  March, 
  1916. 
  — 
  Bulletins, 
  No. 
  1. 
  The 
  Correlation 
  of 
  Solar 
  

   and 
  Weather 
  Phenomena 
  (Weather). 
  Pp. 
  5, 
  1 
  chart. 
  Also 
  the 
  

   same 
  subject 
  (Solar). 
  Pp. 
  6, 
  8 
  maps. 
  

  

  4. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   Arts 
  and 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  Science 
  Bulletin. 
  Vol. 
  2, 
  No. 
  6. 
  A 
  Con- 
  

   tribution 
  to 
  the 
  Ornithology 
  of 
  the 
  Orinoco 
  Region; 
  by 
  George 
  

   K. 
  Cherrie. 
  Pp. 
  133 
  a— 
  374. 
  Brooklyn, 
  1916. 
  

  

  5. 
  Tables 
  and 
  Other 
  Data 
  for 
  Engineers 
  and 
  Business 
  Men 
  / 
  

   compiled 
  by 
  Chas. 
  E. 
  Ferris. 
  Twentieth 
  Edition. 
  Pp. 
  220. 
  

   Knoxville, 
  Tenn. 
  (Published 
  by 
  the 
  University 
  Press.) 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  

   a 
  new 
  edition 
  of 
  a 
  useful 
  little 
  pocket-book 
  which 
  many 
  have 
  

   been 
  glad 
  to 
  avail 
  themselves 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  As 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  

   preface, 
  the 
  tables 
  and 
  engineering 
  data 
  here 
  given 
  have 
  been 
  

   compiled 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  securing 
  a 
  medium 
  for 
  bringing 
  to 
  the 
  

   attention 
  of 
  prominent 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  strong 
  " 
  arguments 
  in 
  

   favor 
  of 
  technical 
  education 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  developing 
  undeveloped 
  

   resources." 
  

  

  Obituary. 
  

  

  Professor 
  William 
  Beebe, 
  for 
  forty-one 
  years 
  an 
  important 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  mathematical 
  Faculty 
  of 
  Yale 
  College, 
  died 
  in 
  

   New 
  Haven 
  on 
  March 
  11 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  sixty-five 
  years. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Thomas 
  Pcjrdie, 
  who 
  held 
  the 
  chair 
  of 
  chemistry 
  

   in 
  St. 
  Andrew's 
  University, 
  died 
  in 
  December 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  

   seventy-three 
  years. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  N. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Miller 
  of 
  Harpenden, 
  England, 
  who 
  made 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  contributions 
  to 
  agricultural 
  chemistry, 
  died 
  on 
  January 
  

   12 
  in 
  his 
  thirty-seventh 
  year. 
  

  

  