Dr. J. S. Owenst The death of Dr. J. S. Owens on December 6 removes a most useful and public-spirited man of science. For nearly thirty years Dr. Owens has been the moving spirit in the investiga- tion of atmospheric pollution on its quantitative side. He devised the instruments in use, and co-ordinated, tabulated and prepared for publication all the data on which the progressive changes in the amount of pollution in the atmosphere are evaluated. As the result of the Smoke Abatement Exhibition in 1912 a committee was formed for the systematic investigation of atmospheric pollution, and Owens became its secretary. In 1917 the work of this committee was transferred to the Meteorological Office and Owens was appointed part-time superintendent in charge of the Atmospheric Pollution Division. In 1927 the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research took over the investigation of atmospheric pollution from the Meteorological Office, and in order that the supervision of the instruments and the compilation of statistics should remain in his charge, Owens was appointed superin- tendent of observations. For the quantitative investigation of atmospheric pollution Owens devised three main instruments and several instruments of lesser importance. The most widely used of these instruments was the standard deposit gauge. This consisted of a simple collecting basin having an opening of approximately four square feet exposed in the open on a stand at a height of four feet. All the pollution and rain which fell into the basin was collected and analyzed, giving valuable information as to the amount and nature of the pollution deposited from the atmosphere. The second instrument was the automatic filter gauge for determining the amount of pollution contained in a given volume of air, and the third the jet dustcounter, for counting the number of particles of soot and other insoluble particles contained in the air. All three instruments have performed invaluable service, 123 deposite gauges and 16 automatic filters being maintained by nunicipalities and other public bodies in 1938. Owens's inventive skill, conscientious compilation of records and personal enthusiasm have resulted in Great Britain being far ahead of any other country in knowledge of the pollution of its atmosphere—in this he has performed a valuable public service. Three days before his death Owens was awarded the Symons Gold Medal (for 1942) by the Royal Meteor- ological Society "for distinguished work done in connection with Meteorological Science.— (From Nature, January 31, 1942, p. 133.)

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Some Recent Books on Meteorology for Pilots Meteorology for Aviators, by R. C. Sutcliffe, Ph.D. London, H. M. Sta- tionery Office, 1940 8° xiv + 274 pp. 110 illus. (Instructions for the Prep- aration of Weather Maps with Tables of the Specifications and Symbols, London, 1939, 27 pp. in pocket.) Price 7s. 6d. [Same.] New York, Chemical Publishing Co., 1940. 8° xiv + 276 + 27 pp. Price $4.00. Through the Overcast, by Assen Jordanoff, illustrations by Frank L. Carson and Fred L. Meagher. New York, Funk and Wagnalls Co., (College edition, Ginn & Co., Boston.) 1938 xii + 356 pp. 319 figures. Price $3.00. Weather Manual for Pilots. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps. War Department Technical Manual No. 1-230, Washing- ton, Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 1940. 293 pp. 178 illus. 2 folded maps. Price (paper) 40c. That 'he who flies may read' seems eration. The book is especially note- to have been one of the considera- worthy for its treatment of practical tions in making these books. They weather forecasting, for the analysis are simply written, copiously illus- of typical synoptic charts, and for the trated, and restricted in scope to detailed instructions for plotting data what a pilot needs to know. Com- on weather charts in the international pared with ordinary books on meteor- symbols, complete tables of which are ology, they are less theoretical and included. The American edition is a less mathematical, but far more prac- photographic reproduction of the tical in applying meteorology to original English book. The reviewer aerial navigation. has used this book as a text with two university classes, with satisfaction Sutcliffe is well known to readers to both students and teacher. of the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society as a mathe- Of Jordanoff's book only 134 pages matical meteorologist of power and or- are devoted to meteorology, the rest iginality. "Meteorology for Aviators," to airplane instruments, power-plant, being intended for the instruction- aerial navigation, and . The of candidates for license as civil special features of this book are the transport pilots and for the R. A. F. large type, the illustrations, which is neither abstruse nor dynamical, are accompanied by clear legends. but is mainly qualitative and de- Many of the illustrations are ex- scriptive. Its scope is wider than ploded to show details of structure. that of the other two books here re- The style is colloquial, and the author viewed, but everything is considered uses psychology on the reader by in- with reference to aviation. Clouds troducing a whipping boy, "Cloudy and altimetry receive special consid-

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