JUNE,1914. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 396 R~Y,J.-J. Nature. . v. 93. 1914. Sur quelquea apparences de la foudre pendant les orages. Tours. He worth, M. W. Campbell. The Gulf etream. p. 4414. 1914. 24~49 (Extrait: Annuaire de la Soci6t.6 mCt6orolo- (!me 25.) gique de mnce fCvrier et mars 1914.) Whipple, F. J. W. Dynamical units for meteorology. p. 427-428 Saxony. K. Landes-Wetterwarte. lJlllln \ ,- ---I25 Dekaden-Monataberichte. , 1912. Jahrgang 15. Dresden. 1913. Thomson, A. Landsborough. Birds and weather. p. 457-458. 131 p. fo. (July 2.) [Abstract of pa er by A. Defant. Deutaches meteorologisches Jahrbuch f Ur 1910. Konigreich Sach- Aitken, John. Forests and ioods. July 16.) sen. Mit einer Vorarbeit: Ergebnisse der Erdbodentemperatur- Ph sical society of London. Pr~ceedin~~.~~&m$.on.v. $6. pt. 4. Messungen in Dresden-N. 1907 bis 1910. Dresden. 1913. 214 p. %ne 15, 1914. 6pl. f . Bower, William R. A graphic treatment of cusped wave-fronta Deutsches meteorologisches Jhrbuch fur 1912. 1. Hiilfte: Ergeb- and of the rainbow. p. 212-223. nisse der meteorologischen Beobachtungen. Dresden.. 1913. Royal meteorological society. Quarterly journal. London. v. 4. in4 n. fo- Jul , 1914. Shin’oiSh%zo, &Id, Ernest. Barometer readings in absolute units and their heteoreinfiSlleals Ursache des vermuteten Zuriickhaltens der ober- correction and reduction. p. 185-201. eten Atmmphare. Kyoto. [1914.] 1624 p. 8’. (Memoirs, Seward, A. C. Climate as tested by fossil plants . 203-212. College of sci. and engin., Kyoto imp. univ., v. 6, no. 2, Febru- Bamford, A. J. On a small anemometer for tropicafwe. p. 213- ary, 1914.) 219. Sonnblick-Verein. Simpson, G[eorge] C[larke]. Chief result of the meteorolo ‘cd 22. Jahrhres-Berkht, 1913. Wien. 1914. 41 p. plates. 4O. observations made on Ca tain Scott’s British antarctic (‘k- Straits Settlements. [Principal civil medical 05cer.I Nova) expedition 1911 ani 1912. p. 221-227. Meteorological returns for the year 1913. Singapore. 1914. unp. Hon. F. A. Roll0 Russell. p. 246-247. [obituary.] fO. Royal society. Proceedings. London. ser. A. v. 90. 1914. Trabert, -Wilhelm. Schuster, Arthur. On Newcomb’s method of investigating periodic- Neuere Arbeiten auf dem Gebiete der Wettervorhersage. Wien. ities and ita application to Briickner’s weather cycle. p. 349- 1912. -18 p. 12O. (Vortd e zur Verbreitung naturwissen- 355. schdftlicher Kenntniese in den, 52. Jahrg., Heft 10.) Scottish geographical magazine. Edinburgh. v. 30. July, 1914. Vincent, J[ean]. Wallis, B. C. Geographical aspects of climatolopcal investiga- Tmt6 de m6tborologie. Bruxellea. 1914. viii, 418 p. 12O. tions. p. 356-369. Wegener, Alfred. South Africanjournal of scimCe. Capetown. v. 10. Mardb, 1914. Beobachtun en fiber atmospbarische Polarisation adder daniscbeii Juritz, Charles Frederick. Chemical composition of rain in the Grl)nland-%xpedition unter Hauptmann Koch. Vorlauiige Mi t- . p. 170-193. teilung.) 12 p. 2 pl. So. (8.A. Sitzber. d. d esell. z. Befor- mathen~tico-phy8ical_- society. Proceedings. Tokyo. $ ser. v. 7. derung d. gegamten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg, Nr. 3. A- n’l, 1914. 25. Febr., 1914.) Gerada, T. On a t ical form of isobar. p. 258-264. Wegener, Kurt. U. 8. Bureau of stabx. Bulletin. Washington. v. 10. April 16, Temperatur und Regen in’hmoa 1909 und 1910 in edritngter 1914. gra hischer Darstellun . 6 p. chart. 8’. (bus fen Nach- Stillman, M. E. Note on the setting of a mercury dace to a ricften d. K. Gesell. d Wissenschften zu Gottingen., Math.- required height. p. 371-374. phys. IU. 1914.) Tashington academ of scunecs. Baltimore. v.. 4. July 19, 1914. Humphreys, dG[illiam] J[ackson]. American temperatures and European rainfall. 346347. Association francaise pour PavananMnt des schces. Compted sbndw. 42 session, Tunis, 191.9. Paria. 1914. RECENT PAPERS BEARING ON XETEOROLOGY. Tur in, Albert. A ropos des pamtonnerres de grande conducti- b& et de leur eZcacit6 comrne paraele. p. 236-241. C. F-XTZHUGHTALPAN, Professor in charge of Library. Lalin, Michel. Influence de la fori% Bur la temphture d’un cou- rant dnen. 242-243. The subjoined titles have been selected from the con- Oiel et tme. Bruxeh. 35 ann&. Juin 1914, tents of the periodicals and serials recently received in VandeTer. Les nouvelles cartes synoptiquee du Weather Bu- reau’ de Washington. p. 169-172. the Library of the Weather Bureau. The titles selected Lyons. Observatoire. Bulletin. St. Genis-Laval. 1 an&. Juin apers and other communications bearing on 1914. meteor0are Of P ogy and cognate branches of science. This is Vermorel, [V.]. L’assurance contre la grele. p. 216-223. not a complete bides of the meteorological contents of Bavaria. K. mctwrologische Centralstation. Deutsches mctcorob~r Jirbuch. Hunchen. 191.9. all the journals from which it has been compiled. It Huber, Anton. Daa Rlinia der Zugspitze. Anhang L. p. 1-62. shows only the articles that appear to the compder like1 Finska K?tenskaps-So&tetens. fifier8igt af Vilrhndlingar. Heking- to be of particular interest in connection with the worg foots. Bd. 55. Afd. A. 1912-1915. of the Weather Bureau. Johansson, Osc. V. DSmpfende Wirkungen des Schnees und Eises auf die Luftternperatur. p. 144. (no. 11.) Astronomhl obsmatoy of Hamad College. Annuls. Cambridge. Johansson, Osc. V. Einige Studien uber die monatlichen Tem-

v. 73. t. 1. 1914. ~ peraturextreme. p. 1-114. (no. 17.) McA&e, Alexander [G.]. The founder of the Observatory: A re- Leipzk. Geophwikaliaeherr Institut der Universitat. Vdffentlichungen.- view of the scientific work of Abbott Lawrence Rotch. p. 60-73. lk-zig. 8: s&. H. 5. 1914. with list of his writings.] Jesselberg, Th., & Sverdrup, H. U. Das Beschleunigungefeldbei Wells, L. A. Features of the twenty-five years observations [at einfarhen Luftbeweeuneen. D. 117-146. Blue Hill observato 1. p. 74-76. Brooks, Charles F. T!e ice storms of New . p. 77-84. British associationfor the advancement of ecknce. Report. 83d mating, Binninghm, 1913. London. 1914. Owens, J[ohn] Srwitzer]. Possible methods for measuring the amount of atmospheric pollution. p. 39L396. fur Stnblung. p..270-275. seientijejournal. Alexandria. v. 8. Hay, 1914. Braak, C ornelis]. Uber den Einflues der Strahlung auf die Wol- Shaw, H. Knox. A comparison between the climates of the Khe- kenbildung. 275-279. divial observato and town of Helwan. p. 113-114. Kleinschmidt, E[mst]. Berggipfel und freie AtmospUre. p. 284- Electrical world. New Tork. v. 64. July 11,1914. 386. Electric weather vane. p. 94. Elsner, G[eorg] v. Zur Frage des Tem turuntemchiedee zwi- Meteorological society of . Journal. Tokyo. S3d year. June, schen der Luft auf Berggpfeln und rfreien Atm0ephU-e in 1914. gleicher H6he. p. 286-287. Fu’iwhara S. M. Iiajima’s report on observationa with a newly Dobisch, Hermann. Daa Doppelthermometer__ de Verdunatungo-- designed anemmope. p. 28-32. messer. . 287-290. Ihkamura Katsuji. Observations of horizontal minbowe. pi Arndt, .And. Eine Methode, auf der Karte die VerhIUtnb in der 25-28. 1Se-e thu REVIEW,July, 1914.1 Vertikalen darzuetellen. p. 292-293. 6W28-1614

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/01/21 01:16 PM UTC 396 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. JUNE,1914 llieteorologisehs Zeitiedr@-Continued. of world-wide interest. Doubtless he sometimes feels Bemmelen,W[illem] van. Restimmung des Einflueses von Htitten- aufstellungen dex Thermometer in den Tropen. p. 293-295. rather tantalized at the sight of the Meteoroloecheskii Peppler, Albert. Uber die Ahhiingigkeit der oberen Luftstrtimun- Vicstnik (in Russian), Az Idt)j&rls (in Hunganan), or gen von der H6henlage der Stratos h&re. p. 296-297. the Journal of the Meteorolo ‘cal Society of Japan Keller, H[ermann]. Ursprung und ferbleib des Featland-Nieder- (which is mostly in Japanese, t ough occasional a ers schlags. p. 297-300. !i? Pikolajewicz, J. Prtifung des Nullpunlites der Stationsther- are published in English, German, and-Esperanto5 ;%ut mometer. p. 301. it is safe to say that there is little of permanent interest Natunuissenscha en. Berlin. 1. Jahrgaiig. 5. Juni 1914. in tho contents of these exotic publications-except, per- Rudzki, DfP. Der Bau der Atmosphiire und deaaen ErklBrung haps, some papers dediiig with local climatolov- durch R. Rinden. p. 549-550. PhcrnzologiSche Mitteilungen. Dannstadt. Jirgang 1918. which does not find its way, in abstract or translation, He foky, J akob]. Diu Aufbliihen in der Gegend zwischen der into the journals published in more familiar tongues. I&o und Donau. p. 35-36. Heniel en Dampliriiig (the leading Dutch journal of as- Der feldmiissige Gemifsebau im Grossherzogtuni Hessen im Jahre tronomy and meteorolo ;y) can be negot,iated with toler- 1912 nach seiner Anbaufliiche und seiner Verteilung auf die klimatisch- haenologischen Zonen. 37-48. able facility by the rea %er who has a good knowledge of EchweirPr. Aero-Kfh. Bulletin. Brrn. 5. Mai 1914. German, and a Dutch dictionary at hand for occasional Grunauer, Arthur. Luftstromungen unda. Luftfahrt. p. 106-111. reference. Wetter. Bdin. 81. Jahr ang. 1914. The Meteorologisc.he Zeitschrift must be named first Perlewitz P[aul]. #$orschung der Luftstromungen durch die Flugbahnen der Freiballone. 97-105. IiMai.) among the urely meteorological journals published. in Grosse W.]. Zur kenntnis der%&n p. 108-110. (Mai.) languages w Piich the majority of meteorologists can read. Krifka,’6 Krjeg und Wet.ter. p. 114-119. (Mai.) It is the arena in which the most advanced and vital Naegler, W. Uber die Methoden der Bestimniung der Luftfeuch- questions are fought out by acknowledged leaders in the tigkeit und die Bedeutung, welche diese Bestimniung fur die Wetterprognose hat. . 126-132. (Juni.) several branches of the science to which it is-devoted. Siedenburg, T. Das Nden des Fruhlings im Nythus der arischen The Zeitschrift, the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Volker. p. 137-139. (Juni.) Meteorological Society, and thehlonthly Weather Review, Wolff-Abendroth, Leopold. Wetterkunde und Schule. p. 140- with perhaps, the Beitrage zur Physik der freien Atmos- 144. (Juni.). R. Amdmia dei Lzncei. Atti. Ronia. 1.23. 17 ma gio 1914. phare, are the indis ensable journals to the meteorolo- Eredia, Filip . L’influenza della orografia sulfa clistribuzione @st of English speec. i! ; but this statement is by no means mensile defi nebulcwith. p. 795-600. intended to disparage the great importance 01 such pub- Rdwkta nieteorieo-agzak. Roma. anno 84. Apn’le 1916. lications as the Annuaire de la SociQtQMBtQorologique Castriota, F. Sull’ intorbidamento dell’atniosfera durante 1 ’ estate de (published monthly, in spite of its name), del 1912. p. 365-394. Das Wetter, the Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society, S mons’s Meteorolo ‘cal Magazine, the Memoirs of the In ian Met.eorologicafl Department, the Bolletino NOTES FROX THE WEATHER BUREAU LIBRARY. of the SociethB Meteorologica Italiana, the Annalen der By C. FITZHUQETALMAN, Professor in charge of Library. Hydrographie uiid maritinien Meteorologie, and Ciel et Terre (which last, however, is now rather more astro- METEOROLOGY IN THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. nomical than meteorological). Certain annual publica- tions need to be enumerated here, notably the annual What scientific ‘ournals should be read b 7 the meteor- reports of the Bureau Central IfQtCorologiquede France, 010 ‘st in order tE, at he may maintain at ?east a paper-. the Royal Prussian Meteorological Institute, the Uffizio k~& aquaintance with the whole niultifarious progress Centrale di llleteorolo a (Rome), and the Lindenber of his science? If he be a specialist in certain branches Observatory, all of Mfich, besides administrative ani of meteorolo y, in which journals wiU he find the most statistical matters, contain numeroils memoirs of the and the best fi terature pertaining to his specialty ? These highest interest. The Annuaire MQtQorologiqueof the questions become more and more important as the nuni- Ro al Observatory of Belgium is a somewhat analogous ber of scient& periodicals increases, since there is, as pu glication, while there are many yearbooks of other et, no corresponding increase in the extent to which the meteorolo ical services and observatories which contain &mature of each science is segregated, while such nomi- occasionaB menioim dealing with problems in general nal segre ation as exists is complicated b the over- rue teorology . lap ing of the sciences, so that meteorolog ,for example, The purpose of t,he present note is not, however, to S,& ihelf dismembered in res onse to tI e demands of discuss the ostensibly meteorological journals, but to the physicist, the geographer, tYl e astrophysicist, the ge- point out publications of a more general character, or ologst, the biologist, the aeronaut, and many others. devoted to part-icular subjects other than meteorology, Bibliographies are of limited utility in disentangling this which nevertheless the nieteorologist ou ht to see regu- com Iicahon. By the time a scient& niemoir is pigeon- lady on account of the laroe amount oB literature they holef; and ticketed in the bibliographies it has lost some- contain relating direct1 to%s science The task of se thing of its ristine charm and interest; hence these com- lection is not easy. A Ln list would &feat its purpose, pilations, tE ough indispensable for many purposes, do since the average iiiet,eoro ogist has not the to read all not fully meet the requirements of the student whose the publications that night,K with more or less ropriety, ambition it is to keep fully abreast of the times and even be enumerated here, nor, in niost cases, woulx he have a little ahead of the times. access to all of them. On the other hand, the writer feels Of the journals devoted wholly to meteorology little reluctant to omit ai!y of the journals, some two hundred need be said. They are so few that the meteorologist in number, which, myth great profit to hiniself, he searches can easily find time to read all of them, and he naturally regularly for meteorological papers to be catalogued in does so, except whenathe Ian uages in which they are and listed among “Recent Pa ers” in the published prove an mu era% le barrier. Fortunately I MONTHLYthe librarf+ EATHER REVIEW. The editors oP the journals the reader who knows E!hish, French, German, and”’ not mentioned below will, of course, understand that the Italian need not miss mu& meteorological literatureN principal criterion governing our selection is the amount

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