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the running ice, and allowed the formation of a sheet of surface ice.
ICE.
At the end of the nionth the Mississippi River re- mained frozen as far south m Prairie du Chien, Wis. The ice moved out below the drawbridge at Dubuque, Iowa, during the afternoon of February 17, and above the bridge on February 26, the earliest opening of the Mississip i River at Dubuque in 29 years. The previous earliest a ate was March 3, 1S92. At Davenport, Iowa, the ice moved out on February 15, and at Keokuk, Iowa, on Februmy 1.
The Missouri River remained closed from Omaha northward, and the rivers of New England and New York also remained frozen.
MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL.
As a whole, conditions improved materially during the month, only a limited number of localities reporting a probable deficiency in water supply during the coming spring and summer. Estimates are of course based upon the assumption that the spring temperatures will not be unusually high. Hydrographs for ty ical points on several principal I. The stations selected for charting are Keokuk, St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans, on the Mississippi; Cincinnati and Cairo, on the Ohio; Nashville, on the C!umberland; Johnsonville, on the Tennessee; Kansas City, on the Missouri; Little Rock, on the Arkansas; and Shreveport, on the Red.
rivers are shown on Ciart P
RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE WEATHER BUREAU LIBRARY.
C. FITZHUQH TAIXAN, Librarian.
The following have been selected from anion the titles
likely to be useful to Weather Bureau officials in their meteorological work and studies. Anonymous publica- tions are indicated by a -.
hgenheister, G.
of books recently received as representing t a ose most
Wolkenbeobachtungen in Samoa. [Gottingen.] [1909.] 8 6". (Separatabdruck: Nachr. k. Gesell. Wiss., Gottingen, bath.- Physik. Kl., 1909.). Austria. K. k. Zentralanstalt fur Meteorologie und Geodynamik. Allgemeiner Bericlit und Chronik der im Jahre 1908 in Oesterreicli beobachteten Erdbeben. Wien. 1910. vi, 281 p. SO. Bavaria. K. Bayerischen meteorologische Central-Station. Deutaches meteorologisches Jahrbuch: Bayern, 1909. Munchen. 1910. v. Brillmann, Reu&ari:' Unterauchungen uber das diffuse Wandlicht. Emden. 1910. 39 p. 80. (Dim.-Kiel.) Capodimonte. Reale osservatorio. Osaervaaioni meteoriche, 1907, 1908, 1909. n. p. n. d. 8 O .
Riwunto delle mervazioni meteoriche . . . 1907, 1908. n. p.
Average annual rainfall of Port0 Rico [and other papers]. Wash-
n. d. 8".
Fassig, Oliver L[anard].
ington, etc. 1909, 1910. v. p. 4O.
Fourier, uean Baptiste Jose 1.
planbtaires. Germany. K. Mar AFE!. $;servatorium in Wilhelmshaven.
. . . Erdmagnetismus, 1910. Berlin. 1911. 6p. fo. Golitsyn, B.
der Bodenbewegung. St. Petersbnrg. 1910. 31 p. 4". Greece. Observatoire national d'Athenes.
24.1 p. 569-604. 4 O .
MBmoire s u les temp &h ratures du globe terrestre et des espaces
Ver6ffentlichungen . . . Neue Folge, Heft 1, 2. Ubersicht iiber
Ueber einen neuen Seismographen fur die Vertikalkomponente
Annales . . . Tomes. Athhes. 1910. 592p. f".
Hedges, Killingworth. Modern lightning conductors; . . . Report of the Lightning re- search committee of 1905, also the Phoenix fire office 1910 rules, with notes as to the methods of protection and specifications . . . Sd ed. London. 1910. v. p. So.
Ueber die Strahlen der Nordlichter. Heidelberg. 1910. 9 p. 8".
Uehw die Wirlrunaen sehr kurzwelligen ultravioletteu Lichte~ auf Cime und iiher &le sehr reiche Qiielle dieses Lichtes. Heidei- berg. 1910. v. So.
Lenard, P.
Lenard, P., & Ramsauer, C.
Lisbon. Observatorio to Infante D. Luiz. Aniiaes . . . 1907, v. 45. LidJoa. 1910. 131 p. Io. M€ mery, Henri. IGt6orologie et ph6nnmhnes solaires. Bordeaux. 1910. 63 p.
S". (Xor. d'oceanographie do Ciolfe de Gascogiie.) Russia. Ministry of Agriculture. Meteorological bureau. hnnaleii der Landwirthschnftlichen Meteorologie. [T. p. Rus- sian and German. Text in Ru~sian.] Bd. 1, Lfg. 1-Winter- getreide. (Roggeii und Reizen.) 8t. Petersburg. 1910. x,
33 1). f". Solvay, Ekest.
Strub, Walter.
Wiesbaden. Meteorologische Station.
De la, eondensation 6lectriyue dans 1 'atmmphhre. Brurelles.
Teniperaturverhiiltnisse von Basel. Basel. 1910. 139 p. So.
Beobachtungen, 1909. Wieshaden. 1910. 54 p. So. (S.-Abdr.:
1907. 19 p. 8 O . (Repr.: Ciel et terre, 1907. T. Zd.)
( Dim.-Bnsel.)
Nassauer Vereiii fur Naturkunde.)
RECENT PAPERS BEARING ON METEOROLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY.
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The subjoined titles have been selected from the con- tents of the periodicals and serials recently received in the Library of the Weather Bureau. The titles selected axe of papers or other communications bearing on meteorology and other cognate branches of science. This is not a complete i n d s of the meteorological con- tents of all the journals from which it has been compiled; it shows only the articles that appear to the compiler likely to be of particular interest in connection with the work of the Weather Bureau. Unsigned articles are indi- cated by a -.
Journal of geology. Chicago. v. 19. JanuarpFebmy, 1911. Coleman, A. P. Climate and the physical conditions of the Kee-
Meteorological society of Japan. Journal. Tokio. 30th year. Jan- my, 1911. Fujiwara, S. On kites and kite lines. (2d report. English.)
Nature. London. v . S5. February 9. 1911. Colliery ,yarni s. p. 437-438. [Signed "The author of ReTy by H. Louis. Royal society of E%nburgh. Proceedings. Adinburgh v. 81. 1911. Wedderburn, E. Y., & W i l l i i , A. Y. The temperature Reiche
Royal society of Edinburgh. Transactions. v. 4.4, p!s. 1 ,d . 1904. Buchan, Alexander, & Omond, Robert Tra~l. The Ben Nevib
Royal society of London. Proceedings. London. Ser. A. v. 85. No.
Schuster, Arthur. The origin of magnetic ,dorms. p. 44-50.
~Sdool s&nce a i d muthemafiw. Chicago. v. 9 . March, 1911. Brown, Robert M. The humidity of the air in school rooma.
Science. New Ymk. v. 38. March S, 1911. Gulick, Luther H. The air we breathe in buildings. p. 326-328. Scientific AntPrioan. New York. v. 104. March 4, 1911. The southernmost meteorological station of the world
watin. p. 1-14.
p. 1-7.
the warnin
p. 257-255. [Abstract from Transactions.]
observations. 1898-1904 and appendix. p. 1-714.
A 575.
p. 252-256.
- p. 219.
McAdie.]
countries. p. 188.
Fog and fog signals. p. 227. [Abstract of paper by A. G.
The worl s d d y weather maps. Syetems used in various
Brieiitijic Ammcan s u ~p l e n m t . v. 71. March 15, 1911.