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THE subjects of papers included in this volume are:—Central American rainfall, a transcontinental series of gravity measurements, cloud classifications, steel cylinders for gun construction, the latitude-variation tide, Alaska, graphic reduction of star places, chemistry in the United States, the transcontinental arc, a century of geography, the comparison of line and end standards, recent progress in geodesy, secular change in the direction of the terrestrial magnetic field at the earth's surface, and the function of criticism in the advancement of science. In addition, there are a number of obituary notices of members of the Society.
Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington.
Vol. xiii. 1895–1899. Pp. xxvi + 507. (Washington, D.C.: Judd and Detweiler, 1900.)
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Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington . Nature 64, 253 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064253a0
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