APPENDIX VIII. REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911: · The total number of copies of publications of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches distributed during the year was 197,206. This aggregate included 643 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 35,935 of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 19,622 special publications, including 2,743 volumes on the Harriman Alaska expedition; 518 publications not included in the Smithsonian series; 22,482 annual reports and bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and 110,000 copies of the various publications of the National Museum. I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. The Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight which was begun by the late Secretary Langley in 1904, and continued by Mr. Charles M. Manly, assistant in charge of experiments, was in type and nearly ready for distribution at the close of the year. This work forms a part of volume 27 of the Contributions to Knowledge. II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. In the series of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections were published (1) cover and preliminary pages for volume 51; (2) two papers of volume 53, with cover, preliminary pages, and index, completing that volume; (3) thirteen papers of volume 56; (4) four papers of volume 57; (5) and the Smithsonian Physical Tables, by F. E. Fowle, forming part of volume 58. The issues of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections during the year were as follows: 1928. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Cover and preliminary pages for volume 54. Octavo. Pages v. 1934. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 6: Olenellus and other Genera of the Mesonacidæ. By Charles D. Walcott. Published August 12, 1910. Octavo. Pages 231-422 (unpaged index), with Plates 23-44. Volume 53, No. 6. 1939. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 7: Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the Bow River Valley, Alberta, Canada. By Charles D. Walcott. Published August, 1910. Octavo. Pages 423-431, with Plates 45-47. Volume 53. No. 7. 1940. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. II. Abrupt Appearance of the Cambrian Fauna on the North American Continent. By Charles D. Walcott. Published August 18, 1910. Octavo. Pages 1-16. Volume 57, No. 1. 78 1941. Notes on a Horn-feeding Lepidopterous Larva from Africa. Busck. Published July, 1910. Octavo. Pages 2, with 2 plates. No. 8. By August Volume 56, 1942. Description of Seven New Species of East African Mammals. By Edmund Heller. Published July 22, 1910. Octavo. Pages 5, with three plates. Volume 56, No. 9. 1943. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Cover and preliminary pages for volume 51. Octavo. 1944. Smithsonian Physical Tables. Fifth Revised Edition. By F. E. Fowle, aid, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Published May 17, 1911. Octavo. Pages xxxiv, 318. Volume 58, No. 1. 1945. New Landshells from the Smithsonian African Expedition. By William Healey Dall. Published July 22, 1910. Octavo. Pages 3. Volume 56, No. 10. 1946. Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator. By Albert M. Reese, Professor of Zoology, West Virginia University. Published October 29, 1910. Octavo. Pages 25, with 15 plates. Volume 56, No. 11. 1947. The Flying Apparatus of the Blow-Fly. By Dr. Wolfgang Ritter. Hodgkins Fund. Published May 11, 1911. Octavo. Pages 76, with 20 plates. Volume 56, No. 12. 1949. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. By Charles D. Walcott. Cover, preliminary pages, and index for papers 1 to 7. Published June 1, 1911. Octavo. Pages ix, 433-498. Volume 53. 1988. Two New African Ratels. By N. Hollister. Published October 10, 1910. Octavo. Pages 3. Volume 56, No. 13. By Edgar A. Mearns. Pub- 2003. Descriptions of Ten New African Birds. lished December 23, 1910. Octavo. Pages 7. 2004. New Species of Insectivores from British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan. By Edmund Heller. Published December 23, 1910. Octavo. Pages 8, with one plate. Volume 56, No. 15. 2005. Some Results of Recent Anthropological Exploration in Peru. By Aleš Hrdlička. Published April 26, 1911. Octavo. Pages 16, with four plates. Volume 56, No. 16. 2006. New Species of Rodents and Carnivores from Equatorial Africa. Published February 28, 1911. Octavo. Pages 16. Volume 56, No. 17. 2007. Bibliography of the Scientific Writings of R. E. C. Stearns. By Miss Mary R. Stearns. With Biographical Sketch by William H. Dall. Published April 12, 1911. Octavo. Pages 15, with one plate. Volume 56, No. 18. 2008. The Silver Disk Pyrheliometer. By. C. G. Abbot. Published March 31, 1911. Octavo. Pages 10, with one plate. Volume 56, No. 19. 2009. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. II. No. 2. Middle Cambrian Merostomata. By Charles D. Walcott. Published April 8, 1911. Octavo. Pages 17-40, with six plates. Volume 57, No. 2. 2010. Descriptions of Fifteen New African Birds. By Edgar A. Mearns. Published April 17, 1911. Octavo. Pages 11. Volume 56, No. 20. 2011. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. thurians and Medusa. By Charles D. Octavo. Pages 41-68, with Plates 8-13. II. No. 3: Middle Cambrian HoloWalcott. Published June 13, 1911. Volume 57, No. 3. 2012. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. II. No. 4: Cambrian Faunas of China. By Charles D. Walcott. Published June 17, 1911. Octavo. Pages 69108, with Plates 14-17. Valume 57, No. 4. The following papers of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections were in press at the close of the year: 2014. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. II. No. 5: Middle Cambrian Annelids. By Charles D. Walcott. Pages 109-144, with Plates 18-23. Volume 57, No. 5. 2015. Description of a New Genus and Species of Hummingbird from Panama. By E. W. Nelson. Volume 56, No. 21. III. SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORTS. The annual report for 1909 was published in January, 1911. 1986. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing Operations, Expenditures, and Conditions of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1909. Octavo. Pages x, 751, with 73 plates and 4 maps. Containing publications 1915, 1916, and 1950-1985. Small editions of the following papers, forming the general appendix of the Annual Report of the Board of Regents for 1909, were issued in pamphlet form: 1950. The Future of Mathematics. By Henri Poincaré. Pages 123-140. 1951. What Constitutes Superiority in an Airship. By Paul Renard. Pages 141-156. 1952. Researches in Radiotelegraphy. By J. A. Fleming. Pages 157-183, with two plates. 1953. Recent Progress in Physics. By Sir J. J. Thomson. Pages 185-205. 1954. Production of Low Temperatures, and Refrigeration. By L. Marchis. Pages 207-224. 1955. The Nitrogen Question from the Military Standpoint. By Charles E. Munroe. Pages 225-236. 1956. Simon Newcomb. By Ormond Stone. Pages 237-242, with one plate. 1957. Solar-radiation Researches, by Jules César Janssen. By H. de le Baume Pluvinel. Pages 243-251, with one plate. 1958. The Return of Halley's Comet. By W. W. Campbell. Pages 253-259, with four plates. 1959. The Upper Air. By E. Gold and W. A. Harwood. Pages 261-269. 1960. The Formation, Growth, and Habit of Crystals. By Paul Gaubert. Pages 271-278. 1961. The Distribution of Elements in Igneous Rocks. By Henry S. Washington. Pages 279-304. 1962. The Mechanism of Volcanic Action. By H. J. Jonston-Lavis. 305-315, with 3 plates. Pages 1963. Conservation of Natural Resources. By James Douglas. Pages 317-329. 1964. The Antarctic Land of Victoria. By Maurice Zimmermann. Pages 331-353. 1965. Some Results of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9. By E. H. Shackleton. Pages 355-368, with 6 plates and 3 maps. 1966. The Oceanography of the Sea of Greenland. By D. Damas. Pages 369-383, with 2 plates. 1967. From the Niger, by Lake Chad, to the Nile. By Lieut. Boyd Alexander. Pages 385-400, with 3 plates. 1968. Mesopotamia: Past, Present, and Future. By Sir William Willcocks. Pages 401-416, with 4 plates and 1 map. 1969. Albert Gaudry and the Evolution of the Animal Kingdom. By Ph. Glangeaud. Pages 417-429. 1970. Charles Darwin. By August Weismann. Pages 431-452, 1971. Present Problems in Plant Ecology: Problems of Local Distribution in Arid Regions. By Volney M. Spalding. Pages 453-463. 1972. The Instinct of Self-concealment and the Choice of Colors in the Crustacea. By Romuald Minkiewicz. Pages 465-485. 1973. The Origin and Development of the Parasitical Habits in the Cuculidæ. By C. L. Barrett. Pages 487-492, with 2 plates. 1974. Some Remarks on the Protective Resemblance of South African Birds. By Alwin Haagner. Pages 493-504, with 2 plates. 1975. An inquiry into the History of the Current English Names of North American Land Birds. By Spencer Trotter. Pages 505–519. 1976. Condition of Wild Life in Alaska. By Madison Grant. Pages 521-529, with 1 plate. 1977. Recent Discoveries Bearing on the Antiquity of Man in Europe. By George Grant MacCurdy. Pages 531-583, with 18 plates. 1978. European Population of the United States. By W. Z. Ripley. Pages 585-606. 1979. The Republic of Panama and its People. By Eleanor Yorke Bell. Pages 607-637, with 14 plates. 1980. Ceramic Decoration: Its Evolution and Applications. By Louis Franchet. Pages 639-650. 1981. Some Notes on Roman Architecture. By F. T. Baggallay. Pages 651-667, with 4 plates. 1982. The Relation of Science to Human Life. By Adam Sedgwick. Pages 669-682. 1983. Intellectual Work among the Blind. By Pierre Villey. Pages 683–702. 1984. The Relation of Mosquitoes, Flies, Ticks, Fleas, and other Arthropods to Pathology. By G. Marotel. Pages 703-722. 1985. Natural Resistance to Infectious Disease and its Reinforcement. By Simon Flexner. Pages 723–738. The report of the executive committee and Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Institution, as well as the report of the Secretary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, both forming part of the annual report of the Board of Regents to Congress, were published in pamphlet form in December, 1910, as follows: 2001. Report of the Executive Committee and Proceedings of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30, 1910. Pages 21, with 1 plate. 2002. Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1910. Pages 89. The general appendix to the Smithsonian Report for 1910 was in type, but actual presswork could not be completed before the close of the fiscal year. In the general appendix are the following papers: Melville Weston Fuller, 1833-1910, by Charles D. Walcott. Ornamentation of Rugs and Carpets, by Alan S. Cole. Recent Progress in Aviation, by Octave Chanute. Progress in Reclamation of Arid Lands in the Western United States, by F. H. Newell. Electric Power from the Mississippi River, by Chester M. Clark. Safety Provisions in the United States Steel Corporation, by David S. Beyer. The isolation of an Ion, a Precision Measurement of its Charge, and the Correction of Stokes's Law, by R. A. Millikan. The Telegraphy of Photographs, Wireless and by Wire, by T. Thorne Baker. Modern Ideas on the Constitution of Matter, by Jean Becquerel. Some Modern Developments in Methods of Testing Explosives, by Charles E. Munroe. 38734°-SM 1911--6 Sir William Huggins, by W. W. Campbell. The Solar Constant of Radiation, by C. G. Abbot. Astronomical Problems of the Southern Hemisphere, by Heber D. Curtis. The Progressive Disclosure of the Entire Atmosphere of the Sun, by Dr. H. Deslandres. Recent Progress in Astrophysics in the United States, by J. Bosler. The Future Habitability of the Earth, by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. What Is Terra Firma? A review of current research in isostasy, by Bailey Willis. Transpiration and the Ascent of Sap, by Henry H. Dixon. The Sacred Ear-Flower of the Aztecs, by William Edwin Safford. Forest Preservation, by Henry S. Graves. Alexander Agassiz, 1835-1910, by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer. Recent Work on the Determination of Sex, by Leonard Doncaster. The Significance of the Pulse Rate in Vertebrate Animals, by Florence Buchanan. The Natural History of the Solitary Wasps of the Genus Synagris, by E. Roubaud. A Contribution to the Ecology of the Adult Hoatzin, by C. William Beebe. Migration of the Pacific Plover to and from the Hawaiian Islands, by Henry W. Henshaw. The Plumages of the Ostrich, by Prof. J. E. Duerden. Manifested Life of Tissues Outside of the Organism, by Alexis Carrel and Montrose T. Burrows. The Origin of Druidism, by Julius Pokorny. Geographical and Statistical View of the Contemporary Slav Peoples, by The Cave Dwellings of the Old and New Worlds, by J. Walter Fewkes. Sanitation on Farms, by Allen W. Freeman. IV. SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS. The following special publications were issued during the year: 1871. A Reprint of Smithsonian Mathematical Tables: Hyperbolic Functions. By George F. Becker and C. E. Van Orstrand. Published June, 1911. Octavo. Pages li, 321. 1932. Classified list of Publications available for distribution May, 1910. International Commission on Zoological No- 2013. Opinions Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinions 30-37. HARRIMAN ALASKA SERIES. The Institution received from Mrs. Edward H. Harriman several thousand copies of volumes descriptive of the Harriman expedition to Alaska in 1899. Special Smithsonian title pages were added to the volumes before distribution by the Institution. The subjects were as follows: 1990. Volume I: Narrative, Glaciers, Natives. By John Burroughs, John Muir, and George Bird Grinnell. Pages 184, with 60 plates and 4 maps. |