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SOLAR OBSERVATIONS SOLAR AND SKY RADIATION MEASUREMENTS DURING at Washington and close to the normal amount at Madison and Lincoln. No record was obtained a t Twin Falls during February, as the pyrheliometer was under- going repairs. The altitude of the pyrhelionieter a t that station is reported by the official in charge to be about 1,200 nleters instend of 1,300 as given in the January REVIEW. No skylight-polarization observations were obtained a t Madison, Wis., as the ground was covered with snow throughout the month. At Washington, measurements made on three days give a mean of 61 per cent with 8 nlaximum of 62 per cent on the 17th. These are close to average values for Washington in February. FEBRUARY, 1927 By HERBERT H. KIMBALL, Solar Radiation Investigations For a description of instruments and exposures and an account, of the method of obtaining and reducing the measurements, the reader is referred to the REVIEW for JanualY, 1924, 52 142, JanuaV, 1925, 53 :29, and July, 1925, 53:318. From Table 1 it is seen that solar radiation intensities averaged close to normal a t Washington, D. c., and Lin- coln, Nebr., and slightly below normal at Mndison, Wis. Table 2 shows a deficiency in the total solar radiation received on a horizontal surface from the sun and sky