INDEX 
Rollins, E. A., 243. 
R6ntgen, W. C., awarded Barnard Medal, 
82. 
Roosevelt, President, 326, 327, 329. 
letter of, regarding Philippine Islands, 
325, 326, 327. 
Rowland, H. A., 54, 314. 
awarded Henry Draper Medal, 70. 
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, 80, 81. 
Royal Society of Canada, 56, 57. 
Royal Society, 15, 64, 87, 102. 
letter from, 80, 81. 
Rucker, D. H., 237. 
letter of, regarding headstones, 233. 
Ruggles, Samuel B., 206, 209. 
Rules of the National Academy, 357. 
Rutherford, Ernest, awarded Barnard 
Medal, 98. 
Rutherfurd, L. M., 23, 27, 76, 178, 206, 232, 
245, 257. 
biographical sketch of, 178. 
Saccharimeters for sugar determinations, 
committee on quartz plates used in, 
308. 
Sands, B. F., 256, 257, 258. 
San Juan, Nicaragua, improvement of 
harbor of, 31. 
Sargent, Chas. S., 316, 320, 325. 
Saxton, Joseph, 42, 180, 207, 218, 219, 226, 
228, 233. 
biographical sketch of, 180. 
Saxton’s alcoholometer, committee on, 218. 
Schonfeld, Edward, award of Watson 
Medal to, 68. 
Schott, Charles A., 217, 267, 290, 311, 312. 
Schriver, Ed., 238. 
Schurz, Carl, 280. 
Schwatka, Lieut., 312. 
Scientific papers, publication of by Academy, 
51. 
Scientific work under the government, com- 
mittee on methods and expenses of, 330. 
Scudder, S. H., 302. 
Seismological Association, International, 90. 
Seismological laboratory, plan to establish 
a, 99. 
Seismometry, committee on, 87. 
Sellers, Wm., 207, 262, 263. 
Seward, William H., letter of, regarding 
Nicaragua, 250. 
letter from, to Bache, 16. 
Shannon, H. M. S., 249. 
Sherman, Senator John, 58. 
Ship-canal company, Atlantic and Pacific, 
248. 
SOF 
Signal Service of the army, committee on, 
295. 
Silk culture in the United States, committee 
on, 331. 
Silliman, Benjamin, Jr., 21, 76, 185, 206, 
213, 225, 285, 286. 
biographical sketch of, 185. 
Silliman, Benjamin, Sr., 23, 29, 34, 183, 
213. 
biographical sketch of, 183. 
Singleton, Representative, 58. 
Sirius, proper motion of, 71. 
Smith, Edgar F., 85. 
Smith Fund. (See J. Lawrence Smith 
Fund.) 
Smith, Hoke, 315. 
letter of regarding a rational forest 
policy, 315. 
Smith, J. Lawrence, 57, 59, 280, 286. 
death of, 57. 
Smith, Mrs. J. Lawrence, 58, 59. 
fund established by, 58. 
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 
Bie 
Smithsonian Institution, 1, 4, 5, 32, 43, 99- 
Solar eclipse of August, 1886, committee on, 
303, 304. 
Solar research, International 
88, 90, 93, 94, Too. 
Solar Union, report on the work of the, 89. 
Sorghum sugar, committee on, 284. 
Spicer-Simpson, Theodore, ror. 
Stanton, E. M., letter of, regarding head- 
stones, 237. 
Statistical Congress, International, 206. 
Steam, expansion of, committee on experi- 
ments on the, 226. 
Stewart, Wm. M., 41. 
Stiles, C. W., 79. 
Stillwell’s method of analysis, 311. 
Strong, Theodore, 27, 36. 
biographical sketch of, 186. 
Sugars, committee on artificial coloring of, 
204, 264. 
Sugar determinations, 
use in, 308. 
Sumner, Senator Charles, 211. 
Sun, total eclipse of, committee on, in 1868, 
36. 
committee on, in 1883, 62. 
act of Congress relating to, 64. 
committee on, 63. 
resolution relating to, 63. 
Surgeon-General’s Office, library of, resolu- 
tions on catalogue of, 77. 
Union for, 
saccharimeters for 
