INDEX. 663 



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Astrophy^ical Observatory, repoTt l)y Abbot on 85-96 



Secretary's report on '24 



Senate document on 14 



study of "boiling" of telescoi)ic iniaire 194 



Atniospliere, al)Sorption of f^'i, 88 



limit of heif^ht of 281 



transparency of 89 



ui)]ier, composition of -30 



exploration witli kites 101 



study of 10 



Atmosi^heric air, conductivity of gases in 11 



Electricity, Journal of 10 



researches in 190 



transmission of light ] )y 89 



Atoms, bodies smaller than 101,179 



Aurora borealis, cathode rays and 190 



height of . ] 233 



nature of 187 



periodicity of 189 



relation to sun sjx >ts 188 



result of electricity 231 



study of, by John Cox 179 



theory of 1"87 



Auroral rays, number of 232 



Auroras, Dewar on nature of 229 



Austin, ( ). P 623 



Automobile races 103 



Avery fund ., xii 



Avery, Julia N xii 



Babyl( )nian culture in the West 509 



Bacteria, effect of cold on 239 



Bacteriological studies of Professor N'irchow 654 



Baden-Powell, B. F. S., recent aeronautical progress 121-131 



Baird, Spencer F., established Woods Hole laboratory 626 



fitatue ])roposed for 16 



Baker, Benjamin 532 



Bakei-, Frank, repi irt on Zoological Park 73-84 



Ball, Sir Robert, commends Astroi>hysical ( )l)servatory 4, 24, 85 



Balloons, navigable, P)aden-Po\vell on 122 



Banks, Nathan - 106 



Baousse-Rousse explorations 451—458 



Barium, radio-activity of - 205 



Barlow's logograph 246 



Barton's air ship 125 



l^>arus, Carl, llodgkins grant to 8 



ionized air experiments 8, 12, 100 



structure of the nucleus 8 



Baskerville, Charles, literature of zirconium 100 



Basketry, directions for collecting 107 



Bateson, W., problems of heredity and their solution 559-580 



Baum, U.M 457 



Becker's theory of rock crystallization 307 



Becquerel, Henri, .radio-activity of matter 197-206 



