INDEX. 747 



Page, 



Lamont, Daniel S., member of Smitlisoiiiau Iiistittition 1 



Langley, S. P., Secretary of Siiiithsoiiiau iDstitutiou 12, 13, 14, 16 



experiments in aerodynaiuics 6, 69 



investigations in astro-physics 7 



meteoi'ological studies 6 



report on Smithsonian Institution 1 



researches in solar energy 31 



Language, science of, Professor Max Miiller on 683 



Languages, Aryan and Semitic, age of 685 



Lankester, Prof. Ray, biological station established Ijy , 510 



Lapparent, A. de, on geologic time 308 



Larmer, J. Q., donation to Zoological Park 58 



Latitude and longitude in map making — 421 



Lavoisier invents the name oxygen 522 



Lawrence, George Newbold, bibliography of 36 



Leo, M. E., papers on chemistry by 249 



Lef evre, Andr^, on beliefs of ancient Greece 025 



personal liberty .598 



Leipzig University, publications from , 68 



Length and mass, fundamental standards of 143 



Liberia, exchange agency 50 



transmissions to 53 



Librarian, appointment of Dr. Adler as 9 



report of 67 



Library, additional space needed for 9 



increase of 67 



periodicals added to 9 



purchase of books for xx, xxxi, xxxiv 



secretary's report on 9 



Library of Congress, exchanges of 48 



Lick Observatory, lunar j^ihotography at 7 



moon photographs from 17 



photographs taken at 75 



Light, and luininiferous fether 121 



chemical influence of 69 



measurement of wave-lengths of 7, 8 



polarized 116 



rapidity of 130 



theories of 114, 115 



transmitted through clotidy condensation 223 



Light-House Board, exchanges of 48 



Ligurians, M. Ploix on the 603 



Lilientliiil, Otto, the jiroblem of Hying 189 



experiments in soaring 195 



Limestone, deposition of 319 



Linguistics, Indian, .1. Owen Dorsey on 40 



Lippmann, Prof., color photographs by 163 



Liquefied air, frozen 1 87 



Liquid oxygen, magnetic properties of 183 



Liquids, molecular composition of 127 



Lister, Arthur, on jjlasmodia of the myxomycites 457 



Livingstone, Dr., at Loando 398 



Locomotion of different animals compared 501 



Lockyer, Mr., on green ajipearance of sun 216 



Lockyer, J. Norman, early temple and pyramid builders 95 



