800 INDEX. 



Page. 



I.potiire delivered by Dr. Harrison Allen 32 



by Blanford, H. F. , How rain is lormed 2;i7 



Lodge, Oliver .1., The modern tlieory of li<>;lit 441 



Topiuard, Paul, The last steps in the genealogy of man 669 



Lectnres in National Museum 50 



Leipzig, University of, sends dissertations _. 25,84 



Letterof Secretary of Smith-souian Institution to Hon, S. Dibble . 27, 28, 29 



Secretary Evarts to Secretary of Smithsonian Institution 17, 76 



to Hon. John J. Ingalls, relative to classified service 34, 35, 36 



Liberia, exchange agency in 81 



Librarian, report of 83,84 



Library of Congress, books deposited in 22, 25, 83 



"Smithsonian Hall," in suggested xvii, 22 



National Museum, accessions to 47 



Library of Smithsonian Institution 21 



academic publications of universities 25, 84 



accessions to 23, 25, 83 



books retained for Museum library 25 



books transferred to Surgeon-General's library 25, 83 



expenditures for xx 



in charge of Mr. J. Murdoch ._- 24 



increased by means of exchange system 21, 23 



plan for increase of-.. .-- 23, 24 



reading room 23 



report of librarian 83, 84 



report of secretary 21 



resolution of Board of Regents relative to accommodations 22 



serials received by _- 83 



Light, Michelson's recent researches on, address by Joseph Loveriug 449 



modern theory of, lecture by Oliver J. Lodge 441 



Lighting National Museum, Congressional appropriation for xxviii, xxx, xxxii, 



xxxiv, 3, 4 



service of National Museum, salary schedule for 35, 38 



Lima, Peru, exchange agency in _ 77, 81 



Lisbon, Portugal, exchange agency in '. 77, 81 



List of illustrations ix 



Literary exchanges. (See Exchanges. ) 



Living animals, collection of National Museum, statistics of accessions 40, 41 



Congressional appropriation for 4 



department of 25 



insufficient accomodations for 26 



Locomotion, aerial, paper on, by F. H. Wenham 303 



Locomotives, model of, presented by Baldwin Locomotive Works 44 



Lodge, Prof. L. D., translation of paper on Scandinavian arcbaeology 571 



Lodge, Prof. Oliver J., lecture: Modern theory of light ^ 441 



London, England, exchange agency in -^ . 77, 81 



Louvain, University of, sends dissertations 25, 84 



Lovering, Joseph, address: Michelson's recent researches on light 449 



Lund, University of, sends dissertations 25, 84 



M. 



Madeira, exchange agency in 81 



Madrid, Spain, exchange agency in 77, 81 



Malta, exchange agency in — ^1 



