INDEX. 769 



»-age. 



Langley, S. P. , on inadepiacy of Smithsonian fund xxiii 



on laws of nature ri4o-oo2 



on I'olar ellipse of 1 900 1 ;i3 



on the new spectrum 135 



report on operations of Institution by 1-140 



Secretary of the Institution x i, 149 



secures establishment of National Zoological Park 700 



voyage to Tahiti l)y 18 



Langley aerodrome, description of 133 



Lankester, Ray. on the Okapi 064 



Lawless, Captain, at Tahiti 541 



Laws of nature, S. P. Langley on 545-552 



LeBon, Gustave, researches by 280 



LeCointe, George, antarctic voyage l>y 378 



LeConte, Joseph, paper by 134 



Legislation for Smithsonian Institution lvii 



LeMesurier, E. A., letter concerning Sniithson's remains xix 



Lenard's molecular researches 237 



Lennox , Robert, researches by 261 



Lens, improvement in manufacture of 348 



Lewes, Vivian B. , paper by 134 



Ley land, Christopher, private zoo of 691 



Library, ancient Cretan 434 



National ^luseum 64, 128 



Secretary's report on 20 



Smithsonian, report on 1 2t>-l 28 



Library of Congress, Smithsonian deposit in \ x , 6, 22 



Lick Observatory, Nova Persei observations at 1(58 



Life, phenomena of, Rucker on 1 88 



Light and electricity, identity of 288 



Schumann's study of 12 



cheapest form of Ill, 1 29 



polarized, mechanical energy of 217 



undulatory theory of 131, 215 



Lighting, primitive methods of 493 



Lindsay, AVilliam, Smithsonian Regent xii, \iii, 7 



Line of sight determinations 1 54 



Lippniann's process of color photography 316 



Licjuid air, researches with 251 



hydrogen. Dewar on 134, 251, 252 



motion of perfect 131 



oxyg.?n, Dewar on 252 



Lizards, tcrril)lc, Luca.s on 641-m7 



Lockyer, Sir Norman, paper by 1 33 



on India famines 1 .■'>3 



on star spectra 1 84 



on star velocities 225 



researches by 237 



Londe, M., nmltii)le photography by 223 



Londf)n Zoo, Atialo on (>89 



Long, John D., member of Siiiithsonian Kstublishment \ i. 2 



Loot of Pekin ( )bservatory 133 



summer palace at Pekin 135 



8M m)l 41) 



