INDEX. 781 



V. 



Page. 



Vacua, high, methods of securing 259 



Van (ler Waals, researches 1)y 260 



Van' t lloff , researches by 1 74 



Variation of species, De Vries on 633 



Yarigny, Henry de, article l)y 135 



Vaulx, Henry de ia, of Aero Club 578 



Velocities of stars, Kelvin on 223, 224 



Very, F. W. , on cheapest form of hght 1 9, 1 29 



Veth, Cornelius S., courtesies from 46, 124, 164 



Vibrations, sympathetic, Rowland on 738 



Vignaud, Henry, courtesies by 50 



Villard, M., researches by 273 



Vital force, nature of 189 



Vogel, Professor, researches by 154 



Volcano Krakatau, eruption vi 163 



Volcanoes, Bogoslof, Merriani on 367-375 



Von Helmholtz, electrical researches by 740 



Von Ihering, H. , collections from 58 



Von Lendenfeld, Dr., meteorological studies of 12 



Vowel sounds, analysis of 13 



W. 



Walc'ott, Charles D. , fossils collected by 59 



in charge of museum x.x ii 



ou.importance of irrigati(in 419 



l^aper 1 )y 1 39 



Walker, Gilbert T., on Ijoomerangs 515-521 



Walker, J. R., collections by 59 



Walrus of northwest coast, Dall on 685 



Wanderings of water buffalo 679-682 



AVard, James, cited 181 



Ward, Lester F., on petrified forests 131 



War Department, courtesies by 1 63 



Water buffalo, wanderings of 679-682 



power of the world, extent of 263, 264 



vapor, composition of 175 



Weber, Rudolph, researches by 184 



Webster, A. ( t. , exjieriments in sound 1 >y 14 



Weight of the earth 200 



Welsbach Company, minerals from 60 



Wesley, WiUiam, & Son, exchange agent 87 



Westdahl, Ferdinand, Sitka deer from 109 



White, Andrew D., Regent of the Institution xii, 7 



representative at Prussian Academy celebration xvii, 4 



White, Charles A. , on mutation theory of De \'ries (531-640 



White, William II., paper by 132 



WFiite-tail deer, Seton on peculiarities of 703 



Wild rice gatherers, study of 72 



Wilkes exploring expedition, collections of 147 



Willey, Day Allen, on Sokteik bridge 61 1 615 



Willey, Henry H., plants from 58 



Williams, Frederick Wells, pai)er 1 )y 135 



