index. 7;, 7 



Atmosphere, constitution of 17,-, 



electrified, study of 13 



exploration of, by kites al sea 245 



Atm< (spheric air, researches in 13 15 



Atomic corpuscles, Rontgen rays vibration of -jst; 



theory, Rucker on range of 1 s_« 



volumes of gases 261 



Atoms, and ether, nature of ] 71; 



bodies smaller than 231 243 



properties of 1 s 1 



Auriferous gravel man, I [olmes on 1 :;•_' 



Auroraborealis, < irigin of 242 



Austin and Thwing, experiments by L'()7 



Austria-Hungary, exchange service with 



Automobile, bursting of 7i'ti 



Henri Founder on 593 



races, Brooklyn 51 15 



Paris-Berlin 606 609 



Paris- Bordeaux 597 604 



speed records in 595 



Avery fund, statement of X vi 



B. 



Babylonian expedition of Edgar James Banks xx, 5 



Baird, Spencer F., Secretary of the Institution 1 18 



Baker, B., air-pressure experiments by 



Baker, Frank, on operations of Zoological Park 105-1 18 



superintendent of Zoological Park < (| 1 



Ball, Sir Robert, on Mars 



Balloon, Santos-Dumont's, circling Eiffel tower 



Zeppelin's l32 » ,;;:; - 577 



Banks, Edgar James, Babylonian explorations by x x - •' 



Banks, Nathan, paper by 



Barnard, Professor, eclipse observations by 162,166 



Barrows, W. E. , minerals from 



Barus, Carl, researches in ionized air by 13,129 



Basket work of Andamanese 



Bean, Barton A., fishes collected by 



Bears, care of captive __ 



Belgica, Antarctic voyage of 3 



Bell, Alexander Graham, at meeting of Regents 



cash from 



member of executive committee 



on telegraphone 



on students' use of Government departments win. 4 



presents executive committee report xv, lvi 



Regent of the Institution *"» 7 



reports presented by 



Wilson resolutions by N "''?'. 



Bell, James M., Philippine collections Iron. ^ 



Bendire, Maj. Charles g] 



Benedict, J. E., collections by ]; , s 



paper by 



