INDEX. 729 



Pagra 



Arnould, M. , prestidigitatoi- 571 



Art. Byzantine and Teutonic . 605 



Grreek, collections of 590 



Mohammedan 606 



Neo-celtic 604 



relation of natural science to 84 



Arts and sciences, study of . _ 698 



similarities of American and Asiatic 537 



Aryan culture, origin of 601 



Asellius, discoveries by 393 



Asliburton, Lord, of Royal Geographical Society 321 



Ashmead, William H. , on Proctotrypidoe 43 



Asiatic languages 536 



Association Frangaise pour I'Avancement des Sciences 153 



Asteroids, used in determination of solar parallax 97 



Astrolabes, Moorish 606 



Astronomers, rise of great 662 



Astronomical equation, definition of-__ 105 



method of determining earth's flattening 103 



observatory at Arequipa 163 



Berlin , founded 693 



physics 191 



Astronomy. American interest in 163 



ancient knowledge of 94 



and Astro-physics, extract from 93 



Harkness on magnitude of solar system 93 



intensity of moonlight 193 



Leverrier"s discoveries in 157 



photographic telescope 175 



l^rogress of, Winlock on 85 



radiating power of stars i 195 



relation of geology to, . 93 



physics and chemistry to 698 



Schiaparelli's views of the planet Mars 113 



Astrophysical Observatory, appropriation for xxxviii, 4 



receipts and expenditures of xxix 



researches in 7, 75 



Secretary's report on 39 



Atkinson, Dr. , cited 715 



Atlanta Exposition, law relating to xxxix 



Atlas Steamship Company, courtesies from 65 



Atmosphere, general circulation of 83 



of planet Mars 118 



Atmospheric pressure, effect on ocean level 857 



Attraction of sun and earth on moon 100 



Atwater, J. B. , on treatment of tornadoes 359, 369 



Atwater, W. O. , on nutritive value of fish 222 



Auerbach, F. , on absolute measure of hardness 83 



Augiere, A. . quoted 582 



Australia, former climate of 313 



Australian f aiina and flora . 299 



Austria-Hungary, exchange agency 64 



Austria Sound, location of ---- 325 



