732 INDEX. 



Pag& 



Bolographic curves, record of ._ 75 



Bolton, H. Carrington, bibliography of chemistry by • 9, 83 



Bonaparte, Prince Roland, mentioned 238 



Bonfort, Helena, sketch of Heinrich Hertz by 719 



Bonn University, publications from _ 79 



Booth, Sir Felix, munificence of 336 



Borelli on muscle movements 407 



Bors, C. , courtesies from 65 



Bosi)orus, currents of the /. 347 



Botanic Garden, foreign exchanges of 62 



Botanical gardens at Berlin 692 



Botany, and insects, relation between 493 



benefit of study of _ _ _ 663 



economic, possi1)ilities of. . . . 84 



irritability of plants 387 



marine 366 



of Australia 306 



Botta, oriental discoveries by 705 



Bouillaud on cardiac murmurs 462 



Boulton. Bliss & Dallett, courtesies from '. 65 



Bourke, J. G. , on Indian rain making 252 



Boussingault on tropical soils 225 



Boutmy on architecture . 584 



Boys, Professor, cited 208, 210 



Brackett. Col. William S 85 



Bradford, Governor, history of Plymouth Plantation 223 



Bradley, angle measurement by zenith sector 109 



Brahe, Tycho. instruments perfected by 272 



Brain, anthroijology of the 85 



Bravais, researches by 247 



Brazil, discovery of 285 



exchange agency 63, 64 



Breckinridge, W. C. P. , Regent of Smithsonian Institution x, xi, 2 



Brennan. Mr. . inventor of torpedo 673 



Breslau University, publications from 79 



Brewster, Sir David, on undulatory theory of light 1 06 



Brindley, H. H., cited 426 



Brion, H. W. , donation to Zoological Park 72 



British Guiana, exchange agency 64 



surveys in 339 



Brodie, Sir Benjamin, quoted. 472 



Bronze, art of casting, in Japan 609 



Bronze Age in Japan 609, 610 



survival of r. 598 



ciTlture of Denmark 602 



founding, technics of 626 



lanterns, Japanese 621 



methods of casting 628 



mirrors, Japanese. 611 



workers, origin of 602 



working in Ireland, early 603 



Bronzes, Japanese, methods of making 640 



stains and patinas of 686 



varieties of 640 



