INDEX. 761 



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Page. 



Race problem, Professor Mason on _ 535 



Radiant heat, measurement of 109 



Radius of earth, determination of 99 



Rain, dentidation caused by 215 



Raindrops, cause of bubbles by 206 



Rain makers in India. 270 



Rain making by electric connection with cloud 260 



great fires _ _ 260 



sudden chill . 263 



concussion theory 264 



Dyrenforth theory 265 



Indian methods of 219 



physical methods of 259 



Rain water, impuritiesof 219 



Ralph collection of birds' eggs 25 



Ramie fiber, for vessel covering. _. 676 



Ramsey, Prof. William, on liquids and gases 85 



Rawlinson, Sir Henry, of Royal Geographical Society 339 



Rayleigh, Lord, mentioned. 175 



Raynaly, M. , prestidigitator 571 



Read, Charles H. , mentioned 651 



Red Star Line, courtesies from 65 



Rees, J. K. , on variation of latitude 271 



Reformation, effect of the 514 



Refraction and reflection of electricity 723 



Regents, executive committee of x 



list of X 



proceedings of meeting of xi 



Reinel, Jorge and Pedro 287 



Relay, electric, invention of 144 



Religion and folklore, American and Asiatic 538 



Renaissance, period of the 513 



Renan, Ernest, quoted _ 699 



Renatus. Duke.. 291 



Rene, Duke, of Lothringen 287 



Repsold dividing engine 109 



Researches, Secretary's report on 7 



expenditures for xvi 



Resistance, elastic and viscous 130 



Resonance exciter 135 



Revolving mirror method of measuring light . 104 



Reymond, Du Bois, mentioned 711 



Ribero, map designed by. 287 



Richer, solar parallax determined by 96 



Roberts- Austen, Professor, analyses by. 643 



Rochana, Buddhist divinity 618 



Rockefeller, John D. , founds Chicago University 163 



Rockhill, W. W., explorations in Tibet by 8,10,85 



Rocky Mountain goat in Zoological Park 37 



Rodway , James, on struggle for life in the forest 84 



Rohl, C. , courtesies from 65 



Roman Church, influence on sciences. 663 



