INDEX. 765 



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Spiers, R. Phene, mentioned 651 



Splash of a drop and allied phenomena 197 



milk drop, photographs of 209 



water drop, photographs of 209 



Spratt, Thomas, cited 463 



Stainton, cited 426 



Stamford Parry, HeiTon & Co 65 



Star places, determination of . . . , . . 109 



Stassf urt, saline formation near 233 



Stationery, expenditures for xvi 



Statue of Secretary Baird, bill for 21 



Stein, Robert, proposed Arctic expedition by 333 



Steamships, increase in speed of 674 



Stevenson, Adlai E. , member of Smithsonian Institution l, lx 



Regent of Smithsonian Institution x, XL 



Stevenson, Matilda Coxe L 53 



Stevenson, R. L.,qiioted 206 



Stewart, Alexander, courtesies from 65 



Stewart, Balfour, quoted. 180 



Stewart, B. D. , donation to Zoological Park 71 



St. Gatidens, Augustus, seal designed by xiv, 18 



St. Helena, exchange agency. . 65 



Stiles, Dr. , en advisory committee of Naples table 18 



Stokes, Professor, mentioned 174 



Stone, E. J. , on transit of Venus 109 



Stone, G. H., on rain making 270 



Stone Age, languages during 595 



Stone implements from India, by Thomas Wilson 87 



Storage sheds, danger from 22 



Strachey, Greneral, of Royal Geographical Society 321 



Strassburg University, publications from 79 



Struve, angle measurements by 109 



Student life at Berlin University 655 



Study and research, by Rudolph Virchow 653 



Sturgeon, experiments with electro-magnets 144 



Sully, James, cited 555 



Sun, composition of 246 



distance from earth. 95, 97, 111 



relative mass of 100 



Sunlight destructive to certain bacteria 451 



Sun's motion in space 83 



Suzuki Chokichi, Japanese bronze founder 624 



Swan, J. M., mentioned 623,651 



Sweden, exchange agency. 65 



transmissions to 66, 67 



Switzerland, exchange agency. 65 



transmissions to ^ 66, 67 



Symbiosis between ants and plants --- 493 



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Tait, Professor, quoted 712 



Tana River, Africa, expedition to 338 



Tanchosai, Japanese bronze artist --- 624 



