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International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. ......-.---.-----.---- eee 38 
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Appendix: 
I. Report on the United States National Museum.-.-.......----------- 41 
II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology.-.-.-..---.-.--------- 48 
III. Report on the International Exchanges. .....-......---.---------- 56 
DY. Reportion the National’ ZoolopicalsPark:- 32 - <- = 5-2sssn0=22=-55=— 70 
V. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory ......-----...-.------=-- 76 
Wier Reponton the sidbrany 2222 een eens eee eons ore ees hanine ae eee 81 
VII. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature: 
Regional Bureau for the’ United States_-.--.22.---2:----<----5-- 84 
Wi Repoction the bublicaiions!. - =. a= aem eee ae ais) - ncn ee 87 
GENERAL APPENDIX. 
The Steam Turbine on Land and at Sea, by Charles A. Parsons..-...-.------ 99 
The Development of Mechanical Composition in Printing, by A. Turpain.... 113 
Some Facts and Problems Bearing on Electric Trunk Line-Operation, by 
Iie ees) O10 a SS occ Ses Seen es ae Se ee Rts Cr ae eee naa eee soe 131 
Recent Contributions to Electric Wave Telegraphy, by J. A. Fleming...---- 163 
On the Properties and Natures of Various Electric Radiations, by W. H. 
STAG Oe erate erate ee ate estes is ct Sie hs eee ey oja a  e 195 
Progress in Electro-Metallurgy, by J. B. C. Kershaw-.......-.-.- an ree 215 
Recent Progress in Color Photography, by T. W. Smillie.................-- 23 
The Structure of Lippmann Heliochromes, by S. R. Cajal.-........-.-....-- 239 
Bronze in South America before the Arrival of Europeans, by A. de Mortillet. 261 
Some Opportunities for Astronomical Work with Inexpensive Apparatus, by 
(Gecontembnnibl ale eras as ot ey ete eats So om See ees Sau eae 267 
The Progress of Science as Illustrated by the Development of Meteorology, 
yale ve ANCA DDOse anaes 2 hehe oa, tao ee ee ieee ee As 287 
Geology of the Inner Earth; Igneous Ores, by J. W. Gregory........------ 311 
Mae Saltonwca, Dyeb eke NeWellos (52 Sota ciae ae chk FOE ae a eee ee eee 331 
inland Waterways, byaGeorge G. Chisholm )-- 2) 25.2 sc22sc2cc6. se. =e 347 
The Present Position of Paleozoic Botany, by D. H. Scott.........-.....-.-- 371 
The Zoological Gardens and Establishments of Great Britain, Belgium, and 
the Netherlands; by Gustave iboisels. 0-222. se eee ccesint coke cee oe 407 
Systematic Zoology; its Progress and Purpose, by Theodore Gill........---- 449 
The Genealogical History of the Marine Mammals, by O. Abel.......--.---- 473 
The Mediterranean Peoples, by Theobald Fischer .................-..------ 497 
Pe istinicnrapan,) DV Ob, BaelZ. snc cena came ae sue semis eo ctee e hs e 523 
The Origin of Egyptian Civilization, by Edouard Naville..................- 549 
ire einer Islon spy udenryballOur. ¢ . os). sane ance fees aos orcs cee 565 
The Origin of the Canaanite Alphabet, by Franz Preetorius..............__.- 595 
Three Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine, by Eduard Sachau.._..-......__.. 605 
ie eromem or Color Vision by J. IM. Dane. 22.22. #2325. - oe. ee 613 
Immunity in Tuberculosis, by Simon Flexner...............-..--......-.-- 627 
The Air of the New York Subway, by George A. Soper .............-.------ 647 
Marcelin Berthelot, by Camille Matignon................---...:--.-----c-- 669 
Linnzan Memorial Address, by Edward L. Greene............--.--.------- 685 
