648 INDEX. 



Pago. 



Biolofjical explorations for Museum 29 



pajiers 77, 79 



Biology f )f ocean floor 318 



prof^res^s in i^tudy of 165, 169 



Birds of Kuril Island.s 78 



sense of smell in 867-378 



Bison, fossil, Lucas on 80 



Bliss, Cornelius N. , member of Establishment 1 



Blumentritt, Ferdinand, cited 518 



list of tribes of Philippines, by 527-547 



Blue Hill Oliservatory, researches at 9, 77 



Bhie laws, Prince on 81 



Board of Regents, i)roceedings of meeting of xi-xviii 



Boas, Franz, linguistic studies by 40 



Bolometric researches 24, 69, 70 



Bolton, n. C, bibliography of chemistry, by 14, 75 



on radio-active substances 155-162 



t )n revival < >f alchemy 76 



Borchgrevink, Mr., exi)]orations by 325 



Botanic gardens, development ^)i 408-418 



Botanical collections for museum 80 



opportunity, Trelease on 77 



Botany, organic evolution and 77 



Boulton, Bliss & Dallett, courtesies from 50 



Bourne, Henry E 81 



Boyle, ft >under of experimental philosophy 95 



Bracliycephalic peoples of America 480 



Brain, functions of 190 



nerve structure and 1 86 



of fishes 378 



jjortidns missing in certain animals 376 



waves, Crookes on possil)ility of 201 



Bramwell, Sir Frederick, naval trials by 579 



Branly , 'SI. E. , researches by 145 



Brevig, T. L. , cited 355 



Brinton, D, G., cite.l 473 



Britts, J. H., collections by 30 



Bromley, R. 1 451 



Brown, Vernon H., & Co., courtesies from 50 



Bruncken, Ernest, paper by 81 



Buffalo Exposition, appropriation act for liv 



Buildings, secretary's report on 8 



Bunch, Thomas S. , on preservation of petrified f< >rest 305 



Bunsen, Christian, fatlier of R. W. Bunsen 606 



Bunseu, Robert Wilhelm, biography of 605-644 



discovery of aesium by - 622 



discovery of rubidium by 623 



expedition to Iceland by 626 



personal reminiscences of 632 



researches in chemical action of light by 619 



Bunsen's burner, discovery of 630 



carbon-zinc battery, discovery of 614 



filter pump, invention of 629 



