754 INDEX. 



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Roman Catholics in Maryland, Steiner on 117 



fever, causes of 654 



steelyards 560 



Rontgen rays, discovery of 331, 357 



medical application of 378 



properties of 372, 378 



Rood, Professor, investigations by 22 



Root, Elihu, member of Smithsonian Establishment ix> 1, 2 



Rose, J. N., Mexican plants collected by 54, 55 



Ross, Sir James, antarctic exploration by 425 



Rotch, A. Lawrence, kite researches by 10, 190, 223-231 



Royal Institution, founding of 317 



Ruiz, Dr. Daniel, yellow fever study by 661 



Rumford, Count, founder of Royal Institution 235 



researches by 316 



Russell, C. H. , Peruvian nmmmy from 52 



Russell, A\'. J. , researches by • 383 



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Sagnac, ^I. , S-rays discovered by 372, 377 



Saint Louis Exposition, appropriation for l.w 



Sanarelli, yellow fever researches ])y 658 



Santo-Dumont, M. , balloon experiments by 189 



Sardanajjalus, discovery of palace of 537 



Sarzet', Ernest de, excavations in Babylonia by 542 



Saturn's rings, study of 142 



Schiaparelli, study of Mars by 143 



Schilling, Baron, needle telegraph of 329 



Schmidt, Colonel, of French army in China 602 , 



Schond)urgh, ex})lorations by 429 



Schuchert, Charles, fossil collected l>y 55 



Schumann, V. , study of spectrum by 11 



Schwarz and Danielewsky, on aerial lliglit 217 



Schwarz, E. A. , coleoptera from 53 



Schwatka, Alaskan exploration by 428 



Science, great men of 693 



systematized knowledge 694 



Sculpture, Babylonian 542, 546 



Searle, Rev. Father, on eclipse expedition 104, 149 



Sea water, origin of salt in 302 



Sediments, rate of deposition of 310 



accumulation of 297 



Selenology, development of 141 



Semitic story of the Wife Tested 586 



Seng, Chinese story of 598 



Sennacherib, discovery of palace of 537 



Seri Indians, study of 61, 66 



Sharp, African exploration by 431 



Shepard, C. V. , minerals from 55 



Sidgwick, Professor, psychical research by 678 



Siemens, Werner, electrical experiments by 338, 339 



gift of, to Reichsanstalt 403 



Sigsbee's deep-sea sounding methods 226 



