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GENERAL INDEX 



Bell Alexander Graham — Continued. 



Inventor of telephone VII 137 



Undulatory theory of VII 174 



Bell, John, phjsician VII 414 



Bell, Louis 



Economy of electric power dis- 

 tribution Ill 345 



Electric lighting VII 154 



Bell, Patrick 



Reaper of V 76 



Bennington, U. S. gunboat IX 296 



Bentley, Edward M., electrician VII 139 



Benton, Thomas H 



Reduction of tariff in 1833 II 322 



Beryls VI 329 



Bessemer, Henry 



Process of VII 29 



( See also iron) 



Biddle, James 



Sword of IX 394 



Bienville, Jean Baptiste de 



Foimded New Orleans II 268 



Biglow, Henry J 



Ether, use of, publication of VII 416 



Eigelow, Jacob, physician VII 412 



Binney, Horace 



Confederation, American II 58 



Biology (see zoology) 



Bird, Robert M., author I 356 



Birkinbine, John 



Iron ores VI 61 



Birkinbme, John 



Mechanical engineering in mining. VI 446 

 Progress of mining industry VI 446 



Bitumen 



J. Struthers VI 395 



Blackberries 



Burbank's VII 106 



Blaine James G 



Monroe Doctrine II 187 



Work of, for reciprocity II 380 



Bland, Richard II 409 



Blast furnaces VI 87 



Size of American VI 87 



(See also iron) 



Blind, the 



Education of X 96 



Institutions for, (G. L. Smead) X 93 



Institutions for, nature of X 94 



Mental training X 98 



Music and X 102 



Physical culture for X 98 



Problem of X 95 



Blockades 



Of Spanish American ports for 



debts II 188 



Proposed, of Venezuela, for debt.. .II 189 

 (See also diplomacy) 



Boats, submarine 



Gims in IX 391 



(See also steamboats) 



Bobbs, John Stough, surgeon VII 434 



Boer war • . . 



Intervention requested II 197 



Bohn, Lawrence, physician VII 402 



Bon Marche, the VIII 311 



Bond, William C, astronomer VII 64-74 



Bonds, U. S 



From 1846 to 1861 II 328 



Increase from 1883 II 406 



Books (see literature) 



Boots and shoes 



Horse power in VII 214 



(See also shoes) 



Booth, Edwin I 312. 314 



Borax 



(J. Struthers) VI 414 



Chemistry of VI 417 



Deposits of, in U. S VI 415 



In California VI 416 



Mining of VI 415 



Mines, American VI 416 



Occurrence and history of VI 414 



Occurrence of VI 417 



Preservative X 296 



Production of VI 415 



Reduction of VI 419 



Uses of VI 418 



Manufacture, various processes 



of VI 419 



Bor6, Etienne de 



Sugar invention of V 211 



Boshard, John A 



The Sewing machine VII 339 



Boston 



Steam plants in VII 279 



Boston, (U. S. cruiser) IX 292 



Boston & Albany railroad 



Ownership of Ill 332 



Boston & Maine railroad 



Ownership of Ill 332 



Boston library 



American art, in I 334 



Botany 



Problems of American V 414 



World's debt to VII 32 



Boucicault, Dion I 310 



Boughton, D. H 



National guard IX 128 



Bowditch, Nathaniel 



And early American astronomy.. VII 00 



Bowditch, William, astronomer VII 71 



de Bower, Edward W 



The American salesman IV 506 



Bowman, Alexander H 



Architect, first supervising I 280 



Boyce, Joseph 



Reaper of V 73 



