INDEX TO VOLUMES I-X. 
Page 
Sexes, Disparity of, in mollusks............... iii 75 
Shade trees and their f0eS.............cceeeeceeees ° aeihy f 
Shanks, cited on computation of 7.............. i 58 
Shasta, Mount........... Srarasantaneene ein tasaenunwsnwarns x Ak0 
Shastina, Voleanic sand from................+ 33 
Shell heaps of the Aleutian islands.......... 65 
Shelters for thermometers........ eiuweaenceseucue vi 46 
Sherman, W. T., communication on a visit 
to Egypt. Wo abstract............100 cesses i 63 
travels in Turkey and the Caucasus. 
No abstract........... eXaeeesbecsecessdauxcpnecusescs ai 65 
Sherman, Wyoming, as a site for an astron- 
(OMICH] "ODSELVALOLY....0-2<cceccsssnreesneeccees i 70 
Shields, C.W., communication on the present 
state of the sciences. Abstract and 
TEFETENCES .....00008 SeesPenaeabharsuccsdascwasedapses ii 16 
the philosophical order of the sciences. 
Reference....... “consteetes meveqatancsioscenesiersee. v 105 
Shoes, high-heeled,........... 
Shoulder girdle of fishes 
Shrinkage cracking in basalt............00 viii 20 
Siberia-Alaska DOUNGArY...........cc00 ceeee seen iv 123 
Sibscota, G., cited on dumbness and deaf- 
seeveee Wh 49 
Side-coefficients, Removal Of.............+00+ viii 41 
Siemens, C. W., cited on conservation of 
BGI MISO OLS Vises ievsussaarsssasssensessvenes Savev en Wil te 
Sierra Nevada, Geology Of,..........s0.scseeesseees ix 4,5 
PI CIOL Es. ctccsaxessactunses 5 
Sign IANSUAGEC........ccccsececeesseeverees accvensseus WA 055,55 
Signal Service hibliography of meteorology, 
x 20, 23 
Silver coin, Quantity Of........00.c06 cssceeeeeees ix 14 
Silver-gold ratio...... PRS at teucccecaatpoashasdashs iv 141 
Silver question, The,.............06 seoorcte 111 78, 107 
Similar inventions in areas widely apart, 
ix 12 
Sinking fund, The United States.............. iii 113 
RUMP OU ete aaereeyhoaeeseuavasecccsstersesase pgieeraenacsate~ 41 85, (51) 
Skinner, A. N., communication on the pre- 
cession of stars in right ascension. 
Title only........c0e0 erce eet Coser o DOeeeEPEEEe iii 21 
Sling psychrometer..........sessssecceceeseeceenee villi 25 
thermometet........ abtbecwcsdueptvefusabess vi 46, vii 80 
Smart, Dr. Chas., Researches on food adult- 
CYAtiOn DY....<:--:..s000 sea cemaseminenbresatads dav 39 
Smith, Edwin, communication on a seismo- 
graphic record obtained in Japan. 
Title On1Yy.....0.000».0000 Bienidcnatuvwaonssvaucose vi 87 
Smithsonian bonds of State of Arkansas...wi 105 
edition of the Bulletin............. Sectecuansdases x 113 
Smithsonian Institution under administra- 
POW OL alll. SHAE O cacsacnssacascacencssecesasnce x 49 
under administration of Joseph Henry, 
di 285 
BINBG VOOM cerccccecce-ncscsescsecceceexs Le coaatieas vi 38 
169 
Page. 
OCIA WOLUDIOR scccccvctaveressaccescsanctenececsee vi xlviii 
progress and scientific method ............. iv 40 
Social Science and Statistics, List of 
papers on: 
on the adjustment of census returns. E. 
B. BMMObb. | Title On Ueyirsicaacessccscoccee nesses i 63 
on the coincidence of the geographical 
distribution of rainfall and of illiter- 
acy, as shown by the statistical maps 
of the ninth census reports C. 8. 
Peirce: Abstr clavcisusvexsssen ehcrepenesacc- i 68 
on life and annuity tables, based on the 
census of 1870. E. B. Elliott. Title 
ONG aivacceuaasudaavacevabhceharaevencawaacauaddaumncnres i 74 
on the use of metric weights and balances 
for postal purposes in the United 
States. E. B. Elliott. <Abstract.......di 15 
further remarks on metric weights and 
balances for the postal service. E. B. 
Biott., CADStroehiiss «cna cecrenucnce scene ii 19 
on proposed reforms in spelling the Eng- 
llsh language. A. R. Spofford. Title 
OTM ona gusesacpaeavlauauaashvec>sabaesenaesesesamed see ii 42 
the mortality among army officers. B. 
AN VOT Cs TeefOnenCercs.tecdcnsneon Sascaven nants ii 49 
[proposed governmental insurance.] RB. 
Alvord NVOGDStr er. swccssscctss cssencsoarss ii 49 
[a statistical diagram.] E. B. Elliott. Vo 
(DUSUL CCE tasscdite sonasanctnspsascaessnaseaneaiwe reais ii 134 
animal population of the globe. L. F 
WES GAGA CE bccnnpsacparones sanasecannacssae iv 27 
the relation of scientific method {fo social 
progress. 8S. Newcomb. Presidentinl 
MOSES, oLIW PULL cctscce-atncseostseccuasza cases iv 40 
the international convention of the teach- 
ers of the deaf and dumb, at Milan. 
E. M. Gallaudet. Abstract............... iv 55 
mortality statistics of the Tenth Census. 
J.S. Billings. Abstract............. iv 163, 164 
on survivorships, with tables and formulas 
of construction. E. B. Elliott. Title 
ONLY ..22000e PCaansereeseassis ceerere maserrero-ce aco ‘v 122 
fallacies concerning the deaf, and the in- 
fluence of such fallacies in preventing 
the amelioration of their condition. 
Asi Gre Belly GIGt FUU):; cs sccssessenenccecne comes vi 48 
the vital statistics of the Tenth U.S. Cen- 
sus, J.S. Billings. Reference....... viii 4 
a fonetic elfabet. H. Farquhar. Abstract. 
1b oa iy 
the geographical distribution of scientific 
men and institutions in the United 
States. G.B.Goode. Reference........X 7 
the economic phase of the English spar- 
row question. C.H. Merriam. Refer- 
ENCE. .rceccres hab aussnessssdurasihnseess tecesersesccee 16 
