CONTENTS. 



Place and Personal Names of the Gosiute Indians of Utah. By 



Ralph W. Chamberlin i 



Platinum in North Carolina. By Paul R. Heyl 21 



The Formation of Coal Beds. IV. By John J. Stevenson. . 31 

 The Fluting and Pitting of Granites in the Tropics. By J. C. 



Branner 163 



On the Prospect of Obtaining Radial Velocities by Means of the 



Objective Prism. By Frank Schlesinger, M.A., Ph.D 175 



The Historical Value of the Patriarchal Narratives. By George 



A. Barton 184 



The Determination of Uranium and Vanadium in the Carnotite 



Ores of Colorado and Utah. By Andrew A. Blair 201 



Suetonius and His Biographies. By John C. Rolfe 206 



The Control of Typhoid Fever by Vaccination. By Mazyck 



P. Ravenel, M.D 226 



The Treaty Obligations of the United States Relating to the 



Panama Canal. By Charlemagne Tow^er 234 



A Counsel of Perfection: A Plan for an Automatic Collection 



and Distribution of a State Tax for Higher Education. By 



J. G. Rosengarten 243 



Climatic Areas of the United States as Related to Plant Growth. 



By Burton Edward Livingston 257 



Some Diffraction Phenomena ; Superposed Fringes. By 



Charles F. Brush 276 



Matter in its Electrically Explosive State. By Francis E. 



NiPIIER 283 



The Alleghenian Divide, and its Influence upon the Freshwater 

 Fauna. By Arnold E. Ortmann 287 



The Relation between the Physical State of Brain Cells and 

 Brain Functions — Experimental and Clinical. By Geo. W. 



Crile 397 



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