iV SCIENCE. 
Mr. Rhoads’ Use of the Name, C. HART MER- 
RIAM, 174 
Bauer, L. A., Secular Motion of the Earth’s Magnetic 
Axis, 757; Diurnal range of Magnetic Declina- 
tion and Inclination, 757 
Baur, G., Amphibia or Batrachia, 170, 372 
Beaver, Protection of the, 807 
BECKER, GEORGE F., Lewis on the Diamond, 664 ; 
New Diamond Find in the Transvaal, 726 
BEDELL, FREDERICK, The Alternating Current Cir- 
cuit, W. Perren Maycock, 883 
Bedell, F., Predetermination of Transformer Regu- 
lation, 653 
Behrens, H. y., Mikrochemische Analyse, E. R., 
884 
Belgium Royal Academy, 732 
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM, A Brilliant Meteor, 99 
Berman, W. W., A Chapter in the History of Mathe- 
matics, 297 
BENJAMIN, MARcus, British and American Associa- 
tions, 775 
Bering Sea Conferences, Results of the, 781; P. L. 
SCLATER, 994 , 
Berlin Academy of Sciences, 94 
Berthelot, and Vieille, on the Storage of Acetylene, 
56 ; Chemistry of Glass Mirrors, 874 
BrEssbY, CHARLES E., Phylogeny and Taxonomy of 
the Angiosperms, 398; Botanical Notes, 622, 
696, 836 
Bessey, C. E., The Botanical Survey of Nebraska, 
573 ; Rhus radicans, 885 
Bigelow, Frank H., Standard Systems of Notation 
in Mathematics and Physics, 758 
Biles on Improved Materials of Construction, 56 
Billings, John §., Report on the Vital and Social 
Statistics in the United States, T. D. A. Cock- 
ERELL, 174 
Billroth, Monument to, 839 
Biological, Society of Washington, F. A. Lucas, 671; 
707, 814, 886, 966 ; Station in Jamaica of Johns 
Hopkins University, 480; Expedition of New 
York University to the Bermudas, CHARLES L. 
BRIsToL, 724 
Biology, Section of, New York Academy of Sciences, 
C. L. Brisron, 107 ; GARY N. CALKINS, 851 
Birds, Protection of, 292 
Blind and Deaf, Report of the British Council on 
Education for the, 445 
Buss, C. P., Anthropology and Psychology, N. Y. 
Academy, 779 
Boas, FRANZ, Totem Tales, W. S. Phillips, 778; An- 
thropologische Studien ueber die Ureinwohner 
Brasiliens, Paul Ehrenreich, 880 
Boas, Franz, Primitive Art Motives, 287; Growth of 
Toronto School Children, 579; Northwestern 
Tribes of Canada, 579 
Bokorny, Th., on Antisepties, 250 
Botton, H. CARRINGTON, Revival of Alchemy, 853 
Bolton, H. Carrington, Recent Progress of Alchemy 
in America, 360; Early American Chemical So- 
cieties, 763 ; Hysterical Chemistry, 965 
Bond, William Cranch, Memorials of, 408, 
Born G., Ueber Verwachsungsversuche mit Amphi- 
bienlarven, CHARLES S. Minor, 704 
Boston, Guide Book to Region round, 767; Society 
of Natural History, SAamurnL HrnsHAw, 816, 
922, 1003 
Botanic Society, Royal, 322 
Botanical, Society of America, C. R. BARNEs, 401 ; 
CONTENTS AND 
INDEX. 
Garden of New York, 555 ; Excursion to Mexico, 
JoHN W. HARSHBERGER, 569; Notes, C. E. 
BESSEY, 622, 696, 836 ; Activity in Japan, 622 ; 
Garden, New York, Boston Plans for a, N. Y., 
632 ; Gazette, 780 
Botany, of the British Association, D. P. P., 472; a 
the American Association for the Advancement 
of Science, F. C. NEWCOMBE, 572 
Bowditch, H. P., Rhythm of Smooth Muscles, 550 
Brain, the Desirability and the Feasibility of Some 
Accurate Knowledge of the, by Pre-collegiate 
Scholars, BuRT G. WILDER, 902 
BRANNER, J.C. New Terms in Geology and Geog- 
raphy, 133 
Breul on Pigmentation of the Skin, 124 
Briggs, Lyman J., Water Movement in Soils, 966 
BRINTON, D. G., Current Notes on Anthropology, 22, 
54, 124, 164, 207, 248, 287, 316, 359, 403, 439, 
657, 695, 728, 762, 803, 836, 873, 910, 952, 987; 
L’evolution de commerce dans les diverses 
races humaines, Ch. Letourneau, 742 ; Congreso 
Internacional de Americanistas, 777; Anthro- 
pologische Studien tiber die Ureinwohner Bra- 
siliens, Paul Ehrenreich, 879? Das Nordliche 
Mittel-Amerika, nebst einen Ausflug nach den 
Hochland von Anahuac, 920; The History of 
Mankind, Friedrich Ratzel, 961 
BRISTOL, C. L., New York Academy of Sciences, Sec- 
tion of Biology, 107; Alumni Biological Expe- 
dition of New York University to the Bermudas, 
724 
British Association, Toronto Meeting of the, 333; 
A. B. MAcALLUM, 201, 318; Grants for Scien- 
tific Research, 554; Address of the President, SIR 
JOHN EVANS, 269; and American Associations for 
the Advancement of Science, the Meetings of the, 
377, MARCUS BENJAMIN, 775 
Britton, E. G., Moss Flora of the Adirondack Moun- 
tains, 70 ; Ophiozlossum, 1004 
Britton, N. L., and Addison Brown, Illustrated Flora 
of the Northern United States, Canada and the 
British Possessions, F. V. CovILLE, 179 
Brown on Cathode Rays, 470 
Brush, Chas. F., Transmission of Radiant Heat by 
Gases at Varying Pressures, 649 
Briickner’s Erdrinde und ihre Formen, 872 
Bruyn, Lobry de, The Genesis of Petroleum, 838 
BUCHANAN, GEORGE CHAS., Oysters: A Review of 
Ignorance, 137 
BucHNER, EDWARD F., Observations on the Prin- 
ciple of Identity, 809 
Biigsen, M., Bau und Leben unserer Waldbiiume, B. 
E. FERNOW, 962 
Bumpus, Hermon C., Habit and Instinct, C. Lloyd 
Morgan, 918 
BURCKHARD?, RupD., Ludwig Ritimeyer, 985 
Bureess, Epwarp S., Torrey Botanical Club, 36, 
70, 924, 967, 1004 
Butler, A. W., Indiana, W. T. DAyis, 260 
Calcium carbide, 404 
CALKIns, GARY N., Columbia University Zoological 
Expedition of 1897, 513; New York Academy of 
Sciences, Section of Biology, 851 f 
CALLENDAR, HuGH L., Mathematics and Physics at 
the British Association, 464 
Callendar, H. L., and H. T. Barnes, Specific Heat of 
Liquid in terms of the International Electrical 
Units, 466 ; The B. O. T. Form of Standard Cell, 
