680 INDEX. 



I'age. 



Rose, J. N., appointed assistant curator 30 



Ross, Sir James, Antarctic exploration by 420 



Ross, Roderick, cited 367 



Rossi, M. de, cited 558 



Rotch, A. Lawrence, exploration of free air by means of kites, by 9, 317 



Rowland's diffraction gratings 102 



Royal Menagerie of France, history of 507 



Royce, C C, on Indian land cessions 44 



Runge, Professor, cited 251, 252 



Russell, F. A. R., on air and health 11, 74, 75 



Russell, Israel, study of lakes by 398 



Russium, discovery of 240 



Rutherfurd's diffraction gratings 102 



Rykatcheff, General, on scientific aerostation 307 



S. 



Saccharin, discovery of 330 



Sacrificial cave in Arizona 620 



Saint-Hilaire, Geoffrey, cited 507 



Salpa, life history of : 495 



Samarium, discovery of 239 



San Jos6, Ariz., ruins near ... - 614 



Sapper, Carl, an Central American architecture 75, 76 



Sars, Michael, biological studies of 495 



Satellites, evolution of, by G. H. Darwin 109 



Saturn, discovery of dark ring of 92 



Huyghen's discoveries on 87 



Saxton, astronomical work of 91, 104 



Scandium, discovery of 239, 241 



Schloesing, M. Th., jr., on argon in upper air 313, 314 



Schmid, F. W., cited 245 



Schott, of Coast Survey 104 



Schouler, James, paper by 80 



Schultze, Max, cited 294 



Schuster, Arthur, on atmospheric electricity 75 



Schii tzenberger, Professor, on atomic weights 252 



Science, in early En,:;land 76, 77 



pure, debt of the world to 325 



slow advancement of 272 



Scientific literature, international catalogue of 13 



Sclater, Philip Lutley, bibliography of 31 



Secretary of Smithsonian, financial duties of 3 



Seeds, cultivation of 466 



Sendivogius, cited 207 



Seri Indians, explorations among 37, 40 



McGee on 44 



Sextant, invention of, by Godfray 102 



Shepherd, W. R., paper by 80 



Sherman, John, member of " Establishment" ix, 1 



Siam, Abbott's explorations in 10 



collections from 29 



Siebert, W. H., on liberation of fugitive slaves 80 



Silicon fluoride, experiments upon 267 



Silver and gold, artificial production of 207 



converted into gold 212 



