684 JNDEX. 



u. 



Pajie. 



Unity of human species, Nadaillac on 549 



Unstable e<]uilibrinm of air, experiments in 193 



V. 



Vanden Toorn, W. H., courtesies from 51 



Varigny, Henri de, on air and life 11, 74, 75 



Venus, transit of, in 1769 89 



Versailles, menagerie at 511 



Vertebrates, life histories of 503 



Victor, Mrs. F. F., cited 370 



Villard, O. G., paper by 80 



Virginia cartography, by P. Lee Phillips 11, 74, 76 



Vision and hearing, researches in ^ , 438 



Visions by use of mescal 540 



Visitors to National Museum, number of 30 



Visual purple theory of Konig 293 



Volcanoes, Antarctic 434 



Volta, discoveries by 327 



Volume energy, definition of 256 



Vultures, whirling flight of 198 



W. 



Walcott, Charles D., Acting Assistant Secretary ix, 1, 17 



appointed Acting Assistant Secretary xiv, 2 



geological museum suggested by xvi 



report on Museum by 32 



Waldo, Frank, quoted 189 



Walker, astronomical work of ... : 92, 103 



Walker, Francis Amasa, biography of 635 



statistical work by 635, 645 



Walker, Sears Cook, on motion of planet Neptune 91 



Walter, Thomas N., cited 625 



War of 1812, Indians in 80 



Washington, President, science patronized by 101 



Waterspouts, origin of 191 



Watkins, J. E., curator and in charge of buildings . . 30 



mentioned 179 



Wave theory of light 273 



Waves, heat and light, separation of 287 



Weber, L., kite-flying experiments by 317 



Websky, M., idumium discovered by 240 



Weeks, S. B., paper by 80 



Weismaun, Professor, quoted 461 



Welch, William H., on scientific laboratories 75,76 



Wells, Charles L., paper by 80 



Welsbach, Auer von, gas flame invented by 283 



invents Welsbach light 240 



Welsbach light, cost of 277, 278, 299 



West Point Military Academy as school of science 101 



Wheeler, Joseph, Regent of the Institution x, xi 



White, Andrew D., Regent of the Institution x 



resolutions on Dr. Goode by xii 



White Cross Line, courtesies from 51 



Whitney, W. C, animal preserve of , 59 



