INDEX. 



Page. 

 Abbot, C. G., report on Astropliysical 



Observatory, by. 69 



translation by . 139 



Abbott, W. L., collections presented by 33 



Absorption lines, discovery of 28 



researches in 70 



Accessions to National Museum 33 



Acting secretary, appointment of XT 



Actinic rays, photographic power of . . . 107 

 Acts of Congress relating to Smithso- 

 nian Institution xlv 



Adams discovers frozen mammoth 330 



Adams, Robert, jr. , Regent x 



reappointed Re- 

 gent. 2 



Adler, Cyrus, bibliography of Assyriol- 



ogyby J7 



delegate to conference on 



scientific literature 17 



exhibit prepared by 99 



report on library by 75 



Administration, secretary's report on. 3 



^Epinus, electrical experiments by 219,220 



Aerodromic experiments by S. P. Lang- 

 ley 7 



Aerodynamics, review of work in 13 



Aeronautical investigations 308 



Africa, central, anthropological studies 



in. 632 



African axes, varieties of 643 



civilizations, origin of . 637 



costumes, varieties of 644 



culture forms, table of 650 



drums, varieties of 640 



dwarfs 648 



huts, varieties of 643 



lakes, biology of 504 



musical instruments 641 



shields, varieties of 642 



Age of the earth, Kelvin on 84 



Agriculture, Babylonian 592 



Ainsworth, G. W., on origin of coral 



islands 394 



Air, impure, effect of, Bergey on 13,82 



liquid, Hampson's machine for 



making . 271 



researches on. 261 



observations of, from balloons 312 



source of constituents of 438 



specific heat of. 12 



Alabama, bibliography of - - 14 



Alaska, types of basketry from 97 



Alaskan dog teams 659 



Albatross, steamer, specimens collected 



by 33 



Page. 



Alchemy, Bolton on 84 



Algae, study of 10 



Alger, Russell A., member of establish- 

 ment 2 



Aliment, definition and use of 537 



source of thermal energy 543 



Alimentation, physiology of 515,537 



Allen, Harrison, death of 11 



paper by 86 



Allis, E. P., biological studies by 508 



American Board of Foreign Missions, 



courtesies by 57 



American Historical Association, re- 

 ports of 18,88 



Ames, H. V., on Constitution amend- 

 ments -. 14 



Ampere, electrical experiments by 221 



Amphioxus, genealogy of . . 478 



Amundsen, L. O. G., courtesies by 57 



Anatomy, comparative, exhibit of 95 



Anderson, W. W., gift from 65 



Andree party, letters from . 84 



Angell, James B. , Regent 3, x 



Animal as a prime mover, Thurston on. 85 



Animals in Zoological Park, list of 63 



of tundras and steppes 322 



Animism, Chauffard on 526 



Antarctic expedition, advantage of 84 



regions in paleozoic time 384 



Anthropoids and Pithecanthropus erec- 



tus r 450 



Anthropological science?, Brabrook on 



progress of • 621 



study of Pithecanthro- 

 pus erectus 445 



Anthropology, prehistoric, European. . 332 

 report on department 



of 32 



Antipodal arrangement of oceans and 



continents 365 



Antiseptic surgery, advance in.... 577 



Ants and plants, relations of 86 



Ape-man, biological position of 458 



Apes and origin of man 470 



classification of 464 



fossil, and Pithecanthropus erec- 

 tus - 448 



petrified , first discovery of 472 



Aquarium in Zoological Park 26 



Arago, electrical experiments by 221 



Archimedes on sphericity of the earth. 142 

 Architecture, aboriginal American, 



Mindeleff on 47 



Babylonian 597 



Arctic animals in Europe 322 



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