698 



INDEX. 



Tage. 



Arctic expedition by R. E. Peary 41 



explorations 85 



regions in Paleozoic times 384 



temperature, changes in 321 



Argon, atomic weight of . 267, 285 



liquid 271,305 



spectrum of . . . 271 



researches in 286 



Aristotle on generation and corruption. 152 



Arizona, explorations In 34, 38, 42, 47, 86 



Arkansas, antiquities from 32 



Art, Babylonian 592,597 



Carthaginian 606 



Aschkinass,radiation investigations by. 163 

 Ashmead, "W. H., appointed assistant 



curator . ... 32 



Aspects of American astronomy 84 



Assistant secretary, Mr. Rathbun ap- 

 pointed xv 



Assyrians and Babylonians, his tor y of . . 586 



Assyriology, bibliography of, by Adler. 17 



Astrology, former importance of.. 124 



Astronomical discoveries by Herschel .. 125 



Astronomy, American . . 84 



function of large tele- 

 scopes in 123 



problems of 85 



study of the moon 105 



Astrophysical Observatory, addition to 7 



annals of- . 13 

 •apparatus 



in 73 



a p propria- 

 tionfor. xlviii, 

 5,6 

 exhibit at 



Nashville 91 

 finances of xxxvi 

 library of._ 76 

 property 

 state- 

 mentof-. 69 

 report by 

 Mr. Ab- 

 bot on... 69 

 r e searches 



in 69 



secretary's 



report on 28 



Astrophysics, importance of study of.. 133 



Atlanta Exposition, report on 86 



Atlantic Ocean formed by subsidence. 371 

 Atlas Line of mail steamers, courtesies 



by 57 



Atmosphere, as conveyer of speech 9 



decomposition of 9 



of moon.. 116 



of planets and satellites.. 280 



sound propagation in 9 



source of constituents of. 438 



Atmospheres, stellar... 174,280 



Atmospheric nitrogen, researches on. . 270 



observations from balloon 312 



Atomic theory of Dalton... 294 



Lencippus.. 144 



Atomic weights, F. W. Clarke on 83 



of new gases 285 



Page. 



Atomic weights, theory of 298 



August, J. A., jr., gift from 65 



Australia, physical geography of 85 



Avery bequest, committee report on. ._ xm 



historyof.. 6 



Avery, Miss, claim of xm 



Babylon, orders of officials of 583 



political history of 581 



rights of citizens of 584 



Babylonian architecture 597 



art. 592,597 



commerce 592 



documents 586 



education.. 585 



families... 584 



habits and customs 579 



husbandry 590 



kingdom, divisions of 583 



land system 595 



religion 599 



society, sketch of 579 



Babylonians, origin of 579 



woman's rights among... 586 



Bacon, J. M., on scientific ballooning . . 307 



Bacteria, use of, in agriculture 436 



Bsetylus, Carthaginian 610 



Bailey, L. H., paper by 84 



Bailey, Professor, mentioned 132,133 



Baird, Spencer F., explorations by 11 



Baker, Frank, report on Zoological Park 



. t>y-- _.. 62 



Balfour, Francis, researches by 477 



Ballooning, scientific, J. M. Bacon on . . 307 



Baly, E. C. C, resear#hes by.. 9,273 



Bangs, Outram, bird skins from 33 



Banoult, H. C, gift from. 66 



Barnard, Professor, discovery by 130 



mentioned 127,132 



Bartlett, Morris, gift from 65 



Basketry, Alaskan types of 89 



Bathymetrical charts, need of 412 



Bean, Barton A., fish exhibit prepared 



by 93 



Bean, Tarleton H., oceanic ichthyology 



by ---. 93 



Bebb herbarium, estimate for purchase 



of ... - 6 



Becquerel, Edmond, color photographs 



by - 211 



Beer and Madler, quoted Ill 



Beginnings of biology, Virchow on 572 



Bell, Alexander Graham, appointed on 

 executive 



committee. xii 

 executive 

 committee 



report by.. XLIV 



Regent. x,2 



telephone 

 a p p a r atus 



from 32 



Bell, Robert, paper by 84 



Benedict, James E., invertebrate ex- 

 hibit by 95 



Benguiat, H. E., collection from " 32 



Benham's spectrum top 203 



Benzene ring, theory of 298 



