INDEX. 



699 



Page. * 

 Berger, Philippe, on excavations of 



Carthage 601 



Bergey, D. H., investigations on impure 



air by ..9,13,83 



Bernard, Claude, cited 526 



on Brown-Sequard .. 679 

 Berthelot, M., on life and works of 



Brown-Sequard 67" 



Berthelot's principle of initial and final 



states 538 



Berthollet's chemical experiments 389 



Bert, Paul, and Brown-Sequard 691 



Berzelius on inorganic bodies 293 



Bibles, exhibit of 98 



Bibliographies, chemical. 82,83 



Bibliography of chemistry, by H. C. Bol- 

 ton 13 



Assyriology 17 



Indian languages 47 



metallic carbides 13, 82 



metals of platinum 



group 13, 82 



periodicals 13,81,83 



Bidwell, Shelford, on curiosities of 



vision 197 



Billings, J. S., researches by 9, 82 



Biological collections in National Mu- 

 seum 33 



stations, fresh-water, Ward 



on 499 



Biologic relations of plants and ants 86 



Biology, beginnings of 573 



development of... 573 



energetics of.. 534 



Biot, electrical researches by 220 



Bird migration, discussion of 490, 493 



Birds, collections added to Museum 33 



ex hibit of, at Nashville 92 



in Zoological Park 64 



of tundras and steppes 324 



sense of direction of 489 



Bison, destroyed by storms 330 



Blake, M. A., gift from 66 



Bliss, Cornelius N., member of estab- 

 lishment 2 



Blue Hill Observatory, researches at. . . 8 

 Board of Regents (see Regents). 



Boas, Franz, Cathlamet text by 47 



paper by 85 



Bolographic work of Astrophysical Ob- 

 servatory 70 



Bolometer, researches with 28,70,73 



Bolton, H. C, bibliography of chemistry 



by 13 



catalogue of periodicals 



by 13,81,83 



on alchemy 84 



on iatro chemistry 134 



Books of reference, law as to purchase 



of XL. vi, 77 



Botanical laboratory, tropical 19 



opportunity 84 



terminology 432 



Botany, descriptive _ "" 429 



of coral island 400 



systematic, importance of 430 



Bouasse, A., on theory of mechanics... 515 



Page. 



Boulton, Bliss & Dallett, courtesies by. 58 



Bows, African varieties of 641 



Bows and arrows of Brazil _ 86 



Boyle on motion of particles 278 



Boyle's electrical experiments 218 



Brabrook, E. W., on progress of an- 

 thropological sciences. 621 



Brain, human, association centers of... 468 

 localization of mental 



faculties in 468 



organs of thought in . . . 468 

 structure and develop- 



mentof 95 



study of 467,468 



Brains, anthropoid, size of 470 



Branly, M. E., electrical experiments 



by. 254 



Brassempouy statuettes 625 



Brewster, Sir David, and moon hoax... 125 



Bride, W. "W., gift from 65 



Brown, Glenn, water-color drawings by 91 



Brown, John Nicholas 47 



Brown-Sequard, aided by Agassiz 689 



death of 691 



early life of 678 



experimants on epi- 

 lepsy.. : 686 



in America 083, 686 



life and works of 677-696 



researches on secre- 

 tions by 691 



researches on the blood 



by 684 



study of spinal cord by 692 



Brugsch, Henry, biography of 80 



Buffalo Exposition, act of Congress on.. liv 



Building, new, for Museum xvi,21 



Buildings, Secretary's report on 7 



Burnham, Prof essor, mentioned 131 



Bureau cf Ethnology , appropriation for xlviii 

 Brabrook on work 



of 635 



Director Powell's 



report on 36 



exhibit of, at 



Nashville 91 



expenditures of.. 37 



explorations by . . 37 



property of 36 



publications of... 13 

 receipts and dis- 

 bursements of . xx 

 Secretary's r e - 



port on 22 



Busch, Leo, gift from 65 



Bushmen, African. 648 



Cables, ocean, difficulties in laying 415 



Calderon, Climaco, courtesies by 57 



Call, R. Ellsworth, shells presented by . . 33 



Calorie, definition of 522 



Campbell, Douglas, on botanical com- 

 mission 19 



Campbell, Professor, mentioned 136 



Campbell, Sir George, as an ethnologist. 622 



Carbides, metallic, bibliography of 82 



Carbon, chemical peculiarities of 296 



compounds, abundance of 292 



