702 



INDEX. 



Electric furnace, researches with 300 



uses of 234 



secondary batteries 231 



wave methods of telegraphy. _ 241 



waves, nature of 250 



researches in.. 242 



Electrical advance, Thomson on 84 



apparatus, historical collec- 

 tions of . 32 



decomposition of air 9 



energy, discussion of 524 



transmission of 85 



phenomena known to an- 

 cients 217 



portraits 227 



research by Royal Society. . . 218 

 science, Gray on development 



of . 217 



oscillations 161 



Electricity, and light, nature of 249 



and magnetism, relation of 220 



distribution of 220 



Franklin's study of . 219 



galvanic, discovery of 220 



important discoveries in . . 228 



vitreous and resinous 2] 9 



voltaic, discovery of 224 



Electro-chemistry, commercial applica- 

 tion of 233 



importance of 231 



Electro-dynamisme vital 190 



Electrolysis, laws of. 232 



Electrolytic decomposition, laws of 222 



Electro-magnetic theory of light 228 



Electro-magnetism, discovery of 221 



Electrostatics, mathematical theory of 223 



Elements, relative abundance of 291 



Energy, chemical, discussion of 522 



conservation of, discovery of, 515 



discussion of kinds of . . .' 523 



electrical, discussion of 524 



general discussion of 515 



mechanical 518 



potential and real 522 



theory of, and living world. .. 515 



thermal 530 



vital, discussion of 526 



source of 531 



Epicurus on flatness of the earth. 142 



Erman, Professor, work in Egyptology 16 



Eskimo about Bering Strait 47, 88 



art, Hoffman on ' 85 



dogs.... 659 



home life and industries of 96 



Estimates for 1899 to Secretary of 



Treasury 5 



Ether, existence of the 525 



nature and movement of 249 



Ethnological bureau, need of, in Eng- 

 land 635 



exhibit at Nashville 96 



studies in Africa 637 



Ethnology of Pacific islands 400 



(see Bureau of) 37 



Etruscan jewels 611 



Eurasia, tundras and steppes of 322 



Eustis, G. P., gift from 66 



Evans, John, cited 627 



Evolution, development of study of 461 



Haeckelon... 461 



of satellites, Darwin on 84 



Excavations of Carthage, Berger on . . . 601 



Executive committee, changes in xn 



report cf xm, 



XVII-XLIV 



Expenditures, Astrophysica 1 . Observa- 

 tory ., _', .. xxxvi 



■ Bureau of Ethnology . . xxi 

 International Ex- 

 changes XIX 



National Museum xxti 



Smithsonian Institution xviii 



Explorations, by Bureau of Ethnology. 22,37 



by National Museum 34 



expenditures for xviii 



in Arizona 84,86 



in Cuba and Philippines. 11 



Secretary's report on . . . 11 



Exposition, Nashville, report on 90 



Tennessee Centennial 17 



Trans-Mississippi 17 



Eye, chromatic sensibility of 181 



constitution of. 187 



defects of 197 



Pairchild, D. G., appointed honorary 



custodian 32 



Fallin g bodies, theories as to 143 



Faraday, electrical researches by 221 



Fauna, fresh- water, study of 499 



paleozoic, in Southern hemi- 

 sphere 383 



Fewkes, J. Walter 32,41,42 



explorations by 34, 38, 47 



papers by 84,86 



Fiji Islands, geology of 389 



Filter station in Massachusetts 510 



Finances, condition of fund June 30, 



1898.. 4 



estimates for 1899 5 



executive committee report 



on. _ xvn 



Secretary's report on 4 



Fish Commission, aquarium from 26 



fresh-water studies 



by 500,508 



culture, importance of 513 



electric 220 



Fisheries, exhibition in Norway L 



l'elation of oceanography to. 412 



temperature effect on 414 



Fishes, exhibited at Nashville 92 



fossil - 95,476 



valuable collections of 33 



Fishing with dogs 656 



Flies, annoyance from 556 



Flinders-Petrie, W. M. , paper by 84 



Flint, J. M., exhibit prepared by 99 



Flora of tundras and steppes 323 



Florida, collections by Cushing in 41 



explorations in 23 



Fluorescence of the retina 188 



Fluorine, Moissan on 84 



Flying machine, model of 91 



Fogs, study of 314,411 



