706 



INDEX. 



J 'age. 



Kiowa Indians, calendar of 88 



Mooney on 47 



Kirchoff, electrical experiments by 223 



Kites, exploration of air with 84 



great heights reached by 8 



meteorological investigations 



with -. 8 



Koebele, Albert, imports ladybird 



beetle 559 



Kofoid, Dr., biological studies by 511 



Kotze hue's voyages 422 



Krypton, discovery of 274 



Kwakintl Indians, Boas on 85 



Laces exhibited at Nashville 99 



Lachlan, R. , ballooning by 310 



Lacoe, R. D., gifts from 33 



Lacy, Sallie, gift from 65 



Ladybird beetle, benefit of 559 



Lake dwellings at Glastonbury 627 



Lake Erie, ancient and modern limits of. 350 



changes in water level of 360 



Lake Michigan, biology of .. 510 



changes in water level 



of.... 360 



Lakes, biological investigation of 503 



Lamarck, John, on evolution 461 



Land cessions by Indians 47,88 



level , local variations in 364 



system in Babylonia 595 



Landerer , M. , investigations by 119 



Lang, Andrew, cited 633 



Langdon Davies's phonophore ... 240 



Langkavel, B., on dogs and savages 651 



Langley, S. P. , aerodromic experiments 7 



aerodrome model 91 



delegate to conference 



on scientific literature 17 

 delegate to Geological 



Congress 17 



on internal work of the 



wind..? 12 



on Le Sage theory of 



gravitation 139 



on mechanical flight 84 



radiant heat measure- 

 ments by . 119 



rules for selection of ap- 

 pendix papers by 80 



spectrum investigation 



by 161 



Langmuir, A. O, on didymium 83 



Laplace , electrical researches by 220 



Lapworth, Professor, quoted 368 



Lavigerie, Cardinal, discoveries of 602 



Lavoisier, eiectrieal researches by 220 



Law reference library. 77 



Laws of orientation among animals 481 



Lea, Cary, color salt of 210 



Leavesof absence, legislation governing xlv 

 Lechalas, Georges, on perception of 



light and color 179 



Le Conte, Joseph, paper by 85 



Legislation concerning Smithsonian In- 

 stitution XL.V 



Legrain, M., Karnak temple restored by 619 

 Lemery, Nicholas, chemical classifica- 

 tion by 293 



Page. 



Le Monier's electrical experiments 218 



Lemurs, fossil 473 



Lenz's law of induction _.. 222 



Le Sage theory of gravitation 139-160 



Leucippus, atomic theory of.. 144 



Levander, K. M., studies by 506 



Leyden jar, discovery of. 218 



Library, Bureau of Ethnology 36.47 



Smithsonian, Dr. Adler's re- 

 port on 75 



for employees. . . 76 

 purchase of 



books for 14 



Secretary's r e - 



port on 14 



Library of Congress building, Green on. 84 



Lick Observatory, discovery at.. _ 130 



Liebig's theory of luxurious expendi- 

 ture 544 



Life as revealed by microscope 85 



energy 526,531 



phenomenaof 526 



Light and color, perception of.. 179 



and its artificial production 84 



chemical action of 195 



electricity and, nature of 249 



electro- magnetic theory of 228 



Limnobiological stations, establish- 



mentof. 502 



Linde, Herr, liquid-air machine of 271 



Lindsay's experiments with the tele- 

 graph 236 



Linell, Martin L. , insect exhibit by 94 



Lippmann, Gabriel, color photographs 



by 211 



Liquefaction of hydrogen and helium.. 259 



Liquid air, Dewar on 85 



Hampson's machine for 



preparation of 271 



researches on 261 



Liquid argon T . 305 



production of 271 



Liquid hydrogen apparatus 262 



Lockyer, Sir Norman, on chemistry of 



stars 167 



Lodge, Oliver, telegraph experiments 



by 241,244,245,246 



Loewy and Puiseux, study of moon by. 105 



Loffoten Islands fisheries .... 413 



Long, John D., member of establish- 

 ment 2 



Lorenz, invention of revolving disk by. 228 



Loss of central Europe 326 



Lubbock, John, quoted 368.376 



Lucas, P. A., comparative anatomy ex- 

 hibit by 95 



paper by 85 



Lucretius on shape of the earth 142 



Ludwigand modern physiology 85 



Lumiero, color photographs by 209 



Luminous energy, source of 542 



Lummer and Pringsheim, grant to 9 



on specific 



heats 12 



researches 



by 9 



Lummer, O., on ratio of specific heats.. 80 



