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INDEX. 



Page. 



Telegraph, self-recording _ 226 



submarine 415 



Telegraphy across space, Thompson on . 235 



early experiments in 224 



electric wave method of . . . 241 



wireless 235,249 



Telephone, collection illustrating his- 

 tory ol- .-.. 32 



invention of 226 



Telescopes, function of large, Hale on . 123 



large, limit to power of 128 



merits of large and small.. 129 



photographic 107 



Temple of Karnak. restoration of 619 



Temple ownership in ancient Babylon. 589 



Temperature, Arctic, changes in 321 



effect of, on fish 413 



high, production of 303 



high altitude 311 



low, researches in. . 279 



ocean, study of 423 



subarctic 324 



Tennessee Centennial Exposition 17,35,90 



Tesla, Nikola, electrical researches by. 231, 



241,244 



Tetrahedral theory of earth plan 374 



Tharros, necropolis of 603 



Thayer, Abbott H., paper by 84 



Theory of energy and the living world. 515 



Thermal energy, aliment the source of . 543 



Thermoelectric batteries 222 



Thermometer, electrical 91 



Thompson, Silvanus, on electric waves 350 

 on telegraphy 



across space . . _ 235 



Thomson, Elihu, paper by 84 



Thomson, J. J., on cathode rays 84 



Thomson, J. P., paper by 85 



Thomson, W., electrical experiments by 223 



Thorns, W. J. , on folk-lore 628 



Thoulet, M. J., on oceanography.. 407 



Thurston, R. H., paper by 85 



Tidal action of sun on the ea rth 366 



Tides on Great Lakes 354 



study of -.-. 408 



Timberlake, Miss Keightly, gift from.. 65 



Tombs, ancient Carthaginian 605 



Toner, Joseph M., biography of 86 



Tongues of birds, Lucas on.. 85 



Tortoises, exhibit of 92 



Trans-Mississippi Exposition 1 17,35 



Transportation, Babylonian methods of 595 

 of heavy bodies by an- 

 cients, Watkins on.. 615 



Travers, Dr., researches by 268,269,271 



Trelease, William, paper by 84 



Tropical botanical laboratory 19 



Trowbridge's experiments in wireless 



telegraphy 237 



True, F. W., appointed head curator of 



biology 31 



report on Nashville Expo- 

 sition by 100 



represents Institution on 



Government board 35 



Tundras and steppes of prehistoric 



Europe 34 



Tusayan snake and flute ceremonies. .. 47 



Tycho Brahe an 1 astrology 124 



Tyndall, Professor, cited 316 



Typophotographs, Montpillard's 214 



Vail's experiments with te'.egraph 226 



Valency, theory of 294 



Van't Hoff's theory of asymetric car- 



bonatom 291 



Varley, S. A., lightning protector of .. 254 



Veddahs of Ceylon 653 



Vegetation, first appearance of 437 



Villefosse, Heron de, at Carthage 603 



Virchow, R., on recent advances in 

 science and the bearing on medicine 



and surgery ... 571 



Virchow's study of skulls... 471 



Virginia cartography, Phillips on 83 



Vision, curiosities of, Bid well on 197 



Visual purple, characteristics of 187 



Vital energy, source of _ 531 



Voit, C, cited 545 



Volta, discovery of voltaic pile by 220 



Von Baer, Carl Ernst, on development 



of animals 461 



Von Kries, cited 183,184 



Von Noorden, C, researches by 546,547 



Von Rosenhof, Roesel, studies by 499 



Voyages and discoveries 421 



Walcott, Charles D._ 1,48 



acting assistant sec- 

 retary i x , 19 



report on Museum 



by 31 



resignation of xiv,2 



Walker, F. A., biography of 84 



Wallace, William, dynamos made by... 32 



Walther, Henry. 48 



Ward, Henry B., on fresh- water biolog- 

 ical stations 499 



Water on planets 282 



Watkins, J. E., exhibit prepared by 99 



on transportation and 

 lifting of heavy bodies 



by ancients . . 615 



Watson, William, champions Franklin's 



work 219 



electrical experi- 

 ments by 218 



Webster, Arthur G., researches by 9 



Weismann's theory of ne o Darwinism . 479 



Weld on ferocity of mosquitoes 555 



Wheeler, Joseph, military service of . . 3 

 on death of Mr. Hub- 

 bard XII 



Regent x , x 1 1 , 2 



Wheat midge, parasite 559 



Wheat, origin of 441 



Wheatstone and Cooke, use of electro- 

 magnets by 229 



Whipple, G. C, biological studies by . . . 510 



White, Andrew D., Regent .x,3 



White, David, collections made by 34 



Whittaker on plan of the earth 387 



Whymper's observations in Cotopaxi. . 312 



Wiener, Otto, on color photographs 85,210 



Wiesner, Julius, on plant physiology 



and its relation to other sciences 427 



