810 INDEX. 



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Flight, natural and artificial, Maxim on 14 



Flinders, Commander, on compass variation 108 



Flint, Dr. J. M., honorary curator 39 



Flower, Sir William 461 



Fluorescence, phenomena of 121 



Flying, problem of, by Otto Lilienthal 84 



bullets, photographs of 84 



machines, early English 732, 740 



Fog, analysis of, in London 234 



composition and causes of 231 



darkness caused by 233 



density of, in London 233 



dust as cause of 374 



effect on health 233 



horns, sound propagation by 310 



living organisms in 232 



produced by opposite currents 235 



radiation 231 



temperature of 318 



town, evil effects on health 375 



Forbes, Edward, mentioned 434 



Forecasting, weather 341 



Forepaugh Shows, loans to Zoological Park 73 



Forests, influence on climate 307 



oxygen diffused by 152 



Forget, A., courtesies from 64 



Form- aldehyde, formation of 473 



Fossil birds and reptiles 773 



Foster, Dr., cited 356 



Foster, Professor, cited : 351 



Fowke, Gerard, archeologic investigations by 51 



France, exchange transmissions with 65, 66, 67 



literary associations of 713 



Frankland, cited 302, 303 



Frankland, Professor, cited 234 



Franklin, Benjamin, electrical experiments by 91 



Franklin, Mrs. , theory of color sensation 132 



Freewalt, Mrs. L. G., donation to Zoological Park 72 



French Academy, appropriation for 713 



early members of 715 



opposition to 717 



founders of 714 



membership of 719 



Institute, centennial of 713 



functions of 725 



Eevolution, effect on literary associations 714 



Frescoes, ancient Greek 621 



Fresnel's researches on light 125 



Freiburg University, publications from 82 



Frerichs, hospital work of 502 



Frost and dew, effect on health 295 



Fuller, Melville W., Chancellor ix, xi, 1 



Flinch, Edye & Co., courtesies from 64 



Functionless organisms 703 



Fundamental units of measure, Mendenhall on 84 



Furniture and fixtures, National Museum xxvii 



