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Bell, copper, found at Chaves Pass 532 



Belt, on leaf- cutting ants 41!) 



Bellucci, Guiseppe, museum exchanges with 30 



Bence- Jones, on poisonous bacteria 487 



Bendire, Charles, on life histories of birds 8, 31, 75 



Benjamin, Marcus, on Smithsonian work in chemistry and meteorology 13 



Berber costume from Talcott Williams 616 



Berchem, Max van, mentioned '. 612 



Bergey, D. H., on composition of expired air 9, 75 



on organic matter in air 9 



Bergmann, Carl F. W., on collecting party 37 



Bering Strait, exploration north of 288 



Berlin University, history of 77 



publications from 74 



Bernard, Claude, discovers glycogen 354, 355 



on action of hepatic system 319 



on nervous system 353 



on phenomena of life 394 



Bern University, publications from 71 



Berry, Lieutenant, Arctic explorations by 287 



Berson, Dr., aerostatic ascensions by 125 



Bible, archa?ology of 629 



manuscripts of 630 



Biblical exhibit at Atlanta Exposition 629 



Bibliographical Conference in London 10 



Bibliography, histological 394 



of chemistry, Bolton's 9 



of science, plan for 10 



periodical 10 



Smithsonian work in 13 



Bidder on sympathetic system 346 



Billings, J. S., delegate to bibliographical conference 10 



on destruction of typhoid and colon bacillus 76 



on expired air xii, 8, 9, 11, 75 



on influence of Smithsonian in development of libraries 13 



on Naples table committee 14 



Binet, Alfred, on psychology of prestidigitation 77 



Binomial nomenclature, commencement of 459 



Biologic relations between plants and ants 411 



Biological sciences, development of 343 



Biology, Ludwig's work in 366 



processes of life revealed by microscope 381 



Bird exhibit at Atlanta Exposition 616 



Birds, census of 458 



life histories of, Bendire on 8, 31, 75 



lifting power of 314 



limi t to si ze of 109 



Bison, depletion of xvi 



Bjorling and Kalstenius, Arctic explorations by 291 



Blanchard, Raphael, quoted 460 



Bleeker, Pieter van, cited 474 



Blood, action of white corpuscles 390, 392 



as carrier of potential energy 304 



corpuscles, functions of 389 



microscopical examination of 390 



