722 INDEX. 



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Smithsonian Institution, Government appropriations under xli, 2, 4 



list of Regents of x 



members of Establishment ix 



memorial of first half century xi\ r 



museum of 16 



publications by 8 



receipts and expenditures of xx 



researches by 5 



Smithsonian library, Cyrus Adler on 13, 74 



Smithsonian table at Naples station xiv 



Smitt, F. A., cited 478 



Snakes, poisonous, exhi bit of 617 



Sociology, researches in 39 



Solar energy, researches on xvii, 68 



Solar system, evolution of 382 



magnitude of 76 



Solvay, M. Ernest, cited 137 



on electricity in animal life 76 



Sound, mechanics of circulation of 316 



researches on, by Joseph Henry 650 



study of overtones 107 



South Australia, exchanges with 52, 53, 54 



South American hows, characteristics of 554 



Spain, exchanges with 52, 53, 54 



Space, Kant's conception of 96 



of two dimensions 97 



Specific gravities in liquid oxygen 140 



Spectrobolometric processes, measurement of errors in 68 



Spectroscope, problems of the 91 



Spectrum, infra-red, investigation of 26, 68 



of the stars 90 



photography of 174 



researches on xvii 



Spider decoration on prehistoric pottery 525 



Spofford, Ainsworth R., memorial of Dr. J. M. Toner by 637 



on art collection xiv 



on relations of Library of Congress to Smithsonian 



Institution 13 



Sprengel, discoveries by 411 



St. Helena, exchange agent for 52 



Standard dietary, Thurston on 308 



Starin, John H., donation to Zoological Park by 65 



Stars, distances of, Newcomb on 85. 87 



motions of, Newcomb on 85 



Statues, ancient Egyptian 593 



colossal, from Karnak 606 



Statuettes, Egyptian, in wood 605 



Stauffer, Peter, explorations by 518 



Steamboat, development of (330 



Steiuen, Prof. Von den, mentioned 550 



Stejneger, Leonhard, snake exhibit by 617 



Sternberg, Dr., on antitoxins 494 



Stetson, Francis Lynde 224 



StevenBon, Adlai E., member of " Establishment" ix, 1 



Regent of the Institution x, xi 



report submitted to iii 



