SCIENCE. — CONTENTS 
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Rosny’s Codex Cortesianus. BY ares ign ere te 408 
Scientific linguistics ... . anal ter O04: 
Seribner’s Where did life begin . Sere ame ce. tis) 5! 202 
Spang’s Lightning protection . ee rc eemrmen es cc 160 
Stokes’s Burnett lectures on light . yee mate e dete 5° G0 
Stokes’s Mathematical and a sical pooper Reem ce fa 204: 
Thomson’s Vortex rings . . bi) bie Os in aye se0) 
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Topographical surveying . . Ais Veutd a or Cee 
Tryon’s Structural and systematic conchology 5 dette g sy OL 
Wagner’s Geographisches jahrbuch . . Shs Hens! Way UZOD 
Nvatie’s) Maniallot chenistrys). 9), sms 2s) + see 2) a00 
Webster’s Outlines of chemistry . ene a7! 
Wyckoff’s Silk-manufacture in the United States . | . . 290 
Yarrow’s Check-list of North-American reptiles . . . . 264 
INTELLIGENCE FROM AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC STATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
Engineers’ school of application, Willets Point, New York, 
665. 
Geological survey of Canada, 605. 
U.S. geological survey, 26, 52, 80, 135, 166, 205, 234, 265, 2938, 333, 
365, 391, 421, 463, 493, 522, 551, 582, 608, 636, 665, 692, 735, 766, 
795. 
U.S. national museum, 109. 
U.S. naval observatory, 108, 137. 
U.S. signal-office, 767. 
RECENT PROCEEDINGS 
Academy of natural sciences, Philadelphia, 209, 236, 267, 294, 
334, 367, 396, 423, 553, 606, 637, 666, 736. 
Academy ofnatural sciences, Philadelphia, botanical section, 694. 
Albany institute, 666. 
American philosophical society, Philadelphia, 79. 
American society of civil engineers, New York, 463, 528. 
Anthropological society of Washington, 605. 
Appalachian mountain club, Boston, 366, 553. 
Biological society, Washington, 208, 294, 423, 738, 769. 
Boston society of natural history, 337, 553, 605. 
Brooklyn entomological society, 7367 
Brookville society of natural history, 523, 637, 768. 
Cambridge entomological club, 25, 207. 
Canadian institute, Toronto, 165, 266. 
Chemical society, Washington, 294, 463, 583. 
Chicago academy of sciences, 237. 
Cincinnati natural- history society, 79, 236, 367. 
Colorado scientific society, Denver, 523, 667. 
Cuvier club, Cincinnati, 209. 
Davenport academy of ‘natural sciences, Iowa, 737. 
Engineers’ club, Philadelphia, 295, 367, 494, 552, 606, 693. 
Entomological society of Washington, 768. 
Franklin institute, Philadelphia, 51, 108, 266. 
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STATE INSTITUTIONS. 
New-York state survey, 421. 
University of Kansas, i//. 53. 
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. 
Harvard college herbarium, 235. 
Harvard college observatory, 167. 
Museum of comparative zodlogy, Cambridge, 206. 
Peabody academy of science, Salem, 393. 
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Linnaean society, New York, 294, 366, 552. 
Massachusetts institute of technology, zl. 80. 
Minnesota academy of natural sciences, 494, 695. 
Natural-history society of Cornell university, Ithaca, 737. 
Natural-history society of New Brunswick, St. John, 769. 
Natural science association of Staten Island, New Brighton, 
24, 165, 423, 583, 694. 
New-York academy of sciences, 165. 
New-York microscopical society, 797. 
Numismatic and antiquarian society, Philadelphia, 524, 606. 
Ottawa field-naturalists’ club, 26, 107, 164, 235, 337, 394. 
Ottawa microscopical society, 25. 
Philosophical society of Washington, 166, 208, 336, 396, 555, 607. 
Philosophical society of Washington, mathematical section, 26 
424, 
Princeton science club, 107, 165, 266. 
San Diego natural-history society, 24, 464. 
Scientific club, Manhattan, Kan., 208. 
Society of arts, Boston, 79, 165, 267, z//. 394, 583, 667, 738, 796. 
Torrey botanical club, New York, 236, 523, 636. 
Trenton natural-history society, 395, 494, 768. 
Vassar brothers’ institute, Poughkeepsie, 51, 237. 
COMMENT AND CRITICISM, 1, 29, 57, 85, 113, 141, 169, 213, 241, 271, 299, 343, 371, 399, 427, 471, 499, 529, 557, 585, 6138, 648, 2/7. 671, 699, 
745, 773. 
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, i//. 3, 31, ill. 59, 86, 114, 142, i/. 171, 215, ild. 243, id. 278, ill. 302, id. 345, id. 378, itd. 401, zd. 429, 473, 501, 
ill. 531, 559, 586, i//. 614, 644, 672, 700, il. 747, ill. 775. 
NOTES AND NEWS, 
667, 696, 7/1. 739, ail. 769, 797. 
27, 54, 82, 110, 138, 168, 2/7. 209, 238, 268, 296, 337, 368, z//. 396, 424, id. 464, id. 495, il. 524, ill, 555, 584, 607, 637, 
Pietra Cubs RATIONS. 
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Aino man, 70; but, 69; anold Aino. . - 71 
Alaska and adjoining region, map of, 187, 284; new volcano 
island in (9 figs.) . IgA sane eet COOL 
Arctic vessel and rat equipment (4 figs. ) Mn een. at UG—009 
Arrow-points at Evansville, Ill. A oF 2 Le 6 PAI 
Baffin Bay, the channels north of, ; 2 ‘opposite 317 
Balloon, Tissandier’s flying, ite end view of, "154; batteries 
for,196; basketof.. . ee ae eee LOT 
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Basins at Mammoth Hot-Springs of Gardiner’s River. . . 106 
Baie We Chay 6 eo 6 belo komo 0 fol) (on folson cer ws!) 
Batrachichthys . ire ee Sst 
Blaze which had been covered by many ‘years’ erowth : 355 
Bogosloff Island, distant ten miles, as seen by Krenitzen and 
Levasheff, 1768- 69, 283; the new volcanic, as seen Sep- 
tember-October, 1883 Seen Te oa hs ale ver Mugs Mol, nat es Se RD 
Brain of dog, functionalareasin) . «+. . . . .« « «. « 484 
