INDEX TO VOLUMES I-X 
Volume, Roman pagination, Arabic pagination, and pagination of appendix are distinguished 
thus : ix, xvi, 23, (17). 
The pages of appendices are differently numbered at top and at bottom; the index refers to 
the pagination at bottom. 
The titles of all papers read to the Society are entered (with some duplication) under the 
following words : Acoustics, Anatomy, Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, Biography, Biology, 
Botany, Calendars, Chemistry, Electricity, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Meteorology, Mi¬ 
croscopy, Mineralogy, Miscellaneous, Oceanography, Optics, Physics, Political Economy, Psychol¬ 
ogy, Seismology, Social Science, Thermometry, Zoology. 
Page. 
Abbe, Cleveland, communication on the 
aerial currents observed in balloon as¬ 
censions. Abstract .i 38 
the laws governing the movement of 
' storm centers. Abstract .1 99 
the position of the planes of certain ne- 
. bulae. Abstract and reference .i 109 
report of the committee to collect in¬ 
formation relative to the meteor of 
December 24th, 1873. In full. 2 
figures..... ...ii 123,139 
the aurora. Abstract ..iv 21 
determining the temperature of the air. 
Abstract . vi 24 
methods of verifying weather predic¬ 
tions. Abstract .vlil 8 
Signal Service bibliography of meteor¬ 
ology. In full . X 20 
remarks on auroras.i 45 
Stone Mountain earthquake.i 102 
land and sea breezes.ii 18 
the mean terrestrial ellipsoid, the geoid, 
and levelling. ii 24 
Dakota calendar.ii 93 
polarization of light by a narrow slit...iii 124 
Benjamin Peirce.iv 25 
anomalies of sound.v 37 
deflection of rivers.vii 23 
report as treasurer..v 17G, 180, vi xxii, vii xxiv 
Abbe de I’Epee’s instruction of the dumb..vi 63 
Abbe, Prof. E., Apertometer of..iii 18 
cited on microscopy.iii 20 
Abbey, Westminster S., letter on a fish found 
on the Florida coast. Bead by C. Abbe. 
No abstract .ii 202 
Abel’s researches in elliptic integrals.vii 106 
Achromatic objective.iii 65 
Page. 
Achromatic objectives. Corrections of..iii 3^ 
Acoustic investigations by Joseph Henry..ii 344 
Acoustics, List of papei’s on: 
, on phenomena of sound and experiments 
^ . with tuning forks. J. Henry. Title 
only ...i 22 
on sound in relation to fog-signals, from 
investigations under the direction of 
the U.-S. Light House Board. J. Henry 
' In full ...i 65, ii (45) 
recent experimental researches in acous¬ 
tics, by Prof. A. M. M.ayer. J. E. Hil- 
gard. Title only.... .I 90 
experiments on fog signals during the 
past summer. J. Henry. Title only...i 90 
[letter on fog-signals.] J. Tyndall. Com¬ 
municated by J. Henry. No abstract...i 91 
' on audition. J. Henry. Title only .ii 22 
on fog-signals and abnormal conditions of 
sound. J. Henry. Reference ....ii 37 
sound in connection with fog signals. J. 
Henry. Reference .ii 57 
acoustic refraction. W. B. Taylor. Ab¬ 
stract .ii 57 
an account of researches on sound in its 
application to fog-signals. Annual ad¬ 
dress, 1875. J. Henry. Reference .ii 60 
exhibition of a telaphon. E. Gray. Ab¬ 
stract . ii 67 
' [fog-signals.] J. Henry. Abstract .ii 85 
the telephone. A. G. Bell. Abstract .ii 103 
comments on the telephone. E. B. Elliott. 
Title only .,..ii HI 
[scientific method and its application to 
acoustic researches in connection with 
fog signals.] Annual address, 1877. J. 
Henry. In full .ii 162 
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