INDEX TO VOLUMES I-X. 
139 
Page. 
Oeograpliyy List of papers on—Cont’d. 
on the geographical distribution of mam¬ 
mals. T. Gill. Abstract .ii 26 
on the movements caused in large ice¬ 
fields by expansion and contraction, 
as illustrative of the formation of anti¬ 
clinal and synclinal axes in geological 
formations. M. 0. Meigs. In full. 4 
figures .ii 33, (22) 
on the Uintah Mountains. J. W. Powell. 
Title only .ii 34 
the results of a recent determination of 
the elevation of the Caspian and Aral 
seas. A. WoeikofF. Abstract .ii 34 
account of progress of the International 
Metrical Commission. J. E. Hilgard. 
Title only .ii 41 
the measurement of a base-line for the 
primary triangulation of the United 
States Coast Survey near Atlanta, 
Georgia. J. E. Hilgard. Abstract and 
reference .ii 50 
the watershed of the Adirondack region. 
F. F. Judd. Abstract .ii 67 
[voyage of the U. S. S. Swatara.] W., Hark- 
ness. No abstract .ii 68, 69 
Japan. H. Capron. Title only .ii 79 
the Adirondack watershed. F. F. Judd. 
Abstract .ii 82 
the deviations of the plumb-line as deter¬ 
mined in the survey of the 49th paral¬ 
lel of latitude. F. V. Greene. Ab¬ 
stract and reference ..ii 82 
[route for] the interoceanic canal tlirough 
Nicaragua. F. P. Lull. Title only...ii 83 
[visit to Japan.] T. Antisell. No abstract, 
ii 84 
the late English polar expedition. E. 
Bessels. Abstract .ii 89 
a special method of barometric hypsome- 
try. G.K. Gilbert. Abstract..'.. .ii 131 
standard scales or measures of length. J. 
E. Hilgard. Abstract .ii 136 
a proposed new leveling instrument. G. 
K. Gilbert. Abstract .ii 184 
the recent history of Great Salt Lake. G. 
K. Gilbert. Abstract .ii 187 
the lands of the arid region of the United 
States. J.W. Powell. Abstract .ii 189 
on the Kanab base line, and a proposed 
new method of base measurement. 
G. K. Gilbert. Abstract ..lii 34 
the secular change in the magnetic decli¬ 
nation in the United States and at some 
foreign stations. C. A. Schott. Ab¬ 
stract . iii 45 I 
Page. 
Geography, List of papers on—Cont’d. 
[Luray cave.] J. W. Chickering. Title 
only .iii 65 
on the boundary line between Alaska and 
British America. W. H. Dali. Title 
only .iii 77 
a model of the basin of the Gulf of Mexico. 
J. E. Hilgard. Abstract .iv 52 
notes on Roan Mountain, North Carolina. 
J. W. Chickering. In full .iv 60 
the scenery of the Grand Caiion district. 
C. E. Dutton. Title only .iv 120' 
the Vermilion Cliffs and the valley of the 
Virgen, in Southern Utah. C. E. Dut¬ 
ton. Title only .iv 122 
boundary line between Alaska and Siberia. 
M. Baker. In full. Map .iv 123 
recent discoveries in Alaska north of Behi’- 
ing strait. W. H. Dali. Abstract .iv 163 
on barometric hypsometry. G. K. Gilbert. 
Reference .v 43 
alignment curves on any surface, with 
special application to the ellipsoid. C. 
H. Kummell. Abstract. A figure .vi 123 
graphic tables for computing altitudes 
from barometric data. G. K. Gilbert. 
Reference ..vi 130 
the existing glaciers of the High Sierra of 
California. I. C. Russell. Abstract and 
reference, ^figures .vii 5 
some physical and economic features of 
the Upper Missouri system. L. F. 
Ward. Reference .vii 25 
the diversion of water courses by the rota¬ 
tion of the earth. G. K. Gilbert. Ab¬ 
stract and reference .vii 21 
What is a glacier ? Symposium. Ab¬ 
stract .vii 37 
a concrete problem in hydrostatics. G. K. 
Gilbert. Abstract .vii 92 
a formula for the length of a seeonds- 
pendulum. G. W. Hill. Reference, 
vii 101 
discussion of a concrete problem in hydro¬ 
statics proposed by Mr. G. K. Gilbert. 
R. S. Woodward. Title only .vii 101 
variations of latitude. A. Hall. Abstract 
and reference .viii 15 
distances on any spheroid. C. H. Kum¬ 
mell. Abstract and reference .viii 52 
some practical features of a field time de¬ 
termination with a meridian transit. 
R. S. Woodward. Abstract .viii 55 
Lieutenant Lockwood’s expedition to 
farthest north. G. E. Curtis. Ab¬ 
stract . ix 3 
