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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Page, 
Keith, Reuel, communication on—Cont’d. 
the nature of the force of gravitation. 
Title only .i 89 
Kempe, A. B., Triseetion linkage of..x 99 
Kerosene oil tests...ii 72 
Kerr, M. B., remarks on glaciers.vii 8 
Kerr, W. C., communication on the geology 
of Hatteras and the neighboring coast. 
Abstract.vi 28 
the mica mines of North Carolina. Ab¬ 
stract.vii 9 
Death of..viii 25 
Kidder, J. H., communication on deep sea 
temperature observations. Title only, 
ix 14 
the gilding of thermometer bulbs. Title 
only .ix 33 
Kilauea. .vi 13 
Kinematic theories of force.v 126, vi xxviii 
King, A. F. A., communication on the con¬ 
servative element in disease. Ab¬ 
stract .ii 111 
the conservative influence of disease as 
illustrated in the phenomena of pul¬ 
monary phthisis. Abstract .ii 124 
the prevention of malarial diseases, illus¬ 
trating, inter alia, the conservative 
function of ague. Abstract .vi 5 
King, C., cited on geology of Great Basin...i 56 
King, Major, communication on the con¬ 
struction of the bridge across East 
River between Brooklyn and New 
York. Title only .i 23 
the fatigue of metals. Title only .i 53 
King, S, A., communication on the aerial 
currents observed in fifty balloon as¬ 
censions. Bead by C. Abbe. Infull....i 35 
Klaproth, cited on mineralogy.i 78 
Knight’s tour.vii 88 
Knox, J. J., communication on the distribu¬ 
tion of loans in the Bank of France, 
the national banks of the United 
States, and the Imperial Bank of Ger¬ 
many. Abstract .iv 31 
the distribution of the surplus money of 
the United States among the States..vi 103 
Kolb, Baron, cited on population.iv 28 
Koyl, C. H., communication on the storage 
of electric energy. Abstract .v 46 
Krakatoa and sun glows.vii 35 
Kummell, C. H., communication on compo¬ 
sition of error from single causes of 
error. Reference . v 106 
alignment curves on any surface, with 
special application to the ellipsoid. 
Abstract. 1 figure .vi 123 
Page- 
Kummell, C. H,, communication on—Cont’d. 
the theory of errors practically tested 
by target-shooting. Abstract. 2 figures, 
vi 13& 
curves similar to their evolutes. Ab¬ 
stract . vii 87 
the quadric transformation of elliptic 
integrals, combined with the algo¬ 
rithm of the arithmetico-geometric 
mean. Abstract . vii 101,102 
an artifice sometimes useful for the ad¬ 
justment of conditioned observations. 
Abstract . viii 41 
distances on any spheroid. Abstract and 
reference . viii 52 
Can the attraction of a finite mass be in¬ 
finite? In full...... . viii 58 
the use of Somoif’s theorem for evalua¬ 
tion of the elliptic integral of the third 
species. Reference . ix 54- 
the brachisthode on the helicoid. Ref¬ 
erence . X 90' 
remai’ks on temperature readings. vi 26 
infinitesimals. vi 135 
conic sections. vi 149 
music and the elements.. vii 28 
Feuerbach’s circle. viii 52 
time determinations. viii 58 
problem in probabilities . x 89' 
trisection of angles .x lOO 
liagrange ignored by the Am. Phil. Soc., 
viii xxxviii 
Lagrange’s method ... vii 98 
Lake Bonneville. i 84, ii 103 
and the geoid. vii 92,101, ix 15 
Lake Champlain, lee phenomena on. ii (22) 
Lake Erie, Altitude of.. ii 28 
Lake, Great Salt... ii 187,188 
Lake Lahontan. vii 18 
Lake Michigan, Altitude of. ii 2.8 
Lake Ontario, Changes of level in the basin 
of.. ix 8 
Lakelets and landslips. ii 69 
Lancaster’s classification of meteorological 
literature. x 25 
Landen’s transformation. ...vii 107 
Lands of the arid region;. ii 189 
Landslips and lakelets. ii 69 
Lane, J. H., cited on solar physics. i 31 
Eulogy of.. iii 122 
Resolution on the death of. iii 123 
Language, Evolution of.. vi xlix 
written and spoken. iii 139 
Laplace cited on the solar atmosphere and 
zodiacal light. i (19), (27> 
