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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Page. 
Miscellaneous Papers, List of—Cont’d. 
on the expenditure of the income of the 
Bache fund for 1872. J. Henry. Title 
only . i 53 
an account of some recent experiments on 
different kinds of gunpowder at Fort¬ 
ress Monroe. C. E. Dutton. Title 
only .1 54 
[the Woodbury photo-relief process.] J. 
J. Woodward. Abstract . i 57 
[the condition of the Society.] J. Henry. 
No abstract .. i 64 
on the water supply of cities. B. F. Craig. 
Title only . i 65 
on the collection of a large library. J. S. 
Billings. Abstract . i 92 
a description of a new spirometer. G. A. 
Otis. Title only . i 94 
on recent improvements in the economy 
of fuel. C. E. Dutton. Title only . i 96 
on recent improvements in the manufac¬ 
ture of steel. C. E. Dutton. Title only, 
i 97 
on Giffard’s injector. J. Henry. Title 
only . i 99 
on the method adopted in writing the in¬ 
ternational scientific telegrams. A. 
Hall. Abstract . i 101 
[on scientific culture in the Argentine Re¬ 
public.] B. A. Gould. No abstract...\i 15 
on the present state of the sciences. C. 
W. Shields. Abstract and references...ii 16 
on the gathering, packing, transportation, 
and exposure of fruits for sale. S. C. 
Busey. Title only . li 16 
on the failure of the wooden pavements of 
Washington City. L. D. Gale. Ab¬ 
stract . ii 26 
on latent impression.s on polished glass 
plates produced by heating the plates 
in close connection with engraved me¬ 
tallic plates. A. C. Ross. Abstract...i.\. 39 
iron facing copper plates. J. E. Hilgard. 
Abstract....- . ii 42 
the progress of the natural sciences dur¬ 
ing the past,century. T. N. Gill. Ref¬ 
erence . ii 56 
cylinder condensation, steam jackets, and 
superheated steam. G. B. Dixwell. 
Title only . ii 64 
the coinage of the Argentine Republic. 
B. A. Gould. Communicated by E. B. 
Elliott. Abstract . ii 65 
the progress which [has] been made in 
educational matters in [Japan.] D. 
Murray. Abstract . ii 69 
Page. 
Miscellaneous Papers, List of—Cont’d. 
* illuminating materials. J. Henry. Title 
only . ii 71 
[kerosene oil tests.] • Mason. Ab¬ 
stract . ii 72 
paper made of asbestos. J. Henry. Title 
only . ii 86 
the burning of theatres and public halls. 
J. M. Toner. Reference . ii 95 
the rulings on glass by Mr. Rogers, of 
Cambridge. J. J.Woodward. Abstract, 
ii 130 
the uses of [the] dynagraph, and the work 
performed in determining the resist¬ 
ance of trains, etc. P. H. Dudley. Ab¬ 
stract . iii 29 
phosphorescent clocks. J. E. Hilgard. 
Abstract . iii 33 
the work of the National Board of Health. 
J. S. Billings. Title only..., . iii 50 
[yellow fever disinfection.] F. M. Gun¬ 
nell. Abstract . iii 51 
[exhibition of a time globe.]-Juvet. 
Abstract . iii 106 
sugar from sorghum. P. Collier. Abstract, 
iii 140 
the scientific work carried on under the 
direction of the National Board of 
Health. J. S. Billings. Abstract, 
iv 37 
the history of the light house establish¬ 
ment of the United States. A. B. 
Johnson. Abstract and reference . iv 135 
relation of meteorological conditions to 
the summer diarrhceal diseases. S. C. 
Busey. Abstract and reference . iv 165 
[exhibition of a panoramic photograph.] 
W. B. Taylor. Abstract . v 21 
[exhibition of coins and medals.] J. M. 
Toner. Abstract . v 22 
on the ventilation of the House of Repre- 
' sentatives. J. S. Billings. Abstract, 
V 99 
on the philosophical order of the sciences. 
C. W. Shields. Reference . v 105 
on the fisheries of the world. G. B. Goode. 
Reference . v 117 
the cultivation of eucalyptus on the 
Roman Campagna. F. B. Hough. Ref¬ 
erence . vi 36 
sketches from medallic medical history. 
W. Lee. Abstract.. ... vi 39 
fisheries exhibitions. G. B. Goode. Ref-^ 
erence . vii 26 
American scientific societies. A. Hall. 
Presidential address. Infull..-viii xxxiii, 30 
