INDEX TO VOLUMES I-X. 
169 
Page. 
Sexes, Disparity of, in mollusks.iii 75 
Shade trees and their foes.x 7 
Shanks, cited on computation of tt..... i 58 
Shasta, Mount.x 10 
Shastina, Volcanic sand from.vii 33 
Shell heaps of the Aleutian islands.ii 65 
Shelters for thermometers. vl 46 
Sherman, W. T., communication on a visit 
to Egypt. iVo abstract . 1 63 
travels in Turkey and the Caucasus. 
JVo abstract . i 65 
Sherman, Wyoming, as a site for an astron¬ 
omical observatory. 1 70 
Shields, C.W., communication on the present 
state of the sciences. Abstract and 
references .ii 16 
the philosophical order of the sciences. 
Reference .v 105 
Shoes, high-heeled,.v 117 
Shoulder girdle of fishes.i 64 
Shrinkage cracking in basalt.viii 20 
Siberia-AIaska boundary.iv 123 
Sibscota, G., cited on dumbness and deaf¬ 
ness.vi 49 
Side-coefficients, Removal of..viii 41 
Siemens, C. W., cited on conservation of 
solar energy. v 172 
Sierra Nevada, Geology of..ix 4, 5 
glaciers.vii 5 
Sign language.vi 63, 84 
Signal Service bibliography of meteorology, 
X 20, 23 
Silver coin. Quantity of..ix 14 
Silver-gold ratio. iv 141 
Silver question. The,..iii 78,107 
Similar inventions in areas widely apart, 
ix 12 
Sinking fund. The United States.iii 113 
Siren.ii 85, (51) 
Skinner, A. N., communication on the pre¬ 
cession of stars in right ascension. 
Title only .iii 21 
Sling psychrometer.viii 25 
thermometer...vi 46, vii 80 
Smart, Dr. Clias., Researches on food adult¬ 
eration by.iv 39 
Smith, Edwin, communication on a seismo- 
graphic record obtained in Japan. 
Title only .vi 87 
Smithsonian bonds of State of Arkansas...vi 105 
edition of the Bulletin.x 113 
Smithsonian Institution under administra¬ 
tion of S. F. Baird.x 49 
under administration of Joseph Henry, 
ii 285 
Snake venom. vi 38 
Page. 
Social evolution.vi xlviii 
progress and scientific method........iv 40 
Social Science and Statistics, List of 
papers on : 
on the adjustment of census returns. E. 
B. Elliott. Title only .i 63 
on the coincidence of the geographical 
distribution of rainfall and of illiter¬ 
acy, as shown by the statistical maps 
of the ninth census reports C. S. 
Peirce. Abstract .i 68 
on life and annuity tables, based on the 
census of 1870. E. B. Elliott. Title 
only .i 74 
on the use of metric weights and balances 
for postal purposes in the United 
States. E. B. Elliott. Abstract .ii 15 
further remarks on metric weights and 
balances for the postal service. E. B. 
Elliott. Abstract .ii 19 
on proposed reforms in spelling the Eng¬ 
lish language. A. R. Spofford. Title 
only .ii 42 
the mortality among army officers. B. 
Alvord. Reference .ii 49 
[proposed governmental insurance.] B. 
Alvord. No abstract .ii 49 
[a statistical diagram.] E. B. Elliott. No 
abstract .ii 134 
animal population of the globe. L. F. 
Ward. Abstract... .iv 27 
the relation of scientific method to social 
progress. S. Newcomb. Presidentivl 
address. In full ..iv 40 
the international convention of the teach¬ 
ers of the deaf and dumb, at Milan. 
E. M. Gallaudet. Abstract .iv 55 
mortality statistics of the Tenth Census. 
J. S. Billings. Abstract .iv 163, 164 
on survivorships, with tables and formulas 
of construction. E. B. Elliott. Title 
only . V 122 
fallacies concerning the deaf, and the in- 
fiuence of such fallacies in preventing 
the amelioration of their condition. 
A. G. Bell. In full .vi 48 
the vital statistics of the Tenth U. S. Cen¬ 
sus, J. S. Billings. Reference .viii 4 
a fonetic selfabet. H. Farquhar. Abstract. 
ix 17 
the geographical distribution of scientific 
men and institutions in the United 
States. G. B. Goode. Reference .x 7 
the economic phase of the English spar¬ 
row question. C. H. Merriam. Refer- 
