INDEX. 
501 
Page 
Data relating to nickel-iron alloy. E. G. 
Fischer. 487 
Davis, W. M.: Need of reorganizing geog¬ 
raphy as a university study. 437 
Declaration of Independence, The. H. 
Friedenwald.. 474 
Decomposition of the earth’s permanent 
magnetic field. L. A. Bauer. 484 
Density observations in Gulf stream and 
Gulf of Mexico, Results of. A. Linden- 
kohl . 442 
Diller, J. S.: Obituary notice of G. E. Cur¬ 
tis ... 384, 465 
Distribution of sun spots on different me¬ 
ridians. F. H. Bigelow........ 442 
District of Columbia, The boundary of. M. 
Baker. 462 
Dodge, C. R., Election to membership of..... 453 
— Some undeveloped American fibers. 451 
— The systematic classification of textile 
and other useful fibers of the world. 461 
Dollar symbol, Origin of. M. Baker. 467 
Double stars in the southern hemisphere, 
Recent discovery of. T. J. J. See. 472 
Dutch experiment in socialism, A. J. H. 
Gore. 454 
— practical charity, A. J. H. Gore. 462 
Dynamics, Some observations on a problem 
in. R. II. Strother. 491 
Earll, R. E., Death of.. 451 
— Obituary notice of, by G. B. Goode. .. 388, 453 
Early government architecture. G. Brown. 452 
Earth-air electric currents. L. A. Bauer. 460 
Earth, a magnetic shell, The. F. H. Bige¬ 
low . 440. 
Earth’s magnetic field, The. F. H. Bige¬ 
low . 465 
Eastman, J. R.: Obituary notice of W. C. 
Winlock... 431, 460 
— Second Washington Star catalogue. 485 
— The relations of science and scientific 
men to the general government. 461 
Eclipse track of May 28, 1900, Probable state 
of sky along. F. H. Bigelow. 466 
Egyptian papyri and royal monuments, A 
proposed catalogue of. C. Adler. 464 
Eimbeck, W.: Terrestrial refraction.. 476 
— The new primary base apparatus of the 
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 461 
Electrical methods of investigating mois¬ 
ture, temperature, and soluble salt con¬ 
tent of soils. L. J. Briggs. 487 
Electric and magnetic weather. H. A. 
Hazen. 487 
— currents, Earth-air. L. A. Bauer.. 460 
— farming. F. H. Bigelow. 486 
Page 
Electricity and vegetation, Lemstrom on. 
F. H. Bigelow... 486 
— to musical instruments, Application of. 
C. K. Wead. 487 
Emerson, L. E., Election to membership of.. 463 
Eskimo lamp, Origin and range of. W. 
Hough... 473 
— name for white man, Origin of. S. Rink.. 475 
Estimate of population of United States in 
1900. H. S. Pritchett. 488 
Evolution of a soaring kite. H. A. Hazen... 464 
Expedition to Seriland, An. W J McGee.... 450 
Experiment of Franklin’s, A forgotten. J. 
E. Watkins...-. 462 
Factory system as an element in civiliza¬ 
tion, The. C. D. Wright. 451 
Fassig, O. L.: Obituary notice of G. E. Cur¬ 
tis...... 384, 465 
Fernow, B. E.: The policy of forest reserva¬ 
tions . 463 
Fewkes, J. W.: Prehistoric culture of Tu- 
sayan... i . 400 
Fibers of the world, The systematic classi¬ 
fication of textile and other useful. C. 
R. Dodge. 461 
— Some undeveloped American. C. R. 
Dodge. 451 
Filiation of the sciences, The. L. F. Ward.. 449 
Fischer, E. G.: Data relating to nickel-iron 
alloy. 487 
Fischer, L. A.: On the comparison of line 
and end standards. 241, 476 
Fletcher, R.: Obituary notice of G. Mallery.. 438 
-J. M. Browne. 453 
-W. W. Godding. 390 
Flynn, H. F.: Election to membership of.... 453 
Fog signals, Aberrations of. H. A. Hazen... 443 
Forest reservations, The policy of. B. E. 
Fernow. 463 
Forestry reserves, United States. C. D. 
Walcott. 472 
Forging of antiquities. C. Adler. 478 
Franklin’s, A forgotten experiment of. J. E. 
Watkins. 462 
French, German, and English systems of 
shorthand writing. E. D. Preston. 452 
Friedenwald, H.: Declaration of Independ¬ 
ence. 474 
— Election to membership of.. 467 
Function of criticism in the advancement 
of science. F. H. Bigelow. 337, 484 
Gannett, H.: Geographic names. 451 
Gas in the atmosphere, The new. F. W. 
Clarke. 439 
Genealogical notation, A system of. C. K. 
Wead.. 464 
