INDEX. 
443 
Page 
Compound pendulum curves. W. K. 
Carr . 357 
Computing normal equations, Mechan¬ 
ism for. W. J. Spillman. 395 
—■ the logarithm of a number. A. 
Martin . 359 
— machine, Baldwin. C. F. Marvin. 412 
Condenser, New electrical. L. J. 
Briggs . 353 
Congress, Chemical, at Berlin. F. W. 
Clarke . 417 
Congress, International, of Science 
and Art. Simon Newcomb. 416 
---F. W. Clarke. 430 
Constant of radiation, Solar. C. G. 
Abbot . 423 
Construction of table of nth powers. 
H. Farquhar . 355 
Cooling of the atmosphere. Nocturnal. 
S. T. Tamura. 429 
Cornu’s apparatus for determining 
zenith distance. J. F. Hayford. . 366 
Creeping of statues. B. R. Green. 376 
Currents at sea, Measuring tides and. 
G. K. Gilbert. 426 
— Displacement of moored objects by. 
G. W. Littleliales. 360 
— in Unalga Pass, Alaska. L. P. 
Shidy . 388 
— Measuring tides and, at sea. R. A. 
Harris . 425 
— Ocean. James Page. 424 
Dali, W. H. : Obituary notice of J. W. 
Powell ... 300, 429 
-— M. Baker. 277 
— Sciences represented in Philosoph¬ 
ical Society \ . 392 
— Tamiosoma .. 378 
Dalton centenary at Manchester. 
F. W. Clarke. 417 
Davis, Bergen: Theory of the elec¬ 
trodeless discharge . 427 
Davis, H. S. : New reduction of 
Piazzi’s star observations. 357 
Day, A. L.: Black bodies.411, 417 
— Black body and measurement of ex¬ 
treme temperatures .. 417 
— Measurement of high tempera¬ 
tures . 389, 390 
— Melting-point of a glass. 413 
— Physikalische-Technische Anstalt 
of Berlin . 367 
Deflections of the vertical from topog¬ 
raphy, Computation of. J. F. 
Hayford . 434 
Definition of modern sciences. 392 
Dew, Rainbow observed in. L. J. 
Briggs . 391 
Page 
Diameters of planets. T. J. J. See.. 379 
Dictionary of Alaskan names. M. 
Baker .. 377 
Differential equations, Linear. F. G. 
Radelfinger . 21 
Differentiating a complex variable, 
Series met with in. F. G. Radel¬ 
finger . 379 
Differentiation, Vector. A. Macfar- 
lane . 357 
Dimension, Fourth. C. H. Hinton. 179, 377 
Discontinuous and indeterminate 
functions. C. K. Wead. 65, 357 
Discovery of universal gravitation. 
J. H. Gore. 353 
Displacement of moored objects by 
ocean currents. G. W. Little- 
hales . 360 
Diverging series. F. G. Radelfinger.. 361 
Double sign ± in extraction of roots, 
Ambiguity of. J. H Gore. 394 
Double stars i Cygni and 95 Cpti. 
T. J. J. See. 354 
Draining of Zuyder Zee. J. II. Gore. 388 
Drawing-board and scales, Uses of, in 
trigonometry and navigation. 
R. A. Harris .. 409 
Dynamics of a moving charge. P. G. 
Nutting . 
Earth, Geoidal figure of the. J. H. 
Gore . 
Earth’s permanent magnetism and its 
secular variation. L. A. Bauer. . 
Earthquake on March 15, 1903. C. F. 
Marvin ... 
— shocks, Magnetograph records 
showing. L. A. Bauer. 427, 
Eclipse, Solar, of May 28, 1900. F. H. 
Bigelow, S. P. Langley, S. J. 
Brown, L. A. Bauer. 359, 
Economics. R. P. Falkner. 
Egyptians, Funerary customs of an¬ 
cient. I. M. Cassanowicz. 
Eimbeck, Wm. : Apparent error in 
transit observations . 
Elastic behavior of rubber bands. 
C. K. Wead.„. 
Election of officers, 1901. 365, 
- 1902... 
- 1903. 
- 1904. 
- 1905. 
427 
418 
418 
413 
428 
368 
392 
373 
366 
354 
375 
387 
407 
422 
439 
Electron-theory of radiation of gases. 
P. G. Nutting . 422 
Electric arc, Temperature of the. 
C. W. Waidner . 432 
Electricity. R. A. Fessenden. 167 
— L. J. Briggs. 359 
