INDEX. 
447 
Page 
Mountains, Lebanon. H. Hyvernat. . 354 
Moving charge, Dynamics of a. P. G. 
Nutting .. 427 
Music, Esthetic principles of. G. L. 
Raymond . 357 
Musical instruments in National 
Museum, Peculiar. C. K. Wead. . 394 
Nature, Laws of. S. P. Langley. 396 
Naval chronometer- and time- service. 
E. E. Hayden . 414 
Navigation, Uses of drawing-board and 
scales in trigonometry and. R. A. 
Harris .. 409 
New precise leveling instrument. J. F. 
Hayford .. 367 
Newcomb, Simon: International Con¬ 
gress of Science and Art. 416 
— Recent views of the universe. 389 
—- Visit to Christiania . 402 
Nocturnal cooling of the atmosphere. 
S. T. Tamura . 429 
Nordhoff, Chas., Memorial address on, 
by S. M. Burnett.. . 415 
Normal equations, Mechanism for 
computing. W. J. Spillman.... 395 
North Carolina, Magnetic survey of. 
J. B. Baylor ... . 372 
North Pole, Land in vicinity of. 
R. A. Harris . 428 
Notices, Obituary . 277 
Nova in Perseus. H. Farquhar. 370 
Nutting, P. G. : Dynamics of a mov¬ 
ing charge . 427 
— Electron-theory of radiation of 
gases ... 422 
Obituary notices . 277 
Ocean-currents. James Page. 424 
Observatory, Lick. W. J. Hussey... 371 
Office of Standard Weights and Meas¬ 
ures. L. A. Fischer. 367 
Officers, Election of, for 1901. . . 366, 375 
- 1902. 387 
- 1903. 407 
--— 1904. 422 
-1905. 439 
Ogden, H. G. : Obituary notice of A. 
Lindenkohl . 296 
Osmotic pressure according to kinetic 
theory. P. Fireman. 402 
Pace, E. A.: Rhythm in visual per¬ 
ception .. 430 
— Psychology . 393 
Page, James: Ocean-currents. 424 
Palaeontology. F. A. Lucas. 412 
Paris Exposition. J. H. Gore. 360 
-F. W. Clarke, H. W.Wiley, J. F. 
Bancroft, W. F. Willoughby, M. A. 
Carleton . 361 
Page 
l'eale, A. E. : Biographical sketch of 
Titian R. Peale. 317, 372 
Peale, Titian R., Biographical sketch 
of, by A. E. Peale.. 317, 372 
Pendulum curves, Compound. W. K. 
Carr . 357 
Period, Relation of sunspot, to mete¬ 
orology. C. G. Abbot. 396 
Perseus, Nova in. Henry Farquhar. . 370 
Philosophical Society, Sciences repre¬ 
sented in. W. H. Dali. 392 
Philippines, Health conditions in. 
G. W. Sternberg. 378 
Phonograph, Physics of. R. IT. 
Strother . 357 
Phonographic records which promise 
absolute permanence. R. H. 
Strother . 369 
Photometry, Astronomical. J. G. 
Hagen ... 151, 370 
Physical instruments. C. F. Marvin. 101 
— Science, Report of Committee on. . 93 
— Society, Meeting with American. . 42S 
Physics, Aristotle’s, and modern 
physics. F. H. Bigelow. 389 
Physikalische-Technische Anstalt of 
Berlin. A. L. Day . 367 
Piazzi’s star observations, New re¬ 
duction of. H. S. Davis. 357 
Piers, Stability of astronomical. M. 
Updegraff . 388 
Pivots of a theodolite, Errors due to 
imperfections in. M. Updegraff. . 371 
Planets, Diameters of. T. J. J. See.. 379 
Polar co-ordinates, Acceleration of a 
point referred to. R. A. Harris. 358 
Polarized light, Effect of a magnetic 
field on plane. F. J. Bates. 425 
Polarization of blue skylight in 
1903-04, Insolation and. II. H. 
Kimball . 434 
Political parties and policies of Ger¬ 
many. J. H. Gore. 416 
Population, Center of. J. E. Hilgard. 379 
Powell, J. W., Obituary notice of, by 
W. H. Dali . 300, 429 
Powers, Construction of table of n 
H. Farquhar . 355 
Prentiss, D. W., Biographical notice 
of, by F. W. True.. 358 
Preservatives, Food. H. W. Wiley... 402 
Pressure of glacier on its bed. G. Iv. 
Gilbert .. 394 
Preston, E. D.: Hawaii. 358 
— Language of Hawaii . 37 
Problem, A social. B. P. Mann. 361 
— A geometrical. M. Baker. 393 
