INDEX. 
449 
Page 
Smith, David, Obituary notice of, by 
G. W. Littlehales .. 315 
Smith, Edwin : International Geodetic 
Association latitude-service.373 
Snow-crystals, Microphotographs of, 
made by Mr. Bentley. 411 
Social problem, A. B. P. Mann...... 361 
Sociology. L. F. Ward... 393 
Soils, Aeration of. E. Buckingham. . . 433 
— Water-soluble salts of field-. F. H. 
King . 413 
Solar constant of radiation. C. G. 
Abbot . 423 
Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900. S. P. 
Langley, S. J. Brown, L. A. Bauer 368 
Spectrum of water-vapor, Absorption. 
F. E. Fowle, Jr. 429 
Spillman, W. J.: Mechanism for com¬ 
puting normal equations. 395 
— Theory of combinations applied to 
Mendel’s law . 400 
Spitzbergen, Arc in. J. H. Gore. 359 
Square root of minus one. A. Mac- 
farlane . 356 
Stability of astronomical piers. M. 
Updegraff .... 388 
Standardizing Bureau. S. W. Strat¬ 
ton . 367 
Standards, Buildings for National 
Bureau of. E. B. Rosa. 400 
— Bureau of. E. B. Rosa. 423 
Stars, Temporary. J. G. Hagen. 410 
Statistics. Carroll D. Wright. 392 
Statues, Creeping of. B. R. Green... 376 
Stecker, H. F.: Foundations of 
geometry . 205, 408 
Sternberg, G. M. : Health conditions 
in the Philippines. 378 
— Malaria . 362 
— Transmission of yellow fever by 
mosquitoes . 376 
Stetson, G. R. : Genetic problem of 
typography . 412 
— President Stiles and his times, 
Yale, 1778-1795 . 428 
Stiles and his times, President, Yale, 
1778-1795 428 
“Stourbridge Lion” Locomotive. Mr. 
Lord . 372 
Stratton, S. W.: Present status of 
Metric System... 399 
— Standardizing Bureau . 367 
Strother, R. H. : Physics of phono¬ 
graph .. 357 
— Phonographic records which 
promise absolute permanence.... 369 
Sunspot frequency, Revision of Wolf’s 
tables of, by A. Wolfer. C. Abbe 397 
Page 
Sunspot period, Relation of, to meteor¬ 
ology. C. G. Abbot. 396 
Survey for submarine cable from Cali¬ 
fornia to Philippine Islands. 
G. W. Littlehales.. 356 
Synchronism in solar and terrestrial 
atmospheres. F. H. Bigelow. . . . 418 
Tamarack mine, Michigan, Gravity at 
North. J. F. Hayford. .. 398 
Tamiosoma. W. H. Dali. 378 
Tamura, S. T.: Nocturnal cooling of 
the atmosphere . 429 
Temperature of the electric arc. 
C. W. Waidner. 432 
Temperatures, Measurement of ex¬ 
treme. A. L. Day.. 417 
-high. A. L. Day. 389, 390 
— Measuring. C. W. Waidner. 410 
— Radiation and terrestrial. C. G. 
Abbot . 433 
Temporary stars. J. G. Hagen. 410 
Terrestrial magnetism. L. A. Bauer. 356 
Tetrahedral kites. A. G. Bell. 428 
Theory of combinations applied to 
Mendel’s law. W. J. Spillman.. 400 
— — the electrodeless discharge. 
Bergen Davis . 427 
Thermo-chemistry, New law in. F. W. 
Clarke . 399 
Thompson, J. D.: Reclassification of 
science-section in Library of Con¬ 
gress ..;. 399 
Tides. L. P. Shidy.. 117, 356 
Tides and currents at sea, Measuring. 
R. A. Harris . 425 
-G. K. Gilbert. 426 
Time-service, Naval chronometer- and. 
E. E. Hayden . 414 
Time signals of variable intervals 
from a uniform-motion clockwork. 
C. G. Abbot... 400 
Tittmann, O. H. : Alaskan Bound¬ 
ary . 359, 431 
— Biographical notice of C. A. 
Schott . 312, 377 
— Boundary, Alaska and British 
possessions . 431 
— Meeting of International Geodetic 
Association . 424 
— Obituary notice of C. A. Schott.. 312 
Topography, Computation of deflec¬ 
tions of the vertical from. J. F. 
Hayford . 434 
Transit micrometer. J. F. Hayford. . 430 
— observations, Apparent error in. 
Wm. Eimbeck . 366 
Transportation by steam, A century 
of land. J. E. Watkins. 372 
