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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Page 
Committee on publications, 1893. 518 
- 1894.... 531 
-Circular of. 508 
Crazy mountains, Geology of. J. P. Iddings.. 512 
Cubic, Symmetries of the, and methods of 
treating the irreducible case. C. H. 
Kummell..... 545, 546 
Cushing, F. H : Ancient pueblo arches..... 523 
Dale, T. N.: A few words on the geology of 
eastern New York... 536 
Dali, W. H.: Determinations of the dates of 
publication of Conrad’s “Fossils of the 
Tertiary formation ” and “ Medial Ter¬ 
tiary”......... 215,512 
— Miocene climate in Arctic Siberia.... 522 
— Notes on the exploration of the Appal'ach- 
icola river..... 532 
Davidson, George: A method of determin¬ 
ing the periodic error of a micrometer 
screw. 534 
Death valley, Notes on the climate of. M. 
W. Harrington. 505 
Density of the earth, Mean. E. D. Pres¬ 
ton .... 369, 536 
Diller, J. S., elected Secretary... 532 
Doolittle, M. H.: Is there a criterion of ob¬ 
jective reality ?. 523. 
— Least square adjustments. . 546 
Earth, Average temperature of the. G. K. 
Gilbert... 524 
— Mean density of the. E. D. Preston.. 369, 536 
Eastman, J. R.: The Mexican meteorites.. 39, 504 
Education of the deaf, History of the. G. G. 
Hubbard. 505 
Efficiency of oil for lessening the violence 
of breaking waves. G. W. Littlehales... 535 
Electrical Congress of 1893 and its work in 
defining units. T. C. Mendenhall. 525 
— phenomena on Mount Elbert, Colorado. 
P. A. Welker. 539 
Farquhar, Henry: The price of silver.. 523 
Fernow, B. E.: Recent contributions toward 
the discussion of forest influences. 512 
— Timber physics... 510 
Ferrel, William, Obituary notice of, by C. 
Abbe............. 448, 511 
Fischer, L. A., elected member... 521 
Fixed spectroscopic trains. F. L. O. Wads¬ 
worth... 533 
Fletcher, Robert: Anatomy and art. Presi¬ 
dent’s address, 1894...... 411, 540 
Flexure of telescopic tubes. Wm. Hark- 
ness.. 512 
Fog signals |The cruise of the “ Clover ”], 
echoes of. C. A. White.... 526 
— Further observations on the aberrations 
of the audibility of. A. B Johnson.. 525, 533 
Page 
Folk-lore, Philosophy of. O. T. Mason. 521 
Formation of rain. C. Abbe. . 523 
Fourier’s “ visibility ” curve, and its applica¬ 
tion, A machine for mechanically ana¬ 
lyzing. F. L. O. Wadsworth. 535 
Fristoe, E. T, Death of........ 511 
— Obituary notice of, by D. W. Prentiss.,460, 537 
Fundamental principles of exact analysis. 
A. Macfarlane. 535 
Garriott, E. B., elected member... 531 
Gates, Elmer: The artificial transformation 
of simple organisms . 537 
Geographic distribution of plants and ani¬ 
mals, Temperature control of. C. H. 
Merriam ...... 537 
Geologic evolution of the topography of 
Texas. R. T. Hill. 508 
Geology of eastern New York, A few words 
on the. T. N. Dale..... 531 
-Chilhowee mountain, Tennessee. A 
Keith .. 510 
-Crazy mountains. J. P. Iddings...... 512 
Gilbert, G. K.: Average temperature of the 
earth..... 524 
— Illustrations of the physical history of the 
moon [The moon’s face]. President’s 
address for 1893 ....241, 513, 518 
— Proposed machine for the computation 
of least square problems... 534 
Glacial man in the Trenton gravels, Traces 
of. W. H. Holmes... ....... 521 
Goode, G. Brown: What has been done for 
science in America ..... 540 
Gore, J. H.: Obituary notice of J. C. Well¬ 
ing... 538 
Gravitation work. T. C. Mendenhall.... 537 
Gravity, Meteorological bearings of the con¬ 
tinental deficit of. C. Abbe.. 536 
Great plains, Summer hot winds of the. I. 
M. Cline.... 309, 533 
Greely, A. W : Some peculiarities of rainfall 
in Texas.......... S3, 505 
Green, B. R , delegate to the Joint Commis¬ 
sion . 533 
— The pyramidion of the Washington mon¬ 
ument.......... 522 
Gulf of Mexico as a measure of isostacy. 
W J McGee. 504 
Gulf Stream in relation to the tile fish, A 
study of the. Marshall McDonald. 521 
Hall, Asaph: The capture of comets.. 545 
— The planet Mars................ 521 
Harrington, M. W.: Notes on the climate of 
Death valley ...... 505 
— The Texan monsoons... 293, 532 
Harris, A. W.: Agricultural experiment sta¬ 
tion exhibit at the World’s Fair...... 511 
