Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Report on the progress
and condition of the D. S. National Museum.
June 30, 1 9 0 5 -Ju n e 30, 1910.
Smithsonian Institution. Ad pag. 52. III.
P a rt I, II. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of th e Smithsonian In s titu tion,
showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution.
Pa rt III. Annual report of th e Secretary.
P a rt IV. General appendix, comprising a selection of miscellaneous memoirs
of interest to collaborators and correspondents of the Institution, teachers,
and others engaged in th e promotion of knowledge.
Annual Report for the year ending June 30, 1898. Report of the Secretary.
4 pl. 100 pp. — Loewy and Pniseux: Recent progress accomplished by aid
of photography in th e study of the lunar surface. 3 pl. 17 pp. — G. E.
Hale; The function of large telescopes. 15 pp. — S. P . Langley: The Le
Sage theory of gravitation. 22 pp. - C. E. Gnillanme: The extreme infrared
radiations. 2 flg. 5 pp. — N. Lockyer: The chemistry of th e stars
12 pp. — G. Lecliales: The perception of light and color. 18 pp. -
S. Bidwell: Some curiosities of vision. 9 fig. 11 pp. - G. H. Nicmveu-
glowski: Progress in color photography. 7 pp. - T. Gray: The development
of electrical science. 18 pp. — S. P . Thompson: Telegraphy across
space. 13 pp, — W. H. Preece; Signaling through space without wires.
5 fig. 9 pp. - J . Dewar: Note on the liquefaction of hydrogen and helium.
1 fig. 8 pp. — IV. Bamsay: The recently discovered gases and th eir relation
to the periodic law. 10 pp. — The kinetic theory of gases and some of its
consequences. 11 pp. — H. N. Stokes: The revival of inorganic chemistry.
18 pp. - J . M. Bacon: Scientific ballooning. 13 pp. — J . Geikle: The tu n dras
and steppes of prehistoric Europe. 1 carte, 27 pp. - G. K. Gilbert:
Modification of the great lakes by earth movement. 7 fig. 13 pp. - J . W.
Gregory: The plan of the earth and its causes. 7 flg. 26 pp. - IV. J . Sollas:
Funafuti; the story of a coral atoll. 6 flg. 18 pp. - J . Thoiilet: Oceanography.
19 pp. — J . IViesner: The relation of p lan t physiology to the other
sciences. 18 pp. - E. Dubois: Pithecanthropus ereotus. A form from the
ancestral stock of mankind. 3 pl. 4 fig. 16 pp. - E. Haeckel: On our present
knowledge of the origin of man. 20 pp. - G. Reynaiul: The laws of orientation
among animals, 18 pp ~ H. B. Ward: The fresh-water biological
stations of th e world. 15 pp. — A. Dastrc: The theorie of energy and the
living world, th e physiology of alimentation. 35 pp. - L. 0 . Howard: The
economic sta tu s of insects as a class. 19 pp. - R. Virchow: Recent advances
in science and their bearing on medicine and surgery. 8 pp. - F. E. I’elser:
A sketch of Babylonian society. 21 pp. - P . B e rg e r: The excavations of
Carthage. 4 pl. 19 pp. - J . E. IVatkiiis: The transportation and lifting of
heavy bodies by th e ancients. 4 pl. 1 flg. 5 pp. - E. W. Brabrook: The
past progress and present position of the anthropological sciences. 1 fig.
16 pp. — I,. Frobcnius: The origin of African civilizations. 1 carte, 14 pp. —
B. Laiigkavel: Dogs and savages. 25 pp. - M. Bertlielot: The life and
works of Brown-Seqnard. 20 pp.
Idem 1899. Report of the Secretary. 5 pl. 87 pp. — A. Cornu: The wave theory
of light; its influence on modern physios. 13 pp. - H. S. HcIe-SIiaw: The
motion of a perfect liquid. 4 pl. 12 pp. - E. Tboiiiiisoii : The field of experimental
research. 12 pp. - J . Dewar: Liquid hydrogen, 2 pl. 12 pp. - IV. Crookes:
Some of th e late st achievements of science. 11 pp. — H. C. Bolton: An experimental
study of radio-active substances. 8 pp. — 51. F o rs te r: The growth of
science in th e nineteenth century. 21 pp. — IV. Crookes: On psychical research.
21pp. — G. Jolinstone Stoiiey: Survey of th a t pa rt of th e range of n a tu re ’s
operations wich man is competent to study. 1 pl. 16 pp. — T. C. Chainberlain:
On Lord Kelvin’s addres on the age of th e earth as an abode fitted for
life. 24 pp. — J . Joly : An estimate of th e geological age of th e earth.
42 pp. - L. F. Ward: The petrified forests of Arizona, 3 pl. 19 pp. —
J . Murray: Present condition of th e floor of the ocean; evolution of the
continental and oceanic areas. 20 pp. — J . Bnrdoii-Saudcrson: Relation of
motion in animals and plants to th e electrical phenomena which are associated
with it. 5 pl. 23 pp. — F. A. Lucas: The tru th about the mammoth.
4 pl. 7 pp. - R. Lydekker; Mammoth ivory. 6 pp. - X. Raspail; On the
sense of smell in birds. 7 pp. - L. Edinger: Have fishes memory? 20 pp. -
W. North Rice: Scientific thought in the nineteenth century. 8 pp. —
r . Falkenberg: The garden and its development. 16 pp. — W. H. Holmes:
Review of the evidence relating to auriferous gravel man in California.
16 pl. 53 pp. — F, W. Putnam: A problem in American anthropology.
14 pp. — Winkler: On sea charts formerly used in th e Marshall Islands,
with notices on th e navigation of these islanders in general. 15 pl. 22 pp. —
R. Virchow: The peopling of th e Philippines. 3 pl. 18 pp. - IL Blumeu-
tr ltt; List of the native tribes of the Philippines and of the languages
spoken by them. 10 pl. 27 pp. - H. Strebel: The sculptures of Santa Lucia
Cozumahualpa, Guatemala, in th e Hamburg ethnological museum. 11 pl.
12 pp. - Count vou Zeiqielln’s dirigible air ship. 2 pl. 3 pp. - IV. H. White:
The progress in steam navigation. 24 pp. - R. H. Thurston: A cen tu ry ’s
progress of th e steam engine, 6 fig. 13 pp. — H. Boscoe: Bunsen memorial
lecture. 1 portrait, 1 facsimile, 40 pp.
Idem 1900. Report of th e Secretary. 18 pl. 117 pp. - N. Lockyer: Progress
in astronomy during the nineteenth century. 25 pp. - S. P. Langley:
A preliminary account of th e solar eclipse of May 28, 1900, as observed
by the Smithsonian expedition. 4 pl. 7 pp. - R. B a ll: Notes on Mars.
16 pp. - N. Lockyer and IV. J . S. Lockyer: On solar changes in temperature
and variations in rainfall in the region surrounding the Indian
Ocean. 2 pl. 12 pp. - The Pekin observatory. 4 pl. 2 pp. - M. Jaiisscu:
The progress of aeronautics. 7 pp. - Eayleigli; Flight. 2 pp. - The
Langley aerodrome. 6 pl. 20 pp. - T. E. C u rtis: The Zeppelin air ship.
6 pl. 6 pp. — A. L. Botch: The use of kites to obtain meteorlogical
observations. 3 pl. 9 pp. - W. Ramsay: Progress in chemistry in the
nineteenth century. 25 pp. — J . Dewar: Lequid hydrogen. 4 pl. 6 pp. -
J . le Conte: A century of geology. 23 pp. - IV. J . Sollas: Evolutional
geology. 1 pl. 26 pp. — Meiidenball: Progress in physios in th e nineteenth
century. 17 pp. — E. Thomson: Electricity during the ninete en th century.
26 pp. — R. IV. Wood: The photography of sound waves and the demonstration
of the evolutions of reflected wave fronts with th e cinematograph.
6 pl. 11 pp. - Kropotkin: Unsuspected radiations. 15 pp. - V. B. Lewes:
Incandescent mantles. 2 flg. 15 pp. - U .S . C.arliart: The Imperial physico-
technioal institution in Charlottenburg. 4 pl. 13 pp. - G. H. Grosvenor: The
geographic conquests of the nineteenth century. 12 flg. 14 pp. - E. S. Grogau:
Through Africa from the Cape to Cairo. 1 carte, 3 pl. 18 pp. - Slakaroff:
Tlie „Yermak” ice breaker. 3 pl. 11 pp. — 0. Hortwig: The growth of biology
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