Appleton's Popular Science Monthly 1897: Vol 51 Index

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INDEX. ARTICLES MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK ARE ILLUSTRATED. PAGE Acetylene, A Bunsen Burner for. (Frag.) .............eeeeeeeeeeees 855 I I. Satis cece cénccedcdccdpabeduscdsascdsscokons 533 Age of the Harth, The. (MW rag.).......cccccsccccscesecs gcececccceees 856 Alchemy Redivivus. A. E. Outerbridge, Jr..............60..00ecees 671 Alcohol, Karly Production of. (Corr.).... .....ccccesscccsccccccccs 533 “ The History of. C. E. Pellew................0-eeeeeees 231, 377 American Association, Detroit Meeting. (Table)..................++- 842 - - SN cc cnissand pies dene neades ‘ouebpecealan 855 Ancient Symbol, Diffusion of an. (Frag.)..............eeeeeeeeeeees 428 Ree GE GS TT, GN Donic ccc cctiscccesccccvcceccssseesnes 282 ws The Economic Value of. C. F. Holder..................: 827 - BOR, CENT, CD Docc ccccveccccesccccvcscsceceesas 137 EE TE. CED. otc 0k edn ccdcdncececucocanecdccssvecsncconnn 285 Anthropology a University Study. J. 8. Flagg..................... 510 Rees GE BRAG. GOR) ccc cssccsscsesscvccsss cosccscsses 140 Antitoxine-Making, Improvement in. (Frag.)................+++05: 430 Pe: CD, nc ccnddcnnecaene déneceeseesescagessseheee 139 Bacteria in Rivers, and Sunlight. (Frag.)...........eeeesseeeeeeees 716 Bailey, Pearce,M.D. The Thyroid Gland in Medicine*............. 481 Ballou, William H. A Tortoise-shell Wild Cat*..................... 507 ss World’s Geologists at St. Petersburg........... 212 Baxter, William, Jr. Forecasting the Progress of Invention *....... 307 Beeler, 8. L. The Department Store. (Corr.)........+-22-seeeeeeees 700 Berthelot, M. P. E. Science as an Instrument of Education sida emeracitel 253 Binet, M. Alfred. The Paradox of Diderot.............-..-2ee-ee00e: 539 Be OE eal Gemas., COR.) ...cccccccccccccccsccescsccvccsccsves 716 Blight, Robert. A Lilliputian Monster*..................-eeeeeeees 518 Blue Color in Lakes, The. (Frag.).......---s+eeseeeeeeeeees es ceen 857 Bolton, H. C. Early American Chemical Societies.................. 819 RGD Wretlaed. ...ccccccccccccccccecccccccosess 128, 270, 417, 559, 706, 846 Alling-Aber, Mary R. An Experiment in Baldwin, Joseph. School Management and Education, 849. School Methods, 421. America and the Americans, froma French Barnes,C.R. Analytic Keys to the Genera Point of View, 566. and Species of North American Mosses, Anderson, R. E. The Story of Extinct Civ- 134. ilizations of the East, 130. Baskett, James Newton. The Story of the Angot, Alfred. The Aurora Borealis, 560. Birds, 423. ae Ege een TN RS

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Books Noticed : Beal, W. J. Grasses of North America, 275. Bellamy, Edward. Equality, 847. Bell, Louis. Electric Power Transmission, 851. Brandt, H. C. G., and W.C. Day. German Scientific Reading, 278. Britton, N. L., and Brown, Addison. An Illustrated Flora of the United States, Canada, and the British Possessions, etc., 851. Brown, Frederick J. The Northern Move- ment of the Colored Population, 567. Burgess, John W. The Middle Period, 563. Campbell, Helen. Household Economics, 276. Chapman, Frank M. Bird-Life, 706. Charities, Report of New York State Board of, for 1895, 135. Clarke, F.W. Recalculation of the Atomic Weights, 854. Clayton, H. Helen. Cloud Observations (Harvard Observatory Annals), 278. Clodd, Edward. Pioneers of Evolution, from Thales to Huxley, 708. Clouds, Classification of. Bureau of Navi- gation, 712. Connecticut Labor Bureau. Twelfth Annual Report, Bureau of Statistics, 277. Crockett, C. W. Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with Tables, 132. Crosby, W. E. Our Little Book for Little Folks, 566. Cuadrado, Dr. Gaston Alonso. The Study of Spectroscopy, 423. Davenport, C. B. Experimental Morphol- ogy, 852. Davenport, Herbert Joseph. Outlines of Economic Theory, 418. Duclaux, E. Atmospheric Actinometry, 423. Education. Report of United States Com- missioner, 1894-"95, 133. Farman, D. Autocars, 131. Fish Commission, United States. Report for 1892-93, 277. Fish Commission, United States. Report for 1895, 8&3. Geikie, Sir Archibald. The Ancient Volca noes of Great Britain, 559. Gould, George M., M. D. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, 274. Grosse, Ernst. The Beginnings of Art, 562. Hawley, Thomas D. Infallible Logic, 275. Hogg, Alexander. The Railroad as an Ele- ment in Education, 275. Hughes, James L. Froebel’s Education Laws for all Teachers, 419. Huntington, A. K., and McMillan, W. G. Metals, 854. Hutchinson, Rev. H. N. Prehistoric Man and Beast, 270. Jackson, D.C. and J.P. Alternating Cur- rents and Alternating Machinery, i33. INDEX. Johnson, J. B. The Materials of Construc- tion, 564. Jordan, D. S. Observations on the Fur Seals of the Pribiloff Islands, 134. Keasbey, L. M. The Nicaragua Canal and the Monroe Doctrine, 132. Kellar, I. First Year in German, 277. Lefevre, A. Number and its Algebra, 133. Lewis, Edwin. The Philosophy of Sex, 133. Literature. A Library of the World's Best, Ancient and Modern, 421. Loeffelholz, von Colberg, Carl Freiherr. Revolution of the Earth’s Crust in Geo- logical Ages, 709. Loew, Oscar. The Energy of Living Proto- plasm, 711. Logan, John A., Jr. 848. Loomis, E. J. An Eclipse Party in Africa, 129. Mach, Dr. Ernst. Contributions to the Analysis of the Sensations, 424. Macleod, Henry Dunning. The History of Economics, 271. Mason, R. Osgood. Telepathy and the Sub- liminal Self, 420. Mathews, C.T. The Story of Architecture, 417. Matthews, C. P., and John Shearer. lems and Questions in Physics, 563. Matthews, Washington. Navaho Legends, 846. Maxwell, Sir Herbert. Robert Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence, 422. Mercer, Henry C. Researches upon the Antiquity of Man, 565. Merriam, F. A. A-Birding on a Broncho, 131. Merrill, George P. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-Weathering, and Soils, 709. Moore, D. R. A Treatise on the Philosophy of Art, 850. Moore, K.C. The Mental Development of a Child, 565. Morgan, C. Lloyd. Romanes Essays, 566. Morrison W. Douglas. Juvenile Offenders, 129. Murray, Gilbert. A History of Ancient Greek Literature, 711. Nichols, E. L. The Outlines of Physics, 853. Osborne, H. Insects affecting Domestic Animals, 184. Pellegrini, Pietro. I Diseredati, 710. Perkins, Prof. Charles A. Electricity and Magnetism, 565. Phillips, P. Lee. Virginia Cartography, 27. Photography, American Annual of, for 1897, 27. Poulton, Edward B. Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection, 710. Powell, J. W. Fourteenti: Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 852. In Joyful Russia, Prob-

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Books Noticed : Price, Sadie F. Fern Collector's Handbook and Herbarium, 279. Putnam, George Haven. Books and their Makers during the Middle Ages, 278. Railways, Statistics of, in United States. Report of Interstate Commerce Commis- sion on, 853. Ramsay, William. The Gases of the At- mosphere, 131. Rogers, Mrs. W. B. Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers, 272. Russell, Israel C. Glaciers of North Amer- INDEX. Storer, F. H. Agriculture in Some of its Relations with Chemistry, 851. Tarr, Ralph S. Elementary Geology, 562. Thayer, A.W. The Hebrews in Egypt and their Exodus, 851. Thompson, Edward P., and W. A. Anthony. R6ntgen Rays and Phenomena of the Anode and Cathode, 274. Townsend, C. H. Illustrations showing Conditions of Fur Seal Rookeries in 1895, and Method of Killing, 852. Vincent, Frank. The Plant World, 853. ica, 563. Waldo, Frank. Elementary Meteorology, Sandemann, George. Problems of Biology, 564. 708. Walsingham, Lord, and John Hartley Dur- Sarg, James Fred. A New Dairy Industry, 423. Scott, William B. An Introduction to Ge- rant. Rules for Regulating Nomenclature in Entomological Work, 423. Washington Philosophical Society, publi- ology, 850. cations from 1892 to 1894, 565. Seal Life on the Rookeries of the Pribilof Weisbach. The Mechanics of Pumping, Islands, 566. 275. Setchell, William A. Laboratory Practice for Beginners, 422. Shinn, C. H. The Story of the Mine, 128. Silberstein, Solomon J. The Disclosures of the Universal Mysteries, 273. State Legislation, Comparative Summary and Index of, 711. Stisted, Georgiana M. The True Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, 276. Wiedemann, Alfred. Religion of the An- cient Egyptians, 710. Wiley, Harvey W. Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis, 422. Williams, George A. Topics and Refer- ences in American History, 711. Wright, G. F. The Ice Age in wer America, 134. Yellowstone National Park Folio, 852. 867 PAGE Bein, Tine AMUN GE, COUN ian cccscccccsccccscccsecceccsnceses 717 Bordeaux Vineyards, The. (Frag.)..... Kebeindntedecdsaesesbuneel 572 bar, Tied Hae GE, GH. ST. FD e onc ccccccvccccccesccsencssansy .- 662 British Association, Toronto Meeting. (Table)..................55: 843 abouts Pingas, The. V. CG. VOMOMs. oc cccccccesccccccccstseceees 62 Goshen, The Gieet. J. W. Temmiey®....ccccccccccsvccessccevescceses 641 California Alps, The Wild Flowers of. B. F. Herrick Riivaavvenateus 348 Candolle, M. C. de. The Latent Vitality of Seeds..................- 106 Comeiennnen Suess, Fvel, GiURE,). 2. cc ccccccccccccescccccescsesess 140 Cartaz, Dr. A. Stones in the Head *®............cccccccccscccccccess 514 Caucasus, The, as a Pleasure Resort. (Frag.)............-00eee00: . 283 Chemical Societies, Early American. H.C. Bolton................. 819 Chess Piawers’ Viedem. PGR )occscccccccccvcccsccce coccsccesesect 574 “Christian Science” and Science. (Table).................0eeeeeee 554 Civilization, The Wastes of. (Frag.)........-..020eeccceeeeeeeeeeees 858 Ce BD, GG Race ccccsccncseccecostsccnsiovensensdubesepans 553 Cram, William E. The Hawks of New England*................... 594 Crawley, Prof. Edwin S. Number Systems..................000+0 524 Croll, James. Sketch. (With Portrait)...............ceceeeeeeeees 544 Crothers, Dr. T. D. New Questions in Medical Jurisprudence........ 454 Dakel Lamm, The. CiGam es occccccdscccecsecccccscucccceccessntione 286 Dana, J.C. The Public and its Public Library..................... 242 Davenport Academy of Science. F. Starr................ee2eeeeeees 83 Department Store, The. (Table)........ .......- eee ceeeeeeeeeeeees 705

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INDEX. PAGE J‘ Despotism of Democracy, The. Franklin Smith..................... 489 i MI. ccdpaclanscecebesshectecetcsenecceoceseess 716 iat Ucn edabes base eskdschiviesesovesssdsseccccesoes 569 Dust Storm, Some Notes ona. (Frag.)...........csseeeceeceeeeecees 426 ee, ND das cadcceeeacbedoesesesccesescoeces 430 Education, Free-hand Drawing in. H. G. Fitz*....................- 755 Egret, Domestication of The. (Frag.)............:.seeseeeeeceeeeees 137 Elephants in a Lumber Yard. (Frag.).............ceeseeeeeeeeeeces 284 Elliott, Ellen Coit. Let us therewith be Content.................... 341 Emmons, Dr. Ebenezer, and the Olenellus. (Frag.).............++++: 425 Eskimo Bows and Arrows. J. Murdoch...............2eeeeeeeeeees 645 Evolution and the Fall,Canon Gore on. (Frag.)..........--++.+00+: 285 ” The Duke of Argyll on. (Table)................--eeeeeee 411 ” The Principle of Economy in. Edmund Noble............ 324 Ferrero,G. The Idea of Murder among Men and Animals........... 805 Figuier, Louis. Sketch (with Portrait). Ida M. Tarbell............. 834 EE, ED, a cccndccccdddsccecsecsccscescesecces 569 Fitz, H.G. Free-hand Drawing in Education*..............-...... 755 Flagg, Prof. John 8. Anthropology a University Study............. 510 Flournoy, M. Th. Strange Personifications...............-++.eee0es 112 Forestry, National, Objects of. (Frag.)...........ceeeceeeeccseeeees 713 a eli da akh chaneesddineeneeeedsessecesee cassee 570 Geologists at St. Petersburg. W.H. Ballou.....................+5 212 Gerland, George. Objects and Results of Polar Research............ 635 Glass, Substitutes for,in Germany. (Frag.).. ........--.eeeeeeseeee 284 EIR, occ cccvcccssoesescvescccesescevcess 209 Ds nc cudnwidcnsseccverevecesceecesivceconses 569 i, Lecce cccteecenesseseccecessesesssecesse 860 i, SE, oo scccccesesocsccnscsccesses coctccs 209 ics ac a dlkanbnd snes Hehe esdeesedseecces 428 Hale, Horatio. Sketch. (With Portrait).......................005. 401 Hawks, The, of New England. W. E. Cram*.............. seaboews 594 Henderson, C. H. Some Unrecognized Laws of Nature.............. 776 Herrick, Bertha F. Wild Flowers of the California Alps*.......... 348 Highway Construction in Massachusetts. C. L. Whittle............. 73 Holder, Charles F. The Economic Value of Animals................ 827 Horticultural Extension Schools. (Frag.)............00eeeeeeeeeeees 136 Howes, Clifton A. The Planet Saturn...................0e cece eens 357 MDs orcecces sectiscpeseteevqesesceesosene 714 es nis cncacdccesdeedbapdaccduesoeseseuecn 281 Insect Inhabitants of Plants. (Frag.)...........cccccccceesccececens 718 Insects and Fungi, Legislation against. (Frag.)..............-.++0+ 859 Invention, Forecasting the Progress of. William Baxter, Jr.* ...... 307 cc ierccdabebecctsocessssteencdcqucs vecdebests —_ ee eee

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INDEX. 869 PAGE Japanese Alps, Pilgrims of the. (Frag.).............00...ceeeeeeeee 570 Johnson, Helen K. Woman Suffrage and Education................ 222 Jordan, D.S. Sketch of Richard Owen.....................000eee: 259 " “ The Silent City of the Muir Glacier. javesadgetesenaees 161 Kite Experiments, Franklin’s, with Modern Apparatus. Alexander EE ccbcnecescapdugesccdueuescéekeued subicctakadh dene 739 Koch's Latest Tuberculin. (Frag.).........scccsccccccccccsccccccecs 425 SOR TURUTEOE, TE Bin cc cccsicdesccccac ceseccncewsseene 1 Lancaster, M. A. The Discovery of the Sun Spots................... 681 Language, Man’s,to Animals. (Frag.).............seecccecccceeeees 717 Lea, Henry C. Spanish Experiments in Coimage.................... 577 Lockwood, Samuel. Sketch. W.S. Snyder. (With Portrait)....... 692 Longevity of Astronomers, The. (Frag.)..............-seeeeeeeeees 571 Mammoth Cave, Vegetation of the. (Frag.)...............0ceeeeees 859 i CA, Min .ccescccededas netatedobesdaecesanneenel 861 EE SC vcd cdcncccnvnes negeeenésanécsevanaeesemel 283 BT ST EO ONG, I Dive ccc dccccccescvestecssccensvssedben 282 Marsupials and their Skins. (Frrag.)...........cccccccccsssscccccces 285 Masters of Science, Three. (Frag.)............eseccsccccsscees hones’ 715 EO, Scns cevecccscessnedcend ondeldntadeaeen 137 Maxime for the Holiday. (PWAg.).....ccccccccccccsccccscccsccesecee 430 McAdie, Alexander. Franklin’s Kite Experiments with Modern Ap- DERE anccneccevecscensacescesetesersennsctscwocecesqnbude 739 Medical Jurisprudence, New Questions in. T. D. Crothers........... 454 Mississippi Floods, The Law of. (Frag.)............ceseeeeseeeseees 426 2h Oi i pceas den Cenceosen enceteses secaeeoten 390 Moki Indians and their Birds. (Frag.)........ .....seseeceececesees 280 Monkeys, Our Friends the. (Frag.)......... idenateesdeéacecindedeie 429 ee ee, I, oo. ccnudedentecdentessceseesecneue 1 Muir Glacier, The Silent City of the. D. 8. Jordan..... ............ 161 Murder, The Idea of, among Men and Animals. G. Ferrero......... 805 Murdoch, John. Eskimo Bows and Arrows...............--s.ese00: 645 Mythological Correspondences. (Frag.)...........++e+e+-eeeeeeeeee 861 Myth, Quick Growth of a. (Brag.).........cccccccccccccccccscccess 286 Nasmyth, James. Sketch. (Portrait)..............ccccccscccccccee 117 Nationality and Scenery. (Brag.).........ccccccccsccsccccccecccccs 139 PO, Wis Wy a cise sivctcccwedseedsbes da sotencsepaccevesss 534 Newcomb, H. T. A Decade in Federal Railway Regulation.......... 811 Nicaise, M. E. Fourteenth-Century Doctors...............+-0..e0005 686 Niger, At the Head Waters of the. (Frag.)...........-.00s-eeseeeees 858 Noble, Edmund. The Principle of Economy in Evolution........... 324 Number Systems. E. S. Crawley..............cceeceeeeeececeeeeees 524 GrherGn, Mentiebhe, Ciuc cccccccsvccccccdcsstatececcsvidacsees 286 Ordnance. Evolution of the Modern Heavy Gun.* By W. Le Conte IE, wi. ceeds ctcctcatecesdecedasdccccenccten| Qieeeetteateas

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PAGE Sebccbcasdcevbenes 648 Remrtones, Dancing. (Brag.)...........cccccsccccccccccccccccccccccs 860 beedewdecesessec’ 671 per eeadesieasewoedee aceves 259 ES os sche ecverss cee. kus aS AER Rene 573

O’Shea, Prof. M. V. When Character is Formed * Outerbridge, Alexander E., Jr. Owen, Richard, Sketch of. D. 8S. Jordan Alchemy Redivivus Paradox of Diderot, The. Parker, W. B. The Psychology of Belief Pasteur, The Last Resting Place of. M. Alfred Binet MU ecidt an len taticnwcks 138 Sis tin Goats 662

Peirce, George J. The Scope of Botany Pellew, C. E. The History of Alcohol poner sh: dedeuecessooeses 112 Personifications, Strange. M. Th. Flournoy Philosopher, The Dictum of a.

DER +6aceesseuveseneses 857 Rektpesencaveene 635 a cbGnha<iAEs bwdws eh baES' ceed enessebees 428 atabdsodsacees snk aeawen 747 Plague Virus and Dr. Yersin. Plant Distribution, Some Conditions of. Polar Research, Objects and Results of. G. Gerland Primitive Traveling. Psychology of Belief, The. , Sources of the New. E. W. Scripture Public Library, The Public and its. J.C. Dana

W. B. Parker R’s, The Three, of Prehistoric Man. Mil. i cciucevnenacesin dee 282 17, 192, 289, 433, 613, 721 H. T. Newcomb. ....... 811 i idithhébhh-es ken steen ads 186

Racial Geography of Europe., W. Z. Ripley Railway Regulation, A Decade in Federal. Reeves, R. N. Suicide and the Environment Reversions in Modern Industrial Life. Ripley, Prof. V"~ Il. F. Smith .am Z. The Racial Geography of Europe....... 17, 192,

Ross, Prof. Edward A. The Mob Mind 289, 433, 613, 721 b Ce dreepdouen deacessduehwases 390

Saturn, The Planet. C. A. Howes M. P. E. Berthelot......... 253 Are they Matricides and Suicides? J. Vilaro*.......... 398 Science as an Instrument of Education.

Scripture, E. W. Sources of the New Psychology Seals and their Pups. (Frag.) Seeds, The Latent Vitality of. Sewage Purification by Filtering. M. C. de Candolle RE ee 713 Shufeldt, Dr. R. W. Some Facts about Wasps and Bees*........... 315

Reversions in Modern Industrial Life. The Despotism of Democracy Smith, Franklin. Snyder, W. 8. Sketch, with Portrait, of Samuel Lockwood.......... 692

Social Needs. Problem, A New. (Table) | ERIN S EAS Oren ee 856

Spanish Experiments in Coinage. H. C. Lea Spencer and Darwin. Spitzbergen, Scenery of. (Frag.).............c cece ceeeceeeeeeeeeeees 860

Btarr, Frederick. Science at the University of Chicago* The Davenport Academy of Science Stevens, Prof. W. Le Conte. Evolution of the Modern Heavy Gun..

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CD int cdecncss dee edbende an gs paneeeeneee Yucatan, Arid. Swilt's Night Pilgkt, The, CPU)... csccccccsccicccsetesevessdeuses Tarbell, Ida M. Sketch of Louis Figuier. (With Portrait).......... . 834 Taxation, Principles of. D. A. Wells................ 44, 165, 466, 605, 765 Thyroid Gland, The, in Medicine. Pearce Bailey, M.D.*............ 481 Teeteaiew an Sew. COUN) sss ccvewscpccccdecssascecetcevbbunevas 715 Tortoise-shell Wild Cat. A. W. H. Ballou *..............-.e0eeeees 507 Torture, A Gurvival of. (DURE) oo... cccunciccesccccepesedsovcasvessd 140 Toumey, James W. The Giant Cactus*...............cceeeceeeeees 641 Trees, Large, from the Coal Period. (Frag )...........-.++++eeeeee: 280 Trotter, Prof. Spencer. North and South................eeeeeee wees 367 Demet, TOG. GOR occ ccvccccccvctecssscescccsvcesecscnsscssauen 427 Tussock Moth, Ups and Downs of the. (Frag.).... .......--20++005: 713 Unemployed, Types of the. (Frag.) ..........ceeeeeeecceeeeeen sees 571 os Workmen, German Colonies for. (Frag.)............. 427 University of Chicago, Science at the. Frederick Starr*............. 784 Van der Mensbrugghe, M.G. The Forces in an Air Bubble ......... 674 Vaughan, Victor C. The Bubonic Plague .................-.--s+00+ 62 Veils, Effects of, on Eyesight. (Frag.)..........----eeeeeeeeeeeeeees 136 Vilaré, Dr. Juan. Are Scorpions Matricides and Suicides ?*......... 398 Wampum Belts, Historical. (Frag.)............:seeeeeeeeee ceeeeee 283 War, Cycles and Dogsin. (Frag.)..............ceceecececeeceseeens ‘714 Wasps and Bees, Some Facts about. R. W. Shufeldt*............... 315 Wells, Hon. David A. Principles of Taxation........ 44, 165, 466, 605, 765 Whittle, C. L. Highway Construction in Massachusetts. ........ oe on Wind Power, Utilization of. (Frag.)...........::00+ ceceeeeeeneees 429 i Woman Suffrage and Education. H. K. Johnson................... 222 * ” A, Went GR. CRBBER) . oc cccsccccccesccevccne: csen 700 World, The, as it is. (Table)................-0005: l Sacccsnwubn etal 556 Wremths. (HW UAE.) «0c. cccccccccccccccccccccccccecccccccvccesesceeen 859 Writing Materials, Early. (Frag.)...........:eeeeeeeeeeeereceeees . 572