INDEX. 411 



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 Museum, National, modificatious desirablo of conuectiou between Sniitlisoiiian 



Institution and 8, 9 



expenses of 103 



officers and assistants of 6 



increase of contents of, through Centennial Exhibition 8 



of comparative zoology 1G2 



Musters, George C, on weapons of Tehuelcho Indians 3Go, v5G3 



Myer, General, assistance of, in preparation of new edition of work on rain-fall. 19 



Nature, constants of, tables by Prof. F. W. Clarke 14 



Natural history, inquiries respecting 40 



Navajo Indians, dresses, *&c., of the, contributed by Col. William Arny 45 



Navigation, Bureau of, collections from 89 



Navy Department, collections from 89 



Nebraska, packages received for distribution in 93 



Necrological notices ' 151 



Netherlands, exchanges with government of 81 



Newbury, Dr. C, zoological specimens from 83 



Newbold, Joseph, presented banner-stones 334 



presented stone hoe 352 



implement in possession of 372 



Newbold, Michael, skinning-knives in collection of , 30G 



implements in cabinet of 316, 318 



stone ornaments in cabinet of 329 



pipe in cabinet of 342 



stone hoe in cabinet of 352 



shovel in cabinet of 355 



liestles in cabinet of 359,360 



Newcomb, Prof. Simon, on general integrals of planetary motion 12 



New Jersey Zinc Company, zinc and minerals from 83 



Newton, Dr., fossils from 83 



New York and Brazil Steamship Company, thanks to 27 



and Mexico Steamship Company, thanks to 27 



Niagara falls, to bo utilized as power 20 



Nicholson, W. L., map constructed by Gl 



Nickell, G. W., minerals from 83 



Nickerson, George Y., skins from 83 



Nickolson, importance of labors of 132 



Nile, water of, Raoul Pictet on 169 



Nilsson, Professor, on antiquities.. 262, 273, 285, 290, 298, 302, 310, 315, 322, 351, 3G1, 364, 



365, 366, 370, 375, 376 



Nimrod Furnace Company, minerals from 84 



Nollet, experiment of 116, 120, 123 



North Baltic Lloyd Steamship Company, thanks to 27 



North German Lloyd Steamship Company, thanks to 27 



Norton, .John V., ethnologica from 84 



Norton, J. B., collection of antiquities from Peru 49 



Nucleus, central molten 192 



Officers of National Museum 6 



Smithsonian Institution 5, 6 



Oil, sperm, lard, and petroleum for light-liouses 43 



Oolite, great 175 



Ord., General E. O. C, connection made with base-line measured by 56 



Oersted, importance of labors of 132 



Organization of local scientific societies, letter from Professor Henry respecting 216 



