Appendix V. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE YEAR. 



SMITHSONIAN CONTiaBtlTIONS TO KN0\VL1':DGK. 



As mentioned iu tlio hist report, a nienioir on the " Genesis of the Arietidne," by 

 Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, had been accepted for pnblication in tlie .serie.s of '-(.Contribu- 

 tions to Knowledge," and was in the hands of the printer. This work has been com- 

 pleted, and issued during the year as No. 073, in the Smithsonian list of publications. 

 It forms a quarto volume of 265 pages (iiududiug introduction, index, and explana- 

 tions of plates), and is illustrated with 35 figures in ihe text, (J folding cbarts or 

 tables, and 14 plates, of which 10 are heliographs. 



No. Syi. "The Solar Corona, discussed by Spherical Harmonics," by Prof. Frank 

 H. Bigelow. This memoir is published in quarto form in the same style as the Con- 

 tributions to Knowledge, though not designed to be included in the volumes of that 

 series. It comprises '22 pages, and is illustrated with 4 diagrams, and 1 phototype 

 plate. 



No. 692. "Photographs of the Corona, taken during the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 

 January 1, 1889. Structure of the Corona," by David P. Todd. This, like the pre- 

 ceding, although in quarto form, is not intended for the Contribution series. It con- 

 sists of 9 pages of text, with 2 photographic plates, showing 9 different views of the 

 Solar Corona during the total eclipse. 



No. 731. Vol. XXVI of the Sauths<miaii Contributions to Knowledge. This vol- 

 ume comprises: Article 1, "Researches upon the venoms of Poisonous Serpents," by 

 S. Weir Mitchell, M. D., and Edward T. Reichert, M. D., published in 1886; article 2, 

 " Genesis of the ArietidiB," by Alpheus Hyatt, above described. This forms a quarto 

 volume of xi -(- 461 pages, illustrated with 40 wood-cuts and 19 plates. 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



No. 094. "Report on Smithsonian Exchanges for the year ending June 30, 1887," by 

 George H. Boehmer. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1S87.) Octavo pamphlet of 

 24 pages. 



No, 095. •' The Advance of Science iu the last Half-century," by Thomas H, Huxley. 

 (From the Smithsonian Report for 1887,) Octavo pam^jhlet of 42 p.ages. 



No. 696. "An Account of the Progress iu Astronomy in the year 1886," by William 

 C. Winlock. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1887.) Octavo pamphlet of 89 pages. 



No. 697, "An Account of the Progress in North American Geology in the year 1886," 

 by Nelson H. Darton. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1887.) Octavo pamphlet 

 of 41 pages. 



No. 098. " Bil)liography of North American Paleontology in the year 18H6," by 

 John Belknap Marcou. (From the Smithsonian Report for 18-57.) Octavo pamphlet 

 of .57 pages. 



No. 099. "An Account of tin; Progress in Vulcanology and Seismology in the year 

 1880," by C. G, Rockwood, jr, (From the Smithsonian Report for 1887,) Octavo 

 pamphlet of 24 pages. 



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