INDEX. 455 



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Rivers, opening and freezing of 295 



Kules for distribution of publications 20 



for exchanges - 32 



Russia, meteorology in, by Dr. Wceikoff 267 



Scanamon, Capt. C. M., valuable collections from 44 



Scheme for cxnalitative determinations by blow-iiipe, by Professor Egleston 219 



Schoolcraft on Maudau ceremonies 4^7 



Schott, C. A., discussion of temperatures 38 



Scientific labors of Lartet 172 



education of mechanics and artisans 185 



Secretary, report of 13 



work done by 35 



(See Henry.) 



Sherman, General William T., acts of, as regent 80,82 



report of on Corcoran Art-Gallery 84 



report of executive committee 79 



visit to Egypt 34 



Slate, ancient use of ^ 362 



Smithson, will of 7, 19 



Specimens, circular sent with ,.. 107 



Steam-power, history of 190 



Stephenson, M. F., mounds near Cartersville, Bartow County, Ky 421 



Stereotype plates deposited in vault of Academy Natural Science, Philadelphia.. 21 



Stevens Insti tute, blow-pipe apparatus 222 



Stevenson, Hon. J. W., acts of, as regent 80, 81 



Stone age. (See Suess, Lartet, Rau, ethnology.) 



Stone implements. North American, by Charles Rau 395 



Stone, General, of Egypt, chart from 34 



Stuart, Joseph H., letter from, relative to Hamilton bequest ■ 107 



Suess, Edw., lecture on boundary between geology and history 223 



Swainsou, William, on the increase and diffusion of knowledge 13 



Telegraph first employed by Institution in prediction of weather 37 



Telegraphic announcements of astronomical discoveries 82 



linos, i)henomena in, during aurora 299 



Temperatures, discussion of 39 33 



Temperature of the earth downward increases one degree for sixty feet 40 



Tides, Prof. William Ferrel on 23 



Tobacco, chemical researches on 201 



Toner, Dr. J. M., foundation of, for lectures oa advancement of medicine 86, 101 



Torrey, Dr. John, recommendation of Wood's a]g« 22 



Troglodytes, or cave-dwellers of the Valley of the Vezcre 310 



Trumbull, Hon. L., acts of, as regent 80, 81, 84 



Turner, Jane A., exchange clerk q 



Tyndale, Gen. Hector, trustee of Tyndall fund 105 



Tyndall, Prof John, letter to Professor Henry relative to trust for promotion of 



science in United States 104 



deed of trust for promotion of tcience in the United States. 86, 104 



Underground temperatures 40 



Unity of structure in organized beings, Amp6re on 147 



Uranus, orbit of, by Prof S. Newcomb 24 



Virginia stock, statement relative to 19, 74, 84 



Vocabularies of Indian tribes 26 



Waldrum, W. H., remains in Caddo Parish, Louisiana 428 



Wampum, history of 379 



