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Index. 



Jefferson, Thomas, 56, 57, 114, 277, 283; interest 

 in Patent Office, 278-279; interest in science, 273, 

 2S0, 281, 288, 289, 292, 293, 296, 307, 312 n, 317, 323, 

 387, 3S8, 394-396, 399. 402, 4031 409. 42i> 427, 429, 43O1 

 433. 434; relations with Michaux, 289-290; rela- 

 tion with Priestley, 418, 434-435. 

 Jeffersonia^ 405. 

 Jenkins, Timothy, no. 

 Jersey City, .scientific men in, 463. 

 Jevons, William Stanley, 195, 196, 217, 218, 237, 239. 

 Jewett, C. C.,ii2n. 

 Johnson Andrew, proposes establishment of the 



Washington University, 145. 

 Johnson, Walter R., recommendation respecting 



use of Smithsonian fund, 96, 474. 

 John.ston, Martin, 167. 



Jomard, Kdm^ Frangois, geographer, 78, 258. 

 Jones, Charles C, 391, 392. 

 Jones, Rev. Hugh, 376. 

 Jones, Matthew, 419. 

 Jones, Owen, 223. 

 Jone.s, Sir William, 88 n. 

 Jordan, David Starr, 52, 58, 420. 

 Josselyn, John, naturalist, 68, 376, 378. 

 Judd, Orange, 42, 316. 

 Judd Hall. See IVesleyan Universily. 

 Jussieu, Bernard de, 256, 392. 

 Jussieu, Joseph, botani.st, 398. 

 Kain, J. A., geologist, 43S. 

 Kalm, Peter, naturalist, 396. 

 Kalmia^dfi^. 



Kan.sas, colleges and learned societies, 348. 

 Kansas Academy of Science, 315, 348. 

 Keating, William H., mineralogi.st, 114, 447- 

 Kelton, Gen. J. C, 277. 



Kennedy, John P., Secretary of the Navy, inter- 

 est in science, 311. 

 Kentucky, colleges and learned societies, 348; 



scientific men in, 464. 

 Kentucky State Agricultural Society, 348; recom- 

 mendation respecting use of Smithsonian 

 fund, 96. 

 Kepler, Johann, 306. 

 Kilbourne, S. A.,51. 

 King, Clarence, 292, 459. 

 King, Dr. F.dward, geologist, 25, 102, 116, 118, 12S, 



129. 

 King, H., 159. 



Kingsmill Islands, specimens from, 172, 174. 

 Kinnersley, Rev. Ebenezer, physicist, 415-416. 

 Kirtland, John T., 70 n. 

 Klemm, Dr., 79, 209. 

 Knapp, S. L.( Ignatius Ivoyola Robertson, I^I^. D.), 



90 n. 

 Knox, Gen. Henry, 279. 

 Knudsen, Valdemar, 37. 

 Krieg, David, naturali.st, 384, 388. 

 Kuhn, Adam, botanist and physician, 402, 412, 414, 



415- 

 Kuhiiiay 405. 



Kunsthi.storisches Museum, Vienna, 210. 

 I^abat, Pere Jean Baptiste, mis.sionary, 382. 

 I^ecerda, Dr. J. B. de, 38. 

 I^amarck, J. B., 256. 

 I^amb, Charles, 75. 

 Lambert, William, astronomer, 308. 

 Lane, Sir Ralph, 361. 



Langley, Samuel Pierpont, Secretary Smithson- 

 ian Institution, 4, 7, 36, 39, 41, 58, 288. 

 Lansdowne, Marquis of, 252. 

 Lapham, Increase A., botanist, 457. 

 La Plata Museum, Argentine, 213. 

 Las Casas, Bartolome de, 363. 

 Latimore, Capt. R., 167. 

 Latrobe, H. B., 427. 

 Laval, Pere, missionary and traveler, 382. 



Lavoisier, Antonie L., 270, 324, 401. 



Law, John, Bishop of Elphin, 88 n. 



Law, Edmund, 285 n. 



Law, Edmund, Bishop of Carlisle, 88. 



Law, Edward, Lord EHenborough, 88 n. 



Law, Edward (2d), Earle of EHenborough, 

 88 n. 



Law, George Henry, D. D., Bishop of Chester, of 

 bath and wells, 88 n. 



Law, John, 90 n. 



Law, Thomas, 88, 283, 285 n; biographical account 

 of, 88 n-91 n. 



Lawrence, Abbott, 108, 139. 



Lawrence Scientific School, founded, 456. 



Law.son, John, traveler and naturalist, 376, 377, 

 3S6 n; quoted, 404,430. 



Lea, Isaac, 18, 438, 445, 449, 459- 



Le Conte, Dr. Louis, naturalist, 444, 457, 45S- 



Le Conte family, 444 n. 



Le Conte, Maj. John Eatton, naturalist, 444, 457- 



Le Due, William G., Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture, 316. 



Ledyard, John, explorer, 289. 



Lee, General Henry, 277. 



Lee, Arthur, 268. 



Leibnitz, Gottfried W. von, 324. 



Leipzig, niu.seums of, 79, 211, 258. 



"Lend a Hand," Goode's contribution to, 60. 



L'ry, Jean de, 364. 



Lesley, J. Peter, geologist, 457. 



Lesueur, Charles Alexander, naturalist and 

 artist, 44S-449. 



Levaillant, Francois, ornithologist, 398. 



Lever, Sir A.shton, 70, 268, 425. 



Leverrier, Urbain J. J., meteorologist, 299. 



Lewis, Capt. Meriwether and Jefferson, 289, 291, 



433- 

 Lewis and Clarke Expedition, 114, 291, 395, 433, 



434- 



Leyden, museums of, 78, 211, 213, 257, 258. 



Library of Congress, 122,123,163, 274 n; deposi- 

 tory of books of Smithsonian Institution, 27, 

 321; joint committee on, 124, 125, 127-129, 

 i3i-'33. 137, 141, 175. 179-1S3. 



Lieber, Francis, 474. 



Liege, museum of, 215. 



Lillia, Mr., 68, 378. 



Lincoln, Mrs. A. H., 451. 



Lindsley, Philip, 94 n. 



Linn, L. F., Senator, bill for organizing Smith- 

 sonian In.stitution, 97, 100. 



Linnira boiealis, 405. 



Linnsean Society, Philadelphia, 419. 



Linnsean Society of New England, founded, 442. 



LinuKus, 384, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 397, 398, 402, 

 403,406,414; .scientific work of, 392-393. 



Literary and Philosophical Society, New York, 

 founded, 424. 



