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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, 38S, 394-396, 399. 402, 403, 409, 421, 427, 429. 430, 

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

 tion with Priestley, 418, 434-435. 



Jeffersonia, 405. 



Jenkins, Timothy, no. 



Jer.sey City, scientific men in, 463. 



Jevons, William Stanley, 195, 196, 217, 21S, 237, 239. 



Jewett, C. C, 112 n. 



Johnson Andrew, proposes establishment of the 

 Washington University, 145. 



Johnson, Walter R., recommendation respecting 

 use of Smithsonian fund, 96, 474. 



Johnston, Martin, 167. 



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



Jones, Charles C, 391, 392. 



Jones, Rev. Hugh, 376. 



Jones, Matthew, 419. 



Jones, Owen, 223. 



Jones, Sir William, 88 n. 



Jordan, David Starr, 52, 58, 420. 



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



Judd, Orange, 42, 316. 



Judd Hall. See IFeslcyan University. 



Ju.ssieu, Bernard de, 256, 392. 



Jussieu, Joseph, botanist, 398. 



Kain, J. A,, geologist, 438. 



Kalm, Peter, naturalist, 396. 



A'a /;«/«, 405. 



Kansas, colleges and learned .societies, 348. 



Kan.sas Academy of Science, 315, 348. 



Keating, William H., mineralogist, 114,447. 



Kelton, Gen. J. C, 277. 



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

 est in .science, 311. 



Kentuckj', colleges and learned societies, 348; 

 scientific men in, 464. 



Kentucky State Agricultviral Society, 348; recom- 

 mendation respecting u.se of Smithsonian 

 fund, 96. 



Kepler, Joliann, 306. 



Kilbourne, S. A., 51. 



King, Clarence, 292, 459. 



King, Dr. Rdward, 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. 



Klemni, Dr., 79, 209. 



Knapp, S. !,.( Ignatius Loyola Robert.son, LL,. 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. 

 KiilDiia^ 405. 



Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 210. 

 I,abat, I'^re Jean Baptiste, missionary, 382. 

 Lecerda, Dr. J. B. de, 38. 

 I.amarck, J. B., 256. 

 I,;nub, Charles, 75. 

 Lambert, William, astronomer, 30S. 

 L,aue, 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. 



Lavoi-sier, 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, Thoma.s, 88, 283, 285 n; biographical account 

 of, 88 n-91 11. 



Lawrence, Abbott, 108, 139. 



Lawrence Scientific School, founded, 456. 



Lawson, John, traveler and naturalist, 376, 377, 

 386 n; quoted, 404, 430. 



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



Le Conte, Dr. Louis, naturalist, 444, 457, 458. 



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, museums 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, 448-449. 



Levaillant, Francois, ornithologist, 398. 



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



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



Lewis, Capt. Meriwether and JefFer.son, 2S9, 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 11; deposi- 

 tory of books of Smithsonian Institution, 27, 

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

 131-133, 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. 



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

 sonian Institution, 97, 100. 



I.inncxa borealis, 405. 



LiiinoEau Society, Philadelphia, 419. 



LiiinEean Society of New England, founded, 442. 



Liiitireus, 384, 3S6, 387, 3S8, 3S9, 390, 391, 397, 398, 402, 

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



Literary and Philosophical Society, New York, 

 founded, 424. 



