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INDEX. 



Dickinson, Heni-y Louis, brother of Smithson, 1. 

 Will of, 18. 



Diffusion of knowledge, how to promote, Henry, 

 945. 

 plans' for, Witte, 617. 



Digest of act of Congress establishing S. I., 758. 



Di.«bursements, digest of act relative to, 760. 



Discoverers of scientific principles "born, not 

 made," Henry, 954. 



Discoveries in science to be exhibited to Con- 

 gress, Henry, 948. 



Discovery of new truths, great object of Smith- 

 son, 215. 



Distribution of collections, debate on appropri- 

 ation for, 654, 655. 



Distribution of duplicates, appropriation for, 

 764. 



Distribution of fruits, plants, seeds, and vege- 

 tables to every part of the Union, Tappan, 

 263, .302 ; Owen, 363. 



District of Columbia, the United States as parens 

 patriae, 139, 140, 141. 



Divmity, study of, m S. I., objected to, Wayland, 

 839. 



Dix, John A., committee of Senate, 352. 



Dixon. James, remarks by, 673, 074. 

 resolution by, 673. 



Documentary history, Barlow, 922. 



Documents, fifty copies of, for exchanges or- 

 dered, 707, 710. 

 exchange of, with foreign nations, 716. 



Dodge, Augustus C, resolutions of, 523. 



Donnan, Wm. G.. resolutions by, 745, 746, 747. 



Douglas, 8. A., resolutions by, 468, 643, 6.')4. 

 remarks by, 650, 606. 

 appointed Regent, 524, 654. 



Drummond, Chas., no opposition by, to claim of 

 United States, 57. 

 award to, 63. 



as executor of Smithson, recommends con- 

 sideration of De la Batut's claim, 32. 



Drummonds, Messrs., bankers, executors of 

 Smithson, 1, 3. 

 no opposition from, to suit, 20. 



Duke ol Northumberland, 1. 



Duke of Somerset, 1. 



Duplicate specimens to be exchanged, Tappan, 

 302. 



Duponceau, Peter S., application of the bequest, 

 895. 



Duties of Government in reference to instruc- 

 tion, Barlow, 910. 



Dwelling houses for oflScers and professors, 

 Tappan, 263, 302 ; Owen, 365. 



IB. 



Earth, experiments to determine weight of, 

 Henry, 946. 



East Tennessee University, Knoxville, on pro- 

 gramme of organization, 990. 



Ecclesiastical estal)lishment, Adams, 844, 845. 



Editorial bureau. Barlow, 910, 920. 



Education, Adams, 208, 212, 441, 844: American 

 Academy, 905; Barlow, 910; Chapin, 857; 

 Cooper, 838; Darlington, 902; Duponceau^ 

 898; Embree, 490; Henry, 947; Memorial ot 

 Illinois Educational Convention, 648; Rhode 

 Island Historical Society, 984 ; Robbing, 101 ; 

 Rush, 855; Stanton, 403; Wayland, 839. 

 report of organization committee, 936. 

 Germany and France models in, 801. 

 histoi-y of, 872. 



Elliott, David, on programme of organization, 

 984. 



Ellsworth, Henry, memorial of, 262. 



Embree, Elisha, resolution by, 489. 



Empiricism in science. Marsh, 426, 428. 



Engineering, Silliman, 963; Wayland, 840. 



English Government abandoned all claim to 

 Smithson bequest, 20. 



English literature, Chapin, 858. 



English, W. H., resolutions by, 534, 668, 628, 650, 

 652. 



English, W. H.— Continued. 

 remarks by, 568, 509, 574. 

 appointed Regent, 626, 649, 650, 672. 



Ephemeris of astronomical obserrations^ 

 Adams, 847. 



Ephemeris of Neptune, Martin, 979. 



Equity maxim. Rush. 35. 



Escheats, law of, no claim made by British Got- 

 ernment under, 21. 



Espy, J. P., appropriation for, 530. 

 letter from, on meteorology, 533. 

 meteorological reductions, 530. 



Establishment, The, of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, digest of act relative to, 758. 



Estabrook, Jos., on programme of organization, 

 990. 



Estimate of cost of astronomical obserratonr^ 

 228. 



Estimation of S. I. in Europe, 586, 613. 



Ethico-Political science, McMaster, 979. 



Ethnological collections, 932, 943. 



Ethnological researches, Henry, 945. 



Ethnological Society of New York, 966. 



Evans. Geo. S., remarks by, 243. 

 resolution by, 354. 

 bill offered by, 475. 

 resignation of, as Regent, 477. 



Everett, Edw., on programme of organization^ 

 970. 



Evidences of Christianity, Elliott, 985. 



Ewell, Benj. S., on programme of organization^ 

 982. 



Ewing, E. H., remarks by, 452. 



Ewing, ThoB., proposals for State stocks, 290,, 

 292, 293. 

 bill, 508. 

 resolution by, 466. 



Eichango of documents with foreign nations, 

 707, 710, 716. 



Exchange of duplicate specimens, Tappnn, 363; 

 Owen, 358. 



Exchange, S. I., packages marked to pass free 

 in the mails, 726. 



Exchanges, account of. Chandler, 647; Amer. 

 Acad. 909; Henry, 9.52. 



Exchanges of publications, Henry, 945. 



Executive Committee, digest of act relative to, 

 700. 



Exhibitions at the Institution, 662, 664. 



Expediency of United States becoming suitor 

 in England, 139. 



Expenses of National Museum in 1868, 717. 



Expanses of recovery of Smithson bequest,. 

 Mr. Rush's account, 11.3. 



Experimental researches not the most imports 

 ant. Marsh, 426. 



Experiments as to lighting, heating, and venti- 

 lating buildings, Tappan, 302. 



Experiments in agriculture and horticulture,. 

 Tappan, 203. 



Experiments on new fruits, plants, and vegeta- 

 bles, Tappan, 302. 



Experiments on new modes of culture, new 

 fruits, plants, and vegetables, Owen, a5S. 



Explanation of programme of organization, 

 Henry, 948. 



Explorations in natural history, geological, 

 magnetical, and topographical surveys^ 

 Henry, 945. 



Exploring expedition, duplicates to be distrib- 

 uted, 0.j4. 

 in charge of Library Committee of Congress 



to 1854, 525. 

 value of collections, debate on, 654, 667. 

 collections, appropriation for, 525. 

 appropriation for plates, <fec., of, 681. 

 collections of, to be transferred to Patent Of- 

 fice, 525, 534, 535. 

 American Academy, 969 ; Poinsett, 899. 

 plates and engravings to be transferred ta 

 S. I., 519; set of, given to S.I., 082. 



Exploring expeditions, account of, 749. 



Explosions of steam boilers, investigation itt 

 regard to, Henry, 955. 



