INDEX. 



1005 



Ijondon Institution for diffusion of knowledge, 

 Henry, 950. 



Longfellow, Henry W., on programme of organ- 

 ization, 970. 



Longitudes, Manly, 989. 



Losses by the fire at the Institution, 68T. 



Lucas, Wm., appointed on committee of House 

 of Representatives, 266. 



Lunar tables. Manly, 989. 



Lying-in hospital, Hale, 661. 



McClelland, R., remarks by, 437, 492. 



appointed Regent, 487. 

 McClernand, John A., resolution by, 464, 

 McCrary, Geo. W., resolution by, 756. 

 memorial relative to Centennial, 75L 

 appointed Regent, 754. 

 McDougall, Jas. A., G76. 

 McGuire, J. C, loss by fire Sl.OOO, 687. 

 Mcllvaine, Abr. R., remarks by, 501. 

 McKay, Jas. J., resolution by, 457. 

 McKehnan, Thos. M. T., special committee of 



House, 148, 

 MePhersou, Edw., resolutions by, 681, 682, 683. 

 remarks by, 082. 

 appointed Regent, 677. 

 Mace, Daniel, remarks by, 527. 



resolution by, 527. 

 Macie, James Lewis, name of Smithson until 



he left Oxford University, 61. 

 Maclean, John, proposed as Regent, 727, 734, 735. 



elected Regent, 710, 711. 

 MacMaster, E. D., on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 978. 

 Madison University on programme of organi- 

 zation, 981. 

 Magnetical surveys, Henry, 945. 

 Mame memorial for an observatory, 848. 

 Maladministration, charge of, refuted, Witte, 



623. 

 Management of the fund, Adams, 845. 

 Management of Institution, investigation of, 

 by House of Representatives, 569. 

 approved by American Philosophical Society, 



585. 

 report of House of Representatives commit- 

 tee, Upham, 589 ; Witte, 608. 

 remarks on, English, 574. 

 pursued with zeal, integrity, Ac, Upham, 598. 

 Managei»> to appoint professors, <fec., Owen, 358. 

 Managers of S. I., Tappan, 263. 

 Manly, B., on programme of organization, 989. 

 Mann, Horace, on normal schools, 380. 

 Manual labor university proposed, A. Johnson, 



489. 

 Manuscripts of Smithson, 109. 

 Marietta College on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 989. 

 Marsh, G. P., committee of House of Repre- 

 sentatives, 354, 409, 410, 499. 

 resolution by, 467. 

 appointed Regent, 487. 

 Martin, Chas., on programme of organization, 



979. 

 Masonic University of Tennessee on pro- 

 gramme of organization, 993. 

 Mxson, J. M., remarks by, 545, 648, 669, 670. 

 resolutions by, 518, 643, 651. 

 appointed Regent, 517, 649. 

 interpretation of act of organization, 638. 

 Master in chancery, William Nassau, Sr., case 

 of Smithson bequest referred to, 25. 

 report of, conflrmed, Marcli 27, 1838, 55. 

 Materia mediea, Beck, 961. 

 Mathematics, Cooper, 838; "Delta," 883, 884; 



Ewell, 982; Hubbell, 863. 

 Maule, Geo., award to, by Court of Chancery, 60. 

 Maury, M. F., on programme of organization, 

 974. 

 services of, 395. 

 Maynard, H., remarks by, 717, 736, 740. 

 resolution by, 734. 



Mayor of Washington as Regent, repeal of act, 



723, 725. 

 Meaoham, J., resolutions by, 524, 568, 569, 572. 

 remarks by, 569, 570, 629, 650. 

 declined to serve on committee of inveMiga- 



tion, 573. 

 appointed Regent, 524, 526, 649. 

 resignation ot, as Regent, 650. 

 Mechanics, Institution, for diffusion of knowl- 

 edge, Henry, 950. 

 Medal by King of Denmark for discoTery of 



comets, 967. 

 Medals for original memoirs, Henry, 945. 



to students, Chapin, 859. 

 Mediator, packet, Smithson's bequest brought 



to United States in, 102. 

 Medical jurisprudence, Beck, 961. 

 Medicine, Beck, 961; Chapin, 858; Cooper, 838; 



Hubbell, 864; Wayland, 841. 

 Meigs, Gen. M. C, plan of building for Govern- 

 ment collections, 749, 753. 

 Memoir of Smithson by W. R. .Johnson, 369. 

 Memoirs, rules for accepting, Henry, 945. 

 Memorials — 

 Agricultural Society of the United States, 26L 

 American Philosophical Society, 585. 

 B. Birdsall, 248. 



citizens of Huron county, Ohio, 306. 

 citizens of Madison county, N. V., 352. 

 citizens of Steuben county, N. Y., 306. 

 citizens of Washington, 248. 

 convention of county superintendents of 



common schools, N. Y., 353. 

 corporation of city of Washington, 200. 

 Chas. L. Fleischman, 171, 186. 

 Illinois Educational Convention, 643. 

 Walter R. Johnson, 171. 

 Kentucky State Agricultural Society, 200. 

 H. C. Merriam, 265. 

 Cons. S. Raflnesque, 201. 

 Regents relative to increasing trust fund, 506, 



629, 708. 

 Regents to Congress relative to residuary 



legacy, 131. 

 Regents asking appropriation for museuno- 



714. 

 Regents for building for collections, 743, 754, 



755. 

 Richard Rush, 248, 260. 

 Mercer, C. F., bill for observatory, 846. 

 Message of President Jackson, 135. 

 Tyler, 247, 262. 

 Van Buren, 159, 171. 

 Metaphysics, Chapin, 859; Hubbell, 864. 

 Meteorological observations, Estabrook, 990; 



Henry, 945, 946 ; Blanly, 990. 

 Meteorological work of L. Blodget, 590 ; Espy, 



530 ; S. I., 532. 

 Miami University on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 978. 

 Michigan stock, account of, 120, 237, 246, 268, 



270, 294, 639, 640. 

 Michigan, certificate of stock of, 253. 

 interest, explanation of, McClelland, 437. 

 Treasury account with, 810. 

 Microscope, perfection of, Henry, 951. 

 Military Academy at West Point, character of 

 instruction in, 891. 

 act for support of, 158, 842. 

 bill to repeal part of act relative to, 242, 243, 



245, 246. 

 on programme of organization, 977. 

 Mineral resources,Silliman,963; W.R.Johnson, 



174. 

 Minerals of Smithson, 109. 

 Mines, practical instruction in exploration and 



wording of, Tappan, 302. 

 Mining, Wayland, 840. 

 Mint of the United States, Smithson's money 



delivered to, in sovereigns, 110, 111. 

 Models, Chapin, 859. 



resolution of Regents, 943. 

 Models of Antiquities, Gray, 969 ; Henry, 947 ; 

 Jewott, 900. 



