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INDEX. 



Premiums, Henry, 947, 952. 



resolution of Regents, 941, 942. 

 Preservation of eoneciions, appropriation for, 

 525, 654. 

 appropriation, discussion on, 677, 709, 711, 716, 

 724, 754. 

 President of United States, power of attorney 

 to Fladgate, Clarlie & Finch, 125. 

 Buit to be in name of, 16. 

 See Messages. 



Van Buren's request for applications of be- 

 quest, 837. 

 Press, the importance of, in diffusing knowl- 

 edge. Henry, 955. 

 of University of Oxford for publication of 

 communications and lectures. Rush, 851. 

 Preston, Wm. C, committee of Senate, 1C6, 247. 

 bills offered by, 239, 247. 

 resolutions by, 242, 490. 

 remarks by, 141, 143, 146, 165, 242. 

 Price, Hiram, resolution by, 726, 727. 

 Pringle, B., resolution by, 572. 

 Printing essays, Owen, 359. 

 Printing essays and lectures. Rush, 851. 

 Prize medals to students, Rush, 855. 

 Prizes for essays on physical sciences, Birdsall, 

 248. 

 practical subjects, Morse, 431. 

 Professional schools, Wayland, 839. 

 Professor of astronomy, Tappan, 263, 302. 

 chemistry, Tappan, 263, 302. 

 geology, Tappan, 302. 

 natural history, Tappan, 263, 302. 

 Professors, 893 ; Chapin, 857, 858. 

 action of House on, 463. 

 as wants of science require. Tappan, 263, 302. 

 lectures on law, physic, or divinity excluded, 



Tappan, 263. 

 law, medicine, exact sciences, physics, class- 

 ics, modern languages, English literature. 

 American history, American constitutional 

 law, American institutions, civil engineer- 

 ing, architecture, practical application of 

 science to mechanic arts, Chapin, 857. 

 pure mathematics, applied mathematics, 

 astronomy, natural philosophy, natural his- 

 tory, science of rearing and taking care of 

 domestic animals and agricultural products, 

 oriental languages, modern languages, phi- 

 lology, criticism, logic, metaphysics, medi- 

 cine,"law, liomoeopathic materia medica and 

 practice, Hubbell, 863. 

 on application of science to productive and 

 liberal arts of life, improvements in agri- 

 culture, manufactures, trades, and domestic 

 economy, Owen, 359. 

 See Tappan. 

 Profossorshios, report of organization commit- 

 tee, 938 ; 'Wayland, 841. 

 Programme of organization of S. I., by Prof. 



Jos. Henry, 944. 

 Programme to be adopted provisionally, Henry, 

 949. 

 letters relative to, 961. 

 Proposed applications of Smithson's bequest, 



837. 

 Protection of property, digest of act relative to, 



762. 

 Provision for objects not mentioned in act of 



organization, 762. 

 Pruyn. J. V. L., appointed Regent, 711. 

 resolution by, 716. 

 remarks by, 713. 

 Publications: annual compendium of practi- 

 cal science. Barlow, 910. 

 reports on progress of knowledge, Henry, 945. 

 reports of progress in knowledge throughout 

 the world, report of organization commit- 

 tee, 934, 937. 

 treatises on subjects of general interest, 



Henry, 945. 

 works in popular form on the sciences. Tap- 

 pan, 305. 



Publications — Continued. 



Smithsonian contributions to knowledge, 

 report of organization committee, 934. 



books for the blind, Giles, 459. 



prize essays, Morse, 431. 



a new edition of Wilkes' Narrative, 519. 



Barlow, 913; Gray, 9G9; Henry, 951. 



historical documents. Barlow, 921. 



a political collectanea. Barlow, 921. 



scientific papers from societies and individ- 

 uals. Rush, 851. 



reports on new discoveries in science, Henry, 

 946. 



scientific works, Henry, 952. 



transactions, Duponceau, 897. 



Barlow's schemes of, 922. 



volume of practical science. Barlow, 920. 



works in popular form on the sciences and on 

 the aid they bring to labor, Tappan, 302. 



in brief and popular form on subjects of gen- 

 eral interest, report of organization com- 

 mittee, 934. 



authorized by Regents, 941, 942. 



action of House on, 467. 



difficulties in, Upham, 598. 



exchange of. Chandler, 647. 



exchanged for those of other establishments, 

 Henry, 945. 



of Institution, account of, English, 577; 

 Meaeham, 635. 



for teachers, not for pupils of schools, Henry, 

 937. 



to be sent free by mail, proposed, B. Henn, 

 524. 



estimation of, in Europe, 586, 018. 



rules for, 621. 



resolution of Regents, 942. 



sales of, Barlow, 927. 



on agriculture, education, Ac, proposed, Em- 

 brie, 490. 

 Puryear, R. C, appointed on committee of in- 

 vestigation, 573. 



remarks by, 608. 



declined to sign report of committee on in- 

 vestigation, 589. 



Q. 



Qualifications of Secretary of S. I., report of or- 

 ganization committee, 940, 943. 



Ragsdale, B. H., on programme of organization, 



993. 

 Ramsey, Alex. S., remarks by, 731. 

 Randall, Benj., committee of House, 247. 

 Randall, S. J., remarks by, 744. 

 Randall, S. S., resolutions relative to bequest, 



353. 

 Rathbun, (Jeo., remarks by, 445, 456. 



resolution by, 465. 

 Real Estate Bank of Arkansas, 252. 

 Record of scientific discovery proposed. Barlow, 



920. 

 Regents, appointment of, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 

 487, 490, 502, 506, 516, 518, 519, 522, 523, 524, 

 526, 535, 508, 673. 

 elected, 354, 490, 502, 506, 519, 523, 524, 535, 568, 



648, 733, 734. 

 discussion of candidates, 734. 

 digest of act relative to, 759. 

 to oe members of National Institute repealed, 



684, G85. 

 authorized to use Library of Congress, 733, 



747. 

 Governor of Territory to be one of the, 723, 



725. 

 authorized to purchase City Hall, 475. 

 how they should be selected, Cox, 742; Hoar, 

 736; Maynard, 740; Monroe, 741; Storm, 743. 

 organization of, Barlow, 916, 919. 

 remarks on title of, A. Johnson, 485. 

 no right to draw expenses and mileage as 



