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INDEX. 



American Philosophical Society, premium of, 



to Prof. Espy, 160. 

 Ampere, plans of telegraph of, 145. 

 Amphibia, acknowledgment for, from Dr. J. 



G. Fischer, '231. 

 Anatomy, promotion of, by Institution, 107. 

 Anchor line, free freights by, to Washington, 



355. 

 Anderson, Captain, married Mrs. Wynns, 182, 



505. 

 Anderson, John George, executor of Thomas 



Wynns, 77. 

 Anemones, account of, by Lloyd, 331. 

 Angelo, Michael, personification of " Thought" 



by a soldier, 298. 

 Animals, mounted, offered bv Schlagintweit, 



108. 

 Annales de Chimie, purchased, 483. 

 Annuity to Madame de la Batut, 8, 20, 72, 505. 

 Antiquarian Society, American, memoir of I. 



A. Laphatn, received from. 00. 

 Antiquities, promotion of study of, by Institu- 

 tion, 107. 

 Apparatus, resolution for purchase of, 14. 

 Secretary to contract for, 29. 

 appropriation for arrangement of, 43. 

 catalogue of Hare's, to be prepared, 54. 

 experiments with, by Espy, 72. 

 lens and air pump presented by J. R. Priestly, 



155. 

 loss of, by fire, 237. 

 appropriation for, 452. 

 presented by Dr. Hare, 4G4, 407, 478, 483. 

 loaned to Lt. Gilliss, 407, 483. 

 ordered from Prof. Snell, 471. 

 from Huhmkorff, 471. 

 from Paris, 473. 

 from Chamberlain, 474. 



expenditures for, 14, 481, 482, 490, 491, 493, 494, 

 490, 498, 503, 504, 507, 510, 513, 510, 519, 521, 

 525, 528, 531, 534, 538, 543, 540, 549, 553, 550, 

 50(1, 508, 574, 582 724. 

 Apparatus-room, specifications, 658. 

 Appleton & Co., appointed successors of Put- 

 nam, in agency of S. I., 139. 

 Applications for office, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19, 20, 21, 



23, 24, 31, 51. 

 Appropriation, estimate of, for fitting up hall 

 and care of museum, 321. 

 asked from Congress for new heating appa- 

 ratus, 432. 

 by Congress for meteorology, 72. 

 by Congress to pay for damage by fire, sug- 

 gested, 239. 

 bv Congress of $500 for transfer of library, 



"247. 

 by Congress of $10,000 for care of collections, 

 and $10,000 for completion of upper hall, 

 355. 

 by Congress for museum, 528, 531, 535, 539, 

 543, 545, 547, 548, 552, 555, 557, 5G2, 5G8, 575, 

 584. 

 by Congress for improvement of public 



grounds, 702. 

 by Congress for cases, 712. 

 equal division to be made in, between two 

 great branches, 26, 30. 

 Appropriations, 13, 15, 20, 39, 41, 42, 53, 68,73,79, 

 80, 88, 89, 91, 99, 113, 118, 152, 102, 449, 483. 

 and expenditures from the National Treas- 

 ury, 732. 

 estimates to be submitted every year, as 



basis for, 98. 

 to be apportioned specifically, 104, 112, 115. 

 Aquarium, account of, Hamburg, 329, 331. 

 Aquia creek free-stone, Owen's report on, 664. 

 Archaeology, map of, Geo. Gibbs on, 212. 



firomotion of, by Institution, 107. 

 etter from A. Morlot on, 185. 

 letter from F. Troyon on, 185. 

 I. Dillc's account, 200. 

 remains in Missouri and Tennessee, 200. 

 views of Geo. Gibbs, 202. 

 researches in Peru, by Chas B. Wells, 58. 



Arcner, William, presented plans for building,. 

 5. 

 explanation of plans by, 23. 

 asks remuneration for plans furnished, 40, 

 G90. 

 Architect to report on cause of accident to- 

 building, 01. 

 report on specifications of, Gil. 

 allowances to, 597. 

 building for office of, ordered, G71. 

 final accounts of J. Renwick as, 504, 707. 

 Capt. B. S. Alexander appointed, 707. 

 A. Clnss employed as, 241, 713. 

 associated with committee in examination of 



building, 01. 

 expenditures, 4S1, 482, 490, 493, 494, 49G, 498, 

 503, 594. 

 Architects to receive copies of volume of plans, 

 30; invited to send designs and models of 

 buildings, 59. 

 Architecture, payment for Canina's work on, 

 ordered, 94. 

 proposition for encouragement of, by Blr. 



Harmon, 50, 57, 58, 59. 

 publication by Board, of work on, 30, 32, 474, 



59ti, 002, GG8, G71, G70, 091, 093, 094, 097, 901. 

 reference to models of, for Smithsonian 

 building, 051. 

 Arctic expedition of Dr. Kane, aid to, 87. 



of Dr. Hayes, aid to, 103. 

 Arithmetical scales, account of, 327. 

 Arkansas, debt from, assumed by United States 

 and of no interest to the 3. I., 100. 

 Regents requested to unite with other parties 

 to recover debt of, I0G. 

 Army Medical Bluseum, deposit of skulls in, 



425. 

 Arnot, Mr., visited by Building Committee, G. 



explanation of building plans by, 23. 

 Amy, W. F. M., appointed by Illinois State 

 Board of Education to co-operate with S. 

 I., 127. 

 Arroyo, P. F., Mutsun vocabulary, 191, 207. 

 Arroyo, J. Miguel, letter on exchanges, 249. 

 Art, copies of works of, appropriation for pro- 

 curing, 152. 

 school ol, proposed, 125. 

 Art gallery, Institution should be relieved of, 

 220. 



Corcoran, plan of co-operation with, 388, 391. 

 letter of 

 Of, 401. 



W. Corcoran, appointing trustees 



deed of gift and trust, 403. 

 Arthur, John, Jr., witness of will of Thomas 



Wynns, 78. 

 Aspinwall, W. H., thanks to, for free freight, 



123. 

 Assistants, needed by the Secretary, G7. 

 rule relative to correspondence of, 81. 

 duties and powers of, 110. 

 power of Secretary to remove, 110, 113. 

 not to write or receive official letters, except 



under authority of the Secretary, 120. 

 pay of, referred to Executive Committee,. 



and Secretary, 164. 

 Assistant Secretary, B B. French appointed, 3. 

 to be employed, 14. 

 salary of, 27, 108. 

 appointed, 3, 27. 

 C. C. Jewett acceptance, 31. 

 Jewett, duties of, to commence March 19, 



1849, 4G. 

 services to be rendered by, before March, 



1849, 46. 

 committee to be appointed to consider what 



services may be rendered by, 48. 

 compensation of, referred to Executive Com- 

 mittee, 49. 

 to be under direction of special committee 



of the Board, 49. 

 report relative to duty of, 49. 

 report of, presented, 50. 

 to receive full compensation, 54. 

 report by, relative to library, 54. 



