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INDEX. 



Meteorological instruments — Continued. 

 lost in fire, 238. 

 sent to California, Bent's Fort, and Santa Fe, 



465, 406. 

 sent to missionary stations around I alee Su- 

 perior, 471. 

 sent by Major Stansbury to Rocky mount- 

 ains, 473. 

 standards ordered fiem London, 473. 

 to be purchased for Lnited States army sta- 

 tions, 470. 

 twenty-five sets of, purchased by State of 



New York, 476. 

 used in Canada, 260. 

 Meteorological observations, appropriation for 

 instruments, &c, for, 43. 

 in Hudson's bay Territory, 1G5. 

 resolutions of Illinois State Board of Educa- 

 tion on, 126. 

 Meteorological system, 470, 473, 476. 

 of Canada, account of, 260. 

 of New York arranged by Profs. Henry and 

 Guyot, 471). 

 Meteorologist, United States, J. P. Espy ap- 

 pointed, 464. 

 Meteorology, expenditures for, 401, 493, 405, 406, 

 498,504,508,511, 514, 516, 519, 521, 525, 528, 

 531, 534, 538, 543, 546, 540, 553, 556, 560, 508, 

 574,582,721. 

 account of system of, 404, 400. 

 co-operation of Department of Agriculture 



in, discontinued, 386. 

 co-operation of telegraph company in, 195. 

 J. P. Espy's service in, 159. 

 promotion of, by S. I., 107. 

 Metrical system of Geo. H. Knight, 324. 

 Metropolitan Mechanics' Institute, models, 



&C, loaned to, 95. 

 Mettenius, G , thanks for ferns, 211. 

 Mexican Gulf Steamship Company, thanks to, 



for free freight, 123. 

 Mexican languages, 206, 207. 

 Mexican minister, aid of, to Xantus' explora- 

 tions, 213. 

 Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics 



on exchanges, 186, 249. 

 Mexico, account of meteorites in, 251. 

 Miani, exploration of river Nile, 251. 

 Milan Agricultural Association on exchanges, 



225. 



Military Academy at West Point, history of, 



267. 

 Miller, Wm. Allen, examination of Prof. Henry 



. by, 775. 

 Mills, Robert, furnished plans for building, 4. 



explanation of plans by, 23. 



engaged as superintendent of building, 597. 



letter of, 670. 

 Mineral ogical collection transferred from Land 



Office, 563. 

 Minerals, F. Markoe's offer to deposit and sell, 



62. 



collection of, offered for sale, 212. 



list of, how to be prepared, by C. A. Shepard, 



187. 

 of Costa Rica presented, 334. 

 to be sent by mail to Secretary of the In- 

 terior, 389. 

 Mines in Victoria, maps and plans of, 251. 

 Minnesota Historical Society, payment by, 500. 

 Minot's ledge light-house, account of, 292. 

 Miscellaneous Collections, expenditures for, 

 519,521,525,528,531, 534, 538, 543, 546, 549, 

 553, 556, 560, 567, 574, 582, 724. 

 Missouri, archaeological remains in, 200. 



bonds, $30,000 to be bought, 128. 

 Mitchell, Miss Maria, $50 awarded to, for paper 

 on comet, discovered by her in 1847, 409, 

 474. 

 Mitchell, O. M., asks for aid in making a cata- 

 logue of stars, 477. 

 Models, casts of, &c, loaned to Mechanics' In- 

 stitute of Washington, 95. 

 of buildings to be received, 59. 



Molina, L., letter commending Dr. Berendt, 



257, 258. 

 Molina's Mexican dictionary, 191. 

 Moll, electro-magnet of, 145. 

 Monument to Smithson, proposition to furnish 



designs for, 70. 

 Moore, G. II., opinion of value of Shea's lin- 

 guistics, 100, 207. 

 Morgan, L. II., on archaeological map, 202, 205. 

 Morlot, A., letter from, on archaeology, 185. 

 Morris, J. Cheston, memorial by, on Lowe's 



plan to cross the Atlantic, 107. 

 Morse, S. F. B., communication relative to 

 charges of, against Prof. Henry, 132. 

 charges of, disproved, 150. 

 communication from, received, 152. 

 extension of patent favored by Prof. Henry, 



149. 

 has not refuted statement of Prof. Henry, 



150. 

 interviews with Prof. Henry, 144. 

 letters from, to Prof. Henry, 113, 144. 

 payment to L. D. Gale of $15,000, 146. 

 testimony of, could not invalidate that of 

 Prof. Henry, 141. 

 Morton, S. J., recommending appropriation to 



S. F. Laird, 463. 

 Mosque of St. Sophia, portfolio of engravings 



to illustrate, presented by Sultan, 127. 

 Motto for publications from manuscript of 



Smithson, 465. 

 Moulds, S. I. to procure and sell casts of, to 



academies of art, 98. 

 Mounds, exploration of, 476. 

 Mountain, Mr., visited by Building Committee, 



6. 

 Mountain measurements, Guyot on, 19G. 

 Mount Guyot, observations on height of, 195. 

 Mueller, Ferd., letter from, acknowledging re- 

 ceipt of publications, 160. 

 Muller, Baron, manuscript translation of me- 

 moir by, on origin ot human race, 127. 

 Mummy from Dr. Reid, Patagonia, 201. 

 Musee Fraucais, copper-plates of, offered, 95. 

 Musee Royal, copper-plates of, offered, 95. 

 Museum, Agassiz's remarks on, 220. 

 and library, resolution requiring equal dis- 

 tribution of income between active opera- 

 tions and, repealed, 112. 

 appropriations by Congress for, 514, 517, 520, 



522, 526, 736. 

 appropriations for fitting up, 563. 

 arrangement of accounts of, 426. 

 assistants required in, 67. 

 assistant in charge of, salaiy of, 108. 

 committee appointed to ask lor appropria- 

 tion for care of, and fitting up of hall for, 

 320. 

 committee appointed to report on, 430. 

 conditions of presentation of specimens to, 



414. 

 contributions for, asked, 13. 

 estimate for fitting up hall and care of, 321. 

 expenditures for, 401, 403, 495, 406, 408, 504, 

 508,511,514,517, 510, 521, 525, 528, 531, 534, 

 538, 513, 540, 553, 556, 561, 568, 570, 574, 575, 

 5S3, 5S4, 724. 

 expenses of, to be reported, 353. 

 expense of, to S. I., 544. 

 great hall devoted to, 320, 321. 

 great object of, 100. 



independent maintenance desired, 323. 

 memorial to Congress relative to, 322. 

 propriety of severing from S. L, Agassiz on, 



318. 

 report of L. Agassiz for committee on, 233. 

 report of committee on, 430. 

 report on accounts of, 427. 

 should be supported by Government, 220. 

 S. I. should be relieved of, 220. 

 Museum of Athens, Greece, exchanges with, 

 332. 

 of Bern, requests a bison, 255. 

 of Christiania, account of, 199. 



