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187. Report for 1863— Continued. 



Plateau, J. Experimental and theoretical researches on the figures of 



eqiiilibi'ium of a liquiil mass withdrawn from the action of gravity. 



Part I. 

 History of discovery relative to magnetism. 

 Gautier, Prof. Researches relative to the nebulse. 

 Merino, St. M. Figure of the earth. 

 Arago, p. ^Eronautic voyages, etc. 

 Glaisher, Jas. Account of balloon ascensions. 

 Baegert, J AC. Aboriginal inhabitants of the California peninsula. 

 Jones, J. M. Kjcekken-mcedding in Nova Scotia. 

 MoRLOT, A. Abstract of Dr. Keller's report on lacustrian settlements. 

 Rau, C. Agricultural implements of the North American stone period. 

 Trowbridge, D. Ancient fort and burial ground in Tompkins county, 



New York. 

 Kelley, O. H. Ancient town in Minnesota. 

 Foster, J. W. Ancient relics in Missouri. 

 Danilsen, a. F. Mound in East Tennessee. • 



Purple dyeing, ancient and modern. 

 Peale, T. R. Method of preserving lepidoptera. 

 FiQANiERRE, M. Account of remarkable accun^iulation of bats. 

 Tables of English and French weights and measures. 

 Table for conversion of centigrade degrees to Fahrenheit's scale. 



188. Aunual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, for the year 1864. 38th Congress, 2d Session. House of Rep- 

 resentatives, Mis. Doc. 1865. 8vo., pp. 450, 50 woodcuts. 



CONTENTS. 



Henry, J. Secretary's report of operations. 



Board of Regents, Proceedings of 



Webb, T. W. Account of Prof. Henry Draper's telescope. 



Leidy, Jos. Review of " Cretaceous reptiles of United States." 



Baird, S. F. Report on publications, exchanges, museum, and explorations. 



List of foreign institutions from which donations to the library have been 



received in exchange. 1860-64. 

 List of meteorological stations and observers. 

 Meteorological material contributed to Smithsonian Institution. 

 Wallach, R. ; Henry', J. Report of Committee of Regents in relation 



to the lire, January, 1865. 

 • Fourier, Jos. Memoir of Delambre. 



Delaunay, M. Essay on the velocity of light. 

 Wetherill, C. M. Ozone and antozone. 

 Ja.min, J. Vegetation and the atmosphere. 

 Becquerel, M. Preservation of copper and iron in salt water. 

 Preservation of Avood. 

 Caoutchouc and gutta percha. 

 ' VonKarolyi; Craig, B. F. Products of the combustion of gun-cotton 



and gun-powder. 

 Pettenkofer, Man. Apparatus for testing the results of perspiration 



and respiration. 

 Lamont, J. The solar eclipse of July 18, 1860. 



