186 ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Ferns, acknowledgment for — G. Mettenius. (R. 1862) 150 



Ferrel, W. Converging series expressing ratio between diameter and cir- 

 cumference of a circle 233 



Ferrel, W. Reply to the criticisms of Dr. J. Hann. (R. 1877) 323, 398 



Ferrel, "W., theories of, as to relation between difference of pressure and velocity 



of wind-.T. Hann. (R. 1877) , 323, 398 



Fever — 



a study in morbid and normal physiology — H. C. Wood 357 



researches on— H. C. Wood. (R. 1878) 341 



study of the nature and mechanism of. Toner lecture No. iv — H. C. 



. Wood _— 282 



JFevers, surgical complications and sequels of. Toner lecture No. v — W. W. 



Keen 300 



FiALHO, A. Biographical sketch of Dom Pedro II. (R. 1876) 299 



Figanierre, M. Account of remarkable accumulation of bats. (R. 1863) 187 



Figure of the earth— St. M. Merino. (R. 1863) 187 



Figures of equilibrium of a liquid mass withdrawn from the action of gravity — 

 See Plateau. 



Figures, series of, for labels 164 



Filices of Kerguelen Island — A. Gray 294 



Finances of the Institution, 1846-1877 329 



Finch, Fladgate, and Clarke. Residuary legacy of Smithson. (R. 1861.) 149,328 



FiNCK, H. Antiquities in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. (R. 1870) 244 



Fire at Smithsonian, January, 1865, report of Committee of Regents relative 



* to— R. Wallacu ; J. Henry. (R. 1864) 188 



Fire, Indian mode of obtaining— G. Crook. (R. 1871) 249 



Fire-alarm telegraph, American, lecture on — W. F. Channing. (R. 1854) ..__ 75 



Fire ball, meteoric, orbit and phenomena of — J. II. Coffin 221 



Fire-proofing buildings, architecture in relation to — D. B. Reid. (R. 1856) — 91 



First decade of United States Fish Commission— G. B. Goode. (R. 1880) 442 



Fischer, F. Scientific labors of Edward Lartet. (R. 1872) 271 



Fish Commission — 



account of work of— S. F. Baird. (R. 1880) 442 



catalogue of exhibit of, at Centennial, 1876 — G. B. Goode 326 



directory of oflBcers and employes of 466 



exhibit by, at Berlin Fisheries Exhibition— G. B. Goode 413 



experiments on animal heat in fishes, made in connection with — J. H. 



Kidder. (P. 1879) 333 



first decade of— G. B. Goode. (R. 1880) 442 



list of marine invertebrata from New England coast distributed by — 



A. E. Verrill ; R. Rathbun. (P. 1879) 333 



mollusca collected by— A. E. Verrill. (P. 1880) 425 



notice of Crustacea dredged by, off south coast of New England — S. I. 



Smith. (P. 1880) 425 



