284 ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Reading-room of Smithsonian Institution, periodicals received in, 1853 Q 



Eecalculation of atomic weights. Constants of Nature Part v — F. W. Clarkb. 441 

 Receipts of specimens — See annual reports. 

 Recent — 



improvements in the chemical arts — J. C. Booth; C. Morfit 27 



progress in physics— J. Muller. (R. 1855-1858) 77, 91, 107, 109 



progress in relation to the theory of heat — A. Cazin. (R. 1868) 224 



progress in science, reports on — See Record of recent progress. 



researches on secular variations of planetary orbits — J. N. Stockwell. 



(R. 1871) 249 



Recommendation of Shea's Indian linguistics — G. Gibbs and others. (R. 1861.) 149 



Record of — 



auroras in higher northern latitudes — P. Force 84 



meteorological material preserved in Smithsonian. (R. 1874) 286 



monthly meteorological reports preserved in Smithsonian Institution. 



(R. 1873) 275 



Record of recent progress in science, 1879 and 1880 — 



Anthropology— O. T. Mason. (R. 1880) 442, 432 



Astronomy— E. S. Holden. (R. 1880) 442, 427 



Botany— W. G. Farlow. (R. 1880) 442, 430 



Chemistry— G. F. Barker. (R. 1880) 442, 429 



Geology— G. W. Hawes. (R. 1880) 442, 428 



Mineralogy— G. W. Hawes. (R. 1880) 442, 428 



Physics— G. F. Barker. (R. 1880) 442, 429 



Zoology— T. Gill. (R. 1880) 442,431 



Recording Indian languages, method of — J. 0. Dorset; A. S. Gatschet ; S. 



R. RiGQS. (E. 1879-80) 476 



Records and results of magnetic survey of Pennsylvania — A. D. Bache 166 



Red river of the North, ethnology of Indians of valley of — W. H. Gardner. 



(R. 1870) J 244 



Red river settlement, Hudson's Bay Territory, Indian remains in — D. Gunn. 



(R. 1867) 216 



Reed, H. Lecture on " the Union." (R. 1854) 76 



Refraction of sound— W. B. Taylor. (R. 1875) 298 



Regents of Smithsonian Institution — 



list of, 1846 N 



list of, 1846-1879. {See also each annual report) 329 



memorial of Board of, relative toSmithsonfund. (R. 1850; R. 1866.) 28,214,329 

 memorial of Board of, to Congress asking appropriations for museum. 



(R. 1867) 215, 329 



memorial to Congress in behalf of, relative to new museum building — 



G. Bancroft. (R. 1876) 299,329 



proceedings of Board of. {See also each annual report)-- A, Q, H, I, M, 329 

 proceedings of Board of, on death of Joseph Henry 366 



