CONTENTS, 
REPORT OF THE REGENTS. 
Letter of the Secretary to Congress communicating report-..-......-..-------.2---- 
Letter of the Chancellor and Secretary submitting report for 1864................-- 
Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian Institution...............--.2222-2------ 
_ Members ex officio and honorary members of the Institution.........--..-.-..----- 
Propransic otirennivation 2222 isseeu st 2). IT ee 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, Prof. HENRY, for 1863....-......-...---.-------- 
Appendix to the report of the Secretary : 
Draper’s telescope, by the Rev. T. W. Webb, A. M., F. R. A. S....-... 
Brief review of a memoir on the cretaceous reptiles of the United States, 
published in the fourteenth volume of the Smithsonian Contributions to 
Knowledge, by the author, Joseph Leidy, M. D....---..------..--.-- 
REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, Prof. BAIRD..........--.------------ 
Statisties of international exchange... .-. 2-222. S22. e222 oot tlle 
Wonuons to, the muscunmimMSO# 2). see eso e ee Cones a ee aoe 
Donations to the library from foreign institutions during the years 1860-4. 
Donations to the library from individuals of foreign countries during the 
Wears OOU— A. 1... socs ce cectae ees Cee Coreen ete iene eee eens 
LIST OF METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS AND OBSERVERS OF THE SMITHSONIAN IN- 
SECUURIONT ROW UTHE” VEait~ 164 “eee tc, ee oe a am ee Oe at ee a 
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. .....----. ------0eeeeeee econ eens ceee 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS.......--..--c00 -eceee 
GENERAL APPENDIX. 
MEMOIR) OF DELAMBRE, -by. JOSEPH. FOURIER ...<. << -222 5-5-6252 sosssc2.2--- 
Essay ON THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT, by M. DELAUNAY...-.-.....--..--------- 
OZONE AND ANTOZONE, by CHARLES M. WETHERILL, Ph. D., M. D.-..--------- 
VEGETATION AND THE ATMOSPHERE, by J. JAMIN.-.----.----.---------------- 
EXTRACT OF A MEMOIR ON THE PRESERVATION OF COPPER AND IRON IN SALT 
NVATER MDM a DRCQUPBRIL .\25-—isace a ceniseaas hme Os ees coe am seep epee = 
PRESERVATION OF W OOD «..--2---- FAB se. hc sinc ac ee Sree MEU 
CAOWECHOUC AND GUTTA*P PERCH Age 2c a ee ete o omits Heb oa alos etelcie eraiaiajo-ninrata ays oie 
THE PRODUCTS OF THE COMBUSTION OF GUN-COTTON AND GUNPOWDER UNDER 
CIRCUMSTANCES ANALOGOUS TO THOSE WHICH OCCUR IN PRACTICE, by Lieu- 
Tent ViONGRAROLVI = scl one aceasta = Sl a Seals eae rae Sealare/e elela ties leimimnia 
DESCRIPTION OF APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE RESULTS OF PERSPIRATION AND 
RESPIRATION IN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT MUNICH, by Prof. Max 
IPE TEE NKORNE) cos ose) acs oo < cas cee sine sae oa ote cia ele eine atalelst catetelal=' ate stot alatatatintelats 
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF JULY 18, 1860, by Dr. J. LAMONT-~......-------------- 
REPORT ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF PHYSICS AND NATURAL 
HISTORY OF GENEVA, 1861, by Rev. M. DuBy, president...-..-.-------------- 
ON THE CRANIA HELVETICA, by FREDERICK TROYON.........---------------- 
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