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Academy, Albany, Henry a pupil and teacher at 57, 130, 443 



Academy of Sciences, National, Henry the second president of 330,436,441 



Acoustic refraction by wind suggested by Prof. Q. G. Stokes in 1857, and estab- 

 lished by Henry in 1872 346, 853, 465, 501 



Acoustics, investigations by Henry in 343.464,499 



Act of Congress authorizing a statue to Henry 514 



Actor, Henry's youthful inclination to the career of 55,180,443 



Address by Hon. Samuel S. Cox, of the House of Representatives 99 



Address by Hon. James A. Garfleld, of the House of Representatives, a Regent 91 



Address by Prof. Asa Gray, a Regent 53 



Address by Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, U. S. Senator, (read by the Vice-President). 43 



Address by Prof. William B. Rogers 77 



Address by Gen. William T. Sherman, a Regent 117 



Address by Hon. Robert E. Withers, U. S. Senator, a Regent 49 



Administration of the Smithsonian Institution 274,409,435 



Esthetic tastes and culture of Henry 103, 190, 198, &33, 471 



Albany Academy, Henry a pupil at 57, 130,208,443 



Albany Academy, Henry a teacher at 57,130,211,443 



Albany electro-magnet of 750 pounds made by Henry in 1830 ^ 220 



Albany Institute, Henry active in organizing 130,207 



Albany Institute, Henry's papers before 208,214,444 



Albany Institute, memorial proceedings of, on the death of Joseph Henry 128 



Albany Lyceum, Henry one of the originators of 130,375 



Albany, New York, the birth-place of Henry 7,54,177,427,442 



Alexander, Prof. J. H. experiments by, on illuminating oils for the U. S. Light- 

 House Board 309,422 



Alexander, Prof. Stephen, observations by, with Henry, on comparative heat 



of the solar spots . 269, 448, 502 



Alexander, Prof. Stephen, observations by, with Henry, on determination of 



longitude by meteors 271 



Alexander, Prof. Stephen, observations by, with Henry, on terrestrial mag- 

 netism 258 



Allen, Robin, Secretary of Trinity House, letter from, on the death of Henry 137 



Ampere, discovery by, of the magnetic action of galvanic currents 80,215,478 



Ampere first to suggest the electro-magnetic telegraph 223 



Announcement of the death of Joseph Henry by the Chancellor of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution 7 



Announcement of Memorial Services at the U. S. Capitol, by the executive com- 

 mittee of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 37 



Announcement of the speakers at the Memorial Services, made by the Vice- 

 President 2 



Anthony, Hon. Henry B., resolution reported by, to the Senate to print Memo- 

 rial Volume, also portrait of Henry, for the same 4 



Appointment of speakers for the public commemoration, by the executive com- 

 mittee of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 29 



Appropriation of $15,000 by Congress, for a statue of Henry 514 



Arago the first to magnetize a needle by the galvanic current 213,479 



Archaeological work fostered by the Smithsonian Institution 290 



Architectural adaptation, Henry's views of. 534,434,455 



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