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INDEX. 



Dickinson, Henry Louis, brother of Smithson, I. 

 Will of, 18. 



Diffusion of knowledge, how to promote, Henry, 



945. 

 plans for, Witte, G17. 



Digest of act of Congress establishing S. I., 758. 



Disbursements, digest of act relative to, TOO. 



Discoverers of scientific principles "born, not 

 made," Henry, 954. 



Discoveries in science to be exhibited to Con- 

 gress, Henry, 948. 



Discovery of new truths, great object of Smith- 

 son, 215. 



Distribution of collections, debate on appropri- 

 ation for, 654, 656. 



Distribution of duplicates, appropriation for, 

 7~>1 



Distribution of fruits' plants, seeds, and vege- 

 tables to every part of the Union, Tappan, 

 263, 302 ; Owen, 



District of Columbia, the United States as parent 

 palricc, 130, llo. 141. 



Divinity, study of, in S. I., objected to, Wayland, 

 839. 



Dix, John A., committee of Senate, 352. 



Dixon. James, remarks by, C73, 674. 

 resolution by, 117:5. 



Documentary history, Barlow, 92 



Documents, fifty copies of, for exchanges or- 

 dered, 707. 710. 

 exchange of, with foreign nations. 



Dodge, Augustus C., resolution! of, 623. 



Donnan, Wm. G.. resolutions by, 745, 7-tr,, 717. 



Douglas. S. A., resolutions by, 468, 64 1 .'. 

 remarks by,55<>, 

 appointed Regent, 524, 



Drummond, Chas., no opposition by, to claim of 



United States, 57. 

 award to, 63. 



aa executor of Smith-on, recommends con- 

 sideration of Do hi Batut's claim, 32. 



Drummonds, Messrs., bankers, executors of 



Smithsou, 1, .",. 

 no reposition from, to suit, 20. 



Dukeol Northumberland, i. 



Duke of Somerset, 1. 



Duplicate specimens to be exchanged, Tappan, 

 302. 



Duponceau, Peter S., application of the bequest, 

 895. 



Duties of Government in reference to instruc- 

 tion, Barlow, 910. 



Dwelling houses for officers and professors, 

 Tappan, 2G3, 302 ; Owen, 355. 



IE. 



Earth, experiments to determine weight of, 



Henry, 94C. 



East Tennessee University, Knoxville, on pro- 

 gramme of organization, 990. 

 Ecclesiastical establishment, Adams, 844, 845. 

 Editorial bureau, Barlow, 91<>, njn. 

 Education, Adams, -jns, _'[_', 441, 844; American 



Academy, 965 ; Barlow, 910 ; Chapin, 857 ; 



Cooper, 838; Darlington, 902; Dup<>iu'ra<i. 



898; Embree, 490; Henry, 947; Memorial of 



Illinois Educational Convention, 648; Rhode. 



Island Historical Society, 934; Robl. 



Rush, 855 ; Stantqn, 403 ; Wayland, 839. 

 report of organization committee, 936. 

 Germany and France models in, 861. 

 history of ? 872. 

 Elliott, David, on programme of organization, 



984. 



Ellsworth, Henry, memorial of, 262. 

 Embree, Elisha, resolution by, 489. 

 Empiricism in science, Marsh, 426, 428. 

 Engineering, Silliman, 963; Wayland, 840. 

 English Government abandoned all claim to 



Smilhson bequest, 20. 

 English literature, Chapin, 858. 

 English, W. H., resolutions by, 534, 5G8, 628, 650, 



652. 



English. W. U.Conti,i 

 remarks by, 568, 5G;>, :,~\. 

 appointed Regent, 526, 649, 650, 672. 

 Ephcmeris of astronomical observations. 



Adams, 847. 



Ephemeris of Neptune, Martin, 979. 

 Equity maxim, Rush. :'..">. 

 Escheats, law of, no claim made by British Gov- 



ernment under, -.'I. 

 Espy, J. P., appropriation for, 

 letter from, on meteorology, 633. 

 meteorological reductions, 530. 

 Establishment, The, ot' the Smithsonian Insti- 



tution, digest of act relative to, 758. 

 Estabrook, Jos., on programme of organization, 



990. 

 Estimate of cost of astronomical observatory,. 



288. 



Estimation of S. I. in Europe 586, 618. 

 Ethico-Political science, McMastcr, 979. 

 Ethnological collection-. 

 Ethnological researches. Henry, 940. 

 Ethiv fork, 966. 



Evans. Geo. S., remarks by, _M:J. 

 resolution I 

 bill oil 



resignation of, as Regent, 477. 

 Everett, Edw., on programme of organization, 



970. 



Evidences of Christianity, Elli<>- 

 Ewcll, Benj. S., on programme of organization, 



Ewing, E. II., remarks by. 



Ewing, Thos., proposals for State stocks, 290, 



,-93. 

 bill, 508. 

 resolution 1 

 Exchange of documents with foreign nations, 



10,716. 

 Exchange of duplicato-specimens, Tappan, 263 ; 



Owen, 358. 

 Exchange, S. I., packages marked to pass free 



in th. -mail 



Exchanges, account of, Chandler, 647 ; Amer. 

 Acad. tiil'.i; Ib-nr. . 



Exchanges or publications, n 

 Executive Committee, digest of act rel 

 7GO. 



Exhibitions at tin- Institution, 6 



Expediency of I'mt^l States becoming suitor 



in England, 



Expenses of National Museum in 1868, 717. 

 Expenses of recovery of Smithson bequ< -t, 



Mr. Rush's account, 1 1:;. 

 Experimental researchee not the most import- 



ant, Mar-!., 42;. 

 Experiments as to lighting, heating, and venti- 



lating buildings, Tap pan, :v u. 

 Experiments in agriculture and horticulture, 



Tappan, I 

 Experiments on new fruits, plants, and vegeta- 



bles, Tappan, :502. 

 Experiments on new modes of culture, nc\r 



fruits, plants, and vegetables, Owen, 358. 

 Explanation of programme of organization, 



Henry, 948. 

 Explorations in natural history, geological, 



rrtagnetical, and topographical surveys, 



Henry, 945. 

 Exploring expedition, duplicates to be distrib- 



uted,' ;:,!. 

 in charge of Library Committee of Congress 



to 1854, 625. 



value of collections, debate on, 654, 667. 

 collections, appropriation for, 525. 

 appropriation for plates, &c., of, 681. 

 collections of, to be transferred to Patent Of- 



fice, 5-J5, 5:)i,r.:55. 



American Academy, 969 ; Poinsett, 899. 

 plates and engravings to be transferred to* 



S. I., 519 ; set of, given to S.I., 682. 

 Exploring expeditions, account of, 740. 

 Explosions of steam boilers, investigation ii* 



regard to, Henry, 955. 



relative to. 



