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INDEX. 



Premiums, Henry, 947, 952. 



resolution of Regents. 941, 942. 

 Preservation of collections, appropriation for, 



625, 654. 

 appropriation, discussion on, 677, 709, 711, 716, 



724,754. 

 President of United States, power of attorney 



to Fladgate, Clarke & Finch, 125. 

 suit to be in name of, 1(3. 

 See Messages. 



Van Buren's request for applications of be- 

 quest, 837. 



Press, the importance of, in diffusing knowl- 

 edge. Henry, 955. 

 of University of Oxford for publication of 



communications and lectures, Rush, > d. 

 Preston, Wm. C., committee of Senate, !<>, _T. 

 bills offered by, 239, 247. 

 resolutions by, 242, 490. 

 remarks by, 141, 143, 1 ;, lfi.1, 242. 

 Price, Hiram, resolution by, 726, 727. 

 Prince, B., resolution by, 672. 

 Printing essays, Owen, 359. 

 Printing essays and lectures, Rush, 851. 

 Prize medals to students, Rush. 

 Prizes for essays on physical aciences, Birdsall, 



248. 



practical subjects, Morse, 431. 

 Professional schools, Wavland, 839. 

 Professor of astronomy, Tappan, 263, 302. 

 . chemistry, Tappan, 2<>3, 302. 

 geology, Tappan. 302. 

 natural history. Tappan, 263, 302. 

 Professors, 893 ; Chapin, 857, 858. 

 action of House on, 463. 

 as wants of science require. Tappan, 263, 302. 

 lectures on law, physic, or divinity excluded, 



Tappan, 263. 



law, medicine, exact sciences, physics, 

 ics, modern languages, English Literature. 

 Ameriean history, American constitutional 

 law, American institutions, civil enpini !- 

 inp, architecture, practical application of 

 science to mechanic art-, <'hapin,857. 

 . pure mathematics, applied mathematics, 

 astronomy, natural philosophy, natural his- 

 tory, science of rearing and taking care of 

 domestic animals and agricultural products, 

 oriental languages, modern languages, phi- 

 lology, criticism, logic, metaphysics, medi- 

 iii", law, homoeopathic materiamedica and 

 practice, Hubbell, 863. 



on application of science to productive and 

 liberal arts of life, improvements in agri- 

 culture, manufactures, trades, and domestic 

 . economy, Owen, 359. 

 See Tappan. 



Professorships, report of organization commit- 

 tee, ;i38; Wayland, MI. 

 Programme of organization of S. I., by Prof. 



Jos. Henry. 944. 

 Programme to be adopted provisionally, Henry, 



949. 



letters relative to, 961. 

 Proposed applications of Smithson's bequest, 



837. 

 Protection of property, digest of act relative to, 



762. 

 Provision for objects not mentioned in act of 



organization, 762. 



Pruyn. J. V. L., appointed Regent, 711. 

 resolution by, 716. 

 remarks by, 713. 



Publications: annual compendium of practi- 

 cal science, Barlow, 910. 

 reports on progress of knowledge, Henry. 9 1.">. 

 reports of progress in knowledge throughout 

 the world, report of organization commit- 

 tee, 934, 937. 

 treatises on subjects of general interest, I 



Henry, 945. 



works in popular form on the sciences, Tap- 

 pan, 305. 



Publications Continued. 

 Smithsonian contributions to knowledge, 



report of organization committee, 931. 

 books for the Mind, (Jiles, 459. 

 prize essays, M.T.--. t.:i. 

 a new edition of \VilUe>' Narrative .~iif>. 

 Barlow, 913; Gray, !(,;: Hem 

 historical documents, Barlow, n-ji. 



apolitie:ii collectanea, Barlow, 9SL 



scientific jnqx-rs from societies and individ- 

 uals, Rush, 851. 

 reports on new discoveries in science, Henry, 



scientific works, Henry, 952. 

 transactions, Duponceau, S'J7. 

 Barlow's schemes :. 

 volume of pi irlow, 920. 



works in popular form on the sciences and on 



the aid they bring to l;il.or, Tapp-r . 

 in brief and popular form on subjects of gen- 



int-Te>t, report of organization com- 



authorized \>y IN^-nN, nil, 912. 



i of House < 

 diMieulties in, rplnun. 



those of other establishments, 

 Henn 

 of Institution, account of, English, .".77; 



i ham, 635. 

 teachers, not for pupils of schools, Heniy, 



to l>e sent free by mail, proposed, B. Henn, 



nation of, in Europe, 586, CIS. 

 nil. > l..r, '.Jl. 



lution of Refconts, 912. 

 - of, Barlow, 



on agriculture, education, Ac., proposed, Km- 

 l-ri' . 



pointed on committee of in- 

 vestigation 

 remarks by. 



declined to .sign report of committee on in- 

 vestigation, 5S9. 



Q, 



Qualifications of Secretary of S. L, report of or- 

 ganization committe. . 



IR,. 

 Ragsdale, B. II., on programme of organization, 



Ramsey, Alex. S., remarks by, 7:51. 



Randal'l, B-nj., eoinmittec ot House, 247. 



Randall, S. J., remarks by, 7 1 1. 



Randall, S. .S., resolutions relative to bequest, 



Kathhitn, Goo., remarks by, 445, 456. 

 tion i'.v, n;r ) . 



of Arkansas, 252. 

 Record of scientific discovery proposed, Barlow, 



rax 



Regents, appointment of, 474, 475, 17S 177, 17>, 



487, 49(1, r-o-_', r,.M-,, 5ir., :,is, -,i;i, :,-_', 



526, :. 

 elected, 85 ;, ."lit, :,-;, .-,_ i, :,:v>, 568, 



648,7:; 



discussion 'of candidates 7:;i. 

 digest of act relative to, 7.")!*. 

 to oe members of National Institute repealed, 



684, 685. 

 authorized to use Library of Congress, 733, 



717. 

 Governor of Territory to bo one of the, 723, 



726. 



authorized to purchase City Hall, 475. 

 how they should be selected, Cox, 742 ; Hoar, 



736; Maynard, 740 : Monroe, 741; Storm, 743. 

 organization of, Barlow, '.il>;, 919. 

 remarks on title of, A. Johnson, 485. 

 no right to draw expenses and mileage as 



