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cations, 405 ; 011 life of Henry at Princeton, 120, 121 ; 

 report of committee of Regents on death of, 75 



Gray, George, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 95 



Gray, Thomas, physical papers by, in Smithsonian 

 Report, 1896, 546 



Grayson, A. J., 337 



Great Britain, facsimiles of national manuscripts of, pre- 

 sented to Smithsonian Library, 297 



Gregory, Rev. George, influence of, on Henry, 119 



Gunnison, J. W., 466 



Guyot, Arnold, meteorological work of, in connection 

 with Smithsonian Institution, 655 ; on Advantages of 

 the Metric System in Scientific Investigation, 544 



Habel, Simeon, bequest of, 237 ; biographical sketch 

 of, 237 ; on the Sculptures of the Santa Lucia Cos- 

 umalwhuapa, 237 



Hague, Arnold, 348 



Haldeman, Stephen S., 163, 164 



Halderman, J. A., 357 



Hale, Edward Everett, on Jewett's catalogue plan, 279 



Hall, Charles F., 357; Expedition aided by Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 595 



Halliwell, J. O., gifts to Smithsonian Library by, 295 



Hallock, William, on Flow of Solids, 554 



Hamilton College equatorial telescope, 601 



Hamilton, James, bequest of, 236 



Hamlin, Hannibal, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 64, 95; on publication of Smithsonian Report, 485 



Hancock, Winfield S-, 360 



Hare, Robert, 141 ; Honorary Member of Smithsonian 

 Institution, 60; gift of physical apparatus by, 617 ; on 

 explosiveness of niter, 612 



Harkness, William, on Progress of Science as Exem- 

 plified in the Art of Weighing and Measuring, 545 



Harvey, Wm. H., on Marine Algte, 703 



Hawes, Geo. W., 347, 352 



Hawley, Gideon, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 62, 



63. 96 



Hayden, F. V., 357, 468 ; collections of, 682 ; surveys 

 under, 182 



Hayes, I. I., 357 : Expedition, aided by Smithsonian 

 Institution, 595 



Hazleton, Gerry Whiting, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 65, 96 



Heck's Bilder-Atlas, 166 



Helmholtz (von), H. L. F., 126; paper on electricity by, 

 reprinted in Smithsonian Report for 1873, 532 



Henderson, John Brooks, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 65, 96 ; resolutions of, on death of Henry Cop- 

 pee, 77 



Hendricks, Thomas Andrews, Regent, Smithsonian 

 Institution, 65, 96 



Henry, Joseph, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 261, 291, 362 ; account of life of, in Princeton, 

 by Asa Gray, 120, 121 ; address of, on The Im- 

 provement of Mechanical Arts, 145; address of, on 

 Thoughts on Education, 146 ; address of, to National 

 Academy of Sciences, 154 ; adds one thousand dol- 

 lars to the Smithson Fund, 236 : an English authority 

 on discoveiies in electro-magnetism of, 137; annual 

 reports of, to Board of Regents of Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 145; application of magnet to the separation 

 of magnetic iron from other substances by, 139 ; ap- 

 pointed Professor of Mathematics in the Albany 

 Academy, 120; approval of theory of evolution by, 

 150; capacity of, for work, 119; changes during life 

 of, 115; circular of, on lightning rods, 532; circu- 

 lar of, relative to earthquakes, 547 ; connection of 

 American science with life of, 115 ; connection of, with 

 invention of the electric telegraph, 525 ; connection of, 

 with mathematical work, 567; construction of electro- 

 magnetic engine by, 128; construction of first elec- 

 tro-magnetic motor by, 138; contributions of, to me- 

 teorology, 130; contributions of, to physics, 522; 

 credit due to, in construction of electro-magnetic 

 telegraph, 133, 134; daily weather map due to, 146; 

 date of birth of, 1 17 ; date ofelection as Secretary 58; 

 date ofelection as Secretary of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 141: discoveries by, in connection with 

 the Ley den jar, 129; discoveries by, on connection 

 of electricity with magnets, 122, 123 ; discovers mag- 

 neto-electric inducticm, 127 ; early childhood of, 117; 

 elected Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Col- 

 lege of New Jersey, 120; election of, as Secretary 

 of Smithsonian Institution, 141 ; eulogy of, on Alex- 

 ander Dallas Bache, 71, 72; experiments of, on illu- 



minantsfor lighthouses, 151 ; extracts from note-books 

 of, on meteorology, 145, 146; father's name, 117; 

 greatness of, shown in philosophical comprehen- 

 sion of Nature, 130; home-life of, 153; import- 

 ance of discoveries of, in electro-magnetism, 123; 

 Investigations relative to Illuminating Material, 

 557; later studies of, in induction, 1 29 ; Lectures on 

 Experimental Philosophy, Astronomy, and Chem- 

 istry, 119; letter of, to Asa Gray on the theory of 

 evolution, 150 ; letter of, to Joseph Patterson, on ex- 

 istence of a Creator, 155; letter of, to Rev. S. B. 

 Dod, on the first actual line of telegraph, 135; liter- 

 ary tastes of, as a boy, 117, 118 ; long term of service, 

 58; marriage of, 121 ; memberof Lighthouse Board, 

 151; memorial service for, 156; mode of testing 

 building materials by, 555; monument to, 156; 

 mother's name, 117; name of, given to the Unit of 

 Inductive Resistance, 126; On Acoustics Applied to 

 Public Buildings, 538 ; on aeronautic machinery, 

 550; on aid rendered by the government to explora- 

 tions by Institution, 478; on correlation of physical, 

 chemical, and vital forces, 147; on desirabihty of 

 forming a government meteorological system, 676; 

 on exchange of Smithsonian publications, 400, 401 ; 

 on expenditure of Smithsonian fund for inter- 

 national exchanges, 406, 407 ; on explorations by 

 Thaddeus Culbertson, 462 ; on Instructions for Me- 

 teorological Observers, 147 ; on Jewett's plan for 

 furnishing catalogues to individual libraries, 277 ; 

 on lightning-rods, 130; on meteorology, 650; on 

 phenomena of light and heat, 130; on physical ob- 

 servatory, 556 ; on publication of Smithsonian Con- 

 tributions to Knowledge, 490 ; on signaling during 

 Civil War, 152; on Smitlisonian Meteorological 

 System, 674; on the theory of the Smithsonian Re- 

 port, 485 ; on transfer of linguistic manuscripts to 

 John W. Powell, 471; on transfer of Smithsonian 

 library to library of Congress, 286, 287; on transfer 

 of Smithsonian meteorological work to Weather 

 Bureau. 677 ; on weather maps, 658 ; on work of bib- 

 liography in Smithsonian Institution, 785 ; on work 

 of tj. S. Fish Commission, 469; opposition of, to use 

 of Smithson Fund for local expenditures, 143 ; orig- 

 inates public fish-culture, 187; oscillating machine of, 

 139; papers of, in Smithsonian Publications, 555; 

 period of experimental work of, 122; plan of, for 

 utilizing power of quantity magnet through agency 

 of intensity magnet, 135; plan of organization pre- 

 sented to Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion by, 142; Port Henry, N. Y., named in honor 

 of, 139; possibilities of the rotary motor as foreseen 

 by, 139 ; President of Philosophical Society of Wash- 

 ington, 153; production of mechanical power by elec- 

 tro-magnetism by, 138 ; professes to be a discoverer, 

 not an inventor, 132; publishes paper in American 

 Journal of Science, 120; refusal of, to engage in 

 controversies on the beginnings of the telegraph, 131; 

 remarks of, before American Association, 145; re- 

 marks of, on services of William W. Seaton, 69, 70; 

 remarks on discovery of transmission of galvanic cur- 

 rent by, 125 : reports of 1850-1851 by, concerning 

 care of government collections, 311, 312 ; reports of, 

 on character of Smithsonian library, 291 ; researches 

 of, on fog-signaling, 151 ; residence of, in Smithsonian 

 building, 261 ; results of the policy of, 143; sacrifice 

 of, in abandoning investigation for administration, 

 144; school-life of, 120; second President of National 

 Academy of Science, 152; sends circular letter to 

 foreign governments on international exchanges, 

 409 ; service of, as first Secretary of tlie Institution, 

 527; similarity of opinions of, with Michael Faraday 

 and J. Clerk Maxwell and H. Hertz, shown by 

 W. H. Preece, 149; special work of, in connection 

 with Smithsonian Institution, 232 ; statement of, in 

 fifth report concerning Baird's qualification for As- 

 sistant Secretary of Smithsonian Institution, 166; 

 statement of, on use of two batteries and two mag- 

 nets, 124; statue of, date of unveiling, 263 ; statue of, 

 in National Library, 156: statue of, in Smithsonian 

 grounds, 263 ; studies in electiicity of, 122; success 

 of, as an administrator, 115 ; syllabus of a course of 

 lectures in physics by, 555; tablet to memory of, 

 121 ; taste for books aroused in, ii8; teacher in Al- 

 bany Academy 122; testimony of, in Supreme Court, 

 132 : tribute of, to Rev. (jeorge Gregory, 119; use by, 

 of the earth for a return circuit, 134; views of, on 

 importance of a National Museum, 313 ; work of, at 



