Index 



855 



Special Bulletins, of the National Museum, 366 

 Special Publications of Siiiitlisonian Institution, 496 

 Species, named for military heroes, 181 

 Specimens, distribution of, in first twenty years by In- 

 stitution, 321 

 Spcctro-bolometer, di;scription of working of, 439, 441 

 Spectrum, as known to Sir Isaac Newton, 441 ; increase 



of knowledge of, by use of bolometer, 441 

 Spencer, Jolin C, Secretary of Treasury, 47 

 Spofford, A. R., report of, on J. H. Lefroy collection in 

 Smithsonian Library, 297 ; on Smithsonian Library, 

 293, 294 ; remarks of, on international exchanges, 

 407 ; report of, to Congress on necessity for new li- 

 brary building, 827 

 Sijuier, E. G., on anlitiuities of New York, 4'>2 

 Squier, K. G., and l>avis, E. H., 474; on Ancient 



Monuments of Mississippi Valley, 398, 461 

 .Stansbury, Howard, expeditions of, iSo 

 Stanton, Benjamin, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 



65, 109, 26^ 

 Star-maps, ciiculalion of, by the Institution, 591 

 Stearns, Robert E. C, 343 

 Steinheil, C. A., credit given to, in the use of the earth 



for a return circuit, 134, 135 

 Slcjneger, Lconhard, 470; characterization of Bair- 

 dian School of Ornithofiigy, 170; on I )cpartnieiit of 

 Reptiles and Batrachians, National .Museum, 341 

 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, Regent, Smithsonian 



Institution, 64, 109 

 Stevens, I. I., 466 

 Stevens, John M., 361 



Stevenson, Adlai Rwing, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 109 

 Stevenson, James, 386, 388 



Stevenson, John White, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, log 

 Stevenson, NIrs. James, 370, 386 



Stimpson, William, 342; work on zoological collec- 

 tions, 721 

 Stokes, Sir Geo. G., on the Luminiferous Ether, 537 

 Stone, Ormond, work done by, on comet-oibits, 589 

 Stoney, G. M., 357 



Storm-warning, development of, by Institution, 660 

 " Stourbridge Lion," 362 

 Stroud, Mary, 352 

 Stuart, David, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 



no 

 Sturgeon, William, 122; construction of first rotary motor 

 by, 138 ; estimate of, on discoveries of Henry, 124; 

 gives priority to Henrj' in construction of electro- 

 magnetic engines, 138; power of quantity magnet 

 of, 125 

 Sumichrast, K., 337 

 Sun, effects of the, on life, 429; determination ol power 



of light and heat of, by Langley, 233 

 Supreme Court, case of Morse vs. O'Reilly in, 132 

 Surveys, government, collections made by, aided by 

 Smithsonian Institution, 314: West of tlie One Hun- 

 dredth Meridian, aid of Institution to, 599 

 Swan, James G., 355, 357; on Indians of the North- 

 west coast, 763 

 SystcmsofConsanguinity and the Affinity of the Human 



Family, by Lewis H. Morgan, 390 



Tables of Weights and Measures, 544 



Tablets erected in memory of Sniithson, 22 



Taney, Roger Brooke, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 62, 64, no 



Tapir, Baird's, 193 



Tappan, Benjamin, 248; defeats aspiration of National 

 Institute, 56; presents bill for Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 50; views of, on formation of library, 260, 269 



Tassin, Wirt, on Department of Minerals, National 

 Museum, 351, 352 



Taunt, E. H., 358 



Taylor, Ezra B., Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 

 no 



Taylor, F. W. , work in Smithsonian chemical labora- 

 tory, 620; last official chemist to the Institution, 620 



Taylor, Wm. B., description by, of researches carried 

 on by Henry at Princeton, 129 ; Historical Sketch of 

 Henry's Relation to the Telegraph by, 559 ; Kinetic 

 Theories of Gravitation by, 554; on Nature and Ori- 

 gin of Force. 554; paperon acoustics by, 538; remarks 

 on importance of the intensity magnet by, 124 



Taylor, Zachary, Chairman of first meeting of the Es- 

 tablishment, 60 



Telegraph, connection of Henry with the invention of, 

 525; form of, used by Henry, 133; history of the 

 invention of, 531 



Telegraph, electro-magnetic, first use of, 133; credit 

 due to Henry in construction of, 134 



Telephone, discovery of, announcement of, 153 



Temperature Tables, 668 



Thaw, William, 213; maintained observatory at Pitts- 

 burg, 422 



Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium, by C. F. Gauss, 

 translation aided by the Institution, 591 



Thomas, Cyrus, 370: on Indian hieroglyphics, 383 



Thomas, G H., on the Mountain Sheep, 181 



Thomson, Sir William, 148, 240 



Thomson, Wm. M., 358 



Thomp'-on, S. P., on Kocnig's researches on The Phy- 

 sical Basis of Musical Harmony and Timbre, 543 



Time Service, income from, gives means for original 

 research, 213 



Time signals, first use of, in America, 212 ; service of, 

 in Great Britain, 212 



Tisdell, W. P., 358 



Todd, D. P., on ancient eclipses, 574 



Torrey, John, 163; on botany of California, 4'''2 



Totten, Joseph Gilbert, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 62, 65, no, 254 



Tower Menagerie, origin of, 444 



Towers, John Thomas, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, III 



Transits, American Method of observing, 529 



Tree, Lambert, 410 



Trenchard, S. D., 360 



Triboaillct, Victor, de St. Amand, 133 



Trumbull, John, 360 



Trumbull, Lyman, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 65, III • I • 



Tubingen, University of, gift from, to Institution Li- 

 brary, 296 



Tunzelmann, G. W. de, account of H. Hertz's re- 

 searches in Smithsonian Report, 1889 by, 532 



Turner, Lucien RL, 358; explorations of, 182 



Turner, William W., plan of, for Indian linguistic col- 

 lections, 379 



Tyler, John, President, endorses National Institute, 46 



Tyndall, John, on Radiation, 534 



United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, work 

 of Institution in connection with. 715 



United States Coast and Cleodetic Survey, research 

 in terrestrial magnetism, 566 



United States Exploring Expedition, collections de- 

 posited in National Institute, 306; complications in 

 the control of the collections of, 308, 309 : suggestion 

 relative to, report of, 496 ; transfer of collections of, 

 to Smithsonian Institution, 317 



United States Fish Commission, establishment of, 325; 

 explorations of, connection of Institution with, 469; 

 summer stations of, 186 



United States Geographical and Geological Survey of 

 the Rocky Mountain Region, 367 



United States Geological Survey aided by Smithsonian 

 Institution, 565 : first Director of, 369 ; formation of, 

 717 : union of four bureaus in, 369 



United States Lighthouse Board, Henry's researches 

 in sound in connection with, 540 



United States National Museum. See National Mu- 

 seum . 



United States Naval (Observatory, help obtained from 

 Smithsonian Institution, 564 



United States Weather Bureau aided by Smithsonian 

 Institution, 565: formation of, 676: receives the 

 manuscripts relating to meteorology, 29S 



Vail, Aaron, sends information of the Smithson be- 

 quest, 25 



Van Braam, M., 360 



Van Buren, Martin, President, message of, concerning 

 Smithson legacv, 31 



Van Geersdale, Father J., on the Infra-red Spectrum 

 and Bolometer, 219 



Van Vliet, Stewart, 181 



Vasey, George, 350 



Vattem.are, Alexander, originates system ol interna- 

 tional exchauc'-s of books, 55 ; result of eflorts of, in 

 exchanges with French Government, 408; system 

 of exchanges by, 398 



Vatterville, Baron de, 410 



