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Index 



Vaughan, Samuel, 360 



Vertebrate paleontology, Smithsonian publications on, 



686 

 Vertebrates, Smithsonian collection of, described by 



Baird in 1856, 320 

 Virginia Cousins, by G. Brown Goode, tos 

 Volk, Leonard W., 361 



Volta Bureau, founding of, by A. G. Bell, 241 

 Volta Prize received by A. G. Bell, 240 



Wade, Benjamin Franklin, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 65, III 



Waite, Morrison Renwick, Regent and Chancellor, 

 Smithsonian Institution, 65, in ; addressof, at unveil- 

 ing of Henry statue, 263 ; resolutions of Regents 

 on death of, 74 



Walcott, Charles D., 353 ; on Cambrian and pre-Cam- 

 brian Faunae, 683 



Walker, Robert J., Senator, 47; director of National 

 Institute, 46; promotes interests of National Insti- 

 tute, 41 



Walker, Sears C, observation of, on orbit of Neptune, 

 579; tabulation of Leverrier co-efficients in perturba- 

 tions of planets by, 592; work on longitude by, 596 



Wallach, Richard, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 

 112, 261 



Ward, Lester F., 351 



Warner, Hiram, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 112 



Warren, G. K., 467 



Washington, George, 359, 360 



Watkins, J. E., on Sections of Transportation, Engi- 

 neering, Naval Architecture, and Physical Appa- 

 ratus in National Museum, 361, 362 



Watson, Sereno, botanical work of, for Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 700 



Watt, James, 361 



Wayland, Francis, suggestion of, on organization of 

 Smithsonian Institution, 32 



Weather map, description of, in Smithsonian Report, 

 658 ; issued by Smithsonian Institution, 568 



Weber, William E. , 133 



Weinbeck, L., work of, on lunar photography, 577 



Weller, J. B., 4C6 



Welling, James Clarke, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 112; remarks of Henry Coppee on resolu- 

 tion by, 76; remarks of, on election of Henry as 

 Secretary of Smithsonian Institution, 141; tribute to 

 memory of, by Secretary Langley, 77 



Wenham, F. H., on aerial locomotion, 551 



Wesley & Son, London agency for Smithsonian ex- 

 changes, 404 



Wetherill, Charles M., work in Smithsonian chemical 

 laboratory by, 617 



Wheatstone, Sir Charles, claims of, in electric discov- 

 eries visited by Henry and A. D. Bache, 1 36 ; admits 

 priority of Henry in discoveries concerning electro- 

 magnets, 137; the first to bring the telegraph into 

 commercial use, 136 



Wheeler, George M., 358 ; survey under, 182 



Wheeler, Joseph, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 112 



Wheeler, William Almon, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 63, J 13 



Whipple, A. W., 358, 466 



White, Andrew Dickson, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 113 



Whitney, J. D., 465 



Whittlesey, Charles, on Glacial Drift, 633 ; on Fluctu- 

 ations of Level in North American Lakes, 548, 633 



Wildman, Rouncevelle, 358 



Wilkes, Charles, 306; Exploring Expedition, 180, 350, 

 358 ; gatlierings of, form nucleus of National Mu- 

 seum, 183 



Williams, George H., 348 



Williams, Talcott, 358 



Williamson, S. R., 466 



Williston, S. W., 345 



Wilmot, David, committee on final organization of 

 Smithsonian Institution, 51 



Wilsing, J., on Density of the Earth, 554 



Wilson, Henry, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 113 



Wilson, Thomas, on Department of Prehistoric Anthro- 

 pology, National Museum, 354 



Wilson, William Lyne, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 66, 113 



Wind, on Internal Work of, by Langley, 224 



Winlock, Joseph, 202 



Winthrop, John, meteorological observer, 647 



Withers, Robert Enoch, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 114 



Woodbury, Levi, Senator, Second President of Na- 

 tional Institution, 38 ; favors National Institute re- 

 ceiving Smithsonian trust, 46 ; remarks on charter 

 of National Institute, 43 



Woods Hole, marine biological laboratory at, 187 



Woodward, R. S., on Mathematical Theories of the 

 Earth, 550 



Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 64, 114 



Word, H. C, Jr., on Fresh-water Algse, 704 



Wright, Charles, works of, in botany for Smithsonian 

 Institution, 699 



Wurtz, Henry, lectures on gunpowder by, 618 



Zirkel, Ferdinand, 347 



Zoological collections, origin of, 443 



Zoological Garden, advantages of a, 448 ; of Cincin- 

 nati, 445 ; of Europe surpass those of New World, 

 444; of Philadelphia, 445; of United States, recent 

 origin of, 444. See National Zoological Park. 



Zoological Park of New York City, 458 



Zoology, collections in, for the Smithsonian Institution, 

 from governmentexplorations, 71? ; collections in, for 

 the Smithsonian Institution from railroad surveys, 

 713 ; publications on, by Institution, 722 



