Index 



845 



Buchanan, Senator James, views of, on distribution of 

 Smithson Fund, 268 



Bulletin of the National Museum, 366, 499 



Bunsen, Robert, 421 



Bureau of American Ethnology, 470 ; Bibliography of 

 Indian Languages by, 380; Bulletins of, 380; classifi- 

 cation of work of, 375 ; collections transferred to Na- 

 tional Museum by, 394; Contributions of, 380; Gil- 

 man on evolution of, 812 ; manuscript collections of, 

 395 ; methods of research of, 371 ; origin of, 369, 471 ; 

 primary plan of, 371 ; publications of, 395, 499 



Bureau of Astronomical Telegraphy transferred to 

 Harvard University, 601 



Burgess, Edward, 345 



Burt, Charles, makes a bust of Smithson, 17 



Busch, A. L., daguerreotypes solar eclipse of 1851, 



Butterworth, Benjamin, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 84 



Calhoun, Senator John C., antagonizes acceptance of 

 the Smithson bequest, 26 



Campbell, R. D., 466 



Cannon, Joseph G., 425 



Caoutchouc and Gutta Percha, paper on, in Smithso- 

 nian Report for 1864, 556 



Carpenter, William B., on the Application of the 

 Principle of the Conservation of Force to Physiol- 

 ogy. 148 



Casa Grande, ruins of, 384 



Cass, Lewis, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 85 



Cassin, John, 163, 169 



Cataloguing scientific literature, influence of Institu- 

 tion in work of, 818 



Catalogue, plan for a general, by C. C. Jewett, 787 



Catlin Gallery purchased by Institution, 766 



Cavendish, H., intimate friend of Smithson, n, 15 



Cayley, Sir George, 225 



Cazin, A., on Recent Progress in Relation to the The- 

 ory of Heat, 534 



Centennial Exhibition of 1876, effect of, on National 

 Museum, 325 



Ceramics, Indian, results of study of Smithsonian col- 

 lections of, 769 



Chace, George J., on Chemistry applied to the Arts, 

 615 



Challenger, H. M. S., 186 



Chamberlain, L. T., Rev. and Mrs., 343 



Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution, 61 



Chandler, S. C., cipher-code for astronomical tele- 

 grams, 600 



Chanler, Wm. Astor, 346 



Channing, F. W., lecture on the Fire Alarm Telegraph 



by. 53 



Chanute, Octave, 224 ; on the contributions of Langley 

 to Aerodynamics, 225-226 



Chapin, Stephen, President of Columbian University, 

 suggestion of, as to organization of Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 32 



Chaplain, J. C., 245 



Charlton, Robert Milledge, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 64, 85 



Chase, Salmon Portland, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 65, 85 



Chatelain, Heli, 356 



Chauvenet, William, 202 



Chemical papers in Smithsonian Reports, list of, 628- 

 630 



Chemistry, lectures on, at Smithsonian Institution, 615 



Chester, H. C-, assists on Smithsonian exhibits at Cen- 

 tennial Exhibition, 326 



Choate, Rufus, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 47, 

 62, 64, 85, 248; advocates formation of library, 266; 

 influence of, in final organization of Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 56 : presents bill for public library in Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 50; promotes library and biblio- 

 graphical work, 78 ; recommends appropriation by 

 Congress for National Institute, 46; secures adop- 

 tion of library bill in Senate, 269 



Cipher codes for astronomical telegrams, 600 



Clark, A. Howard, on Section of Historical Collec- 

 tions, National Museum, 359-361 



Clark, Henry J., on Lucemariae, 729 



Clarke, Alvan, 204 



Clarke, Edward, advisory architect for National Mu- 

 seum, 329 



Clarke, F. W., criticism of Smithson's writings by, 14 ; 



on Atomic Weights, 621; on Chemistry, 622 ; on 

 Constants of Nature, 557, 623; on Specific Giavities, 

 619 



Cleaveland, Parker, honorary member of Smithso- 

 nian Institution, 60 



Clemson, Thomas, on Water and on Nitrogen, 6is_ 



Clerk Maxwell, J. C., generalizations in electrical 

 science by, 129 ; his theory of light a variation of 

 that of H'enry, 149; paper on electricity by, re- 

 printed in Smithsonian Report, 532 



Clifford, Nathan, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 86 



Climate of North American Continent, material on, 

 668 



Cluss & Schulze, architects for National Museum, 329 



Clymer, Hiester, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 86 



Coffin, James H., on Meteorological Observations by 

 the Smithsonian Institution in connection with Patent 

 Office, 662 ; on the Orbit and Phenomena of a Me- 

 teoric Fire-ball, 589 : remarks on solar eclipses of 

 nineteenth century, 573 



Cogswell, Joseph, on Jewett's catalogue plan, 278 



Colcock, William Ferguson, Regent, Smithsonian 

 Institution, 64, 86 



Cole, George Watson, remarks on Jewett's catalogue 

 plan, 280 



Colfax, Schuyler, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 

 86 



Collections, govemment,final transfer of, to Smithsonian 

 Institution, 321; made by Smithsonian Institution, 

 value in 1860, 315; made by U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, value of, 325 ; of Exploring Expedition, trans- 

 fer of, to the Smithsonian Institution, 317; of models 

 and natural products in the Patent Office, 304 ; policy 

 of the Institution relating to treatment of, 317-319 



College of New Jersey, Henry elected Professor in, 

 1 20 



Comet-orbits, researches of J. S. Hubbard on, 588; 

 work done by Ormond Stone on, 589 



Comets, award of premiums for discovery of, 588 



Congress, acceptance of the Smithson bequest by, 28 ; 

 act of, for final organization of Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 38 ; acts of, on international exchanges, 409 ; 

 announcement of the Smithson bequest to, 26 ; delib- 

 erations of the twenty-eighth, on Smithson bequest, 

 49; discussion in, as to acceptance of Smithson be- 

 quest, 26 ; formulation of final act of incorporation 

 for Smithsonian Institution by the twenty-ninth, 51 ; 

 reports of Board of Regents to, 62 



Congress, Library of, new building for, 829 ; accom- 

 modations for Smithsonian Library in, 829 



Constants of Nature, list of works on, 793 



Contributions to American Ethnology, 368, 369, 395, 

 499 



Conway, Moncure D., incident of field explora- 

 tion with Baird related by, 166 



Copke, Henry David, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 87 



Cooke, Josiah P., on Oxygen and Zinc, Carbon, etc., 

 615 



Cooke, Sir William Fothergill, associate of Sir Charles 

 Wheatstone, 136, 137 



Cooper, J. E., 457 



Cooper, Thomas, suggestion on organization of Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 32 



Cope, E. D., 172; on Bone Cave in Anguilla, 691; on 

 Paleozoic Fishes, 691 



Copp, John Brenton, 361 



Coppee, Henry, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 87; memorial record of General M. C. Meigs by, 76 ; 

 on resolutions in memory of James C. Welling, 76; 

 remarks by General Joseph Wheeler on resolutions 

 at death of, 77 ; resolutions on death of, by Senator 

 John B. Henderson, 77 



Coquillet, D. W., 346 



Corcoran Art Gallery, transfer of art objects to, 324 



Corcoran, W. W., 324 



Corporation of City of Washington presents memorial 

 concerning Smithson bequest, 36 



Correspondence, system of, in Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 807 



Cory, C. B., 339 



Coues, Elliott, characterization of Bairdian School of 

 ornithologists by, 170, 336, 469 ; on Bairdian Period 

 in ornithology, 169 



Couch, D. N., 181 



