Index 



847 



Experiments at Albany Academy, important connec- 

 tion of, with history of the telegraph, 126 ; on trans- 

 mission of signals, date of, 126 



Exploration of California, by E. Samuels, remarks of 

 Henry on, 475; of mounds of Wisconsin, 473; of 

 northern South America, 475 



Explorations by the Smithsonian Institution in British 

 America and Alaska, 475, 477; cited in plan of or- 

 ganization of Institution, 461 ; connection of, with 

 Government surveys, 460; in British Honduras, 478 ; 

 in Korea, 470, ; in Mongolia and Thibet, 479, 480 ; in 

 Texas, 462; in the West, 478 ; in Yucatan, 4 78: of im- 

 portance to paleontology, 462: varied character of, 459 



Exploring Expeditions, aid to geology and mineralogy 

 by, 6^0-643 



Extinction of animals, 446 



Fahie, J. J., 136 



Faraday, Michael, 141 ; discovers magneto-electric in- 

 duction, 127; first to print the discovery, 128; influ- 

 ence of discoveries of Henry on, 124 



Fanner, Moses E., 530 



Farnswprth, John Franklin, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 65, 92 



Felton, Cornelius Conway, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 64, 92 ; on foreign appreciation of Smithso- 

 nian Contributions to Knowledge, 492 



Fenckner, Governor of Greenland, 356 



Ferry, Thomas White, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 92 



Fessenden, William Pitt, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 64, 93 



Fewkes, J. Walter, 356, 370, 386, 388, 395 



Fillmore, Millard, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 . 6 3>. 93 



Fire in Smithsonian building, results of, 323 



Fish Commission. See United States Fish Commis- 

 sion 



Fish Hawk, steamer, cruises of; designed by Baird, 

 186 



Fish, Nicholas, 410 



Fisher, Wm. J., 356 



Fishery Industries of the United States, Report of icth 

 Census on, 174 



Fishes, publications by the Smithsonian Institution on, 



736-739 



Fitch, Asa, 345 



Fitch, Graham Newell, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 93 



Fitz, Henry, constructs refracting telescope for use in 

 Chile, 594 



Fitzall, John, servant to Smithson, 19 



Fleischmann, Charles L., Royal School of Agriculture, 

 Bavaria, favors establishment of experimental farms 

 through Smithsonian bequest, 35 



Fleming, J. A., tribute of, to discoveries of Henry, 131 



Flint, J. M., on collection of cinchona products, Na- 

 tional Museum, 363 



Floras, exotic, papers on, published by Institution, 705 



Fliigel, Felix, agent in Leipsic for Smithsonian ex- 

 changes, 404 



Folsom, Charles, on Jewell's catalogue plan, 278 



Foreman, Edward, assists on Smithsonian exhibits at 

 Centennial Exhibition, 327 ; construction of meteor- 

 ological map by, 657 



Fossil Flora of United States, Smithsonian publica- 

 tions on the, 679 



Fossils, collections of, in Smithsonian Institution, 694, 

 696 



Foster, John W., 465 



Foster, La Fayette Sabine, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 64, 93 



Fox, G. V., gift of works to Smithsonian Library by, 206 



Fox, William J., 346 



Francis, Joseph, 360 



Franklin, Benjamin, 134 



Frederick II., zoological collection of, 443 



Fre'mont, John C., 181, 350 



French, Benjamin B.,2s6 



Fuller, Melville Weston, Regent and Chancellor, 

 Smithsonian Institution, 65, 94 



Gabb, William M., 856 



Gallatin, Albert, Honorary Member of Smithsonian 



Institution, 60, 373, 461 

 Galvanic Current, transmission of, without loss of force, 



Garfield, James Abram, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 94 ; efforts of, to increase number of copies 

 of Smithsonian Reports, 484 ; his services recorded 

 by Chancellor Waite, 73 ; his tribute to Henry, 73 ; 

 speaks on the death of Chief Justice Chase, 72 



Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 64, 94 



Gatschet, Albert S., 370, 381 



Gauss, Carl F., 138 



Geographical publications, issued by Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 783 



Geography, knowledge of, advanced by Smithsonian 

 Institution, 773 



Geography of Africa, Smithsonian connection with 

 exploration of, 781 



Geography of Asia, Smithsonian aid given to study of, 



779 



Geography of North America, expeditions increasing 

 knowledge of, 775 



Geology and Mineralogy, aid from exploring expedi- 

 tion to, 640-643 ; lectures on, under auspices of Insti- 

 tution, 645 ; Reports of Progress in, published in 

 Smithsonian Reports, 637J reprints in Smithsonian 

 Reports on, 638-640 ; short papers on, published in 

 Smithsonian Reports, 635 



German Fishery Union, circular issued by, in memory 

 of Baird, 189, 190, 191 



Germany, Emperor of, 360 



Gibbes, Robert W., on Mososaurus, 686 



Gibbs, George, 356 



Gibbs, Wolcolt, on Platinum Metals, 618 



Gibson, Randall Lee, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 



64. 95 



Gilbert, Davies, President of Royal Society, eulogy on 

 Smithson by, 15 



Giles, William E., 482 



Gill, Theodore, librarian of Smithsonian Institution, 

 289; extract from biographical sketch of Goode, 

 by, s8 



Gilliss, J. M., 356, 467; astronomical expedition to 

 Chile by, 593 ; reports solar eclipses of 1858 and 

 1860, 573 



Gilman, Charles, 256 



Gilman, Daniel Coit, on work of Henry and Baird, 

 805 ; on retirement of Charles C. Jewett, 284 ; on 

 system of correspondence in Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 807 



Girard, Charles, assistant to Baird in classifying rep- 

 tiles, 172; on ichthyology, 714 



Girard College Magnetic Observations, by A. D. 

 Bache, published in Contributions to Knowledge, 531 



Glover, Townend, 346 



Godman, F. D., 339 



Goode, George Brown, ancestry of, 501 ; appointed 

 assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 503 ; Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas, 

 510 ; catalogues of collections by Institution in Ex- 

 hibitions, 727 ; college life of, 502 ; connection of, with 

 American Historical Association, and Southern His- 

 torical Society. 50; ; connection of, with U. S. Fish 

 Commission, 503 ; date of birth and death of, 501 ; de- 

 grees conferred on, 506; domestic life of, 515 ; expo- 

 sition work of, 515; honors received for exposition 

 work of, 504 ; ichthyological work of, 511 ; interest of, 

 in general natural history, 514 ; investigation of Am- 

 erican fisheries for the Tenth Census by, 511 ; note on 

 royal descent of Smithson by, 2 ; on American Fishes, 

 512; personal characteristics of, 506; personal qual- 

 ities of, remarks of Langley and Gill on, 515; proposed 

 work in ichthyology of, 514; recognition of early 

 American scientists by, 505; special adaptation of, 

 to museum work, 508 ; work at Wesleyan University 

 by, 502; work in bibliography by, 514. 



Gould, A. A., 342 



Gould, Benjamin A., history of discovery of Neptune, 

 580 ; Memoirs on Transatlantic Longitude, 596 ; 

 sends out time signals, 212 



Government Explorations, list of, prior to 1856, 465, 

 467 



Graham, J. D., 181, 466 



Grammar of the Mutsun Language, extract from pre- 

 face of, 497 



Grant, Ulysses S., 360 



Gravity- work, in Smithsonian Institution, 554 



Gray, Asa, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 95, 

 150, 273 ; botanical work of, for Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 698 ; letter of, on Smithsonian exchange of publi- 



