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Acaclemv, Albany,— Henry a pupil and teacher at 57, 130,443 



Academy of Sciences, National,- Henry the second president of 330,436,441 



Acoustic refraction by wind suggested by Prof. G. G. Stokes in 1857, and estab- 

 lished by Henry in 1872 346.S5:?. 165 501 



Acoustics — in v. stigations by Henry in 343 - 164,499 



Act of Congress authorizing a statue to Henry --— 514 



Actor,— Henry's youthful inclination to the career of- 55,180,443 



Address by Hon. Samuel S. Cox, of the House of Representatives 99 



Address by Hon. James A. Garfield, of the House of Representatives, a Regents 91 



Address by Prof. Asa Gray, a Regent ' ; 



Address by Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, U. S. Senator, (read by the Vice-President). 43 



Address by Prof. William B. Rogers — '■'_ 



Address by Gen. William T. Sherman, a Regent — 117 



Address by Hon. Robert E. Withers, U.S. Senator, a Regent - 19 



Administration of the Smithsonian Institution —274, 109, 135 



.Esthetic tastes and culture of Henry 103, 190, 198,333, 171 



Albany Academy,— Henry a pupil at 57, 130,208,443 



Albany Academy,— Henry a teacher at 57, 130,211, I) .: 



Albany electro-magnet of 730 pounds made by Henry in 1830 220 



Albany Institute,— Henry active in organizing 130,207 



Albanj Institute,— Henry's papers before 2os.2H.4U 



Albany Institute,— memorial proceedings of, on the death of Joseph Henry 128 



Albany Lyceum,— Henry one of the originators of 130,375 



Albany, New York, the birth-place of Henry 7.54, 177,427, 142 



Alexander, Prof. J. II.— experiments by, on illuminating oils for the U.S. Light- 



House Board ■•"'■'■ '-'-' 



Alexander, Prof. Stephen,— observations by, with Henry, on comparative heat 



of the solar spots -'"■ IK : >"-: 



Alexander, Prof. Stephen,— observations by, with Henry, on determination of 



longitude by meteors 271 



Alexander Prof. Stephen,— observations by, with Henry, on terrestrial mag- 



258 



netism. 



Allen. Robin, Secretary of Trinity House,— letter from, on the death ofHenry— 137 



Ampere,*discovery by,— of the magnetic action of galvanic currents 80,215,478 



Ampere first to suggest the electro-magnetic telegraph- 223 



Announcement of the (bath of Joseph Henry by the Chancellor of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution " 



Announcement of Memorial Services at the U.S. Capitol, by the executive com- 

 mittee of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 37 



Announcement of the speakers at the Memorial Services, made by the Vice- 

 President 2 



Anthony, Hon. Henry B.,— resolution reported by, to the Senate to print Memo- 

 rial Volume, also portrait of Henry, for the same 4 



Appointment of speakers for the public commemoration, by the executive com- 

 mittee of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 29 



Appropriation ofS15,0O0 by i longress, for a statue of Henry 51 1 



Arago the first to magnetize a needle by the galvanic current 213, 179 



Archieological work fostered by the Smithsonian Institution 290 



Architectural adaptation,— Henry's views of 334, 134, 155 



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