518 INDEX. 



Pace 



Architecture— lectures on, by Henry 239,334 



Astronomical discoveries, — the announcement of, by telegraph 300 



Astronomy,— lectures on, by Henry 239, 333 



Aurora polaris observed t<> be related to terrestrial magnel imii 259, I 15 



Bache, A. Pallas,— active interest of, in Henry's discovery of tin- "extra cur- 

 rent" 241,394 



Bache, A. I 'alias, eulogy of, by Henry 330 



Bache, A, Dallas,— observations by, with Henry, on meteors fur determining 



longitude 271 



Bache, A. Dallas,— urgent solicitation of Henrj by, to accept the Smithsonian 



directorship _. - 331, 154 



Baird, Prof. Spencer P., one of a committee appointed by the Regents to arrange 



the funeral ceremonies of Joseph Henry 1", 11 



Balrd, Prof. Spencer P., one of a committee appointed by the Regents to prepan 



a Memorial Volume — - - ... "2 



Barlow, Peter , — experiments by, in electro-magnetic telegraphy in 1825_. 58, 83, 223 185 

 Barnes, Surgeon-General Joseph K., a pall-bearer at the funeral of Joseph 



Henry 11 



Barometer erected by Henry, containing sulphuric acid ; -'' 



Battery, galvanic, first devised by Volta, in 1800 - ~ 79,213 



Battery, galvanic, modified for "quantity " by Hare, in 1816 82,239,370 



Battery, galvanic, modified for "quantity" and "intensity" convertibly by 



Henry, in 1835 - 239 



Beck, Dr. T. Romeyn, principal of the Albany Academy, the teacher and friend 



of Henry 183,208,332 



Bibliography of science,— Henry's plan for die, -sting 295 



Biographical Memorial of Joseph Henry, by Prof. Asa Cray 53 



Biographical Memoir of Joseph Henry, by Prof. Simon Newcomb 441 



Birth of Joseph Henry.— the date of .71.177. 142 



Birth-place of Joseph Henry,— Albany, N. V., the 7,. r i4. 177,427,442 



" Bobbin " coil for the electro-magnet, first devised by Henry, in 1829 217 



■■ Bobbin " coil for the electro-magnet, introduced into France in 1832, by Pouillet 22G 



Bradford, Hon. A. W. — testimony of, to Henry's early magnetic telegraph 380 



Brewster, Sir David,— appreciation of Henry by Gl, 169,270 



British Association,— favorable reception by. of Henrj 's proposal of a scientific 



index 2l« 



British Association,— meeting of, at Liverpool, attended by Henry 245 



Bronze statue of Henry, authorized by i longress 711 



Building-stone,— experiments on, by Henry 326 



( amcron. Prof Henry C. — Reminiscences of Joseph Henry by 166 



Capillarity between liquid ami solid metals observed. -Jt.:'., 4o", 



( Catalogue of scientific papers, suggested by Henry, and published by the Royal 



Society of London 297 



Chairmanship oft be Light-House Board conferred on Henry in ls7I . 69, 133,314, 1 10 



Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution,— announcement by 7 



Chancellor oft be Smithsonian Institution,— remarks by, on the death of Joseph 



Henry 9 



Character of Henry's mind 7:'.. 191,361, 469 



Chemical professorship in the University of Pennsylvania offered to Henry. ..193,278 



Chemical skill of Henry :;:u.:;77 



Chemistry, chair of,— at Princeton, temporarily tilled by Henry 238 



Chemistry, — early experiments of Henry in 130,208,270 



Chief-Justice M. R. Waite,— official announcement by 7 



i Ihief-Justice M. R. Waite,- remarks by, on the death of Joseph Henry 9 



Childs, George \V...i pall-bearer at the funeral of Joseph Henry — 11 



christian character of Joseph Henry 16,21,33,73,114,134,147,20(1 



