INDEX. 527 



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Scientific observatories, projects of " l 



Scientific papers bj Henry 



Scientific work commenced by Henry 3 - 



- cchi, Prof. A.— observations of, on solar spots 270,431, 448,503 



Si en tary of the Smithsonian Institution,— Henry elected as .—65, 1 12, 1G0, 185,275, 106 

 Self-induction in a long electrical wire, discovered byHenrj - ..237,239,394,447,493 

 on, Funeral, by Rev. Samuel S. Mitchell, at the New York Avenue Pres- 

 byterian Church in Washington lo 



Sermon, Memorial, by Rev.Samuel B. Dod.at Princeton, on the death of Joseph 



Henry — ] '■"' 



Services oi Henry to the General Government 1 ■ ■ 1 '< 



Sherman, General William T.,aKegent,— Address by, at the Memorial Services. 117 

 Sherman, General William T., a Regent, chairman of select committee of Board 



of Ri gents, to arrange the funeral ceremonies 1". 11 



Sherman, General William T.. a Regent, one of executive committee of Board 



of Regents, to arrange a public commemoration 1, JS 



Sherman, General William T., a Regent, selected by the Regents to deliver an 



Address at the Memorial Services - :l 



si I lima n. Prof. Benjamin,— a< unt by, of Henry's Yale College magnet .. ... 



Silliman, Pi-"!". Benjamin,— appreciation of Henry, by H 



eton,Hon R.— resolution presented by, to the House of Representatives, 



to print portrait of Henry for the Memorial Volume 4 



Siren adopted by Henry as a fog-signaling trumpet 311 



Smithsonian Annual Reports, in 30 vols., edited by Henry 295 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, in 21 vols., edited by Henry - ' 



Smithsonian fund,— condition of, at Henry's death '" 



Smithsonian Institution established in 184G 65,274, I, J 



Smithsonian Institution,— Henry Secretary and Director of 65, 132,453 



Smithsonian Institution,— the plan of, devised by Henry 45, 50,95, 118,132,170,433 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, in 15 vols., edited by Henry 294 



smithson's endowment waiting for an interpreter 95,186, 1 14, 151 



Smithson's will,— the scope of 57,185, ■" 133, H I 



Solar spots,— comparative heat of, observed 269, 431,448, 5i ri 



Sound,— observations of Henry on 344,464,499 



Sound radiation,— the laws of, investigated by Henry 346,353,465, 501 



speaker of the House of Representatives,— Memorial Serviees at the Capitol 



opened by 2,38 



speaker of the II, >use of Representatives,— remarks liy, at the close of the Me- 

 morial Serviees '•'' 



Speakers at the Memorial Services, introduced by the Vice-President 2 



speaker- lor the public commemoration, appointed by the Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution -° 



Species, organic,— doctrine of the derivation of 341,507 



Speculations on the constitution of matter 



Spoflbrd, A. I'..— remarks of, on the Smithsonian library 417 



Stage performances,— early predilection of Henry for 55, 179, 4J7 



Statement of the Smithsonian fund at Henry's death 47 



statue of Henry, authorized by Congress 514 



steam.— early experiments by Henry on 20 I 



Steam-siren adopted by Henry for signaling through fogs 31] 



Stephens, Hon. Alexander II.,— resolution presented by, in the House of Repre- 

 sentatives, to print Memorial Volume :1 



Stokes, Prof. G. G. — hypothesis by, of refraction of sound by wind 346,355,465,501 



story, W. W., the sculptor, selected to model a statue of Henry 514 



Strong, Mr. Justice William, of the Supreme Court, a pall-hearer at the funeral 



of Joseph Henry 11 



Sturgeon, William, the first to make an electro-magnet 58, 82, 213, Wo 



Sturgeon, William,— tribute by, to Henry's Yale College magnet 230 



