INDEX 



Abbott, Wm. L., 337, 338, 341, 346, 356; explorations 

 of, in Africa and Asia, 480 



Abert, J. J., 309, 352 



Act of Congress, removing Library of Institution to 

 Library of Congress, 824 



Act of incorporation of Smithsonian Institution, 53, 310 



Adams, John Quincy, 36; bill presented by, for erection 

 of Observatory, 247; efforts of, to erect Observatory 

 from Smithsonian fund, 419 ; favors endowing Na- 

 tional Institute, ^6; influence of, in final organiza- 

 tion of Smithsonian Institution, 53 ; introduces bill 

 in Congress for National Observatory, 36 ; member 

 of committee on final organization of Smithsonian 

 Institution, 51 ; objections to his plan, 36; proposes 

 establishment of astronomical observatory through 

 Smithson bequest, 33, 34, 49 ; reports in favor of ac- 

 cepting the Smithson bequest, 26, 27, 28 ; secures 

 repeal of bill in Congress for investing Smithsonian 

 fund in State stocks, 36 ; views of, on union of Smith- 

 sonian Institution with National Institute, 42 



Adams, Robert, ^r., Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 64, 80 



Adler, Cyrus, on Section of Oriental Antiquities and 

 Religious Ceremonials, National Museum, 358, 359 



Advisory Committee, Executive Committee becomes, 

 63 



Aerodynamics, Experiments in, by S. P. Langley, 224 



Agassiz, Louis, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 75, 80, 165 ; on Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Knowledge, 494 ; opposition of, to the theory of 

 evolution, 150, 178 



Agricultural School, its establishment through Smith- 

 son bequest, favored by Agricultural School of Ken- 

 tucky, 35 



Aitken, John, on Phenomena connected with Cloud 

 Condensation, 553 



Albany Academy, experiments on striking signals on 

 a bell at a distance at, 126 



Albatross, steamer, cruises of, 186; work of, 325 



Alexander, Annie, mother of Joseph Henry, 117 



Alexander, Barton S., 257 



Alexander, Stephen, brother of Mrs. Henry, 121 ; on 

 Harmonies of the Solar System, 587 ; photographs 

 solar eclipses of 1854-1860, 573 



Allen, Harrison, 336; eulogy of Baird by, 197-199 



Allen, Horatio, 362 



Allen, J. A., 336; acknowledgment of aid received 

 by Hayden Survey from Explorations by the Insti- 

 tution, 468, 469 ; on value of explorations of Institu- 

 tion to Hayden Survey, 468, 469 



Altitudes, data concerning, compiled by the Smithso- 

 nian Institution, 784 



American Historical Association, publications of, 500 



American Museum of Arts, destruction of, 303 



Ammonia-Cobalt bases, investigation of, by Wolcott 

 Gibbs and F. A. Genth, 616 



Ampere, Andre M., 122, 133 



Amphibians, publications by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion on, 739 



Anderson, Wm., on Molecular Structure of Matter, 553 



Andrioni, Count, tour of, with Smithson, 10 



Angell, James Burrill, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 8 1 



Annual Scientific Convention proposed, 44 



Anthropological collections of Institution, 354, 746, 



770-773 



Anthropology, bibliography of, by O. T. Mason, 766 



Appropriations for maintenance of collections in Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 322 



Arago, Fran9ois, 17, 122, 141 ; The History of My 

 Youth, 559 



Archaeology, American, remarkable discoveries in, 

 387; of Appalachian Mountains and Atlantic Slope, 

 publications on, by the Smithsonian Institution, 747 ; 

 of Central Region, publications on, by the Smith- 



sonian Institution, 749; of Mexico and Central 

 America, publications on, by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 752 ; of Rocky Mountains and Pacific Slope, 

 publications on, by the Smithsonian Institution, 748 ; 

 of United States, 375 ; publications on, by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 747-757; of West Indies, publica- 

 tions on, by the Smithsonian Institution, 754 



Army Medical Department, meteorological observa- 

 tions by, 648 



Arthur, Chester Alan, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 8 1 



Astor, William Backhouse, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 81 



Astronomical discoveries, announcement of, by Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 600 ; Astronomical Journal, pub- 

 lication of, 606; astronomical observations in the 

 Arctic Seas, 595 ; astronomical subjects, short papers 

 on, published by the Smithsonian Institution, 608 



Astronomy and Astrophysics, bibliographies relating 

 to, 606; annual reports on the progress of, 610 



Astronomy, beginning of the new, 535; methods of the 

 new 420; observatories in foreign countries for the 

 new, 421 



Astronomy, The New, treatise by S. P. Langley, 233 



Astrophysical Observatory, 262; appropriation for 

 maintenance of, 425 ; description of plan of, 438 ; 

 ground plan of, 437 ; small building erected in 

 Smithsonian Park for, 426; unsuitable position of, 

 426, 442; work of, 427-429 



Atwater, Caleb, 474 



Audubon, J. J., 163, 164, 167, 338 



Auerbach, F., on the Absolute Measurement of Hard- 

 ness, 558 



Avanzam, Giuseppe, 225 



Avery, Lydia S. , 245 



Avery, Robert Stanton, bequest of, 245 ; biographical 

 sketch of, 245; bequeaths library to Smithsonian 

 Institution, 298 



Babbage, Charles, on Constants of Nature and Art, 618 



Bache, Alexander D., Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 47, 62, 65, 81, 141 ; assists in preparing Re- 

 port on Plan of Organization, 57 ; eulogy of Henry 

 by, 71, 144 ; eulogy of Senator Pearce by, 67 ; first 

 President of National Academy of Science, 152; 

 presents collection to Smithsonian Library, 298 ; 

 publishes Observations on Magnetism, 53 



Bacon, Lord, 148 



Badger, George Edmund, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 64, 82 



Bailey, J. W., on Microscopical Examinations of 

 Soundings, 632; work on Cryptogams for Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 702 



Bailey, W. S., 348 



Baird, Samuel, father of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 158 \ 



Baird, Spencer Fullerton, Secretary of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution, 162, 329, 338, 360; acceptance 

 of office of Assistant Secretary of Smithsonian 

 Institution by, 167 ; activities of, in connection with 

 Smithsonian Institution, 168; animals named for, 

 193 ; appointed Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 

 185 ; biological survey of waters of United States by, 

 186; biological work of, as presented by J. S. Bil- 

 lings, 176, 177; calmness and self-control of, 200; 

 collecting expeditions of, 165; connection of, with 

 explorations of the Institution, 464, 465; connection 

 of, with first International Fishery Exhibition, 188; 

 connection of, with Public Ledger and firm of 

 Harper and Brothers, 184; contribution of, to North 

 American Archaeology, 175 ; correspondence of, with 

 officers of Hudson Bay Company, 181 ; date and 

 place of birth of, 162; date of election of, as Secretary 

 of Smithsonian Institution, 19 1 ; degree of LL. D. 

 conferred on, by Harvard University, 192; designs 

 steamers Fish Hawk and Albatross, 186; devel- 



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