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Index 



Keate, Penelope, grandmother of Smithson, will of, 8 



Kelvin, Lord, on Boscovich's Theory, 553 



Kennicott, Robert, 339, 357, 475, 476; survey by, 182 



Kidder, Jerome Henry, 340; bequest of, 237, 424; 

 biographical sketch of, 237 



King, Clarence, 347; on Age of the Earth, 550; sur- 

 vey under, 182 



King, C. B., collection of engravings presented to 

 Institution by, 298 



King, Henry, curator in charge of Exploring Expedi- 

 tion Collections, 306 



King, William Rufus, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 64, 100 



Kirchhoff, G. R., 219, 421 



Kirtland, Jared P., 163 



Koehler, S. R., on Section of Graphic Arts, National 

 Museum, 363 



Kumlien, Ludwig, 357; explorations of, 182 



Kummer, Ernst E., 225 



Kung, Prince, 360 



Laboulaye, Edouard R. L., 403 



Lacoe, R. D., 353 



Lamansky's curve, illustration of, 431 



Langley, John W., on early studies of Secretary 

 Langley in astronomy, 204 



Langley, Samuel Pierpont, Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 58; accompanieseclipseexpedition 

 to Spain, 214 ; administrative work of, at the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 230-231 ; aerodome constructed 

 by, 227 ; ancestors of, 206 ; becomes Assistant at the 

 Observatory in Cambridge, 202 ; becomes Assistant 

 Professor of Mathematics in U. S. Naval Academy 

 at Annapolis, 202 ; becomes Director of Allegheny 

 Observatory, 203 ; builds a telescope, 201 ; character- 

 istics of, 210 ; connection of, with scientific societies, 

 233 ; contributions of, to science, 233 ; date and place 

 of birth of, 201; degrees conferred upon, 233; early de- 

 velopment of mechanical taste by, 205 ; early interest 

 of, in question of flight, 205 ; expedition of, to Mount 

 Whitney, 221 ; First Assistant Secretary of Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 203 ; first contribution to science 

 by, 214 ; founder of Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob- 

 servatory and National Zoological Park, 232 ; in- 

 augurates system of time signals for Pennsylvania 

 railroads, 212-213; increase in funds in Smithsonian 

 Institution under administration of, 232 ; invents the 

 bolometer, 217; measurements upon the light of the 

 glow-worm, 150; measures of the energy of light 

 with bolometer, 223 ; medals received by, 234 ; ob- 

 servations at Mount Etna by, 221; observations on 

 solar eclipse at Pike's Peak by, 220; observations 

 upon the spectrum of the fire-fly by, 223 ; on Lunar 

 Photography, 577; on Selective Absorption of the 

 Solar Rays by the Earth's Atmosphere, 220 ; on The 

 Internal Work of the Wind, 552 ; on The Minute 

 Structure of the Solar Photosphere, 215; origin of 

 "time service" systems by, 212; practice of, as an 

 architect, 201 ; rapid progress of, in astronomical 

 studies, 202 ; reminiscences of boyhood of, 203 ; re- 

 searches of, on the solar atmosphere, 214 ; researches 

 of, on temperature of the moon with bolometer, 

 223; results obtained in use of bolometer and holo- 

 graph, 218, 223 ; school life of, 201 ; special work of, 

 in connection with Smithsonian Institution, 232 ; 

 studies of, on disk of the sun, 214 ; study of sun- 

 spots by, 214; study of the distribution of heat by, 

 with thermopile, 215 ; study of the physics of the 

 atmosphere and conditions of artificial flight by, 223 ; 

 succeeds Baird as Secretary of Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 203 ; work of, at Allegheny Observatory, 211 



Lapham, I. A., 474 



Latimer, Geo., 357 



Lawrence, Abbott, of Boston, signs circular of invita- 

 tion to found the National Institute, 47 



Lawrence, George N., 163, 169 



Lea, Isaac, 343, 351 



Le Conte, John, 164 



Le Conte, Joseph, on flying-machines, 226 



Lefroy, John Henry, gives collection to Smithsonian 

 Library, 297 



Leidy, Joseph, 163 ; on Extinct Sloth Tribe of North 

 America, 688 ; on Extinct Species of American Ox, 

 686; on Flora and Fauna within Living Animals, 

 704 ; on Fossil Reptiles, 690 



Leigh, Senator Benjamin W. , favors acceptance of the 

 Smithson bequest, 26 



Lenox, Walter, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 

 too 



Lepsius, Carl Richard, gifts of, to the Institution Li- 

 brary, 295 



Lewis, James, 343 



Librarian of Smithsonian Institution, date of appoint- 

 ment of first, 274 



Librarians, first conference of, 281 



Librarians, resolutions passed by first convention of, 

 282 



Libraries, public, of United States, growth of, 818 



Library catalogues, plan of printing, by stereotyped 

 titles, proposed by Jewett, 277 ; cause of failure of, 

 280 



Library of Congress, catalogue of, begun on Jewett's 



Elan, 280 

 rary of Smithsonian Institution, transferred to Con- 

 gressional Library, 817, 825 ; of office of Smithsonian 

 Institution, 299; policy toward formation of, 810; 

 Secretary's, Smithsonian Institution, 299 



Library work of C. C. Jewett, J. S. Billings on, 816 



Life Histories of North American Birds, published 

 by National Museum, 499 



Light, cheapest form of, researches on, 442 



Lilienthal, Otto, 226; on Practical Experiments in 

 Soaring, 553 ; on Problems in Flying, 553 



Lincoln, Abraham, companionship of, with Henry, 152 



Linell, M. L., 345 



Linguistic Collections of Indian tribes in Bureau of 

 Ethnology, extent of, 380 ; plan extended, to include 

 sign-language, etc., 380 



Linguistics, publications on, by Institution, 497, 7^8, 762 



Lining, John, firstmeteorologicalobservationsin United 

 States, 647 



Linn, Senator Lewis F., promotes interests of National 

 Institution, 41 



List of Foreign Correspondents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, by Geo. H. Boehmer, 418 



Livermore, George, on Jewett's catalogue plan, 279 



Locke, John, invents chronograph, 529 



Lockhart, James, 339 



Lockyer, Joseph Norman, 219 



Lodge, Henry Cabot, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 100 



Lodge, Oliver, on Henry's discoveries in connection 

 with the Leyden Jar, 129; on Modern Theory of 

 Light, 536 



Loew, Oscar, work in Smithsonian chemical labora- 

 tory, 620 



Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 273 



Longitude calculations by Coast Survey campaign, 



598. 

 Longitude, campaign in, made by George W. Dean, 



599. 



Longitude, transatlantic, determinations by American 

 astronomers, 596 



Longstreet, Augustus B., Honorary Member of Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 60 



Loomis, Elias, on The Aurora, 532 ; work in meteor- 

 ology by, 649 



Lovering, Joseph, remarks on Henry by, 148 ; on 

 Michelson's researches in optics, 536 



Lowell, James R., story of Percy at Concord, 5 



Lubbock, Sir John, 406 



Lunar Photography, work of the Institution in con- 

 nection with Lick Observatory, 578 



McCall, G. A., 181 



McClellan, George B., expeditions of, 180; makes col- 

 lection of reptiles, 181 



McClelland, Robert, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 65, 101 



McCrary, George Washington, Regent, Smithsonian 

 Institution, 65, 101 



McGraw, Doctor, instructor of Professor Baird, 162 



Mcjilton, J. N., Grand chaplain, 256 



McKay, Charles L., 357 



McKenzie, A., 339 



McLeod, M., 339 



McPherson, Edward, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 101 



MacFarlane, Robert, 339, 357 



Mac Rae, Archibald, assists Gilliss in Chile, 594 



Macie, Elizabeth Keate, mother of James Smithson, i 



Macie, James, i 



Macie, James Lewis, early name of James Smithson, i ; 

 entered at Pembroke College, Oxford, 8 



