Index 



851 



Maclean, John, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 101 



Magnet, intensity, creator of, 125; quantity, 125^ quan- 

 tity, of Sturgeon, 125 ; quantity, perfected by Henry, 

 124 ; quantity, plan of Henry for using at great dis- 

 tances, 135 



Magnetic Induction, lectures by J. A. Ewing on, re- 

 printed in Smithsonian Report, 531 



Magnetic Observatory, removal from the Institution, 



S3i 



Magneto-electric Induction, date of discovery of, 127 

 Magneto-electricity, connection of Michael Faraday 



and Henry in discovery of, 128 ; date of discovery 



of, 126 

 Magowan, D. J., on modes of keeping time known 



among the Chinese, 544 



Magruder, William Bean, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 65, 102 

 Mallery, Garrick, 370, 381 ; memoirs of, on Rictogra- 



phy, 382 

 Mallet, Robert, On the Observation of Earthquake 



Phenomena, 547 

 Mammals, collections of, in National Museum, 336, 



337; publications by the Smithsonian Institution on, 



743 



Marcy, R. B., 180, 466, 467 



Marey, E. J., lectures of, on flight in animal kingdom, 

 551 ; on " Le vol des oiseaux," 225 



Mariette, Bey, gives facsimiles of Egyptian papyri to 

 Smithsonian Library, 297 



Marsh, George Perkins, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 102 ; arguments in favor of the library plan, 

 269 ; collection of engravings of, purchased by the 

 Institution, 298 ; collection of engravings of, trans- 

 ferred to Library of Congress, 324 ; connection of, 

 with Baird, 166; member of committee on final or- 

 ganization of Smithsonian Institution, 51 ; offers 

 amendments having important influence on organi- 

 zation of Smithsonian Institution, 50 



Marshall, J. W., 349 



Mary, George, 345 



Mascart, M., name of Henry for unit of induction pro- 

 posed by, 127 ; on The Age of Electricity, 533 



Mason, James Murray, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 102 



Mason, Orme, on Solution, 553 



Mason, Otis T., on Department of Ethnology, Na- 

 tional Museum, 355-358 ; on characteristics of Dr. 

 Goode, 507 ; on Comparative Technology, 768 



Mathematical Science, progress of, in last half-century, 

 569 



Mathematical work of Smithsonian Institution, char- 

 acter of, 563 



Matteucci C., on Earth Currents, 532 



Matthews, Washington, 357 



Maury, John Walker, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 102 



Maxey, Samuel Bell, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 64, 103 



Meacham, James, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 103 



Mearns, Edgar A., 336 



Meech, L. W. , memoirs by, 533 



Meigs, Josiah, early collection ot meteorological data 

 by, 648 



Meigs, Montgomery C., Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 65, 103, 329; member of Executive Committee 

 of Smithsonian Institution, 76 ; memorial record by 

 Henry Coppee, 76 



Melsheimer, F. E., 163, 164 



Mendenhall, T. C., on Fundamental Units of Measure, 

 545; on "The Henry," 533 



Merrill, George P., on Department of Geology, Na- 

 tional Museum, 347-350; work of, in Smithsonian 

 chemical laboratory, 621 



Meske, O., 345 



Meteoric Fire Ball, account of a, 589 



Meteorites, work of the Institution on, 591 



Meteorological investigations, special, carried on by 

 Institution, 668; in connection with Patent Office, 

 661 



Meteorological memoirs and monographs in Smithso- 

 nian publications, 671 



Meteorological observations in Arctic regions, reduced 

 by Charles A. Schott, 671 ; list of papers on, 671 ; 

 loss of appropriations for, 672 ; origin of American, 

 647 



Meteorological publications of the Institution, 543-546 



Meteorological records of Institution, transferred to 

 Weather Bureau by Langley, 678 



Meteorological tables by Arnold Guyot, 670 



Meteorological work, three classes of observers in, 

 653; aid from newspapers, telegraph reports, 659; 

 of Smithsonian Institution, an aid to agriculture, 

 661 ; use of telegraph by Henry in, 656 



Mexican Boundary Commission, 350 



Mexican Boundary Surveys, 180 



Michelson, A. A., on the Application of Interference 

 Methods to Spectroscopic Measurements, 536 



Miller, Samuel Freeman, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 65, 103 



Mills, Robert, assistant architect of Smithsonian build- 

 ing, 256 



Mindeleflf, Cosmos, 385 



Mindeleff, Victor, 370, 386 



Mitchell, Maria, recognition of work of, by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 588 



Mitsukuri, K., 346 



Mohun, R. Dorsey, 357, 457 



Mollusks, publications by the Smithsonian Institution 

 on. 733. 73 



Mooney, James, 356, 370, 388, 395 



Moore, H. C., 457 



Morgan, Lewis H , on Consanguinity and Affinity of 

 the Human Family, 763 ; on Amencan Houses and 

 House-life, 385 



Morin, A., on Warming and Ventilating Occupied 

 Buildings, 557 



Morley, Edward W., on Densities of Oxygen and Hy- 

 drogen and the Ratio of their Atomic Weights, 554 ; 

 physico-chemical investigations by, 627 



Morocco, Emperor of, 360 



Morrill, Justin Smith, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 104; favors Zoological Park, 449 



Morris, John G., 163, 164 



Morrison, H. K., 345 



Morrison of Greenock, Scotland, 132 



Morse, S. F. B., 362 



Morton, Henry, deposits Ramsden dividing engine 

 in National Museum, 546 



Morton, Levi Parsons, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 104 



Motor, electro-magnetic, construction of first, 139, 159 



Mounds of Wisconsin, exploration of, by American 

 Antiquarian Society, remarks of Henry on, 473, 



Miiller, J. , on Principles of the Mechanical Theory 

 of Heat, 534; on Recent Progress in Physics, 530; 

 reports on Galvanism and Electricity, published in 

 Smithsonian Report, 530 



Museums of the Future, by G. Brown Goode, 503 

 Myriapods, Charles Harvey Bollman on, 732 



Napier, John, 226 



National Academy of Sciences, establishment of, 152; 



National Herbarium, transfer of, to Agricultural De- 

 partment, 708 ; work of Institution on, 707 



National Institute, appropriations lost, 48; attempts 

 by, to secure Smithson legacy, 41 ; bill of incorpora- 

 tion of, 305 ; bill to incorporate and unite with Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 41, 43; bills to give management 

 of Smithsonian foundation to, 41; cause of decline 

 of, according to Goode, 310; change of name to, 44; 

 collections of, deposited in Smithsonian Institution, 

 305; collections of, reports of committee in 1842, 

 307; constitution of, 37; date of organization of, 39; 

 dissolved, 305; division of, into classes, 52; first 

 meeting of, under new name, 45 ; gradual decline of, 

 48; incorporated, 43; influence of, on organization 

 of Smithsonian Institution, 49 ; influence of, on 

 science, 49; John Tyler's endorsement of, 46; library 

 of, presented to Institution, 295; members and offi- 

 cers of, 37; memorial to Congress, recommending 

 appropriation for, 48 ; memorializes Congress, 45 ; or- 



anization of, 305 ; plan for, by Joel Barlow, 304 ; 

 enator Rufus Choate recommends an appropriation 

 by Congress for, 45 ; sends out circulars to secure 

 funds, 45 ; system of exchange of specimens by, 44 

 National Library, development of, due to Rufus Choate, 



56 



National Museum Building Commission, 329 

 National Museum, building provided for, by Congress, 

 329 



