Index 



National Museum, collections of, in mineralogy and ge- 

 ology, 643 ; connection of, with Institution, early his- 

 tory of, 717-722; date of erection of building for, 

 329 ; design of building for, 329 ; development of, 

 commensurate with activities of the Government, 

 333; development of, under Goode, 330,331; dis- 

 tribution of specimens by, 364; double origin of, 

 183; exchange of specimens by, 364 ; exhibition work 

 of, 332; functions of, 335; Oilman on formation 

 of, 810; influence of, 331 ; nucleus of, in Institute 

 Collections, 306; nucleus of, in Patent-Office build- 

 ing, 306; papers relating to geological collections 

 in, 637 ; publications of, 365-366, 498 ; synopsis of 

 collections of, 336-364 ; working plan of, 300 



National Museum Library, gift by Baird to, 290 



National Zoological Park, buildings in, 452; collections 

 made in Yellowstone Park for, 455 ; date of formation 

 of, 450; development of, 451; difficulty of procur- 

 ing specimens for, 454; gifts of animals to, 453; 

 material derived from death of animals in, 457; origi- 

 nal number of animals in, 453; popular interest in, 

 455; restrictions by Committee on Appropriations 

 upon, 453; salubrity of conditions of, 456; selection of 

 site for, 448; site of, transferred to Regents of Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 450 



Natural Cabinet of Curiosities, attempt to join it with 

 Smithsonian Institution, 51 



Naval Observatory, first site of, 248 ; site of second, 

 248 



Needle-telegraph, forms of, 133 



Nelson, E. W., 355, 357; explorations of, 182 



Neptune, computations on the orbit of, 579 



Newberry, John S., 163; eulogy of Baird, 194-197 



Newcomb, Simon, investigations of orbit of Neptune 

 by, 580; on General Integrals of Planetary Mo- 

 tion, 593; on Investigation of the Orbit of Uranus, 

 581 



Newton, H. A., on metric tables, 544; preparation of 

 metric tables by, 567; work on star-maps by, 591 



Newton, Sir Isaac, 156, 226 



Niles, Senator, John M., views on formation of library, 

 268 



North American Birds, History of, by S. F. Baird, 

 T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway, 170 ; Review of, 171 



North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 350 



Northumberland, Duke of, presents library to Institu- 

 tion, 295 



Northumberland, Hugh Smithson becomes first Duke 

 of, i 



Ober, F. A., 337 



Occultations visible in the United States and elsewhere, 



List of, 576 

 Oceanic Ichthyology, by Goode and T. H. Bean, 341, 



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Oersted, Hans Christian, 133 



Office Library of the Institution, 299 



Ohm, George S., confirmation by Henry of mathe- 

 matical theory of, 125 ; formula of, adopted by Sir 

 Charles Wheatstone, 137 



Olmstead, Frederick L., 451 



Order of St. Olaf, Baird made Knight of, 192 



Organization Committee, resolution of, concerning 

 character of Secretary of Smithsonian Institution, 57 



Organization of Smithsonian Institution, how attained, 

 57 ; plans of, similarity of National and Smithsonian 

 Institutions, 51 ; suggestions offered as to, 32 



Owen, David Dale, 465 



Owen, Robert Dale, Regent ; Smithsonian Institution, 

 62, 65, 104, 250, 269; activities of, 78; adoption of 

 bill of, for erection of Smithsonian building, 248; 

 chairman of building committee, 78, 253 ; chairman 

 of organization committee, 57 ; denounces use made 

 of Girard fund, 250; introduces bill in Congress, 

 on publications, 482 ; Irish elk described by, 354 ; 

 member first Board of Regents, 57 ; on Hints on 

 Public Architecture, 253; on style of building 

 desired for Smithsonian Institution, 250; prepares 

 final act of incorporation for Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 57 ; reports final bill for incorporation of Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 51; secures passage of Organiza- 

 tion Act, 78 



Pacific Railroad surveys, 180, 350 

 Page, James Page, 256 

 Page, T. I., 467 



Paleontology, explorations aiding, 462 



Palmer, Edward, 357 



Palmieri on electro-magnetic seismograph, 547 



Panizzi, Sir Anthony, on first conference of librarians, 

 282 



Parke, J. G. ( 466 



Parker, Peter, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 

 104, 329 ; resolutions at his resignation, 74 



Patent office destroyed by fire in 1836, 303 



Patterson, Joseph, 154 



Patterson, James Willis, Regent, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 64, 105 



Paul, G. R., 360 



Paulding, James K., 306 



Pearce, James Alfred, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 105 ; eulogy of, by A. D. Bache, 67 ; ideas 

 of, on formation of library, 267 ; remarks of, on the 

 death of Richard Rush, 66 



Peary, Mrs. R. E., 456 



Peirce, Benjamin, 273; aid from Institution in distri- 

 buting treatise on Analytical Mechanics by, 566 



Pendulum Observations at Smithsonian Institution, 606 



Penfield Iron Works, use of Henry's system for separa- 

 tion of iron from other substances at, 139 



Pennsylvania Gazette, 1788, contains suggestion for 

 a National Museum, 304 



Pennybacker, Isaac Samuels, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 62, 64, 105 



Penrose, R. A. F., 348 



Percy, Dorothy, half-sister of Smithson, leaves him a 

 legacy, 22 



Percy, Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Smithson, i 



Percy, Lord, command of camp at Boston, 6, 7 ; at 

 Concord, 5 



Perry, Commodore, M. C., 356, 357, 467 



Perturbations of Planets, Tables for Determining, pub- 

 lished by Institution, 592 



Pettigrew, James Beel, on the Various Modes of 

 Flight, 551 



Phelps, William Walter, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 64, 105 



Phelps, S. L., assists Gilliss in expedition to Chile, 594 



Philadelphia Museum receives first collections of 

 United States Exploring Expedition, 306 



Phillips, J. S., 226 



Photography, index to the literature of, by Alfred 

 Tuckerman, 608 



Physical sciences, development of, during last half- 

 century, 519; promoted by Institution through 

 Henry, 519 



Physics, papers on, published in Smithsonian Reports, 



.546-554 



Pickering, Charles, 163 ; appointed curator by Library 

 Committee of Congress, 309 ; on Egyptian Archae- 

 ology, 757 



Pilling, J. W., 370 



Plateau, J., on Liquid Films and Figures of Equilibrium 

 in Liquid Masses, 553 



Poggendorff, J. G , on The Use of the Galvanometer, 

 as a Measuring Instrument, 532 



Poincar6, M., on Light and Electricity, 533 



Poinsett, Joel R., address of, on Objects and Aims of 

 the National Institute, 40; attempts of, to secure 

 Smithsonian legacy for National Institute, 38, 39; 

 efforts of, to secure U. S. Exploring Expedition 

 Collections, 306 ; influence of, on final organization of 

 Smithsonian Institution, 55 



Poland, Luke Potter, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 

 64, 106 



Poole, Wm. F., remarks on Professor Jewett's cata- 

 logue plan, 279 



Pope, Franklin L., on testimony of Henry in case of 

 Morse vs. O'Reilly, 132 ; writes of the possibilities of 

 the rotary motor as foreseen by Henry, 139 



Pope, J., 466 



Port Henry, named in honor of Joseph Henry, 139 



Porter, Noah, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 64, 

 106, 264 ; points out relation between Henry's early 

 life and later career, 118 



Powell, Baden, on State of Knowledge of Radiant 

 Heat, 534 



Powell, J. W., 355, 357, 381 ; connection of, with U. S. 

 Geological Survey, 369 ; explorations in Colorado 

 by, 367 ; explorations of Colorado River by, 642 ; 

 survey by, 182 



Powers, Stephen, 357 



Precipitation, tables of, by Lorin Blodgett, 669 



