Index 



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Preece, W. H., points out the connections of the early 

 opinions of Henry, 149 



Preston, William Campbell, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 42, 47, 64, 106 ; antagonizes acceptance of 

 the Smithspn bequest, 26 ; promotes interests of Na- 

 tional Institute, 41, 42 



Priestley, J. R., gives instruments used in discovery 

 of oxygen, 618 



Priestley, Mrs., presents chemical apparatus used in 

 discovery of oxygen, 622 



Princeton University, tablet erected to Henry at, 121. 

 See College of New Jersey 



Principles of Museum Administration, by G. Brown 

 Goode, 503 



Proceedings, of National Museum, 365 ; character 

 of, 498 



Pruyn, John Van Schaick Lansing, Regent, Smithso- 

 nian Institution, 63, 10^ 



Public Fish-culture, definition of, 188 



Publications of the Smithsonian Institution, extent 01 

 distribution of, 500 



Pueblo Area, collections from, in the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 765 



Pumpelly, Raphael, 349 ; on Geological Researches in 

 China, Mongolia, and Japan, 634 



Quadrupeds of North America, Audubon on, 167 



Radiant Energy, Light, and Heat, papers on, published 

 by the Institution, 533-537 



Rants, Johannes, work on comet-orbits by, 589 



Ralph, William L., 338, 340 



Ramsden Dividing Engine, paper by J. Elfreth Wat- 

 kins on, 546 



Ramsey, William, on Solutions, 553 



Rau, Charles, assists on Smithsonian exhibits at Cen- 

 tennial Exhibition, 327; on Archaeological Collections 

 of the U. S. Museum, 755; on Indian Pottery, 768; 

 on Prehistoric Fishing in Europe and America, 

 756 



Raveret-Wattel, M., on care for fisheries in America, 

 1 88 



Ray, P. H., 357 



Rayleigh, Lord, 150 



Reading-room of the Institution, contents of, 300 



Record of Progress, appendix to Smithsonian Re- 

 port, 184 



Records of Progress in Science, list of topics in, 792 



Redfield, William C., work in meteorology, 649 



Regents, Board of, adopts plan for library, 270; an- 

 nual meetings of, when held, 62 ; authority given 

 by Hough bill, 51 ; citizens of Washington mem- 

 bers of, 65 ; Congressional members of, 60 ; date of 

 first meeting of, 58 ; duty of, 60 ; executive committee 

 of, 62 ; executive officer of, 61; Ex-officiom^mbersof, 

 60 ; first meeting of, 62 ; first treasurer of, 69 ; how 

 constituted, 60 ; Journal of Proceedings of, 66 ; 

 mayors of Washington formerly members of, 65 ; 

 members of, 60; number of meetings held by, 62; on 

 character of library for Smithsonian Institution, 270, 

 271; persons present at first meeting of, 62 ; presiding 

 officer of, 61 ; record of, 62 ; reports to Congress of, 62; 

 resolution of, requesting Henry to continue his re- 

 searches in physics, 144; resident members of, 60; 

 resolution passed at election of Henry as Secretary 

 of Smithsonian Institution by, 141; roll of, 66; state- 

 ments of Henry to, in reference to beginnings of the 

 telegraph, 131 ; time and place of appointment of, 

 53 ; total number of names on roll of, 63 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, biographical 

 notices of, by William Jones Rhees, 80-114 ; h'st of, 

 63-66 ; longest in service, 66 



Regents, term, when and by whom suggested, 52 



Reid, John, 339 



Reis, Johann Philipp, 362 



Renwick, James, Jr., architect of the Smithsonian 

 building, 251 



Reports of Progress begun on Smithsonian Report for 

 1880, 487, 557 



Reports of the National Museum, contents of, 498 



Reports of the Smithsonian Institution, value of, in 

 aiding mathematical science, 568 



Reptiles, publication by the Smithsonian Institution 

 on, 740 



Results of Meteorological Observations made under 

 the Direction of the U. S. Patent Office and the 

 Smithsonian Institution, where published, 496 



Review of American Birds, by Baird, 169 



Reynolds, H. L., 370 



Rhees, William Jones, Biographical Notices of the 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 80-114; on 

 transfer of exploring expedition collections to Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 317; work in bibliography, 791 



Rhett, Senator Robert B., on printing Smithsonian 

 Report, 483 



Ridgway, Robert, 170 



Riley, C. V., 344, 345 



Ringgold, Cadwalader, 350, 467 



Ripley, E. W., 360 



Ritchie, John, cipher-code for astronomical telegrams, 

 600 



Rives, Senator, William C., 47; views on formation 

 of library, 267 



Robbins, Senator, Asher, defeats plan for establish- 

 ment of an observatory through Smithson bequest, 

 56; favors establishment of a university through 

 Smithson bequest, 34 



Rockhill, W. W., 357 ; his Diary of a Journey through 

 Mongolia and Tibet, 480, 497 ; explorations in 

 Mongolia and Tibet, 479 



Rockwood, C. G., Jr., on volcanology and seismology, 

 548 



Rodgers, John, Jr., 350, 357, 467 



Rodgers, John, Sr., 360 



Rogers, Fairman, lectures on "Roads and Bridges," 



Rogers, Joseph A., on Correction of Sextants for 



errors, 602 



Ross, B. K., 339, 357 

 Rosse, Lord, 223 

 Royal Society of London, cooperation of Smithsonian 



Institution in cataloguing scientific literature, 818 

 Rucker, Arthur W, address on Terrestrial Magnetism, 



Rumford, Count, 217 



Runkle, J. S., prepares tables on Perturbations of 

 Planets, 592 



Rush, Richard, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 62, 

 64, 107; agent to prosecute Smithson claim, rea- 

 sons for his success, 29; influence of, in final or- 

 ganization of Smithsonian Institution, 56; letter of, 

 concerning erection of Smithsonian building by, 247; 

 proposes plan for organization of Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 33 ; remarks of Senator James Alfred Pearce 

 on death of, 67 ; submits paper favoring National 

 Institute, 47 



Sabine, Sir Edward, on exchange of publications, 401- 

 403; on magnetic storms, 531; on Jewett's cata- 

 logue plan, 279 



Safford, W. E., 357 



Sailly, Henry Honore, servant to Smithson, 19 



St. Gaudens, Augustus, designs tablet commemora- 

 tive of Henry, 121 



Salva, Francisco, of Barcelona, 132 



Salverda, Doctor J. G. W. Fijnje Von, 224 



Salvin, Osbert, 339 



Samson, George W., 357 



Samuels, E., 474 



Sargent, Aaron Augustus, Regent, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 65, 107 



Sartorius, C., 337 



Say, Thomas, on Marine Invertebrates, 728 



Savers, J. D., 426 



Schaeffer, George C., work in chemical laboratory ot 

 Institution, 616 



Schilling, Baron, 133 



Schpolcraft, Henry R., presents books to Smithsonian 

 Library, 298 



Schott, Arthur, 478 



Schott, Charles A., discussion of E. K. Kane's expe- 

 dition by, 595 ; work in terrestrial magnetism by, 

 566 



Schuchert, Charles, on Department of Paleontology, 

 National Museum, 352-354 



Schuster, Arthur, on Atmospheric Electricity, 533 



Scientific Collections, the first, belonging to the Gov- 

 ernment, 304 



Scientific Memoirs, published by the Institution, 497 



Scientific Writings of Henry, published by the Insti- 

 tution, 522 



Sclater, Philip Lutley, 339 ; bibliography of, by 

 Goode, 514 



Scott, Winfield, makes collections of reptiles, 181 



