Index 855 



Special Bulletins, of the National Museum, 366 Telegraph, connection of Henry with the invention of, 



Special Publications of Smithsonian Institution, 496 525; form of, used by Henry, 133; history of the 



Species, named for military heroes, 181 invention of, 531 



Specimens, distribution of, in first twenty years by In- Telegraph, electro-magnetic, first use of, 133; credit 



stitution, 321 due to Henry in construction of, 134 



Spectro-bolotneter, description of working of, 439, 441 Telephone, discovery of, announcement of, 153 



Spectrum, as known to Sir Isaac Newton, 441 ; increase Temperature Tables, 668 



of knowledge of, by use of bolometer, 441 Thaw, William, 213; maintained observatory at Pitts- 

 Spencer, John C., Secretary of Treasury, 47 burg, 422 

 Spofford, A. R., report of, on J. H. Lefroy collection in Theona Motus Corporum Coelestium, by C. F. Gauss, 



Smithsonian Library, 297 ; on Smithsonian Library, translation aided by the Institution, 591 



293, 294 ; remarks of, on international exchanges, Thomas, Cyrus, 370 ; on Indian hieroglyphics, 383 



407; report of, to Congress on necessity for new H- Thomas, G. H., on the Mountain Sheep, 181 



brary building, 827 Thomson, Sir William, 148, 240 



Squier, E. G., on antiquities of New York, 462 Thomson, Wm. M., 358 



Squier, E. G., and Davis, E. H., 474; on Ancient Thompson, S. P., on Koenig's researches on The Phy- 



Monuments of Mississippi Valley, 398, 461 sical Basis of Musical Harmony and Timbre, 543 



Stansbury, Howard, expeditions of, 180 Time Service, income from, gives means for original 



Stanton, Benjamin, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, research, 213 



65, 109, 269 Time signals, first use of, in America, 212 ; service of, 



Star-maps, circulation of, by the Institution, 591 in Great Britain, 212 



Stearns, Robert E. C., 343 Tisdell, W. P., 358 



Steinheil, C. A., credit given to, in the use of the earth Todd, D. P., on ancient eclipses, 574 



for a return circuit, 134, 135 Torrey, John, 163; on botany of California, 462 



Stejneger, Leonhard, 479; characterization of Bair- Totten, Joseph Gilbert, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 



dian School of Ornithology, 170; on Department of tion, 62, 65, no, 254 



Reptiles and Batrachians, National Museum, 341 Tower Menagerie, origin of, 444 



Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, Regent, Smithsonian Towers, John Thomas, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- 



Institution, 64, 109 tion, 65, in 



Stevens, I. I., 466 Transits, American Method of observing, 529 



Stevens, John M., 361 Tree, Lambert, 410 



Stevenson, Adlai Ewing, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- Trenchard, S. D., 360 



tion, 109 Triboaillet, Victor, de St. Amand, 133 



Stevenson, James, 386, 388 Trumbull, John, 360 



Stevenson, John White, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- Trumbull, Lyman, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 



tion, 64, IOQ 65, in 



Stevenson, Mrs. James, 370, 386 Tubingen, University of, gift from, to Institution Li- 



Stimpson, William, 342; work on zoological collec- brary, 296 



tions, 721 Tunzelmann, G. W. de, account of H. Hertz's re- 

 Stokes, Sir Geo. G., on the Luminiferous Ether, 537 searches in Smithsonian Report, 1889 by, 532 

 Stone, Ormond, work done by, on comet-oibits, 589 Turner, Lucien M., 358; explorations of, 182 

 Stoney, G. M., 357 Turner, William W., plan of, for Indian linguistic col- 

 Storm-warning, development of, by Institution, 660 lections, 379 



" Stourbridge Lion," 362 Tyler, John, President, endorses National Institute, 46 



Stroud, Mary, 352 Tyndall, John, on Radiation, 534 

 Stuart, David, Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, 



no United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, work 



Sturgeon, William, 122; construction of firstrotary motor of Institution in connection with, 715 



by, 138 ; estimate of, on discoveries of Henry, 124 ; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, research 



gives priority to Henry in construction of electro- in terrestrial magnetism, 566 



magnetic engines, 138; power of quantity magnet United States Exploring Expedition, collections de- 



of, 125 posited in National Institute, 306; complications in 



Sumichrast, F., 337 the control of the collections of, 308, 309; suggestion 



Sun, effects of the, on life, 429; determination ot power relative to, report of, 496 ; transfer of collections of, 



of light and heat of, by Langley, 233 to Smithsonian Institution, 317 



Supreme Court, case of Morse vs. O'Reilly in, 132 United States Fish Commission, establishment of, 325; 



Surveys, government, collections made by, aided by explorations of, connection of Institution with, 469 ; 



Smithsonian Institution, 314; West of the One Hun- summer stations of, 186 



dredth Meridian, aid of Institution to, 599 United States Geographical and Geological Survey of 



Swan, James G., 355, 357; on Indians of the North- the Rocky Mountain Region, 367 



west coast, 763 United States Geological Survey aided by Smithsonian 



Systems of Consanguinity and the Affinity of the Human Institution, 565 ; first Director of, 369 ; formation of, 



Family, by Lewis H. Morgan, 390 717; union of four bureaus in, 369 



United States Lighthouse Board, Henry's researches 



Tables of Weights and Measures, 544 in sound in connection with, 540 



Tablets erected in memory of Smithson, 22 United States National Museum. See National Mu- 



Taney, Roger Brooke, Regent, Smithsonian Institu- seum 



tion, 62, 64, no United States Naval Observatory, help obtained from 



Tapir, Baird's, 193 Smithsonian Institution, 564 



Tappan, Benjamin, 248 ; defeats aspiration of National United States Weather Bureau aided by Smithsonian 



Institute, 56; presents bill for Smithsonian Institu- Institution, 565; formation of, 676; receives the 



tion, 50; views of, on formation of library, 260, 269 manuscripts relating to meteorology, 298 

 Tassin, Wirt, on Department of Minerals, National 



Museum, 351, 352 Vail, Aaron, sends information of the Smithson be- 



Taunt, E. H., 358 quest, 25 



Taylor, Ezra B., Regent, Smithsonian Institution, 65, Van Braam, M., 360 



no Van Buren, Martin, President, message of, concerning 



Taylor, F. W., work in Smithsonian chemical labora- Smithson legacy, 31 



tory, 620; last official chemist to the Institution, 620 Van Geersdale, Father J., on the Infra-red Spectrum 



Taylor, Wm. B., description by, of researches carried and Bolometer, 219 



on by Henry at Princeton, 129 ; Historical Sketch of Van Vliet, Stewart, 181 



Henry's Relation to the Telegraph by, 559; Kinetic Vasey, George, 350 



Theories of Gravitation by, 554; on Nature and Ori- Vattemare, Alexander, originates system ot interna- 



gin of Force, 554; paperon acoustics by, 538; remarks tional exchanges of books, 55 ; result of efforts of, in 



on importance of the intensity magnet by, 124 exchanges with French Government, 408; system 



laylor, Zachary, Chairman of first meeting of the Es- of exchanges by, 398 



tablishment, 60 Vatterville, Baron de, 410 



