CONTENTS. 



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Birth and Parentage of James Smithson 1 



Sir Hugh Smithson, First Duke of Northumberland 1 



Lady Percy 1 



Colonel Henry Louis Dickinson 1 



Smithson's feeling in regard to posthumous fame 2 



John Quincy Adams in reference to Smithson's fame 2 



Prof. Walter R. Johnson's remarks on Smithson's fame 2 



Education of Smithson at Oxford University 8 



Graduation at Pembroke College, Oxford 8 



Smithson's earnest pursuit of science 8 



Smithson's scientific ambition 8 



Arago's estimate of the Koyal Society 8 



Smithson's name at first, James Lewis Macio 8 



Kecommendation of Smithson's application to Royal Society 4 



Smithson elected a member of the Royal Society of London 4 



Smithson's tours and explorations 4, 6 



His portable laboratory 5 



Cabinet of minerals 5 



Minute researches 6 



Privations encountered on explorations 5 



Extracts from his journal 5 



Friendship of eminent savans 6 



Presentation of books to Smithson by distinguished authors 6 



Sir Davies Gilbert's estimate of Smithson as a chemist 6 



Prof. W. R. Johnson's opinion of Smithson's works 7 



Labors in mineralogy and crystallography 7 



Motto on Smithsonian publications 8 



" Smithsonite," a new mineral species named in honor of Smithson 8 



Analysis of vegetable colors 8 



Practical value of his researches 8 



Notes and scrai)3 found among his eflocts 9 



List of Smithson's writings 9, 10 



Allusions made by Smithson to other writers 1 



Death of Smithson 1 



Description of his monument in Genoa 1 



Sir Davies Gilbert's tribute to his memory 1 



Smithson's analysis of a tear 1 



Remarks of Dr. Johnson and George Wilson on lack of details of private life 



of scientific men 13 



No autobiography or life of Smithson extant 18 



Inventory of his personal efi"ects, at death 13 



Personal effects transferred to Mr. Rush 16 



The same transferred to the National Institute 15 



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