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1836. The Progress of Science as Illustrated by the Development of Meteor- 

 ology. By Cleveland Abbe. Octavo. Pages 287-309. 



1837. Geology of the Inner Earth. — Igneous Ores. By Prof. J. W. Gregory, 

 D. Sc, F. R. S. Octavo. Pages 311-330. 



1838. The Salton Sea. By F. H. Newell, Director United States Reclamation 

 Service. Octavo. Pages 331-345, with 9 plates. 



1839. Inland Waterways. By George G. Chisholm. Octavo. Pages 347-370. 



1840. The Present Position of Paleozoic Botany. By D. H. Scott, F. R. S., 

 lately honorary keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 

 Octavo. Pages 371-405, with 2 plates. 



1841. The Zoological Gardens and Establishments of Great Britain, Belgium, 

 and the Netherlands. By Gustave Loisel, director of the Laboratory of General 

 Embryology at the School of Hautes Etudes, professor of zoology in the second- 

 ary courses of the Sorbonne, Paris. Octavo. Pages 407-448, with 8 plates. 



1842. Systematic Zoology: Its Progress and Purpose. By Theodore Gill. 

 Octavo. Pages 449^71, with 14 plates. 



1843. The Genealogical History of the Marine Mammals. By Prof. O. Abel. 

 Octavo. Pages 473-496. 



1844. The Mediterranean Peoples. By Theobald Fischer, University of Mar- 

 burg. Octavo. Pages 497-521. 



1845. Prehistoric Japan. By Dr. E. Baelz, 1876-1902, professor Imperial 

 Japanese University of Tokyo. Octavo. Pages 523-547, with 2 plates. 



1846. The Origin of Egyptian Civilization. By Edouard Naville, D. C. L., 

 LL. D., etc. Octavo. Pages 549-564. 



1847. The Fire Piston. By Henry Balfour, M. A., curator of Pitt-Rivers 

 Museum, Oxford. Octavo. Pages 565-593, with 5 plates. 



1848. The Origin of the Canaanite Alphabet.' By Franz Praetorius. Octavo. 

 Pages 595-604. 



1849. Three Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine, Egypt. By Prof. Eduard 

 Sachau. Octavo. Pages 605-611, with 2 plates. 



1850. The Problem of Color Vision. By John M. Dane. Octavo. Pages 

 613-625. 



1851. Immunity in Tuberculosis. By Simon Flexner, M. D., Rockefeller Insti- 

 tute for Medical Research, New York City. Octavo. Pages 627-645. 



1852. The Air of the New York Subway Prior to 1906. By George A. Soper. 

 Octavo. Pages 647-667. 



1853. Marcelin Berthelot. By Camille Matignon, professor of mineral chem- 

 istry at the College de France ; former assistant professor to Berthelot at the 

 College de France. Octavo. Pages 669-684, with 1 plate. 



1854. Linnfean Memorial Address. By Edward L. Greene. Octavo. Pages 

 685-709, with 1 plate. 



The Report of the Executive Committee and Proceedings of the Board of 

 Regents of the Institution, as well as the Report of the Secretary for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1908, both forming part of the Annual Report of the 

 Board of Regents to Congress, were printed in pamphlet form and published at 

 the December meeting of the Board of Regents, as follows : 



1855. Report of the Executive Committee and Proceedings of the Board of 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1908. 

 Octavo. Pages 3-18. 



1856. Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 

 ending June 30, 1908. Octavo. Pages iii, 86. 



The greater part of the Smithsonian Report for 1908 was in type at the close 

 of the fiscal year. The General Appendix contains the following papers : 



