INDEX. 



Alexander, Prof. S., contributions to 

 astronomical science, 216 — on Biela's 

 comet, 241. 



Allen, Mr. T., on gas-wells of Kanawha, 

 366. 



Antares, a double star, 202, 277. 



Apparatus for measuring base lines, 368. 



Appropriations, 30, 130, 222. 



Association of ideas, 379. 



Astronomical science, contributions to, 

 216. 



Athenaeum, proposition for new build- 

 ing, 142. 



Athenian Institute, letter from, 254. 



Aurora borealis, 370. 



Automaton speaking machine, 83. 



Azimuths, determination of, by Mr. 

 JNulty, 234, 241. 



Bache, Prof. A. D., observations for 

 magnetic dip, 11 — observations of 

 meteors, 25 — report on coast survey, 

 141 — on standard weights and mea- 

 sures, 159 — on progress of coast sur- 

 vey, 237 — description of base appa- 

 ratus, 368. 



Bache, Dr., resolutions on death of Mr. 

 Du Ponceau, 51 . 



Bache, Major, map of Sandy Hook, 168. 



Basilosaurus, Prof. Mtlller on bones of, 

 338. 



Bessel, M., on motions of Procyon and 

 Sirius, 112. 



Bethune, Dr., on ethnology, 3.58. 



Biela comets, observations on, by Mr. 

 Walker, 235, 241. 



Biddle, Col., thanks to, for Encyclo- 

 paedia Britannica, 111. 



Bloomfield, Jos. E., articles returned to 

 representative, 256, 274. 



Boutelle, C. O., mathematical tables, 

 2.52. 



Boye, Dr., presents true nitric ether, 

 215 — analysis of concretion from 

 horse's stomach, 230 — brown hema- 

 tite ore, 238 — mineral specimens, 247 

 — reports on fixed mercury, 335. 



Bridjres, Dr., affinity of metals, 92. 

 3 E 



Calendar, perpetual, by Mr. M'llvaine, 

 192, 2C7, 344. 



Cannon, bursting of, by Capt. Stockton, 

 221. 



Capillarity, Prof. Henry on, 176. 



Centennial celebration, expenses, 96. 



Chapman, Dr., resigns as vice-presi- 

 dent, 137. 



Clitoris, diseases of, by Dr. Meigs, 129. 



Coast survey, first report on, 141. 



Coates, Dr., on bones of head-fish, 11. 



Coin, from marl pit, 173. 



Cohesion, Prof Henry on, 56, 84. 



Combustion, spontaneous, of coal, 25. 



Comets, Mr. Walker and Prof Kendall 

 on, 20, 58, 160, 202. 



elements of, from Prof. Rumker, 



86. 



computations of Mauvais', 67 — of 



Leverrier, 286. 



Committees, standing, appointed, 39, 

 137, 232, 302. 



Committee of finance, report, 92, 130, 

 222, 248, 285, 379. 



discharged from subject of taxes 



on Museum property, 187. 



historical and literary, communi- 

 cations referred, 22. 



on pubUcation, report, 8, 29, 56, 



122, 219, 296, 302, 371. 



on hall, lease of rooms, 337. 



Committees, special, — 



on hundredth anniversary, report 



of proceedings, 4. 



on Prof. Henry's resolution, 4. 



on Mr. Lea's paper on fresh water 



shells, 8. 

 on Prof. Loomis' account of two 



storms, 12, 17. 

 on instruments of astronomical ob- 

 servatory at West Point, 13, 19. 

 on Prof Bartlett's observations on 



comet of Feb. 1843, 13. 

 on Mr. Lea's communication on 



fossil shells, 13, 16. 

 on Booth and Boye's paper on hip- 



puric acid, 16, 20. 



