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INDEX. 



on Prof. Alexander's communica- 

 tion on solar eclipses, ](i, 1!)- 



on report of the Society's doing-s 

 during the past century, 16, 17, 

 23. 



on Mr. Taylor's commnnicntions 

 on geolon-y of Cuba, and fossil 

 ferns of Pennsylvania, J7, 19. 



■ on Dr. Morton's ethnographic cha- 



racter of the ancient Egyptians, 

 22. 



■ on Prof. Henry's researches on 



electro dynamic induction, 23, 

 152. 



■ on erection of an observatory, re- 



port finally, 29. 

 • on Museum property, report final- 



ly, 29. 



■ to revise laws and regulations of 



the Society, 36. 



■ on Prof. Locke's communication 



on terrestrial magnetism, 64, 81, 

 102, 109. 



■ on Major Graham's observations 



on magnetic dip, 98, 1 12, 205, 229. 



■ on arrangements for discourse on 



late President of Society, 102, 

 110, 114. 



■ on Mr. Haldeman's observations 



on phonology, 109, 1C8. 



■ on Prof. Loomis' astronomical ob- 



servations, 112, ]]G. 



- on Mr. Nulty's paper on the magic 



cyclovolute, 117. 



- on Provost Ewing's paper on ma- 



gic squares, 117. 



- on Dr. Bond's case of spina bifida, 



117. 



- on solar eclipse of December 9, 



123, 126. 



- on Mr. Leavitt's tables of the 



moon's rising and setting, 126. 



- on Major Graham's paper on the 



dip of the mao-netic needle, 136, 

 227, 249, 252. 



- on S. S. Haldeman's paper on col- 



eoptera longicornia, 137, 149. 



- on proposition of the Athengeum 



to erect new building, 142, 146. 



- on Prof. Gillis' paper, discharged, 



149. 



- on Mr. Lea's paper on fresh water 



and land shells, 158, 162. 



- on account presented by executors 



of Nathan Dunn, 169, 196, 219, 

 232, 244. 



- on claim of W. D. Lewis, 181. 



- on application to purchase Socie- 



ty's property, 181, 183. 



- several discharged, 186. 



- on Mr. M'llvaine's perpetual ca- 



lendar, 186. 



- on legal proceedings against the 



Society, 189. 



on communication of Mr. Borden, 



discharged. 200. 



on by-laws and regulations, report, 



2!("), 219,222. 



on manuscripts of the Society, dis- 



charg-ed, 214. 



on Mr. Parker's claim, discharged, 



222. 



on removing skeleton of elephant, 



discharged, 222. 



on letter from Am. Acad. Arts and 



Sciences, 237, 2.38, 243. 



on Miss Reynold's communication 



on two distinct states of con- 

 sciousness, 258. 



on Capt. Stockton's experiments 



on gunnery, 2-59, 273. 



on letter from Hist. Society, N. Y. 



269. 



on by-laws relating to nomination 



of members, 274, 324. 



on Prof. Norton's new theory of 



imponderables, 296, 332. 



on loss of packet ship Thomas P. 



Cope, 300. 



on Dr. Meigs' paper on corpus lu- 



teum, 302. 



on communication from Mr. Walk- 

 er, concerning place of planet 

 Leverrier, 308, 324. 



on Prof. Tucker's essay on cause 



and effect, 311,330. 



on Dr. Meigs' paper upon gesta- 

 tion of didelphis virginiasia, 321, 

 327. 



on communication of W. D. Lew- 

 is, 344. 



on Mr. Tilghman's paper on the 



decomposing power of water at 

 high temperatures, 347, 353. 



on singing mouse, 358. 



on method of determining sun's 



parallax, 361. 



on solar eclipse discharged, 377. 



Concretion from stomach of horse, 230. 



Corpuscular hvpothesis. Prof. Henry, 

 287. 



Corpus luteum. Dr. Meigs on, 305. 



Correspondence (See Letters.) 



Cotton, explosive. Prof. Frazer, 294. 



Cresson, Prof J. C. defective vision, 

 81 — on demolition of shot tower, 

 235. 



Curators to receive standards of mea- 

 sure, 202, 222. 



Declaration of Independence, MSS. co- 

 py, 361, 362. 



Diamond from Georgia, 211, 240. 



Didelphis viro-iniana, reproduction of, 

 by Dr. Meigs, 327, 363. 



Dollars from ancient wreck, 200. 



Donations for the Library, 1, 4, 6, 9, 

 14, 18, 21, 24, 26, 29, 32, 37, 41, 44, 



