INDEX. Abert, Col. J. T., minerals from Academy of Brussels. (See Quetelet.) Acoustics, Professor Henry's experiments on Adams, George R., specimens from Additions to collections of National Museum in 1874. Additions to library Agassiz, Prof. L., succeeded by Dr. Gray as Regent.. Agents of the Institution in Europe. Agriculture, Department of, Smithsonian deposit with.. Aiken, C. E., specimens from..... Albuquerque, Señor, specimens from... Alexander, Prof. Stephen, on harmonies of the solar system... Anderson, Prof. W., antiquities of Perry County, Ohio...... Antiquities. (See Ethnology.) Antiquities of Tennessee, by Dr. Joseph Jones.. Appendix to the report of the Secretary......... Appropriations by Congress for National Museum. Appropriations for year 1875...... Arago, electrical discoveries of eulogy on La Place Archæology. (See Ethnology.) Arctic expeditions, scientific results of Polaris Arctic expedition, Swedish..... Argentine meteorological observatory, tables printed for Army Medical Museum, Smithsonian deposit with. Arny, Governor, additions to collections by... Artesian wells, temperature of Art gallery. (See Corcoran.) Assistants in the Institution and National Museum... Assyrian tablet, from British Museum .... Asteroids discovered in 1874 .... investigation relative to Professor Watson's plan for discovery of Astor, William B., succeeded by Professor Coppée as Regent Astronomical discoveries, telegraphic announcement of. Astronomy. (See Alexander, Bessels, Wheeler, Hayden, Powell, and Campbell.) La Place, labors and discoveries of Newton, labors and discoveries of. 26 s Astronomy, Euler, labors and discoveries of..... Atomic theory. Auroras, De la Rive's theory of observations on, in Arctic regions... Baird, Prof. Spencer F., Assistant Secretary of the Institution. fish inquiry and propagation in charge of. review of American birds.. specimens from Page. 134 135 136 137 139 134 134 144 146 151 158 158 160 .273, 305 46 192 195 227 77 6 44 46 27 13 33,50 Bancroft, Hon. George, acts of, as Regent and member of executive committee..5, 123, elected Regent, vice General Sherman Bank, First National, deposit with... Barnard, General J. G., problems of rotary motion by. Barnum, P. T., specimens from Barometer, work on, to be undertaken.. Barracks, warming and ventilation of Bartram, John, antiquities of Florida... Baumhauer, Professor, Smithsonian exchange-agent at Harlem... Belknap, Commander G. E., soundings on Tuscarora from Bendire, Capt. Charles, specimens from Bequests to the Institution .... Berlandier, collection of minerals from Mexico Bessels, Dr. Emil, scientific results of Polaris Arctic expedition specimens from .... Bibliothèque Universelle, De la Rive's connection with Binney, W. G., shells referred to...... Birds, referred to G. N. Lawrence...... 124, 125, 126, 128 7 9, 119 12 31, 32, 50 18 295 393 21 34,51 39 193 .34, 46, 63 .32, 33, 51 7 53 46 31,51 200 36 36 13 37 33,51 37 18 13 26 361 Birds, review of American, by Prof. S. F. Baird.. Birnie, Lieut. R., astronomical observations by. Blackford, E. G., specimens from...... Blunt, Lieut. S. E., astronomical observations by Boehmer, George H., arrangement of work on thunder and lightning by Boiling and melting points, tables by F. W. Clarke .... Bones, analysis of Bryan, Oliver N., antiquities of Charles County, Maryland 387 Catalogue of implements found in ancient graves in California transactions of learned societies in Smithsonian library. Chandler, L. H., specimens from Chase, A. W., additions to collections by Chase, Hon. S. P., change in the Board on account of death of.. Chemical formulæ, tables by F. W. Clarke laboratory, operations in Chorea, queries respecting 121, 122 65 29, 33 31 32 317 26 25 33, 52 30,52 7 13 47 66 Collaborators in natural history Clifford, Justice Nathan, as chancellor of Board of Regents... Coffin, Prof. J. H., on winds of the globe Coffin, Prof. Selden J., completion of work on winds by. Coleman, J. T., specimens from Coleoptera, classification of, by Dr. John L. LeConte new species of, by Dr. John L. LeConte - Collecting apparatus lent to fifteen expeditions Comets, detected in 1874. La Place's method of determining orbits of Congress, appropriation by, for National Museum. printing of 10,500 reports ordered by. Constants of nature, part 1, specific gravities, &c., by F. W. Clarke specific heat... expansion by heat for solids and liquids weight of air, &c Contributions to knowledge, account of.... 7 62 15, 17 17 26 34,53 13 13 6,36 36 121 221 265 165 18 9 13 16 16 16 10 Cooper, Dr. William A., specimen from 32,53 Coues, Dr. Elliot, collaborator in mammalogy and ornithology. specimens from Cox, Hon. S. S., acts of, as Regent.. 12 44, 65 35, 53 6 43 .30, 33, 53 .126, 128 Cresson, E. T., insects referred to... Creveling, James P., specimens from.... 36 34, 53 Crustaceans, referred to S. J. Smith-.... Cushing, Frank H., antiquities of Orleans County, New York. Cutting, Frank H., specimens from.......... DaCosta, Dr. J. M., ou strain and overaction of the heart specimens from Dana, Prof. J. D., elected Regent, vice Dr. Woolsey Davenport Academy Natural Sciences, explorations by Davy, electrical discoveries of...... De Candolle, A., on a dominant language for science... Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis... on Lemström's observations on electricity.... De la Rive, Charles Gaspard, notice of . Departments. (See Agriculture, State, War, Navy, and Interior.) De Saussure, Professor, monograph on American vespidæ or wasps. Diptera, monograph of, Ortalida family, by H. Loew Distribution of Smithsonian publications, rules for duplicate specimens. 36 375 53 31 14 6 30, 32, 34, 53 7 354 360 369 190 239 269 184 236 261 .185, 186 16 6,23 13 11 36, 49 Dominant language for science, by A. De Candolle.. 239 Donations. (See Library and Museum.) Dumas, M., eulogy on De la Rive..... 184 Dundas, Mrs., of England, historical manuscripts presented by.. in North Carolina, on February 10, 1874, by Professor DuPre.... |