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Astronomy, Euler, labors and discoveries of ........

134
Copernicus, labors and discoveries of.

135
Huyghens, labors and discoveries of..

136
Clairault, labors and discoveries of ..
Cassini, labors and discoveries of.

139
D'Alembert, labors and discoveries of...
Lagrange, labors and discoveries of ..

134
Adams, labors and discoveries of....

144
Halley, labors and discoveries of .
Galileo, labors and discoveries of...
Bernouilli, labors and discoveries of

158
Lo Sage, labors and discoveries of.........

Buffon, labors and discoveries of ...
Asylums, warming and ventilation of.......
Atkins, Charles G., salmon-hatching by..........
Atomic theory....
Auroras, De la Rive's theory of ...

observations on, in Arctic regions......

records of ...........................
Baird, Prof. Spencer F., Assistant Secretary of the Institution .....

fish inquiry and propagation in charge of........
observation by, on temperature of sea-waters..........
report of, on Museum..
review of American birds....
specimens from .......

............... 33,50
Bancroft, Hon. George, acts of, as Regent and member of executive committee..5, 123,

124, 125, 126, 128
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..
Bean, T. H., specimens from ....
Bechler, G. R., explorations by ......
Becquerel, experiments of........
Belknap, Commander G. E., soundings on Tuscarora from

34, 46, 63
Bendire, Capt. Charles, specimens from .......

32, 33, 51
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 Rivo's connection with ..
Binney, W. G., shells referred to......
Birds, referred to G. N. Lawrence..
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
Bolton, Dr. H. Carrington, catalogue of scientific periodicals by ...........
Bones, analysis of .

... 7
..., 9, 119

193

Borelly, comets observed by ........
Bossange Gustave, Smithsonian exchange-agent at Paris..
Botanical index, by Sereno Watson ......
Botany. (See De Candolle, explorations.)
Bonlaq Museum, plaster cast of Tanis stone from...
Boyd, C. H., specimens from ......
Briggs, S. W., antiquities discovered by
Brown, Solomon G., transportation clerk....
Bryan, Oliver N., antiquities of Charles County, Maryland
Buckland, Frank, collection of casts of fishes..
Burial of Indian squaw in California, account of.
Burmeister, Dr., specimens from......
Campbell, Archibald, additions to collections by ...
Carson, Dr., plants referred to ......
Cases, appropriations for ........
Cast of Phæbus........
Casts of fishes. .......

Egyptian antiquities........

birds' skulls .........
Catalogue of implements found in ancient graves in California ..

scientific periodicals, by Dr. H. C. Bolton ........

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 ......
Churches, warming and ventilation of.....
Circular relative to Chorea ....
Clarke, Prof. F. W., constants of nature......
Clerks, list of, in Institution and Museum .....
Clifford, Justice Nathan, as chancellor of Board of Regents
Coast-Survey, explorations and collections by .....
Coffin, Prof. J. H., on winds of the globe .......
Coffin, Prof. Selden J., completion of work on winds by
Coggia, comets observed by....
Coleman, J. T., specimens from ...........
Coleoptera, classification of, by Dr. John L. LeConte ..

new species of, by Dr. John L. LeConte ..
Collaborators in natural history ..
Collecting apparatus lent to fifteen expeditions .....
Collections, appropriation for preservation of..
Colleges, warming and ventilation of.............
Comets, detected in 1874 ....

La Place's method of determining orbits of

research relative to..
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........
Cooper, Dr. William A., specimen from ........

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Cope, Professor E. D., explorations by.......
reptiles and fishes referred to.......

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Coppée, Prof. Henry, acts of, as Regent.

124, 125, 126
elected Regent, vice Mr. Astor.

report on National Museum
Copper mining on Lake Superior......
Copyright not taken on Smithsonian publications..
Corcoran Art Gallery, Smithsonian deposit with......
Corresponding institutions, number of foreign ...
Couch, Gen. D. N., minerals from ....
Coues, Dr. Elliot, collaborator in mammalogy and ornitholog

collections and observations by .
specimens from ....

.30, 33,53
Cox, Hon. S. S., acts of, as Regent........

.......126, 128
Cresson, E. T., insects referred to....

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Creveling, James P., specimens from .......
Crustaceans, referred to S. J. Smith ....

36
Cushing, Frank H., antiquities of Orleans County, New York.

375
speciinens from ........
Cutting, Frank H., specimens from .... .........
DaCosta, Dr. J. M., on strain and overaction of the heart
Dall, W. H., collaborator in malacology..

specimens from .....
Dana, Prof. J. D., elected Regent, vice Dr. Woolsey ...
Davenport Academy Natural Sciences, explorations by ........

354
Davenport, George L., statement of, relative to ancient mounds .

360
Davis, A. C., antiquities of Isle Royale ........
Davy, electrical discoveries of......
De Candolle, A., on a dominant language for science.....

239
Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis......

269
De la Rive, Prof. Arthur Auguste, eulogy on, by M. Dumas...

184
on Lemström's observations on electricity.... 236
report on transactions of Geneva Society of
Physics and Natural History ........

261
De la Rive, Charles Gaspard, notice of ...................... ..........185, 186
Departments. (See Agriculture, State, War, Navy, and Interior.)
De Saussure, Professor, monograph on American vespidæ or wasps.... ...
Diebitsch, Hermann, exchange clerk ............
Diptera, monograph of, Ortalidæ family, by H. Loew ..
Distribution of Smithsonian publications, rules for .......

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duplicate specimens...................
Dominant language for science, by A. De Candolle.......
Donations. (See Library and Museum.)
Dumas, M., eulogy on De la Rive.....
Dundas, Mrs., of England, historical manuscripts presented by
Duplicate specimens, distribution of..........
DuPre, Prof. Warren, earthquakes in North Carolina.

254
Dwelling-houses, warming and ventilation of ........

310
Earthquakes, effects on tides .... ...............

216
in North Carolina, on February 10, 1874, by Prof
Professor Henry's explanation of

records of, in Institution.....
Edwards, W. H., insects referred to........

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Egyptian antiquities, presented to Museum....
Electricity of the atmosphere in the arctic regions, Lemström........

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De la Rive
Electroplating, originated by De la Rive........
Elevations, research on, by Nicholson and Gardiner ...
Elliott, Henry W., additions to collections by .........

31, 32, 54 Emerton, J. H., insects referred to

36 Endlich, Dr. F. M., explorations by....

mineralogist of National Museum
specimens from .............

35,54 Engelmann, Dr. George, plants referred to .... Engineers, United States, explorations by ........

36, 62 Engravings and etchings deposited in Corcoran Art Gallery Escher, Arnold, account of, by De la Rive......

261 Esquimaux, ethnological collections of ............

27 Estimates for the year 1875 ............

121 to Congress for museum appropriations..... Ethnology, account of additions to collections in .......

researches in ......
report of committee of Regents on collection of...

126 ancient graves and shell-heaps of California, by Paul Schumacher.. 335 account of the burial of an Indian squaw, California, by W. M.

........ 350 ancient mounds of Mercer County, Illinois, by T. McWhorter ...... 351 antiquities of Whiteside County, Illinois, by W. H. Pratt........... 351 a study of skulls and long bones, from mounds near Albany, Illinois, by Dr. R. J. Farquharson.........

361 the shell-bed skull, by A. S. Tiffany........

363 antiquities of Northern Ohio, by Dr. George W. Hill................ 364 the age of stone and troglodytes of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, by R. S. Robertson ......

............................ 367 antiquities of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, by A. C. Davis ................

369 Yazoo County, Mississippi, by J. W.C. Smith ............

370
Tennessee, by Dr. Daniel F. Wright..................
Blount County, Tennessee, by Miss Annie E. Law
Orleans County, New York, by Frank H. Cushing .......

375 La Porte County, Indiana, by R.S. Robertson..

377 Allen and De Kalb Counties, Indiana, by R. S. Robertson ..... 380 Jackson County, Tennessee, by Rev. Joshua Haile, communicated by James W. McHenry .....................................

384 Perry County, Obio, by W. Anderson .....

386 Charles County, Maryland, by Oliver N. Bryan..

387 Stanly and Montgomery Counties, North Carolina, byF.J. Kron. 389 Florida, by Dr. Augustus Mitchell....

390 Florida, by John Bartram.....

393 California, Southern.... San Bernardino County

350 Florida ..........

.. 390, 393 Illinois, Mercer County ......

. 351 Whiteside County.. ...,

354, 361, 363 Indiana, La Porte County......

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Ethnology, antiquities of
Indiana, De Kalb County ..........

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Huntington County..

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Kentucky, Breckinridge County

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Maryland, Charles County.

387
Michigan, Isle Royale..........

369
Mississippi, Leake County.....

370
Yazoo County .......

370
New York, Orleans County.

375
North Carolina, Stanly and Montgomery Cou

389
Northern Ohio ......

364
Ohio, Ashland County

364
Licking County ...

366
Perry County ........

386
Oregon ....................

335
Tennessee

371
Blount County ..........

375
Clarksville...............

371
Jackson County...............

384
Monroe County ......

375
(See Bessels; Hayden; Powell; Wheeler.)
Eulogy on La Place, by Arago......

129
Quetelet, by Mailly ...............................

169
De la Rive, by Dumas.....

184
Everett, Prof. J. D., on under-ground temperatures ......

250
Exchanges, account of system of international .........

resolution of Regents that aid may be received from societies, &c.
rules of the system ........
services of Miss Jane Turner ..
services of H. Diebitsch ............

statistics of.........
Executive Committee, report of.......

118
Expenditures and receipts of Smithson fund...........

119
Explorations and surveys, by Lieut. George M. Wheeler..

Prof. F. V. Hayden ....
Prof. J. W. Powell ..........
Archibald Campbell ......

(See Museum.)
Faraday, experiments of .........

193
Farquharson, Dr. R. J., study of skulls and bones from mounds in ni

361
Finances of the Institution, condition of...

9, 118
Fish commission, collections by...

45,63
Fish, inquiry and propagation, in charge of Professor Baird.

44, 45
Fishes, arrangement of families of, by Dr. Theodore Gill....

referred to E. D. Cope ....
Fitzhugh, jr., D, F., specimens from .....
Flugel, Dr. Felix, Smithsonian exchange-agent in Leipsic.
Fog-signals, Professor Henry's investigations on ........
Foreign centers of Smithsonian exchanges.........

establishments in correspondence with Smithsonian
Foreman, Prof. Edward, collaborator in ethnology .........
Fossils, arranged in Museum .......

. discovery of. (See Explorations.)
Foster, J. G., on mound-builders' skulls.
Franklin, General W. B., research on steam-heaters.

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