192 Page. Fuod, statement of the Smithson... 9, 118 Gabb, Prof. William M., specimens from .. ........30, 31, 32, 33, 54 Galvani, experiments of ...... Gannett, Mr., explorations by ....... 39 Gardiner, J. T., explorations by ......... research on elevations by ...... collaborator in general zoology ..... zoologist of the National Museum.. explorations and surveys, account of....... ...124, 125, 126 report on National Museum .......... J. G. Swan's paper on .......... 384 etbpological specimens from.... 31,55 Halls of assembly, ventilation of.... 321 Hamilton, James, 'bequest of $1,000 to the Institution.. ....7, 8, 9, 118 Hamlin, Hon. H., acts of, as Regent ... 124, 126 Harbors, tides in........ Hardisty, W. L., donations to Museum from ....... 31,55 Harmonies of the solar system, by Prof. S. Alexander... Hart, Dr. Charles A., specimens from.. 34, 55 Harting, Dr. J. E., specimens from ..... 32,55 Harvey, Rev. M., specimens from ... 31,55 Hayden, Prof. F. V., additions to collections by ...... 30,63 explorations and surveys by.... 39,40 Hays, Dr. W. W., exploration by ....... 342 Hazelton, Hon. G. W., appointed Regent, vice Hon. L. P. Poland. acts of, as Regent. 126 Heart, Dr. DaCosta's Toner lecture on... 14 Heating-apparatus, resolution asking for appropriation for Henry, Prof. Joseph, explanation of earthquakes ............ acts of, as secretary of Board of Regents... 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 207 14 128 169 207 13 297 Page Henry, Prof. Joseph, trustee of Corcoran Art Gallery .......... investigations on fog-signals.... eries ........ De la Rive .......... 364 approval of Newcomb's paper on planetary motion ...... Hoar, Hon. E. R, acts of, as Regent.... appointed Regent, vice General Garfield.... Blackfeet.. (See Ethnology.) referred to Messrs. Packard, Scudder, Edwards, Ostensacken, Uhlor, Ulke, Stretch, Cresson, Thomas, Glover, Emerton, Holden ... minerals from...... Jenks, Professor, specimens from 32, 56 Jones, Dr. Joseph, antiquities of Tennessee, by Journal of Board of Regents .. Jouy, P. L., specimens from ........ 32,56 Kamtschatka, specimens from ...... 29 Kerrick, L. H., specimens froin.. Khedive of Egypt, donations from ............ 31 350 King, W.M., account of burial of Indian squav. 360 1 12 14 124 13 21 34,57 25 227 Page. Kjokken-möddings in California .... 335 Kron, T.J., antiquities of North Carolina ........ 389 Laboratory of the Institution, investigations in..... La Munyon, Mr., specimens from ... 32, 56 Language, a dominant, for science, De Candolle's 239 La Place, eulogy on, by Arago.... .... 129 Lartet, Professor, antiquities from. 31,57 Lawrence, George N., birds referred to.... Law, Dr., specimens from ............. 32,57 Law, Miss Annie E., antiquities of Blount County, Tennessee Le Conte, Prof. John, constants of nature 16 Le Conte, Dr. John L., new species and classification of Coleoptera .... Lecture-rooms, ventilation of ........ Leech, Daniel, corresponding clerk of the Institution ...... Lee, Col. F. L., specimens from ...... Lefroy, General J. H., donation of manuscripts from Mrs. Dundas, through..... Lemström, Prof. Selim, observations on electricity and the aurora ...... Letter from Secretary to Congress transmitting report ....... General Sherman resigning Regency ..... Napoleon ..... ........... catalogue of “Transactions of learned societies" in...... Library, donations to, from Argentine Confederation .... statistics of, for year 1874.... labors for twenty years unremunerated.. Lightning, work in progress on ...... List of publications of the Institution ................. Loew, Dr. Oscar, chemical laboratory in charge of.. azalyses of mineral-waters, &c., by........ 38, 47 Loew H., monograph of Diptera... Lyceums, warming and ventilation of ... Maclean, Rev. Dr. John, Regent of the Institution ... 5 member of executive committee Magnetism, records of, in Institution.. 86, 90 Mailly, Ed., eulogy on Quetelet....... Malacology, W. H. Dall, collaborator in..... ................... Page. Mammals, arrangement of families of, by Dr. Theodore Gill 13 referred to H. and J. A. Allen and Dr. Sclater.... 36 Manigault, G. E., specimens from.......... ..... 33, 57 Manufactories, warming and ventilation of.......... 290 Manuscripts from Mrs. Dunday, account of, by Mr. Spofford 25 Marine invertebrates, referred to A. E. Verrill.. Marshall, Lieut. W. M., surveys by.............. Marvin, A. R., explorations by ........ Mason, Prof. Otis T., collaborator in ethnology ... Materialism, doctrines of ......... 192 Mather, Frederick, specimens from.... 34,58 Mauritius, specimens from .... Maxwell, Mrs. M. A., specimens from ..... 32,58 McBride, R. W., explorations by........ McHenry, James W., antiquities of Jackson County, Tennesse 384 McReynolds, W. T., specimens from.... 374 McWhorter, Tyler, ancient mounds of Mercer County, Illinois. 351 Mécanique Céleste, exposition of La Place's. 129 Meek, Prof. F. B., collaborator in the invertebrate palæontology.. specimens from... Meigs, General M. C., ethnological specimens from... Members ex officio of the Institution ... Metallurgical collection of the Institution.......... Meteorology, classified record of, auroras..... instruments......... SO meteors............... miscellaneous........ rain... wind............ local.......... Africa ......... Asia ........ Australia Central America......... Europe. North America........ Polynesia .. 115 South America ....................... West Indies.. 116 transfer of Smithsonian system to United States Signal-Office..... (See Bessels; Quetelet; Wheeler ; Hayden ; Powell.) shad hatching and distribution by....... 35, 36 Miscellaneous collections, account of...... ..10, 11, 13 Mitchell, Dr. Aug., antiquities of Florida... Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir, queries by, in regard to chorea......... Mont Blanc, De la Rive's studies of.... Mounds. (See Ethnology.) Mountains, effect of vapors on ..... Muller, F., Smithsonian exchange-agent in Amsterdam .. ..... 115 16 6 27 Page. Museum, National, list of officers and assistants in.... additions to collections in 1874.... 50 condition of funds of...... 121 appropriations for.......... , 27, 121 account of........ increase of..... completion of cases for.... 121 distribution of duplicates of..... entries in record-books 49 report of Professors Gray and Coppée on condition of......... 126 work done in ...... ........... Alaska.... 29 Washington Territory .... Birds ........... 33 34 Reptiles. 33 Shells.... Soundings ....... Myer, General A. J., meteorological system of United States Signal-Service..... 16 Napoleon, letters of, relative to La Place...... 164 National Museum. (See Museum.) Natural history report on Geneva Society transactions..... researches in ......... 22 261 20 |