Page. explorations by.... Nebular hypothesis... Observatory, Brussels, history of.. Officers of the Institution and National Museum.. Orfila's tables of bone analysis.. Ostensacken, Baron R., insects referred to. Ozone, De la Rive's theory of....... Navy Department, deep-sea soundings... Navy of United States, collections made by. Newcomb, Prof. S., on general integrals of planetary motion.. on orbit of Uranus....... Newton, Prof. H. A., approval of Newcomb's paper on planetary motion.. Nichols, Dr. C. H., specimens from Nicholson, W. L., research on elevations, by.. Oersted, electrical discoveries of.. Olney, Mr., plants referred to.... 46 .46, 62, 63 29 161 13 12 13 32,58 20 174 187 6 36 361 36 197 Packard, Prof. A. S., jr., directions for collecting and preserving insects.. Palæontology. (See Wheeler; Hayden; Powell; Meek; Geneva Society.) 26 6 Physics, report on Geneva Society transactions... and Carson Poey, Prof. Felipe, specimens from Parker, Hon. Peter, acts of, as Regent....... Pendulum, General Barnard's paper on..... Periodicals, catalogue of scientific, by Dr. Bolton. Perrotin, M., asteroids discovered by... Peters, Dr. C. H. F., asteroids discovered by Phinney, Captain, specimens from..... Photographic laboratory in charge of T. W. Smillie Photography. (See Wheeler; Hayden; Powell; Smillie.) Pike, Capt. N., specimens from.... Planetary motion, general integrals of, by Prof. S. Newcomb Plants referred to Messrs. Gray, Rothrock, Vasey, Engelmann, Olney, James, Polaris Arctic exploration, scientific results of 124, 125, 126, 128 123, 126 12 26 26 26 34,59 47 261 30, 34, 59 13 36 34,59 46 Poland, Hon. L. P., succeeded by Hon. G. W. Hazelton as Regent. 7 Portraits deposited in Corcoran Art Gallery 65 Potts, John, specimens from 33,59 Powell, Prof. Baden, translation of Arago's eulogy on La Place.. Precession of the equinoxes, General Barnard's paper on................ Printing of ten thousand five hundred copies of report ordered by Congress Probabilities, La Place's theory of... Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, De Candolle's Page. Quetelet, eulogy on, by Ed. Mailly Railroad-stations, warming and ventilation of Rain-fall, publication on.... Rain, records of, in Institution.... Receipts and expenditures of Smithson fund..... Regents, journal of proceedings of, January 20 and 23, 1875. of the Institution, list of....... board of, changes in the.... resolution of regret at resignation of General Sherman.... 169 306 17 83 119 124 5 7 125 125 resolution charging loss by theft to incidentals.... resolution asking Congress for $2,500 for additional heating- 128 resolution adopting and transmitting to Congress report of printing of ten thousand five hundred extras ordered by Congress to Congress, account of........... to British government on claims of those loyal to British Crown during revolutionary war................. Reptiles referred to E. D. Cope 2 10, 11 25 36 natural history and ethnology... steam-heaters, by General W. B. Franklin and C. B. Richards.. Robertson, R. S., age of stone and troglodytes of Kentucky Royal Danish Society, Copenhagen, Smithsonian exchange-agency plants referred to ..... Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Smithsonian exchange-agency.. 36 21 21 21 11 Skull, shell-bed, by A. S. Tiffany... Slack, Dr. James H., shad-hatching by.. Smillie, T. W., photographer of National Museum Smith, Captain, dredgings from Russell, Mr., specimens from..... Saint Vitus's dance, queries in regard to Salmon-hatching, by United States Fish Commission. Samoan Islands, specimens from... Sandberger, Mr., shells referred to. Sandstone arrow-heads Sargent, Hon. A. A., acts of, as Regent elected Regent, vice Senator Trumbull.... Sars, G. O., specimens from on under-ground temperatures Schumacher, Paul, additions to collections by ancient graves and shell-heaps of California.. Science and religion, De la Rive on... as element in advance of modern civilization. Sclater, Dr., mammals referred to. Shells, referred to Messrs. Tryon, Binney, and Sandberger... succeeded by Hon. George Bancroft as Regent transfer of meteorological system to.. Page. 34,60 66 46 29 36 384 124, 126 7 34,60 31,60 273 16, 17 249 30,60 335 203 239 36 36 36 45 36 124 7,125 62 16 363 361 46 6,47 Smith, Prof. Ham. L., microscopic examination of soundings Smithson, bequest of, and condition of fund.. Soundings, deep-sea, by United States Fish Commission Navy Department...... Specialists to examine natural-history specimens Specific gravities, tables by F. W. Clarke.. heats, tables by F. W. Clarke Spinner, Gen. F. E., acknowledgments to, for financial arrangements. 35 35, 36, 46 36 9, 118 14 261 44 46 46 36 13 16 10 25 Stables, ventilation of ....... Squier, E. G., antiquities of Orleans County, New York 29 375 331 State Department, United States survey, by Archibald Campbell... 42,62 ards Steam-heaters, efficiency of, research on, by Gen. W. B. Franklin and C. B. Rich- 19 Stuart, Robert and Alexander, donation of books to library from.. Sumichrast, Prof. F., specimens from Surgeon General's Office, specimens deposited in.. Swan, James G., additions to collections by.... on the Haidah Indians Swedish expedition to the North Pole.. Tables, physical and meteorological, printed for Dr. Gould........... Tables. (See Clarke.) Tanis or Canopus Stone, cast of, presented by Khedive of Egypt..... Telegraphic announcement of astronomical discoveries Temperature of the earth, by Schott and Everett.... United States, publication on Tennessee, antiquities of, by Dr. Joseph Jones Theaters, ventilation of..... Theft from office of Secretary Thomas, Cyrus, insects referred to.. 122 21 31, 32, 61 12 34, 61 34,61 126 32, 61 31, 61 18 46 34, 61 36 25 .32, 33, 61 36 30, 61 13 227 14 31 13, 26 249 15, 17 14 323 125 36 Thompson, John H., specimens from.. 34, 61 exploration by Thompson, Prof. A. H., exploration by Tides and tidal action in harbors, by Prof. J. E. Hilgard.. Tiffany, A. S., account of shell-bed skull from Illinois.... Toner lectures, publication of . Topographical map of the United States.... 40 17 214 207 154 363 358 14 20 Topography. (See Wheeler, Hayden, Powell, Campbell.) Treasurer of United States, arrangement with, for deposit of funds Trumbull, Hon. L., succeeded by Senator Sargent as Regent.......... Turner, Miss Jane A., in charge of exchanges received.......... 23 Turnstile, to record number of visitors, suggested by committee.. Ulke, Henry, insects referred to Under-ground temperature, by C. A. Schott and Professor Everett. United States Fish Commissioner, additions to collections by Universe, present conception of University, national, proper ideas of..... Page. 36 249 30,63 194 8 Universities, European, donations of books from Uranus, orbit of, paper on, by Prof. S. Newcomb... Venabel, Judge, exploration by Ventilation and warming, by A. Morin Venus, transit of, scientific expeditions to observe... collections from expeditions.... Verrill, Prof. A. E., fish inquiry and propagation.... marine invertebrates referred to. Vespida, monograph on, by De Saussure Vienna Zoological Museum, specimens from.. Virginia bonds of the Institution Vocabularies of Indian tribes, received from Wheeler expedition Volta, experiments of...................... Vouchers, examination and approval of... Waite, Chief-Justice M. R., acts of, as Regent War Department, explorations by Warming and ventilation, by A. Morin ... Warming buildings, relative efficiency of steam-heaters for.... Watkins & Co., Smithsonian exchange-agent of St. Petersburgh.. plan adopted by, for discovery of asteroids.... 24 12 36 342 272 146 34 45 36 16 31, 62 .9, 10, 118, 119 66 192 123 124, 126 26 26 Watson, Sereno, botanical index by. Webster, Prof. H. E., specimens from.. 16 33,64 Wesleyan University, specimens from Wesley, William, Smithsonian exchange-agent in London.... Woolsey, Prof. T. D., succeeded by Professor Dana as Regent Wyman, Prof. Jeffries, characteristics of mound-builders, by ... Young, Clarence B., book-keeper of the Institution.... translation of Morin on warming and ventilation...... Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, models of fish-weirs from.... 362 38 31,64 6 272 34,53 |