Page. Mammals, arrangement of families of, by Dr. Theodore Gill referred to H. and J. A. Allen and Dr. Sclater.... 13 36 Manigault, G. E., specimens from.. 33,57 Manufactories, warming and ventilation of... 290 Manuscripts from Mrs. Dundas, account of, by Mr. Spofford. 25 McHenry, James W., antiquities of Jackson County, Tennessee.. McReynolds, W. T., specimens from.... McWhorter, Tyler, ancient mounds of Mercer County, Illinois... 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. miscellaneous.. 384 374 351 129 6 33,58 31,58 5 35 77 80 transfer of Smithsonian system to United States Signal-Office..... 16 (See Bessels; Quetelet; Wheeler; Hayden; Powell.) Meteors, records of, in Institution...... Microscopic material referred to Messrs. Smith & Seaman. Milner, James W., new species of fish described by.... shad hatching and distribution by.. Mineralogy. (See Endlich; Explorations.) Mineral-waters referred to Doctor Loew Minerals, examination of....... Miscellaneous collections, account of... Mitchell, Dr. Aug., antiquities of Florida...... 16 164 261 20 Myer, General A. J., meteorological system of United States Signal-Service.... Napoleon, letters of, relative to La Place...... National Museum. (See Museum.) Natural history report on Geneva Society transactions.. researches in... (See Explorations.) explorations by...... Nebular hypothesis.... Observatory, Brussels, history of... Officers of the Institution and National Museum. Olney, Mr., plants referred to... Orfila's tables of bone analysis... Ostensacken, Baron R., insects referred to... 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... Page. 46 .46, 62, 63 29 161 13 12 13 32,58 20 174 187 6 36 361 Paintings deposited in Corcoran Art Gallery. Ozone, De la Rive's theory of......... Packard, Prof. A. S., jr., directions for collecting and preserving insects.. Palisa, M., asteroids discovered by.. Palæontology. (See Wheeler; Hayden; Powell; Meek; Geneva Society.) 65 Palmer, Joseph, taxidermist of the National Museum. 26 report of executive committee... Physics, report on Geneva Society transactions. and Carson Poey, Prof. Felipe, specimens from Portraits deposited in Corcoran Art Gallery Potts, John, specimens from Powell, Prof. Baden, translation of Arago's eulogy on La Place.. Powell, Prof. J. W., explorations and surveys by. additions to collections by Pratt, W. H., antiquities of Whiteside County, Illinois 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 Poland, Hon. L. P., succeeded by Hon. G. W. Hazelton as Regent.... 6 124, 125, 126, 128 123, 126 12 26 26 26 34,59 47 261 30, 34, 59 13 36 34,59 46 7 65 33,59 129 40 30, 63 Publications of the Institution, account of.. list of rules of distribution Publishers' trade-list, annual. Queseda, John, specimens from. 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 . Quetelet, eulogy on, by Ed. Mailly . Page. 169 306 17 83 119 124 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.... 125 125 resolution charging loss by theft to incidentals..... 125 126 resolution adopting report of executive committee.. 126 126 resolution asking Congress for $2,500 for additional heating- 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 Research, plan of original.... Researches, account of.. comets, by Prof. O. Stone. elevations, by W. L. Nicholson and Mr. Gardiner.. meteorology. natural history and ethnology. steam-heaters, by General W. B. Franklin and C. B. Richards.... Reuss, Dr., specimens from Revenue-marine, explorations and collections by.... Revolutionary claimants, loyal to British Crown.. 16 18 20 17 20 19 33,60 62 25 Robertson, R. S., age of stone and troglodytes of Kentucky Royal Danish Society, Copenhagen, Smithsonian exchange-agency. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Smithsonian exchange-agency.. Rules of distribution of Smithsonian publications. 37 36 21 21 21 11 Russell, Mr., specimens from............. Saint Vitus's dance, queries in regard to Salmon-hatching, by United States Fish Commission.. Samoan Islands, specimens from... 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 .... Seaman, Prof. W. H., microscopic material referred to Shells, referred to Messrs. Tryon, Binney, and Sandberger. succeeded by Hon. George Bancroft as Regent . 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 Smith, Prof. Ham. L., microscopic examination of soundings. Spinner, Gen. F. E., acknowledgments to, for financial arrangements. Spofford, A. R., account of the Dundas manuscripts.... Squeezes from Egyptian antiquities received .... Squier, E. G., antiquities of Orleans County, New York Stables, ventilation of ...... State Departinent, United States survey, by Archibald Campbell.. Steam-heaters, efficiency of, research on, by Gen. W. B. Franklin and C. B. 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