Kilogramme, (1,000 grammes)........... 0.1544 grains. 1.5440 grains 15.44 grains. 154.4 grains. 1544 grains, 3.2167 oz. troy, or 3.5291 oz. avoirdupois. 321 oz. troy, or 2.2057 lbs. avoirdupois. Myriagramme, (10,000 grammes)..... 321 oz. troy, or 22.057 lbs. avoirdupois. Value of millimetres in English inches. Millimetres. English inches. Millimetres. English inches. Millimetres. English inches. 1.5748 120 4.744 200 7.874 CONTENTS. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. Letter of the Chancellor and Secretary to Congress.. Report of the Secretary, Prof. Henry, for 1863..... PAGE. 3 4 5 6 7 13 44 Donations to the museum in 1863. List of Smithsonian publications in 1863, and works in press.. List of meteorological stations and observers.. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.. JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS... EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE GENERAL APPENDIX. LECTURES ON the Principles of Linguistic SCIENCE, by Prof. W. D. WHITNEY. 95 117 137 153 MODERN THEORY OF CHEMICAL TYPES, by Dr. CHARLES M. WETHERILL................ 169 193 207 HISTORY OF DISCOVERY RELATIVE TO MAGNETISM 286 RECENT RESEARCHES RELATIVE TO THE NEBULÆ, by Prof. GAUTIER. 299 306 AERONAUTIC VOYAGES PERFORMED WITH A VIEW TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, ACCOUNT OF, by FRANCIS ARAGO.. 331 ACCOUNT OF BALLOON ASCENSIONS, by JAMES GLAISHER 349 ACCOUNT OF THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE CALIFORNIAN PENINSULA, 352 ETHNOLOGY.-ACCOUNT OF KJØKKEN-MŒDDING IN NOVA SCOTIA, by J. M. 370 ABSTRACT OF THE FIFTH REPORT of Dr. KELLER ON LACUS- 372 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STONE 379 PAGE KINS COUNTY, NEW YORK, by DAVID TROWBRIDGE ACCOUNT OF ANCIENT TOWN IN MINNESOTA, by O. H. KELLEY. INDEX. PAGE Aboriginal inhabitants of California. Account of.. 352 Aeronautic voyages. Account of.... Agassiz, Prof. L. Remarks on operations of the Institution 331, 349 79 Agricultural Department. Aid from, for meteorology..... Agricultural implements of the North American stone period, by C. Rau.......... Ainsa meteorite. Account of...... Alexander, C. A. History of the Royal Society of London. Translations by.... Allen, Dr. H. Monograph of the bats... Antiquities of the North American stone period Nova Scotia..... Duchy of Parma Italy.... Lake of Constance.. Frauenfeld.... Zug..... Ebersberg. 32 379 55, 86 137 117, 169, 193, 207, 286, 299, 306, 331, 372 25, 27 14 25 379 352 370 373 373 374 374 375 375 Bache, Prof. A. D. Magnetic observations at Girard College.. Baegert, Jacob. Account of aborigines of Californian peninsula.. Baird, Prof. S. F., on the birds of North America.... Bats. Account of remarkable accumulation of... Monograph of, by Dr. H. Allen. Balloon ascensions by Glaisher.. Balloons. Account of voyages in.... Beaumont, Elie de. Memoir of Beautemps-Beaupré Beautemps-Beaupré. Memoir of...... Bequests and donations. Policy respecting 376 377 379 381 382 383 384 331 18 385 16, 18 352 36 44 407 27 349 331 117 117 77 |