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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.

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200

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Table for the conversion of degrees of Centigrade thermometers into those of Fahrenheit's scale.

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CONTENTS.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.

Letter of the Chancellor and Secretary to Congress..
Letter of the Secretary submitting Report for 1863.
Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian Institution...
Members ex officio and honorary members of the Institution..
Programme of Organization....

Report of the Secretary, Prof. Henry, for 1863.....
Report of the Assistant Secretary, Prof. Baird, for 1863..
Statistics of international exchanges

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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...

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EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE

GENERAL APPENDIX.

LECTURES ON the Principles of Linguistic SCIENCE, by Prof. W. D. WHITNEY. 95
MEMOIR OF C. F. BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ, by M. ELIE DE BEAUMONT.
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, prepared by C. A.
ALEXANDER

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MODERN THEORY OF CHEMICAL TYPES, by Dr. CHARLES M. WETHERILL................
RESEARCHES ON THE PHENOMENA WHICH ACCOMPANY THE PROPAGATION OF
ELECTRICITY IN HIGHLY RAREFIED ELASTIC FLUIDS, by Prof. A. DE LA RIVE
REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PHYSICS AND NATURAL HIS-
TORY OF GENEVA, from July, 1862, to June, 1863, by Prof. MARCET.....
EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL RESEARCHES ON THE FIGURES OF EQUILI-
BRIUM OF A LIQUID MASS WITHDRAWN FROM THE ACTION OF GRAVITY, &c.,
by Prof. J. PLATEAU, (39 wood-cuts)..

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HISTORY OF DISCOVERY RELATIVE TO MAGNETISM

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RECENT RESEARCHES RELATIVE TO THE NEBULÆ, by Prof. GAUTIER.
FIGURE OF THE EARTH, by Sr. MIGUEL MERINO..........

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AERONAUTIC VOYAGES PERFORMED WITH A VIEW TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF

SCIENCE, ACCOUNT OF, by FRANCIS ARAGO..

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ACCOUNT OF BALLOON ASCENSIONS, by JAMES GLAISHER

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ACCOUNT OF THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE CALIFORNIAN PENINSULA,
by BAEGERT, translated by Prof. C. RAU

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ETHNOLOGY.-ACCOUNT OF KJØKKEN-MŒDDING IN NOVA SCOTIA, by J. M.
JONES, of Halifax

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ABSTRACT OF THE FIFTH REPORT of Dr. KELLER ON LACUS-
TRIAN SETTLEMENTS, by A. MORLOT

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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STONE
PERIOD, by CHARLES RAU, (2 wood-cuts).

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INDEX.

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Aboriginal inhabitants of California. Account of..

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Aeronautic voyages. Account of....

Agassiz, Prof. L. Remarks on operations of the Institution

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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...
Annuity to mother of nephew of Smithson..
Antiquities. Directions for collecting....

Antiquities of the North American stone period
Antiquities in California....

Nova Scotia.....

Duchy of Parma

Italy....

Lake of Constance..

Frauenfeld....

Zug.....

Ebersberg.

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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....
Report of, for 1863....

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

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