INDEX. Ability of the Individual to Promote Knowledge, Lecture on.. Academy of Arts and Sciences, Report of.. Accounts, new system of, introduced. .... Page. 207 191 148 235 146 163 252, 231 111 112 133 245 220 120 135 49 172 Agassiz, Prof. L., Lectures by.. Agassiz, Prof. L., Troost's Memoir.... Agricultural Society, use of rooms granted to. Alps, The, Lecture on...... American Antiquarian Society.. .... American Antiquities.. American Association, Committee of, on Extending Meteorological System... 180, 145 105 99, 79 230 251 Baird, Prof. S. F., Directions for Collecting Specimens of Natural History by..... Baird, Prof. S. F., Explorations by................. Baird, Prof. S. F., in charge of Exchanges.. Baird, S. F., Report of, for 1853.......... Baird and Girard, Catalogue of Serpents. Barometers, by Ernst and Newman... Barnard, Henry, Lectures by...... Bartlett, John R., Report on Squier & Davis.. Batis Maritima.. Batut, Madame de la.. Beck, Prof. Lewis C., Lecture by..... Beck, Prof. Lewis C., Report by. Beck, T. Romeyn, Meteorological System of New York. Belgium, Institutions in....... Bermuda, Meteorological Observations from.. Berzelius, Report of, on Physical Science..... Bethune, Rev. Dr. G. W., Lecture by. Bibliographia Americana. Birds, received 1853...... Blanco, B., Liberality of.. Blodget, Lorin........ Booth, Prof. J. C......... Booth and Morfit, Report on Chemical Arts, by. Bossange, Hector, Distribution of Publications by Botany of California.... Botany, Promotion of, by the Institution.. Bowditch, Anecdote of......... Brackenridge, W. D...... Bridgman, Laura, Vocal Sounds of. Briggs, Governor... Building, Changes in....... Building Committee, Summary of Report for 1852. Building Committee, Report of, for 1853.... Byington, Rev. Harvey, Choctaw Grammar by. California Academy of Natural Sciences,. Cameron, Gilbert, Balance due, paid.... 219 199, 24 191 191, 17 27 224, 189 217 220, 200 218 36 19 197 144 16 209 207 180 175 44 176 117 138 207 179, 163 53 203 ..247, 99, 25 216 .242, 216, 19 38 212 232 135 16 191 197 184 235 69 218 241 100 76 78 Chandler, Joseph R., Chairman of Committee on Smithsonian Institution in House Cleaveland, Prof. Parker, elected Honorary Member.. Climate, Lectures on...... Coast Survey, Observations made by...... Coast Survey connected with Smithsonian Institution in Magnetic Observations... Commission on Catalogue System. . . . . . 101 27 213 21 213, 13 162 204 103 100 7 238 232 139 224 111 112 Congress, appropriation by, to commence Catalogue of its Library. Construction of the act of establishment, by Mr. Berrien... 248, 27 117 Correspondence, nature and extent of..... Correspondence relative to acceptance of Squier & Davis's work Page. 22 141 136 Davis, Lieutenant C. H., Lectures by...... Davis, Lieutenant C. H., Memoir on the Tides, by. Denmark, Institutions in...... Derby, H. W., Agent... Description of Ancient Works in Ohio.... 230 251 18 50 171 200 227, 220, 199, 12 214 16 16 239 Davis, Hon. Jefferson, Opinion respecting Museum of Exploring Expedition 252 207 215 41 51 236 Distribution of publications.. Donation from Dr. Hare.. Donors to Museum.... Diffusing Knowledge, means of... Directions for Collection and Preservation of specimens of Natural History Domestic Exchanges.. Estimates to be made by Executive Committee and Secretary.... Ethnology Ethnological Chart 109 78 232, 228, 219, 203, 178, 172, 140, 54, 14 Page. Exchanges.... Felton, Prof. C. C., lectures by....... First Report of the Secretary, December, 1847. Ethnological Society, Report of, on Squier and Davis's Memoir.... Everett, Edw., Report on Programme... .... Examples of Objects for which appropriations may be made. Felton, Prof. C. C., Memoir examined by.. Felton, Prof. C. C., Recommendation of Choctaw Grammar.. Fendler, Mr., Plants collected by... Fifth Report of the Secretary. Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Lectures on.... Fishes received, 1853.. Fitall, Jno., Widow of... 141 76 155 130 25 .... 232, 218, 37, 25 66 99 67 200 220. 137 133 245, 220, 199, 181, 52 200 182 171 241, 32 239 3 120 Foundation of Symmetry in the Animal Kingdom, Lectures on. Four Ancient Elements, Lectures on..... Fowler, W. C., Lectures by.... 54 |