LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TO JULY, 1869.

A. Journal of proceedings of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution, at the city of Washington, beginning on the first Monday of September, 1846. 1846. 8vo., pp. 32.

B. Report of the organization committee of the Smithsonian Institution, with the resolutions accompanying the same and adopted by the Board of Regents; also, the will of the testator, the act accepting the bequest, and the act organizing the Institution. Published by authority of the Board of Regents. 1847. 8vo., pp. 32.

C. Digest of the act of Congress establishing the Smithsonian Institution. Passed August 10, 1846. 8vo., pp. 8.

D. Address delivered on occasion of laying the corner stone of the Smithsonian Institution, May 1, 1847. By George M. Dallas, chancellor of the Institution. 1847. 8vo., pp. 8.

E. Smithson's bequest. Professor Henry's exposition, before the New Jersey Historical Society, at its meeting in Princeton, on Wednesday, September 27, by invitation from the executive committee. 1847. 8vo, pp. 8.

F. First report of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to the Board of Regents; giving a programme of organization, and an account of the operations during the year. Presented December 8, 1847. 1848. 8vo., pp. 48.

G. Report from the Board of Regents, submitted to Congress, of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution. Read and ordered to be printed, March 3, 1847. Senate Doc. 211; 29th Congress, 2d Session. 1847. 8vo., pp. 38.

H. Second report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution during the year 1847. January 6, 1848, ordered to be printed. 30th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Miscellaneous No. 23. 1848. 8vo., pp: 208.

I. Third annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, during the year 1848. February 19, 1849, ordered to be printed. 30th Congress, 2d Session. H. R. Miscellaneous No. 48. 1849. Svo., pp. 64.

J. Programme of organization of the Smithsonian Institution. [Presented in the first annual report of the secretary, and adopted by the Board of Regents, December 13, 1847.] 1847. 4to., pp. 4.

K. Correspondence relative to the acceptance for publication of the ethnological memoir of Messrs. Squier and Davis. 8vo., pp. 8.

L. [First] Report of the organization committee of the Smithsonian Institution. Reprinted from the National Intelligencer, December 8, 1846. 8vo., pp. 8. M. Reports, Etc., of the Smithsonian Institution, exhibiting its plans, operations, and financial condition up to January 1, 1849. From the third annual report of the Board of Regents. Presented to Congress February 19, 1849. 1849. 8vo., pp. 72.

N. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, with the act of Congress accepting the bequest, and the act incorporating said Institution. 8vo., pp. 14.

O. An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution. pp. 8.

1846,

P. Hints on public architecture, containing, among other illustrations, views and plans of the Smithsonian Institution: together with an appendix relative to building materials. Prepared, on behalf of the building committee of the Smithsonian Institution, by Robert Dale Owen, chairman of the committee. 1849. 4to., pp. 140, 15 plates and 99 woodcuts.

Q. Check list of periodical publications received in the reading-room of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1853. 1853. 4to., pp. 28.

REGULAR SERIES.

1. Ancient monuments of the Mississippi valley: comprising the results of extensive original surveys and explorations. By E. G. Squier, A. M., and E. H. Davis, M. D. Accepted for publication by the Smithsonian Institution, June, 1847. 4to., pp. 346, 48 plates and 207 woodcuts.

(S. C. I.)

2. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. I. 1848. 4to., pp. 346, 48 plates and 207 woodcuts.

CONTENTS.

(1.) Squier and Davis, Ancient monuments, Mississippi valley.

3. Researches relative to the planet Neptune. By Sears C. Walker, esq. [1850.] 4to., pp. 60. (S. C. II.`

4. Ephemeris of Neptune for the opposition of 1848. By Sears C. Walker, 1849. 4to., pp. 8.

esq.

5. Appendix I. to vol. II. of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. [Ephemeris of the planet Neptune for the date of the Lalande observations of May 8 and 10, 1795, and for the opposition of 1846, 47, 48, and '49. By Sears C. Walker, esq. April, 1849.] 4to., pp. 32. (S. C. II.)

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6. Appendix II. to vol. II. of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge: containing an ephemeris of the planet Neptune for the year 1850. By Sears C. Walker, esq. [April, 1850.] 4to., pp. 10. (S. C. II.)

7. Appendix III. to vol. II. of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge: Ephemeris of the planet Neptune for the year 1851. By Sears C. Walker, esq. [December, 1850.] 4to., pp. 10. (S. C. II.)

8. Occultations visible in the United States during the year 1848. [By John Downes.] 1848. 4to., pp. 12.

9. Occultations visible in the United States during the year 1849. Computed

under the direction and at the expense of the Smithsonian Institution. By John Downes. 1848. 4to., pp. 24.

10. Occultations visible in the United States during the year 1850. Computed by John Downes, at the expense of the fund appropriated by Congress for the establishment of a Nautical Almanac, and published by the Smithsonian Institution. 1849.. 4to., pp. 26.

These three papers by Mr. Downes, Nos. 8, 9, 10, were not published in the series of Contributions.

11. Occultations visible in the United States during the year 1851. Computed by John Downes, at the expense of the fund appropriated by Congress for the establishment of a Nautical Almanac, and published by the Smithsonian Institution. [October,] 1850. 4to., pp. 26. (S. C. 11.)

12. On the vocal sounds of Laura Bridgeman, the blind deaf mute at Boston; compared with the elements of phonetic language. By Francis Lieber. [1850.] 4to., pp. 32, and one plate. (S. C. II.)

13. Contributions to the physical geography of the United States. Part I. On the physical geography of the Mississippi valley, with suggestions for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and other rivers: By Charles Ellet, jr., civil engineer. Received September 17, 1849. [1850.] 4to., pp. 64, and 1 plate. (S. C. II.)

Received

14. A Memoir on Mosasaurus, and the three allied new genera, Holcodus, Conosaurus, and Amphorosteus. By Robert W. Gibbes, M. D. November 15, 1849. [November, 1850.] 4to., pp. 14, and 3 plates.

(S. C. II.)

15. Aboriginal monuments of the State of New York. Comprising the results of original surveys and explorations; with an illustrative appendix. By E. G. Squier, A. M. Accepted for publication, October 20, 1849. [1850.] 4to., pp. 188, 14 plates and 72 woodcuts. (S. C. II.)

16. The classification of insects from embryological data. By Professor Louis Agassiz. [Presented to the American Association for the advancement of science, at Cambridge, August, 1849.] Received March 6, 1850. [1850.] 4to., pp. 28, and one plate. (S. C. II.)

17. Memoir on the explosiveness of nitre, with a view to elucidate its agency in the tremendous explosion of July, 1845, in New York. By Robert Hare, M.D. Accepted for publication, October, 1849. [1850.] 4to., pp. 20. (S. C. 11.)

18. Report on the history of the discovery of Neptune. Apthorp Gould, jr. 1850. 8vo., pp. 56.

By Benjamin

19. Directions for meteorological observations, intended for the first class of observers. [By Arnold Guyot.] 1850. 8vo., pp. 40, and 9 woodcuts... 20. Microscopical examination of soundings, made by the United States Coast Survey off the Atlantic coast of the United States. By Professor J. W. Bailey. [January, 1851.] 4to., pp. 16, and 1 plate. (S. C. 11.)

21. Fourth annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution during the year 1849. 31st Con

gress, 1st Session. Senate Miscellaneous No. 120. Read July 29, 1850. Ordered to be printed July 30, 1850. 8vo., pp. 272.

22. Planta Wrightianæ Texano-Neo-Mexicanæ. By Professor Asa Gray, M. D. Part I. Accepted for publication March, 1850. [March, 1852.] 4to., pp. 146, and 10 plates. (S. C. II.)

An account of a collection of plants made by Charles Wright in western Texas, New Mexico, and Sonora, in the years 1851 and 1852.

23. Microscopical observations made in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. By Professor J. W. Bailey. Accepted for publication December 1, 1850. [1851.] 4to., pp. 48, and 3 plates. (S. C. m.)

24. Appendix I. to vol. III. of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge; containing an ephemeris of the planet Neptune for the year 1852. By Sears C. Walker, esq. [1853.] 4to., pp. 10. (S. C. m.)

25. Notices of public libraries in the United States of America. By Charles C. Jewett, librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, Printed by order of Congress as an appendix to the fourth annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 1851. 8vo., pp. 210.

26. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. II. 464, and 24 plates.

CONTENTS.

(3.) Walker. Researches relative to Neptune.

(12.) Lieber. Vocal sounds of Laura Bridgeman.

(20.) Bailey. Microscopical soundings off Atlantic coast.

1851. 4to., pp.

(13.) Ellet. Physical geography Mississippi valley and improvement of rivers.

(14.) Gibbes. Mosasaurus and three allied genera.

(16.) Agassiz. Classification of insects from embryological data.

(17.) Hare. Explosiveness of nitre.

(23.) Bailey. Microscopical observations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. (15.) Squier. Aboriginal monuments of state of New York.

(4.) Walker. Ephemeris of Neptune for 1848.

(6.) Walker. Ephemeris of Neptune for 1850.

(7.) Walker. Ephemeris of Neptune for 1851.

(11.) Downes. Occultations visible in the United States in 1851.

27. On recent improvements in the chemical arts. By Professor James C. Booth and Campbell Morfit. 1852. 8vo., pp. 216. (M. C. II.)

28. Fifth annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, during the year 1850. Special .session, March, 1851. Senate Miscellaneous No. 1. Read March 1, 1851. Ordered to be printed March 7. 1851. 8vo., pp. 326.

29. Occultations visible in the United States during the year 1852. Computed by John Downes, at the expense of the fund appropriated by Congress for the establishment of a Nautical Almanac, and published by the Smithsonian Institution. 1851. 4to., pp. 34. (S. C. III.)

30. Contributions to the natural history of the fresh water fishes of North America. By Charles Girard. I-A monograph of the cottoids. Accepted

for publication December, 1850. [December, 1851.] 4to., pp. 80, and 3 plates. (S. C. III.)

31. A Collection of meteorological tables, with other tables useful in practical meteorology. Prepared by order of the Smithsonian Institution. By Arnold Guyot. 1852. Svo., pp. 212.

32. Nereis Boreali-Americana: or, contributions to a history of the marine algæ of North America. Part I.-Melanospermeæ. By Professor William Henry Harvey. Accepted for publication July, 1851. [January, 1852.] 4to., pp. 152, and 12 colored plates. (S. C. III.)

33. The Law of deposit of the flood tide: its dynamical action and office. By Charles Henry Davis, Lieutenant U. S. Navy. Accepted for publication December, 1851. [1852.] 4to., pp. 14. (S. C. m.)

34. Directions for collecting, preserving, and transporting specimens of natural history. Prepared for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. Third edition. March 1859. Svo., pp. 40., 6 woodcuts. (M. C. II.)

35. Observations on terrestrial magnetism. By Professor John Locke, Accepted for publication July, 1851. [April, 1852.] 4to., pp. 30. (S. C. III.) 36. Researches on electrical rheometry. By Professor A. Secchi. Accepted for publication September, 1850. [May, 1852.] 4to., pp. 60, and 3 plates. (S. C. III.)

37. Descriptions of ancient works in Ohio. cepted for publication May, 1850. [1851.] (S. C. III.)

By Charles Whittlesey. Ac4to., pp. 20, and 7 plates.

38. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. III. 1852. 4to., pp. 564, and 35 plates.

CONTENTS,

(35.) Locke. Terrestrial magnetism.

(36.) Secchi. Electrical rheometry.

(30.) Girard. Monograph of the cottoids.

(32.) Harvey. Marine algae of North America. Part I.-Melanospermeæ.

(22.) Gray. Planta Wrightianæ Texano-Neo-Mexicanæ. Part I.

(33.) Davis. Law of deposit of the flood tide.

(37) Whittlesey. Descriptions of ancient works in Ohio.

(24.) Walker. Ephemeris of the planet Neptune for 1852.

(29.) Downes. Occultations visible in United States during 1852.

39. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. IV. 1852. 4to, pp. 426.

CONTENTS.

(40.) Riggs. Dakota Grammar and Dictionary.

40. Grammar and dictionary of the Dakota language. Collected by the members of the Dakota mission. Edited by Rev. S. R. Riggs, A. M., Missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, under the patronage of the Historical Society of Minnesota. Accepted for publication December, 1851. [1852.] 4to., pp. 414. (S. C. IV.)

A small edition of the grammar only was printed separately.