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Smithsonian Annual Report (1878)

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Title:

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures and condition of the Institution for the year 1887.

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Printer:

Government Printing Office

Place of Printing:

Washington, D.C.

Date of Printing:

1879

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inches

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Author and Commentators

Not available.

The Book

Not available.

Contents

• Resolution by Congress to print report 2
• Letter of Secretary transmitting report 3
• Regents of the Institution 5
• Executive Committee 5
• Members ex-officio 5
• Officers and assistants 6
• Report of the Secretary [Professor Spence F. Baird] 7- 64
• Finance 11
• Building 12
• Publications 12
• Contributions to Knowledge 13
• Miscellaneous Collections 15
• Bulletins of the National Museum 20
• Proceedings of the National Museum - 22
• Reports of the United States Fish Commission 22
• Annual report 23
• Anthropology 23
• Meteorology 25
• Researches 27
• Laboratory 28
• Telegraphic announcement of astronomical discoveries 29
• Correspondence 29
• Exchanges 32
• Library 36
• National Museum 39
• Anthropology 44

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CoverSpineEndpiecesLibrary Title ResolutionLetterAnnual ReportRegentsOfficersReport of Professor BairdReportAppendix to ReportChartProceedings of RegentsBiographical Memoir of Joseph Henry page 177General AppendixCondorcet a BiographyLouis AgassizHenry and the TelegraphIrritation of Polarized NerveResearches upon FeverList of AppartusOrnithological ExplorationExplorations in GreenlandResearches in SoundContentsContentsList of IllustrationsIndexIndex