The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896 : the history of its first half century / edited by George Brown Goode.

Washington, 1897.

x pages, 1 leaf, 856 pages including plan : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 29 cm

Appreciations of the work of the Smithsonian institution: I. Physics, by T.C. Mendenhall. II. Mathematics, by R.S. Woodward. III. Astronomy, by E.S. Holden. IV. Chemistry, by M. Benjamin. V. Geology and mineralogy, by W.N. Rice. VI. Meteorology, by M. Benjamin. VII. Paleontology, by E.D. Cope. VIII. Botany, by W.G. Farlow. IX. Zoölogy, by T. Gill. X. Anthropology, by J.W. Fewkes. XI. Geography, by G.G. Hubbard. XII. Bibliography, by H.C. Botton. XIII. The coöperation of the Smithsonian Institution with other institutions of learning, by D.C. Gilman. XIV. The influence of the Smithsonian Institution upon the development of libraries, the organization and work of societies and the publication of scientific literature in the United States, by J.S. Billings. XV. Relation between the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress, by A.R. Spofford.--Appendix: Principal events in the history of the institution, comp. by W.J. Rhees.--Index

Preface, by the President of the United States.--Introduction, by the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.--History of the Smithsonian Institution: I. James Smithson, by S.P. Langley. II. The founding of the institution, 1835-1846, by G.B. Goode. III. The establishment and the board of regents, by G.B. Goode. IV. The three secretaries, by G.B. Goode. V. The benefactors, by S.P. Langley. VI. The Smithsonian building and grounds, by G.B. Goode. VII. The Smithsonian library, by C. Adler. VIII. The U.S. National Museum, by F.W. True. IX. Bureau of American Ethnology, by W.J. McGee. X. The astrophysical observatory, by S.P. Langley. XII. The National Zoological Park, by F. Baker. XIII. Exploration work of the Smithsonian Institution, by F.W. True. XIV. The Smithsonian publications, by C. Adler. XV. Biographic sketch of George Brown Goode, by D.S. Jordan