Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1872 |
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... : ANGLE ΛΟΝ CHRISTO COLL VARD : C Given to the BUSSEY INSTITUTION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY . by the Smithsonian Institution June 17t 18730 TRANSFERRED ΤΟ HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1 1st Session . No. 20 . ANNUAL REPORT OF. L Soc 4681.15 .
... : ANGLE ΛΟΝ CHRISTO COLL VARD : C Given to the BUSSEY INSTITUTION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY . by the Smithsonian Institution June 17t 18730 TRANSFERRED ΤΟ HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1 1st Session . No. 20 . ANNUAL REPORT OF. L Soc 4681.15 .
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... the Institution , a geological exploration of a portion of the Louisiana coast was made by Professor E. W. Hilgard , of the University of Mis- sissippi , mainly with a view to ascertain the geological 20 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
... the Institution , a geological exploration of a portion of the Louisiana coast was made by Professor E. W. Hilgard , of the University of Mis- sissippi , mainly with a view to ascertain the geological 20 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
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... University of Louisiana to secure legisla- tive aid for a geological and physical survey of the State . The latter is now in progress , and the second annual report on the work will soon be published . As regards the rock - salt deposit ...
... University of Louisiana to secure legisla- tive aid for a geological and physical survey of the State . The latter is now in progress , and the second annual report on the work will soon be published . As regards the rock - salt deposit ...
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... University Theses . From the Royal Public Library , Dresden , " Riedel's Codex Diplo- maticus Brandenburgensis ; " 41 volumes , quarto . From the Agricultural Association , Potsdam , " Zeitschrift ; " volumes III - XVIII , octavo ...
... University Theses . From the Royal Public Library , Dresden , " Riedel's Codex Diplo- maticus Brandenburgensis ; " 41 volumes , quarto . From the Agricultural Association , Potsdam , " Zeitschrift ; " volumes III - XVIII , octavo ...
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... University at Lexington , by the Boston Society of Natural History , and by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . The labors of Professor Sumichrast were brought to a close during the past summer , and several of the collabo ...
... University at Lexington , by the Boston Society of Natural History , and by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . The labors of Professor Sumichrast were brought to a close during the past summer , and several of the collabo ...
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Стр. 7 - The property is bequeathed to the United States of America, " to found at Washington, under the name of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Стр. 9 - The volumes of the memoirs to be exchanged for the Transactions of literary and scientific societies, and copies to be given to all the colleges, and principal libraries, in this country. One part of the remaining copies may be offered for sale ; and the other carefully preserved, to form complete sets of the work, to supply the demand from new institutions.
Стр. 122 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Стр. 246 - Within a finite period of time past, the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come, the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless operations have been, or are to be performed, which are impossible under the laws to which the known operations going on at present in the material world are subject.
Стр. 405 - Let the laborers be hired for the trip, and informed as to what they are to do and how they are to do it.
Стр. 8 - ... offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths; and. 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income for particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons. To DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed — 1.
Стр. 11 - By the publication of separate treatises on subjects of general interest. 1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs translated from foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the direction of the institution, or procured by offering premiums for the best exposition of a given subject. 2. The treatises should, in all cases, be submitted to a commission of competent judges, previous to their publication.
Стр. 284 - ... deer will outrun the leopard in a fair and open chase, because the work supplied to its muscles by the vegetable food is capable of being given out continuously for a long period of time ; but in a sudden rush at a near distance the leopard will infallibly overtake the deer, because its flesh food stores up in the blood a reserve of force capable of being given out instantaneously in the form of exceedingly rapid muscular action.
Стр. 105 - The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the principal universities of this country, and few of our leading societies were willing to forego the honor of numbering him among their associates. He was elected in succession president of the American Philosophical Society, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the National Academy of Sciences established by Congress. Nor were foreigners less forward in acknowledging his merit. He was a member of the Royal Society...
Стр. 246 - ... in comparison with the force of the mine which it explodes. But without the power to make some material disposition,' to originate some movement, or to change, at least temporarily, the amount of dynamical force appropriate to some one or more material molecules, the mechanical results of human or animal volition are inconceivable. It matters not that we are ignorant of the mode in which this is performed. It suffices to bring the origination of dynamical power, to however small an extent, within...