Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 Vols for 1849-1963/64 include "General appendix to the Smithsonian report" (varies slightly) |
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... cause to be made a careful map of said zoological park , showing the location , quantity , and character of each parcel of private property to be taken for such purpose , with the names of the respective owners inscribed thereon , and ...
... cause to be made a careful map of said zoological park , showing the location , quantity , and character of each parcel of private property to be taken for such purpose , with the names of the respective owners inscribed thereon , and ...
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... cause of science , and by his distinguished services to the Smithsonian Insti- tution , and not doubting that this sentiment is shared by every mem- ber of the Board , your committee have thought that it was due alike to the memory of ...
... cause of science , and by his distinguished services to the Smithsonian Insti- tution , and not doubting that this sentiment is shared by every mem- ber of the Board , your committee have thought that it was due alike to the memory of ...
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... this In- stitution , our reverence for his memory , and our profound sense of the loss which the cause of science has sustained in his lamented death . 2. Resolved , That this Board do now proceed at JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS . XLI.
... this In- stitution , our reverence for his memory , and our profound sense of the loss which the cause of science has sustained in his lamented death . 2. Resolved , That this Board do now proceed at JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS . XLI.
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... cause of science and a great loss to the best interests of this Institution if the capacity for original research thus demonstrated by Professor Langley should be smothered by the mere drudgery of official cares and admin- istrative ...
... cause of science and a great loss to the best interests of this Institution if the capacity for original research thus demonstrated by Professor Langley should be smothered by the mere drudgery of official cares and admin- istrative ...
Стр. xlv
... cause of science ( as witness his researches in sound and in the economies of light - house illuminants ) , and therefore a work which had redounded to the honor of the Smithsonian Institution . Professor Langley had also observed , we ...
... cause of science ( as witness his researches in sound and in the economies of light - house illuminants ) , and therefore a work which had redounded to the honor of the Smithsonian Institution . Professor Langley had also observed , we ...
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Стр. xxx - Said association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America. Said secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portions thereof as he shall see fit. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit said association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National...
Стр. 541 - ; and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from longcontinued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favorable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavorable ones to be destroyed. The result of this would be the formation of new species. Here then I had at last got a theory by which to work...
Стр. xxx - Association, for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history and of history in America. Said Association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends...
Стр. 16 - Smithsonian had in 1865 accumulated about forty thousand volumes, largely publications of learned societies, containing the record of the actual progress of the world in all that pertains to the mental and physical development of the human family, and affording the means of tracing the history of at least every branch of positive science since the days of revival of letters until the present time.* These books, in many...
Стр. 616 - THE HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS. The Journal is the organ of the Archaeological Institute of America, and of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and it will aim to further the interests for which the Institute and the School were founded. It treats of all branches of Archaeology and Art History : Oriental, Classical, Early Christian, Mediaeval and American. It is intended to supply a record of the important work done in the field...
Стр. xxviii - For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections' of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fifteen thousand dollars.
Стр. vi - Institution, to be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of the same State.
Стр. 299 - ... An approach to within eighty yards arouses the king of birds from his apathy. He partly opens his enormous wings, but stirs not yet from his station. On gaining a few feet more he begins to walk away, with half-expanded, but motionless wings. Now for the chance fire ! A charge of No. 3 from...
Стр. 301 - ... feet — a height sufficient for the destruction or injury of most animals. But when the plane is urged forward horizontally, in a manner analogous to the wings of a bird during flight, the sustaining power is greatly influenced by the form and arrangement of the surface. In the case of perpendicular descent, as a parachute, the sustaining effect will be much the same, whatever the figure of the outline of the superficies may be, and a circle perhaps affords the best resistance of any. Take for...
Стр. xxviii - ... thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the...