Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1890 |
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... Investigations in Northern Africa by Mr. T. Williams .. Investigations in Thibet by Mr. W. W. Rockhill Collections from Egypt by Dr. James Grant Bey 7 8 8 9 5677 ← ∞ ∞ ∞ aa 9 Expected collections from Indians of Hoopa Reservation by ...
... Investigations in Northern Africa by Mr. T. Williams .. Investigations in Thibet by Mr. W. W. Rockhill Collections from Egypt by Dr. James Grant Bey 7 8 8 9 5677 ← ∞ ∞ ∞ aa 9 Expected collections from Indians of Hoopa Reservation by ...
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... investigations has been continued by the Secretary in the hands of Maj . J. W. Powell , Director of the Geo- logical Survey . The following is a classified statement of all expenditures made XXII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ...
... investigations has been continued by the Secretary in the hands of Maj . J. W. Powell , Director of the Geo- logical Survey . The following is a classified statement of all expenditures made XXII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ...
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... investigations in that country . The re- gion has rarely been visited by naturalists , and the Smithsonian Insti- tution will no doubt obtain very important information , and probably also some valuable collections . The special studies ...
... investigations in that country . The re- gion has rarely been visited by naturalists , and the Smithsonian Insti- tution will no doubt obtain very important information , and probably also some valuable collections . The special studies ...
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... investigations of this kind . The Smithsonian Institution has also provided an outfit of instruments for taking observations of temperatures and altitudes , and he has been requested to obtain musical instruments of all kinds , as far ...
... investigations of this kind . The Smithsonian Institution has also provided an outfit of instruments for taking observations of temperatures and altitudes , and he has been requested to obtain musical instruments of all kinds , as far ...
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... investigation upon the Reptilia and Batrachia of North America , which has been in progress , under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution , for more than twenty years . The monograph on the Batrachia , mentioned in my last report ...
... investigation upon the Reptilia and Batrachia of North America , which has been in progress , under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution , for more than twenty years . The monograph on the Batrachia , mentioned in my last report ...
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