Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution |
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New 15 - inch colostat . PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIGHTNING ( Larsen ) : Plates I , II . Photographs of lightning flashes .. Plate III . Apparatus for photographing lightning flashes IV . Photograph of lightning flash V. Spectrum photographs of ...
New 15 - inch colostat . PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIGHTNING ( Larsen ) : Plates I , II . Photographs of lightning flashes .. Plate III . Apparatus for photographing lightning flashes IV . Photograph of lightning flash V. Spectrum photographs of ...
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The longest mammoth tusk so far reported from Alaska is one 12 feet 10 inches long , measured on the outside of the curve . Remains of the rhinoceros have not been reported with those of the mammoth in 14 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
The longest mammoth tusk so far reported from Alaska is one 12 feet 10 inches long , measured on the outside of the curve . Remains of the rhinoceros have not been reported with those of the mammoth in 14 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
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... last year being about the same as the average maintained for the last fire or six years , and this in spite of an actual forward flowing movement of the ice of 2 to 3 inches daily in summer and perhaps half this amount in winter .
... last year being about the same as the average maintained for the last fire or six years , and this in spite of an actual forward flowing movement of the ice of 2 to 3 inches daily in summer and perhaps half this amount in winter .
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It stands 8 feet 2 inches high and measures 19 feet 8 inches long . Visitors . — The Museum building was visited during the year by 235,921 persons , and the Smithsonian building by 149,380 persons , making an average daily attendance ...
It stands 8 feet 2 inches high and measures 19 feet 8 inches long . Visitors . — The Museum building was visited during the year by 235,921 persons , and the Smithsonian building by 149,380 persons , making an average daily attendance ...
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This map shows all trees , shrubbery , water and sewer pipes , and every detail of configuration practicable to express on its scale , which is 50 feet to the inch . Such a survey should be extended to the entire park .
This map shows all trees , shrubbery , water and sewer pipes , and every detail of configuration practicable to express on its scale , which is 50 feet to the inch . Such a survey should be extended to the entire park .
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Стр. 2 - THE BOARD OF REGENTS. The Board of Regents consists of the Vice President and the Chief Justice of the United States as ex officio members, three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of Representatives, and six •citizens, " 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 them of the same State.
Стр. li - RESOLUTION for the appointment of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class "other than members of Congress" be filled by the appointment of Theodore D.
Стр. liv - All appropriations made for contingent expenses or other general purposes, except appropriations made in fulfillment of contract obligations expressly authorized by law, or for objects required or authorized by law without reference to the amounts annually appropriated therefor, shall, on or before the beginning of each fiscal year...
Стр. 393 - The action of climate seems at first sight to be quite independent of the struggle for existence ; but, in so far as climate chiefly acts in reducing food, it brings on the most severe struggle between the individuals, whether of the same or of distinct species, which subsist on the same kind of food. Even when climate — for instance, extreme cold — acts directly, it will be the least vigorous, or those which have got the least food through the advancing winter, which will suffer most.
Стр. liii - No Executive Department or other Government establishment of the United States shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess of appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year, or involve the Government in any contract or other obligation for the future payment of money in excess of such appropriations unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
Стр. x - 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...
Стр. liv - Nor shall any Department or any officer of the Government accept voluntary service for the Government or employ personal service in excess of that authorized by law, except in cases of sudden emergency involving the loss of human life or the destruction of property.
Стр. 5 - Henry were, in his own words, "to assist men of science in making original researches, to publish them in a series of volumes, and to give a copy of them to every first-class library on the face of the earth.
Стр. 27 - Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.
Стр. liii - For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and for the "Bulletins" and "Proceedings" of the National Museum, the editions of which shall not be less than three thousand copies, and binding, in half turkey or material not more expensive, scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library, twenty-five thousand dollars.