Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1906 |
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... Measurements of the Distance of the Sun , by A. R. Hinks .. Photographing Lightning with a Moving Camera , by Alex Larsen The Tantalum Lamp , by W. Von Bolton and O. Fuerlein ... • Some Refinements of Mechanical Science , by Ambrose ...
... Measurements of the Distance of the Sun , by A. R. Hinks .. Photographing Lightning with a Moving Camera , by Alex Larsen The Tantalum Lamp , by W. Von Bolton and O. Fuerlein ... • Some Refinements of Mechanical Science , by Ambrose ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... measurements of the forward flow of ice under variable conditions of tempera- ture , the construction of an accurate cross section , the determination of the amount of surface melting , and the varying amounts of drainage and sediment ...
... measurements of the forward flow of ice under variable conditions of tempera- ture , the construction of an accurate cross section , the determination of the amount of surface melting , and the varying amounts of drainage and sediment ...
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... measurements to stones embedded in the face show that a very gradual wastage occurred during the summer , with a small stream of clear , ice - cold water as confirmatory evidence . Farther up , for a distance of about 1,600 feet , there ...
... measurements to stones embedded in the face show that a very gradual wastage occurred during the summer , with a small stream of clear , ice - cold water as confirmatory evidence . Farther up , for a distance of about 1,600 feet , there ...
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... measuring the amount of the solar radiation , and its loss in transmission through the sun's envelope and through our own atmosphere . I do not yet regard the evidence of solar variability as conclusive , but still as rendering this ...
... measuring the amount of the solar radiation , and its loss in transmission through the sun's envelope and through our own atmosphere . I do not yet regard the evidence of solar variability as conclusive , but still as rendering this ...
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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.