Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1906 |
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... inch plane mirror on the coelostat . The galvanometer employed was the one de- scribed at pages 91-92 of your report for the year ending June 30 , 1902 . The sensitiveness available depends largely on reducing the damping of the needle ...
... inch plane mirror on the coelostat . The galvanometer employed was the one de- scribed at pages 91-92 of your report for the year ending June 30 , 1902 . The sensitiveness available depends largely on reducing the damping of the needle ...
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... inch mirrors was obtained for the proposed expedition to a high - altitude station . The general design was pre- pared at the Observatory , and the construction was by Mr. M. E. Kahler , of Washington , excepting some work done on the ...
... inch mirrors was obtained for the proposed expedition to a high - altitude station . The general design was pre- pared at the Observatory , and the construction was by Mr. M. E. Kahler , of Washington , excepting some work done on the ...
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... inch being easily read off without the aid of a vernier . The instrument shown in the illustration consists of a glass tube , one - fourth inch inside diameter , 38 inches long , bent to an angle of 100 ° at a distance of 8 inches from ...
... inch being easily read off without the aid of a vernier . The instrument shown in the illustration consists of a glass tube , one - fourth inch inside diameter , 38 inches long , bent to an angle of 100 ° at a distance of 8 inches from ...
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... inch , and at 20 inches , which is the radius of the silver ring upon which the graduations on the master plate are made , a line one - thousandth of an inch in width is equal to twelve seconds of arc , or twelve times the accumulated ...
... inch , and at 20 inches , which is the radius of the silver ring upon which the graduations on the master plate are made , a line one - thousandth of an inch in width is equal to twelve seconds of arc , or twelve times the accumulated ...
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... inches . The smaller circles , which can be made and graduated with greater precision than the larger ones , are ... inch circle read with a microscope having a power of 40 would be equivalent to a circle of about 80 feet in diameter ...
... inches . The smaller circles , which can be made and graduated with greater precision than the larger ones , are ... inch circle read with a microscope having a power of 40 would be equivalent to a circle of about 80 feet in diameter ...
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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.