Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1906 |
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... produces changes of several degrees in the mean temperature of the land areas of the earth . It is hoped that the study of the solar radiation will soon prove a val- uable aid in forecasting climate . Important additions and ...
... produces changes of several degrees in the mean temperature of the land areas of the earth . It is hoped that the study of the solar radiation will soon prove a val- uable aid in forecasting climate . Important additions and ...
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... produced some effect ; and Sir David Gill resolved to try again , utilizing this time three minor planets farther away than Mars , with less parallax therefore but with disks so small that they were indistinguishable from stars . In ...
... produced some effect ; and Sir David Gill resolved to try again , utilizing this time three minor planets farther away than Mars , with less parallax therefore but with disks so small that they were indistinguishable from stars . In ...
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... produced by the earth depend upon the mass of the earth , and from them that mass can be determined . There is further a well - known relation between the mass of the earth , the value of the gravitation constant , the length of the ...
... produced by the earth depend upon the mass of the earth , and from them that mass can be determined . There is further a well - known relation between the mass of the earth , the value of the gravitation constant , the length of the ...
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... produce an apparent oscillation in the place of the planet . To discover if this were so , I grouped the residuals in my equations of condition according to their epoch into eight columns , corresponding to successive eighths of the ...
... produce an apparent oscillation in the place of the planet . To discover if this were so , I grouped the residuals in my equations of condition according to their epoch into eight columns , corresponding to successive eighths of the ...
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... produced after looking at a bright flash . Such an image may be retained in the eye for quite a while after , but can not easily be confounded with a real flash . Two other pictures of dark discharges have been obtained with the moving ...
... produced after looking at a bright flash . Such an image may be retained in the eye for quite a while after , but can not easily be confounded with a real flash . Two other pictures of dark discharges have been obtained with the moving ...
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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.