Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1898 |
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... periods in the his- tory of the Institution when there was but one Assistant Secretary , a long period immediately preceding the present incumbency when there was none , and subse- quently a brief period when there were two . The work ...
... periods in the his- tory of the Institution when there was but one Assistant Secretary , a long period immediately preceding the present incumbency when there was none , and subse- quently a brief period when there were two . The work ...
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... period of coinage . The peculiarly shaped bronze pieces , representing knives , cloth , and other objects used as money are fully represented , and the series is continuous in the coinage of each dynasty for more than 2,600 years ...
... period of coinage . The peculiarly shaped bronze pieces , representing knives , cloth , and other objects used as money are fully represented , and the series is continuous in the coinage of each dynasty for more than 2,600 years ...
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... period con- tained many tons of exchanges that had been delivered principally from United States Government Departments and Bureaus during the last week of the previous fiscal year , and which could not be forwarded during the same year ...
... period con- tained many tons of exchanges that had been delivered principally from United States Government Departments and Bureaus during the last week of the previous fiscal year , and which could not be forwarded during the same year ...
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... period of service at the Observatory July 1 , 1897 . SUMMARY . I may sum up the result of the year's work by saying that the positions of between 200 and 300 lines in the infra - red solar spectrum have been accurately established ...
... period of service at the Observatory July 1 , 1897 . SUMMARY . I may sum up the result of the year's work by saying that the positions of between 200 and 300 lines in the infra - red solar spectrum have been accurately established ...
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... period of vegetation are , therefore , in their actinic effect more active than an equal number of days in our temperate regions , and we can thus explain the par- ticularly intense rate of the progress which vegetation makes in the ...
... period of vegetation are , therefore , in their actinic effect more active than an equal number of days in our temperate regions , and we can thus explain the par- ticularly intense rate of the progress which vegetation makes in the ...
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Side 103 - Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests.
Side x - Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices ; three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be...
Side 99 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Side xlvii - ... subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption...
Side x - Institution, to be composed of the VicePresident, the Chief- Justice of the United States [and the Governor of the District of Columbia], three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington...
Side 47 - For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, $32,000.
Side 24 - In these almost solid masses, they darted forward in undulating and angular lines, descended and swept close over the earth with inconceivable velocity, mounted perpendicularly so as to resemble a vast column, and, when high, were seen wheeling and twisting within their continued lines, which then resembled the coils of a gigantic serpent Before sunset I reached Louisville, distant from Hardensburgh fiftyfive miles.
Side 461 - ... animals are painted by nature darkest on those parts which tend to be most lighted by the sky's light,
Side 333 - It seems, therefore, on the whole most probable that the sun has not illuminated the earth for 100,000,000 years, and almost certain that he has not done so for 500,000,000 years. As for the future, we may say, with equal certainty, that inhabitants of the earth cannot continue to enjoy the light and heat essential to their life for many million years longer unless sources now unknown to us are prepared in the great storehouse of creation.
Side 24 - In the autumn of 1813, I left my house at Henderson, on the banks of the Ohio, on my way to Louisville. In passing over the Barrens a few miles beyond...