Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1898 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 78 találatból.
xvi. oldal
... already here , may be looked for in a few months more . The Secretary here read the letter of Captain Anderson , the Super- intendent of the Yellowstone Park , as follows : DECEMBER 12 , 1895 . I can give you no definite information ...
... already here , may be looked for in a few months more . The Secretary here read the letter of Captain Anderson , the Super- intendent of the Yellowstone Park , as follows : DECEMBER 12 , 1895 . I can give you no definite information ...
xvii. oldal
... already donated to them , $ 10,000 for the con- struction of buildings for said observatory , whenever a suitable site shall be desig- nated by Congress and obtained for the purpose . " # * It was then anticipated that the first step to ...
... already donated to them , $ 10,000 for the con- struction of buildings for said observatory , whenever a suitable site shall be desig- nated by Congress and obtained for the purpose . " # * It was then anticipated that the first step to ...
7. oldal
... already so high as to pass the tree tops by 20 or 30 feet . It reached the water one minute and thirty - one seconds from the time it started , at a measured distance of over 900 feet from the point at which it rose . This , however ...
... already so high as to pass the tree tops by 20 or 30 feet . It reached the water one minute and thirty - one seconds from the time it started , at a measured distance of over 900 feet from the point at which it rose . This , however ...
18. oldal
... already cited , for the Museum to not have fallen further behind the progress of others than it has done . The clerical force , which is relatively larger than it would be under conditions other than those stated , is paid at rates ...
... already cited , for the Museum to not have fallen further behind the progress of others than it has done . The clerical force , which is relatively larger than it would be under conditions other than those stated , is paid at rates ...
19. oldal
... already accumulated . It may possibly be a matter of surprise that I should urge the increase of appropriations for purchases , while the Museum building is thus crowded ; but , as I have stated above , the present collections represent ...
... already accumulated . It may possibly be a matter of surprise that I should urge the increase of appropriations for purchases , while the Museum building is thus crowded ; but , as I have stated above , the present collections represent ...
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
12 months action alternating current animal ants apparatus appear appropriation areas atmosphere Balance July Becquerel body colors British thermal units Bureau cause cent chemical coast collections color photography Congress considerable continued direction distance distribution electric ending June 30 exchange expenditure experiment fact feet forces Franz Josef Land heat Helmholtz horsepower hydrogen increase Indians investigations June 30 laborer land light liquid air liquid oxygen matter mechanical method miles motion Murray River National Museum nature observatory observed Octavo Octavo pamphlet organs oxygen phenomena photographic physical physiology plants plates Poulton present prism processes produced Regents regions Report for 1894 researches River rotary transformers scientific Secretary silver silver chloride Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Report square miles stream substance supply surface temperature tion Total transformation transmission United velocity vital machine Zoological Park
Népszerű szakaszok
5. oldal - ... shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States...
x. oldal - 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...
92. oldal - Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system runs, What other planets circle other suns, What varied being peoples every star, May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.
4. oldal - For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources...
x. oldal - 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...
146. oldal - In order to raise the critical point of hydrogen to about - 200°, from 2 to 5 per cent, of nitrogen or air was mixed with it. This is simply making an artificial gas containing a large proportion of hydrogen which is capable of liquefaction by the use of liquid air. The results are summed up in the following extract from the paper. " One thing can, however, be proved by the use of the gaseous mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, namely, that...
xlvi. oldal - NATIONAL MUSEUM. For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safekeeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fifteen thousand dollars.
xlix. oldal - ... and materials as the heads of the several Departments and the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum may respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President may also designate additional articles for exhibition.
81. oldal - Institution; and memoirs of a general character or on special topics that are of interest or value to the numerous correspondents of the Institution. It has been a prominent object of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, from a very early date, to enrich the annual report required of them by law with memoirs illustrating the more remarkable and important developments in physical and biological discovery, as well as showing the general character of the operations of the Institution...
7. oldal - Its motion was, in fact, so steady, that I think a glass of water on its surface would have remained unspilled. When the steam gave out again, it repeated for a second time the experience of the first trial when the steam had ceased, and settled gently and easily down. What height it reached at this trial I...