Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1898 |
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vii. oldal
... Metals and their Alloys , by W. Chandler Roberts - Austen .. Preliminary Account of an Expedition to the Pueblo Ruins near Winslow , Was Primitive Man a Modern Savage , by Talcott Williams . Bows and Arrows in Central Brazil , by ...
... Metals and their Alloys , by W. Chandler Roberts - Austen .. Preliminary Account of an Expedition to the Pueblo Ruins near Winslow , Was Primitive Man a Modern Savage , by Talcott Williams . Bows and Arrows in Central Brazil , by ...
xxxiii. oldal
... Metals .... Rubber and leather Apparatus and chemicals .. Total expenditure ...... ... Balance July 1 , 1896 Expenditures . $ 697.43 $ 7.00 7.00 1.25 1.25 37.69 1. 10 97.78 106.57 143.36 38.24 241.03 6.24 5.79 2.60 696.90 .53 TOTAL ...
... Metals .... Rubber and leather Apparatus and chemicals .. Total expenditure ...... ... Balance July 1 , 1896 Expenditures . $ 697.43 $ 7.00 7.00 1.25 1.25 37.69 1. 10 97.78 106.57 143.36 38.24 241.03 6.24 5.79 2.60 696.90 .53 TOTAL ...
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... metal , and driven by a steam engine which I have understood was carrying fuel and a water supply for a very brief period , and which was of extraordinary lightness . The absolute weight of the aerodrome , including that of the engine ...
... metal , and driven by a steam engine which I have understood was carrying fuel and a water supply for a very brief period , and which was of extraordinary lightness . The absolute weight of the aerodrome , including that of the engine ...
69. oldal
... metals is reduced to a mini- mum , and all are kept from fluctuations of temperature by a continuous current of water . 3. The galvanometer , formerly supported upon a system of flat stones and rubber , has been suspended by three wires ...
... metals is reduced to a mini- mum , and all are kept from fluctuations of temperature by a continuous current of water . 3. The galvanometer , formerly supported upon a system of flat stones and rubber , has been suspended by three wires ...
70. oldal
... metal with mica insulation was filled at the observatory and has proved very satisfactory . Another source of drift not before noticed was found to be the falling of the spec- trum upon the bolometer case during a run from A to 2 , and ...
... metal with mica insulation was filled at the observatory and has proved very satisfactory . Another source of drift not before noticed was found to be the falling of the spec- trum upon the bolometer case during a run from A to 2 , and ...
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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...