Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1922 |
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... should show clearly that a larger multiple - charge rocket , constructed upon the same lines , will make possible the reaching of great altitudes . MEETING IN HONOR OF MADAME CURIE . A meeting in REPORT OF THE SECRETARY . 11.
... should show clearly that a larger multiple - charge rocket , constructed upon the same lines , will make possible the reaching of great altitudes . MEETING IN HONOR OF MADAME CURIE . A meeting in REPORT OF THE SECRETARY . 11.
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... lines . Within this decade , with its tremendous decrease in the purchasing power of the dollar , some 3,000,000 speci- mens have been added to the collections , the scope of the Museum has been materially enlarged , and an additional ...
... lines . Within this decade , with its tremendous decrease in the purchasing power of the dollar , some 3,000,000 speci- mens have been added to the collections , the scope of the Museum has been materially enlarged , and an additional ...
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... lines , all the work of one man , type , composition , and paper ; facsimiles in type metal of 50 characters of supposedly the first font of metal type ever cast ; wood block prints by Thomas Bewick , the father of wood engraving as ...
... lines , all the work of one man , type , composition , and paper ; facsimiles in type metal of 50 characters of supposedly the first font of metal type ever cast ; wood block prints by Thomas Bewick , the father of wood engraving as ...
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... lines . The additions to the sectional library of the division of mollusks through the gift of Dr. William H. Dall have made possible a con- tinued study in the United States National Museum of the more re- cently discovered mollusks ...
... lines . The additions to the sectional library of the division of mollusks through the gift of Dr. William H. Dall have made possible a con- tinued study in the United States National Museum of the more re- cently discovered mollusks ...
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... lines between nations by observations of the stars ; for example , along the 49th parallel of latitude , from Rainy Lake , Minn . , westward almost to the Pacific Ocean . The uncertainty as to where this imaginary line falls upon the ...
... lines between nations by observations of the stars ; for example , along the 49th parallel of latitude , from Rainy Lake , Minn . , westward almost to the Pacific Ocean . The uncertainty as to where this imaginary line falls upon the ...
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Сторінка 1 - England, who in 1826 bequeathed his property to the United States of America "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Сторінка 2 - 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, together with six other persons, other than Members of Congress, 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 the same State.
Сторінка 131 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the -family of the deceased, and that they be spread upon the records of this society.
Сторінка 119 - To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Your executive committee respectfully submits the following report in relation to the funds, receipts, and disbursements of the Institution, and...
Сторінка 43 - The gallery of art, your committee think, should include both paintings and sculpture, as well as engravings and architectural designs; and it is desirable to have in connexion with it one or more studios in which young artists might copy without interruption, being admitted under such regulations as the board may prescribe.
Сторінка 42 - ... of plain and durable materials and structure, without unnecessary ornament, and of sufficient size, and with suitable rooms or halls, for the reception and arrangement, upon a liberal scale, of objects of natural history, including a geological and mineralogical cabinet; also a chemical laboratory, a library, a gallery of art, and the necessary lecture rooms...
Сторінка 78 - Servia, desiring to assure the immediate exchange of the Official Journal as well as of the parliamentary Annals and Documents...
Сторінка 67 - In 1920 and 1921 he served as chairman of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology of the National Research Council, and at various times participated in numerous committees of both the NRC and the Social Science Research Council.
Сторінка 43 - ... of Congress as an exhibition room for the works of artists generally; and the extent and general usefulness of such an exhibition might probably be increased, if an arrangement could be effected with the Academy of Design, the Arts Union, the Artists...
Сторінка 305 - The form of the orange-tree, the cocoa-nut, the palm, the mango, the treefern, the banana, will remain clear and separate; but the thousand beauties which unite these into one perfect scene must fade away; yet they will leave, like a tale heard in childhood, a picture full of indistinct, but most beautiful figures.