Science, Volume 7John Michels (Journalist) American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1886 - Science Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science. |
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Page 432 - City had given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History.
Page 377 - Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man or order of men.
Page 331 - ... that for the ordinary necessities of lighthouse illumination, mineral oil is the most suitable and economical illuminant, and that for salient headlands, important landfalls, and places where a very powerful light is required, electricity offers the greatest advantages.
Page 322 - THE PREVENTABLE CAUSES OF DISEASE, INJURY, AND DEATH IN AMERICAN MANUFACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS, AND THE BEST MEANS AND APPLIANCES FOR PREVENTING AND AVOIDING THEM.
Page 202 - ... permitting the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs, for strictly scientific purposes only. In order to obtain such...
Page 314 - Drainage for health ; or. Easy lessons in sanitary science. By JOSEPH WILSON . Philadelphia, Blakiston, 1888.
Page 318 - Pennsylvania, was invited to deliver the fifth course of the Cartwright lectures of the Alumni association of the College of physicians and surgeons of New York, and selected as his subject, ' Certain, problems in the physiology of the blood.
Page 372 - Now, the most important object of all educational schemes is to catch these exceptional people, and turn them to account for the good of society.
Page 115 - Provision shall be made by the proper local authorities for instructing all pupils in all schools supported by public money or under control of the State, in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics upon the human system.
Page 202 - ... a properly executed bond in the sum of two hundred dollars, signed by two responsible citizens of the State as sureties. This bond shall be forfeited to the State and the...