Biographical Memoirs, Volume 17National Academy of Sciences, 1924 - Scientists List of papers contained in v. 1-9 is given in National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings... Index... 1915-24, 1926. |
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... science in 1858. During his remaining three years in Cambridge he was on the rolls of Harvard College as a resident graduate . Newcomb's contributions to mathematical astronomy began shortly following his appoint- ment on the Nautical ...
... science in 1858. During his remaining three years in Cambridge he was on the rolls of Harvard College as a resident graduate . Newcomb's contributions to mathematical astronomy began shortly following his appoint- ment on the Nautical ...
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... science , and receiving the salary of a department clerk . I never wrestled harder with a superior than I did with Hon . R. W. Thompson , Secretary of the Navy , about 1880 , to induce him to raise Mr. Hill's salary from $ 1,200 to ...
... science , and receiving the salary of a department clerk . I never wrestled harder with a superior than I did with Hon . R. W. Thompson , Secretary of the Navy , about 1880 , to induce him to raise Mr. Hill's salary from $ 1,200 to ...
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... science , the original edition remains a book which all students of astronomy could read with profit and pleasure . It has passed through several editions in this country and it has been translated into half a dozen foreign languages ...
... science , the original edition remains a book which all students of astronomy could read with profit and pleasure . It has passed through several editions in this country and it has been translated into half a dozen foreign languages ...
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... science and government , our antiquated method of electing a President , etc. Other leading journals contain articles on life insurance , the silver question , the organization of labor , schools of political economy , etc. Newcomb was ...
... science and government , our antiquated method of electing a President , etc. Other leading journals contain articles on life insurance , the silver question , the organization of labor , schools of political economy , etc. Newcomb was ...
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... Sciences , Berlin . 1884 : Corresponding member British Association for the Advancement of Science . He was one of the vice presidents of the association in 1904 . 1886 : Honorary member London Mathematical Association . 1886 ...
... Sciences , Berlin . 1884 : Corresponding member British Association for the Advancement of Science . He was one of the vice presidents of the association in 1904 . 1886 : Honorary member London Mathematical Association . 1886 ...
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