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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... appeared in 1880 ; but concerning the 1882 transit , nothing seems to have been published except brief statements in an annual report of the Naval Observatory . Prof. Newcomb , as secretary of the commission , was charged with the duty ...
... appeared in 1880 ; but concerning the 1882 transit , nothing seems to have been published except brief statements in an annual report of the Naval Observatory . Prof. Newcomb , as secretary of the commission , was charged with the duty ...
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... appearance may not be a serious matter , inasmuch as the transit of Venus method of deter- mining the quantity sought has been superseded by incomparably better methods . Prof. Newcomb rendered exceedingly valuable service in connection ...
... appearance may not be a serious matter , inasmuch as the transit of Venus method of deter- mining the quantity sought has been superseded by incomparably better methods . Prof. Newcomb rendered exceedingly valuable service in connection ...
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... appeared in 1906 , reproduces 21 of his principal essays and addresses . His volume , A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy , published in 1906 , treats admirably of the subjects which relate to the determination and the reduction of the ...
... appeared in 1906 , reproduces 21 of his principal essays and addresses . His volume , A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy , published in 1906 , treats admirably of the subjects which relate to the determination and the reduction of the ...
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... appeared his first contribution , a volume of 220 pages , entitled A Critical Examination of our Financial Policy during the Southern Rebellion . The A , B , C of Finance , issued in Harper's Half Hour Series , 115 pages , bears the ...
... appeared his first contribution , a volume of 220 pages , entitled A Critical Examination of our Financial Policy during the Southern Rebellion . The A , B , C of Finance , issued in Harper's Half Hour Series , 115 pages , bears the ...
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... appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for 1905 . Some 370 titles were there listed . In the present work this list has been radically revised and amplified , and more than 160 new titles have been added . While it ...
... appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for 1905 . Some 370 titles were there listed . In the present work this list has been radically revised and amplified , and more than 160 new titles have been added . While it ...
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Page 1 - When an officer is known or suspected to be guilty of malversation in office, some member of the house of representatives usually brings forward a resolution to accuse the party, or for the appointment of a committee to consider and report upon the charges brought against him.
Page 32 - The Uranian and Neptunian systems, investigated with the 26-inch equatorial of the United States Naval observatory.
Page 51 - Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with Logarithmic and other Mathematical Tables, and Examples of their Use and Hints on the Art of Computation, by Simon...
Page 1 - On the Right Ascensions of the Equatorial Fundamental Stars and the Corrections Necessary to Reduce the Right Ascensions of Different Catalogues to a Mean Homogeneous System.
Page 34 - On the recurrence of solar eclipses with tables of eclipses from BC 700 to AD 2300, by Simon Newcomb.
Page 92 - The Earliest Winged Insects of America: a re-examination of the Devonian Insects of New -Brunswick, in the light of criticisms and of new studies of other Palaeozoic types.
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Page 164 - ONCE more Orion and the sister Seven Look on thee from the skies that hailed thy birth, — How shall we welcome thee, whose home was heaven, From thy celestial wanderings back to earth? Science has kept her midnight taper burning To greet thy coming with its vestal flame; Friendship has murmured, " When art thou returning?