Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution, 1894 - Discoveries in science Vols for 1849-1963/64 include "General appendix to the Smithsonian report" (varies slightly) |
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12 months æther animals Antarctic apparatus appears Arctic Arctic Ocean atmosphere Balance July blue bullet Bureau C. V. Boys Cambrian carbonate of lime chemical chemistry coast color condensation Congress continued Cordilleran sea dense density deposits depth diabase earth effect electricity electrified energy erosion expenditure experiments exploration extended fact feet geographical geological glacial glaciers heat ice age increase initial excess investigation June 30 laborer lakes land latitude light limestones liquid liquid oxygen measure Mesozoic molecules Mount Blanc mountain National Museum National Zoological North Pole nozzle observations Observatory ocean oxygen Paleozoic particles phenomena photograph plate Polar Basin present pressure produced Prof regions result river rocks Secretary sediments Smithsonian Institution snow spark spectrum square miles star steam surface temperature theory thickness tion tube United valley velocity Victoria Land wave wind
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Page 120 - ... That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.
Page 518 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 11 - Institution, the income from a part of which was to be devoted to "the increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge in regard to the nature and properties of atmospheric air in connection with the welfare of man.
Page 518 - And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
Page 154 - As a unit of electromotive force, the international volt, which is the electromotive force that, steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one international ohm, will produce a current of one international ampere, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by ^2.
Page 154 - As a unit of work, the joule, which is equal to 10' units of work in the CGS system, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the energy expended in one second by an international ampere in an international ohm. . As a unit of power, the watt, which is equal to 10...
Page 512 - To conclude therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of .sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in ihe book of God's word, or in the book of God's works, Divinity or Philosophy ; but rather let 'men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 403 - Antarctic continent ; to penetrate into the interior; to ascertain the depth and nature of the ice-cap ; to observe the character of the underlying rocks and their fossils ; to take magnetic and meteorological observations both at sea and on land ; to observe the temperature of the ocean at all depths and seasons of the year ; to take pendulum observations on land...
Page 11 - The right is reserved to award no prize if in the judgment of the Committee no contribution is offered of sufficient merit to warrant such action.
Page 36 - An act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, and sea, in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois...