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Page 16 - The following list shows the departments of investigation to which the larger grants were made by the Trustees and the amounts allotted from those grants by the Executive Committee during the year: Department of Botanical Research $25,000.00 Department of Experimental Evolution 26,000.00 Department of Economics and Sociology 30,000.00 Department of Historical Research 18,700.00 Department of Marine Biology
Page 11 - by the Secretary, the following Trustees responded: John S. Billings, John L. Cadwalader, Cleveland H. Dodge, William N. Frew, Lyman J. Gage, Henry L. Higginson, Charles L. Hutchinson, Seth Low, S. Weir Mitchell,
Page 49 - pp. 390-395. June, 1906.) LITTLEHALES, GW, Washington, DC A new and abridged method of finding the locus of geographical position and the compass error. (Bulletin Philosophical Littlehales's method entitled "Improved methods for finding altitude and azimuth, Society of Washington,
Page iii - OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1907 JOHN S. BILLINGS JOHN L. CADWALADER CLEVELAND H. DODGE WILLIAM N. FREW LYMAN J. GAGE DANIEL C. OILMAN HENRY L. HIGGINSON BA HITCHCOCK
Page 49 - GOLDENWEISER, EA Laws regulating the migration of Russians throughout Germany. (Quart. Jour. of Economics. May, 1907.) Goss, WFM Notes concerning the performance of the Cole superheater as applied to the Purdue University locomotive. (Amer. Soc. of Mech. Eng. May, 1907.) HALE, GE A vertical ccelostat telescope. (Astrophys. Jour., v. 25, pp.
Page 32 - No. 48. An Investigation of Evolution in Chrysomelid Beetles of the Genus Leptinotarsa. By WL Tower. (Paper No. 4, Station for Experimental Evolution.) Octavo, x + 320 pages, 30 plates, 31 text figures. No. 54. Research in China. By Bailey Willis and others. Vol. I in two parts.
Page 247 - A biometrical study of conjugation in Paramecium. The results of this work may be summarized as follows : (a) It was demonstrated that the conjugant individuals of a Paramecium population are distinctly differentiated in size and shape of body, both in respect to type and variability, from the non-conjugant portion of the population living in the same culture at the same time.
Page 51 - SMITH, JR, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. The British system of improving and administering ports and terminal facilities. (Annals American Academy of Political and Social Science. Nov., 1904.) . The organization of ocean commerce. (University of Pennsylvania publication. SOULE, CAROLINE G. See MAYER, AG
Page 43 - Unappropriated fund 88,207.17 RESEARCH ASSOCIATES AND ASSISTANTS. The policy in relation to research assistants, as outlined in Year Book No. 2, pp. xlvii-xlviii, was continued, and the persons named below pursued investigations during the year, or for a portion of the year, in the branches of science indicated. The total amount allotted to date for each investigation is appended.
Page 32 - plates, 144 text figures. No. 33. Researches in Stellar Photometry. By JA Parkhurst. Quarto, 192 pages, 13 plates, 39 text figures. No. 44. Researches in Experimental Phonetics. The Study of Speech Curves. By EW Scripture. Quarto, 204 pages, 13 plates, 138 text figures. No. 47. Rhythmical Pulsation in