A History of the First Half-century of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1913Lord Baltimore Press, 1913 - 399 pages |
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A History of the First Half Century of the National Academy of Sciences 1863 ... Frederick William True No preview available - 2019 |
A History of the First Half Century of the National Academy of Sciences 1863 ... Frederick William True No preview available - 2019 |
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2d Session 40th Congress Acad Academy of Sciences adopted Agassiz Alexander American appointed April April 16 April 22 astronomical awarded B. A. Gould Barnard Benjamin Apthorp Gould Benjamin Silliman bill Biographical Memoirs Board Bureau Charles Coast Survey College Commission committee Congress Davis died duties elected established expedition February forest fund Geological Survey Government Guyot held Henry Draper Medal hydrometer important incorporators instruments International investigations Ira Remsen January John Joseph Henry Lesley letter Massachusetts mathematics medal meeting ment metric mittee National Academy Natural History Naval Observatory Navy Department November O. C. Marsh observations officers organization Peirce Philadelphia physical present President Professor Bache published recommended request Rogers scientific Secretary Senate Silliman Simon Newcomb solar sorghum sugar tion Transit of Venus Treasury trust U. S. National Museum United University volume weights and measures WILLIAM Wolcott Gibbs York
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Page 303 - Act. execute or cause to be executed all laws affecting public lands heretofore or hereafter reserved under the provisions of section twenty-four of the Act entitled, "An Act to repeal the timber-culture laws, and for other purposes...
Page 302 - March'3, 1891, and which may be continued; and he may make such rules and regulations and establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations...
Page 14 - States as may be designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art, the actual expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be made for the purpose, but the Academy shall receive no compensation whatever for any services to the Government of the United States.
Page 8 - In 1898, in his address as retiring president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Gibbs summed up his views as to the constitution of the complex acids.
Page 344 - The local authorities, on the adoption and purchase of a voting machine, may provide for the payment therefor in such manner as they may deem for the best interest of the locality...
Page 302 - The Secretary of War, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary details of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the park for the purpose of destroying the game or objects of curiosity therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law, and to remove such persons from the parks...
Page 311 - Sciences is hereby required, at their next meeting, to take into consideration the methods and expenses of conducting all surveys of a scientific character under the War or Interior Department, and the surveys of the Land Office, and to report to Congress as soon thereafter as may be practicable a plan for surveying and mapping the Territories of the United States on such general system as will, in their judgment, secure the best results at the least possible cost...
Page 265 - This officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resource, and products of the national domain.
Page 332 - The nominations shall be sent to the home secretary by the chairman of the committee before January 1 of the year in which the election is to be held, and each nomination shall be accompanied by a list of the principal contributions of the nominee to science.
Page 179 - Elements of Chemistry, in the order of the lectures given in Yale College.