Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of RegentsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 |
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addition Africa Aleš Hrdlička Algonquian American Ethnology American Historical Association American Indian animals annual report APPENDIX archeological Astrophysical Observatory birds Board of Regents British British East Africa Bulletin Bureau of American Cambrian ceremonies Charles CHARLES D committee complete Department deposit distribution ending June 30 ethnologist Ethnology Exchange Service exhibition expedition feet Fewkes fiscal fossils France fund Gallery geology Government Handbook of American Hrdlička important International Catalogue International Exchange investigations July June 30 Langley Library of Congress mammals manuscript material Mexico Mount Whitney Mount Wilson National Museum National Zoological Park obtained Octavo packages Pages paleontology pamphlets Panama papers plates present printing Publ publications published pueblo pyrheliometers radiation received researches Secretary sent Sept Smithsonian building Smithsonian Institution Society solar constant South species specimens Tewa tion tribes United States National volumes WALCOTT Washington Western Australia
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Page 25 - Committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the...
Page 29 - Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.
Page 1 - Institution of statistical inquiries with reference to physical, moral, and political subjects. (5.) Historical researches, and accurate surveys of places celebrated in American history. (6.) Ethnological researches, particularly with reference to the different races of men in North America; also explorations and accurate surveys of the mounds and other remains of the ancient people of our country.
Page 87 - With reference to the collection of books, other than those mentioned above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States should be procured, in order that the valuable books first purchased may be such as are not to be found in the United States.
Page 1 - Solution of experimental problems, such as a new determination of the weight of the earth, of the velocity of electricity , and of light; chemical analyses of soils and plants; collection and publication of scientific facts, accumulated in the offices of government.
Page 42 - For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and preservation of archseologic remains, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, including payment in advance for subscriptions...
Page 52 - Bulletin 52, Early Man in South America, by Ales Hrdlicka, in collaboration with WH Holmes, Bailey Willis, Fred. Eugene Wright, and Clarence N. Fenner.
Page 86 - Governments undertake to have transmitted to the legislative chambers of each contracting State, as fast as their publication, a copy of the Official Journal as well as of the parliamentary Annals and Documents, which are given publicity.