Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 22

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Smithsonian Institution, 1882
 

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Page 1 - That, in proportion as suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging or hereafter to belong, to the United States...
Page 65 - The ventrals extend nearly to the vent, and their length is contained 4 times in the distance from the tip of the snout to the end of the second dorsal.
Page 121 - I take in writing you this letter, but on yesterday Maj. WI Turner gave me a blank circular of yours and asked me to fill out the queries for him, which I did, and thought no more of it at the time. But on thinking the matter over I have come to the conclusion that there is...
Page 137 - ... 3 times length of head. Bright olive green or deep red, the color varying with the surroundings ; a row of dark spots along axis of body, these sometimes with light-bluish center, and connected by a very narrow dark streak; generally a dark streak downward from eye, but no other markings about head. Length 6 inches. Monterey to Füget Sound; abundant in rock pools and bunches of Füllte; remarkable for its active movements. It is found mostly in masses of fus...
Page 157 - The box is then filled up with a paste of three parts of plaster of Paris, and one of brick-dust, made up with a solution of alum and sal ammoniac. It is also well first to brush the object with this paste to prevent the formation of air bubbles. After the mold thus formed has set, the object is removed from the interior by first reducing it to ashes. It is therefore dried slowly, and finally heated gradually to a red heat, and then allowed to cool slowly to prevent the formation of flaws or cracks....
Page 17 - Alicropterus nuecensis (Baird & Girard) for the south-western form (Texas and Mexico). According to him the two are externally identical, but M. nuecensis is distinguished by the presence of a small patch of teeth on the tongue, the tongue being entirely smooth in the ordinary form. I have examined a number of specimens in regard to this point. I find lingual teeth in the following specimens: (1.) Two specimens, one large, one small, from the Falls of the Ohio. (2.) One small specimen from a tributary...
Page 1 - And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archieology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress, shall be deposited in the National Museum.
Page 1 - ... all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging or hereafter to belong to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington...
Page 1 - Institution" for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge among men, approved August 10, 1846, 9 Stat.
Page 40 - Sees. 1778 and 3477.) 7. Evidence of authority to indorse for incorporated or unincorporated companies must accompany drafts drawn or indorsed to the order of such companies or associations. Such evidence should be in the form of an extract from the by-laws or records of the company or association, showing the authority of the officer to indorse and...

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