Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Volume 49John C. Clark, 1900 |
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Page 83 - Without entering into details, I will give the conclusions I then arrived at in the very words I used: 1. The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an evident periodicity of properties. 2. Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value ( eg platinum, iridium, osmium ) or which increase regularly ( eg potassium, rubidium, caesium).
Page 385 - Be it resolved, That the Congress of the United States be urged to pass legislation to provide financial assistance to qualified college students in need of it.
Page 310 - Indians taught them how to take them : which was, with great sprindges, which lifted up their feete from the ground : and the snare was made with a strong string, whereunto was fastened a knot of a cane, which ran close about the neck of the conie, because they should not gnaw the string.
Page 308 - They are baited and cast into the water or placed in such position on land that the hunter is out of sight. A line is attached to hooks of this kind, one end of which may be held in the hands of the hunter or tied to a buoy or other signal device. Anything like a comprehensive treatment of this capture invention would far exceed the limits of this paper; but it is interesting to note that fish-hooks are not found in many American areas — large regions are entirely devoid of them, and even in ancient...
Page xxvii - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
Page 386 - RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be dispatched to the President of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.
Page 361 - ... doomed to almost certain failure. New parties, no matter what their principles, are at a decided disadvantage. Time is required to perfect an efficient organization and secure a constituency. The voters hesitate to give their support to what is new and untried. The old party has a history to which many cling, even after the spirit which gave it life has departed. Issues are decided, but men continue to vote as if these issues were still undecided.
Page 356 - ... personal affiliations. Assuming that the present position of the party in municipal politics is not what it should be, that to some extent it obstructs efficient city government, that it prevents the complete expression of the popular will and that some change is imperative, let us proceed to discuss the first solution proposed.
Page 282 - Michx. These galls are produced during the summer months on the young branches and sometimes on acorns. When mature they fall from the trees and are nearly globular in shape, varying from 20 to 30 mm. in diameter. They are solid throughout and of the consistency of the pulp of a green apple. Externally they are smooth and in color are a mottled green, yellow, and brownish red. At this stage they are made up of three distinct zones : ( I ) A central zone, made up of nearly isodiametric parenchyma...
Page 363 - Separation of Municipal from State and National Elections. — The tendency to vote a "straight ticket," to neglect to differentiate local from national questions, is very strong. But where municipal elections are separate, not only is it made much easier for the voter to express his...