Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volumen1Metcalf and Company, 1848 Vol. 12 (from May 1876 to May 1877) includes: Researches in telephony / by A. Graham Bell. |
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... planet with the sun's limb were lost by clouds . " Mercury was first seen on the disk of the sun at 2h 48m . 31 side- real time . Observations for the relative positions of the planet and the sun were immediately commenced , and were ...
... planet with the sun's limb were lost by clouds . " Mercury was first seen on the disk of the sun at 2h 48m . 31 side- real time . Observations for the relative positions of the planet and the sun were immediately commenced , and were ...
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... planet observed by Wartman of Geneva , in 1831 , with the inquiry , whether it was not identical with Le Verrier's . He showed , that , although it could not have been more than eight or ten degrees distant from it , it was too far from ...
... planet observed by Wartman of Geneva , in 1831 , with the inquiry , whether it was not identical with Le Verrier's . He showed , that , although it could not have been more than eight or ten degrees distant from it , it was too far from ...
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... planet whatever , whose orbit is nearly circular , and whose motion is direct . The researches made by Wartman , in the year 1832 , for the rediscovery of his supposed planet , might easily have resulted in the discovery of the planet ...
... planet whatever , whose orbit is nearly circular , and whose motion is direct . The researches made by Wartman , in the year 1832 , for the rediscovery of his supposed planet , might easily have resulted in the discovery of the planet ...
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... PLANET NEPTUNE , 1846-47 . Cambridge Observatory . Long . 4. 44m . 32 . Greenwich Mean Solar Time . Apparent A. R. of Neptune Apparent Dec. of Neptune . 8 . No. of Comp . 24 12 33 29 11 33 Nov. 3 11 45 d . h . m . h . m . 1846 , Oct. 21 ...
... PLANET NEPTUNE , 1846-47 . Cambridge Observatory . Long . 4. 44m . 32 . Greenwich Mean Solar Time . Apparent A. R. of Neptune Apparent Dec. of Neptune . 8 . No. of Comp . 24 12 33 29 11 33 Nov. 3 11 45 d . h . m . h . m . 1846 , Oct. 21 ...
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... planet Neptune , at that date , which may possibly have been this planet . " Shortly after the arrival of the news of the physical discovery of Neptune at Berlin , on a suggestion by Mr. E. C. Herrick of its prob- able identity with the ...
... planet Neptune , at that date , which may possibly have been this planet . " Shortly after the arrival of the news of the physical discovery of Neptune at Berlin , on a suggestion by Mr. E. C. Herrick of its prob- able identity with the ...
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1st Limb 66 Academy adnate alpine angle apices apoth apothecia Aquarii Aquilæ Arctic America Arietis 66 becoming at length blast Cancri Capella Capricorni cartilagineous Ceti comet cone convex crust Cygni D's 1st Limb D's 2d Limb diameter Diff disk England fertile fibrillose Floerk foliaceous Fomalhaut fuscescent fuscous Geminorum 66 glaucescent Halsey Herb Hoffm Hook Hydræ hypothallus inches laciniæ Lecidea Leonis 66 Leverrier Libræ Lich Lichen Lichenogr lobes Lyræ membranaceous Meridian Passage Muhl naked Name of Object Neptune Northward to Arctic observations Observatory Ophiuchi orbit Orionis 66 pamph Parmelia Pegasi Pennsylvania Piscium 66 planet podetia Procyon Professor Peirce Rich Rocks Sagittarii Schær Schar Scorpii scyphi Seconds of Tabu setis side Sidereal sign-words Sirius species squamulose strong breezes Tauri 66 thalline margin thallus thin triangle Trunks tube Tuckerm Uranus velocity ver's initial White Mountains York
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Página 187 - To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed — 1. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches, by offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths; and, — 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income for particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons.
Página 188 - The volumes of the memoirs to be exchanged for the transactions of literary and scientific societies, and copies to be given to all the colleges and principal libraries in this country. One part of the remaining copies may be offered for sale ; and the other carefully preserved, to form complete sets of the work, to supply the demand from new institutions.
Página 191 - The emphasis upon publications as a means of diffusing knowledge was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph Henry articulated a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge not strictly professional.
Página 188 - ... 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published: with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.
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Página 191 - LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 9. Modern literature. 10. The fine arts, and their application to the useful arts. 11. Bibliography. 12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals.
Página 29 - Such is the state of our language,' says Sheridan, a man certainly not prejudiced against his native tongue, ' that the darkest hieroglyphics, or most difficult ciphers that the art of man has hitherto invented, were not better calculated to conceal the sentiments of those...
Página 156 - On three several Hurricanes of the Atlantic, and their Relations to the Northers of Mexico and Central America, with Notices of other Storms.
Página 189 - 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 articles of science, accumulated in the offices of government.
Página 157 - FLS On the Growth of Plants in closely glazed Cases. 8vo. London, 1842. From the Author. Two hundred and ninety-sixth Meeting. May 25, 1847. — ANNUAL MEETING. The PRESIDENT in the chair. A communication was received, through Mr. Bowen, from Mr. John B. Williams, US Consul at Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, being a meteorological register kept at that place, by Mr. Williams, as follows : — METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER Kept at Russell, New Zealand, from April 24/A, 1843, to Aug.