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... coast of the United States , Lieut . Davis has been led to the discovery of a con- nexion between the ocean tides and currents , and the alluvial deposits on its borders and in its depths . The connexion is thus traced : -the direction ...
... coast of the United States , Lieut . Davis has been led to the discovery of a con- nexion between the ocean tides and currents , and the alluvial deposits on its borders and in its depths . The connexion is thus traced : -the direction ...
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... coast of the gulf of Mexico , and the geographical distribution of the coralline detritus in the China sea , and elsewhere , in connexion with the tides and currents of the particular region under notice , do not escape his attention ...
... coast of the gulf of Mexico , and the geographical distribution of the coralline detritus in the China sea , and elsewhere , in connexion with the tides and currents of the particular region under notice , do not escape his attention ...
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... coast surveys executed by the Government , apart from his own observations . It was his misfortune to have heard but a portion of the interesting essay of Lieut . DAVIS , and he feared he might be liable to a misapprehension of some of ...
... coast surveys executed by the Government , apart from his own observations . It was his misfortune to have heard but a portion of the interesting essay of Lieut . DAVIS , and he feared he might be liable to a misapprehension of some of ...
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... coast now in progress . Dr. GOULD , in allusion to a statement , that substances are found drifted in opposition to the course of the wind , mentioned a fact , well known to persons resident on the coast , that , when the wind blows off ...
... coast now in progress . Dr. GOULD , in allusion to a statement , that substances are found drifted in opposition to the course of the wind , mentioned a fact , well known to persons resident on the coast , that , when the wind blows off ...
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... COAST SURVEY , " to decide whether of importance in navigation . He spoke of the figures given , as valuable from being given as seen , and not drawn with any attempt to give them with precision , as supposed to exist . Dr. S. G. MORTON ...
... COAST SURVEY , " to decide whether of importance in navigation . He spoke of the figures given , as valuable from being given as seen , and not drawn with any attempt to give them with precision , as supposed to exist . Dr. S. G. MORTON ...
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Página 54 - But Moses' hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Página 125 - Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are due, and are hereby tendered to Dr.
Página 79 - Institution. 2. Appropriations in different years to different objects ; so that in course of time each branch of knowledge may receive a share. 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published, with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.
Página 80 - ... are to be prepared by collaborators eminent in the different branches of knowledge. 3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals and publications, domestic and foreign, necessary to the compilation of his report; to be paid a certain sum for his labors, and to be named on the title-page of the report. 4. The reports to be published in separate parts, so that persons interested in a particular branch can procure the parts relating to it without purchasing the whole. 5. These reports...
Página 76 - FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN.
Página vii - 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.
Página 7 - ... from the clutches of the publicans, and the embraces of their pot companions, who followed them to the water's edge with many a hug, a kiss on each cheek, and a maudlin benediction in Canadian French. It was about the 12th of August that they left Mackinaw, and pursued the usual route by Green Bay, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, to Prairie du Chien, and thence down the Mississippi to St. Louis, where they landed on the third of September.
Página 79 - Each memoir presented to the institution to be submitted for examination to a commission of persons of reputation for learning in the branch to which the memoir pertains ; and to be accepted for publication only in case the report of this commission is favorable.
Página 81 - 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.
Página 78 - ... be considered, but also the continual expense of keeping it in repair, and of the support of the establishment necessarily connected with it. There should also be but few individuals permanently supported by the Institution.