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... matter , of either a fibrous or lamellar structure , the fibres being stellated . R has Specimens No. 3. — Here are three several fragments of the same portions of Belemnites , imbedded in the like sand . A is 2 inches long , and has a ...
... matter , of either a fibrous or lamellar structure , the fibres being stellated . R has Specimens No. 3. — Here are three several fragments of the same portions of Belemnites , imbedded in the like sand . A is 2 inches long , and has a ...
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... matter , in fine grains , constitutes about fifteen per centum . The rock has the colour of ashes . It is six or seven feet thick , near Dayton ; but as it extends to the north and east , the thickness increases to fifty or sixty feet ...
... matter , in fine grains , constitutes about fifteen per centum . The rock has the colour of ashes . It is six or seven feet thick , near Dayton ; but as it extends to the north and east , the thickness increases to fifty or sixty feet ...
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... matter of much doubt whether the work , if published , would pay expenses , and compensate me for what I have done , I have suffered a year to pass without adding any thing to my list of engravings . Whether I shall go on with them or ...
... matter of much doubt whether the work , if published , would pay expenses , and compensate me for what I have done , I have suffered a year to pass without adding any thing to my list of engravings . Whether I shall go on with them or ...
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... matters , through the intense heat used in converting them into ashes . Allusion was made also to the almost entire absence ... matter in a marked quantity . The volatility of magnesia , as compared with lime , was spoken of as useful in ...
... matters , through the intense heat used in converting them into ashes . Allusion was made also to the almost entire absence ... matter in a marked quantity . The volatility of magnesia , as compared with lime , was spoken of as useful in ...
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... matter with which it is charged , & c . The quantity of water embraced in the respective calculations , being agreeable to the mean of time and velocity for high and low water ; and at every intermediate space of twelve inches , between ...
... matter with which it is charged , & c . The quantity of water embraced in the respective calculations , being agreeable to the mean of time and velocity for high and low water ; and at every intermediate space of twelve inches , between ...
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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.