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... bi - sulphuret of carbon as a substitute for steam applied to mechanical
purposes . The result of these investigations was unfavorable to the substitution
of this material in the way proposed . Although a greater amount of pressure is
produced ...
... bi - sulphuret of carbon as a substitute for steam applied to mechanical
purposes . The result of these investigations was unfavorable to the substitution
of this material in the way proposed . Although a greater amount of pressure is
produced ...
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But the accumulations of carbon in the strata of which we are speaking are so
enormons , in comparison to those found elsewhere , that the name
carboniferous , as applied to these strata and this period , becomes entirely
appropriate .
But the accumulations of carbon in the strata of which we are speaking are so
enormons , in comparison to those found elsewhere , that the name
carboniferous , as applied to these strata and this period , becomes entirely
appropriate .
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The perfect preservation of the carbon of the plants , and often of their external
forms and structure , which must have suffered complete oxydation and
disintegration if exposed to the air , the fact that the plants were most or all of
them swamp ...
The perfect preservation of the carbon of the plants , and often of their external
forms and structure , which must have suffered complete oxydation and
disintegration if exposed to the air , the fact that the plants were most or all of
them swamp ...
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The theory of this accumulation is as follows : Plants derive all their carbon from
the atmosphere . In the annual fall of leaf , and finally their own death , they return
to the earth the whole of the matter thus silently extracted from the air .
The theory of this accumulation is as follows : Plants derive all their carbon from
the atmosphere . In the annual fall of leaf , and finally their own death , they return
to the earth the whole of the matter thus silently extracted from the air .
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According to Boussingault luxuriant vegetation at the present day takes from the
atmosphere about a half ton of carbon per acre annually , or 50 tons per acre in a
century . Fifty tons of carbon of the specific gravity of coal , about 1.50 , spread ...
According to Boussingault luxuriant vegetation at the present day takes from the
atmosphere about a half ton of carbon per acre annually , or 50 tons per acre in a
century . Fifty tons of carbon of the specific gravity of coal , about 1.50 , spread ...
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Página 9 - 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 7 - I mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Página 12 - January, 1847, requiring an equal division of the income between the active operations and the museum and library, when the buildings are completed, be and it is hereby repealed.
Página 8 - 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. To DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed — 1. To publish a series of periodical reports on the progress of the different branches of knowledge; and, 2 To publish occasionally separate treatises on subjects of general interest.
Página 12 - Art-Union and other similar societies. 12. A small appropriation should annually be made for models of antiquities, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, &c. 13. For the present, or until the building is fully completed, besides the Secretary, no permanent assistant will be required, except one, to act as librarian. 14. The Secretary, by the law of Congress, is alone responsible to the Regents.
Página 10 - ... Agriculture. 4. Application of science to arts. II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 5. .Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiquities, &c. 6. Statistics and political economy. 7. Mental and moral philosophy. 8. A survey of the political events of the world, penal reform, &c. HI. 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 26 - We are indebted to the National Telegraph Line for a series of observations from New Orleans to New York and as far westward as Cincinnati, which have been published in the Evening Star of this city.
Página 11 - To carry out the plan before described, a library will be required, consisting, 1st, of a complete collection of the transactions and proceedings of all the learned societies in the world ; 2d, of the more important current periodical publications, and other works necessary in preparing the periodical reports.
Página 8 - ... 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. 12. The plan and dimensions of the building should be determined by the plan of organization, and not the converse. 13. It should be recollected that mankind in general are to be benefited by the bequest, and that, therefore, all unnecessary expenditure on local objects would...
Página 96 - In this room, and extending around the same, was a circuit of wire stretched along the wall, and at one termination of this, in the recess of a window, a bell was fixed, while the other extremity was connected with a galvanic apparatus. You showed us the manner in which the bell could be made to ring by a current of electricity, transmitted through this wire, and you remarked that this method might be adopted for giving signals, by the ringing of a bell at the distance of many miles from the point...
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| Título | Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Mis. doc. Publication (Smithsonian Institution) |
| Autor | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents |
| Editor | The Institution, 1858 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 27 Mar 2007 |
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