Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1860 |
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... inches in length . A laborious series of the different readings of these instruments , particularly at low tem- peratures , was made , from which have been deduced corrections to be applied to the records prepared for publication . The ...
... inches in length . A laborious series of the different readings of these instruments , particularly at low tem- peratures , was made , from which have been deduced corrections to be applied to the records prepared for publication . The ...
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... inch . Owing to the small amplitude in the oscillations of the barometer , and the magnitude of occasional disturbances , the law of diurnal variation is apparently subject to considerable fluctuations . The principal maximum is reached ...
... inch . Owing to the small amplitude in the oscillations of the barometer , and the magnitude of occasional disturbances , the law of diurnal variation is apparently subject to considerable fluctuations . The principal maximum is reached ...
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... inches , oc- curred in the morning of January 22 , 1855 ; the lowest , 28.84 inches , occurred near noon of February 19 , 1854. Little change was ob served in the barometer during the fall of snow . The barometer fell during the blowing ...
... inches , oc- curred in the morning of January 22 , 1855 ; the lowest , 28.84 inches , occurred near noon of February 19 , 1854. Little change was ob served in the barometer during the fall of snow . The barometer fell during the blowing ...
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... inch of mercury above the mean , & c . In examining these lines on each map , it is apparent that there exists a large area over which the barometer was below its mean height , which on the evening of the 20th of December extended 980 ...
... inch of mercury above the mean , & c . In examining these lines on each map , it is apparent that there exists a large area over which the barometer was below its mean height , which on the evening of the 20th of December extended 980 ...
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... inches diameter and twenty inches focal distance , I proceeded with great alacrity to ex- amine by the help of it what kind of air a great variety of substances , natural and factitious , would yield , putting them into glass vessels ...
... inches diameter and twenty inches focal distance , I proceeded with great alacrity to ex- amine by the help of it what kind of air a great variety of substances , natural and factitious , would yield , putting them into glass vessels ...
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Página 217 - tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men. Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, .Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Página 15 - The end of our Foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible.
Página 101 - I presently found that, by means of this lens, air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted water to it, and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what surprised me more than I can well express was that a candle burned in this air with a remarkably vigorous flame...
Página 5 - The property is bequeathed 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 7 - 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 6 - In order to compensate in some measure for the loss of time occasioned by the delay of eight years in establishing the Institution, a considerable portion of the interest which has accrued should be added to the principal. 11. In proportion to the wide field of knowledge to be cultivated, the funds are small. Economy should, therefore, be consulted in the construction of the building; and not only...
Página 217 - Nature ! Healest thy wandering and distempered child: Thou pourest on him thy soft influences, Thy sunny hues, fair forms, and breathing sweets; Thy melodies of woods, and winds, and waters ! Till he relent, and can no more endure To be a jarring and a dissonant thing Amid this general dance and minstrelsy; But, bursting into tears, wins back his way, His angry spirit healed and harmonized By the benignant touch of love and beauty.
Página 9 - 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 113 - The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the University of...
Página 8 - 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. III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 9. Modern literature 10. The fine arts, and their application to the useful arta. 11. Bibliography. 12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals.