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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 56 - 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 131 - Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are due, and are hereby tendered to Dr.
Página 83 - Institution, and the name of the author (as far as practicable) concealed, unless a favorable decision be made. 6. 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 83 - 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 84 - ... 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 80 - FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN.
Página 84 - 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 81 - Regents the power of adopting such other parts of an organization as they may deem best suited to promote the objects of the bequest. "After much deliberation, the Regents resolved to divide the annual income...
Página 8 - 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 83 - 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.