Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1864 |
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... disc of the sun . He makes two other important voyages , and after having traversed the Pacific in all directions , and penetrated into the frozen regions of both poles , falls in 1779 beneath the weapons of the natives of the Sandwich ...
... disc of the sun . He makes two other important voyages , and after having traversed the Pacific in all directions , and penetrated into the frozen regions of both poles , falls in 1779 beneath the weapons of the natives of the Sandwich ...
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... disc , which serves to close the jar . A metallic ring , about twelve centimetres in diameter , formed of wire from 3 to 4mm in diameter , and having for its centre the top of the iron rod , is situated in a plane perpendicular to the ...
... disc , which serves to close the jar . A metallic ring , about twelve centimetres in diameter , formed of wire from 3 to 4mm in diameter , and having for its centre the top of the iron rod , is situated in a plane perpendicular to the ...
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... disc , which is made to turn upon itself by means of an axis which traverses it perpendicularly . This disc carries the oil with it by its adherence , and the whole mass of this liquid takes a movement of rotation . Before explaining ...
... disc , which is made to turn upon itself by means of an axis which traverses it perpendicularly . This disc carries the oil with it by its adherence , and the whole mass of this liquid takes a movement of rotation . Before explaining ...
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... disc ought to be half way up the vessel . The square plate of glass which closes the vessel above is pieced with two openings , each furnished with an iron neck , which is closed with a stopper of the same metal . One of these openings ...
... disc ought to be half way up the vessel . The square plate of glass which closes the vessel above is pieced with two openings , each furnished with an iron neck , which is closed with a stopper of the same metal . One of these openings ...
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... disc in such manner that their two centres are sensibly coincident . To attain this point , let us first endeavor , be- fore introducing the disc into the vessel , to bring the centre of the sphere to remain at the height at which that ...
... disc in such manner that their two centres are sensibly coincident . To attain this point , let us first endeavor , be- fore introducing the disc into the vessel , to bring the centre of the sphere to remain at the height at which that ...
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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 145 - He says you had the notion from him, though he owns the demonstration of the curves generated thereby to be wholly your own. How much of this is so, you know best, as likewise what you have to do in this matter ; only Mr.
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 138 - About the year 1645, while I lived in London (at a time when, by our Civil Wars, Academical Studies were much interrupted in both our Universities:) beside the Conversation of divers eminent Divines, as to matters Theological ; I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy Persons, inquisitive into Natural Philosophy, and other parts of Humane Learning ; And particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy or Experimental Philosophy.
Página 8 - To increase knowledge : 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.
Página 140 - And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.
Página 8 - 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 138 - Our business was (precluding matters of theology and state affairs) to discourse and consider of philosophical enquiries, and such as related thereunto: as Physick, Anatomy, Geometry, Astronomy, Navigation, Staticks, Magneticks, Chymicks, Mechanicks, and Natural Experiments; with the state of these studies and their cultivation at home and abroad.
Página 203 - ... or of the more tangible agents described in toxicological text-books. It was not a poison dug out of the earth, extracted from plants, or prepared in the laboratory of the chemist. It was not a poison administered by design or negligence. But it was a poison unknown to all concerned ; and was eaten with the meat in which it was contained, and of which it formed a living constituent. When...
Página 138 - Mercury, the improvement of telescopes, the grinding of glasses for that purpose, the weight of air, the possibility or impossibility of vacuities, and Nature's abhorrence thereof, the Torricellian experiment in quicksilver, the descent of heavy bodies and the degree of acceleration therein, and divers other things of like nature.