Annual report of regents, 1904 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix].
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Annual report of regents, 1904 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix].
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Annual report of regents, 1904 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix].
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Institution
Date:
1905
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1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
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19050101
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19051231
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Smithsonian Institution
Publication month:
13
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1905
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lxxix+804 p. il. 3 por. 10 pl. 132 p. of por. pl. maps, and facsim. 2 maps.
Notes:
([Publication 1595]; H. doc. 430, pt. 1.)
Notes:
([Publication 1595]; H. doc. 430, pt. 1.)
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Contents:
Acts of Congress.
Executive Committee, Report of.
Regents, Proceedings of. Secretary, Report of.
And papers as follows:
Aerodrome, Langley, Experiments with; by S. P. Langley.
Africa, Economic conquest of, by railroads; by A. Fock.
Animals, Some Tibetan; by R. Lydekker.
Archeological researches on frontier of Argentina and Bolivia in 1901-02; by Eric von Rosen.
Archeology, American, Contributions of, to human history; by W. H. Holmes.
— of pueblo region, General view of; by E. L. Hewett.
Architecture, Chinese; by S. W. Bushell.
Bees and flowers; by E. L. Bouvier.
Bird life, Some, in British Papua; by R. A. Vivian.
Bird sanctuaries of New Zealand.
Bones, human, Painting of, among Indians [with bibliography]; by Alěs Hrdlička.
Cameos; by Cyril Davenport.
Canal, Projected new barge, of State of New York; by T. W. Symons.
Chemistry, inorganic, Present problems of; by Sir William Ramsay.
China, Inquiry into population of; by W. W. Rockhill.
Condensation nuclei; by C. T. R. Wilson.
Evolution, Evidence of; by Hugo De Vries.
Flying fishes and their habits; by Theodore Gill.
Gegenbaur, Carl; by Oscar Hertwig.
Gournia. Crete, Excavations at; by H. A. Boyd.
Horses and ponies. Multiple origin of; by J. C. Ewart.
— Egyptian and Arabian; by E. P. d' Avenues.
Lenses, large telescope. Construction of; by C. Faulhaber.
Lighting. Some new modes of; by A. Berthier.
Lightning spiral observed near Basel; by Fr. Klingelfuss.
Man, Stature of, at various epochs; by A. Dastre.
Metals in atmosphere; by Alfred Ditte.
Morocco; by Theobald Fischer.
Mountains and mankind, On; by D. W. Freshfield.
Old age; by Elie Metchnikoff. Ore deposition.
Theories of, historically considered [with bibliography]; by S. F. Emmons.
Panama Canal, Present aspects of; by W. H. Burr.
Panama Canal Zone, Sanitation of; by W. C. Gorgas.
Pearl fisheries of Ceylon; by W. A. Herdman.
Pewter and revival of its use; by A. L. Liberty.
Photography, History of some discoveries of; by Robert Hunt.
— Some reflection's suggested by application of, to astronomical research; by H. H. Turner.
Radiation in solar system; by J. H. Poynting.
Reclamation Service, Work of; by F. H. Newell.
Scientific investigator. Evolution of; by Simon Newcomb.
Sling contrivances for projectile weapons; by F. Krause.
Sparrow, House; by J. O. Skinner.
Species, Evolutionary significance of; by O. F. Cook.
Specific gravity. Variations of; by G. W. A. Kahlbaum.
Spectroheliograph. Rumford, of Yerkes Observatory; by G. E. Hale and Ferdinand Ellerman.
Stokes, George Gabriel; by E. W. Brown.
Subways, Rapid-transit, in metropolitan cities; by M. R. Maltbie.
Vision in brightness and in obscurity, Observations on, with hypothesis on cause of color-blindness; by O. Lummer.
Welding development, Electric; by Elihu Thomson.
Wing surface, Relation of, to weight; by R. von Lendenfeld.
Wireless telegraphy, Progress in; by William Maver, jr.
Writing. Materials used to write upon before invention of printing; by Albert Maire.
Yuma reclamation project; by J. B. Lippincott.
Zittel, Karl Alfred von, by J. F. Pomepekj; translated by Charles Schuchert.