Reports. Annual report of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution, year ending June 30, 1916 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix containing scientific papers].
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Reports. Annual report of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution, year ending June 30, 1916 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix containing scientific papers].
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Reports. Annual report of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution, year ending June 30, 1916 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix containing scientific papers].
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Institution
Date:
1917
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1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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19170101
Publication End:
19171231
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Smithsonian Institution
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13
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1917
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xii+607 p. il. 1 por. 13 pl. 128 p. of por. pl. and maps, map.
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([Publication 2449.])
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Contents.—Report of secretary of Smithsonian Institution.—Report of executive committee of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution.—Proceedings of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution.—Administration and activities of Smithsonian Institution; by A. Howard Clark.—News from the stars; by C. G. Abbot.—Distances of heavenly bodies; by W. S. Eichelberger.—Census of the sky; by R. A. Sampson.—Gun report noise, action of Maxim silencer and difference between report noise and bulletflight noise explained; by Hiram Percy Maxim.—Molecular structure and life; by Amé Pictet.—Ideals of chemical investigation; by Theodore William Richards.—The earth, its figure, dimensions, and constitution of its interior; [articles] by T. C. Chamberlin, Harry Fielding Reid, John F. Hayford, and Frank Schlesinger.—Dry land in geology; by Arthur P. Coleman.—Petroleum resources of United States; by Ralph Arnold—Outlook, for iron [with bibliography]; by James Furman Kemp.—On origin of meteorites; by Friedrich Berwerth.—Present state of problem of evolution; by M. Caullery.— Some considerations on sight in birds; by J. C. Lewis.—Pirates of the deep, stories of squid and octupus; by Paul Bartsch.—Economic importance of diatoms; by Albert Mann.—Narcotic plants and stimulants of ancient Americans; by W. E. Safford.— New archeological lights on origins of civilization in Europe; by Sir Arthur Evans.— Great dragon of Quirigua, Guatemala; by W. H. Holmes.—Prehistoric Mesa Verde pueblo and its people; by J. Walter Fewkes.—Art of great earthwork builders of Ohio; by Charles C. Willoughby.—Half century of geographical progress; by J. Scott Keltie.— Relation of pure science to industrial research; by J. J. Carty.—Mine safety devices developed by United States Bureau of Mines; by Van. H. Manning.—Natural waterways in United States, review of recent progress and present tendencies [with bibliography]; by Wm. W. Harts.—Theodore Nicholas Gill; by William Healey Dall.—Life and work of J. H. Fabre; by E. L. Bouvier.—Index.
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