Annual report of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution showing operations, expenditures, and condition of Institution, year ended June 30, 1946.
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Annual report of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution showing operations, expenditures, and condition of Institution, year ended June 30, 1946.
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Annual report of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution showing operations, expenditures, and condition of Institution, year ended June 30, 1946.
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Institution
Date:
1947
Publish Date ISO Format:
1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
Publication Start:
19470101
Publication End:
19471231
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Smithsonian Institution
Publication month:
13
Publication year:
1947
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SI 1.1:946
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ix+440 p. il. 2 pl. 40 p. of pl. map.
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(Publication 3871.) [Also issued as H. doc. 10, pt. 1, 80th Cong. 1st sess.]
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(Publication 3871.) [Also issued as H. doc. 10, pt. 1, 80th Cong. 1st sess.] * For Sale by Superintendent of Documents. Cloth, $2.25. • Sent to Depository Libraries. Item 995
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CONTENTS.—Report of secretary of Smithsonian Institution [with reports of subordinate bureaus, including library, and editor's report on publications issued].—Report of executive committee of board of regents of Smithsonian Institution.—On astronomical dating of the earth's crust; by Harlow Shapley.— Atomic power in the laboratory and in the stars; by Robert S. Richardson.—Atomic energy as a human asset; by Arthur H. Compton.—Scientific importance of X-rays [with list of references]; by L. Henry Garland.—Visible patterns of sound; by Ralph K. Potter.—Fluorine in United States water supplies, pilot project for Atlas of diseases; by Anastasia Van Burkalow.—Birth of Paricutin; by Jenaro Gonzales and William F. Foshag.—Natural history of whalebone whales [with list of references]; by N. A. Mackintosh.—Life history of quetzal; by Alexander F. Skutch.—The sun and harvest of the sea [with selected bibliography]; by Waldo L. Schmitt.—Anthropology and the melting pot [with list of literature cited]; by T. D. Stewart.—Archeology of Philippine Islands [with bibliography]; by Olov R. T. Janse.—Palestinian pottery in Bible times by J. L. Kelso and J. Palin Thorley.—March of medicine [with list of references]; by M. M. Wintrobe.—Technology and medicine; by Kurt S. Lion.—National responsibility for research: by J. E. Graf.—Toward a new generation of scientists; by L. A. Hawkins.—Index.
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* For Sale by Superintendent of Documents. Cloth, $2.25. • Sent to Depository Libraries. Item 995