Annual report of regents, 1901 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix].
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Annual report of regents, 1901 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix].
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Annual report of regents, 1901 [with report of secretary, etc., and appendix].
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Institution
Date:
1902
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1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
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19020101
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19021231
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Smithsonian Institution
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13
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1902
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lxvii + 782 pp. il. 9 por. 162 pl. 2 maps.
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([Publication 1367]; H. doc. 707, pt. 1, 57th Cong. 1st sess.)
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([Publication 1367]; H. doc. 707, pt. 1, 57th Cong. 1st sess.) * For Sale by Superintendent of Documents. $1.25
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Contents:
Acts of Congress.
Executive Committee, Report of.
Regents, Proceedings of.
Secretary, Report of.
And papers as follows:
Alpine tunnels, Great; by Francis Fox.
Andaman Islands, Abbott collection from; by W. E. Safford.
Antarctic voyage of Belgica during 1897-99; by Henryk Arctowski.
Astronomical events, Some recent; by C. G. Abbot.
Atmosphere, Exploration of, at sea, by means of kites; by A. L. Rotch.
Atoms, On bodies smaller than; by J. J. Thomson.
Automobile races; by Henri Fournier [and others].
Bogoslof volcanoes; by C. H. Merriam.
Boomerangs; by G. T. Walker.
Buffalo, water, Wanderings of.
Children's room in Smithsonian Institution; by A. B. Paine.
Chronophotography, History of; by, J. Marey.
Color photography; by Sir W. J. Herschel.
Diamonds, Emigrant, in America; by W. H. Hobbs.
Dinosaurs or terrible lizards; by F. A. Lucas.
Ether and gravitational matter through infinite space, On; by Lord Kelvin.
Fire walk ceremony in Tahiti; by S. P. Langley.
Flying creature, Greatest, by S. P. Langley, introducing paper by F. A. Lucas [on Great pterodactyl ornithostoma].
Forest destruction; by Gifford Pinchot [and C. H. Merriam].
Gokteik Bridge, Erection of; by D. A. Willey.
Gravitation, Recent studies in; by J. H. Poynting.
Human breed, Possible improvement of, under existing conditions of law and sentiment; by Francis Gallon.
Hydrogen, Solid; by James Dewar.
Illumination, Development of; by Walter Hough.
Irrigation; by F. H. Newell.
La Mouthe, grotto of, Dordogne, France, Engraved pictures of; by Emile Rivière.
Marine animals of Northwest Coast, On preservation of; by W. H. Dall.
Meteorites, Century of study of; by O. C. Farrington.
Mind of primitive man; by Franz Boas.
Minos, Palace of; by A. J. Evans.
Mutation theory of Professor de Vries: by C. A. White.
Nature, Laws of; by S. P. Langley.
— Model of; by A. W. Rucker.
Okapi, newly discovered beast living in central Africa; by Sir H. H. Johnston.
Physical Laboratory, National, of Great Britain, Aims of; by R. T. Glazebrook.
Radiations, New, cathode rays and Röntgen rays; by A. Dastre.
Rowland, Henry A., Commemoration of; by T. C. Mendenhall.
Salt and its physiological uses; by A. Dastre.
Santos-Dumont circling Eiffel Tower in air ship; by E. P. Lyle, jr.
Sea in life of nations; by Alfred Kirchoff.
Shaping arts, primal, Order of development of; by W. H. Holmes.
Smithsonian Institution.
Submarine boat, its value as weapon of naval warfare; by G. W. Melville.
Sun's energy, Utilizing; by R. H. Thurston.
Telephoning, Transatlantic; by W. A. Anthony.
Telephonograph; by W. J. Hammer.
Termites, or white ants, Observations on; by G. D. Haviland.
Traps of American Indians, study in psychology and invention; by O. T. Mason.
Wireless telegraphy; by G. Marconi.
Zoo, National, at Washington, study of its animals in relation to their natural environment; by Ernest Thompson Seton.
Zoos, Some private; by F. G. Aflalo.