Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1. osaSmithsonian Institution, 1922 Vols for 1849-1963/64 include "General appendix to the Smithsonian report" (varies slightly) |
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... stars , by A. Danjon__ . Atomic weights and isotopes , by F. W. Aston Modifying our ideas of nature : The Einstein theory of relativity , by Henry Norris Russell .. The alkali problem in irrigation , by Carl S. Scofield . Page . 139 153 ...
... stars , by A. Danjon__ . Atomic weights and isotopes , by F. W. Aston Modifying our ideas of nature : The Einstein theory of relativity , by Henry Norris Russell .. The alkali problem in irrigation , by Carl S. Scofield . Page . 139 153 ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents. LIST OF PLATES . Facing Diameters of the Stars ( Danjon ) : Plate 1 . page 176 Alkali Problems ( Scofield ) : Plates 1-3 ___ . Department of Geology ( Merrill ) : Plate 1- Plates 2-8_ . Plates 9 ...
Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents. LIST OF PLATES . Facing Diameters of the Stars ( Danjon ) : Plate 1 . page 176 Alkali Problems ( Scofield ) : Plates 1-3 ___ . Department of Geology ( Merrill ) : Plate 1- Plates 2-8_ . Plates 9 ...
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... stars , by A. Danjon _ - _ . Atomic weights and isotopes , by F. W. Aston Modifying our ideas of nature : The Einstein theory of relativity , by Henry Norris Russell The alkali problem in irrigation , by Carl S. Scofield Page . 139 153 ...
... stars , by A. Danjon _ - _ . Atomic weights and isotopes , by F. W. Aston Modifying our ideas of nature : The Einstein theory of relativity , by Henry Norris Russell The alkali problem in irrigation , by Carl S. Scofield Page . 139 153 ...
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... stars . This extremely delicate apparatus was nearly completed at the close of the year . In the field the usual solar observations were conducted at Mount Wilson , Calif .; Montezuma , Chile ; and at the new station in Ari- zona . At ...
... stars . This extremely delicate apparatus was nearly completed at the close of the year . In the field the usual solar observations were conducted at Mount Wilson , Calif .; Montezuma , Chile ; and at the new station in Ari- zona . At ...
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... stars in the same manner in which we are accustomed to observe the energy spectrum of the sun . This outfit comprises a special spectroscope , a vacuum bolometer of special dimensions and construction , and a vacuum galvanometer ...
... stars in the same manner in which we are accustomed to observe the energy spectrum of the sun . This outfit comprises a special spectroscope , a vacuum bolometer of special dimensions and construction , and a vacuum galvanometer ...
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Page 3 - England, who in 1826 bequeathed his property 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.
Page 69 - In 1920 and 1921 he served as chairman of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology of the National Research Council, and at various times participated in numerous committees of both the NRC and the Social Science Research Council.
Page 135 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the -family of the deceased, and that they be spread upon the records of this society.
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Page 139 - ADVERTISEMENT. The object of the GENERAL APPENDIX to the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution is to furnish brief accounts of scientific discovery in particular directions; reports of investigations made by collaborators of the Institution ; and memoirs of a general character or on special topics that are of interest or value to the numerous correspondents of the Institution.