Report of the Annual MeetingOffice of the British Association, 1904 |
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... . III . About 14 miles of wire , six of which have been purchased this year . IV . Ten kites 7 feet 6 inches high ; three kites 9 feet high ; materials of a kite 12 feet high . V. Two self - recording instruments made by Mons .
... . III . About 14 miles of wire , six of which have been purchased this year . IV . Ten kites 7 feet 6 inches high ; three kites 9 feet high ; materials of a kite 12 feet high . V. Two self - recording instruments made by Mons .
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... inches of pure annealed copper , having the weight of 100 grains . The resistances of these coils have been determined by Mr. Smith , and the results are given in the following table : : - Coil No. 1 Coil No. 2 1516 1514 Resistance of ...
... inches of pure annealed copper , having the weight of 100 grains . The resistances of these coils have been determined by Mr. Smith , and the results are given in the following table : : - Coil No. 1 Coil No. 2 1516 1514 Resistance of ...
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... inches of the wire , which is unwound for the purpose . Care must be taken after each re- adjustment to remove any possible new strains introduced by a thorough re - anneal before measurement . In the absence of definite evidence in its ...
... inches of the wire , which is unwound for the purpose . Care must be taken after each re- adjustment to remove any possible new strains introduced by a thorough re - anneal before measurement . In the absence of definite evidence in its ...
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... inches above the bottom plate of the apparatus , and the upper level of the vapour to a definite position , which can be seen through mica windows in the upper part of the neck . Under these con- ditions no measurable superheating of ...
... inches above the bottom plate of the apparatus , and the upper level of the vapour to a definite position , which can be seen through mica windows in the upper part of the neck . Under these con- ditions no measurable superheating of ...
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... Inches . Year Ben Nevis Ob- 25-316 25.199 25.080 25.295 25-350 ) 25 · 426 25 426 25 · 365 ] 25-476 25-351 25-186 25-252 25-310 servatory Fort William Differences 29-959 29-841 , 29-650 29-894 29-958 29-924 29-945 29.863 29-990 29-904 29 ...
... Inches . Year Ben Nevis Ob- 25-316 25.199 25.080 25.295 25-350 ) 25 · 426 25 426 25 · 365 ] 25-476 25-351 25-186 25-252 25-310 servatory Fort William Differences 29-959 29-841 , 29-650 29-894 29-958 29-924 29-945 29.863 29-990 29-904 29 ...
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Page 475 - ... give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Page 542 - Say not the struggle naught availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth, And as things have been they remain. If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars; It may be, in yon smoke concealed, Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers, And, but for you, possess the field.
Page lxxxviii - It is composed of representatives of management and labour both in the United Kingdom and in the United States of America. In the United Kingdom section the constituent bodies are the Federation of British Industries, the British Employers' Confederation and the Trades Union Congress.
Page 26 - Britain in the domain of learning and discovery, and what they alone can bring. I have also endeavoured to show how, when this is done, the nation will still be less strong than it need be if there be not added to our many existing councils another, to secure that even during peace the benefits which a proper co-ordination of scientific effort in the nation's interest can bring shall not be neglected as they are at present. Lest some of you may think that the scientific organisation which I trust...
Page ci - In view of the increasing importance of science to the nation at large, your committee desire to call the attention of the Council to the fact that in the corresponding societies the British Association has gathered in the various centres represented by these societies practically all the scientific activity of the provinces. The number of members and associates at present on the list of the corresponding societies approaches 25,000, and no organization...
Page 4 - It is a struggle between organized species — nations— not between individuals or any class of individuals. It is, moreover, a struggle in which science and brains take the place of swords and sinews, on which depended the result of those conflicts which, up to the present, have determined the history and fate of nations. The school, the university, the laboratory and the workshop are the battlefields of this new warfare.
Page 4 - Huxley pointed out that we were in presence of a new ' struggle for existence,' a struggle which, once commenced, must go on until only the fittest survives. It is a struggle between organised species — nations — not between individuals or any class of individuals. It is, moreover, a struggle in which science and brains take the place of swords and sinews, on which depended the result of those conflicts which, up to the present, have determined the history and fate of nations.
Page 453 - The report of the committee on the conditions of health essential to the carrying on of the work of instruction in schools...
Page 25 - Haldane has recently reminded us that " the weapons which science places in the hands of those who engage in great rivalries of commerce leave those who are without them, however brave, as badly off as were the dervishes of Omdurman against the Maxims of Lord Kitchener.
Page c - ... Your committee are of opinion that further encouragement should be given to these societies and their individual working members by every means within the power of the Association ; and with the object of keeping the corresponding societies in more permanent touch with the Association they suggest that an official invitation on behalf of the Council be addressed to the societies, through the corresponding societies...