A History of the First Half-century of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1913 |
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... John Adams and Poinsett . Bache dwelt on the need of a national scientific organization in his address as retiring President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , at Albany , in 1851 , on which occasion he said ...
... John Adams and Poinsett . Bache dwelt on the need of a national scientific organization in his address as retiring President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , at Albany , in 1851 , on which occasion he said ...
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... JOHN TORREY , LEWIS M. RUTHER- FURD , J. PETER LESLEY , and the officers and chairmen of classes ex officio . In addition to considering the constitution and by - laws and electing officers , the Academy at this first meeting appointed ...
... JOHN TORREY , LEWIS M. RUTHER- FURD , J. PETER LESLEY , and the officers and chairmen of classes ex officio . In addition to considering the constitution and by - laws and electing officers , the Academy at this first meeting appointed ...
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... John Rodgers , U. S. N. , during a cruise of the Monadnock from Philadelphia to San Francisco , by way of the Straits of Magellan , beginning in October , 1865. This detail was made by the Navy Depart- ment upon the recommendation of so ...
... John Rodgers , U. S. N. , during a cruise of the Monadnock from Philadelphia to San Francisco , by way of the Straits of Magellan , beginning in October , 1865. This detail was made by the Navy Depart- ment upon the recommendation of so ...
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... John F. Frazer , and in 1873 three more , -Louis Agassiz ( who was one of the most prominent leaders in the establishment of the Academy , and who held the office of Foreign Secretary for eleven years ) , Joseph Saxton and John Torrey ...
... John F. Frazer , and in 1873 three more , -Louis Agassiz ( who was one of the most prominent leaders in the establishment of the Academy , and who held the office of Foreign Secretary for eleven years ) , Joseph Saxton and John Torrey ...
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... John Trow- bridge and Professor H. A. Rowland , both of whom were mem- bers of the National Academy of Sciences . At the meeting of November , 1881 , the following resolution was adopted by the Academy : " Resolved , That the National ...
... John Trow- bridge and Professor H. A. Rowland , both of whom were mem- bers of the National Academy of Sciences . At the meeting of November , 1881 , the following resolution was adopted by the Academy : " Resolved , That the National ...
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A History of the First Half Century of the National Academy of Sciences 1863 ... Frederick William True No preview available - 2019 |
A History of the First Half Century of the National Academy of Sciences 1863 ... Frederick William True No preview available - 2019 |
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