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... funds , except the amounts received from members as dues , and the orders could not , there- fore , be carried out immediately . It was not until 1866 that the first volume of the Memoirs of the Academy was issued , and this contained ...
... funds , except the amounts received from members as dues , and the orders could not , there- fore , be carried out immediately . It was not until 1866 that the first volume of the Memoirs of the Academy was issued , and this contained ...
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... funds for printing . Of the second session of the Academy for the year 1864 , which was held in New Haven on the 5th and 6th of August , little has been recorded , beyond the fact that ten papers were 2 Pp . 71-112 . read , including ...
... funds for printing . Of the second session of the Academy for the year 1864 , which was held in New Haven on the 5th and 6th of August , little has been recorded , beyond the fact that ten papers were 2 Pp . 71-112 . read , including ...
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... funds , the expense of printing was met by contributions of individual members , and in accordance with a vote of the Academy it was distributed to members of both houses of Congress , and to the heads of departments of the Government.3 ...
... funds , the expense of printing was met by contributions of individual members , and in accordance with a vote of the Academy it was distributed to members of both houses of Congress , and to the heads of departments of the Government.3 ...
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... fund for the promotion of researches in the natural and physical sciences . His original intention was to place the fund under the control of a board , or , in case the board failed to act , that the trustees of the estate should apply ...
... fund for the promotion of researches in the natural and physical sciences . His original intention was to place the fund under the control of a board , or , in case the board failed to act , that the trustees of the estate should apply ...
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... Fund be- came available . The first allotment from the income which it afforded was made in the following year , in connection with the magnetic survey of the United States . A committee was appointed this year to consider measures to ...
... Fund be- came available . The first allotment from the income which it afforded was made in the following year , in connection with the magnetic survey of the United States . A committee was appointed this year to consider measures to ...
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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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