Report of Proceedings - National Academy of SciencesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - Science |
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... memoirs .. Announcement of deaths .... Reports of the president and treasurer . Report of the home secretary ...... ... Report of the directors of the Bache fund .. Page . 5 7812 Report of the trustees of the Watson fund .... Report of ...
... memoirs .. Announcement of deaths .... Reports of the president and treasurer . Report of the home secretary ...... ... Report of the directors of the Bache fund .. Page . 5 7812 Report of the trustees of the Watson fund .... Report of ...
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... memoirs of deceased members had been assigned as follows : Bowditch , Henry P. , to Walter B. Cannon , Davidson , George , existing biography approved . Gould , Benjamin Apthorp , to George C. Comstock . Mitchell , Henry , to John F ...
... memoirs of deceased members had been assigned as follows : Bowditch , Henry P. , to Walter B. Cannon , Davidson , George , existing biography approved . Gould , Benjamin Apthorp , to George C. Comstock . Mitchell , Henry , to John F ...
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... memoir forming volume 13 , being " A Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America , " by Oliver C. Farrington , only awaits press work and binding before it is issued . The biographical memoirs of John Wesley Powell , Charles A. Schott ...
... memoir forming volume 13 , being " A Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America , " by Oliver C. Farrington , only awaits press work and binding before it is issued . The biographical memoirs of John Wesley Powell , Charles A. Schott ...
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... memoirs , and announcements . These numbers have consisted of 258 pages , an average of 64 pages per number and of about 4 pages per article . The papers are distributed among different sciences as follows : Mathematics , 11 ; astronomy ...
... memoirs , and announcements . These numbers have consisted of 258 pages , an average of 64 pages per number and of about 4 pages per article . The papers are distributed among different sciences as follows : Mathematics , 11 ; astronomy ...
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... memoir of George William Hill . ( Read by title . ) Wednesday , April 21 , 1915 . [ 2.45 p . m . - Auditorium , National Museum . ] George H. Parker , official representative of the academy upon the special commis- sion appointed by the ...
... memoir of George William Hill . ( Read by title . ) Wednesday , April 21 , 1915 . [ 2.45 p . m . - Auditorium , National Museum . ] George H. Parker , official representative of the academy upon the special commis- sion appointed by the ...
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Page 13 - States as may be designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art, the actual expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be made for the purpose, but the Academy shall receive no compensation whatever for any services to the Government of the United States.
Page 22 - Committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the...
Page 33 - To gather and collate scientific and technical information at home and abroad, In cooperation with governmental and other agencies, and to render such information available to duly accredited persons.
Page 8 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the National Academy of Sciences, incorporated...
Page 17 - To promote cooperation in research, at home and abroad, in order to secure concentration of effort, minimize duplication, and stimulate progress; but in all cooperative undertakings to give encouragement to individual initiative, as fundamentally important to the advancement of science.
Page 13 - ... the National Academy of Sciences. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the National Academy of Sciences shall consist of not more than fifty ordinary members, and the said corporation hereby constituted shall have power to make its own organization, including its constitution, bylaws, and rules and regulations...
Page 38 - ... the National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Page 7 - United States Navy, District of Columbia; AA Gould, Massachusetts; BA Gould, Massachusetts; Asa Gray, Massachusetts; A. Guyot, New Jersey; James Hall, New York; Joseph Henry, at large; JE Hilgard, at large, Illinois; Edward Hitchcock, Massachusetts; JS Hubbard, United States Naval Observatory, Connecticut; AA Humphreys, United States Army, Pennsylvania; JL Le Conte, United States Army, Pennsylvania; J. Leidy, Pennsylvania; JP Lesley, Pennsylvania; MF Longstreth, Pennsylvania...
Page 1 - Sciences shall consist of not more than fifty ordinary members, and the said corporation hereby constituted shall have power to make its own organization, including its constitution, by-laws, and rules and regulations; to fill all vacancies created by death, resignation, or otherwise; to provide for the election of foreign and domestic members, the division into classes, and all other matters needful or usual in such institution, and to report the same to Congress.