Report of the Librarian of Congress for 1920U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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... pamphlets Contents of the made in June , 1902 , as accurate , the total contents of the Library , inclusive of the Law Library , at the close of the 1920 past two fiscal years , were as follows : € 30 , Contents of the Library ...
... pamphlets Contents of the made in June , 1902 , as accurate , the total contents of the Library , inclusive of the Law Library , at the close of the 1920 past two fiscal years , were as follows : € 30 , Contents of the Library ...
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... pamphlets during the past two years , in detail , classified by source , were as follows : How acquired By purchase . By gift . By transfer from United States Government li- braries . 1919 1920 33 , 304 42 , 220 9 , 182 12 , 530 2,497 ...
... pamphlets during the past two years , in detail , classified by source , were as follows : How acquired By purchase . By gift . By transfer from United States Government li- braries . 1919 1920 33 , 304 42 , 220 9 , 182 12 , 530 2,497 ...
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... pamphlets numbered 125,054 , a total that had been exceeded but once in the history of the Library , that being in 1909 , when the Yudin collection was purchased . In 1914 the European war began . In 1915 our accessions of books and ...
... pamphlets numbered 125,054 , a total that had been exceeded but once in the history of the Library , that being in 1909 , when the Yudin collection was purchased . In 1914 the European war began . In 1915 our accessions of books and ...
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... pamphlets . The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace placed with us a duplicate set of its publications . The Société Marseillaise de Crédit Industriel et Com- mercial et de Dépôts presented as a memorial to its late president ...
... pamphlets . The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace placed with us a duplicate set of its publications . The Société Marseillaise de Crédit Industriel et Com- mercial et de Dépôts presented as a memorial to its late president ...
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... pamphlets , 122 prints , and 11 numbers . Some unusual specimens of early legal literature , added by Dr. William Vail Kellen to his previous gifts , are noted in the report of the Law Librarian below . Mr. Charles P. Greenough ...
... pamphlets , 122 prints , and 11 numbers . Some unusual specimens of early legal literature , added by Dr. William Vail Kellen to his previous gifts , are noted in the report of the Law Librarian below . Mr. Charles P. Greenough ...
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Page 177 - A Briefe Discourse of the True (but neglected) use of charact'ring the Degrees by their perfection, imperfection, and diminution in measurable Musicke against the common practise and custome of these times ; examples whereof are exprest in the Harmony of 4 voyces concerning the Pleasure of 5 usuall recreations, i Hunting, 2 Hawking, 3 Dancing, 4 Drinking, 5 Enamouring,
Page 200 - That the President of the United States, as Commander in Chief of the Army...
Page 143 - Dominion' means any of the following Dominions, that is to say, the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland.
Page 142 - Act, to wit : (a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work ; or (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens...
Page 142 - States at the time of the first publication of his work; or (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act, or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to...
Page 132 - Said certificate shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Page 146 - Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his privy council, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon him by the copyright act, 1911, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows : 1.
Page 142 - ... rights to all information, uses, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from that activity will be made available to the public without charge on a nonexclusive basis. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to deprive any person of any right which he may have had, prior to entering into any arrangement referred to in this subsection, to any patent, patent application, or invention.
Page 144 - That the provisions of this title, so far as they secure copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall include only compositions published and copyrighted after July 1, 1909, and shall not include the works of a foreign Author or composer unless the foreign state or nation of which such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or...
Page 142 - That the copyright secured by this Act shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only...