Report of Proceedings - National Academy of SciencesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1923 - Science |
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... building of its own where this material can be made available . The semicentennial in 1913 seemed to give new life to the activities of the academy , and the foreign secretary , Dr. George E. Hale , pro- posed then that the academy ...
... building of its own where this material can be made available . The semicentennial in 1913 seemed to give new life to the activities of the academy , and the foreign secretary , Dr. George E. Hale , pro- posed then that the academy ...
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... building , at Sixteenth and M Streets , was occupied until the present location at Seventeenth and Massachusetts Avenue was leased . Efforts were made to secure a permanent endowment and money for a building for the academy , and a ...
... building , at Sixteenth and M Streets , was occupied until the present location at Seventeenth and Massachusetts Avenue was leased . Efforts were made to secure a permanent endowment and money for a building for the academy , and a ...
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... building surmounting a series of terraces , in the middle of the square . A deep terrace of stone surrounded by a massive railing of marble will extend the entire length of the front . Two magnificent marble and bronze lamps , one on ...
... building surmounting a series of terraces , in the middle of the square . A deep terrace of stone surrounded by a massive railing of marble will extend the entire length of the front . Two magnificent marble and bronze lamps , one on ...
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... BUILDING . The following report was presented by the joint committee on the building of the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council : Blue - print plans of the new building for the National Academy and the National ...
... BUILDING . The following report was presented by the joint committee on the building of the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council : Blue - print plans of the new building for the National Academy and the National ...
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... building should be presented . A suitable site was obtained and the building is now in process of construction ( see later paragraph on " New building " ) . In the meantime the corporation appropriated $ 185,000 for current ex- penses ...
... building should be presented . A suitable site was obtained and the building is now in process of construction ( see later paragraph on " New building " ) . In the meantime the corporation appropriated $ 185,000 for current ex- penses ...
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A. A. Michelson Academy of Sciences annual meeting appointed approved April assistant awarded Balance July ballot Baltimore biological biology and agriculture bonds building Calif Cambridge Carnegie Institution cent Charles chemical chemistry Clarke College Columbia University Conn Department director Disbursements division of biology Draper Edward elected ex officio executive board executive committee forestry Gano Dunn geology George gold grant Hale Harvard University Haven home secretary industrial Invested investigations Iowa Johns Hopkins University June 30 laboratory maintenance Mass mathematics medal memoirs Merriam Michelson mortgage Mount Wilson Observatory National Academy National Research Council nomination Observatory organization president Princeton problems professor of physics psychology publication R. A. Millikan relations representing research fellowships Rockefeller scientific Street Subcommittee Survey tion Total treasurer trust funds Uninvested United States Bureau United States Navy University of Chicago Vernon Kellogg vice chairman vote Walcott Washington William Yale University York City
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Page ix - 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 163 - 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 74 - Meyer, of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page i - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 124 - ... at home and abroad, in cooperation with governmental and other agencies and to render such information available to duly accredited persons. Effective prosecution of the council's work requires the cordial collaboration of the scientific and technical branches of the Government, both military and civil. To this end, representatives of the Government, upon the nomination of the National Academy of Sciences, will be designated by the President as members of the council, as heretofore, and the heads...
Page 78 - Science and the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the National Research Council.
Page 42 - Cort, of the School of Hygiene and Public Health of Johns Hopkins University.
Page ix - 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, 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.
Page 89 - PROCEEDINGS is the official organ of the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES and of the NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL for...
Page 9 - The search for truth is in one way hard and in another easy, for it is evident that no one can master it fully nor miss it wholly. But each adds a little to our knowledge of Nature, and from all the facts assembled there arises a certain grandeur.