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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents Affichage du livre entier - 1869 |
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents Affichage du livre entier - 1922 |
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents Affichage du livre entier - 1872 |
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Page 264 - Survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain.
Page 2 - England, who in 1826 bequeathed his property to the United States of America "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 2 - Congress determined that the Federal Government was without authority to administer the trust directly, and therefore constituted an "establishment," whose statutory members are "the President, the Vice President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of the executive departments.
Page 2 - Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices ; three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives...
Page 128 - In that zone of celestial space where stars are excessively abundant, nebulae are rare ; while in the two opposite celestial spaces that are furthest removed from this zone, nebulae are abundant. Scarcely any nebulae lie near the galactic circle (or plane of the Milky Way) ; and the great mass of them lie round the galactic poles. Can this also be mere coincidence ? When to the fact that the general mass of nebulae are antithetical in position to the general mass of stars...
Page 5 - Bacon scholarship for the study of the fauna of countries other than the United States of America...
Page 39 - American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and preservation of...
Page 504 - The Minidoka project in Idaho as originally planned has been completed, but several extensions are possible and desirable. The project is in two portions — that which is served with irrigation water by gravity has been formed into an irrigation district which operates the canal system serving it under contract with the United States; the pumping unit on the south side of the river is operated by the United States. The results of irrigation in this region are very striking and exceptionally successful.
Page 52 - ILLUSTRATIONS. Mr. DeLancey Gill, with the assistance of Mr. Albert E. Sweeney, continued the preparation of the illustrations of the bureau and gave the usual time to photography of visiting Indians.
Page 510 - For an investigation to be made by the Director of the Reclamation Service of the reclamation by drainage of lands outside existing reclamation projects and of the reclamation and preparation for cultivation of cut-over timber lands in any of the States of the United States...
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Mis. doc. Publication (Smithsonian Institution) |
| Auteur | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents |
| Éditeur | The Institution, 1921 |
| Original provenant de | Université de Harvard |
| Numérisé | 24 mars 2007 |
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