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1 online resource (xi pages 1 leaf, 399 pages) : plates, portraits |
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Microbook Library of American civilization ; LAC 13947
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""A HISTORY OF THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""CHAPTER I THE FOUNDING OF THE ACADEMY ""; ""CHAPTER II THE ANNALS OF THE ACADEMY ""; ""1863�1867""; ""1868�1872""; ""1873�1877""; ""1878�1882""; ""1883�1887""; ""1888�1892""; ""1893�1897""; ""1898�1902""; ""1903�1907""; ""1908�1912""; ""CHAPTER III BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE INCORPORATORS ""; ""LOUIS AGASSIZ""; ""JOHN H. ALEXANDER""; ""STEPHEN ALEXANDER""; ""ALEXANDER DALLAS BACHE""; ""FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER BARNARD"" |
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John gross barnardwilliam holmes chambers bartlett -- alexis caswell -- william chauvenet -- john huntington crane coffin -- john adolphus bernhard dahlgren -- james dwight dana -- charles henry davis -- george engelmann -- john fries frazer -- wolcott gibbs -- james melville gilliss -- augustus addison gould -- benjamin apthorp gould -- asa gray -- arnold guyot -- james hall -- joseph henry -- julius erasmus hilgard -- edward hitchcock -- joseph stillman hubbard -- andrew atkinson humphreys -- john lawrence leconte -- joseph leidy |
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J.peter lesleymiers fisher longstreth -- dennis hart mahan -- john strong newberry -- hubert anson newton -- benjamin peirce -- john rodgers -- fairman rogers -- robert empie rogers -- william barton rogers -- lewis morris rutherfurd -- joseph saxton -- benjamin silliman, senior -- benjamin silliman, junior -- theodore strong -- john torrey -- joseph gilbert totten -- josiah dwight whitney -- joseph winlock -- jeffries wyman -- chapter iv the academy as the scientific adviser of the government |
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Committees appointed by the academy on behalf of the governmentcommittee on weights, measures, and coinage. 1863 -- committee on protecting the bottoms of iron vessels. 1863 -- committee on magnetic deviation in iron ships. 1863 -- committee on saxton's alcoholometer. 1863 -- committee on wind and current charts and sailing directions. 1863 -- committee on the question of tests for the purity of whiskey. 1864 -- committee on experiments on the expansion of steam. 1864 -- a committee on materials for the manufacture of cent coins. 1864 |
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Committee on the explosion on the united states steamer chenango. 1864committee on galvanic action from association of zinc and iron. 1867 -- committee on proving and gauging distilled spirits and preventing fraud. 1866 -- committee on the improvement of greytown harbor, nicaragua. 1866 -- committee on the protection of coal mines from explosion by means of electricity. 1870 -- committee on the effect of chemicals on internal revenue stamps. 1870 -- committee on the transit of venus. 1871 and 1881 -- committee on water-proofing the fractional currency. 1875 |
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Geschichte 1863-1913 |
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) |
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Edited by Frederick W. True |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-384) |
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) |
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National Academy of the Sciences (Washington, D.C.) |
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Science -- history
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chemistry |
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Biological Sciences |
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SCIENCE -- Study & Teaching.
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Geleerde genootschappen.
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National Academy of Sciences.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
True, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1858-1914
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| ISBN |
0309581656 |
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9780309581653 |
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