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The Resource Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900., (electronic resource)

Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900., (electronic resource)

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824 p.
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  • Table of contents, p. V
  • List of plates, p. VIII
  • Proceedings of the Board of Regents, p. XI
  • Joint Resolution To Encourage the Establishment and Endowment of Institutions of Learning at the National Capital by Defining the Policy of the Government with Reference to the Use of Its Literary and Scientific Collections by Students (1892), p. XXIII
  • Report of the Executive Committee, p. XXIX
  • Joint Resolution Authorizing the Exhibit of Government Relics at the New York Printing Exposition from May Second to June Second, Nineteen Hundred (1900), p. LXIV
  • Report of the Secretary, p. 1
  • Progress in astronomy during the nineteenth century, by Sir Norman Lockyer, p. 123
  • A preliminary account of the solar eclipse of May 28, 1900, as observed by the Smithsonian expedition, by S.P. Langley, p. 149
  • Notes on Mars, by Sir Robert Ball and others, p. 157
  • On solar changes of temperature and variations in rainfall in the region surrounding the Indian Ocean, by Sir Norman Lockyer and W.J.S. Lockyer, p. 173
  • The Pekin Observatory, p. 185
  • The progress of aeronautics, by J. Janssen, p. 187
  • Lord Rayleigh on flight, p. 195
  • The Langley aerodrome, p. 197
  • The Zeppelin air ship, by Thomas E. Curtis, p. 217
  • The use of kites to obtain meteorological observations, by A. Lawrence Rotch, p. 223
  • Progress in chemistry during the nineteenth century, by Prof. William Ramsay, p. 233
  • Liquid hydrogen, by Prof. James Dewar, p. 259
  • A century of geology, by Prof. Joseph LeConte, p. 265
  • Evolutional geology, by Prof. W.J. Sollas, p. 289
  • Progress in physics in the nineteenth century, by Prof. T.C. Mendenhall, p. 315
  • Electricity during the nineteenth century, by Prof. Elihu Thomson, p. 333
  • The photography of sound waves, by Prof. R.W. Wood, p. 359
  • Unsuspected radiations, by Prince Kropotkin, p. 371
  • Incandescent mantles, by Vivian B. Lewes, p. 387
  • The Imperial Physico-Technical Institution [Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt] in Charlottenburg, by Henry S. Carhart, p. 403
  • The geographic conquests of the nineteenth century, by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, p. 417
  • Through Africa from the Cape to Cairo, by Ewart S. Grogan, p. 431
  • The "Yermak" ice breaker, by Vice Admiral Makaroff [Stepan Osipovich Makarov], p. 449
  • The growth of biology in the nineteenth century, by Oscar Hertwig, p. 461
  • The restoration of extinct animals, by Frederic A. Lucas, p. 479
  • Life in the ocean, by Karl Brandt, p. 493
  • Nature pictures, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 507
  • The outlaw: A character study of a beaver who was cast out by his companions, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 517
  • A notable advance in color photography [from The World's Work, December, 1900], p. 523
  • The breeding of the Arctic fox, by Henry de Varigny, p. 527
  • Discoveries in Mesopotamia, by Dr. Friedrich Delitzsch, p. 535
  • On ancient desemers or steelyards, by Herrmann Sokeland, p. 551
  • Mutual helpfulness between China and the United States, by His Excellency Wu Ting-fang, p. 565
  • Chinese folklore and some Western analogies, by Frederick Wells Williams, p. 575
  • The loot of the Imperial Summer Palace at Peking, by Count D'Herisson, p. 601
  • Progress of medicine in the nineteenth century, by Dr. John S. Billings, p. 637
  • Malaria, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 645
  • Transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 657
  • Psychical research of the century, by Andrew Lang, p. 675
  • The new spectrum, by S.P. Langley, p. 683
  • The century's great men of science, by Charles S. Peirce, p. 693
  • The lesson of the life of Huxley, by Prof. William Keith Brooks, p. 701
  • Reminiscences of Huxley, by John Fiske, p. 713
  • Index, p. 729
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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900.
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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900.
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United States
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  • 1870-1955
  • 1849-1922
  • 1834-1906
  • 1839-1914
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  • Ball, Robert S.,
  • Billings, John S.,
  • Brandt, Karl Andreas Heinrich
  • Brooks, William Keith
  • Carhart, Henry S.,
  • Curtis, Thomas E
  • Delitzsch, Friedrich
  • Dewar, James
  • Dugmore, A. Radclyffe
  • Fiske, John
  • Grogan, Ewart Scott
  • Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey
  • Herisson, Comte d',
  • Hertwig, Oscar
  • Janssen, Jules
  • Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich
  • Lang, Andrew
  • Langley, S. P.
  • LeConte, Joseph
  • Lewes, Vivian B.,
  • Lockyer, Norman
  • Lockyer, William J.S.,
  • Lucas, Frederic A.,
  • Makarov, Stepan Osipovich
  • Mendenhall, Thomas C.,
  • Peirce, Charles S.
  • Ramsay, William
  • Rotch, Abbott Lawrence
  • Sokeland, Herrmann
  • Sollas, W.J.,
  • Sternberg, George Miller
  • Thomson, Elihu
  • Varigny, Henry de
  • Williams, Frederick Wells
  • Wood, Robert Williams
  • Wu Tingfang
  • London Times (Newspaper)
  • Smithsonian Institution
Series statement
  • United States congressional serial set;
  • House document / 56th Congress, 2nd session. House
Series volume
  • serial set no. 4188
  • no. 537, pt. 1
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  • Huxley, Thomas Henry
  • Rayleigh, John William Strutt
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • Pekin (Beijing) Observatory
  • Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany)
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Yermak (Ship)
  • Aeronautics
  • Airplanes
  • Airships
  • Animal behavior
  • Antiquities
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy
  • Balances and scales
  • Beavers
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Civil war
  • Climatology
  • Color photography
  • Discovery and exploration
  • Eclipses
  • Electricity
  • Exhibitions
  • Extinction (Biology)
  • Federal receipts and expenditures
  • Folklore
  • Foxes
  • Gas-lighting
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Hydrogen
  • Ice-breaking vessels
  • International economic relations
  • Kites
  • Learned institutions and societies
  • Light
  • Liquefied gases
  • Malaria
  • Marine biology
  • Mars (Planet)
  • Medicine
  • Meteorology and weather forecasting
  • Museum acquisitions
  • Museums
  • Observatories
  • Oceans and seas
  • Parapsychology
  • Photography
  • Physics
  • Precipitation (Meteorology)
  • Radiation
  • Rain and rainfall
  • Sound
  • Yellow fever
  • Zoos
  • Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)
  • Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864)
  • Scientists
  • Financial statements
  • Africa
  • Antarctica
  • Arctic
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Beijing, China
  • Charlottenburg, Germany
  • China
  • Indian Ocean
  • Latin America
  • Mesopotamia (Region)
  • National Zoological Park
  • North America
  • Russia (to 1921)
  • South America
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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900., (electronic resource)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Table of contents, p. V
  • List of plates, p. VIII
  • Proceedings of the Board of Regents, p. XI
  • Joint Resolution To Encourage the Establishment and Endowment of Institutions of Learning at the National Capital by Defining the Policy of the Government with Reference to the Use of Its Literary and Scientific Collections by Students (1892), p. XXIII
  • Report of the Executive Committee, p. XXIX
  • Joint Resolution Authorizing the Exhibit of Government Relics at the New York Printing Exposition from May Second to June Second, Nineteen Hundred (1900), p. LXIV
  • Report of the Secretary, p. 1
  • Progress in astronomy during the nineteenth century, by Sir Norman Lockyer, p. 123
  • A preliminary account of the solar eclipse of May 28, 1900, as observed by the Smithsonian expedition, by S.P. Langley, p. 149
  • Notes on Mars, by Sir Robert Ball and others, p. 157
  • On solar changes of temperature and variations in rainfall in the region surrounding the Indian Ocean, by Sir Norman Lockyer and W.J.S. Lockyer, p. 173
  • The Pekin Observatory, p. 185
  • The progress of aeronautics, by J. Janssen, p. 187
  • Lord Rayleigh on flight, p. 195
  • The Langley aerodrome, p. 197
  • The Zeppelin air ship, by Thomas E. Curtis, p. 217
  • The use of kites to obtain meteorological observations, by A. Lawrence Rotch, p. 223
  • Progress in chemistry during the nineteenth century, by Prof. William Ramsay, p. 233
  • Liquid hydrogen, by Prof. James Dewar, p. 259
  • A century of geology, by Prof. Joseph LeConte, p. 265
  • Evolutional geology, by Prof. W.J. Sollas, p. 289
  • Progress in physics in the nineteenth century, by Prof. T.C. Mendenhall, p. 315
  • Electricity during the nineteenth century, by Prof. Elihu Thomson, p. 333
  • The photography of sound waves, by Prof. R.W. Wood, p. 359
  • Unsuspected radiations, by Prince Kropotkin, p. 371
  • Incandescent mantles, by Vivian B. Lewes, p. 387
  • The Imperial Physico-Technical Institution [Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt] in Charlottenburg, by Henry S. Carhart, p. 403
  • The geographic conquests of the nineteenth century, by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, p. 417
  • Through Africa from the Cape to Cairo, by Ewart S. Grogan, p. 431
  • The "Yermak" ice breaker, by Vice Admiral Makaroff [Stepan Osipovich Makarov], p. 449
  • The growth of biology in the nineteenth century, by Oscar Hertwig, p. 461
  • The restoration of extinct animals, by Frederic A. Lucas, p. 479
  • Life in the ocean, by Karl Brandt, p. 493
  • Nature pictures, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 507
  • The outlaw: A character study of a beaver who was cast out by his companions, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 517
  • A notable advance in color photography [from The World's Work, December, 1900], p. 523
  • The breeding of the Arctic fox, by Henry de Varigny, p. 527
  • Discoveries in Mesopotamia, by Dr. Friedrich Delitzsch, p. 535
  • On ancient desemers or steelyards, by Herrmann Sokeland, p. 551
  • Mutual helpfulness between China and the United States, by His Excellency Wu Ting-fang, p. 565
  • Chinese folklore and some Western analogies, by Frederick Wells Williams, p. 575
  • The loot of the Imperial Summer Palace at Peking, by Count D'Herisson, p. 601
  • Progress of medicine in the nineteenth century, by Dr. John S. Billings, p. 637
  • Malaria, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 645
  • Transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 657
  • Psychical research of the century, by Andrew Lang, p. 675
  • The new spectrum, by S.P. Langley, p. 683
  • The century's great men of science, by Charles S. Peirce, p. 693
  • The lesson of the life of Huxley, by Prof. William Keith Brooks, p. 701
  • Reminiscences of Huxley, by John Fiske, p. 713
  • Index, p. 729
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multicolored
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NB00000121612
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unknown
Extent
824 p.
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Other physical details
color maps, illustrations, tables
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
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Terms governing use
©2007 by NewsBank, Inc. All rights reserved
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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900., (electronic resource)
Publication
Note
  • Table of contents, p. V
  • List of plates, p. VIII
  • Proceedings of the Board of Regents, p. XI
  • Joint Resolution To Encourage the Establishment and Endowment of Institutions of Learning at the National Capital by Defining the Policy of the Government with Reference to the Use of Its Literary and Scientific Collections by Students (1892), p. XXIII
  • Report of the Executive Committee, p. XXIX
  • Joint Resolution Authorizing the Exhibit of Government Relics at the New York Printing Exposition from May Second to June Second, Nineteen Hundred (1900), p. LXIV
  • Report of the Secretary, p. 1
  • Progress in astronomy during the nineteenth century, by Sir Norman Lockyer, p. 123
  • A preliminary account of the solar eclipse of May 28, 1900, as observed by the Smithsonian expedition, by S.P. Langley, p. 149
  • Notes on Mars, by Sir Robert Ball and others, p. 157
  • On solar changes of temperature and variations in rainfall in the region surrounding the Indian Ocean, by Sir Norman Lockyer and W.J.S. Lockyer, p. 173
  • The Pekin Observatory, p. 185
  • The progress of aeronautics, by J. Janssen, p. 187
  • Lord Rayleigh on flight, p. 195
  • The Langley aerodrome, p. 197
  • The Zeppelin air ship, by Thomas E. Curtis, p. 217
  • The use of kites to obtain meteorological observations, by A. Lawrence Rotch, p. 223
  • Progress in chemistry during the nineteenth century, by Prof. William Ramsay, p. 233
  • Liquid hydrogen, by Prof. James Dewar, p. 259
  • A century of geology, by Prof. Joseph LeConte, p. 265
  • Evolutional geology, by Prof. W.J. Sollas, p. 289
  • Progress in physics in the nineteenth century, by Prof. T.C. Mendenhall, p. 315
  • Electricity during the nineteenth century, by Prof. Elihu Thomson, p. 333
  • The photography of sound waves, by Prof. R.W. Wood, p. 359
  • Unsuspected radiations, by Prince Kropotkin, p. 371
  • Incandescent mantles, by Vivian B. Lewes, p. 387
  • The Imperial Physico-Technical Institution [Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt] in Charlottenburg, by Henry S. Carhart, p. 403
  • The geographic conquests of the nineteenth century, by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, p. 417
  • Through Africa from the Cape to Cairo, by Ewart S. Grogan, p. 431
  • The "Yermak" ice breaker, by Vice Admiral Makaroff [Stepan Osipovich Makarov], p. 449
  • The growth of biology in the nineteenth century, by Oscar Hertwig, p. 461
  • The restoration of extinct animals, by Frederic A. Lucas, p. 479
  • Life in the ocean, by Karl Brandt, p. 493
  • Nature pictures, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 507
  • The outlaw: A character study of a beaver who was cast out by his companions, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 517
  • A notable advance in color photography [from The World's Work, December, 1900], p. 523
  • The breeding of the Arctic fox, by Henry de Varigny, p. 527
  • Discoveries in Mesopotamia, by Dr. Friedrich Delitzsch, p. 535
  • On ancient desemers or steelyards, by Herrmann Sokeland, p. 551
  • Mutual helpfulness between China and the United States, by His Excellency Wu Ting-fang, p. 565
  • Chinese folklore and some Western analogies, by Frederick Wells Williams, p. 575
  • The loot of the Imperial Summer Palace at Peking, by Count D'Herisson, p. 601
  • Progress of medicine in the nineteenth century, by Dr. John S. Billings, p. 637
  • Malaria, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 645
  • Transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 657
  • Psychical research of the century, by Andrew Lang, p. 675
  • The new spectrum, by S.P. Langley, p. 683
  • The century's great men of science, by Charles S. Peirce, p. 693
  • The lesson of the life of Huxley, by Prof. William Keith Brooks, p. 701
  • Reminiscences of Huxley, by John Fiske, p. 713
  • Index, p. 729
Color
multicolored
Control code
NB00000121612
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
824 p.
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Other physical details
color maps, illustrations, tables
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(Readex)1136C6A9DEB66188
Terms governing use
©2007 by NewsBank, Inc. All rights reserved

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