Science, Volume 52Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science. |
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Probably we owe to Dr. Lap- ham , more than to any other single indi- vidual , the establishment of our Weather Service . He served as the first general sec- retary of the academy . Scarcely less active and influential in giving ...
Probably we owe to Dr. Lap- ham , more than to any other single indi- vidual , the establishment of our Weather Service . He served as the first general sec- retary of the academy . Scarcely less active and influential in giving ...
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In the first place , this English edition con- tains probably the finest and certainly the most complete series of portraits of Pasteur that has ever been published . There are four- teen of these , picturing him from early manhood to ...
In the first place , this English edition con- tains probably the finest and certainly the most complete series of portraits of Pasteur that has ever been published . There are four- teen of these , picturing him from early manhood to ...
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Unfortunately , limestone is easily soluble in carbonated water , and of all soil constituents probably is most readily lost in the drainage water . Humid soils , as a rule , are , therefore , deficient in this essential con- stituent ...
Unfortunately , limestone is easily soluble in carbonated water , and of all soil constituents probably is most readily lost in the drainage water . Humid soils , as a rule , are , therefore , deficient in this essential con- stituent ...
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The following lines from the " Embargo " written by William Cullen Bryant ( when a boy of 13 ) probably represents public opinion in his locality . Go , wretch , resign the presidential chair Disclose thy secret measures , foul or fair ...
The following lines from the " Embargo " written by William Cullen Bryant ( when a boy of 13 ) probably represents public opinion in his locality . Go , wretch , resign the presidential chair Disclose thy secret measures , foul or fair ...
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The first prominent opponent in Congress of the extension of slavery was probably John Quincy Adams . One is not surprised to learn that this sturdy individual- ist who changed his political affiliations at will and maintained an ...
The first prominent opponent in Congress of the extension of slavery was probably John Quincy Adams . One is not surprised to learn that this sturdy individual- ist who changed his political affiliations at will and maintained an ...
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Page 160 - Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
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Page 26 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
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Page 25 - Go, wretch, resign the presidential chair, Disclose thy secret measures, foul or fair. Go, search with curious eye, for horned frogs, Mid the wild wastes of Louisianian bogs; Or, where Ohio rolls his turbid stream, Dig for huge bones, thy glory and thy theme.
Page 131 - Societies has for its object, to quote from its constitution ' to further the public welfare wherever technical knowledge and engineering experience are involved, and to consider and act upon matters of common concern to the engineering and allied technical professions.
Page 30 - Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.