Tenth annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, up to January 1, 1856, and the proceedings of the Board up to March 22, 1856. [electronic resource]
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC,
1856.
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| Series: | United States congressional serial set ;
serial set no. 867. Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; 34th Congress, 1st session, no. 113. |
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| Item Description: | Report of the Secretary, p. 13. List of meteorological observers, p. 62. Report of the Executive Committee, p. 67. Journal of proceedings of the Board of Regents, p. 75. Lectures on marine algae, by William Henry Harvey, p. 87. Natural history as applied to farming and gardening, by J.G. Morris, follows p. 130. Insect instincts and transformations, by J.G. Morris, follows p. 135. Oxygen and its combinations, by George J. Chace, follows p. 141. On meteoric stones, by J. Lawrence Smith, follows p. 149. On planetary disturbances, by E.S. Snell, follows p. 174. On the climate of California, by Thomas M. Logan, follows p. 190. Directions for meteorological observations, by A. Guyot, follows p. 214. Observations on thunder and lightning, by Stillman Masterman, follows p. 263. Sketch of the Navajo Indians, by J. Letherman, follows p. 282. Topography of Black Mountain, by Thomas L. Clingman, follows p. 297. Report of recent progress in physics, by John Muller, follows p. 309. Table of contents follows p. 423. Index precedes p. 430. |
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| Physical Description: | 438 p. : illustrations, tables. |
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