Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1857. [electronic resource]
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC,
1858.
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| Series: | United States congressional serial set ;
serial set no. 937. Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 35th Congress, 1st session, no. 272. |
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| Item Description: | Report of the Secretary follows p. 12. List of meteorological stations and observers for the year 1857, p. 55. Report of the Executive Committee, p. 66. Journal of the proceedings of the Board of Regents, p. 72. Lectures on coal, by Joseph LeConte, precedes p. 120. Lecture on the vastness of the visible creation, by Stephen Alexander, follows p. 168. Meteorology: Communication from A. Fendler, follows p. 178. The climate of Sacramento, California, by Thomas M. Logan, follows p. 282. On the best hours of daily observation to find the mean temperature of the year, by Chester Dewey, p. 310. Meteorological observations and results in the District of Columbia, by J. Wiessner, p. 317. Observations on natural phenomena, by Stillman Masterman, p. 323. Report of recent progress in physics, by John Muller, follows p. 332. Table of contents follows p. 431. Index precedes p. 436. |
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| Physical Description: | 438 p. : illustrations, tables. |
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