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ABSTRACT Albany American amylose animals appears Association augite average axis-cylinder Baltimore basin Born Boston Cambridge cent Charles Cincinnati City College color Conn corpuscles determined Died distance drift Edward F. W. Putnam fact feet flemingii geological George gesture glacial glaciers gold Haven Henry Hiawatha inches Indian Iroquois James John Joseph Lake Erie Lake Ontario Lawrence longispinus Louis Madisonville magnetite marked Mass meeting method Mohawk nature nerve-fibre nitrous oxide Observatory observed obtained Ohio 30 Onondaga organisms ORMOND STONE orthoclase paper Permanent Secretary Philadelphia plagioclase portion Preglacial present Prof river rocks School segments semireticulatus shale sheath sign language species specimens Standing Committee street sugar surface temperature Tenn tion tribes Univ valley Vice President W. H. DALL Washington Waverly West William York
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Page xxi - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
Page xx - Science," for the purpose of receiving, purchasing, holding and conveying real and personal property, which it now is, or hereafter may bo possessed of, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to the restrictions, duties and liabilities set forth in the general laws which now or hereafter may be in force and applicable to such corporations. SECTION 2. Said corporation may have and hold by purchase, grant, gift or otherwise, real estate not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in value,...
Page 357 - ... several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good for nothing.
Page 2 - This class includes most of the catalogue stars, and will furnish the standards for the fainter variables. Meridian observations and those with small telescopes are in general directed towards these objects. III. Faint telescopic stars, fainter than the tenth magnitude. Large telescopes are required for the convenient study of these stars. They will form convenient standards for the asteroids, for very faint variables, and for the components of clusters, etc. It is proposed that the first of these...
Page 356 - Indians were concerned it was a failure. Sooner or later they all ran wild in the woods, carrying with them as fruits of their studies a sufficiency of prayers, offices, and chants learned by rote, along with a feeble smattering of Latin and rhetoric, which they soon dropped by the way.
Page 340 - If a Chinese traveler, during the middle ages, inquiring into the history and religion of the western nations, had confounded King Alfred with King Arthur, and both with Odin, he would not have made a more preposterous confusion...
Page 404 - The school is provided with the necessary plaster casts, drawings, paintings, books of reference, and other apparatus. The special aim is not merely the study of painting and sculpture, but also the improvement of the industrial arts, by affording to the citizens of Cincinnati, and especially to the operative classes, a thorough technical and scientific education in Art and Design, as applied to manufactures. Meritorious specimens of the students' work are selected annually for the very attractive...
Page 1 - Schonfeld was named as its representative by the Astronomische Gesellschaft. Unfortunately, the somewhat voluminous correspondence of your committee has been delayed by the great distances to be traversed, and although the following plans are under consideration by the committees named above, final action has not yet been taken. Stars may be conveniently divided according to their brightness into three classes : — I. Lucid stars, or those brighter than the sixth magnitude. These stars will form...
Page 180 - pay dirt" lies at the deepest part of the rocky trough in which the creeks now have their course. By bores the line of greatest depth may be ascertained, and by shafting the richest dirt— possibly in paying quantities — may be brought to the surface. Reasoning from the facts observed, this would be true of Bean Blossom, and especially, from its greater width and probable great depth, also of Indian Creek Valley. This is mentioned as a reasonable deduction, warranted by the facts and not for the...
Page 306 - In the ever-shifting state of a nomadic society no debased coin can be tolerated in language, no obscure legend accepted on trust. The metal must be pure and the legend distinct...