History of the First Half-Century of the National Academy of Sciences : (Record no. 84999)
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| Classification number | Q11 -- .N286 1913eb |
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| Classification number | 507 |
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| Personal name | Volume, Committee on the Preparation of the Semi-Centennial. |
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| Title | History of the First Half-Century of the National Academy of Sciences : |
| Remainder of title | 1863-1913. |
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| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Washington : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | National Academies Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1913. |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©1913. |
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| Extent | 1 online resource (427 pages) |
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| Formatted contents note | Intro -- A HISTORY OF THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES -- PREFACE -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER I THE FOUNDING OF THE ACADEMY -- CHAPTER II THE ANNALS OF THE ACADEMY -- 1863-1867 -- 1868-1872 -- 1873-1877 -- 1878-1882 -- 1883-1887 -- 1888-1892 -- 1893-1897 -- 1898-1902 -- 1903-1907 -- 1908-1912 -- CHAPTER III BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE INCORPORATORS -- LOUIS AGASSIZ -- JOHN H.ALEXANDER -- STEPHEN ALEXANDER -- ALEXANDER DALLAS BACHE -- FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER BARNARD -- JOHN GROSS BARNARD -- WILLIAM HOLMES CHAMBERS BARTLETT -- ALEXIS CASWELL -- WILLIAM CHAUVENET -- JOHN HUNTINGTON CRANE COFFIN -- JOHN ADOLPHUS BERNHARD DAHLGREN -- JAMES DWIGHT DANA -- CHARLES HENRY DAVIS -- GEORGE ENGELMANN -- JOHN FRIES FRAZER -- WOLCOTT GIBBS -- JAMES MELVILLE GILLISS -- AUGUSTUS ADDISON GOULD -- BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD -- ASA GRAY -- ARNOLD GUYOT -- JAMES HALL -- JOSEPH HENRY -- JULIUS ERASMUS HILGARD -- EDWARD HITCHCOCK -- JOSEPH STILLMAN HUBBARD -- ANDREW ATKINSON HUMPHREYS -- JOHN LAWRENCE LECONTE -- JOSEPH LEIDY -- J.PETER LESLEY -- MIERS FISHER LONGSTRETH -- DENNIS HART MAHAN -- JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY -- HUBERT ANSON NEWTON -- BENJAMIN PEIRCE -- JOHN RODGERS -- FAIRMAN ROGERS -- ROBERT EMPIE ROGERS -- WILLIAM BARTON ROGERS -- LEWIS MORRIS RUTHERFURD -- JOSEPH SAXTON -- BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, SENIOR -- BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, JUNIOR -- THEODORE STRONG -- JOHN TORREY -- JOSEPH GILBERT TOTTEN -- JOSIAH DWIGHT WHITNEY -- JOSEPH WINLOCK -- JEFFRIES WYMAN -- CHAPTER IV THE ACADEMY AS THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISER OF THE GOVERNMENT -- COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE ACADEMY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT -- COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND COINAGE. 1863 -- COMMITTEE ON PROTECTING THE BOTTOMS OF IRON VESSELS. 1863 -- COMMITTEE ON MAGNETIC DEVIATION IN IRON SHIPS. 1863 -- COMMITTEE ON SAXTON'S ALCOHOLOMETER. 1863. |
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| Formatted contents note | COMMITTEE ON WIND AND CURRENT CHARTS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS. 1863 -- COMMITTEE ON THE QUESTION OF TESTS FOR THE PURITY OF WHISKEY. 1864 -- COMMITTEE ON EXPERIMENTS ON THE EXPANSION OF STEAM. 1864 -- A COMMITTEE ON MATERIALS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CENT COINS. 1864 -- COMMITTEE ON THE EXPLOSION ON THE UNITED STATES STEAMER CHENANGO. 1864 -- COMMITTEE ON GALVANIC ACTION FROM ASSOCIATION OF ZINC AND IRON. 1867 -- COMMITTEE ON PROVING AND GAUGING DISTILLED SPIRITS AND PREVENTING FRAUD. 1866 -- COMMITTEE ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF GREYTOWN HARBOR, NICARAGUA. 1866 -- COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF COAL MINES FROM EXPLOSION BY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY. 1870 -- COMMITTEE ON THE EFFECT OF CHEMICALS ON INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS. 1870 -- COMMITTEE ON THE TRANSIT OF VENUS. 1871 AND 1881 -- COMMITTEE ON WATER-PROOFING THE FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. 1875 -- COMMITTEES ON THE ARTIFICIAL COLORING OF SUGARS, ON THE USE OF THE POLARISCOPE TO DETERMINE THE OF SUGARS, AND ON DEMARARA… -- COMMITTEE ON PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE AMERICAN EPHEMERIS. 1877 -- COMMITTEE ON A PLAN FOR SURVEYING AND MAPPING THE TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1878 -- COMMITTEES ON THE RESTORATION OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 1880 AND 1903 -- COMMITTEE ON SORGHUM SUGAR. 1881 -- COMMITTEE ON QUESTIONS OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 1881 -- COMMITTEE ON THE SEPARATION OF METHYL, OR WOOD SPIRITS, FROM ETHYL ALCOHOL. 1882 -- COMMITTEE ON GLUCOSE. 1882 -- COMMITTEE ON THE SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY, THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, AND THE HYDROGRAPHIC… -- COMMITTEE ON PHILOSOPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS. 1884 -- COMMITTEE ON THE ASTRONOMICAL DAY, THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF AUGUST, 1886, AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 1885 -- THE ASTRONOMICAL DAY -- THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF AUGUST 29, 1886 -- THE U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY. |
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| Formatted contents note | COMMITTEE ON THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF WOOLS. 1885 -- COMMITTEE ON QUARTZ PLATES USED IN SACCHARIMETERS FOR SUGAR DETERMINATIONS. 1887 -- COMMITTEES ON THE MORPHINE CONTENT OF OPIUM. 1886 AND 1887 -- COMMITTEE TO FORMULATE A PLAN FOR A SYSTEMATIC SEARCH FOR THE MAGNETIC NORTH POLE. 1890 -- COMMITTEE TO PRESCRIBE AND PUBLISH SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE DEFINITIONS OF THE AMPERE AND VOLT.… -- COMMITTEE ON THE INAUGURATION OF A RATIONAL FOREST POLICY FOR THE FORESTED LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 1896 -- COMMITTEE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL RESERVE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. 1902 -- COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 1902 -- COMMITTEE ON THE METHODS AND EXPENSES OF CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC WORK UNDER THE GOVERNMENT. 1908 -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX I LIST OF OFFICERS -- PRESIDENT -- VICE-PRESIDENT -- HOME SECRETARY -- FOREIGN SECRETARY -- TREASURER -- APPENDIX II LIST OF MEMBERS AND FOREIGN ASSOCIATES -- MEMBERS -- HONORARY MEMBER -- FOREIGN ASSOCIATES -- DECEASED MEMBERS -- DECEASED FOREIGN ASSOCIATES -- APPENDIX III LIST OF MEDALISTS -- ALEXANDER AGASSIZ MEDAL -- HENRY DRAPER MEDAL -- J.LAWRENCE SMITH MEDAL -- WATSON MEDAL -- APPENDIX IV LIST OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES APPOINTED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT -- APPENDIX V ACT OF INCORPORATION, CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENTS AND RULES -- ACT OF INCORPORATION -- AMENDMENTS -- CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY -- PREAMBLE -- ARTICLE I.- OF MEMBERS -- ARTICLE II.- OF THE OFFICERS -- ARTICLE III.- OF THE MEETINGS -- ARTICLE IV.- OF ELECTIONS AND RESIGNATIONS -- ARTICLE V.- OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND REPORTS -- ARTICLE VI.- OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ACADEMY -- ARTICLE VII.- OF ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS -- RULES -- APPENDIX VI TEXT OF BEQUESTS AND TRUSTS -- THE ALEXANDER AGASSIZ FUND -- THE A.D.BACHE FUND -- CODICIL, JULY 15, 1863. |
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| Formatted contents note | CODICIL, APRIL 19, 1869. -- THE CYRUS B.COMSTOCK FUND -- THE HENRY DRAPER FUND -- THE WOLCOTT GIBBS FUND -- THE BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD FUND -- THE JOSEPH HENRY FUND -- THE JOHN L.LE CONTE FUND -- THE MORRIS LOEB BEQUEST -- THE O.C.MARSH FUND -- THE JOHN MURRAY FUND -- THE J.LAWRENCE SMITH FUND -- THE J.C.WATSON FUND -- APPENDIX VII LIST OF PUBLICATIONS -- ANNUALS -- ANNUAL REPORTS -- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS -- CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS -- CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERSHIP -- LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS -- MEMOIRS -- PROCEEDINGS -- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES -- APPENDIX VIII LIST OF MEETINGS -- INDEX. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science -- United States -- History. |
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| Main entry heading | Volume, Committee on the Preparation of the Semi-Centennial |
| Title | History of the First Half-Century of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Washington : National Academies Press,c1913 |
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