Science, Volume 48John Michels (Journalist) American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1918 Since 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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... give adequate expression to a life of such fulness as that of Professor Baird's . His biographers , one after another , lament their inability to describe in commensurate terms the simple grandeur of this man , and to set forth in ...
... give adequate expression to a life of such fulness as that of Professor Baird's . His biographers , one after another , lament their inability to describe in commensurate terms the simple grandeur of this man , and to set forth in ...
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... give you a memorandum in regard to the subject of the decrease of the fish of our coast ; though I fear I have not expressed my ideas as satisfactorily as might be desired . In reference to the mode of action to be adopted in regard to ...
... give you a memorandum in regard to the subject of the decrease of the fish of our coast ; though I fear I have not expressed my ideas as satisfactorily as might be desired . In reference to the mode of action to be adopted in regard to ...
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... Give a good support to the reservoir . See the accompanying diagram for arrange- ment . As filtration goes on the surface of the water in the funnel falls below the end of the tube that projects into it . This allows air to pass into ...
... Give a good support to the reservoir . See the accompanying diagram for arrange- ment . As filtration goes on the surface of the water in the funnel falls below the end of the tube that projects into it . This allows air to pass into ...
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... give unmistakable evidence of being condi- tioned in the same manner . In the case of the metal it is certain that the effect depends upon a sudden alteration of the electromotor properties of the surface layer . In living tissues and ...
... give unmistakable evidence of being condi- tioned in the same manner . In the case of the metal it is certain that the effect depends upon a sudden alteration of the electromotor properties of the surface layer . In living tissues and ...
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... give evidence that such trans- mission is a normal and constant physiolog- ical process ; the interlacing of dendrites from different neurones , contact of nerve cells with one another by " end - feet " and similar struc- tures , the ...
... give evidence that such trans- mission is a normal and constant physiolog- ical process ; the interlacing of dendrites from different neurones , contact of nerve cells with one another by " end - feet " and similar struc- tures , the ...
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Page 260 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 555 - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 252 - To promote cooperation in research, at home and abroad, in order to secure concentration of effort, minimize duplication, and stimulate progress; but in all cooperative undertakings to give encouragement to individual initiative, as fundamentally important to the advancement of science.
Page 261 - That co-operative agricultural extension work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise...
Page 626 - Representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a federation of scientific organizations, as well as an association of over 135,000 individual members.
Page 398 - This is an excellent book, and should be in the hands of all who are interested in the construction and design of medium-sized stationary engines. . . . A careful study of Its contents and the arrangement of the sections leads to the conclusion that there is probably no other book like It in this country. The volume aims at showing the results of practical 'experience, and it certainly...
Page 164 - Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states both for external and internal trade, as applied in the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation and docks, for internal intercourse and exchange, and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, and in...
Page 252 - The work accomplished by the Council in organizing research and in securing cooperation of military and civilian agencies in the solution of military problems demonstrates its capacity for larger sen-ice.
Page 632 - As the old man gray and dovelike, with his great beard white and long. And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cark and care, Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair.
Page 134 - An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military establishment of the United States", approved May 18, 1917, or any.