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... meteorology , and has cost the author years of labor . The publication of it has also been very expensive , particularly on account of the maps and tables . 3. Another memoir accepted for publication is , " An Account of a Tornado that ...
... meteorology , and has cost the author years of labor . The publication of it has also been very expensive , particularly on account of the maps and tables . 3. Another memoir accepted for publication is , " An Account of a Tornado that ...
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... meteorology , names of specimens of plants , min- erals , insects , and , in short , to all objects or phenomena of a remark- able or unusual character . Requests are frequently made for lists of apparatus , for information as to the ...
... meteorology , names of specimens of plants , min- erals , insects , and , in short , to all objects or phenomena of a remark- able or unusual character . Requests are frequently made for lists of apparatus , for information as to the ...
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... Meteorology . — The general system of meteorology described in the last and previous reports has been continued , and though some changes have taken place among the observers , yet the number and efficiency of the corps have been kept ...
... Meteorology . — The general system of meteorology described in the last and previous reports has been continued , and though some changes have taken place among the observers , yet the number and efficiency of the corps have been kept ...
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... meteorological observations is now in pro- cess of reduction at Greenwich , free of expense to the Institution , by Captain Lefroy , late superintendent of the Toronto Observatory . He has undertaken this labor from a love of science ...
... meteorological observations is now in pro- cess of reduction at Greenwich , free of expense to the Institution , by Captain Lefroy , late superintendent of the Toronto Observatory . He has undertaken this labor from a love of science ...
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... meteorological data , and it is due to the memory of the founder that full credit shall be given to his name for all the results which may be produced by the expendi- ture of the income of his bequest . This is one of the conditions on ...
... meteorological data , and it is due to the memory of the founder that full credit shall be given to his name for all the results which may be produced by the expendi- ture of the income of his bequest . This is one of the conditions on ...
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1st Session 31 days adopted American annual annuity authorized Binding Board of Regents brig building California Cape Fear river catalogue cents claim Clerk to Committee collection Committee on Mexican compensation contingent expenses copies Department E. G. Squier eighteen hundred establishment Evansville favor Fayal fourth article Frémont funds furnished governor House of Representatives hundred and fifty-four hundred and fifty-three income Indians interest James James Smithson January John John Sergeant joint resolution knowledge labor land lectures legislature letter light-house March memoir messenger meteorological Missouri Missouri Compromise Missouri river museum observations paid port Portugal present President printed Professor purchase railroad received repairs requested researches Resolved river salary Secretary Senate session 32d Congress Smithson Smithsonian Institution Society STATEMENT-Continued stationery stipulated survey Territory Territory of Nebraska thousand dollars thousand eight hundred tion Treasury treaty United volumes Washington Washington Territory witness before Select
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