04568nam 22005291a 450 991045177200332120151005070701.0(CKB)1000000000450942(EBL)3377576(SSID)ssj0000172279(PQKBManifestationID)11169933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172279(PQKBWorkID)10160334(PQKB)10998202(OCoLC)560457042(MiAaPQ)EBC3377576(EXLCZ)99100000000045094219800429d1913 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA history of the first half-century of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1913[electronic resource]Washington, [D.C.] [National Academy Press]19131 online resource (427 p.)Edited by Frederick W. True.0-309-58165-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""; ""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�""ScienceUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.ScienceHistory.507True Frederick William1858-1914.957024MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451772003321A history of the first half-century of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-19132167424UNINA