Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1861

• Pubblicazione: [Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1862
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (463 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology; Art; Asteroids; Astronomy; Civil engineering; Copper; Discoveries in geography; Entomology; Ethnology; Explorers; Financial statements; Geology; Meteorological stations; Meteorology; Weather forecasting; Mines and mineral resources; Mounds; Mound-builders; Natural history; Observatories; Ornithology; Petroleum; Photography; Physics; Publishers and publishing; Saltpeter; Stars
• Soggetto geografico: Sun
• Soggetto genere / forma: Legislative materials.
• Altri autori: AlexanderStephen <1806-1883.> AllenT CouesElliott <1842-1899.> CoxSamuel Sullivan <1824-1889> (Democrat (OH)) CraigB. F <1829-1877.> (Benjamin Faneuil) DaubréeA <1814-1896.> (Auguste) DufourCh <1827-1903.> (Charles) FlourensP <1794-1867.> (Pierre) GibbsGeorge HayesI. I <1832-1881.> (Isaac Israel) HuntThomas Sterry <1826-1892.> LaugelAuguste <1830-1914.> LespiaultG <1823-1904.> (Gaston) MorganLewis Henry <1818-1881.> PealeTitian Ramsay <1799-1885.> PrentissD. W <1843-1899.> (Daniel Webster) ReclusElisée <1830-1905.> RogersFairman <1833-1900.> RütimeyerL <1825-1895.> (Ludwig) TroyonFrédéric <1815-1866.> WoolseyTheodore Dwight <1801-1889.>
• Note generali: Ancient mounds at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1819, by T.R. Peale, p. 386.; Directions for observing the scintillation of the stars, by Ch. Dufour, follows p. 219.; Eulogy of Cornelius Conway Felton, by Theodore D. Woolsey, follows p. 108.; Eulogy of Stephen Arnold Douglas, by Samuel S. Cox, follows p. 116.; Explosibility of coal oils, by T. Allen, follows p. 329.; Index follows p. 456.; Instructions for archeological investigations in the United States, by George Gibbs, p. 392.; Journal of the proceedings of the Board of Regents follows p. 91.; Lecture on Arctic explorations, by I.I. Hayes, follows p. 148.; Lecture on the relations of time and space, by S. Alexander, follows p. 139.; Lectures on the construction of bridges, by Fairman Rogers, precedes p. 126.; List of birds ascertained to inhabit the District of Columbia, by Elliott Coes and D. Webster Prentiss, follows p. 398.; List of meteorological stations and observers of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1861 follows p. 68.; Memoir of Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, by M. Flourens, follows p. 160.; Notes on the history of petroleum or rock oil, by T. Sterry Hunt, follows p. 318.; Progress of astronomical photography, by Dr. Lee, follows p. 190.; Remarks on the small planets situated between Mars and Jupiter, by M.G. Lespiault, follows p. 198.; Report of the Executive Committee follows p. 87.; Report of the Secretary follows p. 12.; Report on nitrification, by R.F. Craig, follows p. 304.; Report to the commissioners of the museums of the Canton of Vaud, on the researches made at Concise, by Fred. Troyon, p. 376.; Report upon the antiquarian and ethnological collections of the Cantonal Museum at Lausanne, by Fred. Troya [i.e. Troyon], p. 367.; Suggestions relative to an ethnological map of North America, by Lewis H. Morgan, p. 397.; Synthetical studies and experiments on metamorphism and on the formation of crystalline rocks, by M. Daubree, follows p. 227.; Table of contents follows p. 454.; The fauna of Middle Europe during the Stone Age, by L. Rutimeyer, p. 361.; The lacustrian cities of Switzerland, by Elisee Reclus, follows p. 344.; The Sun: Its chemical analysis, according to the recent discoveries of M.M. Kirchoff and Bunsen, by Auguste Laugel, follows p. 174.; Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.; FDLP item number not assigned.
• Titolo autorizzato: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1861
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910715827403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II