Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1857 [electronic resource]
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
[publisher not identified],
1858.
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| Series: | Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. Senate) ;
35th Congress, 1st session, no. 272. United States congressional serial set ; serial no. 937. |
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| Item Description: | Index precedes page 436. Journal of the proceedings of the Board of Regents, page 72. Lecture on the vastness of the visible creation, by Stephen Alexander, follows page 168. Lectures on coal, by Joseph LeConte, precedes page 120. List of meteorological stations and observers for the year 1857, page 55. Meteorological observations and results in the District of Columbia, by J. Wiessner, page 317. Meteorology: Communication from A. Fendler, follows page 178. Observations on natural phenomena, by Stillman Masterman, page 323. On the best hours of daily observation to find the mean temperature of the year, by Chester Dewey, page 310. Report of recent progress in physics, by John Muller, follows page 332. Report of the Executive Committee, page 66. Report of the Secretary follows page 12. Table of contents follows page 431. The climate of Sacramento, California, by Thomas M. Logan, follows page 282. Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. FDLP item number not assigned. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations, tables. |