Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1929.

Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1929. [electronic resource]

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Corporate Authors:	United States. Congress. House, Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Other Authors:	Baly, E. C. C. (Edward Charles Cyril), 1871-, Bligh, N. M., Boycott, A. E. (Arthur Edwin), 1877-1938, Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962, Curry, J. C., Daly, Reginald Aldworth, 1871-1957, Donnan, F. G. (Frederick George), 1870-1956, Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946, Friedman, Herbert, Heyl, Paul Renno, 1872-, Jeans, James, 1877-1946, Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970, Lewton, Frederick L. (Frederick Lewis), 1874-1959, Marmer, H. A. (Harry Aaron), 1885-, Mitman, Carl Weaver, 1889-, Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967, Redgrove, H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley), 1887-1943, Seares, Frederick Hanley, 1873-1964, Snodgrass, R. E. (Robert E.), 1875-1962, Tolmachoff, I. P. (Innokenti Pavlovich), Wilkes, Gordon Ball, 1889-, Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949, Woolley, Leonard, 1880-1960
Format:	Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC, 1930.
Series:	United States congressional serial set ; serial set no. 9311. House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 71st Congress, no. 196, pt. 1.
Subjects:	Chamberlin, Thomas C. (Thomas Chrowder) Noguchi, Hideyo. Freer Gallery of Art. National Museum of American Art (U.S.) National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution. > Board of Regents. Smithsonian Institution. > Bureau of American Ethnology. Smithsonian Institution. > International Exchange Service. Animal behavior. Animal migration. Archaeology. Astrophysics. Biology. Birds. Chemical elements. Ethnology. Evolution. Federal aid to museums. Gifts. Historical societies. Insects. Light. Machinery. Museum acquisitions. Museum exhibits. Museums. Ocean currents. Sewing machines. Syphilis. Viruses. X-rays. Physicians. Financial statements. Research. Babylonia. District of Columbia. Gulf Stream. Hispaniola. Japan. Annual Reports. Monographs. Names Lists.

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Item Description:	Table of contents, p. V. Appendices, p. 23. The physics of the universe, by J.H. Jeans, p. 161. Counting the stars and some conclusions, by Frederick H. Seares, p. 183. The lingering dryad, by Paul R. Heyl, p. 205. What is light? by Arthur H. Compton, p. 215. Artificial cold, by Gordon B. Wilkes, p. 229. Photosynthesis, by E.C.C. Baly, p. 237. Newly discovered chemical elements, by N.M. Bligh, p. 245. Synthetic perfumes, by H. Stanley Redgrove, p. 253. X-raying the earth, by Reginald A. Daly, p. 261. Extinction and extermination, by I.P. Tolmachoff, p. 269. The Gulf Stream and its problems, by H.A. Marmer, p. 285. The mystery of life, by F.G. Donnan, p. 309. The transition from live to dead: The nature of filtrable viruses, by A.E. Boycott, p. 323. Heritable variations, their production by X rays, and their relation to evolution, by H.J. Muller, p. 345. Social parasitism in birds, by Herbert Friedman, p. 363. How insects fly, by R.E. Snodgrass, p. 383. Climate and migrations, by J.C. Curry, p. 423. Ur of the Chaldees: More royal tombs, by C. Leonard Woolley, p. 437. The population of ancient America, by H.J. Spinden, p. 451. The beginning of the mechanical transport era in America, by Carl W. Mitman, p. 507. The servant in the house: A brief history of the sewing machine, by Frederick L. Lewton, p. 559. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1842-1928), by Bailey Willis, p. 585. Hideyo Noguchi, by Simon Flexner, p. 595. Index, p. 609.
Physical Description:	635 p. : illustrations, maps, tables.