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THE FLUCTUATING CLIMATE OF NORTH AMERICA
by Huntington, Ellsworth
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Reprinted, by permission, abridged by the author, from The Geographical Journal, London, for September and October, 1912. Article disbound from the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of The Smithsonian Institution for 1912. Pages 383-412. Ten b/w plates. Disbound government document. Chipping and creasing to spine edge, pages are browning, creased corners. Pages are… Read more about this item Item Price
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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. VOL. I.
by Smithsonian Institution
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Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862. CONTENTS: Article I: Directions for Meteorological Observations and the Registry of Periodical Phenomena. 1860. Pp. 70. Article II: Psychometrical Table for Determining the Force of Aqueous Vapor and the Relative Humidity of the Atmosphere from Indications of the Wet and the Dry Bulb Thermometer, Fahrenheit. By James H. Coffin. 1856. Pp. 20. Article III: Tables, Meteorological… Read more about this item Item Price
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CATLIN'S INDIAN GALLERY
by House of Representatives
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Washington: Ritchie & Heiss, 1846. 29th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Rep. No. 806. Read, and laid upon the table. July 24, 1846. "The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the memorial of Mr. Catlin, for the purchase of his gallery of Indian collections and paintings, and also the memorial of American artists… Read more about this item Item Price
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Report of the U.S. National Museum, 5 Separate Reports for Years 1905, 1908, 1918, 1919, and 1920.
by Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution
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Washington: Government Printing Office All have plates except for 1905 annual report. One has Smithsonian Institution stamp on verso of title p. otherwise all interiors are tight, clean and in Very Good+ condition. Each volume includes lists of accesssions to the collections and a list of publications. Green silk binding, gilt titles. Exteriors are Good. Some minor soiling,… Read more about this item Item Price
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LECTURES. VI.--ON METEOROLOGY (SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION)
by Russell, Robert
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Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1855. From the Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution up to January 1, 1855, and the proceedings up to the Board up to February 24, 1855. 33D Congress, 2d Session, Senate. "To study the peculiarities of the atmospheric changes in… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC TRAJECTORIES OF 413 PRECISELY REDUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
by Jacchia, Luigi G.; Franco Verniani, and Robert E. Briggs
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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1967. Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics. Volume 10, Number 1. 139 pp. Paper covers have dirt smudges, bent corners, rubbing to edges. Small stain on front cover that extends to page edge. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Paper Covers. Good+ to Very Good-. Illus.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF THE LATE W.W.SEATON IN CONNECTION WITH THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, AND SOME NOTICES OF HIS LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTER.
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. " In 1846 Mr. Seaton, being then mayor of Washington, and surpassed by on one in zeal for the public good and in the influence due to his rare social qualities, his known integrity, and peculiarly winning and unaffected eloquence, united with other gentlemen of like feelings in quring upon Congress the organization of an… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ZONE OF SMALL PLANETS BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER
by Loomis, Elias
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1855. Disbound from Smithsonian Institution, Ninth Annual Report. Article written by Professor Elias Loomis,of the Univeristy of New York.10 pp. (3 x 5 card laid in states: Senate Document, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1855. Very Good condition. . Paperbound. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Astronomy. Item Price
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VISITOR'S GUIDE TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND NATIONAL MUSEUM, WASHINGTON D.C.
by Rhees, William J.
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Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1885. "The object of this work is to give a brief and popular account of the Smithsonian Institution, its founder, its Secretaries, Professors Henry and Baird, and of the National Museum in its charge." 78 pp. Original paper wraps are very well worn and aged. Covers are dirt-smudged, edges are chipped, spine is… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BEGINNING OF THE MECHANICAL TRANSPORT ERA IN AMERICA
by Mitman, Carl W.
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1930. from Annual Report of The Smithsonian Institute for 1929. pp.507-558. 24 full page plates of early automobiles, photographs and drawings. Plus 8 illustrations (figures). Disbound but in Very Good + condition. . Paperbound. Very Good+. Illus. by Plates, Figures (drawings). Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Early Travel. Item Price
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VARIABLE STARS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
by Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia; and Sergei Gaposchkin
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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1966. Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics. Volume 9 [Whole Volume]. 205 pp. Paper covers have dirt smudges, particularly on back cover, bent corners, rubbed edges, and creasing to spine. Interior is tight and clean. Book is in Good+ to VG- condition.. Paper Covers. Good+ to Very Good-. Illus. by Figures, Tables. Size:… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE COLLECTION IN THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM
by Watkins, J. Elfreth
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. "In this brief report upon the section of steam transportation for the year 1887, a statement was made to the effect that considerable information had been secured which it was hoped to use 'in preparing a series of models to illustrate the beginnings and development of the English and American systems of track.'" … Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PUMA, OR AMERICAN LION: FELIS CONCOLOR OF LINNEAUS
by True, Frederick W.
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Washington: U.S. National Museum, 1891. Report of the National Museum, 1889. From the Smithsonian annual report board of regents report, June 30, 1889. "The Puma is the only large, unspotted, native American cat." Frederick W. True was the curator of the Department of Mammals. Plate image of Puma. pp. 591-608. Disbound. Plate was slightly adhered to front page and caused… Read more about this item Item Price
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SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE OF PROF. JOSEPH HENRY, LL.D., Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
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Biographical sketch of Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797-May 13, 1878), an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was considered one of the greatest American scientists since Benjamin Franklin. 10 pp. No date. Plain cream wrappers. Written in pen on front cover: "Henry, Joseph, Sketch of Life and contributions to Science".… Read more about this item Item Price
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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1854
by Smithsonian Institution
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Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854. The Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution up to January 1, 1854 and the Proceedings of the Board up to July 8, 1854. Senate 33d Congress, 1st Session, Mis. Doc. No. 73. 269 pp. Appendix prints the "WILL OF SMITHSON", the English founder (James Smithson) of the Smithsonian Institute, the Act of… Read more about this item Item Price
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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1856.
by Smithsonian Institution
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Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856. House of Representatives, 34th Congress, 1st session, Mis. Doc. No. 113. Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Smithsonian Institution, up to January 1, 1856 and the proceedings of the Board up to March 22, 1856. Lists Meterological Observers by state & county and Lectures delivered at the Institution: Marine Algae, Natural History… Read more about this item Item Price
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
by House of Representatives
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. 51st Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No 279. Letter from The Acting Secretary of the Treasury. "The Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform the House of Representatives whether or not the regents of the Smithsonian Institution have accepted the trust...entitled "An act for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park..."… Read more about this item Item Price
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Remarks of Robert E. C. Stearns on the late Professor Joseph Henry, before the California Academy of Sciences. May 20th, 1878; and Resolutions of the Academy, June 17th, 1878.
by Stearns, Robert E. C.
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4 page pamphlet. "Death, which hath all seasons for its own, has just stricken from the roll of the living, one of the illustrious names of the century, a name eminent in intellectual, especially scientific circles, throughout the world. I refer, of course, to the late Prof. Joseph Henry, whose long life service to his country and to mankind as… Read more about this item Item Price
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RECENT PROGRESS IN ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH
by Abbot, C. G.
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. 11 pp. 2 plates, one chart. (bottom margin, says "SM 1906-possibly Smithsonian Institute. Also"attached" with this article, another one:ASTRONOMY ON MONT BLANC, by H. Radau.14 pp. . Paperbound. Very Good. Illus. by Plates. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Astronomy. Item Price
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THE MUSEUMS OF THE FUTURE
by Goode, George Brown
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. From the Report of the National Museum, 1888-'89, pages 427-445. Goode was the Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, in charge of U.S. National Museum. Text is from a lecture delivered by Goode before the Brooklyn Institute, February 28, 1889. Original brown paper wraps have chipped… Read more about this item Item Price
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