Science, Volume 1

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John Michels (Journalist)
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1883
Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science.
 

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Page 348 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
Page 66 - For compressible flow this becomes: where y is the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume...
Page 68 - Conn., and the co-operation of the American Library Association and the Library Association of the United Kingdom.
Page 122 - The Stars in their Seasons. An Easy Guide to a Knowledge of the Star Groups, in 12 Maps.
Page 175 - Thermodynamics states that heat cannot of itself pass from a colder to a hotter body...
Page 412 - Committee names of candidates for membership, and those candidates who are approved by the Executive Committee may be elected to membership by a majority of the members present at any meeting of the society.
Page 266 - THREE LECTURES ON THE PRACTICE OF EDUCATION. Delivered in the University of Cambridge in the Easter Term, 1882, under the direction of the Teachers
Page 237 - May 29, 1789, he was elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he was made Lieutenant-General of the Bavarian Armies and received the command of a regiment of artillery.
Page 122 - The Life of John Duncan, Scotch Weaver and Botanist. With Sketches of his Friends and Notices of his Times. Second Edition. Large crown 8vo, with etched portrait, gs. JONES, CA— The Foreign Freaks of Five Friends. With 30 Illustrations.
Page 28 - Field Engineering. A Handbook of the Theory and Practice of Railway Surveying, Location, and Construction, designed for Classroom, Field, and Office Use, and containing a large number of Useful Tables, Original and Selected.

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