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Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 36: January to December, 1897In a memoir to be published by the United States National Museum I have described in detail all the species of Melanoplus known to me, whether new or old. As, however, some delay has occurred in the printing of that paper, I am permitted to give here a table for the determination of all the spec...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 16: January 1876 to May 1877Forty years ago, in this Hall, on an occasion much like the present, Mr. Binney commenced his eulogy of Chief Justice Marshall with the following remark.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a ...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1911, Vol. 50: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge The writer, looking forward to preparation of a monograph on formation of coal beds, has examined many hundreds of publications varying from mere notices to ponderous quartos and this preliminary work is still far from complete. During the examination, he has dis covered not only that there is little new under the...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 19: March, 1880, to Dec., 1881Letters of envoy were received from the Central Physical Observatory at St. Petersburg, January, 1880, from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, February, 1880, and from the Meteorological Society in London, February, 1880.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 33: January to December, 1894 Section 1. John Hyacinth de Magellan, in London, having in the year 1786 offered to the Society, as a donation, the sum of two hundred guineas, to be by them vested in a secure and permanent fund, to the end that the interest arising therefrom should be annually disposed of in pre miums, to be...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1912, Vol. 51: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge Determination of the Depth of the Milky Way. By T. J. J. See Contraband Of War. By john bassett moore The Legendary and Myth-making Process in Histories Of the American Revolution. By sydney G. Fisher Phylogenetic Association in Relation to the Emotions. By george W. Crile, M.D. About the Publisher Forgotten Boo...

Excerpt from Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 1: Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful KnowledgeThis building is situated in the centre of a circular area of 520 feet in diameter, at the intersection of Market and Broad Streets, the first running east and west, 100 feet in width, the second north and south, 113 feet in breadth, so that the view towards the four cardinal points is not intercepted. It is erected on a...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 2: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1844Devices and Legacies to the Society should be made in its corporate title The American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproductio...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 37: January to December, 1898 The development of the law, as illustrated by the decisions relating to the police power of the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical wor...

Excerpt from Proceedings Commemorative of the Centennial Anniversary of the First Occupation of the Hall of the Society: November 21, 1889It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this ancient edifice, which has been the home of the Ameri can Philosophical Society for one hundred years. It stands on a portion of the old State House Square, in Philadelphia, about which and the buildings standing upon it cluster so many precious historic and ...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1861, Vol. 8Stated Meeting, January 18, 1861. Present, twelve members. Professor cresson, vice-president, in the Chair.Letters were read from the Society of Antiquaries at Edinburgh, and from the Natural History Society of Northum berland, dated October 6, 1860, acknowledging the receipt of Transactions and Proceedings.Letters we...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 23: January to December, 1886Measurements. Transverse. Diameters of larger to anteroposterior vertical Vertical diameter of root of do..About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 28: January to December, 1890 Among the three vocabularies which I have recently had the good for tune of receiving, there is one just as old as the century, and another comes from an aged person who has actually heard words of the language pronounced by a Beothuk Indian. I take pleasure in placing these lists before the So...

Excerpt from Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1843, Vol. 8 Section I. On the Induction produced at the moment of the Beginning of a Galvanic Current, (fro. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 30: January to December, 1892 The report of the Finance Committee was presented, and the appropriations for the year ending November 30, 1892, passed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an import...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 31: January to December, 1893 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the ...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1884, Vol. 22: Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge Of course, if all specimens of animals could be found, the definitions would all, or nearly all, be invalidated. But it is safe to assume that all the intermediate forms will not be found, so that the definitions of species will represent the state of our knowledge, and the results of the operations of nature in ...

Excerpt from Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 18: New Series The old Babylonian Cuneiform Texts, which are published in the following pages, are a part of the harvest gathered by the Expedition sent out in the summer of 1888, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, for the exploration of Babylonia. The Rev. Dr. John P. Peters, Professor of Hebrew in th...

Excerpt from Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1825, Vol. 2 In the year 1805, he received from Mr. Jefferson, President of the United States, with whom he had been in habits of friendship, the unsolicited apc pointment of Director of the national Mint. This office he filled with great reputation until his last illness, when he resigned, and his son in law, Dr. Moore, was ...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 22: January to October, 1885Of course, if all specimens Of animals could be found, the definitions would all, or nearly all, be invalidated. But it is safe to assume that all the intermediate forms will not be found, so that the definitions of species will represent the state Of our knowledge, and the results of the Operati...