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, 1922
by Smithsonian Institution
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, green cloth covers, xii + 554 pages. Includes black and white plates and one color plate. Front hinge cracked, else Very Good. 032509A Articles include: Recent Discoveries and Theories Relating to the Structure of Matter by Karl Taylor Compton; The Architecture of Atoms and A Universe Built of Atoms by C. G. Abbot; Aeronautic Research by Joseph S. Ames; Photosynthesis and the Possible Use of Solar Energy by H. A. Spoehr; Fogs and Clouds by W. J. Humphreys; Some Aspects of the Use of the Annual Rings of Trees in Climatic Study by A. E. Douglas; The Age of the Earth by T. C. Chamberlin; How Deep Is The Ocean by C. G. Abbot; Two Decades of Genetic Progress by E. M. East; Observations On A Montana Beaver Canal by S. Stillman Berry; The Republic of Salvador by Paul C. Standley; The Tent Caterpillar by R. E. Snodgrass; The Life History and Habits of the Solitary Wasp, Philanthus Gibbosus by Edward G. Reinhard; The Use of Idols in Hopi Worship by J. Walter Fewkes; Two Chaco Canyon Pit House by Neil M. Judd; The Collections of Old World Archaeology in The United States National Museum by I. M. Casanowicz; The Shake Religion of Puget Sound by T. T. Waterman; The Excavations At Askalon by Prof. J. Garstang; National Efforts at Home Making by F. H. Newell; Ideals of the Telephone Service. A Tribute To The Memory of Alexander Graham Bell. by John J. Carty;
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000014047
- Title
- 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, 1922
- Author
- Smithsonian Institution
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1924
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