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ABSTRACT American amylose animals appears Association Atotarho augite axis-cylinder Baltimore basin Born Boston Cambridge Charles Cincinnati College color Conn corpuscles deaf-mutes degree deposits dialects Died drift extended F. W. PUTNAM fact fauna feet fibrillæ flemingii geological George gesture glacial glaciers gold Haven Henry Hiawatha inches Indian Iroquois Ithaca James John Lake Erie Lake Ontario longispinus Louis Madisonville magnetite Mass meeting ment Mohawk mounds nature nerve-fibre nitrous oxide North Observatory observed Ohio 30 Onondaga origin ORMOND STONE orthoclase paper Permanent Secretary Philadelphia plagioclase portion Preglacial present Prof race river rocks School segments semireticulatus Seneca shale sheath sign language Society species specimens Standing Committee street striæ Tenn tion tribes Tuscarora Univ valley Vice President W. H. DALL Washington Waverly West William York
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Page xxi - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science...
Page 215 - Ney, who states that in the Provence, after all the olive trees, which there formed regular forests, had been frozen in 1822 and cut down, a great number of springs failed totally ; and besides, in the city of Orleans, after the surrounding heights had been thus cleared, nearly all the wells dried up, and it became necessary to conduct the head-waters of the river Little Loire into the city.
Page xx - Science," for the purpose of receiving, purchasing holding, and conveying real and personal property, which it...
Page 399 - Weil-graded courses of instruction are provided in drawing, decorative design, painting, sculpture, and carving. The school is provided with the necessary plaster casts, drawings, paintings, books of reference, and other apparatus. The special aim is not merely the study of painting and sculpture, but also the Improvement of the industrial arts, by affording to the citizens of Cincinnati, and especially to the operative classes, a thorough technical and scientific education in art and design, as...
Page 180 - pay dirt" lies at the deepest part of the rocky trough in which the creeks now have their course. By bores the line of greatest depth may be ascertained, and by shafting the richest dirt— possibly in paying quantities — may be brought to the surface. Reasoning from the facts observed, this would be true of Bean Blossom, and especially, from its greater width and probable great depth, also of Indian Creek Valley. This is mentioned as a reasonable deduction, warranted by the facts and not for the...
Page 324 - The qualities which gained him general respect hud, perhaps, not been without influence even on that redoubtable chief. Hiawatha had long beheld with grief the evils which afflicted not only his own nation, but all the other tribes about them, through the continual wars in which they were engaged, and the misgovernment and miseries at home which these wars produced. "With much meditation he had elaborated in his mind the scheme of a vast confederation which would ensure universal peace. In the mere...
Page 336 - If a Chinese traveller, during the middle ages, inquiring into the history and religion of the western nations, had confounded King Alfred with King Arthur, and both — with Odin, he would not have made a more preposterous confusion of names and characters than that which has hitherto disguised the genuine personality of the great Onondaga reformer.
Page 215 - Como, 13 per cent, between 1842 and 1862, due in each case, says Senator Torrelli, of Italy, to the clearings around their feeders. A remarkable illustration of the fact that the clearing of hilly, countries is likely to result in the complete failing of springs is given by Mr. Ney, who states that in the Provence, after all the olive trees, which there formed regular forests, had been frozen in 1822 and cut down, a great number of springs failed totally, and...
Page 215 - Milwaukee river, even while the area from which it receives its supply is but partially cleared, that the proprietors of most of the mills and factories have found it necessary to resort to the use of steam, at a largely increased yearly cost, to supply the deficiency of water-power in dry seasons of the year.
Page 352 - The said president and masters, and his or their successors, should keep at the said college so many Indian children in sickness and health, in meat, drink, washing, lodging, clothes, medicines, books and education, from the first beginning of letters till they should be ready to receive orders, and be thought sufficient to be sent abroad to preach and convert the Indians, at the rate of...