New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress1921 |
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... Society 1893-5 and of the Physical Society 1895-7 . He was celebrated for his researches in photography and spectroscopy , in which fields he published several important books , including Instruction in Photography ( 1870 ) ; Treatise ...
... Society 1893-5 and of the Physical Society 1895-7 . He was celebrated for his researches in photography and spectroscopy , in which fields he published several important books , including Instruction in Photography ( 1870 ) ; Treatise ...
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... society is patterned on the French Academy in Paris . Membership is limited to 50 persons . Beginning in 1909 a series of annual meetings have been held . Until 1919 William Dean Howells was president of the Academy , but his death on ...
... society is patterned on the French Academy in Paris . Membership is limited to 50 persons . Beginning in 1909 a series of annual meetings have been held . Until 1919 William Dean Howells was president of the Academy , but his death on ...
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... Society it should arouse much interest . Mr. Demblanc stated that in- creased safety would be secured inasmuch as in case of engine trouble the propellers could be detached to operate as an air brake . In ad- dition experiments on ...
... Society it should arouse much interest . Mr. Demblanc stated that in- creased safety would be secured inasmuch as in case of engine trouble the propellers could be detached to operate as an air brake . In ad- dition experiments on ...
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... societies on the institute's board of trus- tees . The State of Minas Geraes , Brazil , has de- termined upon the ... society a tract of land for an experiment station devoted to livestock improvement . The British Parliament has ...
... societies on the institute's board of trus- tees . The State of Minas Geraes , Brazil , has de- termined upon the ... society a tract of land for an experiment station devoted to livestock improvement . The British Parliament has ...
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... Society , began publication during all the way from $ 310 to $ 5,750 . the year . AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION BY ... Society of Technical Agriculturists has been formed in the interest of workers engaged in the agricultural profession in ...
... Society , began publication during all the way from $ 310 to $ 5,750 . the year . AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION BY ... Society of Technical Agriculturists has been formed in the interest of workers engaged in the agricultural profession in ...
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Page 366 - The duties of the War Department General Staff shall be to prepare plans for national defense and the use of the military forces for that purpose, both separately and in conjunction with the naval forces, and for the mobilization of the manhood of the Nation and its material resources in an emergency...
Page 366 - War, the Assistant Secretary of War, under the direction of the Secretary of War, shall be charged with supervision of the procurement of all military supplies and other business of the War Department pertaining thereto and the assurance of adequate provision for the mobilization of materiel and industrial organizations essential to wartime needs.
Page 32 - Tennessee. The bauxite from all localities in the United States, though it may vary in chemical composition, is on the whole similar in general appearance, with the exception of the " granitic bauxite
Page 347 - I ; peeping through window at woman, 1 ; insisting on voting, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows : Alabama, 7 ; Arkansas, 1 ; California, 3 ; Florida, 7 ; Georgia, 9 ; Illinois...
Page 366 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations; to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders, and to...
Page 366 - The Organized peace establishment, including the Regular Army, the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, shall include all of those divisions and other military organizations necessary to form the basis for a complete and immediate mobilization for the national defense in the event of a national emergency declared by Congress.
Page 307 - This International Congress of Women expresses its deep regret that the terms of peace proposed at Versailles should so seriously violate the principles upon which alone a just and lasting peace can be secured, and which the democracies of the world had come to accept.
Page 152 - States should become a member of this union. To do so, however, would require not only the abrogation of the typesetting clause, so far as foreign books are concerned, but the abolition as well of the necessity for deposit of copies and registration. American...
Page 366 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain, upon military reservations or elsewhere, schools or camps for the military instruction and training, with a view to their appointment as reserve officers...
Page 367 - When Congress shall have authorized the use of the armed land forces of the United States, for any purpose requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army...