Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York, Volumen221890 |
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... authority of Plutarch that Aristarchus of Samos , B. c . 280 , taught that the sun was a fixed star , that the earth moved around it in an oblique circle as well as upon its axis , a theory close to , if it does not embrace , what was ...
... authority of Plutarch that Aristarchus of Samos , B. c . 280 , taught that the sun was a fixed star , that the earth moved around it in an oblique circle as well as upon its axis , a theory close to , if it does not embrace , what was ...
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... authority of Aristotle and Timosthenes . + Timosthenes , B. C. 282 , a native of Rhodes , who was an admiral in the fleet of Ptolemy Philadelphus , wrote a book , that is now lost , upon harbors , for the ben- efit of mariners , in ...
... authority of Aristotle and Timosthenes . + Timosthenes , B. C. 282 , a native of Rhodes , who was an admiral in the fleet of Ptolemy Philadelphus , wrote a book , that is now lost , upon harbors , for the ben- efit of mariners , in ...
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... authority , and with him ends what I shall have to say of the ancients . The subject of Physical Geography in the Middle Ages has been investigated by Dr. Konrad Kretschmer , of Vienna , in a work published during the past year , and I ...
... authority , and with him ends what I shall have to say of the ancients . The subject of Physical Geography in the Middle Ages has been investigated by Dr. Konrad Kretschmer , of Vienna , in a work published during the past year , and I ...
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... authority not to be questioned ; and the natural world was interpreted , not by observation and by comparison of facts , but by some text from Genesis , or by some passage from Aristotle . It was not under such conditions that a ...
... authority not to be questioned ; and the natural world was interpreted , not by observation and by comparison of facts , but by some text from Genesis , or by some passage from Aristotle . It was not under such conditions that a ...
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... authority upon scien- tific subjects , published in 1659 a treatise upon atmos- pherical phenomena in the form of a dialogue between three persons , Theophile , a zealous believer in the an cients , Menander , a passionate partisan of ...
... authority upon scien- tific subjects , published in 1659 a treatise upon atmos- pherical phenomena in the form of a dialogue between three persons , Theophile , a zealous believer in the an cients , Menander , a passionate partisan of ...
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Página xii - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Página 524 - That in all patents for lands hereafter taken up under any of the land laws of the United States or on entries or claims validated by this act west of the one hundredth meridian, it shall be expressed that there is reserved from the lands in said patent described, a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States.
Página 524 - No person who shall after the passage of this act, enter upon any of the public lands with a view to occupation, entry or settlement under any of the land laws shall be permitted to acquire title to more than three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate, under all of said laws, but this limitation shall not operate to curtail the right of any person who has heretofore made entry or settlement on the public lands, or whose occupation, entry or settlement, is...
Página lxxi - On motion it was voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last meeting.
Página 520 - For the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region of the United States can be redeemed by irrigation and the segregation of the irrigable lands in such arid region, and for the selection of sites for reservoirs and other hydraulic works necessary for the storage and utilization of water for irrigation and the prevention of floods and overflows...
Página lxxv - On motion, the Society adjourned. Meeting of April 14, held at Chickering Hall. Vice-President CULLUM in the chair. On motion, the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was omitted.
Página 645 - for the prompt collection and distribution of commercial information.
Página 523 - ... hereby repealed, and all entries made or claims initiated in good faith and valid but for said act, shall be recognized and may be perfected in the same manner as if said law had not been enacted, except that reservoir sites heretofore located or selected shall remain segregated and reserved from entry or settlement as provided by said act, until otherwise provided by law, and reservoir sites hereafter located or selected on public lands shall in like manner be reserved from the date of the location...
Página ix - Society," for the purpose of collecting and diffusing geographical and statistical information. § 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the said Society shall possess the general powers and privileges, and be subject to the general liabilities, contained in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes, so far as the same may be applicable, and may not have been modified or repealed; but the real and personal estate...
Página xvii - VicePresidents, or, in their absence, a Chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society.