Smithsonian Annual Report (1904)

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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, 1904.
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Government Printing Office
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Washington, D.C.
Date of Printing:
1906
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Contents

  • Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to Congress iii
  • General subjects of the Annual Report iv
  • Contents of the Report v
  • List of Plates ix
  • Members ex officio of the Establishment xiii
  • Regents of the Smithsonian Institution xiv
  • Proceedings of the Board of Regents.
  • Meetings of December 8, 1903, January 37, and March 7. 1904 xv
  • Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1904.
  • Condition of the fund July 1 , 1904 xxxv
  • Receipts and expenditures for the year xxxvi
  • Appropriation for International Exchanges xxxvii
  • Details of expenditures of same xxxvii
  • Appropriation for American Ethnology xxxviii
  • Details of expenditures of same xxxix
  • Appropriations for the National Museum xli
  • Details of expenditures of same xli
  • Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory lviii
  • Details of expenditures of same lviii
  • Appropriation for observation of solar eclipse lx
  • Balance of same lx
  • Appropriation for the National Zoological Park lx
  • Details of expenditures of same lx
  • Recapitulation lxv
  • General summary lxvi
  • Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian Institution, etc lxix
  • REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
  • The Smithsonian Institution 1
  • The Establishment 1
  • Organization of the Board of Regents 2
  • Meetings of the Board of Regents 2
  • General considerations 5
  • The removal of the remains of James Smithson 7
  • Buildings 11
  • Finances 11
  • Research 13
  • Hodgkins fund - 13
  • Naples table 15
  • Explorations . . 16
  • Publications 16
  • Library 20
  • Correspondence 21
  • International American Archaeological Commission 22
  • International Congresses and Expositions 24
  • Miscellaneous 27
  • National Museum 27
  • Bureau of American Ethnology 30
  • International Exchanges 31
  • National Zoological Park 32
  • Astrophysical Observatory 34
  • Necrology 35
  • Appendixes:
  • I. Report on the United States National Museum 37
  • II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 46
  • III. Report on the International Exchange Service- . 55
  • IV. Report on the National Zoological Park 69
  • V. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 78
  • VI. Report of the Librarian - 87
  • VII. Report of the Editor 91
  • VIII. Report of the Representative of the Smithsonian Institution and
  • National Museum, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1904 100
  • GENERAL APPENDIX. 109
  • Experiments with the Langley Aerodrome, by S. P. Langley 113
  • The Relation of Wing Surface to Weight, by R. Von Lendenfeld 127
  • The Rumford Spectroheliograph of the Yerkes Observatory, by George E. Hale and Ferdinand Ellerman. 131
  • The Construction of large Telescope Lenses, by Dr. C. Faulhaber 163
  • Some Reflections Suggested by the Application of Photography to Astronomical Research, by Prof. H. H. Turner 171
  • Radiation in the Solar System, by J. H. Poynting 185
  • Condensation Nuclei, by Prof. C. T. R. Wilson 193
  • The Present Problems of Inorganic Chemistry, by Sir William Ramsay 207
  • The Evolution of the Scientific Investigator, by Simon Newcomb 221
  • Metals in the Atmosphere, by Prof. Alfred Ditte 235
  • Observations on Vision in Brightness and in Obscurity, with a Hypothesis on the Cause of Color Blindness, by O. Lummer 249
  • A Lightning Spiral observed near Basel, by Fr. Klingelfuss 259
  • Variations of Specific Gravity, by Georg W. A. Kahlbaum 261
  • Some New Methods of Lighting, by A. Berthier 267
  • The Progress in Wireless Telegraphy, by William Maver, Jr 275
  • Electric Welding Development, by Elihu Thomson 281
  • The History of Some Discoveries in Photography, by Robert Hunt 287
  • Theories of Ore Deposition Historically Considered, by S. F. Emmons 309
  • On Mountains and Mankind, by Douglas W. Freshfield 337
  • Morocco, by Theobald Fischer 355
  • The Work of the Reclamation Service, by F. H. Newell 373
  • The Yuma Reclamation Project, by J. B. Lippincott 383
  • The Evidence of Evolution, by Hugo De Vries 388
  • The Evolutionary Significance of Species, by O. F. Cook 397
  • Some Bird Life in British Papua, by R. A. Vivian 413
  • Bird Sanctuaries in New Zealand 419
  • The House Sparrow, by Dr. J. O. Skinner 423
  • Some Tibetan Animals, by R. Lydekker 429
  • The Multiple Origin of Horses and Ponies, by Dr. J. Cossar Ewart 437
  • Egyptian and Arabian Horses, by E. Prisse d'Avennes 457
  • Bees and Flowers, by Prof. E. L. Bouvier 469
  • The Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon, by Prof. W. A. Herdman 485
  • Flying Fish and their Habits, by Dr. Theodore Gill 495
  • The Stature of Man at Different Epochs, by A. Dastre 517
  • Old Age, by Elie Metchnikoff 533
  • The Contributions of American Archeology to History, by W. H. Holmes 551
  • Gournia, by Harriet A. Boyd 559
  • Archaeological Researches on the Frontiers of Argentina and Bolivia, by Eric von Rosen 573
  • A General View of the Archaeology of the Pueblo Region, by Edgar L. Hewett 583
  • The Painting of Human Bones among the American Aborigines, by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka 607
  • Sling Contrivances for Projectile Weapons, by F. Krause 619
  • Materials Used to Write upon before the Invention of Printing, by Prof. Albert Maire 639
  • An Inquiry into the Population of China, by W. W. Rockhill 659
  • Chinese Architecture, by S. W. Bushell 677
  • Pewter and the Revival of its Use, by Arthur Lasenby Liberty 693
  • Cameos, by Cyril Davenport 713
  • The Economic Conquest of Africa by the Railroads, by A. Fock 721
  • The Present Aspects of the Panama Canal, by William H. Burr 737
  • The Sanitation of the Isthmian Canal Zone, by W. C. Gorgas 745
  • The Projected New Barge Canal, by Col. Thomas W. Symons 751
  • Rapid Transit Subways in Metropolitan Cities, by Milo R. Maltbie 759
  • Sir George Gabriel Stokes, by Ernest W. Brown 773
  • Karl Alfred von Zittel, by Charles Schuchert 779
  • Karl Gegenbauer, by Oscar Hertwig 787

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