• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ended June 30, 1962
  • Contributor: Beadle, George W. [Other]; Christenson, L.D. [Other]; Cooper, Ralph S. [Other]; Crowe, Sylvia [Other]; Dawson, E. Yale [Other]; DeLong, Dwight M. [Other]; Desmond, Annabelle [Other]; Fell, H. Barraclough [Other]; Hutchinson, Joseph [Other]; Klopsteg, Paul E. [Other]; Matthews, L. Harrison [Other]; Page, R.M. [Other]; Robinove, Charles J. [Other]; Russell, John [Other]; Saint-Amand, Pierre [Other]; Snodgrass, R.E. [Other]; Stephens, William M. [Other]; Stookey, S. Donald [Other]; Strong, James T. [Other]; Werner, A.E.A. [Other]; Taylor, C. Fayette [Other]
  • Corporation: Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents
  • imprint: Washington, DC, 1963
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  • Published in: United States congressional serial set ; serial set no. 12590
    House document / 88th Congress, 1st session. House ; no. 9
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (620 p); illustrations, maps, tables
  • Language: English
  • Reproductino series: U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
  • Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.
  • Place of reproduction: Chester, Vt: NewsBank, inc, 2008
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  • Footnote: Aircraft propulsion: A review of the evolution of aircraft powerplants, by C. Fayette Taylor, p. 245
    Appendix precedes p. 244
    Bows and arrows: A chapter in the evolution of archery in America, by Paul E. Klopsteg, p. 567
    Civilization and the landscape, by Sylvia Crowe, p. 537
    How many people have ever lived on earth? by Annabelle Desmond, p. 545
    Index, p. 605
    Man in a world of insects, by Dwight M. DeLong, p. 423
    Mangroves: Trees that make land, by William M. Stephens, p. 491
    Modern glass, by S. Donald Stookey, p. 323
    Rocket propulsion, by Ralph S. Cooper, p. 299
    Scientific methods in the examination and conservation of antiquities, by A.E.A. Werner, p. 593
    Some mysteries of life and existence, by R.E. Snodgrass, p. 517
    Table of contents, p. III
    The early history of radar, by R.M. Page, p. 315
    The evolution of the echinoderms, by H. Barraclough Fell, p. 457
    The great earthquakes of May 1960 in Chile, by Pierre Saint-Amand, p. 337
    The history and relationships of the world's cottons, by Sir Joseph Hutchinson, p. 497
    The opening of the Arctic Ocean, by Lt. Comdr. James T. Strong, p. 391
    The place of genetics in modern biology, by George W. Beadle, p. 399
    The rim of the reef, by E. Yale Dawson, p. 365
    The shark that hibernates, by L. Harrison Matthews, p. 415
    The soil as a habitat for life, by Sir John Russell, p. 449
    Tropical fruit-fly menace, by L.D. Christenson, p. 441
    What's happening to water? by Charles J. Robinove, p. 375
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