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Sayfa 2 - It was voted that a committee of five be appointed by the Chair to promote and co-operate in the development of printed catalog cards In relation with international arrangements.
Sayfa 10 - ... in some fire-proof building, to relieve the present crowded condition of the shelves. This motion was carried. On motion of MH Norton the thanks of the Society -were unanimously presented to the retiring President for the able and impartial manner in which he had performed the duties of his office for the last three years. ' A letter was read from Hollis Webster, Secretary of the Boston Mycological Club, expressing the thanks of the Club for the courtesy shown them by the Society, and hearty...
Sayfa 191 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and application of agricultural science...
Sayfa 31 - This general situation of things gave rise to a new profession and order of men, called Civil Engineers. In all the polished nations of Europe, this was, and is, a profession of itself, and by itself.— Academies, or some parts of such institutions, were appropriated to the study of it, and of all the preparatory science and accomplishments necessary to form an able artist, whose profession comprehends...
Sayfa 176 - Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged;" education was encouraged and out of it grew this splendid commonwealth.
Sayfa xxii - The Proceedings of the Society, and such papers or abstracts as may be approved by the Council, shall be published as soon as possible after each annual meeting. 8. AMENDMENTS. — This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds...
Sayfa 32 - In short, we depended for our engineering, even more than we did for our pictures or our music, upon foreigners. At a time when Holland had completed its magnificent system of water communication, and when France, Germany, and even Russia, had opened up important lines of inland communication, England had not cut a single canal, while our roads were about the worst in Europe.
Sayfa 9 - Science has already adopted and published resolutions favoring the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures in the United States...
Sayfa 10 - DD, it was — Voted: That the thanks of the Society be tendered to Mr.
Sayfa 31 - Before or about the year 1 760, a new era in all the arts and sciences, learned and polite, commenced in this country. Everything which contributes to the comfort, the beauty, and the prosperity of a country, moved forward in improvement so rapidly and so obviously as to mark that period with particular distinction.

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