Boston Journal of Natural History, Volume 6

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Boston Society of Natural History, 1857 - Natural history
"Catalogue of the library": v. 1, p. [497]-512; "Additions to the library": v. 3, p. [513]-522; "Constitution and by-laws": v. 6, 13 p.
 

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Page xi - Library, one folio, or one quarto, or two of any lesser fold, with the plates belonging to the same, upon signing a receipt for the same, and promising to make good any damage which may be sustained when in their possession, or to replace the same, if lost.
Page vii - ART. 5. Members may be expelled from the Society, by a vote of three fourths of the members present, at a meeting specially called for that purpose, by a notice given at least one month previous.
Page iv - And be it further enacted that the persons herein before named, or any three of them are authorized to call a meeting of the members and stockholders of said corporation as soon as...
Page 533 - The nostrils, situated towards the upper surface of the head, are much nearer to the orbit than to the tip of the snout. Upper jaw overlaps the tip of the lower one ; the posterior extremity of the maxillary...
Page 126 - Wyman, who, in a comprehensive article upon this subject, 1 reached the following conclusions: — "1. The cancelli of such bones as assist in supporting the weight of the body are arranged either in the direction of that weight, or in such a manner as to support and brace those cancelli which are in that direction. In a mechanical point of view, they may be regarded in nearly all these bones as a series of ' studs
Page iv - Pennsylvania, and may make and adopt all necessary rules and regulations and by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, or of the United States, and shall have power to locate and maintain an office...
Page 533 - The head is but very slightly broader than deep; its upper surface is depressed and smooth, the interocular space grooved, the snout very declivous and consequently short, narrow, and rounded upon its periphery. The upper jaw protrudes slightly beyond the lower one ; the mouth is small, being but moderately cleft ; the posterior extremity of the maxillary extending to a vertical line intersecting the pupil. The eye is subcircular, and its diameter contained four times in the length of the side of...
Page 332 - Particular attention was given to the accurate determination of the amount of waxy and resinous matters contained in these soils, and although it may not be possible to say that they enter unaltered and directly into vegetable systems, yet we know that as constituents of vegetables they re-enter to form fats in the systems of animals, I can, therefore, but consider a soil analysis, into which their careful determination is not included, as essentially deficient. In the statement of the analyses,...
Page vii - Scction 4. Honorary members shall be selected from persons eminent for their attainments in science on whom the society may wish to confer a compliment of respect, and shall have all the privileges of regular members except those of voting and holding office. They shall not exceed forty (40) in number, not to exceed twenty (20) of whom shall be residents and citizens of the United States. Honorary members shall be elected only at the annual meeting. Section 5.
Page 329 - Their reputation for fertility is extensively known, as well as their general character and chemical composition, but I am not aware that any extended and thorough examination of a suite of specimens, from known localities, has heretofore been made by any chemist. The first and perhaps the most interesting fact noticed in the examination of these soils was the remarkable degree of fineness of their constituent particles. In this respect I...

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