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" The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious for commencing an enterprise of the proposed kind. The citizens of the United States are now scattered over every part of the southern and western... "
Scientific Writings of Joseph Henry - Page 282
by Joseph Henry - 1886
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The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume 6

1848 - 486 pages
...there is for the further prosecution of the same subject, together with a general plan of operations. The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious...watch for the first appearance of an advancing storm. ART. XXIX. — On a New empirical Formula for ascertaining the Tension of Vapor of Water at any Temperature;...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1854 - 284 pages
...there is for the further prosecution of the same subject, together with a general plan of operations. The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious...watch for the first appearance of an advancing storm. All which is respectfully submitted. JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary. To the REGENTS of the Smithsonian Institution....
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Congressional Serial Set, Issue 705

United States - 1854 - 658 pages
...there is for the further prosecution of the same subject, together with a general plan of operations. The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious...United States are now scattered over every part of the Kjuthern and western portion of North America, and the extended lines ni telegraph will furnish a ready...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 43

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1871 - 980 pages
...year, page 190 (presented to Congress on the 6th of January, 1848), we find the following paragraph : " The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious...America, and the extended lines of telegraph will i in in-h a ready means of warning the more northern and eastern observers to be on the look-out for...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 43

Literature - 1871 - 968 pages
...year, page 190 (presented to Congrega on the 6th of January, 1848), we find the following paragraph : "The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious...western portion of North America, and the extended linee of telegraph will f urnish a ready means of warning the more northern and eastern observers to...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volumes 101-102

Science - 1871 - 1024 pages
...protection of our commerce, even in the present imperfect state of our knowledge of storms, ic." 1847. " The extended lines of telegraph will furnish a ready...watch for the first appearance of an advancing storm. 1848. '' As a part of the system of meteorology, it is proposed to employ, as far as our funds will...
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The American Historical Record, Volume 3

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 706 pages
...in the following extracts from the annual Smithsonian Reports of the respective years — " 1847. ' The extended lines of telegraph will furnish a ready...for the' first appearance of an advancing storm.' " 1848. ' As a part of the system of meteorology, it is proposed to employ, as far as our funds will...
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Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington: 1870-1871, Volumes 1-2

Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - Science - 1874 - 640 pages
...system of observations which shall extend as far as possible over the North American continent. . . . The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious...every part of the southern and western portion of Northern America, and the extended lines of telegraph will furnish a ready means of warning the more...
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A Memoir of Joseph Henry: A Sketch of His Scientific Work

William Bower Taylor - Physicists - 1879 - 162 pages
...the United States are now scattered over every part of the southern and western portion of Northern America, and the extended lines of telegraph will...for the first appearance of an advancing storm."* * Smithsonian Report for 1847, pp. 146, 147, (of Sen. ed.), pp. 138, 139, (of H. Rep. ed.) Prof. Loomis...
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A Memorial of Joseph Henry

1880 - 552 pages
...system of observations which shall extend as far as possible over the North American continent. - - - The present time appears to be peculiarly auspicious...every part of the southern and western portion of Northern America, and the extended lines of telegraph will furnish a ready means of warning the more...
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