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A History of the First Half-Century of the National Academy of Sciences 1863-1913 (1913) / Chapter Skim
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... ~886. Treasury Department Doc.
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... ~45. Report by committee appointed by Academy to consider desirability of instituting scientific explorations of Philippine Islands.
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... New York City ~ Columbia College)
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  • signal service
  • internal revenue
  • philippine islands
  • naval observatory

  • columbia college
  • fist session
  • committee appointed
  • sorghum sugar
  • scientific explorations

  • scientific work
  • acting president


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