Present, fifty-five members and six visitors. Seven persons were reported to have been elected to membership since the previous meeting, M. Eax~cs'; PoxTza~, Civil Engineer, of Paris, France, was, or~ th~ recommendation of the Board of Managers, elected a Correspondin I Member. The Secretary present
Proceedings of the stated meeting, held Wednesday, June 15, 1904
โ Scribed by Wm.H. Wahl
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1904
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 158
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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โฆ Synopsis
Proceediplffs--Science a~ld t/ze Arts. 79 mathematical computation. The present volume surpasses all the others in detail as in size. It is preceded by a very interesting chapter on the principal facts relating to the earth's magnetism, in which a complete but succinct history of the discovery of all the phenomena observable in the lodestone and magnetized needle, the invention of the compass and its improvement, and the reproduction of the earlier and some of the later isogonic charts from Hansteen for r6oo and l,qoo, Halley for rTOb, and the British Admiralty for I856 and r9o 5. The book is filled with descriptions of the magnetic stations by States and tables of observations, and well illustrated by half-tones of the former and of the instruments of the past and present.
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Present, 2ii members and visitors. Additions to membership since last report, 5. .The subject of the evening was presented by Mr. F~. H. Stewart assisted t . . by Mr. Max Mflhgan, the former gentleman presenting a brief outline of the history and development of picture projection. The most recent ty
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