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Book/Printed Material Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1858 Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 35-57

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Title

  • Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1858

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 35-57

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • Bland, R.E.
  • Canudas, A.
  • Caswell, Alexis
  • Clemens, Brackinbridge
  • Cooper, J.G.
  • Cuvier, Georges
  • De Candolle, Adolphe
  • Dudley, Timothy
  • Duprez, M.F.
  • Friedlander, Julius
  • Gardiner, R.H.
  • Guest, W.E.
  • Hare, Robert
  • Humphreys, A.A., (Andrew Atkinson)
  • Leconte, John L.
  • Loew, H., (Hermann)
  • Lyon, Sidney S., (Sidney Smith)
  • Martins, C.
  • Motschulsky, V.
  • Muller, John
  • Naill, D.W.
  • Osten-Sacken, C.R., (Carl Robert)
  • Taylor, Alexander S.
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1859.

Headings

  • -  Antiquities
  • -  Astronomy
  • -  Birds
  • -  Botany
  • -  Charitable contributions
  • -  Discoveries in geography
  • -  Discovery and exploration
  • -  Earthquakes
  • -  Electricity
  • -  Electromagnetism
  • -  Entomology
  • -  Federal aid to museums
  • -  Financial statements
  • -  Forests and forestry
  • -  Grasshoppers
  • -  Insects
  • -  Landscape architecture
  • -  Learned institutions and societies
  • -  Lightning
  • -  Management
  • -  Meteorological stations
  • -  Meteorology
  • -  Weather forecasting
  • -  Models (Patents)
  • -  Museums
  • -  Natural history collections
  • -  New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812
  • -  Observatories
  • -  Ornithology
  • -  Pest control baits
  • -  Physics
  • -  Public administration
  • -  Publishers and publishing
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Trees
  • -  Vegetables
  • -  Weights and measures

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (448 p.). illustrations, maps, tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 35-2:H.MIS.DOC.57
  • Y 1.1/2:1016

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022691573

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, R.E Bland, A Canudas, Alexis Caswell, Brackinbridge Clemens, J.G Cooper, Georges Cuvier, et al. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1859. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022691573/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, Bland, R. E., Canudas, A., Caswell, A., Clemens, B., Cooper, J. G. [...] Smithsonian Institution. Board Of Regents. (1859) Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022691573/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1859. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022691573/>.