Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 1915, Vol. 14 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : Biological Society of Washington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2015-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 1331129273 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781331129271 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 1915, Vol. 14 The Society meets in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club on alternate Saturdays at 8 p. m. Brief notices of the meetings, with abstracts of the papers, are published in Science. January 12, 1901 - 332d Meeting. The President in the chair and 30 persons present. W. H. Dall exhibited X ray photographs showing the inner structure of shells. Vernon Bailey exhibited a plume hunter's skin of a grebe. The following communications were presented: Frank Cameron: The Formation of Black Alkali in Plants. T. H. Kearney: The Effect of Alkali Salts on the Growth of Seedling Plants. O. F. Cook: The Origin of the Cocoanut. January 26, 1901 - 333d Meeting. The President in the chair and 48 persons present. The program for the evening consisted of a discussion of the subject, 'Former Land Connections Between Asia and North America, ' with the following speakers: F. A. Lucas, Theo. Gill, W. H. Dall, F. V. Coville, and L. Stejneger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.