General Note:
Includes annual report of the Smithsonian Institution.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Who will promote science? / C.G. Abbot -- Recent discoveries and theories relating to the structure of matter / Karl Taylor Compton -- The architecture of atoms and a universe built of atoms / C.G. Abbot -- Aeronautic research / Joseph S. Ames -- Photosynthesis and the possible use of solar energy / H.A. Spoehr -- Fogs and clouds / W.J. Humphreys -- Some aspects of the use of the annual rings of trees in climatic study / Prof A.E. Douglass -- The age of the earth / T.C. Chamberlin and others -- How deep is the ocean? / C.G. Abbot -- Two decades of genetic progress / E.M. East -- Observations on a Montana beaver canal / S. Stillman Berry -- The republic of Salvador / Paul C. Standley -- The tent caterpillar / R.E. Snodgrass -- The life history and habits of the solitary wasp, Philanthus gibbosus/ Edward G. Reinhard --
The use of idols in Hopi worship / J. Walter Fewkes -- Two Chaco Canyon pit houses / Neil M. Judd -- Collections of old world archeology in the United States national Museum / I.M. Casanowicz -- The "Shake Religion" of Puget Sound / T.T. Waterman -- Excavations at Askalon / Prof. J. Garstang -- National efforts at home making / F.H. Newell -- Ideals of the telephone service / John J. Carty.
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