DOCSLIB.ORG

EJC Cover Page

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
EJC Cover Page Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in the World This article is one of nearly 500,000 scholarly works digitized and made freely available to everyone in the world by JSTOR. Known as the Early Journal Content, this set of works include research articles, news, letters, and other writings published in more than 200 of the oldest leading academic journals. The works date from the mid-seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. We encourage people to read and share the Early Journal Content openly and to tell others that this resource exists. People may post this content online or redistribute in any way for non-commercial purposes. Read more about Early Journal Content at http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/individuals/early- journal-content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VOLUME 2, 1916 EDITORIAL BOARD ARTHURA. NOYES, Chairman EDWIN B. WILSON,Managing Editor ARTHUR L. DAY, Home Secretary GEORGEE. HALE, Foreign Secretary J. J. ABEL J. M. COULTER W. H. HOLMES W. B. CANNON C. B. DAVENPORT J. P. IDDINGS J. McK. CATTELL SIMONFLEXNER R. A. MILLIKAN J. M. CLARKE E. B. FROST E. H. MOORE E. G. CONKLIN R. G. HARRISON ALEXANDER SMITH Publication Office: Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore Editorial Office: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Home Office of the Academy: Washington, D. C. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY, NOVEMBER 15, 1915 ................... x REPORT OF THE ANNUAI, MEETING, APRIL, 1916.................................. 300 A WARDOF M EDALS.......................................................... 307 RESEARCH GRANTS FROM THE TRUST FUNDS OF THE ACADEMY............... 307, 743 PRELIMINARY REPORT UPON THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTROLLING THE LAND SLIDES ADJACENT TO THE PANAMA CANAL .......................................... 193 SYMPOSIUM ON TIHE EXPLORATION OF THE PACIFIC ............................... 391 REPORT OF THE AUTUMN MEETING, NOVEMBER, 1916............................. 744 NOTICES OF BIOGRAPHICALMEMOIRS ........................................... 737 INDEX....................................................................... 751 ERRATA. ...................................................................... 192 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL PAGI PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY................................................................. 507 REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL................................ 602 REPORTS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.........605, 738 ORGANIZATIONOF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL...................................... 607 REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL............................. 738 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE PROBLEMS OF AERONAUTICS(ABSTRACT) ........... By Lieut. Col. George 0. Squier, U. S. A. 740 MATHEMATICS PAGE UPPER LIMIT OF THE DEGREE OF TRANSITIVITY OF A SUBSTITUTION GROUP By G. A. Miller 61 AN EXTENSION OF FEUERBACH'S THEOREM..........................By F. Morley 171 DEFORMATIONS,OF TRANSFORMATIONSOF RIBAUCOUR............By L. P. Eisenhart 173 ON THE LINEAR DEPENDENCE OF FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES, AND CERTAIN COMPLETELY INTEGRABLE SYSTEMS OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.... By Gabriel M. Green 209 POINTSETS ANDALLIED CREMONA GROUPS (PART II) ............By Arthur B. Coble 244 ON A THEOREMOF LUCAS....................................By M. B. Porter 247 INTERPRETATION OF THE SIMPLEST INTEGRAL INVARIANT OF PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY By E. J. Wilczynski 248 ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF PLANE ANALYSIS SITUS ... ...........By Robert L. Moore 270 A GENERAL THEORY OF SURFACES.......... By Edwin B. Wilson and C. L. E. Moore 273 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND IMPLICIT FUNCTIONS IN INFINITELY MANY VARIABLES By William L. Hart 309 NOTE ON LUCAS' THEOREM....................................By M. B. Porter 335 A VARIABLESYSTEM OF SEVENSON Two TWISTEDCUBIC CURVES....By H. S. White 337 A PROOF OF WHITE'S PORISM..................................By A. B. Coble 530 ON CERTAIN ASYMPTOTIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE THEORY OF LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS......................................By W. E. Milne 543 ON NEWTON'SMETHOD OF APPROXIMATION....................By Henry B. Fine 546 POINT SETS AND CREMONAGROUPS (PART III) ...............By Arthur A. Coble 575 SOME PROBLEMS OF DIOPHANTINE APPROXIMATION: A REMARKABLE TRIGONOMETRI- CAL SERIES ............................. By G. H. Hardy and J. E. Littleswood 583 iii iv CONTENTS PAGE NEWTON'S METHOD IN GENERAL ANALYSIS ................... By Albert A. Bennett 592 A SET OF INDEPENDENT POSTULATES FOR CYCLIC ORDER, By Edward V. Huntington 630 CERTAIN GENERAL PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONS................By Henry Blumberg 646 ASTRONOMY PAGE A POSSIBLE ORIGIN FOR SOME SPIRAL NEBULAE ................ By GeorgeF. Becker 1 STUDIES OF MAGNITUDES IN STAR CLUSTERS, I. ON THE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT IN SPACE .. ............ .............................. By Harlow Shapley 12 :STUDIES OF MAGNITUDES IN STAR CLUSTERS, II. ON THE SEQUENCE OF SPECTRAL TYPES IN STELLAR EVOLUTION ...........................By Harlow Shapley 15 ON THE ALBEDOOF THE PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES...... By Henry Norris Russell 74 THE MINUTE STRUCTURE OF THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE ........................... By GeorgeE. Hale and Ferdinand Ellerman 102 MONOCHROMATICPHOTOGRAPHY OF JUPITER AND SATURN ..........By R. W. Wood 109 ON THE OBSERVED ROTATIONS OF A PLANETARY NEBULA ..................... By W. W. Campbell and J. H. Moore 129 A SHORT PERIOD CEPHEID WITH VARIABLE SPECTRUM ..........By Harlow Shapley 132 THE SPECTRUM OF 5 CEPHEI ............ By Walter S. Adams and Harlow Shapley 136 INVESTIGATIONS IN STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY, I. A QUANTITATIVE METHOD OF CLASSI- FYING STELLA SPECTRA ................................By Walter S. Adams 143 INVESTIGATIONS IN STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY, II. A SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD OF DE- TERMINING STELLAR PARALLAXES ..................... By Walter S. Adams 147 INVESTIGATIONS IN STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY, III. APPLICATION OF A SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD OF DETERMINING STELLAR DISTANCES TO STARS OF MEASURED PARALLAX By Walter S. Adams 152 INVESTIGATIONS IN STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY, IV. SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF Two CLASSES OF M TYPE STARS..........By Walter S. Adams 157 DISCOVERY OF EIGHT VARIABLE STELLAR SPECTRA ................By Harlow Shapley 208 SYSTEMATIC MOTION AMONG STARS OF THE HELIUM TYPE ........By Benjamin Boss 214 THE SITUATION IN REGARD TO ROWLAND'S PRELIMINARY TABLE OF SOLAR SPECTRUM WAVE-LENGTHS ......................................By Charles E. St. John 226 CHANGES IN THE FORM OF THE NEBULA N. G. C. 2261.......... By Edwin P. Hubble 230 'ON SOME RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PROPER MOTIONS, RADIAL VELOCITIES, AND MAG- NITUDES OF STARS OF CLASSES B AND A.................... By C. D. Perrine 289 ASYMMETRY IN THE PROPER MOTIONS AND RADIAL VELOCITIES OF STARS OF CLASS B AND THEIR POSSIBLE RELATION TO A MOTION OF ROTATION.... By C. D. Perrine 292 THE PYRANOMETER: AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING SKY RADIATION .............. By C. G. Abbot and L. B. Aldrich 333 THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN METEOR SOCIETY IN 1914 AND 1915.................. By Charles P. Olivier 372 AN APPARENT DEPENDENCE OF THE APEX AND VELOCITY OF SOLAR MOTION, AS DE- TERMINED FROM RADIAL VELOCITIES, UPON PROPER MOTION..By C. D. Perrine 376 PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL MOTION IN THE SPIRAL NEBULA MESSIER 101 By A. van Maanen 386 'ON THE SUGGESTED MUTUAL REPULSION OF FRAUNHOFER LINES .................... By Charles E. St. John 458 THE ROTATION AND RADIAL VELOCITY OF THE SPIRAL NEBULA N. G. C. 4594........ By Francis G. Pease 517 A SIMPLE METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE COLORS OF THE STARS ................ By Frederick H. Seares 521 'STUDIES OF MAGNITUDES IN STAR CLUSTERS, III. THE COLORS OF THE BRIGHTER STARS IN FOUR GLOBULAR SYSTEMS ...................... By Harlow Shapley 525 CONTENTS v PAGE PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE COLOR OF NEBULAE .......... By Frederick H. Seares 553 SPECTROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS OF RELATIVE MOTIONS IN THE PLANETARY NEBULAE By W. W. Campbell and J. H. Moore 566 PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING PAGE EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR THE ESSENTIAL IDENTITY OF THE SELECTIVE AND NOR- MAL PHOTO-ELECTRICEFFECTS ............ By R. A. Millikan and W. H. Souder 19 CONCOMITANT CHANGES IN TERRESTRIAL MAGNESIUM AND SOLAR RADIATION ...... By L. A. Bauer 24 QUANTUM RELATIONS IN PHOTO-ELECTRIC PHENOMENA ........By R. A. Millikan 78 THE EMISSION QUANTA OF CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS ........By David L. Webster 90 THE ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE PRODUCED BY THE ACCELERATION OF METALS ........ By Richard C. Tolman and T. Dale Stewart 189 THE HIGH FREQUENCYSPECTRUM OF TUNGSTEN.... By Albert W. Hull and Marion Rice 265 DYNAMICAL STABILITY OF AEROPLANES....................By Jerome C. Hunsaker 278 THEORY OF AN AEROPLANE ENCOUNTERINGGUSTS ........ By Edwin Bidwell Wilson 294 NOTE ON THE PHOSPHORESCENCEOF URANYL SALTS...........By Edward L. Nichols 328 ON THE MOBILITIES OF GAS IONS IN HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS. .By Leonard B. Loeb 345 TIE LIGHT EXCITATION BY SLOW PosrrIVE AND NEUTRAL PARTICLES .............. By A. J. Dempster 374 CHANNELED GRATING SPECTRA,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • PART II PERSONAL PAPERS and ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS Allen, Paul Hamilton, 1911-1963 Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/15 Photographs, 1937-1959 (1.0 Linear Feet)
    PART II PERSONAL PAPERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS Allen, Paul Hamilton, 1911-1963 Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/15 Photographs, 1937-1959 (1.0 linear feet) Paul Allen was a botanist and plantsman of the American tropics. He was student assistant to C. W. Dodge, the Garden's mycologist, and collector for the Missouri Botanical Garden expedition to Panama in 1934. As manager of the Garden's tropical research station in Balboa, Panama, from 1936 to 1939, he actively col- lected plants for the Flora of Panama. He was the representative of the Garden in Central America, 1940-43, and was recruited after the War to write treatments for the Flora of Panama. The photos consist of 1125 negatives and contact prints of plant taxa, including habitat photos, herbarium specimens, and close-ups arranged in alphabetical order by genus and species. A handwritten inventory by the donor in the collection file lists each item including 19 rolls of film of plant communities in El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The collection contains 203 color slides of plants in Panama, other parts of Central America, and North Borneo. Also included are black and white snapshots of Panama, 1937-1944, and specimen photos presented to the Garden's herbarium. Allen's field books and other papers that may give further identification are housed at the Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation. Copies of certain field notebooks and specimen books are in the herbarium curator correspondence of Robert Woodson, (Collection 1, RG 4/1/1/3). Gift, 1983-1990. ARRANGEMENT: 1) Photographs of Central American plants, no date; 2) Slides, 1947-1959; 3) Black and White photos, 1937-44.
    [Show full text]
  • Plant Science Bulletin A
    PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN A. Publication of the &tanical Societyof A.merica,Inc. VOLUME 3 JULY, 1957 NUMBER 3 Genetics, Corn, and Potato in the USSR ANTON LANG Department of Botany, Univ. of California. Los Angeles In April. 1956, the Soviet Russian government an- corn. He declared that, corn being a cross-pollinating nounced the resignation of T. D. Lysenko as president plant, inbreeding would lead to a "biological im- of the All-Union Lenin Academy of Agricultural poverishment of its genetical basis," that a "half-dead Science. This event signified theencL of the period of organism" would result, and that it would be impossible absolute domination which the so-called Soviet or to maintain inbred lines for more than 10 or 11 genera- Michurin-Lysenko genetics had enjoyed in the USSR. tions.2 He ridiculed the idea that crossing such inbreds This time therefore seemsappropriate for assessingsome could produce a superior plant. Instead, he advocated of the consequenceswhich the Lysenkoist experiment the use of varietal hybrids, asserting. in addition. that had for the USSR. The losses suffered by science can their hybrid vigor would not be limited to Fl' but be appreciated fairly easily. although it will probably would persist through F2 and Fs. take a long time before all details will be known. Any Under Lysenko's influence. breeding of hybrid corn person with some appreciation for the continuity of (in the "Western" sense) was completely abandoned scientific work can visualize how an experimental science in the USSR for more than 10 years, until 1947. when will be affected by eight years of almost total suppres- the All-Union Institute of Plant Industry (formerly sion.
    [Show full text]
  • National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form
    Theme: Americans at Work Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) Subtheme: Science and Invention UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS I NAME HISTORIC Missouri Botanical Garden AND/OR COMMON Same STREETS NUMBER 2345 Tower Grove Avenue NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT St. Louis __ VICINITY OF First STATE CODE COUNTY CODE Missouri 29 St. Louis City 510 CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _ DISTRICT —PUBLIC —OCCUPIED _AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM 3C •^BUILDINGIS) _PRIVATE .—UNOCCUPIED _COMMERCIAL —PARK _ STRUCTURE —BOTH —.WORK IN PROGRESS —^EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT _IN PROCESS —YES: RESTRICTED —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC _BEING CONSIDERED 2^YES: UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION _NO —MILITARY _OTHER: Garden |OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Board of Trustees, Missouri Botanical Garden STREET & NUMBER 2345 Tower Grove Avenue CITY. TOWN STATE St. Louis VICINITY OF Missouri LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC Office of Recorder of Deeds, St. Louis City Hall STREET & NUMBER 12th and Market Streets CITY, TOWN STATE St. Louis. Mi REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Historic American Buildings Survey DATE 1975 X-&FEDERAL —STATE —COUNTY —LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division ~——————————STATE CITY, TOWN Washington, D.C. DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE XX.EXCELLENT _DETERIORATED _UNALTERED XX.ORIGINAL SITE _GOOD _RUINS _ALTERED _MOVED DATE. —FAIR _UNEXPOSED XX IKa. ——————————DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The following physical history of the Missouri Botanical Garden was prepared by historians working with the Historic American Buildings Survey.
    [Show full text]
  • Flora of North Central Texas Flora of North Central Texas
    SHINNERS & MAHLER’S FLOR A OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS GEORGE M. DIGGSIGGS,, JJR.. BBARNEY L. LIPSCOMBIPSCOMB ROBERT J. O’KENNON D VEGETATIONAL AREAS OF TEXAS MODIFIED FROM CHECKLIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF TEXAS (HATCH ET AL. 1990). NEARLY IDENTICAL MAPS HAVE BEEN USED IN NUMEROUS WORKS ON TEXAS INCLUDING GOULD (1962) AND CORRELL AND JOHNSTON (1970). 1 PINEYWOODS 2 GULF PRAIRIES AND MARSHEs 3 POST OAK SAVANNAH 4 BLACKLAND PRAIRIES 5 CROSS TIMBERS AND PRAIRIES 6 SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS 7 EDWARDS PLATEAU 8 ROLLING PLAINS 9 HIGH PLAINS 10 TRANS-PECOS, MOUNTAINS AND BASINS D VEGETATIONAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D SHINNERS & MAHLER’S ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Shinners & Mahler’s ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS PUBLISHED WITH THE SUPPORT OF: MAJOR BENEFACTORS: NEW DOROTHEA L. LEONHARDT FOUNDATION (ANDREA C. HARKINS) BASS FOUNDATION ROBERT J. O’KENNON RUTH ANDERSSON MAY MARY G. PALKO AMON G. CARTER FOUNDATION MARGRET M. RIMMER MIKE AND EVA SANDLIN INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: AUSTIN COLLEGE BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS SID RICHARDSON CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUND OF AUSTIN COLLEGE OTHER CONTRIBUTORS: PEG AND BEN KEITH FRIENDS OF HAGERMAN NAT IONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SUMMERLEE FOUNDATION JOHN D.
    [Show full text]
  • PLANT SCIENCE Bulletin Fall 2014 Volume 60 Number 3
    PLANT SCIENCE Bulletin Fall 2014 Volume 60 Number 3 Scientists proudly state their profession! In This Issue.............. Botany 2014 in Boise: a fantastic The season of awards......p. 119 Rutgers University. combating event......p.114 plant blindness.....p. 159 From the Editor Reclaim the name: #Iamabotanist is the latest PLANT SCIENCE sensation on the internet! Well, perhaps this is a bit of BULLETIN an overstatement, but for those of us in the discipline, Editorial Committee it is a real ego boost and a bit of ground truthing. We do identify with our specialties and subdisciplines, Volume 60 but the overarching truth that we have in common Christopher Martine is that we are botanists! It is especially timely that (2014) in this issue we publish two articles directly relevant Department of Biology to reclaiming the name. “Reclaim” suggests that Bucknell University there was something very special in the past that Lewisburg, PA 17837 perhaps has lost its luster and value. A century ago [email protected] botany was a premier scientific discipline in the life sciences. It was taught in all the high schools and most colleges and universities. Leaders of the BSA Carolyn M. Wetzel were national leaders in science and many of them (2015) had their botanical roots in Cornell University, as Biology Department well documented by Ed Cobb in his article “Cornell Division of Health and University Celebrates its Botanical Roots.” While Natural Sciences Cornell is exemplary, many institutions throughout Holyoke Community College the country, and especially in the Midwest, were 303 Homestead Ave leading botany to a position of distinction in the Holyoke, MA 01040 development of U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Taxonomy and Arboretum Design
    Taxonomy and Arboretum Design Scot Medbury In the second half of the nineteenth century, arboreta joined natural history museums and zoological gardens as archetypal embodiments of the Victorian fascination with the natural world. Grouping plants by type is a familiar practice tions. This is especially problematic when the in North American gardens where small, sepa- concept is applied to a plant collection that rate collections of maples, oaks, or other gen- strives to be all-inclusive. The arboretum era are common features. Although it is now projects of the Olmsted landscape architec- unusual to follow a taxonomic scheme in the tural firms illustrate some of these problems layout of an entire garden, such arrangements and also exhibit how changes in plant tax- were the vogue in nineteenth-century botani- onomy were expressed in the landscape. cal gardens and arboreta. The plant collections Historical in these gardens were frequently grouped into Background families or genera and then planted out along The historical antecedents for arranging plant a winding pathway so that visitors encoun- collections taxonomically include the first Eu- tered specimens in a taxonomic sequence. ropean botanical garden, the Orto Botanica, Growing related plants together, in effect, founded in Pisa in 1543. The plants in this gar- organizes a collection into a living encyclope- den were grouped according to their medicinal dia, allowing for comparison of the character- properties and, by the end of the sixteenth cen- istics of species within a genus or genera tury, by morphological characteristics as well within a family. By planting related taxa in an (Hill 1915).
    [Show full text]
  • William Trelease
    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES W I L L I A M T RELEASE 1857—1945 A Biographical Memoir by L O U I S O T T O KUNKEL Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoir COPYRIGHT 1961 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON D.C. WILLIAM TRELEASE February 22, i8$j-]anuary 1, BY LOUIS OTTO KUNKEL ILLIAM TRELEASE is known as a plant taxonomist but his early Winterest in natural history indicated a preference for other fields. His first papers dealt largely with pollination of plants by in- sects and birds. Other early publications were on bacteria, parasitic fungi, and plant diseases. Some were entirely entomological. His thesis for the Doctor of Science degree at Harvard University was on "Zoogloeae and Related Forms." It probably was the first in this country in the field of bacteriology. But his later and perhaps deeper interests were in taxonomy. It is said that each epoch brings forth leaders to meet the demands of the time. A hundred years ago and for several decades thereafter the vast central and western portions of North America were being settled by pioneers who established homes in the forests and on the prairies. They also built cities but these remained relatively small for many years. Most of the scanty population lived on farms. It is not easy to picture or to comprehend fully the conditions and needs of those years. Americans of that time lived close to nature and were of necessity familiar with their local floras.
    [Show full text]
  • Crafting and Consuming an American Sonoran Desert: Global Visions, Regional Nature and National Meaning
    Crafting and Consuming an American Sonoran Desert: Global Visions, Regional Nature and National Meaning Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Burtner, Marcus Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 02/10/2021 04:13:17 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/268613 CRAFTING AND CONSUMING AN AMERICAN SONORAN DESERT: GLOBAL VISIONS, REGIONAL NATURE AND NATIONAL MEANING by Marcus Alexander Burtner ____________________________________ copyright © Marcus Alexander Burtner 2012 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2012 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Dissertation Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Marcus A. Burtner entitled “Crafting and Consuming an American Sonoran Desert: Global Visions, Regional Nature, and National Meaning.” and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy ____________________________________________________________Date: 1/7/13 Katherine Morrissey ____________________________________________________________Date: 1/7/13 Douglas Weiner ____________________________________________________________Date: 1/7/13 Jeremy Vetter ____________________________________________________________Date: 1/7/13 Jack C. Mutchler Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate's submission of the final copies of the dissertation to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this dissertation prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement.
    [Show full text]
  • 2009 Annual Report
    Green for 150 Years “Todiscoverandshareknowledge aboutplantsandtheirenvironment inordertopreserveandenrichlife.” -missionoftheMissouriBotanicalGarden Main Conservatory, 1906 Sustainability:Green for the Next 150 Years n 1859, the year Henry Shaw opened Because of its commitment to the Missouri Botanical Garden to sustainability, the Garden is considered the public, the world’s population a leading resource on the topic by was approximately 1.2 billion. corporations and governments at the One hundred fifty years later, that local, national, and global levels. In 2009, Inumber has skyrocketed to nearly 7 billion. the Garden’s EarthWays Center was Based on current projections, by 2050 the part of the winning team that earned population will have ballooned to 9 billion. the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ contract for management of Though our population has increased, Energize Missouri Communities, the state’s the planet isn’t getting any energy efficiency for municipalities bigger. We are competing for program. Visitors to the Garden increasingly scarce natural learned how to make more resources and using them sustainable choices through in ways that cannot be the EarthWays: Living the Green maintained over time Life exhibit, while the Garden without causing irreparable advanced its own sustainable harm to our world. Using operations by pursuing LEED and safeguarding those resources certification for the Monsanto Center. responsibly is more and more vital. And continuing to prove that you don’t Sustainability—meeting the needs have to consume trees to save trees, the of the current generation without Garden’s Get Growing education catalog compromising the resources available to is now available exclusively online, and future generations—is the foundation members can opt to receive their Bulletin of the strategic plan the Garden member magazine electronically.
    [Show full text]
  • The Growth of Botanical Science in Nineteenth Century St
    University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Theses Graduate Works 3-20-2013 Order Out of Chaos: The Growth of Botanical Science in Nineteenth Century St. Louis Nuala F. Caomhánach University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/thesis Recommended Citation Caomhánach, Nuala F., "Order Out of Chaos: The Growth of Botanical Science in Nineteenth Century St. Louis" (2013). Theses. 173. http://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/173 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Works at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Order Out of Chaos: The Growth of Botanical Science in Nineteenth Century St. Louis. Nuala F. Caomhánach M.A., History Department, University of Missouri–St. Louis, 2013 A Thesis Submitted to The Graduate School at the University of Missouri–St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in History May 2013 Advisory Committee Professor John Gillingham Chairperson Professor Steven Rowan Dr. Peter Raven Copyright, Nuala F. Caomhánach, 2013 Contents Abstract 3 Acknowledgements 4 Preface 7 Chapter 1. Introduction 11 Chapter 2. Order Out of Chaos 26 Chapter 3. Comprehending Minds 41 Chapter 4. As the Third City Ought To 56 Chapter 5. The Mississippian Kew 70 Chapter 6. Epilogue 83 Bibliography 87 2 Abstract Order out of Chaos: The Growth of Botanical Science in Nineteenth Century St. Louis This thesis places the botanical community in nineteenth century St. Louis back in the centre of the development of botanical science in the United States.
    [Show full text]
  • Marine Biological Laboratory
    THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORAtrORY. SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT, FOR THE YEAR • BOSTON: I894· TABLE OF CONTENTS . • PAGE Officers of the Marine Biological Laboratory, 1893 5 Investigators at the Laboratory during 1893 7 Students at the Laboratory during 1893 10 Annual Report of the Trustees to the Corporation 12 Annual Report of the Treasurer 18 Annual Report bf'the Director • 21 List of Life Members of the Corporation. 32 List'of Members of the Corporation 33 List of Donors and Gifts . 37 List of Annual Subscribers, 1893 37 , Incorporation 38 By-Laws 39 The Annual Circular for 1893 Announcement for: the Session of 1894 OFFICERS. \ SAMUEL H. SCUDDER, Preside1zt, Cambridge, Mass. -J WILLIAM K. BROOKS, Johns Hopkins University, 'Baltimore, Md. "SAMUEL F. CLARKE, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. 'FLORENCE M. CUSHING, 8 Walnut street, Boston. '"WILLIAM G, FARLOW, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. \j EDWARD G. GARDINER, 12 Otis Place, Boston. 'J WILLIAM LIBBEY, JR., College of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J. " J. PLAYFAIR McMuRRICH, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, O. 'I CHARLES S. MINOT, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. "" HENRY F. OSBORN, Columbia College, New York. 'J WILLIAM T. SEDGWICK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. '',j BENJ~MIN SHARP, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadel­ phia, Penn. "V GEORGIANA W. SMITH, 286 Marlborough street, Boston. " SIDNEY I. SMITH, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , WILLIAM TRELEASE, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. , EDMUND B.. WILSON, Columbia College, New York, N.Y. v R. RAMSAY WRIGHT, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. VEDWARD T. CABOT, Treasurer, 53 State street, Boston. \; ANNA PHILLIPS WILLIAMS, Secretary, 23 Marlborough street, Boston.
    [Show full text]
  • Henry Shaw's Garden
    Henry Shaw’s Garden: Part 1: History of the St. Louis region and Part 2: Development of the Missouri Botanical Garden David Bogler “To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life” —mission of the Missouri Botanical Garden A place for quiet reflection, peace, nature, and intellectual stimulation Photo: D. Bogler Part 1: History of the St. Louis Region From earliest times to the Civil War Iceland’s Múlajökull Glacier with its surrounding drumlins http://iowapublicradio.org/term/pleistocene-epoch How St. Louis may have looked in the Illinoian glacial advance Missouri in the Pleistocene Cahokia Mounds REU 2012 Cahokia The Big Mound in St. Louis, leveled in 1869 These mounds were built by the Mississippian culture that thrived in this area between 900 A.D. and 1300 A.D. French Explorers Native Americans Founding of St. Louis, Feb. 15, 1764 • Pierre Laclede, born in France • Marie Chouteau, had 4 children with Laclede • Auguste Chouteau, Pierre Maria Auguste Laclede’s stepson • Established St. Louis as a fur trading post in 1764 • Named in honor of the French King, Louis IX Fur Trading Soulard Market – since 1779 Area in St. Louis given to Antoine Soulard, surveyor general of Upper Louisiana, by the Spanish governor in the 1790s, as payment for his services. Soulard's widow, Julia, stipulated in her will that two city blocks be given to the City of St. Louis for use as a public market. She died on May 9, 1845. Her bequest survives today in the form of the Soulard Market.
    [Show full text]