Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Volume V. 48 (1909)
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Volume V. 48 (1909)

Author: American Philosophical Society

Publisher: Arkose Press

Published: 2015-10-24

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9781345252668

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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia, Vol. 48
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia, Vol. 48

Author: American Philosophical Society

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-26

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 9781331989004

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Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia, Vol. 48: For Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1909 The General Meeting of 1910 will be held on April 21st to 23rd, beginning at 2 p. m. on Thursday, April 21st. Members desiring to present papers, either for themselves or other, are requested to send to the Secretaries, at as early a date as practicable, and not later than March 19, 1910, the titles of these papers, so that they may be announced on the programme which will be issued immediately thereafter, and which will give in detail the arrangements for the meeting. Papers in any department of science come within the scope of the Society, which, as its name indicates, embraces the whole field of useful knowledge. The Publication Committee, under the rules of the Society, will arrange the immediate publication of the papers presented. Members who have not as yet sent their photographs to the Society will confer a favor by so doing; cabinet size preferred. 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.

Antarctica
Antarctica

Author: David Day

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-01-24

Total Pages: 1794

ISBN-13: 0191650072

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For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain Cook sailed further south than any of his rivals but still failed to sight land. It was not until 1820 that the continent's frozen coast was finally sighted. Territorial rivalry intensified in the 1840s when British, American, and French expeditions sailed south to chart further portions of the continent that had come to be called Antarctica. For the nearly two centuries since, the race to claim exclusive possession of Antarctica has gripped the imagination of the world. Antarctica: A Biography is the first ever major international history of this forbidding continent - from the eighteenth century voyages of discovery to the fierce rivalries of today, as governments, scientists, environmentalists, and oil companies compete for control. On one level it is the story of explorers battling the elements in the most hostile place on earth as they strive for personal triumph, commercial gain, and national glory. On a deeper level, it is the story of nations seeking to incorporate the Antarctic into their own national stories - and to claim its frozen wastes as their own.