Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 50

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Metcalf and Company, 1915
Vol. 12 (from May 1876 to May 1877) includes: Researches in telephony / by A. Graham Bell.
 

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Página 408 - Vols. 1-47, $5 each. Discount to booksellers 25%; to members 50%, or for whole sets 60%. The individual articles may be obtained separately. A price list of recent articles is printed on the inside pages of the cover of the Proceedings. Complete Works of Count Rumford. 4 vols., $5.00 each. Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, with Notices of his Daughter.
Página 337 - DAEDALUS, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-491-2600.
Página 232 - When any persons happen to be possessed of paper money which from long use has become damaged, they carry it to the mint, where, upon the payment of only three per cent, they may receive fresh notes in exchange. Should any be desirous of procuring gold or silver for the purposes of manufacture, such as of drinking cups, girdles, or other articles wrought of these metals, they in like manner apply at the mint, and for their paper obtain the bullion they require.
Página 387 - Vice-Presidents (one from each Class), a Corresponding Secretary (who shall be Secretary of the Council), a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, all of whom shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, and shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until others are duly chosen and installed. There shall be also twelve Councillors, one from each Section of each Class.
Página 232 - The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and ceremony as if it were actually of pure gold or silver; for to each note a...
Página 231 - In this city of Kanbalu is the mint of the Grand Khan, who may truly be said to possess the secret of the alchemists, as he has the art of producing money by the following process.
Página 390 - Academy as may seem to them likely to promote its interests. CHAPTER VII ThE TREASURER AND THE TREASURY ARTICLE 1 . The Treasurer shall collect all money due or payable to the Academy, and all gifts and bequests made to it. He shall pay all bills due...
Página 344 - Paton acted as secretary. Among those who took part in the conference were Dr. WH Welch, of Baltimore ; Dr. Janeway, of New York ; Dr. Abbott, of Philadelphia; Dr. Herter, of New York; Dr. Barker, of Chicago ; Dr.
Página 232 - ... that which is manufactured from cotton, but quite black. When ready for use, he has it cut into pieces of money of different sizes, nearly square, but somewhat longer than they are wide. Of these, the smallest pass for a...
Página 232 - When thus coined in large quantities, this paper currency is circulated in every part of the Great Khan's dominions; nor dares any person, at the peril of his life, refuse to accept it in payment. All his subjects receive it without hesitation, because, wherever their business may call them, they can dispose of it again in the purchase of merchandise they may require; such as pearls, jewels, gold, or silver. With it, in short, every article may be procured...

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