Annual Report of the Secretary of the NavyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1877 - Naval art and science |
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Page 105 - SIR: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the Weather Bureau during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1906.
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Page 310 - Observer' at a salary of 100£ per annum, his duty being 'forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation.
Page 271 - Estimated amount which will be required for each detailed object of expenditure. Total amount to be appropriated under each head of appropriation.
Page 248 - September 16, 1903. GENERAL: In compliance with the instructions contained in your letter of the 10th instant, I have the honor to submit estimates for "a number of turning basins" in the Calumet River, as recommended by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.
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Page 103 - ... compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship's ways, and leads and other appliances for sounding : lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship...
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