Word: corals
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...days from San Francisco and eleven days from Japan. The modern improvements are not confined to the steamers, for electric cars and telephones are as common in Hawaii as in the cities of the western United States. The old natives, and the ancient church, built of solid coral blocks, are now the only remains of the native kingdom. The climate is that of the tropics and the bathing is unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this one mans a dug-out canoe built with an outrigger, and paddles about half...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "Bilateral Symmetry in a Living Coral." Mr. J. W. Mavor. Zoological Laboratory, 4th floor, Room...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "Bilateral Symmetry in a Living Coral." Mr. J. W. Mavor. Zoological Laboratory, 4th floor, Room...
...success of the undertaking by providing a launch, with crew, sail and row boats, and horses and carriages. A laboratory has been built and furnished with the apparatus usually provided in modern marine laboratories, and ample facilities will be afforded for collecting the animals and plants of the coral reefs, lagoons and shores of the islands. The opportunities offered are designed for individual research and no formal instruction will be given. The expedition will be open to all students of botany and zoology, who have taken enough work in these subjects to enable them to profit by independent study...
...spring meeting of National Academy of Sciences, held in the United States National Museum in Washington, April 15 to 18, the following were among the speakers: Professor T. W. Richards on "The Atomic Weight of Caesium," and "The Significance of Changing Atomic Volume;" Professor Alexander Agassiz on "Coral Reefs;" Professor C. S. Minot on Dr. H. P. Bowditch's "The Physiological Station on Monte Rosa;" Professor E. C. Pickering on "The Distribution of the Stars and the Variability in Light of Eros...