Word: fijis
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Warren Ethnological Gallery of the Peabody Museum was opened to the public on Thursday. It contains a very valuable collection of clothing, ornaments, spears, models of boats and similar objects collected in Australia, Polynesia, Hawaii, Samoa, the Fiji Islands, and the Northwest coast of America. The collection is now being labelled...
...Alexander Agassiz delivered a very interesting lecture in Sanders Theatre last evening on the results of his recent investigations of coral growths about the Fiji Islands. Mr. Agassiz took as his subject, "The Present State of the Theories of the Formation of Coral Reefs," and said in part: The theory of Darwin was that the formation of attols or coral barrier reefs was due to the subsidence of the district where they are situated. Dana's observations seemed greatly to strengthen the theory and its very simplicity gained it popularity. The first tangible objection to the theory was found...
...Alexander Agassiz will give an address in Sanders Theatre this evening at eight o'clock on "The Present State of the Theories of the Formation of Coral Reefs." The object of his recent explorations in the Fiji Islands was for the purpose of testing the theory, originated by Darwin, to account for the peculiar forms of coral reefs. The results of these explorations and their bearing on the subject will be given in tonight's lecture...
...Alexander Agassiz has recently returned to Cambridge from an expedition to the Fiji Islands, where he has been studying coral reef formation for several months. The trip was successful in every way and Mr. Agassiz is to give the results of his studies in a public lecture in Cambridge on Thursday evening, March...
Last Saturday, Mr. Agassiz, Dr. Woodworth and Dr. Mayer set out on a research trip to the Fiji Islands to study the coral reefs in that neighborhood. It is expected that they will remain there throughout the winter. During Dr. Woodworth's absence, Dr. Castle will take his courses at the Museum...