Word: surveyed
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...astronomical expedition which the authorities at Harvard University have so long contemplated is now fairly started on its journey South. Primarily, the object of the expedition is to make a complete survey of the southern heavens to supplement the survey of the northem heavens which has been going on the last six years at Cambridge. As three-fourths of the survey has been accomplished here at Cambridge it will not be necessary for the expedition to remain in the South more than two years to finish it entirely...
Professor Agassiz's new book, "A Contribution to American Thalassography," supplies a vacant place in the literature of oceanic basins. The book is the result of several cruises on board the steamer "Blake" of the U. S. Coast Survey. The materials collected furnish valuable information for the study of animal life in deep water, and the conclusions arrived at cause new views to be taken of the former positions of the continents and of the history of submarine deposits. Considerable space is devoted to the discussion of the geological history of Florida. Louis Agassiz asserted that the formations of Florida...
...first volume of that magazine. The year has been very successful, both in the great interest which has been awakened in the Review and in the high standard of the articles which have been contributed. The leading article of the present number is the third part of the "Brief Survey of Equity Jurisdiction," by Prof. C. C. Langdell, of the Law School. Prof. Langdell is regarded as one of the leading authorities in the country on this subject, and he has gathered into the pages printed in the Review, some of the results of years of study. The work...
...work is profusely illustrated and is printed with admirable type. In it will be found a survey of all knowledge which is illustrate by the English language, and the price is hardly more than commonly charged for a dictionary alone. The work is in several volumes, only one of which has as yet appeared. The others will soon follow. J. B. Alden, publisher, 393 Pearl street, New York...
Professor Shaler is at present in Florida surveying in the interest of the United States Survey...