Information on the National Academy's collections, 1978.

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Information on the National Academy's collections, 1978.

Two brief histories of the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Academy of Science (U. S.), by F. K. Richtmyer, with lists of committees, publications, and officers and members of the Division of Physical Sciences, 1918-1932, gathered from a 1978 American Institute of Physics survey.

21 pages.

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...