Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution: For the Year Ending June 30, 1911When the same period is selected by more than one student the earliest application is considered first, the approval of the later ones becoming necessarily dependent on the ability of the station to pro vide for more than one Smithsonian appointee at the same time. It should be added that the obliging courtesy shown in this connec tion to appointees of the Smithsonian Institution by the director of the station often permits appointments to the seat which would otherwise be impracticable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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