﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  123 
  

  

  The 
  Nucleus 
  of 
  the 
  Atom, 
  by 
  J. 
  A. 
  CrowtUer 
  

  

  The 
  Centenary 
  of 
  Augustin 
  Fresnel, 
  by 
  E. 
  M. 
  Autoniadi. 
  

  

  Soaring 
  Flight, 
  by 
  Wolfgang 
  Klemperer. 
  

  

  The 
  Coming 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Coal 
  Age, 
  by 
  Edwin 
  E. 
  Slosson, 
  

  

  Is 
  the 
  Earth 
  Growing 
  Old? 
  By 
  Josef 
  Felix 
  Pompeckj. 
  

  

  Geological 
  Climates, 
  by 
  W. 
  B 
  Scott. 
  

  

  The 
  Geologic 
  Romance 
  of 
  the 
  Finger 
  Lakes, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Herman 
  F. 
  Fairchild. 
  

  

  Fossil 
  Marine 
  Faunas 
  as 
  Indicators 
  of 
  Climatic 
  Conditions, 
  by 
  Edwin 
  Kirk. 
  

  

  Paleontology 
  and 
  Human 
  Relations, 
  by 
  Stuart 
  Weller. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  North 
  Pole, 
  by 
  Lincoln 
  Ellsworth. 
  

  

  Bird 
  Banding 
  in 
  America, 
  by 
  Frederick 
  C. 
  Lincoln. 
  

  

  The 
  Distribution 
  of 
  Fresh-water 
  Fishes, 
  by 
  David 
  Siarr 
  Jordan. 
  

  

  The 
  Mind 
  of 
  an 
  Insect, 
  by 
  R. 
  E. 
  Snodgrass. 
  

  

  The 
  Evidence 
  Bearing 
  on 
  Man's 
  Evolution, 
  by 
  Ales 
  Hrdlicka. 
  

  

  The 
  Origins 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Civilization, 
  by 
  Henri 
  Maspero. 
  

  

  Archeology 
  in 
  China, 
  by 
  Liang 
  Chi-Chao. 
  

  

  Indian 
  Villages 
  of 
  Southeast 
  Alaska, 
  by 
  Herbert 
  W. 
  Krieger. 
  

  

  The 
  Interpretation 
  of 
  Aboriginal 
  Mounds 
  by 
  Means 
  of 
  Creek 
  Indian 
  Customs, 
  

   by 
  John 
  R. 
  Swanton. 
  

  

  Friederich 
  Kurz, 
  Artist-Explorer, 
  by 
  David 
  I. 
  Bushnell, 
  jr. 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Principles 
  and 
  Process 
  of 
  X-Ray 
  Examination 
  of 
  Paintings, 
  by 
  

   Alan 
  Burroughs. 
  

  

  The 
  Lengthening 
  of 
  Human 
  Life 
  in 
  Retmspect 
  and 
  Prospect, 
  by 
  Irving 
  Fisher. 
  

  

  Charles 
  Doolittle 
  Walcott, 
  by 
  George 
  Otis 
  Smith. 
  

  

  William 
  Healey 
  Dall, 
  by 
  C. 
  Hart 
  Merriam. 
  

  

  Report 
  for 
  WBS. 
  — 
  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   ceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  the 
  report 
  

   of 
  the 
  secretary, 
  both 
  forming 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  to 
  Congress, 
  were 
  issued 
  in 
  December, 
  1928. 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  and 
  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1928. 
  14 
  pp. 
  (Publ. 
  

   2979.) 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  

   30, 
  1928. 
  147 
  pp. 
  (Publ. 
  2978.) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report, 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  press 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  contains 
  the 
  following 
  papers 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Wider 
  Aspects 
  of 
  Cosmogony, 
  by 
  J. 
  H. 
  Jeans. 
  

   The 
  Stars 
  in 
  Action, 
  by 
  Alfred 
  H. 
  Joy. 
  

   Island 
  Galaxies, 
  by 
  A. 
  Vibert 
  Douglas. 
  

   Astronomical 
  Telescopes, 
  by 
  F. 
  G. 
  Pease. 
  

  

  New 
  Results 
  on 
  Cosmic 
  Rays, 
  by 
  R. 
  A. 
  Millikan 
  and 
  G. 
  H. 
  Cameron. 
  

   Three 
  Centuries 
  of 
  Natural 
  Philosophy, 
  by 
  W. 
  F. 
  G. 
  Swanu. 
  

   The 
  Hypothesis 
  of 
  Continental 
  Displacement, 
  by 
  C. 
  Schuchert. 
  

   On 
  Continental 
  Fragmentation 
  and 
  the 
  Geologic 
  Bearing 
  of 
  the 
  Moon's 
  Sur- 
  

   ficial 
  Features, 
  by 
  Joseph 
  Ban-ell. 
  

   The 
  " 
  Craters 
  of 
  the 
  Moon 
  " 
  in 
  Idaho, 
  by 
  H. 
  T. 
  Stearns. 
  

   The 
  Oldest 
  Known 
  Petrified 
  Forest, 
  by 
  W. 
  Goldriiig. 
  

   Water 
  Divining, 
  by 
  J. 
  W. 
  Gregory. 
  

  

  Some 
  Problems 
  of 
  Polar 
  Geography, 
  by 
  R. 
  N. 
  Rudmose 
  Brown. 
  

   Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Past 
  in 
  North 
  America, 
  by 
  Alexander 
  Wetraore. 
  

  

  