Flashcards on Edward Thorndike's Animal Intelligence
Edward Thorndike's Animal Intelligence: A Student Guide
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Botany and Agriculture
10 cards
Card 1
Question: What society's Eighteenth Annual Meeting proceedings are referenced in the botanical notes section?
Answer: The Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society (as cited in the botanical notes).
Card 2
Question: Which individual proposed extending the association's formal systems into other countries?
Answer: Mr. Bryan Donkin, an English member of the association, proposed the extension.
Card 3
Question: What action is suggested after the American Society led the way in instituting formal programs?
Answer: Steps should be taken to secure general adoption of these systems throughout the world.
Card 4
Question: Which speaker presented a concise discussion of principal points to consider when patenting new devices?
Answer: Mr. James See presented that discussion.
Card 5
Question: What topic did Mr. W. H. Bryan discuss that relates to economics in engineering?
Answer: He discussed 'Relations Between the Purchaser, the Engineer and the Manufacturer.'
Card 6
Question: What industry did Mr. G. A. Lowry outline the development of, including inventions that advanced it?
Answer: The industry of ginning and baling cotton.
Card 7
Question: Which contributors discussed construction, setting, and details of steam-boiler practice?
Answer: Messrs. Woolson, Baker, Norton, Cole, Johnson and others.
Card 8
Question: What investigation results did Mr. Benjamin detail?
Answer: Results of investigation of the strength of cast-iron cylinders.
Card 9
Question: What did Professor Carpenter report on from Sibley College researches?
Answer: The properties of aluminum alloys and various other useful metals, and experiments on a remarkable new seamless tube.
Card 10
Question: What novel tools did Dr. Thurston illustrate for representing laws of variation in strength of materials and steam engine economics?
Answer: Novel 'Graphic Diagrams and Glyptic Models' devised for his research in those departments.