Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution, 1859 Vols for 1849-1963/64 include "General appendix to the Smithsonian report" (varies slightly) |
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10. oldal
... journals and publica- tions , domestic and foreign , necessary to the compilation of his report ; to be paid a certain sum for his labors , and to be named on the title- page of the report . 4. The reports to be published in separate ...
... journals and publica- tions , domestic and foreign , necessary to the compilation of his report ; to be paid a certain sum for his labors , and to be named on the title- page of the report . 4. The reports to be published in separate ...
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... journal intended to promote the study of mathematics in this country . The plan and execution of this work are such as to commend it to all who are interested in the advance of the important branch of knowledge to which it pertains ...
... journal intended to promote the study of mathematics in this country . The plan and execution of this work are such as to commend it to all who are interested in the advance of the important branch of knowledge to which it pertains ...
47. oldal
... Journal of Science . American Oriental Society .. W. P. Blake ........ No. of packages . 2 188 6 20 1 5 16 Prof. J. D. Dana ... Yale College ..... 49464 14 Philadelphia , Pa.- Academy of Natural Sciences ..... 151 American Philosophical ...
... Journal of Science . American Oriental Society .. W. P. Blake ........ No. of packages . 2 188 6 20 1 5 16 Prof. J. D. Dana ... Yale College ..... 49464 14 Philadelphia , Pa.- Academy of Natural Sciences ..... 151 American Philosophical ...
48. oldal
... Journal .. Cambridge Observatory . Harvard College .. Professor L. Agassiz .. Number packages . of 18 7 1 11 10 59 46 10 89N 2 10 8 2-2243E 12 9 27 16 Professor Asa Gray . 13 Professor Peirce ..... 11 Charleston , S. C.- Elliott Society ...
... Journal .. Cambridge Observatory . Harvard College .. Professor L. Agassiz .. Number packages . of 18 7 1 11 10 59 46 10 89N 2 10 8 2-2243E 12 9 27 16 Professor Asa Gray . 13 Professor Peirce ..... 11 Charleston , S. C.- Elliott Society ...
77. oldal
... J. A. PEARCE , A. D. BACHE , Executive Committee . * General J. G. Totten , the other member of the executive committee , is now in Europe JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES . 77.
... J. A. PEARCE , A. D. BACHE , Executive Committee . * General J. G. Totten , the other member of the executive committee , is now in Europe JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES . 77.
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7. oldal - I mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
211. oldal - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
13. oldal - That, in proportion as suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington...
9. oldal - The emphasis upon publications as a means of diffusing knowledge was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph Henry articulated a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge not strictly professional.
11. oldal - Also catalogues of memoirs, and of books in foreign libraries, and other materials, should be collected for rendering the institution a centre of bibliographical knowledge, whence the student may be directed to any work which he may require.
9. oldal - ... 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made. (1.) System of extended meteorological observations for solving the problem of American storms.
11. oldal - With reference to the collection of books, other than those mentioned above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States...
8. oldal - In order to make up for the loss of time occasioned by the delay of eight years in establishing the Institution, a considerable portion of the interest which has accrued should be added to the principal.
8. oldal - It should be recollected that mankind in general are to be benefited by the bequest, and that, therefore, all unnecessary expenditure on local objects would be a perversion of the trust. 14. Besides the foregoing considerations deduced immediately from the will of Smithson, regard must be had to certain requirements of the act of Congress establishing the...
7. oldal - These two objects should not be confounded with one another. The first is to enlarge the existing stock of knowledge by the addition of new truths ; and the second, to disseminate knowledge, thus increased, among men. 6. The will makes no restriction in favor of any particular kind of knowledge ; hence all branches are entitled to a share of attention.