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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9. oldal
... earth , of the velocity of electricity , and of light ; chemical analyses of soils and plants ; collection and publication of scientific facts , accumulated in the offices of government . ( 4. ) Institution of statistical inquiries with ...
... earth , of the velocity of electricity , and of light ; chemical analyses of soils and plants ; collection and publication of scientific facts , accumulated in the offices of government . ( 4. ) Institution of statistical inquiries with ...
25. oldal
... earth's atmosphere . The labors of Mr. Meech have since been directed to the partial absorption or extinction which the rays experience in passing through the atmosphere to the earth's surface . The phenomenon is one of special interest ...
... earth's atmosphere . The labors of Mr. Meech have since been directed to the partial absorption or extinction which the rays experience in passing through the atmosphere to the earth's surface . The phenomenon is one of special interest ...
26. oldal
... earth's surface . The same pro- cess applied to the mean of observations made with Herschel's actino- meter on the Faulhorn and at Brientz , in Switzerland , leads to precisely the same result when reduced to the sea level . 6. A ...
... earth's surface . The same pro- cess applied to the mean of observations made with Herschel's actino- meter on the Faulhorn and at Brientz , in Switzerland , leads to precisely the same result when reduced to the sea level . 6. A ...
28. oldal
... earth , with sufficient accuracy for a first approximation . It consequently saves much labor , and obviates , to a considerable extent , the liability to larger errors in the numerical calculations . The eclipse here mentioned was ...
... earth , with sufficient accuracy for a first approximation . It consequently saves much labor , and obviates , to a considerable extent , the liability to larger errors in the numerical calculations . The eclipse here mentioned was ...
35. oldal
... earth . No appropriation has been made for the last two years for the pur- chase and distribution of instruments other than rain - gages and ther- mometers . The attempt to furnish barometers to important stations at a distance has not ...
... earth . No appropriation has been made for the last two years for the pur- chase and distribution of instruments other than rain - gages and ther- mometers . The attempt to furnish barometers to important stations at a distance has not ...
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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.