James Smithson and His BequestSmithsonian Institution., 1880 - 68 oldal |
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61. oldal
... carbonate of lime , if only that it was a compound of lime , carbon or diamond , and oxygen . In fact totally dissimilar sub- stances may have the same ultimate elements , and even probably in pre- cisely the same proportions ; nitrate ...
... carbonate of lime , if only that it was a compound of lime , carbon or diamond , and oxygen . In fact totally dissimilar sub- stances may have the same ultimate elements , and even probably in pre- cisely the same proportions ; nitrate ...
18. oldal
... carbonate of lime . The following experiments were made to obtain a more certain knowledge of these ores ; and their ... limestone . It was not however at all crys- talline , but of the dull earthy appearance of chalk , though , on ...
... carbonate of lime . The following experiments were made to obtain a more certain knowledge of these ores ; and their ... limestone . It was not however at all crys- talline , but of the dull earthy appearance of chalk , though , on ...
22. oldal
... carbonate of lime , of the form of Fig . 28 , Plate IV . of the Cristallo- graphie of RoмÉ DE L'ISLE . The smallness of these calamine crystals , and a want of sharpness , rendered it impossible to determine their form with certainty ...
... carbonate of lime , of the form of Fig . 28 , Plate IV . of the Cristallo- graphie of RoмÉ DE L'ISLE . The smallness of these calamine crystals , and a want of sharpness , rendered it impossible to determine their form with certainty ...
25. oldal
... carbonate of zinc , on crystals of carbonate of lime . Their form seems , as far as their minuteness and compression together would allow of judging , nearly or quite the same as that of those from Regbania ; and the least atom of them ...
... carbonate of zinc , on crystals of carbonate of lime . Their form seems , as far as their minuteness and compression together would allow of judging , nearly or quite the same as that of those from Regbania ; and the least atom of them ...
28. oldal
... lime and carbonate of lead , in the calamine analysed , and also to some portion of water , which is un- doubtedly contained , in the state of moisture , in so porous and bibulous a body . It has also appeared , in the experiments on ...
... lime and carbonate of lead , in the calamine analysed , and also to some portion of water , which is un- doubtedly contained , in the state of moisture , in so porous and bibulous a body . It has also appeared , in the experiments on ...
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26. oldal - Smithson should be invested, when received, by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President of the United States...
53. oldal - I shall acquire ampler iinforination at more voluminous sources — to a conviction that it is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals which inhabit the earth with him, and consequently that no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil...
15. oldal - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
108. oldal - Like the baseless fabric of a vision, Left not a wreck behind.
15. oldal - A glance at the names of a few of the great organizations instituted in different parts of the world at the close of the last and beginning of the present century will...
21. oldal - In case of the death of my said nephew without leaving a child or children, or of the death of the child or children he may have had, under the age of twenty-one years, or intestate, I then bequeath the whole of my property (subject to the annuity of...
54. oldal - Paris, 1819. Bibliotheca Parisiana. A catalogue of a collection of books formed by a gentleman in France.
16. oldal - Society was to improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful arts, manufactures, mechanick practises, engynes and inventions by experiments — (not meddling with divinity, metaphysics, moralls, politicks, grammar, rhetorick, or logick.)
22. oldal - In this committee great opposi tion was manifested at first to the acceptance of the bequest, but this yielded to the arguments and persuasion of the distinguished chairman, Mr. John Q. Adams. A bill was accordingly reported, directing the President to appoint an agent to assert and prosecute for and in behalf of the United States in the court of chancery, England, the legacy bequeathed by James Smithson.