Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1869 |
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... receiving contributions from other parts of this continent . Thus , as far as the more common species are concerned , the middle and northern States may be said to be tolera- bly well represented in this volume , the regions west of the ...
... receiving contributions from other parts of this continent . Thus , as far as the more common species are concerned , the middle and northern States may be said to be tolera- bly well represented in this volume , the regions west of the ...
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... received from that region , and are of special interest in regard to Oölogy . The last invoice from Mr. Macfarlane is fully equal to those with which he has favored the Institution in previous years , and entitles him to the credit of ...
... received from that region , and are of special interest in regard to Oölogy . The last invoice from Mr. Macfarlane is fully equal to those with which he has favored the Institution in previous years , and entitles him to the credit of ...
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... received from Mr. Donald Gunn , and of insects and birds from the vicinity of Hudson's bay from Mr. James Lockhart and Mr. B. R. Ross , to both of whom acknowledgments for valuable services have been frequently rendered in previous ...
... received from Mr. Donald Gunn , and of insects and birds from the vicinity of Hudson's bay from Mr. James Lockhart and Mr. B. R. Ross , to both of whom acknowledgments for valuable services have been frequently rendered in previous ...
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... received from Alaska , viz : those made by Mr. Bischoff , at Kodiak ; and by Dr. Minor , in various localities visited during the cruise of the Wayanda ; others still , from Captain White , of the same steamer ; also from Captain Howard ...
... received from Alaska , viz : those made by Mr. Bischoff , at Kodiak ; and by Dr. Minor , in various localities visited during the cruise of the Wayanda ; others still , from Captain White , of the same steamer ; also from Captain Howard ...
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... received and are now awaiting their examination and final disposition . Another exploration which will be mentioned under the head of ethnology , was conducted by Dr. E. Palmer , in the Indian territory , the collections from which were ...
... received and are now awaiting their examination and final disposition . Another exploration which will be mentioned under the head of ethnology , was conducted by Dr. E. Palmer , in the Indian territory , the collections from which were ...
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Сторінка 7 - The property is bequeathed 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.
Сторінка 8 - To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed — 1. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches, by offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths ; and, 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income for particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons.
Сторінка 9 - ... of literary and scientific societies, and copies to be given to all the colleges and principal libraries in this country. One part of the remaining copies may be offered for sale, and the other carefully preserved, to form complete sets of the work, to supply the demand from new institutions.
Сторінка 10 - The following are some of the subjects which may be embraced in the reports:* I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 1. Physics, including astronomy, natural philosophy, chemistry, and meteorology. 2. Natural history, including botany, zoology, geology, &c. 3. Agriculture. 4. Application of science to arts. II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiquities, &c.
Сторінка 11 - It is believed that the collections in natural history will increase by donation as rapidly as the income of the Institution can make provision for their reception, and therefore it will seldom be necessary to purchase articles of this kind.
Сторінка 11 - With reference to the collection of books, other than those mentioned above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States should be procured, in order that the valuable books first purchased may oe such as are not to be found in the United States.
Сторінка 8 - No memoir on subjects of physical science to be accepted for publication which does not furnish, a positive addition to human knowledge, resting on original research; and all unverified speculations to be rejected.
Сторінка 294 - Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot ; so what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.
Сторінка 292 - The optic nerve passes from the brain to the back of the eyeball and there spreads out, to form the retina, a web of nerve filaments, on which the images of external objects are projected by the optical portion of the eye. This nerve is limited to the apprehension of the phenomena of radiation, and, notwithstanding its marvellous sensibility to certain impressions of this class, it is singularly obtuse to other impressions.
Сторінка 11 - Resolved, That hereafter the annual appropriations shall be apportioned specifically among the different objects and operations of the Institution, in such manner as may, in the judgment of the Regents, be necessary and proper for each, according to its intrinsic importance, and a compliance in good faith with the law.