Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution, 1873 |
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Сторінка 7 - 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.
Сторінка 99 - ... of the second part and the survivors and survivor of them, and the executors, administrators, and assigns of such survivor...
Сторінка 13 - I bequeath the whole of my property 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 85 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the deceased.
Сторінка 10 - ... 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.
Сторінка 21 - Tables and Results of the Precipitation, in Rain and Snow, in the United States, and at some stations in adjacent parts of North America, and in Central and South America.
Сторінка 378 - The Indians bring downe all their sorts of Furs, which they take in the countrey, both to the Indians and to the English for this Indian Money...
Сторінка 96 - Georgia, parties of the second part, witnesseth : That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of...
Сторінка 386 - ... of an inch In thickness. Holding the piece against the anvil with the thumb and finger of his left hand, he commenced a series of continuous blows, every one of which chipped off fragments of the brittle substance.
Сторінка 11 - Regents, including these objects in the plan of organization, resolved to divide the income * into two equal parts. 2. One part to be appropriated to increase and diffuse knowledge by means of publications and researches, agreeably to the scheme before given. The other part to be appropriated to the formation of a library and a collection of objects of nature and of art. 3. These two plans are not incompatible with one another.