 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1856
...surveys of the mounds and other remains of the ancient people of our country. .DETAILS OF THE PLAN FOR DIFFUSING. KNOWLEDGE I. By the publication of a series of reports, giving «;1 account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1848
...fulfil the other objects of the trust, viz. to ' diffuse knowledge,' the Secretary proposes to publish ' a series of reports, giving an account of the new...branches of knowledge not strictly professional.' These reports are to be prepared by collaborators most eminent in their several departments, who are... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1848
...fulfil the other objects of the trust, viz. to ' diffuse knowledge,' the Secretary proposes to publish ' a series of reports, giving an account of the new...branches of knowledge not strictly professional.' These reports are to be prepared by collaborators most eminent in their several departments, who are... | |
 | 1848
...PLAN FOR DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE. I. By the publication of a series of report*, giving an account of Ike. new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in alt branches of knowledge not strictly professional. 1. These reports will diffuse a kind of knowledge... | |
 | 1848
...To diffuse knowtedgf. B.' publi^hin'fa series of Reports, eivinz an aceonut of the uew diccoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all brunc'ies of kno.vlcd^c not profeabional. By publiahin^ separate treatises ou subjects of ^ene./al... | |
 | 1849
...accurate surveys of places celebrated in American history. DETAILS OF THE FLAN FOR DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE. L By the publication of a series of reports, giving...all branches of knowledge not strictly professional. \. These reports will diffuse a kind of knowledge generally interesting, but which, at present, is... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1849
...other remains of the ancient people of our country. I. To diffuse Knowledge, it is proposed to publish a Series of Reports, giving an account of the new...branches of Knowledge not strictly professional. 1. Some of these reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the income of the Institution... | |
 | 1849
...other remains of the ancient people of our country. I. To diffuse Knowledge, it is proposed to publish a Series of Reports, giving an account of the new...branches of Knowledge not strictly professional. 1. Some of these reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the income of the Institution... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1849
...other remains of the ancient people of our country. I. To diffuse Knowledge, it is proposed to publish a Series of Reports, giving an account of the new...branches of Knowledge not strictly professional. 1. Some of these reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the income of the Institution... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1849
...ancient people of our country. I. To diffuse Knowledge, it is proposed to publish a Series of Heports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science,...branches of Knowledge not strictly professional. 1. Some of these reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the income of the Institution... | |
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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... 
