Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1858 |
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... high appreciation of the gift on the part of the Board , and a letter of acknowledgment to Miss Contaxaki . A letter was read from Sir George Simpson , expressing the desire and intention of the agents of the Hudson's Bay Company to co ...
... high appreciation of the gift on the part of the Board , and a letter of acknowledgment to Miss Contaxaki . A letter was read from Sir George Simpson , expressing the desire and intention of the agents of the Hudson's Bay Company to co ...
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... high theory in physical science , have placed him among the first in his country of the great contributors to knowledge , clarum et venerabile nomen . Resolved , That while we deplore the loss of this great and good man , who has done ...
... high theory in physical science , have placed him among the first in his country of the great contributors to knowledge , clarum et venerabile nomen . Resolved , That while we deplore the loss of this great and good man , who has done ...
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... high up the slopes of mountains . There was much speculation among scientific men as to the origin of these shells . They were attributed by some to the deluge , by others more truly to gradual and permanent changes in the relative ...
... high up the slopes of mountains . There was much speculation among scientific men as to the origin of these shells . They were attributed by some to the deluge , by others more truly to gradual and permanent changes in the relative ...
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... high rank among the inductive sciences , both in respect to the certainty of her conclusions , and , still more , the nobleness of her con- ceptions and the absorbing interest of her subjects . I might have gone still further , and ...
... high rank among the inductive sciences , both in respect to the certainty of her conclusions , and , still more , the nobleness of her con- ceptions and the absorbing interest of her subjects . I might have gone still further , and ...
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... high authority , although the peat swamps of the Mississippi are annually flooded by river water they are entirely untouched by river mud . These favored spots are surrounded , particularly on the side next the river , by dense ...
... high authority , although the peat swamps of the Mississippi are annually flooded by river water they are entirely untouched by river mud . These favored spots are surrounded , particularly on the side next the river , by dense ...
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Página 9 - 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.
Página 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.
Página 12 - January, 1847, requiring an equal division of the income between the active operations and the museum and library, when the buildings are completed, be and it is hereby repealed.
Página 8 - 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. To DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed — 1. To publish a series of periodical reports on the progress of the different branches of knowledge; and, 2 To publish occasionally separate treatises on subjects of general interest.
Página 12 - Art-Union and other similar societies. 12. A small appropriation should annually be made for models of antiquities, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, &c. 13. For the present, or until the building is fully completed, besides the Secretary, no permanent assistant will be required, except one, to act as librarian. 14. The Secretary, by the law of Congress, is alone responsible to the Regents.
Página 10 - ... Agriculture. 4. Application of science to arts. II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 5. .Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiquities, &c. 6. Statistics and political economy. 7. Mental and moral philosophy. 8. A survey of the political events of the world, penal reform, &c. HI. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 9. Modern literature. 10. The fine arts, and their application to the useful arts. 11. Bibliography. 12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals.
Página 26 - We are indebted to the National Telegraph Line for a series of observations from New Orleans to New York and as far westward as Cincinnati, which have been published in the Evening Star of this city.
Página 11 - To carry out the plan before described, a library will be required, consisting, 1st, of a complete collection of the transactions and proceedings of all the learned societies in the world ; 2d, of the more important current periodical publications, and other works necessary in preparing the periodical reports.
Página 8 - ... be considered, but also the continual expense of keeping it in repair, and of the support of the establishment necessarily connected with it. There should also be but few individuals permanently supported by the Institution. 12. The plan and dimensions of the building should be determined by the plan of organization, and not the converse. 13. 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...
Página 96 - In this room, and extending around the same, was a circuit of wire stretched along the wall, and at one termination of this, in the recess of a window, a bell was fixed, while the other extremity was connected with a galvanic apparatus. You showed us the manner in which the bell could be made to ring by a current of electricity, transmitted through this wire, and you remarked that this method might be adopted for giving signals, by the ringing of a bell at the distance of many miles from the point...