Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1869 |
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... present themselves in the administration of the trust which do not find a solution in some precedent in the experience of the past . The funds appropriated at the last session have been devoted to the different objects for which they ...
... present themselves in the administration of the trust which do not find a solution in some precedent in the experience of the past . The funds appropriated at the last session have been devoted to the different objects for which they ...
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... present support of the museum it was necessary to seek some other means of providing for these plants . Now , as the Agricul- tural Department requires for continual reference such a collection of plants , and had begun to gather one ...
... present support of the museum it was necessary to seek some other means of providing for these plants . Now , as the Agricul- tural Department requires for continual reference such a collection of plants , and had begun to gather one ...
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... present time . The whole number of volumes , including the present , is fifteen ; of these it is to be regretted that the greater part of the extra numbers were destroyed in the fire of 1865. All the reports since 1862 have been ...
... present time . The whole number of volumes , including the present , is fifteen ; of these it is to be regretted that the greater part of the extra numbers were destroyed in the fire of 1865. All the reports since 1862 have been ...
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... present time . This publication is constantly growing in popularity , and , next to the report of the Agricultural Department , no document is in greater demand . We may mention , as a proof of this , that a considerable portion of the ...
... present time . This publication is constantly growing in popularity , and , next to the report of the Agricultural Department , no document is in greater demand . We may mention , as a proof of this , that a considerable portion of the ...
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... present . In the case of the remains of animals and plants , from which the geologist reconstructs the flora and fauna of ancient times , inferences are drawn from petrifactions , shells , bones and teeth . These , however , are not ...
... present . In the case of the remains of animals and plants , from which the geologist reconstructs the flora and fauna of ancient times , inferences are drawn from petrifactions , shells , bones and teeth . These , however , are not ...
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Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.