A Memorial of Joseph HenryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - Всего страниц: 528 |
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United States. Congress. LIBRARY Leland Stanford , Jr. UNIVERSITY a61172 CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Proceedings in Congress relative to a.
United States. Congress. LIBRARY Leland Stanford , Jr. UNIVERSITY a61172 CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Proceedings in Congress relative to a.
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... Proceedings of Societies . Page 1 7 9 11 13 15 27 37 39 43 49 53 75 77 91 99 117 121 Proceedings of the " Philosophical Society of Washington , " May 14 , 1878 . Proceedings of the " Albany Institute , " May 14 and 28 , 1878 Memorial ...
... Proceedings of Societies . Page 1 7 9 11 13 15 27 37 39 43 49 53 75 77 91 99 117 121 Proceedings of the " Philosophical Society of Washington , " May 14 , 1878 . Proceedings of the " Albany Institute , " May 14 and 28 , 1878 Memorial ...
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... Association for the Advancement of Science , " August 26 , 1880 475 APPENDIX . Proceedings in Congress regarding the erection of a Monument to JOSEPH HENRY INDEX 511 515 INTRODUCTION . On the death of JOSEPH HENRY , who iv CONTENTS .
... Association for the Advancement of Science , " August 26 , 1880 475 APPENDIX . Proceedings in Congress regarding the erection of a Monument to JOSEPH HENRY INDEX 511 515 INTRODUCTION . On the death of JOSEPH HENRY , who iv CONTENTS .
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... of the House , to preside on that occasion . " There being no objection , the resolution was adopted . 2 INTRODUCTION . IN THE SENATE . Tuesday , December INTRODUCTION Page Proceedings in Congress relative to a public commemoration.
... of the House , to preside on that occasion . " There being no objection , the resolution was adopted . 2 INTRODUCTION . IN THE SENATE . Tuesday , December INTRODUCTION Page Proceedings in Congress relative to a public commemoration.
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... be , an efficient instrument for the " increase and diffusion of knowledge among men . " ( 8 ) M. R. WAITE . Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution . PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
... be , an efficient instrument for the " increase and diffusion of knowledge among men . " ( 8 ) M. R. WAITE . Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution . PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
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Стр. 394 - The reports are to be prepared by collaborators eminent in the different branches of knowledge. 3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals and publications, domestic and foreign, necessary to the compilation of his report ; to be paid a certain sum for his labors, and to be named on the title-page of the report. 4. The reports to be published in separate parts, so that persons interested in a particular branch can procure the parts relating to it without purchasing the whole. 5. These...
Стр. 147 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things that God hath prepared for them that love him.
Стр. 193 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Стр. 394 - By the publication of 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.
Стр. 496 - Concerning each of which, many seem to have fallen into very great errors ; for by invention, I believe, is generally understood a creative faculty, which would indeed prove most romance writers to have the highest pretensions to it ; whereas by invention is...
Стр. 270 - That, so soon as the Board of Regents sh'all have selected the said site, they shall cause to be erected a suitable building, of plain and durable materials and structure, without unnecessary ornament, and of sufficient size, and with suitable rooms, or halls, for the reception and arrangement, upon a liberal scale, of objects of natural history, including a geological and mineralogical cabinet; also a chemical laboratory, a library, a gallery of art, and the necessary lecture rooms...
Стр. 167 - Thus there are two books from whence I collect my divinity ; besides that written one of God, another of His servant nature, that universal and public manuscript, that lies expansed unto the eyes of all...
Стр. 391 - 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.
Стр. 392 - In order to compensate, in some measure, for the loss of time occasioned by the delay of eight years in establishing the Institution, a considerable portion of the interest which has accrued should be added to the principal. 11. In proportion to the wide field of knowledge to be cultivated, the funds are small. Economy should therefore be consulted in the construction of the building; and not only...
Стр. 393 - 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.