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... original plan . As the documents collected are necessary to any future historian of the Institution , Mr. Wm . J. Rhees , who had been entrusted by Pro- fessor Henry with their selection , was requested by the Chancellor , Chief Justice ...
... original plan . As the documents collected are necessary to any future historian of the Institution , Mr. Wm . J. Rhees , who had been entrusted by Pro- fessor Henry with their selection , was requested by the Chancellor , Chief Justice ...
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... original of this , ) I have to supply an omission in not stating that the advertisements were inserted in the London Gazette , in addition to the other London news- papers mentioned . It is the more necessary I should state this , as ...
... original of this , ) I have to supply an omission in not stating that the advertisements were inserted in the London Gazette , in addition to the other London news- papers mentioned . It is the more necessary I should state this , as ...
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... original bill for its establishment . We do not think this likely , but it is not impossible . Having said thus much , we will proceed to answer the queries . We think that within three months evidence might be obtained of the facts ...
... original bill for its establishment . We do not think this likely , but it is not impossible . Having said thus much , we will proceed to answer the queries . We think that within three months evidence might be obtained of the facts ...
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... original fund . The United States do not , however , receive the whole amount of such dividends now , as a portion of them was invested in stock , of which £ 5,015 has been appropriated to answer an annuity of £ 150 9s . to Madame de la ...
... original fund . The United States do not , however , receive the whole amount of such dividends now , as a portion of them was invested in stock , of which £ 5,015 has been appropriated to answer an annuity of £ 150 9s . to Madame de la ...
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... original order on further directions , under which the several transfers of the funds have been made into your name . This order has the initials of the registrar , as also of the entering clerk , placed at the foot of * One of the 14 ...
... original order on further directions , under which the several transfers of the funds have been made into your name . This order has the initials of the registrar , as also of the entering clerk , placed at the foot of * One of the 14 ...
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Página 2 - 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 483 - Institution", to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and three Members of the Senate and three Members of the House of Representatives; together with six other persons, other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington; and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.
Página 471 - President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of "War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice, and the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and the Mayor of the city of Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, and such other persons as they may elect honorary members...
Página 757 - I ask for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The question was taken; and there were — yeas 165, nays 256, not voting 11, as follows: ***** [p.
Página 564 - That, so soon as the Board of Regents shall have selected the said site [for a building], 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...
Página 384 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 945 - ... 1. The objects, and the amount appropriated, to be recommended by counsellors of the Institution. 2. Appropriations in different years to different objects; so that, in course of time, each branch of knowledge may receive a share. 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published, with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made :— (1.) System of extended meteorological...
Página 596 - And the said regents shall make, from the interest of said fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a library, composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge.
Página 946 - ... 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 reports may be presented to Congress, for partial distribution^ the remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific institutions, and sold to individuals for a moderate price. The following are some of the subjects which may be embraced in the reports:— I.
Página 946 - By the publication of separate treatises on subjects of general interest. 1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs translated from foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the direction of the institution, or procured by offering premiums for the best exposition of a given subject.