Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1866 |
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... become incapable of accurately discriminating particular vocal sounds . with which early usage has not familiarized them , and on this account a system of characters as a general alphabet which will give universal satisfaction is ...
... become incapable of accurately discriminating particular vocal sounds . with which early usage has not familiarized them , and on this account a system of characters as a general alphabet which will give universal satisfaction is ...
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... become objects of paramount importance . Indeed the interest in this subject is so absolute that the common salutation among civilized nations is a meteorological wish , and the first introduction to conversation among strangers is a ...
... become objects of paramount importance . Indeed the interest in this subject is so absolute that the common salutation among civilized nations is a meteorological wish , and the first introduction to conversation among strangers is a ...
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... become so well recognized that the Canadian government has decided to establish ten perma- nent stations , in addition to the observatories at Toronto and Kings- ton , distributed so as to afford the most complete information relative ...
... become so well recognized that the Canadian government has decided to establish ten perma- nent stations , in addition to the observatories at Toronto and Kings- ton , distributed so as to afford the most complete information relative ...
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... ascertained , and the causes of many phenomena of the weather , which have heretofore been regarded as little else than the capricious 7 and abnormal impulses of nature , will become adequately known 54 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
... ascertained , and the causes of many phenomena of the weather , which have heretofore been regarded as little else than the capricious 7 and abnormal impulses of nature , will become adequately known 54 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY .
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Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents. and abnormal impulses of nature , will become adequately known ; al- though , from the number of these causes , and the complexity of the resultant effect , it may never be possible to deduce ...
Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents. and abnormal impulses of nature , will become adequately known ; al- though , from the number of these causes , and the complexity of the resultant effect , it may never be possible to deduce ...
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Page 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.
Page 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 be such as are not to be found in the United States.
Page 10 - Some of the reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the income of the institution, or the changes in the branches of knowledge, may indicate. 2. The reports are to be prepared by collaborators, eminent in the different branches of knowledge.
Page 465 - Act, it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the Weights and Measures of the Metric System...
Page 55 - The weary sun hath made a golden set, And by the bright tract of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day tomorrow.
Page 120 - ... except during one month of each year, in the recess of Congress, when it may be closed for renovation. All the books, maps, and charts of the Smithsonian library shall be properly cared...
Page 121 - Treasury is authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury, on the same terms as the original bequest of James Smithson, such sums as the regents may, from time to time, see fit to deposit, not exceeding, with the original bequest, the sum of one million dollars. Provided, That this shall not operate as a limitation...
Page 466 - ... of the metric system ; and, until otherwise provided by law, one-half ounce avoirdupois shall be deemed and taken for postal purposes as the equivalent of fifteen grammes of the metric weights, and so adopted in progression ; and the rates of postage shall be applied accordingly.
Page 138 - A race that long has passed away Built them; a disciplined and populous race Heaped, with long toil, the earth, while yet the Greek Was hewing the Pentelicus to forms Of symmetry, and rearing on its rock The glittering Parthenon.
Page 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.