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... points , and strict rules were adopted prohibiting the carry- ing of exposed lights , as well as the practice of ... point where danger was least suspected , and in a manner which rendered its occurrence sooner or later almost inevitable ...
... points , and strict rules were adopted prohibiting the carry- ing of exposed lights , as well as the practice of ... point where danger was least suspected , and in a manner which rendered its occurrence sooner or later almost inevitable ...
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... points observed during Kane's expedition , and , indeed , that the exploration of Dr. Hayes is truly an extension and verifica- tion of the labors of his predecessor in the same region . Nor is this all ; it is proper to state that a ...
... points observed during Kane's expedition , and , indeed , that the exploration of Dr. Hayes is truly an extension and verifica- tion of the labors of his predecessor in the same region . Nor is this all ; it is proper to state that a ...
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... points on the eastern coast of the United States , as nearly as possible , under the same meridian as Port Foulke , in order to obtain a series of independent determinations of the curvature of the earth ; and for this purpose the ...
... points on the eastern coast of the United States , as nearly as possible , under the same meridian as Port Foulke , in order to obtain a series of independent determinations of the curvature of the earth ; and for this purpose the ...
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... points , flint knives , and many pieces of broken crockery . The axes are of greenstone , or of sandstone , of the usual shape , and encircled by a groove for the attachment of a handle . That the manufacture of arrow heads was carried ...
... points , flint knives , and many pieces of broken crockery . The axes are of greenstone , or of sandstone , of the usual shape , and encircled by a groove for the attachment of a handle . That the manufacture of arrow heads was carried ...
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... points of observations being the several academies , under the direction of the board of regents of the university , an establishment having charge of the higher institutions of learning in that State . * In 1837 the legislature of ...
... points of observations being the several academies , under the direction of the board of regents of the university , an establishment having charge of the higher institutions of learning in that State . * In 1837 the legislature of ...
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Page 10 - DETAILS OF THE PLAN FOR DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE I. 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.
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.
Page 10 - 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 titlepage 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...
Page 453 - Each essay must be accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the name and address of the author and bearing on the outside the motto or device which is inscribed upon the essay.
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 140 - States," has organized them so as to produce their full effect ; whether your own experience in the several States has not detected some imperfections in the scheme ; and whether a material feature, in an improvement of it, ought not to be to afford an opportunity for the study of those branches of the military art, which can scarcely ever be attained by practice alone.
Page 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 the organization, and not the converse.
Page 121 - The Secretary of the 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.
Page 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.
Page 9 - ... and the other carefully preserved, to form complete sets of the work, to supply the demand from new institutions. 7. An abstract, or popular account, of the contents of these memoirs to be given to the public through the annual report of the Regente to Congress.