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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution - Page 8
by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1866
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 1

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1848 - 390 pages
...so thoroughly condensed, that the committee think it would be best to quote his own words : — " ' To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, it is proposed, " ' 1. To stimulate...researches under the direction of suitable persons.' " These methods of increasing knowledge are farther unfolded in the following ' Detail of the Plan...
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 1

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1848 - 378 pages
...think it would be best to quote his own words : — " ' To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, it is proposed, m a ' 1. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches,...researches under the direction of suitable persons.' " These methods of increasing knowledge are farther unfolded in the following ' Detail of the Plan...
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Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 1

Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 pages
...the country and of the world, to make original researches by offering suitable rewards ; and, second, to appropriate annually a portion of the income for...persons. To Diffuse Knowledge. — It is proposed, first, to publish a series of periodical reports on the progress of all branches of knowledge ; and,...
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The Cultivator, Volume 7

1850 - 430 pages
...talents to make original researches, by offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths. 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income for particular researches, under the direction of competent and suitable persons. Among the great variety of subjects proposed for investigation, I noticed...
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The Cultivator: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to Agriculture, Volume 7

1850 - 778 pages
...instruments of husbandry." To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, it ÍS proposed: — 1. To stimulate men of talents to make original researches, by offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths. 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income fur particular researches, under the direction of...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1854 - 284 pages
...Wisely, therefore, did the first Board of Regents propose, in order to INCREASE KNOWLEDGE— First. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches,...suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths, and to publish these and such other papers of suitable character as should be offered to the Institution....
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Congressional Serial Set, Issue 705

1854 - 656 pages
...Institution. Wisely, therefore, did the first Board of Regents propose, in order to I\CREASE KNOWLEDGE First. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches,...suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths, and to publish these and such other papers of suitable character as should be offered to the Institution....
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THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

JOSEPH B. VARNUM - 1854 - 130 pages
...increasing and diffusing knowledge, to offer suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths, and appropriate, annually, a portion of the income for...researches under the. direction of suitable persons, and for publishing, periodically, reports on the progress of the different branches of knowledge, and...
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The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, Volume 2

1857 - 520 pages
...knowledge, the same report recommends the following plans : To increase knowledge one means proposed is to stimulate men of talent to make original researches...suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths. The memoirs thus obtained are to be published in a series of volumes, and entitled Smithsonian Contributions...
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Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th ..., Volume 3

United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 830 pages
...Organization of the Institution in accordance with the foregoing deductions from the will of Smithson. To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed— 1. To stimulate...2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income lor particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons. To DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed—...
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