The Origin of the National Scientific and Educational Institutions of the United States, Τόμος 4,Τεύχος 2G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 112 σελίδες |
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... not be thought altogether unworthy of the attention of men of letters in the most improved parts of the world . " the following remarkable note in the handwriting of Dr. Benjamin 97 ] National Scientific and Educational Institutions . 7.
... not be thought altogether unworthy of the attention of men of letters in the most improved parts of the world . " the following remarkable note in the handwriting of Dr. Benjamin 97 ] National Scientific and Educational Institutions . 7.
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... improvement of the Potomac and James rivers , the junction by canal of Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound of North Carolina . He soon after proceeded to New York to see the plans of General Schuy- ler to unite the Mohawk with the waters ...
... improvement of the Potomac and James rivers , the junction by canal of Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound of North Carolina . He soon after proceeded to New York to see the plans of General Schuy- ler to unite the Mohawk with the waters ...
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... improvement above its ambition , no corner of an empire beyond its vigilant activity for collecting and diffusing information . " 99 1 The editor of the National Intelligencer , the organ of the administration in 1806 , commented ...
... improvement above its ambition , no corner of an empire beyond its vigilant activity for collecting and diffusing information . " 99 1 The editor of the National Intelligencer , the organ of the administration in 1806 , commented ...
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... improvement should be created commensurate with the magnitude of the country ; ' by these operations new channels of communication will be opened between the States , the lines of separation will disappear , their interests will be ...
... improvement should be created commensurate with the magnitude of the country ; ' by these operations new channels of communication will be opened between the States , the lines of separation will disappear , their interests will be ...
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... improved . " The system of weather reports thus inaugurated continued in regular opera- tion until 1861 , when the disturbed condition of the country rendered impossible its further continuance . Meanwhile , however , the study of these ...
... improved . " The system of weather reports thus inaugurated continued in regular opera- tion until 1861 , when the disturbed condition of the country rendered impossible its further continuance . Meanwhile , however , the study of these ...
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Σελίδα 98 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Σελίδα 100 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Σελίδα 98 - ... that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished, (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act.) and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least 48 one college where the leading object shall be.
Σελίδα 97 - States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre...
Σελίδα 82 - American revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over; but this is far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government, and to prepare the principles, morals, and manners of our citizens, for these forms of government, after they are established and brought to perfection.
Σελίδα 100 - ... the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial...
Σελίδα 97 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress...
Σελίδα 98 - SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Σελίδα 25 - Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight.
Σελίδα 98 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...