Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1873 |
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 99 - ... of the second part and the survivors and survivor of them, and the executors, administrators, and assigns of such survivor...
Σελίδα 13 - I bequeath the whole of my property 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.
Σελίδα 103 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said party of the first part hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Σελίδα 11 - To carry out the plan before described, a library will be required, consisting, 1st, of a complete collection of the transactions and proceedings of all the learned societies in the world; 2d, of the more important current periodical publications, and other works necessary in preparing the periodical reports.
Σελίδα 10 - 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. 1. These reports will diffuse a kind of knowledge generally interesting, but which, at present, is inaccessible to the public. 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.
Σελίδα 11 - With reference to the collection of books, other than those mentioned above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States...
Σελίδα 85 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the deceased.
Σελίδα 96 - Walters, of the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, of the second part, witnesseth : Whereas the said William W. Corcoran, in the execution of a longcherished desire to establish an institution in Washington City to be " dedicated to art," and used solely for the purpose of encouraging American genius, in the production and preservation of works pertaining to the " fine arts,
Σελίδα 102 - That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of...