Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volumen4 |
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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.
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.
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A part of the original bequest, amounting to £5,015, was left by Mr. Rush in
England, as the principal of an annuity to be paid to the mother of the nephew of
Smithson. The annuitant having died, a power of attorney was sent, in November,
...
A part of the original bequest, amounting to £5,015, was left by Mr. Rush in
England, as the principal of an annuity to be paid to the mother of the nephew of
Smithson. The annuitant having died, a power of attorney was sent, in November,
...
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As nearly as I can estimate without an actual count, he must have made about
ninety thousand determinations of right ascension, and from sixty to seventy
thousand of declination, the original records of which observations still exist.
As nearly as I can estimate without an actual count, he must have made about
ninety thousand determinations of right ascension, and from sixty to seventy
thousand of declination, the original records of which observations still exist.
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which we must regard as original . First , it must be claimed that our analyses are
real , and not imaginary ; they are the retracing of the steps of a previous
synthesis . This is palpably the case with the latest of them , as in the case of
truthful ...
which we must regard as original . First , it must be claimed that our analyses are
real , and not imaginary ; they are the retracing of the steps of a previous
synthesis . This is palpably the case with the latest of them , as in the case of
truthful ...
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possible that an original human race should have separated into tribes before the
formation of any language so distinctly developed , and of such fixed forms , as
should leave traceable fragments in the later dialects of the sundered portions .
possible that an original human race should have separated into tribes before the
formation of any language so distinctly developed , and of such fixed forms , as
should leave traceable fragments in the later dialects of the sundered portions .
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