Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution, 1898 Vols for 1849-1963/64 include "General appendix to the Smithsonian report" (varies slightly) |
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Página x - Institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution...
Página xlvii - ... shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States...
Página xlix - That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges under such regulations as the secretary of the treasury shall prescribe...
Página xlvi - For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources...
Página xlvi - NATIONAL MUSEUM. For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safekeeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fifteen thousand dollars.
Página xlix - ... and materials as the heads of the several Departments and the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum may respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President may also designate additional articles for exhibition.
Página 7 - I may add that on a previous occasion I have seen a far higher velocity attained by the same aerodrome when its course was horizontal. I have no desire to enter into detail further than I have done, but I cannot but add that it seems to me that no one who was present on this interesting occasion could have failed to recognize that the practicability of mechanical flight had been demonstrated.
Página 6 - I had the pleasure of witnessing the successful flight of some of these aerodromes more than a year ago, but...
Página 450 - This plant is always fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as Andromeda herself was chained to a rock in the sea, which bathed her feet, as the fresh water does the roots of the plant.
Página li - That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said Commission in excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor.