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... lectures , the publications , and researches on the other , was found not to work well in practice . It leads to inharmonious action , and to a system of expenditure by no means compatible with proper economy or the limited income of ...
... lectures , the publications , and researches on the other , was found not to work well in practice . It leads to inharmonious action , and to a system of expenditure by no means compatible with proper economy or the limited income of ...
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... lectures ; the letters sent forth by the Institution respect- ing particular branches of research ; the answers to the almost innu- merable inquires as to the character of the Institution , and applications for its publications ; all ...
... lectures ; the letters sent forth by the Institution respect- ing particular branches of research ; the answers to the almost innu- merable inquires as to the character of the Institution , and applications for its publications ; all ...
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... Lectures . - Lectures have been given as usual by a number of dis- tinguished gentlemen on the following subjects : A course of eight lectures by Dr. Robert Baird on " Modern Eu- rope . " One lecture by Hon . Henry Barnard on " The ...
... Lectures . - Lectures have been given as usual by a number of dis- tinguished gentlemen on the following subjects : A course of eight lectures by Dr. Robert Baird on " Modern Eu- rope . " One lecture by Hon . Henry Barnard on " The ...
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... lectures , & c . Illustrations and apparatus for lectures . 364 28 1,913 19 6 50 894 19 203 50 * 3,352 42 367 00 4,099 92 12,042 47 8,160 04 139 29 1,116 58 2,346 51 783 00 661 84 445 40 13,652 66 LIBRARY , MUSEUM , AND GALLERY OF art ...
... lectures , & c . Illustrations and apparatus for lectures . 364 28 1,913 19 6 50 894 19 203 50 * 3,352 42 367 00 4,099 92 12,042 47 8,160 04 139 29 1,116 58 2,346 51 783 00 661 84 445 40 13,652 66 LIBRARY , MUSEUM , AND GALLERY OF art ...
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... lecture room and gal- lery . 2. Supporting the roof , so that the columns in the second story may be dispensed with . 3. Completing the interior finish , such as flooring , plastering , paint- ing , & c . 4. Fitting up the lecture room ...
... lecture room and gal- lery . 2. Supporting the roof , so that the columns in the second story may be dispensed with . 3. Completing the interior finish , such as flooring , plastering , paint- ing , & c . 4. Fitting up the lecture room ...
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1st Session 31 days adopted American annual annuity authorized Binding Board of Regents brig building California Cape Fear river catalogue cents claim Clerk to Committee collection Committee on Mexican compensation contingent expenses copies Department E. G. Squier eighteen hundred establishment Evansville favor Fayal fourth article Frémont funds furnished governor House of Representatives hundred and fifty-four hundred and fifty-three income Indians interest James James Smithson January John John Sergeant joint resolution knowledge labor land lectures legislature letter light-house March memoir messenger meteorological Missouri Missouri Compromise Missouri river museum observations paid port Portugal present President printed Professor purchase railroad received repairs requested researches Resolved river salary Secretary Senate session 32d Congress Smithson Smithsonian Institution Society STATEMENT-Continued stationery stipulated survey Territory Territory of Nebraska thousand dollars thousand eight hundred tion Treasury treaty United volumes Washington Washington Territory witness before Select
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