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... national mu- seum , is imperatively required for the display of models ; and he sug- gests that a part or the whole of ... natural history , and ethnology of the United States , cannot be too highly estimated . But the support of such a ...
... national mu- seum , is imperatively required for the display of models ; and he sug- gests that a part or the whole of ... natural history , and ethnology of the United States , cannot be too highly estimated . But the support of such a ...
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... natural history of which this paper is intended to illustrate , lies at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy , and is surrounded by deep water , the bottom of which abounds in a variety of marine animals . The memoir consists of a compend of ...
... natural history of which this paper is intended to illustrate , lies at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy , and is surrounded by deep water , the bottom of which abounds in a variety of marine animals . The memoir consists of a compend of ...
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... nature , and an exhibition of organization and life in curiously diversified forms , there is scarcely any branch of natural history more intimately connected with the pursuits of the hus- bandman , the naval architect , and even those ...
... nature , and an exhibition of organization and life in curiously diversified forms , there is scarcely any branch of natural history more intimately connected with the pursuits of the hus- bandman , the naval architect , and even those ...
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... natural history and ethnology . They are principally derived from various portions of our own country , par- ticularly from the region between the Mississippi river and the Pacific Ocean . The Institution has taken the temporary charge ...
... natural history and ethnology . They are principally derived from various portions of our own country , par- ticularly from the region between the Mississippi river and the Pacific Ocean . The Institution has taken the temporary charge ...
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REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF PUBLICATIONS , EXCHANGES , AND NATURAL ... History of the Marine Algæ of North America . By William Henry Harvey ... Natural Philosophy , in Lafayette College ; pp . 200 , and thirteen plates ...
REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF PUBLICATIONS , EXCHANGES , AND NATURAL ... History of the Marine Algæ of North America . By William Henry Harvey ... Natural Philosophy , in Lafayette College ; pp . 200 , and thirteen plates ...
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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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