 The Smithsonian Institution was created by act of Congress in 1846, under the terms of the will of James Smithson, an Englishman, who in 1826 bequeathed his fortune to the United States to found, at Washington, under the name of the "Smithsonian Institution,"...  Official Register of the United States1933Affichage d'extraits - À propos de ce livre
 | William Ferguson - 1856 - 534 pages
...is only forming. An Englishman, James Smithson, left more than half a million of dollars (£100,000) to the United States, " to found at Washington, under...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The bequest was accepted in 1836, and received in sovereigns ($515,169) in September 1838. The act establishing... | |
 | William Ferguson (of Kinmundy.) - 1856 - 566 pages
...is only forming. An Englishman, James Smithson, left more than half a million of dollars (£100,000) to the United States, " to found at Washington, under...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The bequest was accepted in 1836, and received in sovereigns (§515,169) in September 1838. The act establishing... | |
 | 1918 - 892 pages
...States. Total, 14 members. Executive committee, three members. General information and duties. — The Smithsonian Institution was created by act of...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Institution is legally an establishment, having as its members the President of the United States,... | |
 | W. Catton Grasby - 1891 - 374 pages
...never visited the United States. He died early in the century, leaving his fortune to the people of the United States " to found at Washington, under...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The object of the extensive organisation — a mere fraction of the cost of which is provided by the bequest... | |
 | 1905 - 988 pages
...work done by them. In 1829 James Smithson, an English chemist who had never been in this country, left his fortune to the United States to found at Washington, "under the name of Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men."... | |
 | 1907 - 886 pages
...property to a nephew with the condition that if he died without heirs, the whole estate was to be given to the United States "to found at Washington, under...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The nephew died without issue, and in 1838 the fund of $500,000 came to this country. By 1846, haggling... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1915 - 522 pages
...the Secretary of Labor. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The Smithsonian Institution was created by art of Congress in 1846, under the terms of the will of..."increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Institution is legally an establishment, having as its members the President of the United States,... | |
 | 1918 - 966 pages
...Smithsonian Institution was created by act of Congress in 1846, under the terms of the will of .Tnmes Smithson, an Englishman, who in 1826 bequeathed his...Increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Institution is legally an establishment, having as its members the President of the United States,... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1918 - 1450 pages
...Institution was created by act of Congress in 1846, under the terms of the will of James Smlthson, an Englishman, who in 1826 bequeathed his fortune...the United States to found, at Washington, under the uame of the " Smithsonian Institution," an establishment for the " Increase and diffusion of knowledge... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1920 - 574 pages
...Committee on Printing, be continued until the close of the second session of the Sixty-sixth Congress. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The Smithsonian Institution..."increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Institution is legally an establishment, having as its members the President of the United States,... | |
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