The Origin of the National Scientific and Educational Institutions of the United States, Volume 4, Issue 2 |
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... means by which he hoped to make it of great importance to the colonies . Our forefathers were not yet prepared for the society , nor for the American Philosophical Miscellany which Franklin proposed to issue , either monthly or ...
... means by which he hoped to make it of great importance to the colonies . Our forefathers were not yet prepared for the society , nor for the American Philosophical Miscellany which Franklin proposed to issue , either monthly or ...
Page 116
... means to carry it into effect . " " M. Dupont de Nemours was also corresponding with Jefferson upon the same subject , and his work , “ Sur l'Edu- cation Nationale dans les Etats Unis , " published in Paris in 1800 , was written at his ...
... means to carry it into effect . " " M. Dupont de Nemours was also corresponding with Jefferson upon the same subject , and his work , “ Sur l'Edu- cation Nationale dans les Etats Unis , " published in Paris in 1800 , was written at his ...
Page 117
... means in its power , by correspondence , by premiums and by scholar- ships , and to publish school - books at cost of printing . The Military and Naval Academies , the Mint , and the Patent Office were to be connected with the ...
... means in its power , by correspondence , by premiums and by scholar- ships , and to publish school - books at cost of printing . The Military and Naval Academies , the Mint , and the Patent Office were to be connected with the ...
Page 124
... means , an organization which should , he fore- saw , grow into national importance . Any one who will take the pains to compare the criticisms and objections to Barlow's project , as set forth in Wirt's essay in " The Old Bachelor ...
... means , an organization which should , he fore- saw , grow into national importance . Any one who will take the pains to compare the criticisms and objections to Barlow's project , as set forth in Wirt's essay in " The Old Bachelor ...
Page 131
... means quite sufficient for them , but which I have failed to claim . Having arrived in Philadelphia , the late Professor Pat- terson , Mr. Garnet , of New Brunswick , and several other gentlemen , on seeing the books , mathematical ...
... means quite sufficient for them , but which I have failed to claim . Having arrived in Philadelphia , the late Professor Pat- terson , Mr. Garnet , of New Brunswick , and several other gentlemen , on seeing the books , mathematical ...
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Academy of Arts Academy of Sciences AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Alexander Dallas Bache American Philosophical Society annual appointed appropriation Arts and Sciences astronomical Barlow Blodget branches CAROLINA Coast Survey COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Columbian College Columbian Institute Congress connection direction erected establishment Europe expedition expense explore federal founded France Franklin fund Hassler Historical Society important instruments interest Jefferson Joel Barlow John Quincy Adams Josiah Meigs knowledge Land Grant Legislature Madison Massachusetts MECHANIC ARTS MECHANICAL COLLEGE ment meteorological military Museum National Institution national university Navy North objects observations observatory organized Patent Office Pennsylvania Philadelphia political practical present President principles promote proposed provisions published received republican Royal Society Saint Anthony Park SCHOOL scientific society Secretary Smithson Smithsonian Institution SOUTH CAROLINA Superintendent telegraph Territory tion transit of Venus United Virginia Washington Wilkes Expedition William York
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Page 188 - ... share: said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes...
Page 188 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 188 - ... that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished, (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act.) and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least 48 one college where the leading object shall be.
Page 108 - American Revolution with those of the late American War. The American War is over: but this is far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.
Page 189 - If any portion of the fund invested as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished; and the annual interest shall be regularly applied without diminution to the purposes mentioned in the fourth section...
Page 187 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to 30,000 acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 115 - Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight.
Page 188 - SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 188 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...
Page 191 - SEC. 4. That bulletins or reports of progress shall be published at said stations at least once in three months, one copy of which shall be sent to each newspaper in the States or Territories in which they are respectively located, and to such individuals actually engaged in fanning as may request the same, and as far as the means of the station will permit.