States as may be designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art... Scientific American Reference Book - Page 320by Albert Allis Hopkins - 1904 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries - 1970 - 356 pages
...having as one of its primary functions whenever called upon by any department of the Government to investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon...subject of science or art, the actual expense of such examinations, investigations, experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations - 1970 - 152 pages
...exceed fifty-six members and was charged : "whenever called upon by any department of the government, to investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art. . . ." Through the years, the National Academy of Sciences has been enlarged, and a number of physicians... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs - Food relief - 1973 - 976 pages
...COUNCIL (NBC) The National Academy's Charter, granted by the Congress in 18(i;>, provides that ". . . the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any Department...the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, und report upon uny subject of science or art, the actual expenses of such investigations, examinations,... | |
| Automobiles - 1918 - 520 pages
...commissioner of patents: WHEREAS a section of the charter of the National Academy of Sciences provides that "The academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the government, investigate, examine and report Upon any subject of science or art," AND WHEREAS, at the request of the President of the... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works - 1972 - 848 pages
...Lincoln. The Academy's specific purpose was defined in the Act of Incorporation, and it states that, "the Academy shall whenever called upon by any Department of the Government, investigate, examine, and report upon any subject of science and art." Accordingly, when we learned of the study, which was... | |
| Research - 1919 - 550 pages
...established by Act of Congress, signed by President Lincoln on March 3, 1863. Its charter states that "the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department...experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art." Under this provision, the Academy dealt with many military problems during the Civil War, and since... | |
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