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Author : Samuel Pierpont Langley
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Total Pages : 9 pages
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Download or read book The Removal of the Remains of James Smithson written by Samuel Pierpont Langley and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Smithsonian Institution
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Total Pages : 1060 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
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Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Smithsonian Institution
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Total Pages : 692 pages
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Download or read book Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heather Ewing
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408820757
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Lost World of James Smithson written by Heather Ewing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift - a bequest of 104,960 gold sovereigns (then worth half a million dollars) to establish a foundation in Washington 'for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men'. The Smithsonian Institution, as it would eventually be called, grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet it owes its existence to an Englishman who never set foot in the United States, and who has remained a shadowy figure for more than a hundred and fifty years. Smithson lived a restless life in the capitals of Europe during the turbulent years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; at one time he was trailed by the French secret police, and later languished as a prisoner of war in Denmark for four long years. Yet despite a certain a penchant for gambling and fine living, he had, by the time of his death in Paris in 1829, amassed a financial fortune and a wealth of scientific papers that he left to the new democracy America. Spurned by his natural father and his country, he would be acknowledged for his own achievements in the New World. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters from archives all over Europe and the United States, Heather Ewing tells the full and compelling story for the first time, revealing a life lived at the heart of the English Enlightenment and illuminating the mind that sparked the creation of America's greatest museum.
Author : Ernst Mascha
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Total Pages : 748 pages
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Author : Diego Alvarez Chanca
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Total Pages : 774 pages
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Download or read book The Letter of Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, Dated 1484 written by Diego Alvarez Chanca and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Smithsonian Institution
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Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (973 download)
Download or read book Report of the Secretary and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Clifton Phalen
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Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book A New Occurrence of Unakite written by William Clifton Phalen and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nina Burleigh
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 161230849X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)
Download or read book The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum written by Nina Burleigh and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her illuminating and dramatic biography The Stranger and the Statesman, New York Times bestselling author Nina Burleigh reveals a little-known slice of history in the life and times of the man responsible for the creation of the United States' principal cultural institution, the Smithsonian. It was one of the nineteenth century's greatest philanthropic gifts - and one of its most puzzling mysteries. In 1829, a wealthy English naturalist named James Smithson left his library, mineral collection, and entire fortune to the "United States of America, to found... an establishment for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men" - even though he had never visited the United States or known any Americans. In this fascinating book, Burleigh pieces together the reclusive benefactor's life, beginning with his origins as the Paris-born illegitimate son of the first Duke of Northumberland and a wild adventuress who preserved for her son a fortune through gall and determination. The book follows Smithson through his university years and his passionate study of minerals across Europe during the chaos of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Detailed are his imprisonment - simply for being an Englishman in the wrong place - his experiences in the gambling dens of France, and his lonely and painstaking scientific pursuits. After Smithson's death, nineteenth-century American politicians were given the task of securing his half-million dollars - the equivalent today of $50 million - and then trying to determine how to increase and diffuse knowledge from the muddy, brawling new city of Washington. Burleigh discloses how Smithson's bequest was nearly lost due to fierce battles among many clashing Americans - Southern slavers, states' rights advocates, nation-builders, corrupt frontiersmen, and Anglophobes who argued over whether a gift from an Englishman should even be accepted. She also reveals the efforts of the unsung heroes, mainly former president John Quincy Adams, whose tireless efforts finally saw Smithson's curious notion realized in 1846, with a castle housing the United States' first and greatest cultural and scientific establishment.
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Total Pages : 990 pages
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Download or read book New International Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1106 pages
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Download or read book The New International Encyclopædia written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 964 pages
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Download or read book The New International Encyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Moore Colby
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Total Pages : 1964 pages
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Download or read book The New International Encyclopædia written by Frank Moore Colby and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Smithsonian Institution
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Total Pages : 366 pages
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Download or read book Various Aeronautical Papers written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander George McAdie
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Total Pages : 576 pages
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Download or read book Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) Collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856 written by Alexander George McAdie and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
