Michael F Jr Smithson

The Lost World of James Smithson

• Author(s): Heather Ewing

• Categories: Biography & Autobiography

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2010-12-15
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• Publisher: A&C Black

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 traile...

The Directory of North American Fisheries and Aquatic Scientists

• Categories: Aquaculturists

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1987
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

• Categories: Patents

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1989
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America

• Author(s): United States. Congress. Senate

• Categories: Legislative journals

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1968
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Register of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers, Regular and Reserve, of the United States Navy

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1984
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• Publisher: Unknown

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