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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, also known simply as the Smithsonian, is a trust instrumentality of the United States composed as a group of museums and research centers. It was founded on August 10, 1846, "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. It was originally organized as the "United States National Museum", but that name ceased to exist as an administrative entity in 1967.

"I then bequeath the whole of my property...to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge..."
- James Smithson (1765-1829)

Source: Smithsonian Institution on Wikipedia.

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Born 10 Aug 1846

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  • Cover of: Smithsonian physical tables.

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  • Cover of: Smithsonian meteorological tables.: <Based on Guyot's meteorological and physical tables>

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  • Cover of: The Smithsonian institution: Documents relative to its origin and history.

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  • Cover of: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

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  • Cover of: Official guide to the Smithsonian.

    First published in 1976 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: A memorial of Joseph Henry.

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  • Cover of: Smithsonian geographical tables

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  • Cover of: Portraits of North American Indians: with sketches of scenery, etc. painted by J.M. Stanley, deposted with the Smithsonian Institution

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  • Cover of: Scrolls from the wilderness of the Dead Sea.: Les manuscrits des rives désertiques de la Mer Morte.

    First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Studies in invertebrate morphology.: Published in honor of Dr. Robert Evans Snodgrass on the occasion of his eighty-fourth birthday, July, 1959.

    First published in 1959 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Fire of life: the Smithsonian book of the Sun.

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  • Cover of: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

    First published in 1922 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Circular to officers of the Hudson's Bay Company

    First published in 1860 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2000 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Smithsonian experience: science, history, the arts ... the treasures of the nation.

    First published in 1977 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896: the history of its first half century

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  • Cover of: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries.: Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian institution.

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Born 10 Aug 1846

Subjects

Smithsonian Institution, History, Periodicals, Bibliography, Catalogs, Guidebooks, Finance, Learned institutions and societies, Science, Smithsonian institution, Exhibitions, Juvenile literature, Meteorology, Appropriations and expenditures, Tables, Collection and preservation, Dead Sea scrolls, Experiments, Inventions, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Natural history, Observers' manuals, Scientific recreations, Technique, Technology

Places

Washington (D.C.), United States, D.C. Washington, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), Africa, Amérique du Nord, California, Central America, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Eastern Europe, Germany, Germany (West), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), Mexico, New York (État), North America, Sun, Turkey, United States of America, West (U.S.), West Indies

People

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), George Engelmann (1809-1884), Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878-1930), Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), Joseph Henry (1797-1878), Robert Evans Snodgrass (1875-), S. P. Langley (1834-1906)

Time

1854, 1945-, 19th century

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