Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-30

The .4naertcGn Jour1ui of Science g,d .4rfs !
MAS projected ia 1877, aud CONNIE need in Julv
w 1915 Before that period no 0ytg,yoI orrraI ~
Science had appear III this county, rxcep tina, of ID,
BRUCE winch was limited to nneraiogy andceacd with
the completion of tine FIST volume. The American Jcur
nai mas oeen sustained with little reward, under yeis
STUDIES sometimes dIscouIsging until has reached m
s'Heen'n vo""e: Ample Illustrations by engravngs aud
large excess Oi matter IN number be yond b,t
was stipulated, have made IL u exuensive wnrk
From its commencement the present time i, La,
fom $1,000 to 10000 dollars, and nearly ALI ,ha ba
received has been paid for the support of the work IT,
ing little except the exchange journals and the back w.
lImes. "
Hereafter the expenses will not fail shor, Of q ooo
ann; ah should all the copy be paid they NAV
even To $500 more, the editor alone is I,snnn
slUc.
As the writings Of Others have been co Ie,o., and ,t
rug contributed L" the pages of the Jousua the edi,o,
may toe permitted say, that there is la his hand. af
cient evidence to shew, that has lily promoted
some oil our best interests at home; that IL has been
wei! received abroad; and that IL has became in
some measure, identified with the progress uf IN.
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Tact, IS 1t unreasonable to- ask Of this great and
"'tcn mat the number of good rbers (which b,
"'ver exceeded six hundred, aud which has bser
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'"ssA'y l" the perfection aud pefpeiu,y o the work,
10y steady perseverance, through the period OF eleven
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as on former occasion. 1922 when sioiIa, s,,,
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dd; aud is Therefore again iapi,cd in aid of tho ev.
IONS OF these to whom the subject NAV now for the ,s
tine, commend itself " VS.
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NpF hdd any ioeot feature has AZ tspoused or hen
stisidiHed by any iJcdL interest.
The editor deems IL no dishonor In confess, t,s, hi
feelings deeply interested IN It's success and tina, If
Eae been from the beginning, his ambition and his pyJs
Co see the American Journal established as 90,
NATIONAL WORK. destined survive chen he shall ba
ceased from his labofs Re hopes now 10 see IL dou,s
"h neV%vigof, and with extended usefnrs and hooo,
It's contributors and It's editor have
10 tue g"nd cause OF useful knowledge aud an appca s
COW made To all the friends of American Science ana
~ ne edHoT that the subscription Ia the me,,c,n on,
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late CoHege Jaiy !, 1929.