The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896
Subtitle: The history of its first half century
By: Ed. by George Brown Goode.
Contributors: Goode, G. Brown 1851-1896.; Smithsonian Institution.
Published: 1897
Place of publication: City of Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 856
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution -- History.
Table of contents: title: Preface, by the President of the United States.- Introduction, by the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.- History of the Smithsonian Institution: I. James Smithson, by S.P. Langley. II. The founding of the institution, 1835-1846, by G.B. Goode. III. The establishment and the board of regents, by G.B. Goode.IV. The three secretaries, by G.B. Goode. V. The benefactors, by S.P. Langley. VI. The Smithsonian building and grounds, by G.B. Goode. VII. The Smithsonian Library, by C. Adler. VIII. The U.S. Natio...