A Suggestion Concerning James Smithson's Concept of 'Increase and Diffusion'
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PrintBird, a curator at the National Museum of American History, offers his views on the intent of James Smithson's bequest to create an institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge."
Smithson, James 1765-1829
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Technology and Culture Vol. 24 (Journal)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1983
pp. 246-255