Memoir on the Scientific Character and Researches of James Smithson,

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Summary

Summarizes and assesses twenty-four of Smithson's writings and some of his unpublished writings and journals, concluding that he was a diligent worker in mineral chemistry.

Subject

  • Smithson, James 1765-1829
  • National Institution for the Promotion of Science

Notes

Originally read before the National Institute, Washington, D.C., April 6, 1844 and published by Barret & Jones, Printers, Philadelphia.

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Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Citation information

Smithsonian Miscellaneous CollectionsVol. 21

Date

1881

Topic

  • Chemistry
  • Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Science
  • Museums
  • History
  • Biography
  • Science--History
  • Museum publications

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