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Summarizes and assesses twenty-four of Smithson's writings and some of his unpublished writings and journals, concluding that he was a diligent worker in mineral chemistry.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

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Citation information

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol. 21

Notes

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

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(Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1881

Topic

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

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