 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 pages
...it. One or more private individuals offered him the opportunity to continue. Several years before, he had been offered a considerable sum for this work...a patent or to accept money from private persons. He declared that this work was solely in the interest of the nation, and if the nation was not prepared... | |
 | 1907 - 606 pages
...maintaining special correspondents at an inconvenient place on the Potomac River, possibly also by Larigley's greater anxiety for the outcome of his experiments...money from private persons as a matter of business. He declared that his work was solely in the interest of the nation, and if the nation was not prepared... | |
 | 1907 - 594 pages
...ridicule and attack, which in time made itself felt in the national legislature. His great repuration — at home and abroad — seemed butchered to make an...money from private persons as a matter of business. He declared that his work was solely in the interest of the nation, and if the nation was not prepared... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1907 - 666 pages
...obtain it. One or more private individuals offered him the opportunity to continue. Several years before he had been offered a considerable sum for this work...patentable in order that commercial reward might come to (he persons furnishing the money, but he steadfastly refused either to secure a patent or to accept... | |
 | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - 1919 - 702 pages
...His arrangements with the Board of Ordnance and Fortification absolutely required that the details of construction should not be made public. The newspaper...money from private persons as a matter of business. He declared that his work was solely in the interest of the nation, and if the nation was not prepared... | |
 | 1907 - 798 pages
...obtain it. One or more private individuals offered him the opportunity to continue. Several years before he had been offered a considerable sum for this work...a patent or to accept money from private persons. He declared that this work was solely in the interest of the Nation, and if the Nation was not prepared... | |
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It was a lack of means from the source from which he thought he was entitled to obtain them. An absolute lack of means there was not. Private individuals offered him the means to continue his work. Several years before this he had been offered a considerable... 