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Page 114 - not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say : " If it had not been the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us." The University of Geneva was founded by Calvin, in
Page 235 - period of time past the earth must have been, and Within a finite period of time to come the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present * The whole amount of solar energy incessantly expended on our earth may be estimated at the amount of 208 billion 498,027 million
Page 6 - particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons. TO DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It ÍS proposed— 1. To publish a series of periodical reports on the progress of the different branches of knowledge ; and, 2. To publish occasionally separate treatises on subjects of general interest. DETAILS OF THE PLAN TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE. I. By
Page 236 - constituted ; unless operations have been or are to be performed which are impossible under the laws to which the known operations going on at present in the material world are subject."* And in a communication to the British Association in September, 1861, on " Physical Considerations regarding the Possible Age of the Sun's Heat,
Page 5 - his name. 4. The objects of the Institution are, 1st, to increase, and 2d, to diffuse knowledge among men. •* 5. These two objects should not be confounded with one another. The first is to enlarge the existing stock of knowledge by the addition of new truths ; and the second, to disseminate knowledge, thus increased,
Page 6 - TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE. It ÍS proposed— 1. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches, by offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths ; and, 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income lor particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons. TO DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It
Page 10 - to exhibit new objects of art. Distinguished individuals should also be invited to give lectures on subjects of general interest. This programme, which was at first adopted provisionally, has become the settled policy of the Institution. The only material change is that expressed by the following resolutions, adopted January 15, 1855, viz:
Page 10 - of January, 1847, requiring an equal division of the income between the active operations and the museum and library, when the buildings are completed, be, and it is hereby, repealed. Resolved, That hereafter the annual appropriations shall be apportioned specifically among the different objects and operations of the Institution,
Page 8 - part of the plan has been but partially carried out. II. By the publication of separate treatises on subjects of general interest. 1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs :ranslated from foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the
Page 7 - brauch to which the memoir pertains ; and to be accepted for publication only in case the report of this commission is favorable. 5. The commission to be chosen by the officers of the Institution, and the