...declares that " the objects of the association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of the United States ; to give a stronger and more general impulse, and a more systematic direction to scientific research...

...Association are", as stated in its Constitution, to promote, by periodical and migratory meetings, the intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of the United States ; to give a stronger and more general impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific research...