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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



It is not evident that all the work 

 of the government for science or for 

 public health should be concentrated 

 in one department or bureau. Under 

 existing conditions it is probably bet- 

 ter that they should be found in each 

 department. Thus the Agricultural 

 Department is substantially a Depart- 

 ment of Agricultural Science, and the 

 Navy Department should become a De- 

 partment of Naval Science, the Treas- 

 ury Department a Department of Eco- 

 nomic Science, etc. It is a distinct 

 advantage that work on behalf of 

 health should now be done under at 

 least six of the nine departments of 

 the federal government. What we need 

 is an increase in amount, range and 

 scientific productivity of the work done 

 under each department, and a new 

 bureau which can coordinate this work 

 and cooperate in its extension. 



THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS 

 OF THE CARNEGIE INSTI- 

 TUTION 



Appended to the report of the presi- 

 dent of the Carnegie Institution for 

 1906 are accounts of the scientific work 

 carried forward under the auspices of 

 the institution during the year. In 

 addition to some forty minor grants, 

 amounting in all to nearly $100,000, 

 there were eleven departments, for the 

 support of which over $450,000 was 

 appropriated. 



The largest appropriation last year 

 was for the department of solar phys- 

 ics under the direction of Professor 

 George E. Hale. Further progress has 

 been made in equipping the observatory 

 on Mt. Wilson, and a road has been 

 built to the summit. Research has 

 been carried forward in various direc- 



Mt. Wilson, from Mt. Hamilton, the Seat of the Solar Observatory of the Carnegie 



Institution. 



