PR0GKA5IME OF ORGANIZATION. d 



7. An abstract, or pojiular account, of tiie contents of these memoirs 

 to be {liven to the public through the annual report of the llegents to 

 Congress. 



II. By ai)propriatinci a part of the income, annvalhj, to special objects oj 

 research, under the direction of suitable j)ersons. 



1. The objects and the amount appropriated, to be recommended by 

 counsellors of the Institution. 



2. Appropriations in different years to different objects; so that in 

 course of time each branch of knowledge may receive a share. 



0. The results obtained from these a])propriations to be published, 

 with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge. 



4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made. 



(1.) System of extended meteorological observations for solving the 

 problem of American storms. 



(!'.) Explorations in descriptive natural history, and geological, mag- 

 netical, and toi)Ographical suiveys, to collect materials for the formation 

 of a Physical Atia^ of the United States. 



(3.) Solution of experimental problems, such as a new determination 

 of the weight of the earth, of the velocity of electricity, and of light ; 

 jChemical analyses of soils and i)lants; collection and publication of scien- 

 tilic facts accunudated in the offices of government. 



(4.) Institution of statistical inquiries with reference to physi(*al, 

 moral, an<l politicid sui>Jects. 



(5.) Ilistoiical researches, and accurate surveys of places celebrated in 

 American history. 



(0.) Ethnological researches, particularly with reference to the differ- 

 ent races of men in North America; also, explorations and accurate sur- 

 veys of the mounds and other remains of the ancient i)eople of our 

 country. 



DETAILS OF THE PLAN FOR DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE. 



I. Btj the publication of a series of reports, (jiving an acconnt of the veni dis 

 coceries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all 

 branches of Jcnotvledye not strictly professional. 



1. These reports wdl diffuse a kind of knowledge generally interest- 

 ing, but which, at ])resent, is inaccessible to the public. Some of the 

 reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the 

 income of the Institution or the changes in the branches of knowledge 

 uuiy indicate. 



2. Tlu^ rei)orts are to be ])repared by collaborators eminent in the dif- 

 ferent bi'auches of knowledge. 



3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals and i»ublica- 

 tions, domestic and foieign, necessary to the compilation of his rc>port; 

 to be paid a certain sum for his labors, and to be named on the title- 

 Bage of the report. 



4. Tlie reports to be ])ublish('d in separate parts, so that ix'rsous iuter- 

 st'Hl in a i)aiticular branch can procure the i)arts relating (o it wiihout 



l)urchasing the w hole. 



5. These rci)orts may be presented to Congress, for partial distribu- 

 tion, the remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific iustifcu- 

 tions, and sold to individuals for a moderate price. 



