SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS, VOL. 78 (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 78The functions of the Smithsonian Institution as stipulated by the will of the founder, James Smithson, are the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. In its endeavor to increase the sum of human knowledge, the Institution conducts researches and explora tions, the latter particularly in regions of the earth which have not vet been thoroughly investigated. As the founders will did not discriminate in favor of any particular branch of science, the Institu tion endeavors to be partial to none, and its activities have covered geology, biology, and anthropology, with all of their various subdi visions, astrophysics, aeronautics, physics, and chemistry. The pres ent pamphlet is intended to present in brief form, illustrated, the purpose and results of the expeditions in the field during 1925. The very limited income of the Institution from. Its private endow ment does not permit of a comprehensive, coordinated program of exploration, and it therefore takes whatever Opportunity offers to cooperate with other agencies in sending out field expeditions. The accounts, although written in the third person, are prepared for the most part by the explorers themselves, and the pictures are taken bv them in the field.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,