. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 346 PHYSICAL LABORATORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. maintainod. Contrast this with the exponditure on the Reichsanstalt* or with the proposals in America where the bill for the establishment of a laboratory has just passed, and an expenditure of £60,000 on building- and site and £9,000 a yenv has been authorized. * * * Science is not yet regarded as a commercial factor in England. Is there no one who, realizing the importance of the alliance, will co
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 346 PHYSICAL LABORATORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. maintainod. Contrast this with the exponditure on the Reichsanstalt* or with the proposals in America where the bill for the establishment of a laboratory has just passed, and an expenditure of £60,000 on building- and site and £9,000 a yenv has been authorized. * * * Science is not yet regarded as a commercial factor in England. Is there no one who, realizing the importance of the alliance, will come n-mi'i'L \m*cM. ? Ijaamtt^. Engineering Laboratory, ground plan. forward with more ample funds to start us on our course with a fair prospect of success? One real friend has recently told us in print that the new institution is on such a microscopic scale that its utility in the present struggle is more than doubtful. Is there no statesman who can grasp the position and see that, with, say, double the income, the chances of our. doing a great work would be increased a hundred- "? Capital expenditure on the Reichsanstalt. DIVISION I. Site, the gift of Dr. Siemens £25,000 Cost of buildings 34, 275 Fittings and furniture 2, 700 Machinery and instruments 4,100 £66,075 DIVISION II. Site £18, 600 Buildings 88, 000 Fittings and furniture 5, 400 Machinery and 23,550 135,550 201, 625 ANNUAL EXPENDITURE. Salaries and wages £10, 300 Maintenance of buildings, apparatus, etc 6, 350 16,650 See description, with illustrations of the Reichsanstalt, by Henry S. Carhart, printed in the Smithsonian Report for 1900, pages Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian
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