Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 326
er to confineresearch to a few large projects rather than to aid many minorinvestigations with grants comparatively small. One branch of the work reminds us of Mr. Carnegies methodin establishing public libraries—the supplementing of local publicspirit by a generous gift. In many cases a university… … Dr. R. S. WOODWARD,President, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 277 main at sea indefinitely. Let a few typical examples of this kindbe mentioned:—Dudley Observatory, Albany, New York, andLick Observatory, California, have received aid toward their ob-servations and…
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