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For the increase of knowledge, the Institution aids investigators by making grants for research and exploration, supplying books, apparatus, laboratory accommodations, etc. It occasionally provides for lectures, which are published. It has initiated numerous scientific projects of national importance, some of which have been turned over to the Government and resulted in the creation of independent Government bureaus. It advises the Government in many matters of scientific importance, especially in those that have an international aspect. It co-operates with scientific bodies of national importance, like the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Historical Association, etc. It issues three regular series of publications: Annual Reports, containing papers of general interest intended to keep the ordinary reader abreast of the progress of science; Contributions to Knowledge, the distinct feature of which is that each memoir constitutes an original contribution to knowledge; Miscellaneous Collections, which contain bibliographies, reports of expeditions, and standard tables. All these publications are distributed gratuitously to important libraries throughout the world.  

For the increase of knowledge, the Institution aids investigators by making grants for research and exploration, supplying books, apparatus, laboratory accommodations, etc. It occasionally provides for lectures, which are published. It has initiated numerous scientific projects of national importance, some of which have been turned over to the Government and resulted in the creation of independent Government bureaus. It advises the Government in many matters of scientific importance, especially in those that have an international aspect. It co-operates with scientific bodies of national importance, like the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Historical Association, etc. It issues three regular series of publications: Annual Reports, containing papers of general interest intended to keep the ordinary reader abreast of the progress of science; Contributions to Knowledge, the distinct feature of which is that each memoir constitutes an original contribution to knowledge; Miscellaneous Collections, which contain bibliographies, reports of expeditions, and standard tables. All these publications are distributed gratuitously to important libraries throughout the world.  

===The Institution Library===  

===The Institution Library===

The Institution maintains a library, in co-operation with the Library of Congress, which numbers 250,000 volumes, and consists mainly of the transactions of learned societies and scientific periodicals. While the body of the library is deposited in the Library of Congress and accessible to all its readers, a working library is maintained at the Institution. Lists, bibliographies, rules for cataloging and library work have been published. The Institution supports a table at the Naples Zoological Station. All these and numerous other activities may be carried, oil solely from the income Of the Smithsonian fund. The Regents are empowered to accept gifts without action of Congress, in furtherance of the purposes of 'the Institution, and to administer trusts in accord therewith.  

The Institution maintains a library, in co-operation with the Library of Congress, which numbers 250,000 volumes, and consists mainly of the transactions of learned societies and scientific periodicals. While the body of the library is deposited in the Library of Congress and accessible to all its readers, a working library is maintained at the Institution. Lists, bibliographies, rules for cataloging and library work have been published. The Institution supports a table at the Naples Zoological Station. All these and numerous other activities may be carried, oil solely from the income Of the Smithsonian fund. The Regents are empowered to accept gifts without action of Congress, in furtherance of the purposes of 'the Institution, and to administer trusts in accord therewith.  

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==External Links==

==External links==

*[https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacency1912newy The World almanac and encyclopedia], p. 474

*[https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacency1912newy The World almanac and encyclopedia], p.&nbsp;474

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