Good morning, Whitewater.
Monday brings scattered thunderstorms and a high of eighty to Whitewater. Sunrise is 5:56 and sunset 8:03, for 14h 07m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 16.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets tonight at 6:30 PM.
The “Castle” (1847), the Institution’s first building and still its headquarters. Via Wikipedia.
British scientist James Smithson (d. 1829) left most of his wealth to his nephew Henry James Hungerford; however, when Hungerford died childless in 1835,[5] the estate passed “to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men”, in accordance with Smithson’s will.[6] Congress officially accepted the legacy bequeathed to the nation, and pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust on July 1, 1836.[7] The American diplomat Richard Rush was dispatched to England by President Andrew Jackson to collect the bequest; Rush returned in August 1838 with 105 sacks containing 104,960 gold sovereigns (about $500,000 at the time, which is equivalent to $11,073,000 in 2015).[8][9]
Once the money was in hand, eight years of Congressional haggling ensued over how to interpret Smithson’s rather vague mandate “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”[7][9] Unfortunately the money was invested by the US Treasury in bonds issued by the state of Arkansas which soon defaulted. After heated debate, Massachusetts Representative (and ex-President) John Quincy Adams persuaded Congress to restore the lost funds with interest[10] and, despite designs on the money for other purposes, convinced his colleagues to preserve it for an institution of science and learning.[11] Finally, on August 10, 1846, President James K. Polk signed the legislation that established the Smithsonian Institution as a trust instrumentality of the United States, to be administered by a Board of Regents and a Secretary of the Smithsonian.[7]
Puzzability‘s series this week is called Logical Deductions. Here’s Monday’s game:
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This Week’s Game — August 10-14
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Logical Deductions
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This week, we’re bringing order and disorder at the same time. For each day, we started with a word or phrase, removed the seven letters in LOGICAL, and rearranged the remaining letters to get a new word or phrase. Both pieces are described in each day’s clue, with the longer one first.
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Example:
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Greasy stuff used for massage; what masseurs do to the greasy stuff (or, make someone feel worse about something)
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Answer:
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Lubricating oil; rub it in
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What to Submit:
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Submit both pieces, with the longer one first (as “Lubricating oil; rub it in” in the example), for your answer.
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Monday, August 10
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