The article discusses the expansion of the role of the U.S. government in science and engineering through the creation of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1863. It notes that multiple research efforts authorized by the federal government have been launched after the Civil War. It mentions that imprimatur of membership has been granted by NAS to persons of original scientific achievement.
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