<sod>Smithson's research work was eclectic. He studied subjects ranging from coffee making to the use of [[calamine]], eventually renamed [[smithsonite]], in making [[brass]]. He also studied the chemistry of human [[tears]], [[snake venom]] and other natural occurrences. Smithson would publish twenty-seven papers.<ref name=SIAmain/> He was nominated to the [[Royal Society of London]] by [[Henry Cavendish]] and was made a fellow on 26 April 1787.<ref name=royal>{{cite book|last=Goode|first=George Brown|title=The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century|year=1897|publisher=De Vinne Press|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=11|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_458}}</ref> Smithson socialized and worked with scientists [[Joseph Priestley]], [[Sir Joseph Banks]], [[Antoine Lavoisier]], and [[Richard Kirwan]].<ref name=Colquhoun/><eod>
<sod>Smithson's research work was eclectic. He studied subjects ranging from coffee making to the use of [[calamine (mineral)|calamine]], eventually renamed [[smithsonite]], in making [[brass]]. He also studied the chemistry of human [[tears]], [[snake venom]] and other natural occurrences. Smithson would publish twenty-seven papers.<ref name=SIAmain/> He was nominated to the [[Royal Society of London]] by [[Henry Cavendish]] and was made a fellow on 26 April 1787.<ref name=royal>{{cite book|last=Goode|first=George Brown|title=The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century|year=1897|publisher=De Vinne Press|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=11|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_458}}</ref> Smithson socialized and worked with scientists [[Joseph Priestley]], [[Sir Joseph Banks]], [[Antoine Lavoisier]], and [[Richard Kirwan]].<ref name=Colquhoun/><eod>