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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 4 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 2 0 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe 2 0 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 2 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career. 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacMONNIESonnies, Frederick William 1863- (search)
MacMONNIESonnies, Frederick William 1863- Sculptor: born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1863; received a common school education; entered the studio of Augustus St. Gaudens in 1880: studied for four years in the life classes of the Academy of Design and Art Students' League, and completed his art education abroad, studying in Munich in the atelier of Falguiere; in the École des Beaux Arts, in Paris, and in the private studio of Antonin Mereie: received the prix d'atelier, the highest prize open to foreigners; opened a, studio of his own in Paris; and in 1896 received the Cross of the Legion of Honor. His principal works are the famous statue of Bacchante, which he gave to C. F. McKim, who in 1897 presented it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; the fountain at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; the statue of Nathan Hale, in City Hall Park, New York: Fame, at West Point; Diana: Pan of Rohallion: the quadriga for the Brooklyn Memorial Arch; the two bronze e
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count 1753-1852 (search)
f the war, he was knighted, and in 1784 entered the service of the Elector of Bavaria as aide-de-camp and chamberlain. To that prince he was of infinite service in reorganizing the army and introducing many needed reforms. He greatly beautified Munich by converting an old huntingground into a handsome garden or park, and the grateful citizens afterwards erected a fine monument to his honor. Thompson was successively raised to the rank of major-general in the army, member of the council of se again visited England, and returning to Bavaria in 1796, when that country was threatened by the war between France and Germany, he was appointed head of the council of regency during the absence of the elector, and maintained the neutrality of Munich. For this service honors were bestowed upon him, and he was made superintendent of the police of the electorate. At the end of two years he went back to England. The Bavarian government wished him to be its minister, but the English governmen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schlaginweit, Robert 1833-1885 (search)
Schlaginweit, Robert 1833-1885 Traveller; born in Munich, Bavaria, Oct. 27, 1833; a brother of Hermann and Adolf, noted for their geological exploration of India in 1854-57, in which he participated. He travelled extensively in North America; lectured in English and German in the large cities of the United States; and published The Pacific Railroad in North America; California; and The Mormons. He died in Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, June 6, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spiritualism, or spiritism, (search)
roup of debatable phenomena known as mesmeric, hypnotic, psychic, and spiritualistic. Reports of a large number of varied and careful experiments in induced telepathic communication are published in their Proceedings; branches of this society have been established elsewhere, notably in the United States. In this connection also an international congress of experimental psychology has been formed: First meetings held in Paris, 1889; second, at University College, London, 1893; the third at Munich in 1896. In a report of this congress, 1893, it was stated that in a census of hallucinations undertaken by 410 members of the congress, 17,000 answers were obtained from Great Britain, France, America, Germany, etc., to the question, Have you ever, while in good health and believing yourself to be awake, seen the figure of a person or animated object, or heard a voice which was not in your view referable to any external physical cause? The answers in the negative numbered 15,311, and thos
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties. (search)
Convention of ExtraditionWashingtonJuly 3, 1856 Austria-Hungary: Convention of Rights of consulsWashingtonJuly 11, 1870 Convention of NaturalizationViennaSept. 20, 1870 Convention of Trade-marksViennaNov. 25, 1871 Baden: Convention of ExtraditionBerlinJan. 30, 1857 Treaty of NaturalizationCarlsruheJuly 19, 1868 Bavaria: Convention of Abolishing droit d'aubaine and taxes on emigrationBerlinJan. 21, 1845 Convention of ExtraditionLondonSept. 12, 1853 Treaty of Citizenship of emigrantsMunichMay 26, 1868 Belgium: Treaty of Commerce and navigationBrusselsNov. 10, 1845 Convention of Peace, amity, commerce, etcWashingtonJuly 17, 1858 Convention of Completing treaty of 1858BrusselsMay 20, 1863 Treaty of To extinguish Scheldt duesBrusselsJuly 20, 1863 Convention of NaturalizationBrusselsNov. 16, 1868 Convention of Trade-marksBrusselsDec. 20, 1868 Convention of ExtraditionWashingtonMar. 19, 1874 Treaty of Commerce and navigationWashingtonMar. 8, 1875 Convention of Consular ri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Hampshire, (search)
governor at the election, March 9, 1875, Person C. Cheney is chosen by the legislature......June 9, 1875 Thirteen amendments to the constitution, proposed by a convention at Concord, Dec. 6 to 16, 1876, are adopted except two, one of which was to strike out the word Protestant in the Bill of Rights......1877 Prohibitionists in State convention at Nashua adopt a constitution for the State temperance union......June 7-8, 1882 Bronze statue of Daniel Webster, 8 feet in height, cast at Munich, and gift of Benjamin P. Cheney, is erected in the State-house park, Concord, and dedicated......June 17, 1886 For governor: David H. Goodell, Republican, 44,809 votes; Charles H. Amsden, Democrat, 44,093; Edgar L. Carr, Prohibition, 1,567; the choice devolves upon the legislature......November, 1888 State constitutional convention meets at Concord, Jan. 2, 1889; among the seven amendments submitted to the people one favoring prohibition is lost......March 12, 1889 Legislature elect
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
n with these movements, Comb-sawing machine. and the pointers cut nicks as starting-points for the saws, which act subsequently. Com′et-seek′er. A cheap equatorial, with coarsely divided circles, and a large field in comparison to its aperture. Its name suggests its use, and the resultant find is subjected to the more accurately graduated and more powerful instruments of comparatively limited fields. The comet-seeker of the Washington Observatory was made by Merz and Mahler, of Munich. It has an object-glass of about 4 inches in diameter and a focal length of 32 inches. Low powers are used, that it may embrace a large field and collect the greatest possible quantity of light. It cost $280. Com-mand′er. 1. (Nautical.) A large wooden mallet, used in the sail and rigging lofts in driving the splicing-fid. 2. (Hat-making.) A string on the outside of the conical hat-body, pressed upon it down the sides of the block, to bring the body to the cylindrical form. <
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), E. (search)
overies previously made by others, for many important discoveries of his own, and for the courage and perseverance which he manifested, in endeavoring to render his system of practical utility to mankind by bringing it prominently to the notice of the public; and he lived to see it adopted in its essential features throughout the civilized world. In the mean while Gauss and Weber, and after them Steinheil, in Germany, were at work, and constructed a short line between the Royal Academy at Munich and the observatory; this, by means of right and left hand deflection-needles, was caused to print dots on a continuous slip of paper, moved by clock-work. While making experiments in connection with this work, Steinheil made the important discovery that the earth might be used as a part of the circuit, thus enabling him to dispense with one half the length of wire which was thought requisite. The attention of Wheatstone, in England, appears to have been drawn to the subject of telegra
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
on columns were liable to give way suddenly, owing to the expansion and contraction by heat and jets of water. Mr. Mullett, the supervising architect of the Treasury Departmnent, indorses the statement, and prefers sound oak timber to cast-iron, especially if it be treated with a liquid silicate. Fire-proofing by rendering the timber of the structure incombustible has been frequently attempted. Payne's process consists of immersion in a solution of barium or calcium. Professor Fuchs of Munich recommends as a material for rendering wood fireproof a composition of potassa or soda, 10 parts; siliceous earth, 15 parts; charcoal, 1 part, fused and formed into a water-glass and applied in solution. It forms a vitreous coating. An English composition is as follows: Fine sand, 1 part; wood ashes, 2 parts; slaked lime, 3 parts. Grind in oil, lay on with a painter's brush, the first coat thin and the next thick. Fire-proofing may be said to be accomplished when—1, the building is o
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), G. (search)
e. In a few minutes the lid is opened and the paper removed, bringing with it the adhering gelatine, which, with the coloring matter, forms the picture. See Woodbury process; nature-printing; Heliotype; Albertype, — so named from Herr Albert of Munich. Gem. A precious stone, as a diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, topaz, opal, etc. Some of those in the following list are only semi-precious, and are not strictly gems. In a mechanical point of view, they have about equal interest. Some cor on the wheel, then replaced the mass in the furnace, so that the vitreous matter might expand and fill up the spaces. He thus combined good pieces of glass, so as to build up lenses of flintglass of fine quality. Guinand joined Frauenhofer in Munich in 1805, and returned to his native canton in 1814, where he died, and was succeeded in his business by his sons. Glass-spin′ning. Brunfaut of Vienna works a process in which he makes curled or frizzled yarn of glass. The composition is a
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