Timothy 1745 1829 Pickering
Pickering, Timothy ( 1745-1829). An American Statesman. He Was Born At Salem, Mass., July 17, 1745, Graduated At Harvard In 1763, And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1768. In 1773 He Drafted For The Town Of Salem A Paper Entitled State Of The Rights Of The Colonists, And In ...
Toe Reformer Cik
Cik, Toe Reformer, And :mozart, Toe Melodist. Christoph Cluck (1714-87) Was A Dissenter From The Very Start. 'his Musical Training Had Been Principally In The Italian School. But He Realized Many Of Its Operatic Insipidities And Had Determined Even With His First Work To Cut Loose From Sonic Of The ...
Topography
Topography. Three Of The Four Topographical Belts Which Form The Eastern United States May Be Recognized In This State, Running Across Its Territory From Southwest To Northeast. The At Lantic Coastal Plain Does Not Come Within The State Limits, So That The First Of The Three Belts Is The Piedmont ...
Topography_2
Topography. Extending North And South Through Peru Are Three Well-marked Topographic . Divisions: The Coast Desert, The Region Of The Andes, And The Montana Or Tropical Forested • Plain East Of The Cordilleras, And Included In The Basin Of The Amazon. The Zona Scca Or Dry Zone ' Extends Along ...
Topography_3
Topography. This Immense Labyrinth Of Isl Ands Forms That Part Of A Vast Submarine Plateau Which Has Emerged Above The Ocean. The Sur Rounding Waters Are Shallow, For The Most Part Not Over 200 Feet In Depth, ,showing That The Wide Plateau On Which The Islands Stand Nearly Approaches The ...
Tor Fialin
Tor Fialin, Duke De (1808-72). A French Politician, Horn At Saint-germain-lespinasse, In The Department Of Loire. He Joined The Hussars In 1828, But After The Revolution Of .july. 1830, Owing To Doubts As To His Loyalty, He Was Expelled From The Army On A Charge Of Insubordination. He Now Became ...
Transporta3 Ion And Com
Transporta3 Ion And Com M Un Ications. For Eign Call At Nearly Every Port. But Most Of The International Trade Is Conducted Through The Port Of Callao. The Vessels Of Over 50 Tons Entering That Port In 1901 Numbered 531, Of 755, 461 Tons: The Clearances Were 537 Vessels, Of ...
Transportation
Transportation -t.nd Comm Un Ic A Tion. The Three Leading Ports Of The Islands Are Manila. And Lluilo, The Situation Of (q.v.) Gives It Superior Advantages In The Domestic :mll Foreign Trade Of The Island:. Vessels, Howeecr, Having A Draught Of More Than Sixteen Feet Are Compelled To Anchor Two ...
Transportation And Commerce
Transportation And Commerce. The Domin Ion, The Provincial, And The Various Municipal Governments Have Contributed Liberally To The Construction Of Railroads, And The Mileage Has Rapidly Increased Until In 1900 It Amounted To 6812 Miles, Or Twice That Of Any Other Canadian Province, There Being One Mile Of Track To ...
Transportation And Commerce_2
Transportation And Commerce. The Pacific Ocean. The Columbia River. And Snake River Pro Vide Three Sides Of The State With The Advantages Of Water Communication. Along The Coast There Are Nine Inlets Which Offer Harbor Facilities. \lost Of The Streams Flowing Into The Pacific Are Navi Gable For Short Distances. ...
Transportation And Commerce_3
Transportation And Commerce. Pennsyl Vania Is Exceeded In Railroad Mileage By Only One Other State. There Was An Increase By 259s Miles In 1800 To 8638 Miles In ]s90 And 10.310 Miles In 1000. For The Fiscal Year Ending In 1900 The Number Of Passengers Carried Was 216.603. 748 And ...
Treaties Of Paris
Paris, Treaties Of. The Name Given To Important Treaties Of Peace Concluded At Paris In 1763, 1783. 1814. 1815. 1s50, And 1898. The Treaty Of February 10. 1763, Was Con Cluded Between France And Spain On The One Hand. And Great Britain And Portugal On The Other. At The End ...
Tropy
Tropy.) In 1783 Van Marna' Observed That Oxygen Gas Through Which An Electric Current Had Been Passed, As Well As The Air Or Oxygen In The Vicinity Of An Electric Machine, Possessed A Pecu Liar Odor Somewhat Resembling Chlorine. Lle Re Ferred To It As The 'smell Of Electricity.' In ...
Union
Union) Veterans Who Served Between April 12. 1861. And April 30. 1865. And Who Par Tivipated In One Or More Engagements Or Battles, And Received An Honorary Discharge. Of Broader Scope Than The Foregoing Is The Regular Army And Navy Union Of The United States Of America (ry.). In Which ...
United States
United States. In The Colonial Period British Portraitists Were Active In America, Hut None Of These Possessed Essentially American Qualities. The Americans Copley, West, Lesley, And New Ton Were British Painters, Who Passed Most Of Their Lives In England. Even After The Revo Lution American Painting Remained Under Brit Ish ...
University Paris
Paris, University Or. One Of The Oldest And Largest Universities In The World. It Had Its In Ception In The Schools Of Notre-dame. Sainte Genevieve, And Saint Victor, And First Comes Into Prominence About 1170. In The Early Part Of The Twelfth Century Paris Was Already The Noted Seat Of ...
University Of Padua
Padua, University Of. One Of The Oldest And Most Famous Of European Universities. It Had Its Inception In The Emigration From The University Of Bologna In 1222 Of A Large Num Ber Of Students Owing To Difficulties With The Town Authorities. The School Of Martini's For The Study Of Jurisprudence ...
Valve
Valve. The Quantity Of Metal Beef'ssary To Make Mining Profitable Depends Largely On The Character Of The Ore. Lake Superior Copper Contain As Little As 0.tt5 Per Cent. Of Native Copper; And Many Copper Sulphide Ores Running As Low As 2 Or 3 Per Cent. Metallic Copper Are Slieeessfillly Worked. ...
Weathering
Weathering. :most Ore Deposits Have Been Changed Superficially By Weathering, The Depth Of This Alteration Varying From A Few Feet To Several Hundred; In The Rocky Mountains. 300 To 400 Feet Is Nqt Uncommon, And 1000 Feet Is Extreme; In Chile A Depth Of 1500 Has Been Recorded. Where The ...
Wendell Phillips
Phillips, Wendell An Emi Nent American Orator Am] Reformer, Born In Boston. Ile Was Educated At 'harvard. Graduat Ing In 1831—the Year Of The First Appearance Of The Liberat,r. After A Three-years' ('nurse At The Cambridge Law School, He Was Admitted To The Surf°lk Comity Bar; Imt, He Was Little ...
William 1644 171s 1penn
Penn, William ( 1644-171s 1 A Celebrated English Quaker And The Founder Of Pennsylvania. He Was The Son Of Sir William Penn, Was Born In London, And Was Educated Ehietly At Christ's Church. Gxford, Where He Became A Quaker. His Enthusiasm For His New Faith Assumed A Pugna Cious Form. ...
William 1658 1719 Paterson
Paterson, William (1658-1719). A Brit Ish Financier, Born In Dumfriesshire, Scotland. When A Young Man He Removed To England, And Then Went To The Bahama Islands. Returning To London. He Engaged In Trade, And Soon Acquired A Considerable Fortune. Paterson Is Chiefly Famous For Having Been The Originator Of The ...
William 1843 98 Pepper
Pepper, William (1843-98). An Ameri Can Physician. He Was Born In Philadelphia, The Son Of A Physician Of The Same Name, A Professor In The University Of Pennsylvania. And Was Graduated From That Institution In Arts (1862) And Medicine (1864). His Professional Advance Ment Was Steady And Rapid. After A ...