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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 22 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 20 0 Browse Search
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill) 14 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 13 1 Browse Search
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Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill), Historic churches and homes of Cambridge. (search)
s given the address of welcome to Lafayette, 1824. In Appleton's time Christ Church was built. Then, of course, he lost his Church-of-England parishioners. In 1792 Abiel Holmes began his long pastorate. During his time, in 1814, the college first held separate religious services. It was in Dr. Holmes' pastorate that the important separation came, from which sprung the First Parish (Unitarian) Church. Unitarianism had begun, practically, in King's Chapel, Boston, under the teaching of Clark. The people there had given up the English liturgy and taken one arranged by their own minister, denying belief in the Trinity. For a time this congregation held within itself the seeds of the schism, but presently these were cast abroad on the four winds and took root far and near. As the new beliefs became manifest, Dr. Holmes showed his disapproval and was at last compelled by his parish to resign. With the majority of his church he withdrew from his place and formed the Shepard Co
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill), chapter 11 (search)
eabody Museum. The Agassiz Museum. Harvard Observatory. The Botanic Garden. Clark's Observatory. Miss Henrietta S. Leavitt. The Peabody Museum. In one ofinches, and is the largest photographic telescope yet made. The glass is by Alvan Clark of our city. This telescope has been in use now for more than a year, and io knew Linnaeus. Dr. Gray himself is represented by portrait and bust. Clark's Observatory. Down near the Charles River, a person about to cross the old mical dome. Old citizens of Cambridge regard it with pride, and speak of it as Clark's Observatory. It marks the site of the world-renowned telescope factory of AlAlvan Clark and Sons. The story of its beginning is romantic. If Alvan Clark was known in early life as a successful miniature painter. His son, George B. Clark, Alvan Clark was known in early life as a successful miniature painter. His son, George B. Clark, became a student at Phillips Academy, Andover. The dinner bell broke. and the boy obtained the fragments. Taking them home, he melted down the metal over the kitc