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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abbot , Benjamin 1849 (search)
Abbot, Benjamin, -1849
Educator; born, 1762.
He was graduated at Harvard in 1788. Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., was conducted by him until 1838.
Among his pupils were George Bancroft, Lewis Cass, Edward Everett, John G. Palfry, Jared Sparks, and Daniel Webster.
He died in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 25, 1849.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Cyrus Cornelius 1849 - (search)
Adams, Cyrus Cornelius, 1849-
Geographer; born in Naperville, Ill., Jan. 7, 1849; was educated at the University of Chicago, in 1876.
On the founding of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, was chosen president of its department of geography.
He is widely known as a writer and lecturer on geographical topics; has travelled extensively; and was a delegate to the International Geographical Congress, in London, England, in 1895, and a speaker at the African Congress, in Atlanta, Ga., the same year.
He has made a special study of the geography of Africa, and has collected for the Brooklyn Institute over 2,500 specimens of appliances used in the ten principal countries of the world in geographical education.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Alexander 1835 - (search)
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-
Naturalist; born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Dec. 17, 1835: son of Prof. Louis Agassiz; came to the United States in 1849; and was graduated at Harvard College in 1855, and at Lawrence Scientific School in 1857.
He was curator of the Natural History Museum, in Cambridge, in 1874-85: has since been engaged in important zoological investigations; and became widely known by his connection with the famous Calumet and Hecla copper-mines.
The University of St. Andrews conferred the honorary degree of Ll.D. upon him, April 2, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agnew , Cornelius Rea 1830 -1888 (search)
Agnew, Cornelius Rea, 1830-1888
Physician and surgeon; born in New York City, Aug. 8, 1830; was graduated at Columbia College in 1849, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1852, subsequently continuing his studies in Europe.
He became surgeon-general of the State of New York in 1858, and at the beginning of the Civil War was appointed medical director of the New York State Volunteer Hospital.
During the war he was also one of the most influential members of the United States Sanitary commission (q. v.). After the war he gave much attention to opthalmology, founded the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, and became Clinical Professor of the Diseases of the Eye and Ear in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Agnew was actively identified with the educational institutions of New York City, and was one of the founders of the Columbia College School of Mines.
He died in New York, April 8, 1888.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , James Lane 1849 - (search)
Allen, James Lane, 1849-
Author; born in Kentucky in 1849; was graduated at Transylvania University; taught in the Kentucky University, and later became Professor of Latin and Higher English in Bethany College, West Virginia.
Since 1886 he has been engaged in authorship.
His publications include Flute and violin; The Blue grass region, and other sketches of Kentucky; John Gray, a novel; The Kentucky; John Gray, a novel; The Kentucky Cardinal; Aftermath; A summer in Arcady; The choir invismes Lane, 1849-
Author; born in Kentucky in 1849; was graduated at Transylvania University; taught in the Kentucky University, and later became Professor of Latin and Higher English in Bethany College, West Virginia.
Since 1886 he has been engaged in authorship.
His publications include Flute and violin; The Blue grass region, and other sketches of Kentucky; John Gray, a novel; The Kentucky; John Gray, a novel; The Kentucky Cardinal; Aftermath; A summer in Arcady; The choir invisible, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alvey , Richard Henry 1826 - (search)
Alvey, Richard Henry, 1826-
Jurist; born in St. Mary's county, Md., in March. 1826; was educated in St. Mary's College: admitted to the bar in 1849.
He was elected a Pierce Presidential elector in 1852, and a member of the Michigan State Constitutional Convention in 1867.
He served as chief judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, and as a justice of the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1867-83, and as chief-justice of that court in 1883-93.
On Jan. 1, 1896. President Cleveland appointed him a member of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission (see Venezuela question).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Angell , James Burrill 1829 - (search)
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-
Educator and diplomatist; born in Scituate, R. I., Jan. 7, 1829; was graduated at Brown University; in 1849; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Brown University in 1853-60; president of the University of Vermont in 1866-71; and since 1871 president of the University of Michigan.
In 1880-81 he was United States minister to China; in 1887 a member of the Anglo-American Commission on Canadian Fisheries: in 1896 chairman of the Canadian-American Commission on Deep Waterways from the Great Lakes to the Sea: and in 1897-98 United States minister to Turkey.
He is author of numerous addresses, and magazine articles.
Artesian Wells,
Wells formed by boring through upper soil to strata containing water which has percolated from a higher level.
and which rises to that level through the boring-tube.
The following are some of the deepest wells in the United States:
Location.Depth.Bored.Remarks.
St. Louis, Mo2,197 ft.1849-52108,000 gallons daily.
Salty.
St. Louis, Mo3,843 ft.1866-70Does not rise to the surface.
Salty.
Louisville, Ky,2,086 ft.1856-57330,000 gallons daily.
Mineral.
Columbus, O.2,775 1/2 ft. Water saline, 91° Fahr.: no force
Charleston, S. C.1,250 ft.184828,800 gallons daily.
Saline.
South Dakota, sometimes called the Artesian State, has many powerful artesian wells in the valley of the James River, from 800 to 1,600 feet deep, affording a bountiful supply of pure water.
The water from great depths is always warmer than at the surface.
One of the most remarkable attempts to sink an artesian well in the United Slates was made in Galveston, Tex. A depth of 3,070 fee