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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kirchhoff, Charles William 1854- (search)
Kirchhoff, Charles William 1854- Engineer; born in San Francisco, Cal., March 28, 1854; graduated at the Royal School of Mines, Clausthal, Germany, in 1874. Returning to the United States he was chemist of the Delaware Lead Refinery in Philadelphia in 1874-79; managing editor of the Engineering and mining journal in 1883-86; and for several years was connected with The iron age, of which he became editor-in-chief in 1899. Since 1883 he has been special agent of the United States Geological Survey for the collection of statistics of the production of lead, copper, and zinc. He was president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in 1898-99.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff. (search)
erated articles which may be similar in material, quality, texture, or use to any enumerated article......Aug. 30, 1842 Tariff bill passes the House by a vote of 114 to 95, and the Senate by the casting vote of the Vice-President, George M. Dallas. Average rate of duty 25 1/2 per Cent......July 30, 1846 Warehouse system established by act of Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 Robert J. Walker introduces the system of private bonded warehouses, which is confirmed by act of Congress......March 28, 1854 Free-trade policy declared in the platform of the Democratic party at Cincinnati......June 6, 1856 Tariff act passed lowering the average duty to about 20 per cent.......March 3, 1857 Republican Convention at Chicago adopts a protective-tariff platform......May 17, 1860 Tariff bill, raising the tariff of 1857 about one-third, introduced in the House by Mr. Morrill, passed and approved, March 2, 1861; goes into effect......April 1, 1861 Amended tariff act raising duties pas