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Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir | 94 | 6 | Browse | Search |
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation | 74 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Homer, The Iliad (ed. Samuel Butler) | 38 | 0 | Browse | Search |
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War | 22 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Euripides, Helen (ed. E. P. Coleridge) | 20 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (ed. E. P. Coleridge) | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 15 | 9 | Browse | Search |
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Brookes More) | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding) | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) | 12 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil service, United States colonial. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hotchkiss , Benjamin Berkely 1826 -1885 (search)
Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkely 1826-1885
Inventor; born in Watertown, Conn., Oct. 11, 1826; became a machinist.
His first invention was the Hotchkiss magazine gun, which was adopted by the United States government.
He also invented the machine gun which is used in the rigging of vessels; and made improvements in heavy ordnance and projectiles.
He died in Paris, France, Feb. 14, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jacobi , Mary Putnam 1842 - (search)
Jacobi, Mary Putnam 1842-
Physician; born in London, England, Aug. 31, 1842; daughter of George P. Putnam, of New York.
She studied in the Philadelphia Medical College for Women, and graduated at the New York College of Pharmacy.
She was the first woman matriculated at the École de Medecine, in Paris, France, where she graduated in 1871.
For twelve years she was the dispensary physician at the Mount Sinai Hospital, and for ten years was professor in the Woman's Medical College, both in New York.
Her essay, The question of rest for women during Menstruation, won the Boylston prize.
She is the author of The value of life; Cold pack and Massage in Anaemia; Hysteria; Brain tumor, and other essays; Studies in primary education; Common-sense applied to woman suffrage; and numerous articles in medical periodicals
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marcou , Jules 1824 -1898 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Middleton , Henry 1797 -1876 (search)
Middleton, Henry 1797-1876
Author; born in Paris, France, March 16, 1797; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1815; admitted to the bar in 1822, but never practised.
His publications include The government and the currency; Economical causes of slavery in the United States and obstacles to abolition; Prospects of disunion, etc. He died in Washington, D. C., March 15, 1876.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicolay , John George 1832 - (search)
Nicolay, John George 1832-
Author; born in Essingen, Bavaria, Feb. 26, 1832; learned the printer's trade in the office of the Free press, Pittsfield, and subsequently became its editor and proprietor.
In 1860-65 he was private secretary of President Lincoln; in 1865-69 United States consul at Paris, France; and in 1872-87 marshal of the United States Supreme Court.
He is the author of The outlook of rebellion; the biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln in the Encyclopaedia Britannica; many magazine articles; and with John Hay (q. v.), Abraham Lincoln: a history (10 volumes), and Abraham Lincoln, complete works.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phillips , Wendell 1811 -1884 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Raynal , Guillaume Thomas Francois 1713 -1793 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rothwell , Richard Pennefather 1836 - (search)
Rothwell, Richard Pennefather 1836-
Scientist; born in Ingersoll, Canada, May 1, 1836: graduated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1858, and the Imperial School of Mines, Paris, France, in 1862.
He is the author of The mineral industry; Universal bimetallism, and an international Monetary clearing House, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stuart , Gilbert Charles 1755 -1828 (search)
Stuart, Gilbert Charles 1755-1828
Artist; born in Narraganset, R. I., Dec. 3, 1755; was taken to Edinburgh when eighteen years of age by a Scotch artist named Alexander, but soon returned, and painted at Newport, Boston, and New York.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, he went to London, received instructions from Benjamin West, and rose to eminence.
Gilbert Charles Stuart. In Paris he painted a portrait of Louis XIV.
He returned to the United States in 1793, and painted, from life, portraits of Washington and many worthies of the Revolutionary period.
After residing several years in Philadelphia and awhile in Washington, he made his permanent abode in Boston in 1806.
Stuart's last work was a portrait of John Quincy Adams.
He is regarded as one of the best portraitpainters America has ever produced.
His two daughters, Mrs. Stebbins and Miss Jane Stuart, both meritorious artists, long followed the profession of their father.
He died in Boston, Mass., July 27, 1828.