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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Metric system, (search)
Metric weight of 5 grammes (77.16 grains) and diameter of 2 centimetres given to the 5-cent copper nickel piece in the United States by act of CongressMay 16, 1866 Use in the United States authorized by act of Congress, and table of equivalents approvedJuly 28, 1866 Convention establishing an international bureau of weights and measures signed at Paris by representatives of Austria, Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, United States, Argentine Republic, Brazil, and PeruMay 20, 1875 International congress on weights and measures meets at ParisSept. 4, 1878 Metric system. Unit of the measure of length. Metre = 39.37 inches. Decametre10metres. Hectometre100metres. Kilometre1,000metres. Myriametre10,000metres. Decimetre.1 metre. Centimetre.01metres. Millimetre.001metres. Unit of the measure of surface. Centare = 1 sq. metre = 1,550 sq. inches. Are100 centares. Hectare10,000 centares. Unit of the measure o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Page, Thomas Jefferson 1808-1899 (search)
Page, Thomas Jefferson 1808-1899 Naval officer; born in Virginia in 1808. In 1815 he was in command of the Water Witch, which was sent by the United States to explore the La Plata River, and in 1858 he was authorized to continue his explorations. His report, which was published in New York, was the first definite source of information of the La Plata River and its tributaries. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate navy. He died in Rome, Italy, Oct. 26, 1899. Page, Thomas Jefferson 1808-1899 Naval officer; born in Virginia in 1808. In 1815 he was in command of the Water Witch, which was sent by the United States to explore the La Plata River, and in 1858 he was authorized to continue his explorations. His report, which was published in New York, was the first definite source of information of the La Plata River and its tributaries. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate navy. He died in Rome, Italy, Oct. 26, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Railway, the Intercontinental (search)
rk City to Buenos Ayres, the railway would be 10,221 miles long, and to finish and equip it would cost at least $200,000,000. This length and cost would also be increased when the line is extended through Patagonia to the southern limits of South America. Complete surveys prove that a practical route can be had, and the road built in a reasonable time. The route of this road can be traced on a railroad map, while the following table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 169 San Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209 Costa Rica 360 360 ————————— Total in Central America 210 829 1,039 Colombia 1,3541,354 Ecuador 658 658 Peru 151 1,633 1,784 Bolivia 195 392 587 Argentina 936 125 1,061 ————————— Total in South America 1,282 4
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rodney, Cesar Augustus 1772-1824 (search)
Rodney, Cesar Augustus 1772-1824 Legislator; born in Dover, Del., Jan. 4, 1772; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1789; admitted to the bar in 1793: elected to Congress from Delaware in 1803; became Attorney-General of the United States in 1807. He served in the War of 1812; was appointed by President Monroe to report upon the status of the Spanish-American republics in 1817; reelected to Congress in 1820, and to the United States Senate in 1822; appointed minister to the Argentine Republic in 1823. He published a Report upon the present State of the United provinces of South America (1819). He died in Buenos Ayres, South America, June 10. 1824.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spain. (search)
took refuge in Brazil in 1807. The rising began in Buenos Ayres, Venezuela, and Chile. In 1810 Mexico revolted, but did not secure its independence until 1821. The other states followed at various intervals, Bolivia, in 1824, being the last. The people of the United States naturally sympathized with these movements. When the diplomatic appropriation bill came up in Congress, March 24, 1818, Henry Clay moved to insert an appropriation for a minister to the new South American republic of La Plata. Early in the session of 1819 he proposed the acknowledgment of the South American republics, but it was considered premature. He brought the question before Congress again early in 1821, when the House of Representatives adopted resolutions to that effect. In his annual message (Dec. 3, 1821), President Monroe called the attention of Congress to these republics, suggesting that they were really independent of Spain and deserved acknowledgment. In accordance with these suggestions, a re
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Submarine cables. (search)
to St. Vincent (Cape Verde Island), to Pernambuco (Brazil)67,375 Central and South American Telegraph Co157,500 Compagnie Allemande des Cables Telegraphiques11,114 Compania Telegrafico-Telefonica del Plata128 Compania Telegrafico del Rio de la Plata.128 Cuba Submarine Telegraph Co41,049 Direct Spanish Telegraph Co4710 Direct West India Cable Co.: Bermuda-Turk's Island and Turk's Island-Jamaica21,280 Eastern and South African Telegraph Co138,907 Eastern Extension Australasia and China Tm 2 55 Denmark73 235 France54 5,035 Germany58 2,225 Great Britain and Ireland135 1,989 Greece46 55 Holland24 62 Italy 39 1,061 Norway325 324 Portugal4115 Russia 9231 Spain15 1,744 Sweden14 96 Switzerland2 10 Turkey23 344 Argentine Republic and Brazil49 119 Australia and New Zealand31 345 Bahama Islands1 213 British America1 200 British India (Indo-European Telegraph Department）111 1,919 China2 113 Cochin China and Tonquin2 774 Japan70 1,508 Macao1 2 Nouvelle Ca
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ossession of it for the King of Spain, calling it the South sea ......Sept. 25, 1513 Juan Diaz de Solis discovers the La Plata......January, 1516 [He is killed by natives in an attempt to land. This river named in 1527 from silver plate posses Spain in 1471; died in South America in 1516. Reputed the most experienced navigator of his time. Discovers the river La Plata, South America,......January, 1516 [Killed by Indians on that river.] Las Casas, Bartholomew, born in Seville, Spa...April 16, 1890 Pan-American conference, in which was represented Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, Argentine Republic, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, Bolivia, United States, Venezuela, Chile, San Salvador, and Ecuadoesident, and confirmed......Feb. 6, 1895 President Cleveland decides the boundary dispute between Brazil and the Argentine Republic in favor of Brazil......Feb. 6, 1895 Brig.-Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, U. S. A., nominated by the President to be majo
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
2 sailingvessels, and 2,624,431 tons in 3,061 steamers. Refrigerating-steamer (section through the steamer and barge). Fig. 5618 is a transverse section through a steamer whose hold is fitted with racks for holding sides of meat for Transatlantic transportation. Such are proposed to carry the surplus meat of Texas or Buenos Ayres to a European market. The proposition has been many times made, but the instance illustrated is that of the steamer Frigorific, 900 tons, intended for the La Plata and Paris trade. The barge shown alongside is intended for the river Seine transportation between Havre and Paris. Both ship and barge are fitted with the Tellier refrigerating apparatus, in which a low degree of temperature is imparted to an air-blast which passes around large plates cooled by the expanded vapor of methylated spirit. See ice-making, pages 1164-68, and Plate XXVI. Some of these refrigerating devices employ ice, and others cool the air by the expansion of previously cond
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 1: (search)
aving measure. its ingenuity and conservatism. Calhoun's profound statesmanship. injustice to his memory. how the South has been injured by false party names There is nothing of political philosophy more plainly taught in history than the limited value of the Federal principle. It had been experimented upon in various ages of the world — in the Amphictyonic Council, in the Achaean league, in the United Provinces of Holland, in Mexico, in Central America, in Columbia, and in the Argentine republic; in all these instances the form of government established upon it had become extinct, or had passed into the alternative of consolidation or anarchy and disintegration. Indeed, it is plain enough that such a form of government is the resource only of small and weak communities; that it is essentially temporary in its nature; and that it has never been adopted by States which had approached a mature condition, and had passed the period of pupillage. It is not to be denied that the Fe
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 13: (search)
the interior of South America, and its capital, the city of Asuncion, on the left bank of the river Paraguay, is more than a thousand miles from the mouth of the La Plata. The stern policy of Dr. Francia, formerly the Dictator of Paraguay, had been to exclude all the rest of the world from his dominions, and in this he had succintercourse with foreigners. Protected by his remote and secluded position, he but little apprehended that a navy from our far distant country could ascend the La Plata, the Parana, and the Paraguay, and reach his capital. This was doubtless the reason why he had ventured to place us at defiance. Under these circumstances the n his message already referred to, justly observes, that the appearance of so large a force, fitted out in such a prompt manner, in the far distant waters of the La Plata, and the admirable conduct of the officers and men employed in it, have had a happy effect in favor of our country throughout all that remote portion of the worl
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