Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...packed and protected, Mr. Willard P. Gerrish will accompany them to New York and see them put safely into the steamer's strongroom, where they will remain until the steamer is met at Mollendo, Peru. The telescope will be shipped on the "Condor" of the Merchants Line around South America through the Straits of Magellan to Peru. It is sent this roundabout way to avoid the handling of the lenses by inexperienced hands at the Isthmus of Panama. From Mollendo the instrument will be taken by rail about 75 miles inland to Arequipa. The chief difficulty will be met there...
...William Sturgis Bigelow, and Arthur Astor Carey trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts for one year from Jan. 1, 1896; John Fiske, LL. D., lecturer on "Campaigns of the Civil War West of the Alleghanies," Francis Amasa Walker, LL. D., lecturer on "Bimetallism Since the Discovery of America;" all for 1895-'96; appointing Frank Beverly Williams, A. M., instructor in Roman Law, from Sept. 1, 1895; appointing the following instructors for one year from Sept. 1, 1895: Thomas Bernard Hayden, D. M. D., in mechanical dentistry: Walter Raymond Spalding, A. M., in harmony; Joseph Adna Hill...
...offering superior transportation facilities: Hall, 81.- (2) By opening up trade with new nations and increasing already existing trade.- (c) Increased trade increases agriculture and the industrial products of the country: Hall, 80 seq.; Lipp. Mag., 719-(1) Extensive new markets are opened up, as South America.- (2) An immense impetus is given to ship building.- (d) Large sums of money, for the most part paid to English shippers, will finally be paid to American shippers and kept at home: Bates...
Brown has offered a course this year comparatively new in America-chemical physiology...
...most famous of his compositions is the national hymn "America." Its deep and noble patriotism thrilled the hearts of the people, and it has ever since been used as the national anthem on all public occasions. This hymn was composed while he was a theological student, and was first sung at the chil...