Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...National House of Representatives has passed a bill for the incorporation of the American Historical Association. Among the incorporators named are Mr. Justin Winsor of Harvard, ex-president A. D. White of Cornell, and the Hon. George Bancroft...
...California. These Jetters will set forth at length the observations which have been made by means of the Lick telescope. A comparison of the results of the observations taken by Prof. Holden by means of the Lick telescope, and the results obtained by means of the best English and American telescopes shows that the Lick lens is immeasurably superior to any of its predecessors. Formerly there was supposed to be only one star, called Alpha Lyre or Vega, within the ring of the nebula of the constellation Lyra, but recently five stars have been clearly defined within this ring...
...same department is a selection of photographs of English Celebrities. Orders will be filled for any American or English Celebrities, and for any of the other works of English and Italian photographers...
...American Society for Psychical Research held a public meeting last Wednesday evening in the rooms of the Boston Natural History Society. Professor William James, of Harvard, was in the chair in the absence of the president, and received the reports of two committees: one on Mediumistic Phenomena, and the other on Phantasms and Presentiments...
...same department is a selection of photographs of English Celebrities. Orders will be filled for any American or English Celebrities, and for any of the other works of English and Italian photographers...