Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...individual investigations attracted widespread attention both in the United States and in Europe. He wrote a large number of books and papers and lectured frequently on scientific subjects. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Cambridge and was one of the most prominent members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His principal works were: "Religion and Chemistry," "The Elements of Chemical Physics," "The Principles of Chemical Philosophy," "The New Chemistry," and "Scientific Culture...
...time he was an instructor at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and afterward taught in the Boston Latin School. In 1881 he was appointed instructor in forensics and American history at Harvard and in 1886 instructor in international...
...American Institute of Instruction will meet in convention at Bethlehem, N. H. July 9 to 12. Among the speakers will be William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education, and Presidents Eliot of Harvard, Tucker of Dartmouth, and Whitman of Colby...
...these are clustered excellent representatives of the flora of the Australasian colonies. If the walk be now continued through the main paths, one comes in succession upon the representative plants of the northern flora of our own country, here and there intermingled with specimens illustrating their foreign relationships. The American Gardan is behind the first range of greenhouses, and attracts a great deal of attention from the luxuriance with which all the specimens are growing. Throughout the garden, all the plants are labelled, even those which are used for decorative purposes being provided with clearly-written labels giving the name...
Tonight will be American composers' night at the Promenade Concert. The programme is as follows...