Word: civill
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Competing theses must be sent in by the college authorities, not by the authors. They must be sent in anonymously, both as to author and college, indorsed on the outside, "For Engineering News Thesis Competition," and addressed in care of Francis Collingwood. Secretary of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 127 East 23rd Street, New York, who has kindly consented to receive and open he packages. They must be accompanied by a sealed envelope indorsed on the outside with the title of the thesis, and containing within the name, address and college of the author and a certificate from some...
...School the courses of instruction are the same this year as last, except the addition of a course on the New York code of Civil Procedure which will be given by James Byrne, '77 who graduated from the Law School in 1882 with high distinctions. This course is an extra; like the one on Massachusetts law it will not count towards the degree, showing that the aim of the school is national and not local...
...this number on Edward Augustus Freeman giving a sketch of his life and a brief study of his character. The most amusing article of the number is the "Diary of a Nervou Invalid" by E L. Bynner. Other noteworthy articles in this number are "George William Curtis and Civil Service Reform" by Sherman S. Rogers, and "Penelope's English Experiences" by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The only poetry of the number "To a Wild Rose Found in October" is a pretty little song with just a touch of the serious...
...York, July 27, 1818. He attended the district and other schools of that place until he was thirteen, when he entered the Livingston County High School. In 1834 he was employed for a short time in railroad surveys, and then entered the Renssaller Institute where he was graduated a civil engineer in 1837. For the next two years he was engaged under Professor Hall in the geological survey of New York. From 1839 to 1843 he was the professor of mathematics and natural science at the Albany Female Academy, and during this time he lectured on Chemistry at Newark College...
...Horsford engaged in many works of general utility. One of his first works on returning from Germany was to investigate and select the proper material for the service pipes of the Boston Water Works. He was a member of the committee for the defence of Boston Harbor in the Civil War. He also devised a marching ration for the army which was very widely adopted. In 1873 he was one of the United States' commissioners to the World's Fair in Vienna, and in 1876 he was commissioner at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia...