Word: rationalism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...examination. Persons desiring to enter this examination should at once write to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., for application blanks, Form 304, which should be properly executed and promptly forwarded to the Commission. The salary of a cadet is $500 per annum and one (1) ration...
...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...