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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
rooks, Jan. 1, 1767.   Isaac Kidder of Woburn, m. Ann Goodwin, Nov. 25, 1775.   Mary Kidder of Charlestown, d. Jan. 19, 1779.    Susanna Kidder d. Nov. 5, 1801, aged 19,ch. of Jas. and Susanna Kidder. Charles Kidder d. June 13, 1802, aged 15, Rebecca Kidder d. Oct. 23, 1814, aged 12,  1KNOX, Moses, son of John and Nancy (Cochran) Knox, was b. in Pembroke, N. H., Aug. 4, 1812; m., May 23, 1839, Abigail, dau. of Edward S. and Persis Phipps Walker, of Charlestown; and has--  1-2Joseph Henry, b. Aug. 27, 1842.  3William Penn, b. Mar. 2, 1845.  4Mary Adelaide, b. Feb. 11, 1849.  5Moses Edwards, b. Mar. 5, 1855. Sir Robert Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, was a descendant of Sir Robert Lawrence, knighted about 1190. This Sir Robert, of Ashton, had a third son, Nicholas Lawrence, of Agercroft, whose fourth son was John, who d. 1461, leaving a son, Thomas L., of Ramburgh, in Suffolk. This Thomas d. 1471, leaving John Lawrence, oldest son, whose will is dated 1504. John
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electricity in the nineteenth century. (search)
right angles to the wire conveying current and that the direction of turning depends on the direction of the current. The study of the magnetic effects of electric currents by Arago, Ampere, and the production of the electro-magnet by Sturgeon, together with the very valuable work of Henry and others, made possible the completion of the electric telegraph. This was done by Morse and Vail in America, and almost simultaneously by workers abroad, but, before Morse had entered the field, Prof. Joseph Henry had exemplified by experiments the working of electric signalling by electromagnets over a short line. It was Henry, in fact, who first made a practically useful electro-magnet of soft iron. The history of the electric telegraph teaches us that to no single individual is the invention due. The Morse system had been demonstrated in 1837, but not until 1844 was the first telegraph line built. It connected Baltimore and Washington, and the funds for defraying its cost were only obtaine
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henry, Joseph 1797- (search)
Henry, Joseph 1797- Physicist; born in Albany, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1797; was a watchmaker for some years. In 1826 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics in the Albany Academy, and in 1827 he began a series of experiments in electricity. He fully developed the power of electro-magnetism, and perfected the electro-magnetic telxplained to Professor Wheatstone his method of ringing a church bell 100 miles away by an electro-magnet. On the organization of the Smithsonian Institution Joseph Henry. at Washington, in 1846, Professor Henry was appointed its secretary, which post he filled with great ability until his death, May 13, 1878. He published manysor Wheatstone his method of ringing a church bell 100 miles away by an electro-magnet. On the organization of the Smithsonian Institution Joseph Henry. at Washington, in 1846, Professor Henry was appointed its secretary, which post he filled with great ability until his death, May 13, 1878. He published many scientific papers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morton, Henry 1837- (search)
d its first Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Physics and Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania in 1867-68, and of Chemistry alone in 1869-70; and was chosen president of Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, N. J., in 1870. In 1868 he organized and conducted the expedition to observe and photograph the total solar eclipse in Iowa; in 1873 was elected a member of the National Academy of Science; in 1878-86 was a member of the United States light-house board, succeeding Prof. Joseph Henry. Dr. Morton is widely known as an expert in questions relating to chemistry, electricity, and other branches of physics. He edited the Journal of the Franklin Institute in 1867-70, and, besides many researches in chemistry and physics, has published a translation of the trilingual hieroglyphic inscription of the Rosetta stone, and with Prof. A. R. Leeds, The student's practical Chemistry. He has given over $67,000 towards the endowment of Stevens Institute, and in 1900 announced his
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Porto Rico, (search)
y to say that it should be remedied as speedily as possible. While it is true that the two standards exist and are recognized, and attempts are made to enforce them, in many instances which came within our notice the prices which had been originally asked in Porto Rican currency were at later periods demanded for the same articles in American currency, thus making an increase of 66 2/3 per cent. in the prices of such articles, and this received additional impetus from the provision of General Henry, directing that official salaries formerly paid in Porto Rican money be thereafter paid in gold. This gave an advantage to the sharp and cunning dealer and was decidedly disadvantageous to the honest and fair-minded one. In our judgment, the present Porto Rican currency should be retired and the United States currency be supplied to take its place. This can be done through the custom-houses or through the banks. If our estimate of the amount of Porto Rican silver now in circulati
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smithson, James Lewis Macie -1835 (search)
stitution. Provision was made for the increase of the fund by the accumulation of interest for the purpose of erecting buildings and of other current and incidental expenses, such expenditures to be made wholly from accruing interest (the funds being loaned at 6 per cent.), and not from the principal. Grounds were chosen and a building was erected at a cost of about $500,000. In December. 1846, the regents or board of trustees of the Smithsonian Institution, as it is called, chose Prof. Joseph Henry as their secretary, which office he held until his death, early in 1878. Provision was made for a library, museum, gallery of art, and lectures. Transactions of learned societies and scientific works were collected; the museum was enriched by the fruits of government explorations and the contributions of individual explorers; a gallery of art was commenced: and lectures, chiefly on scientific subjects, were delivered up to 1865, when a fire destroyed the lecture-room. Then a change
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
r to be issued to, and naval officers detailed for, the Jeannette (fitted for a Polar expedition by James Gordon Bennett), by act......March 18, 1878 William M. Tweed, born 1823, dies in Ludlow Street jail, New York......April 12, 1878 Thomas W. Ferry chosen president pro tem. of the Senate......April 17, 1878 First train on the Gilbert elevated railroad, New York, is run on Sixth Avenue......April 29, 1878 Coinage of 20-cent silver pieces stopped by act......May 2, 1878 Prof. Joseph Henry, of the Smithsonian Institution, born 1797, dies......May 13, 1878 Select committee appointed in the House on motion of Mr. Potter to investigate alleged frauds in the Presidential election in Louisiana and Florida......May 17, 1878 Further retirement of legal-tender notes forbidden; the balance, $350,000,000, to be kept in circulation, by act......May 31, 1878 Bill to repeal the bankrupt law passed......June 7, 1878 Act providing for government of the District of Columbia
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weather Bureau. (search)
approved......June 10, 1872 Signal-service stations established at light-house and life-saving stations on the lakes and sea-coast, by act of......March 3, 1873 Monthly weather review first published......1873 System of international co-operative simultaneous weather observation, proposed by General Myer at the congress of meteorologists convened at Vienna, is begun......September, 1873 All Smithsonian weather observers transferred to the signal service at the instance of Prof. Joseph Henry......Feb. 2, 1874 Meteorological reports of army post surgeons ordered by the surgeon-general to be sent to the chief signal office......June 19, 1874 Daily publication of Bulletin of international simultaneous meteorological observations of the Northern Hemisphere begun at Washington......Jan. 1, 1875 Publication of graphic synoptic International weather maps of simultaneous observations begun by General Myer......July 1, 1878 Brig.-Gen. W. B. Hazen appointed chief signal
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
this time was in its earliest infancy. The next improvement was the substitution of dilute sulphuric acid for sour milk. This reduced the time one half. Scheele, in 1774, had discovered chlorine; and Berthollet, in 1784, ascertained that an aqueous solution of chlorine discharged vegetable colors. This he communicated to Watt, and it was soon adopted in Scotland with linen. Berthollet added potash to the water to preserve the health of the workmen and the texture of the goods. Dr. Henry, of Manchester, substituted lime for potash, the goods being passed through a cream of lime and then exposed to chlorine. This formed a chloride of lime on the cloth. In 1798, Tennant, of Glasgow, adopted a saturated solution of chloride of lime, and subsequently impregnated dry lime with the gas, making bleaching powder. Bleaching, of cotton goods especially, is conducted on a systematic large scale, and includes singeing and washing; the former to remove the fibrous down from the
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), E. (search)
by a helix of wire, through which a voltaic current is passed, becomes magnetized, and continues so as long as the current is passing through the wire. In 1832, Baron Schilling constructed a model of a telegraph which was to give signals by the deflection of a needle to the right or left. One great practical difficulty was still to be overcome, the resistance of the transmitting wire to the comparatively feeble current engendered by the voltaic battery. This was conquered by Professor Joseph Henry, now secretary of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, who, in 1831, invented the form of magnet now generally used for telegraphic purposes, and discovered the principle of combination of circuits, constituting the important invention of receiving-magnet, and the relay or local battery, as they are familiarly known in connection with Morse's telegraph. The effect of a combination of circuits is to enable a weak or exhausted current to bring into action and substitute for itse
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