 ... restoration. HARRISON, Robert Hansen, an eminent lawyer, of Maryland, was chief justice of the general court, and governor of that state. He was appointed a judge of the supreme court of the United States, in 1789, but declined the office, and died...  American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans ... - Page 155edited by - 1889Full view - About this book
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...lovers ! AH Account of the Life of the late Mr. Harrison. MR. John curate Harrison (a most acbrated inventor and maker of the famous Time-keeper for ascertaining the longitude at sea, and also of the compound, or, as it is commonly called, the gridiron pendulum) was born at Foulby,... | |
 | Stephen Jones - Biography - 1805 - 470 pages
...Arrangements;"" and " Philological Enquiries." HARRISON (JOHN) i most accurate i;¡i;Jif.|j mechanic, inventor and maker of the famous timekeeper for ascertaining the longitude at tea, born at Foulby near PoDtefraâ in Yorkshire 1693, died «776HARTE (WALTER) a poet and historian,... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1820 - 458 pages
...1789, but declined the office, and died in 1790. HARRISON, John, a most accurate English mechanic, inventor and maker of the famous time-keeper, for ascertaining the longitude at sea, born at Foulby, near Pontefract, in Yorkshire, 1693, died 1776. After many experiments, he made a time-keeper... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1842 - 454 pages
...1789, but declined the office, and died in 1790. HARRISON, John, a most accurate English mechanic, inventor and maker of the famous time-keeper, for ascertaining the longitude at sea, born at Foulhy, near I'ontcfract, in Yorkshire, 1G93, died 1776. After many experiments, he made a... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1850 - 458 pages
...1789, but declined the office, and died in 1790. HARRiSON, John, a most accurate English mechanic, inventor and maker of the famous time-keeper, for ascertaining the longitude at sea, born at Foulby, near Pontefract, in Yorkshire, 1693, died 1776. After many experiments, h«; made a... | |
 | Albany (N.Y.) - 1889 - 274 pages
...moved to Connecticut about 1646, died near New London, Ct., 1662. TTABRISON, GABRIEL of Brooklyn, -tl NY, b. at Philadelphia Mar. 25, 1818, educated as...Huntington, judge of Massachusetts Superior Court); son of .losiall of Boston, Mass., b. Jan. 17, 1802, d. Nov. 2, 1882, grad. Harvard Coll. 1821, mayor of Boston,... | |
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