| North American review - 1856 - 610 pages
...history of the Jacobin Club, than that in which is comprised the connection with it of Louis Philippe. It was one of the earliest, as well as one of the most striking periods of his eventful life, though it has become known, at least in its details, only of... | |
| Thomas Antisell - Mineral oils - 1865 - 164 pages
...the trade is now carried on with the certainty of a science The Hnmboldt Mining and Refining Company was one of the earliest, as well as one of the most Important, engaged In tbe trade, end every opportunity is taken to adopt the newest and most economic... | |
| Charles Warren Brewster - Portsmouth (N.H.) - 1869 - 380 pages
...late Dr. Burroughs, who afterwards became a frequent and valued contributor to his paper. Mr, Brewster was one of the earliest, as well as one of the most valued acquaintances that I made when I first came to Portsmouth in April, 1822. He was at that time... | |
| James Veitch & Sons - Orchids - 1894 - 716 pages
...1144 Jennings' Orch. t. 1. Warner's Sel. Orch. II. t. 36. Raised by Dominy at the Exeter nursery. It was one of the earliest as well as one of the most successful of his efforts ; ever since ifa first appearance, it has been universally acknowledged by... | |
| Sir James Alfred Ewing, James Alfred Ewing - Strength of materials - 1899 - 272 pages
...which of course takes up the stretch, as in the single-lever machines already described. Kirkaldy, who was one of the earliest as well as one of the most assiduous workers * An account of this machine will be found in Engineering, July, 1898. t Report of... | |
| Second Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1900 - 264 pages
...acquainted with the kindergarten idea, and at length went to Europe to study the system for herself. She was one of the earliest as well as one of the most persistent advocates of its merits, and was the pioneer in Boston, opening a school in 1859, which... | |
| Charles Spooner Forbes, Charles R. Cummings - Vermont - 1901 - 462 pages
...1884, and the Chairman of the Vermont Delegation in the National Conventions of 1888, and 1896. He was one of the earliest, as well as one of the most earnest, advocates of the nomination of Win. JMcKinley for President of the United States in the ante-convention... | |
| David B. Montgomery - 1903 - 500 pages
...General Knox was a native of Ireland, of Scotch descent,a mau of great force of character, and as a leader of the "long hunters" was one of the earliest...Kentucky wilderness — his expedition setting out in 17ti9. He raised corn in what is now Jefferson county in 1775; was a soldier in the Re/volution, and... | |
| Lorado Taft - Sculpture - 1903 - 602 pages
...was destined to become a sculptor and to enjoy a considerable popularity in his day. Chauncey B. Ives was one of the earliest as well as one of the most persistent of these voluntary exiles. The son of a farmer, he was born in Hampden, Connecticut. At... | |
| Sir William Searle Holdsworth - Law - 1909 - 762 pages
...of Glanvil. The reason for its position is the fact that jurisdiction over land held by free tenure was one of the earliest as well as one of the most important of the branches of jurisdiction acquired by the royal courts. (2) Similarly, the Ecclesiastical... | |
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