Address in commemoration of the inauguration of George Washington as first president of the United States, delivered before the two houses of Congress, December 11, 1889
Heat sensitive fire alarm invented by Anthony Iske (1831-1920). Patented by Iske on Aug. 19,1890.
Inside the wooden case, on alarm mechanism/movement, printed in black ink: "J.A. Neiss, Sr." There is also the key to wind the alarm, loose on the floor of the holder.
Anthony Iske was born in France and immigrated to the U.S. in 1847. He moved to Lancaster in 1853 and became an American citizen in 1858. Along with his son, Albert, he held over 200 patents. Most notable of his inventions was the first meat-slicing machine, a model of which is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.
The Heat Motor was designed to turn the energy held by heated water into rotational movement. Heating the water in the trough would cause the air in the submerged cylinders to rise. As the engine began to turn, the cylinders would rise above the water, the air inside would cool, and the cylinders would fall on the opposing side, adding to the circular motion of the engine.
Andree's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was an effort to reach the North Pole in which all three Swedish expedition members S. A. Andree, Knut Fraenkel, and Nils Strindberg perished. Andree, the first Swedish balloonist, proposed a voyage by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, which was to pass, with luck, straight over the North Pole on the way. The scheme was received with patriotic enthusiasm in Sweden, a northern nation that had fallen behind in the race for the North Pole. [from Wikipedia]
xiv, 521 p. plates, ports., facsim., front., pl. 23 cm.
Notes
Articles by various writers, relating to Curtin.
"Curtin was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He attended Bellefonte Academy and Dickinson College and the Dickinson School of Law and was employed as a lawyer. Curtin first entered politics in the 1840 election, where he campaigned for Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. In 1855, Governor James Pollock appointed him as Superintendent of Public Schools. With the collapse of the Whigs, Curtin switched to the newly formed Republican Party and successfully ran for governor of Pennsylvania in 1860. Curtin won re-election to the office in 1863. In the 1860 presidential election, Curtin helped Abraham Lincoln win the Republican nomination. Curtin was a strong supporter of President Lincoln's policies in the Civil War, and Curtin committed Pennsylvania to the war effort. Curtin organized the Pennsylvania Reserves into combat units, and oversaw the construction of the first Union military camp for training militia. It opened in an agricultural school nearby Harrisburg as Camp Curtin on April 18, 1861, and more than 300,000 men were drilled there during 4 years. In the years that followed, Curtin became a close friend and confidant of Abraham Lincoln, visiting the White House several times in order to converse about the status of the war effort. Curtin was very active during the Gettysburg Campaign, working with Major General Darius N. Couch and Major Granville O. Haller to delay Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and prevent it from crossing the Susquehanna River. Major General George G. Meade, a Pennsylvania officer whom Curtin had recommended for brigadier general and command of one of the Pennsylvania reserve brigades in 1861, defeated Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg. After the Battle of Gettysburg, Governor Curtin was the principal force behind the establishment of the National Cemetery there. Through his agent, David Wills, Curtin procured the attendance of President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the cemetery. Governor Curtin was sitting with Lincoln on the platform on November 19, 1863, when Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. To coordinate Union war efforts, Curtin convened the Loyal War Governors' Conference on September 24 and 25, 1862, in Altoona. This event was one of his most significant contributions to the Union war effort. After the war, Curtin lost his party's Senate nomination to Simon Cameron, and was appointed Ambassador to Russia by President Ulysses S. Grant. Curtin later switched to the Democratic Party, and served as a Congressman from 1881 until 1887. He died at his birthplace of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and is buried there in Union Cemetery." [wikipedia]
Contents
Chapters: Andrew Gregg Curtin / Curtin and free schools / Curtin elected governor 1860 / Curtin's first administration / Curtin re-elected governor 1863 / Curtin's second term / Soldiers organized by Curtin / The Pennsylvania Reserves / Curtin and the soldiers' orphans / Curtin and the Altoona conference / Curtin's early war trials / Curtin's first military telegraph / Curtin's care of the soldiers / Curtin and the private soldiers / Curtin's personal attributes / Curtin and his home community / Curtin and the state credit / Curtin and Clement B Barclay / Curtin as minister to Russia / Curtin's gubernatorial battles / Curtin as a civil administrator / Curtin and Pennsylvania at the beginning of the war / Curtin in the constitutional convention / Curtin and the state flags / Curtin's funeral
Summary
The book is a collection of essays by various men who knew or worked with Governor Curtain. They describe aspects of his character and the challenges he faced.
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Grand Army of the Republic badge. "In Union There Is Strength" on top pin. "D. H. Nissley Post, No. 478 / G. A. R. / Mount Joy, PA." G.A.R. emblem in center of badge. Badge is black with gold letters and gold braided trim on bottom with metal fringes.
Civil War veteran badge, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry. "Reunion / Survivors / of / Chickamauga / 9th / Penna. Vet. Cav. / Chattanooga, Tenn. / 1892." Label on back shows made by E. J. Erisman, 42 West King St., Lancaster. Blue with gold letters, gold pin at top, and gold braided trim at bottom.
Benjamin Harrison Ribbon, Citizens' Republican Club, 1892
Description
Pink ribbon with gold pin top and gold tassel fringe; says "Citizens' Republican Club. Lancaster, Pa., 1892." Picture of a man on ribbon (Benjamin Harrison)
Bag made of stiff black leather with a rolled leather handle at top. The handle is attached to a brass-plated iron frame with side hinges. The leather bag opens at the top, is 8.5" deep and has two interior pockets.
