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Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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in 1840; later studiedtheologv-; and was ordained in the PresbyterianClnirch. He was pastor of the Free Presbyte-rian Church. St. Johns, Newfoundland, 1852-78,when he retired from the ministry and devotedhimself to literarj- and scientific studies, and be-came popular as a lecturer. He publishedThoughts on the Poetry and Literature of theBible (1853); Lectures on the Harmony ofScience and Revelation (1856) ; Newfound-land, the Oldest British Colony (1883) ; Text-Book of Newfoundland Historj-; etc. He alsocontributed articles to the Encyclopedia Britan-nica on Newfoundland, St. Johns, Labrador, andthe ?eal fisheries of the world. Harvey, William, English physician: b.Folkestone. Kent, .\pril 1578; d. Hempstead,Essex, .3 June 1657; he was graduated at theUnivcrsit) of Cambridge in 1593, and later atPadua. He is famous as the discoverer of thecirculation of the blood. Harvey, William Hope, American author:b. Buffalo, Putnam County, W. Va., 16 Aug.1851. He was educated at Marshall College
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HARVEY — HASKELL (W. Va.)i and practised law in 1871-84. Pieappeared as an author under the pseudonymCoin in Coins Financial School (1894),in advocacy of bimetallism as a currency stand-ard. Other works by him are: A Tale ofTwo Nations (1894) ; Coins Financial SchoolUp to Date (1895) ; Patriots of America(1895) ; and Coin on Money, Trusts, and Im-perialism (1899). Harvey, 111., city in Cook County; on theCleveland, C., C. & St. L. and tlie Illinois C.R.R.s; south of Chicago, about seven milesfrom Blue Island. It was founded in 1891 andincorporated in 1892. Its proximity to Chicago■gives it the advantages of a residential cityand its railroad facilities are an aid in the de-velopment of its manufactories. Some of thechief industrial establishments are railroad sup-ply shops, an automobile factory, gas-stove fac-tories, machine-shops in which are manufacturedditching and mining machinery. The trade isprincipally in its manufactures and agriculturalproducts. Pop. (1900) 5,395. Ha

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