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1872-83 lie was actively enmetallurgical inanufactun', chielly steel. In 18h:M!)(I7 lie liveil in Boston engaged as a coni^ulting inetallurgist, as an expert in metal liirgical [Mittern cases, and as a lecturer on iiii'tallurg>' in the Massachusetts institute of lechnolog. Since 1897 he has been |»n»fessor of teclinology.

giigt'd

ill

iron

of

In

metallurgy in Coiumhia university. He is the autiior of The .Metalluig>- of Steel; Copper Smelting: and nnnieroiis Monographs

on kindn'd sulijerts. Howe, Herbert Alonzo, educator, astronomer, author, was born Nov. 22, 18.>H. in Bnwkport. N.V. Since 18SI he has Imtm professor of mathematics and astronomy in the university of Denver: and dean of the c«dlege of Liberal arts. He is also diree tor of the Chamberlain observatory. I Itis th«' author of. Study of the Sky; and Klements of Descriptive Astronomy.

Howe, James

H., lawyer, jurist, whs born Maine. In 1S7.'J he was appointed I tiited judge for the western district of Wisconsin, residing in K«'noslia. Howe, James R., merchant. legislator, congressman, was iKirn dan. 27. is:in. in New York t'ity. His ancestors were anion*;

Howe, John, lawyer, Howe, John Homer,

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Ireland, inventor, Avas horn in Uidgerield. C«»nn. He patpin machine in 18.'{2. an«l was awarde began the building of a machine with which pins to the weight of 24.000 to the pound were made. Lat<' in 18:18 a new rotarj- machine was invented by Dr. Howe, which he jmteiiled ill 1840. For upward of thirty years

engag»'il

in

the

fiins

of

From

jutisieal

so-

ciety and a member of the I'nion league club. In lS'.>.-)-!»f) be was a representative from New York to the fifty-fourth and fifty-tifth congresses as a republican. He has taken a prominent part in the di-liberations of congress. He introduced an amenduieiit to the eonstitiitifni of the I'nited Stati's. making it possil)le for a uniform marriage ami divorei' law: and also ailvoeated a national bankrupt law, and the creation He has also of a lalM)r eoiiimission liill. spoken on the Armenian outrages, f'uba. tile enierpenev bond bill, and pensions.

Howe, James Lewis, educator, author, was Newbury port. born ill Aiigusi. IS.")!». in chemistry

nt

Washington ami Lee university.

He

the

author of A

Metals ui

istrv;

of

r>ii)liograpliy of

ilium (iionp; and

Af-eordiii;:

to

the

machine was used without any maimprovement or alteration. an<l in

has

A Ml ph ion

I'lal

a

entecl

lie

dry-gcKxIs business; is trustee in a number nf publie institutions in the city, and is vice-president of the

the

Illinois.

17!»:J.

up

settlers

England.

his youtli

professor

in

Howe, John

duly 20,

1842 Dr. llowp was awardeil a gold medal by the American institute for the Ix-st solid-headed pins, which were made on this machine. Subse«iuently he invente«l improvements in the methods used for sheeting pins, and was associated in the invention of means by which japanned mourning

the early

is

soldier, vas l>orn in

York. In lHti2 he was tirst lieutenant one hundred and twenty-fourth regiment Illinois infantry; and in 18H.5 was brevet ted brigjuliergi'ueral. He died April in the

terial

He

Some time

New

this

Mass.

jurist.

prior to 1848 he wa.s judge of the I'liited States territorial court,

States

Iu'en

died Jan. 22, 1882.

Lima, Ind.

in

ill

New

He

plies to Criticisms.

antl

llie

is

lnor<;aiiic Ciiem-

Periodic

Law.

Howe, John Badlam, author, legislator, was born March 'A. ISLS, in Itoston. .Mass. He was a member of the Indiana stale legislature in 1840. He was the author of Monetary and lriilu«!t rial Fallacies; Mono.Metallism and HiMetallism; The rolitical

Ewnomy of (.Jreat Britain; the United States, and France in the I'se of Money: The Common Sense of Money; and Re-

were made.

He

,

Birmingham. Conn. Howe, John W,, congressman, was born in New Iaini»s|iirc. In 1840-.5;{ he was a

in

I

from Pennsylvania to the and thirty-second congresses. Franklin. Pa. Mrs. Julia Ward, philanthropist,

representative I

lirty lirst

Ill-

died

in

Howe,

poet, was Imrn May 27, 181H, in City. She is prominent in philaiithropie movements and a noted lecturer upon the enfranchisement of women. She is the author of The Battle Hymn of the Hepublie: Passion Flowers; Words for the Ibmr; The Worlds Own: A Trip to Cuba; From the Oak to the Olive; LateV Lyrics;

author,

New York

Se and Kducation: Memoir of S. (J. Howe; Modern So«-iety; Tiife of Margaret Fuller; Is Polite Society Polite? and Other Essays. Howe, Malverd Abijah, civil engineer, author,

Yt.

was

He

is

Dec. professor

iMirn

in

Nrjrthlleld.

fl.

18t!,3.

«»f

civil engineeritig at

Rose i>olvlechnic institute. He is the author of Retaining Walls fr)r Earth: Sabula Draw by (Jraphics; and a Treatise on .rches.

Howe, Marc Antony De Wolfe, journalist, author, was born April 1809. in Bristol, IM, He was the first prolestant episcopal bishop of central Pennsy vajiia. lie was (be author of Domestic Slavery, a Beplv to Bishop Hopkins; and Life of .Mon/.o Pot(er. He died July H. ISn.l. in Bristol. R.I. Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe, journalist, author, was l>orn Aug. 28. 1804. in Bristol. R.L He is an asswiate editor of Y«>uth's Coiiijianion of Boston. Mass. He is tin* aii.'».

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