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Smithson Tennant
Smithson Tennant 1761-1815, English chemist. In 1796 he proved, by burning a diamond, that the diamond consists solely of carbon. In 1804 he announced his discovery of osmium and iridium. ... Read more
Juno
Juno , in astronomy, 3d asteroid to be discovered. It was found in 1804 by C. Harding. It has a diameter of c.120 mi (190 km). Its average distance from the sun is 2.67 astronomical units , and its orbital period is 1,594 days. ... Read more
William Lisle Bowles
William Lisle Bowles 1762-1850, English poet, cleric, and literary critic. In 1804 he became vicar of Bremhill, Wiltshire, in 1818 chaplain to the prince regent, and in 1828 canon residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral. He won the admiration of Coleridge with the melancholy, rather emotional verse inc... Read more
John Boydell
John Boydell , 1719-1804, English engraver and print publisher, originator and builder of the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. He studied engraving in London and early began to amass his fortune with the publication of his engravings of views of England and Wales. It is as the publisher of works by othe... Read more
Sir John Barrow
Sir John Barrow 1764-1848, British geographer, promoter of arctic exploration. His early travels as secretary to Earl Macartney (who was ambassador to China and governor of the Cape of Good Hope colony) were recorded in Travels in China (1804) and Travels into … Southern Afr... Read more
Consulate
Consulate 1799-1804, in French history, form of government established after the coup of 18 Brumaire (Nov. 9-10, 1799), which ended the Directory . Three consuls were appointed to rule France—Napoleon Bonaparte (see Napoleon I ), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès , and Roger Ducos. Sieyè... Read more
Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis 1754-1844, American army officer and governor of New York (1804-7), b. New York City; son of Francis Lewis. After serving in the American Revolution, he held a variety of state offices before becoming governor in 1804. Lewis was aided in his career by his marriage to a daughter of Robe... Read more
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou 1771-1852, American clergyman, foremost among expositors of Universalism in the United States, b. Cheshire co., N.H. From 1818 until his death he was pastor of the Second Universalist Society in Boston. One of the founders (1819) of the Universalist Magazine, he was its editor until ... Read more
Banaba
Banaba or Ocean Island, island (1990 pop. 284), 2.2 sq mi (5.7 sq km), central Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati , in the Gilbert Islands. The island was first visited by the British in 1804, was annexed in 1900, and from 1907 was the administrative capital of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands... Read more
John Field
John Field 1782-1837, Irish composer and pianist. In London he studied with Clementi , with whom he later toured Europe. In 1804 he settled in Russia. Field was a successful pianist and his style of composition was influential. Chopin 's nocturnes were modeled after those of Field. Bibliogr... Read more

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Kardec, Allan (1804-1869)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Kardec, Allan (1804-1869) The father of Spiritism, the French variation of Spiritualism...have been his names in previous incarnations. He was born on October 3, 1804, at Lyon and studied at Yverdun, Switzerland, eventually becoming a...
Sunderland, La Roy (1804-1885)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Sunderland, La Roy (1804-1885) Methodist minister, abolitionist, and magnetist. Sunderland was born May 18, 1804, in Exeter, Rhode Island. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker. He became converted to Methodism and became a revivalist preacher...
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) German philosopher, born on April 22, 1724, who anticipated the...accident when he coincides with my system." Kant died on February 12, 1804. Sources: Berger, Arthur S., and Joyce Berger. The Encyclopedia...
Spear, John Murray (ca. 1804-1887)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Spear, John Murray (ca. 1804-1887) Famous American Universalist preacher and an outstanding figure in the history of early American Spiritualism. He was...
Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH (1733 – 1804) PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH (1733 – 1804), English cleric, chemist, historian, theologian...Northumberland, where he lived quietly until his death in 1804. Most modern scholars have found considerable...
Kant, Immanuel (1724–1804)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World KANT, IMMANUEL (1724 – 1804) KANT, IMMANUEL (1724 – 1804), German philosopher. Immanuel Kant was born 24...administrative posts until 1798 and died 12 February 1804. CENTRAL IDEAS Kant's predecessors had treated...
Sacajawea
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806. She was born somewhere between...central Montana. Sometime between 1800 and 1804, Sacajawea and another girl were sold...left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 14, 1804. They arrived at the Mandan and Hidatsa...
Nominations and Succession of the Justices
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...Dec. 1799 C 10 Dec. 1799 21 Apr. 1800 R 26 Jan. 1804 4 John Jay 18 Dec. 1800 D 19 Dec. 1800 John Marshall...D 6 July 1835 34 Jefferson William Johnson 22 Mar. 1804 C 24 Mar. 1804 8 May 1804 D 4 Aug. 1834 30 Brockholst Livingston R...
Joseph Priestley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) contributed to the foundation of the...in Northumberland, Pa., on Feb. 6, 1804. Further Reading Among the biographies...Joseph Priestley, man of science, 1733-1804: an iconography of a great Yorkshireman...
William Johnson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1804 until his death in 1834. He melded federalists...government. Named to Supreme Court In 1804 Johnson was tapped as President Jefferson...Jefferson nominated Johnson on March 22, 1804. Two days later Johnson received Senate...

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The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...JOURNALS OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION (1804) The Lewis and Clark Expedition across the American continent began in May 1804 and concluded over two years later in...during the autumn and early winter of 1804. The Mandan, Assiniboin, and Minnetaree...
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...studies. During the period 1797 – 1804, Ritter engaged in empirical research...the winter semester of 1803 – 1804, he lectured on galvanism at the University...sought a new position, and in November 1804 he was called to serve as a full member...
Chenevix, Richard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the mineralogist Christian Samuel Weiss (1804). His pugnacity was to lead him into...namely palladium and rhodium. About 1804, with his scientific reputation badly...and Weiss are in Annales de chimie , 50 (1804), 173 – 199, and 52 (1804...
Mandan, Fort
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...MANDAN, FORT. Constructed in November 1804 near present-day Bismarck, North Dakota...quarters for the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804 – 1806). A fortified encampment...with Their Transcontinental Exploration (1804 – 1806). Washington, D.C...
Aldini, Glovanni
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...xE9; rimentale sur le galvanisme (1804). This appeared in two volumes and also...translation appeared in 1803 and a French one in 1804. While Galvani (with one exception...rimentale sur le galvanisme (Paris, 1804). Bern Dibner
Chaptal, Jean Antoine
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...rich man; and when he left this post in 1804, he became a member of the Senate, again...year at his country house in the period 1804 – 1810 and again after Napoleon...of the First Class in 1803 – 1804. As minister of the interior at this time...
Hope, Thomas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...x2026; for Downing College… (1804) which had the effect of discrediting...altered and enlarged (1799–1804, and 1819) a house designed by Robert...Colvin (1995); J. Curl (2005); Hope (1804, 1835, 1962, 1971); Oxford Dictionary...
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...rep é titeur (from 23 September 1804) at the Ecole Polytechnique. On 31 March...hydrogen balloon with Biot on 24 August 1804. The primary objective of the ascent was...made a second ascent, on 16 September 1804, but this time by himself, in order to...
Bellani, Angelo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...un termometro ad indice ” (1804): “ Osser vazioni sull...Farenheit e di Baum é ” (1804); “ Sulla divisione decimale del pesa-licori ” (1804): and “ Osservazioni d...
Boyai, Farkas (Wolfgang)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...ld, where Bolyai farmed from 1801 to 1804. In 1802 their son, J á nos...Arkos home in Koloszv á r. In 1804, Farkas accepted the position of professor...prove the Euclidean axiom, to Gauss in 1804. The reasoning, however, satisfied neither...

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ILA Local 1804-1 Contributes $25,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
PR Newswire; 2/22/2007; 519 words ; ...Longshoremen's Association (ILA), Local 1804-1 has donated $25,000 to St. Jude...pediatric catastrophic illnesses. The Local 1804-1 donation will be used in an effort...the years. Every year, members of Local 1804-1 donate money from their own pockets...
ILA Local 1804-1 Contributes $25,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 2/22/2007; 456 words ; ...Longshoremen's Association (ILA), Local 1804-1 has donated $25,000 to St. Jude...pediatric catastrophic illnesses. The Local 1804-1 donation will be used in an effort...the years. Every year, members of Local 1804-1 donate money from their own pockets...
Heritage Galleries sells rare "Amon Carter" 1804 silver dollar. (Heritage Rare Coin Galleries) (includes pedigree of this coin)
PR Newswire; 7/6/1989; 700+ words ; ...HERITAGE GALLERIES SELLS RARE "AMON CARTER" 1804 SILVER DOLLAR DALLAS, July 6 /PRNewswire...intriguing coins: the "Amon Carter" 1804 Silver Dollar. Heritage acquired the so...year history that we have dealt with an 1804 dollar," said Steve Ivy, co-owner...
Collector Pays $5M for 1804 Gold Coin
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/4/2007; 650 words ; ...Thursday by a private collector for $5 million. The 1804-dated Eagle coin - which was actually struck in...in one sense they are not really a coin made in 1804, even though it is dated 1804 ... it is sort of a created coin," said Douglas...
VIVE 1804!: The Haitian Revolution and the Revolutionary Generation of 1946
Magazine article from: Caribbean Quarterly; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Long live Democracy in action...Long live 1804!" 1 "The victory of the proletariat is the...the hour is now for us to finally realize 1804." 2 "Yes, this IS a revolution... 1804 was a revolution...and now 1946." 3 "The...
Decision by Okla. Court of Criminal Appeals raises questions about judiciary, HB 1804
Newspaper article from: THE JOURNAL RECORD; 3/17/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...of the provisions of 2007's House Bill 1804, along with their views on the necessity...immigration law. The court found that HB 1804 did not provide legal authority for Oklahoma...regarding their immigration status, nor did HB 1804 provide Bass with the legal authority to...
Finest Known 1804 Silver Dollar Graded PR68 by PCGS.
PR Newswire; 7/9/1999; 605 words ; ...The famous Childs specimen of the 1804 Silver Dollar has been graded PR68 by Professional...August 29-30, 1999. The last time an 1804 silver dollar sold at auction was when...half cent through $5 gold. "The Childs 1804 dollar is a magnificent example of the...
Serbia as Piedmont and the Yugoslav idea, 1804-1914.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...South Slav Piedmont from its revolt in 1804 until the outbreak of World War I in 1914...autonomous Serbia's narrow boundaries (1804-42); b. setting goals of all-Serb...I. The First Serbian Insurrection (1804-13) began as localized revolts by village...
1804 CANDIDATES DEBATE 2004 ISSUES POLITICAL DRIVE TAKES YOU THROUGH THE MUD - NO MATTER WHAT THE YEAR
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 5/8/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Pinckney, Jefferson's challenger in his 1804 re- election bid, as the two square off...question Jefferson's handling of the 1804 version of Islamic terrorists, the Barbary...he said. "The contest continues on." 1804 ALL OVER AGAIN In a mock debate, President...
1804 dollar coin may now go for $1 million
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/6/1989; ; 549 words ; ...collecting history could be made when his rare 1804 U.S. dollar coin is sold - for as much...colonial Brasher doubloon in 1979. The 1804 dollar is one of only 15 U.S. dollars...although none was actually minted in 1804. During the 1830s, U.S. leaders needed...