Bi-Centenary of the Burning of Providence in 1676: Defence of the Rhode Island System of Treatment of the Indians, and of Civil and Religious Liberty. ... Historical Society, April 10th, 1876 (1876)
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The Conditions of Life, Habits and Customs, of the Native Indians of America, and their treatment by the first settlers. An address delivered before the Rhode Island Historical Society, etc.
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The conditions of life, habits, and customs, of the native Indians of America, and their treatment by the first settlers
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Sketches of the State of the Useful Arts, and of Society, Scenery, &C. &C. In Great-Britain, France and Holland, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Practical Tourist (Classic Reprint)
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Their costume, when viewed near at hand, presents an appearance quite as remarkable as that of the varied bright colors of which it is composed. Almost every individ no of the lower classes displays something novel or pecuo liar in his personal equipments, from the grotesque cap of the men, and the bonnetless heads of the women, to heels shod with wooden shoes - which all remind the American that he is in a foreign land.
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Solar Light and Heat: The Source and the Supply. Gravitation, with Explanations of Planetary and Mol
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Solar Light and Heat: The Source and the Supply. Gravitation: with Explanations of Planetary and Molecular Forces
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The Science of Mechanics, as Applied to the Present Improvements in the Useful Arts in Europe, and in the United States of America: Adapted as a ... and Calculations of General Practical Utility
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The science of Mechanics truly demonstrates that knowledge is power. By the aid of a few simple machines, combining the principles of the mechanical powers, the feeble strength of man is rendered adequate to moving with facility vast masses of matter, and to per forming all the complicated and delicate operations of the useful arts, to which society is mainly indebted for the present advanced state of civilization and refinement. The importance of a knowledge of the science of Mechanics to the daily wants and comforts of almost every individual member of society, renders the study of it interesting to the scholar and the gentleman, as well as to those who are by profession devoted to its practi cal details.
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Zachariah Allen was an American scientist, inventor, lawyer and writer. He was the inventor of the automatic cut-off valve, hot-air furnace for houses, and first fire engine.
Background
Zachariah was born on September 15, 1795 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. His parents were Zachariah and Anne (Crawford) Allen, the former an importer of cotton goods and a pioneer in calico printing in America; both were representatives of colonial families. In his youth, Allen was devoted to experiments in chemistry and physics, subjects which claimed his attention throughout life.
Education
Allen graduated from Brown University in 1813; he also pursued a course in the Brown Medical School which brought him a certificate of proficiency.
Career
In 1822 Allen became a member of the town council of Providence, where his influence was effective in introducing the first fire-engine and hose equipment, in place of the hand-buckets previously used. Later, in spite of popular indifference, he projected and accomplished the construction of the city waterworks. He founded the village of Allendale, where he built a mill and storage reservoirs, said to be the first in the United States chartered for hydraulic purposes. As an inventor his work was various and notable.
In 1821 he constructed the first central furnace system for heating houses by hot air, and later devised the method of transmitting power by leather belting, in place of the gear, or "cog wheel, " connections previously employed. His contributions to textile manufacture included: cloth-napping machines (patented 1829, 1830), a dressing and finishing machine (1830), and a machine for spooling wool (1839). Preeminent, however, was his invention of the automatic steam engine cut-off, controlled by the centrifugal ball-governor, or regulator (patented 1834), which is still used in substantially the original form.
He was the originator, also, of the methods for testing explosive oils, since widely adopted by legislation, and he devised the system of mutual fire insurance for manufacturing property, which requires underwriters to study methods for preventing fires and estimate premiums on the adequacy of the safety equipment installed. Beginning with the Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which he founded in 1835, his scheme has been followed by numerous companies to the present time.
Allen's sympathies were pronounced, particularly in behalf of the working classes. He promoted the first free evening school in New England, in 1840; led the movement to establish the Providence Association of Manufacturers and Mechanics; and endowed the city's public library. His various writings on the wrongs done the American Indians brought him official letters of acknowledgment from the Ojibway and Potawatomi of Canada, in 1877. He aided, also, the erection of monuments to King Philip and Massasoit.
Allen was a constant writer of newspaper and magazine articles, the most notable perhaps being "On the Volume of the Niagara River, " in which he calculated, it is said for the first time, the volume of Niagara Falls. He was also the author of numerous books, addresses, and monographs including The Science of Mechanics, as Applied to the Present Improvements in the Useful Arts (1829); Philosophy of the Mechanics of Nature and the Source and Modes of Action of Natural Motive-Power (1852); and other works.