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TARBELL, Gage E .:
Second vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and a member of its board of directors; horn Smithville, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1856. After being edu- cated at the Clinton Liberal Institute he taught school for one year and then be- gan the study of law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1880 and practiced the pro- fession for four years. In 1884 he became manager for the Southern New York de- partment of the Equitable. with head- quarters at Binghamton. N. Y. Early in 1888 he was made general agent for Wis- consin, with headquarters at Milwaukee. In 1889 he received a partnership interest in the Northwestern department with headquarters at Chicago. In 1891 he was
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given sole charge of the affairs of the [ Association, and the Geological Society of company in Illinois, Wisconsin, with the America. Address, Ithaca, N. Y. title of resident secretary. In Sept., 1893, TATLOCK, John: he was elected third vice-president of the society, and in May, 1899, was promoted to the second vice-presidency. Address, 120 Broadway. N. Y. City.
TARBELL, Ida M .:
Author; daughter of Franklin S. and Esther Ann (Mccullough); born Titus- ville, Pa., Nov. 5. 1857; was graduated from Titusville High School and Allegh- eny College Meadville, Pa .; associate editor of
The Chautauquan, 1883-91; Jeft staff to study at the Sarbonne and College de France in Paris. In 1894 hecame associate editor of McClure's Magazine. in which she published Early Life of Abraham Lincoln (with J. Mc- Can Davis: Short Life of Napoleon Bona- parte (1895); Life of Mme. Roland (1896); Life of Abraham Lincoln (1900) ; His-
torv of the Standard Oil (1904) ;
member of the American Historical Association. American Economic Associa- tion. National Arts Club, Barnard Club. Residence, 40 West 9th St., : office, 60 East 23rd St., N. Y. City.
TARR, Ralph Stockman:
Professor of dynamic geology and phy- sical geography at Cornell University; born Gloucester. Mass .. Jan. 15, 1864; was graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University. 1891. He was connected as assistant with the U. S. Fish Commission and Smithsonian Insti- tution, 1882-83; in 1888 and 1891 with the IT. S. Geological Survev. and in 1889 was assistant geologist on the Texas Geologi- cal Survev. For a year previous to his graduation at Harvard he assisted in the geological department. He subsequently was called (1892) to the assistant pro- fessorship of same at Cornell University. hecoming in 1897 professor of dynamic genlogy and physical geography ; special field assistant U. S. Geological Survey. 1902. Author: Elementary Physical Geo- granhv (1895) : Elementary Geology (1897) : Tarr and McMurry Geographies : Physical Geography of N. Y. State (1902) : New Physical Geography (1905) : Economic Geology of the U. S. (1894) ; First Book of Physical Geography (1897), and numerous scientific papers. Associate editor Journal of Geography and Bulletin American Geographical Society. Member American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, American Geographic
Associate actuary of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of N. Y .; born Massachu- setts. March 12, 1860, and is a son of the Rev. Dr. John Tatlock, a distinguished minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was educated at Williams College and was graduated from there in 1882. After his graduation he became astronomer at the Washington Observatory at Madison, Wis .. resigning from there to become pro- fessor of astronomy at Beloit College. In Jan .. 1889, he was appointed actuary of the Prudential Insurance Co. of New- ark, and in March, 1889. was appointed assistant actuary of the Mutual Life. He has been a frequent contributor to the scientific and literary periodicals of the time. M. A .. Williams College. 1887; Fel- low. Roval Astronomical Society. Lon- don. 1891. He was elected secretary of the Actuarial Society of America in May. 1899. and editor of its Transactions. In the fall of 1889 he was appointed associ- ate actuary of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of N. Y. Address, 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, Alexander F. M .:
Major. U. S. Army : born England ; ap- nointed from N. Y., civil life; son of Ly- man Oliver Tavlor. of Saratoga, N. Y., and Margaret Elizabeth Pelham, of Suf- folk. England; private Co. B. Eighty- third N. Y. Infantry. Nov. 30, 1861; dis- charged Sept. 10, 1862; sergeant general service Sept. 10. 1862; discharged April 30. 1863; sergeant general service March 5, 1864; discharged March 31, 1864; second lieutenant Seventeenth Infantry March 16, 1866; first lieutenant Sept. 1, 1867; honorably discharged Dec. 1, 1870 ; hospital steward May 24. 1872; discharged Oct. 15, 1873; second lieutenant Nineteenth In- fantry Oct. 1, 1873; first lieutenant Nov. 24. 1879. In the field during the War of the Rebellion 1861-62; transferred to the general service U. S. aide de camp to Major-General Chas. Griffin, U. S. A., 1866 and 1867; assistant adjutant general, District of Texas, 1866-67; assistant ad- jutant general Fifth Military District during 1867 and 1868; U. S. Army as sergeant, Sept., 1862; clerk in the War Department, Washington, D. C., to April, 1866 ; at Hart's Island, New York Harbor, to July, 1866 ; on special duty in Wash- ington. July, 1867. Captain, May 4, 1892. Retired, June 7, 1894. Major, U. S. Army,
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March 23, 1904. Address, 138 Fourteenth St., Detroit, Mich.
TAYLOR, Asher C .:
Brigadier General U. S. Army; born New York. Appointed from Wisconsin, civil life. Corporal and sergeant Company D, and sergeant major Third Wisconsin Infantry, April 25, 1861 to Oct. 28, 1864; first lieutenant Third Wisconsin Veteran Infantry, Oct. 29, 1864; honorably must - ered out July 18, 1865; second lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry Oct. 16, 1867; first lieutenant, Aug. 25, 1868; assigned to Second Artillery, Dec. 31, 1870; captain, Jan. 20, 1889. In the field in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865; at the post of San Augustine, Texas, and at var- ious other posts from the close of the war to 1890; Major Fourth Artillery, June 18, 1900; lieutenant Spanish- American War Artillery Corps, Feb. 21, 1902. Brig- adier General, retired, 1903. Address, Cottonwood, Cal.
TAYLOR (Mrs.) Bayard:
Nee Hansen (Marie); born June 2, 1829, Gotha, Germany. Parents, Peter Andreas Hansen, renowned astronomer and mathe- matician, and Lina Braun. At private school, later private instruction. Married at Gotha, Germany, Oct. 27, 1857, Bayard Taylor, the poet, who died as minister of the U. S. of America at Berlin, 1878. Translated some of her husband's prose works into her native tongue, and after his death edited the following: Bayard
Taylor's Poems, (Household Edition, 1880) ; his Dramatic Poems, (with notes, 1880); Studies in German Literature, (1880); Critical Essays and Literary Notes, (1880); New Edition of A History of Germany, (with a last chapter by her- self, (1894); for 1902 she edited anew the Household Edition of Bayard Taylor's Poems, arranging them chronologically. She also published: Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor, in conjunction with Hor- ace E. Scudder, (1884), in two volumes. In 1904 she published Aus Zwei Welt, Theilen, Stuttgart, Germany. Address, 116 East 57t hSt., N. Y. City. TAYLOR, Charles H .:
Stockbroker; was graduated from Uni- versity of Rochester in 1870; clerk N. Y. City, 1870-75; cashier Custom House, N. Y. . City, 1885-90; dealer in stocks and bonds, N. Y. City, since 1890. Address, 5 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, Charles J .:
Artist; born New York, Aug. 11, 1853; educated in Ward School, No. 17; Savage School, Norwich Town, Conn .; College of
City' of N. Y .; was graduated from Co- lumbia College Law School, 1874; studled art National Academy of Design and Art Students League, also in London and Paris. Exhibited at World's Fair, Chi- cago. Honorable mention at the salons, Paris, and at all exhibitions in the U. S. Medal, Pan-American, Buffalo. Illustrat- ed some thirty books, including nearly all the works of the late H. C. Bunner, also Taylor-made Girl, (Charles Scribner & Co.) ; England, by C. J. Taylor, (Har- per & Bros.); connected with various pub- lishing houses. Was with Puck some years, and is now part owner of that paper. Has also contributed to Punch, London. Painting camp at Boothbay Harbor, Me. Married, 1876, Mary Adel- aide Levison, two daughters. Address, 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, Charles W .:
Major, U. S. Army; born Ballston, N. Y .; son of Rev. Charles H. Taylor, D. D., and Esther M. Taylor; educated at Acad- emies of Cambridge, Washington Co., and Le Roy, N. Y., and Military Academy, West Point, N. Y .; appointed to Military Academy by the Hon. G. G. Hoskins, of Attica, N. Y .; was graduated from Mili- tary Academy, 1879, and assigned as sec- ond lieutenant to Ninth U. S. Cavalry; first lieutenant, 1884; regimental quarter- master, Ninth Cavalry, 1885 to 1899; cap- tain, 1892; major, Thirteenth Cavalry, 1902; brevet first lieutenant, 1890, for gal- lantry in action with Apache Indians, San Andreas Mountains, New Mexico; Indian campaigns against Ute Indians, Colorado-Utah, 1879-80; Apache cam- paigns against Apache Indians in New Mexico, Arizona. Texas and old Mexico, 1879 to 1882; Creek campaign, Indian Ter- ritory, 1883; chief quartermaster, District of Oklahoma, 1884; Sioux campaign, 1890- 91, Pine Ridge, S. D. Spanish-American WVar in Cuba, 1898; wounded at San Juan, July 1. 1898; secretary and treasurer U. S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., Nov .. 1898, to April, 1902. He was with regiment in Philippine Islands to Sept., 1903; general recruiting service, St. Paul and Minneapolis. Minn., to date. Married Juliet Watson Hart, daughter of Colonel Verling K. Hart, U. S. Cavalry (deceased). Address, Phoenix Building, St. Paul, Minn.
TAYLOR, Harry L .:
Lawyer; born 1866, Halsey Valley, N. Y .; prepared Spencer Academy and Ithaca High School; was graduated from Cornell University, A. B., 1888 and LL.
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B., 1893; member Phi Beta Kappa and , pital; professor diseases of skin, Wom- Phi Delta Phi Fraternities; captain Cornell baseball team four years; Wood- ford Prize speaker
and president Senior class; played on Louisville base- ball team, 1890-92, and Baltimore team, 1893; trustee Cornell University since June, 1903. Address, 805 D. S. Morgan Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y.
TAYLOR, James Monroe:
President Vassar College; born Brook- lyn, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1848; son of Rev. Dr. E. E. L. and Mary J. Taylor; was grad- uated from University of Rochester, 1868; Rochester Theological Seminary, 1871; spent a year in study abroad; pastor, South Norwalk, 1873-82 ; Providence, 1882- 86; president of Vassar College, 1886 to date; D. D. Rochester, 1886, and Yale University, 1901; LL.D., Rutgers. Au- thor: A New World and an Old Gospel; Practical and Ideal; A Manual of Psychol- ogy, an essay on the Catechumenate, and various articles on education. Address, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
TAYLOR, John Myers:
Engineer and inspector; born Auburn, N. Y .; son of Captain David Austin and Sarah Myers Taylor ; was graduated from Cornell University in 1888 and later took post graduate work there; contribu- tor of various articles to periodicals. Pa - ternal ancestors were among the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and of Concord, Mass .; maternal ancestors were of the early Dutch settlers of New York; history records that these families were identified with the patriotic and pub- lic spirited movements of colonial times and with the struggles for freedom from British sovereignty and for the preserva- tion of the Union. Member Loyal Legion, Society of Colonial Wars, University Club. etc. Address, Albany, N. Y.
TAYLOR, Moses:
Iron merchant; vice-president Lacka- wanna Steel Co. and Lake Champlain & Moriah R. R. Co .; director Franklin Iron Co., Knickerbocker Trust Co., National City Bank and Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Co. Member Riding, Metropolitan, City, Midday and Knickerbocker Clubs. Residence, 6 East 72d St .; office, 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, Robert W., M. D .:
an's Medical College; professor diseases of skin, University of Vermont; consult- ing surgeon, City, French, and Columbia Hospitals; visiting surgeon, Bellevue Hos- pital. Member Academy of Medicine and County Medical Society. Address, 40
West 21st St., N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, Sylvester S .:
Lawyer; deputy attorney general; born May 25, 1844, Chenning Co., N. Y .; ad- mitted to the Bar, 1870. District attorney, 1874-77. County judge and surrogate of Chenning County, 1889-97. Address. El- mira. N. Y.
TAYLOR. Zachary P .:
Lawyer; was graduated from University of Rochester in 1869; instructor in clas- sics. Central High School, 1869-72; Cen- tral High School, Cleveland, O., 1872-73, having In the meantime studied law at Union Law College, Cleveland, O. (LL.B .. 1872): he was admitted to the Bar and practiced at Fort Wayne, Ind., 1873-75; was acting principal. Central High School. Cleveland. O .. 1875-76; West High School,
Cleveland. O., 1876-79; principal, Central High School. Cleveland, O .. 1879-83; prin- cipal. Free Academy. Rochester, N. Y., 1883-86; has practiced law at Rochester, N. Y. Author: Annotations of Hun's Su- preme Court Reports. (1890, 1891, 1892). Address, 14 Merriman St., Rochester, N. Y.
TFALL,, Gardner C .:
Artist-journalist. Associated in pub- lishing with Robert Grier Cooke, 307 Fifth Avenue. Associate editor The Morning Telegram. Eau Claire, Wis .; ed- itor The Columbian; art editor What to Eat; special contributor on art for the New York Sun; art director Phelps Pub- lishing Co .; has contributed articles and illustrations to many of the leading mag- azines. Illustrated the edition-de-luxe of Hunting of The Snark, by Lewis Carroll. Author of The Child's Book-Plate (1904). Wrote libretto of Borrowed Plumes ; awarded medal and highest honor for botanical collection of ferns, World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. Has exhibited oil and water colors in important exhibitions here and abroad. Has lectured in Cam- bridge and elsewhere on art, and on edu- cational subjects connected with child study and other subjects. Republican. Residence, 2335 Broadway, N. Y. City ; summer home, Brewster, Cape Cod, Mass. TEMPLETON, Fay :
Born N. Y. City; received the degree of M. D. from College of Physicians and Surgeons. 1868; attending surgeon New York Dispensary; attending physician, Bureau of Relief Outdoor Poor, Bellevue Actress; born Little Rock, Ark .; both Hospital; attending surgeon, Charity Hos- Iher parents being actors, she was early
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placed upon the stage, being but four TERRES, John B .:
years of age when she made her first appearance; she has since appeared in manv comic operas ; played four seasons under the management of Weber and Fields, and during the spring and summer season at the Casino. During the present season 1903-04. is playing in her own company. Address, Hoffman House, N. Y. City.
TEN EYCK, Peniamin L .:
Major. U. S. Army; born New York; anpointed from New
York. Assistant surgeon. June 7, 1889; captain assistant surgeon. June 7, 1894; served in Spanish- American War; major surgeon, Feb. 14. 1902 : retired in 1903. Address, Sequoia Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.
TEN EYCK, William H .:
Clergyman; born Schenectady, N. Y., 1818 ; was graduated from Rutgers College 1845, later receiving the degree of D. D. from the same college; was clerk of North Classis, T. I., 1864; became permanent clerk of the General Synod of the Re- formed Church in America, 1871; has long been member of the board of education of this church; member Delta Phi, the Phi Beta Society. and the Holland Socie- tv. New York. Address, 46 West 93d St., N. Y. City.
TERHUNE, Albert Payson:
Writer; traveler; editor; born Newark, N. J., Dec. 21, 1872; son of the Rev. Dr. Edward Payson and Mary Virginia Ter- hune (Marion Harland); spent bovhood in Europe; was graduated, with degree of A. B. at Columbia University. 1893 ; trav- eled through Greece and the Orient, 1893- 94. crossing Svria on horseback. living with Bedouins in the desert. investigating leper settlements and penetrating to Mohammedan shrines barred to foreign- ers. He returned to America and joined editorial staff of the New York Evening World, with which he is still connected. On Sept. 2, 1901. married Anice Morris Stockton, of New York. great-grand- daughter of Richard Stockton. signer of the Declaration of Independence. He has written: Syria from the Saddle; Colum- bia Stories; Dr. Dale. (last in collabora- tion with Marion Harland) ; co-author with William C. de Mille, of libretto of Hero Nero, a comic opera (1904) ; is also contributor of short stories. verse and novelettes to the magazines. Authority and expert writer on athletics and physi- cal culture and expert boxer and fencer. Address, 167 West 80th St., N. Y. City.
United States Consul; born Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 25. 1846; was graduated in medicine in the Richmond Medical Col- lege. class of 1866. In 1870 moved to Philadelphia. Pa., and in 1875 went to Port au Prince, Hayti, and began the practice of medicine; was appointed
United States Vice-Consul-General at Port au Prince, Haiti, July 20, 1880; re- signed Jan .. 1885; reappointed Oct. 1.
1885. Appointed United States Consul, June 5. 1904. Address, Port au Prince, Haiti.
TERRY, Charles Thaddeus:
Lawyer; born Albany, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1867: attended following schools and col- leges: private schools; public schools in Albany, N. Y .. from beginning to end of the system; Albany High School; Will- iams' College; University of Berlin; Co- lumbia University School of Law; re- ceived degree of B. A., Williams, 1889; degree of LL.B .. Columbia University, 1893; certificate of the University of Ber- lin. 1890. of completion of courses in po- litical economy. history and philosophy: hegan the practice of law in N. Y. City, 1893; was taken into partnership by an old well-established practitioner; after about two years was offered a much more advantageous connection as the junior member of a law partnership of three; accepted .. and remained a partner in the firm for about six years; since that time has practiced alone. He carried on for over four years various litigation with the TJ. S. Flour Milling Co .. known as the Aour trust, and secured successful re- sults for his clients. Has been since 1893 connected with the Law School of Co- lumbia University as follows: prize lec- turer on practice and pleading under the New York Code of Civil Procedure, equity nleading and practice. 1893-94-95; regular lecturer, 1896-1901 : professor of law, 1901 to date; during 1903. as counsel for the National Association of Automobile Man- ufacturers, he made various test cases and succeeded in having the very restric- tive and unreasonable law of this State declared unconstitutional, Member Uni- versitv, Lawvers and Republican Clubs; President of National Council of Phi Delta Phi: president of Phi Delta Theta Club of N. Y. City; treasurer of Albany So- ciety of New York; president of New York Phi Delta Phi Club, Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society, and of Bar Associa- tion, and vice-president of the Graduates Club of N. Y. City. He won thirteen first
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prizes out of a total of fourteen offered in | college course at Williams College, includ- ing four prizes in Greek and Latin, Graves' essay prize. Dewey prize for excellence of delivery of commencement oration, Moon- light oratorical prize, Graves' oratorical prize, political economy prize, history prize, and prize for prizes; won Phi Beta Kappa key in junior year; was awarded the prize lectureship after three years' course at Columbia Law School for ex- cellence in course. Married Elizabeth Blackburn at Albany, N. Y., Sept. 12. 1894 (she died March 12. 1895); married Katharine Lansing Hendrick, Presbyter- ian Church. New Scotland, N. Y., June 22. 1898; two children, James Hendrick Terry and Katharine Hendrick Terry. Mr. Terry was recently appointed by Gov- ernor Higgins commissioner on the uni- formity of laws in the United Statees. Address, Columbia University, N. Y. City. TERRY, Marshall Orlando. M. D .:
Ex-surgeon general of the State of New York; born Watervliet Centre, N. Y .. June 21. 1848. Son of William Henry Terry: grandfather same nĂ¥me born Hud- son, N. Y. Benjamin L. Terry, great- grandfather in Freetown, Mass. English extraction. Mother Sarah Burke Terry, grand-daughter of Cunrod Nansel. Co- burg, in the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Germany. Surgeon-in-chief Utica Hom- eopathic Hospital : and commercial travel- er Mutual Accident Association of Amer- ica. On surgical staff General Hospital; Gov. Alonzo B. Cornell appointed sur- geon. with rank of major 4th Brigade, 1880; Gov. Levi P. Morton appointed him surgeon general. 1895-96. Gov. Frank S. Black re-appointed him. 1897-98. Presi- dent Grover Cleveland appointed him United States Pension Surgeon and was president board four years. President Mckinley offered position chief surgeon Division in Hispane-American War. Re- fused owing to duties as surgeon general. Member American Institute Homeopathy. also county and state societies; of the Association of Military Surgeons, United States. President Association Medical Officers National Guard and of Naval Mili- tia of N. Y. State. Is Honorary member Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological Society. Education scientific, medical, and was graduated from New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, also graduate from Cleveland Homopathic Hospital Col- lege, 1872. Author: Criticism on Method of Communion Service, which resulted in Single Cup (Feb., 1887) ; Oil Treatment
for Appendicitis : Bromine in Medicine and Surgery-Especially in Septic Conditions; Proper Sanitation in Army ; A Symposium on Ethics ; The Terry Stretcher and Terry Field Case of the National Guard; Value of Medicated Galvanic Current in Tuber- cular Glands, Goitre and Fibroids : Manual Rotary Dilation with Oil as a Relaxant. His adverse criticism of camps during War with Spain led to government investiga- tion. Tour made under director of Gov. Black. Address, Utica Homeopathic Hos- pital, Utica, N. Y.
TERRY, Seth Sprague:
Lawyer; was graduated (A. B.) from University of Rochester in 1883; A. M., 1886; law student. Harvard Law School. 1884-86; since 1886 has practiced law in N. Y. City. Commissioner of accounts of City of N. Y., 1895-98. Address, 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TESLA, Nikola:
Born Smiljan, Lika, border country of Austria, Hungary, 1857; son of a dis- tinguished Greek clergyman and orator; his mother, Georgiana Mandic, was a famous woman and inventor, as was her father. Passed through a course of one year at the Elementary School in his birth place; four years at the Public School in Gospic, Lika; four years at the Lower Real School in the same city, and three years at the Higher Real School in Carlstadt, Croatia, graduat- ing there in 1873. Originally destined for the clergy, he prevailed upon his parents to send him to the Polytechnic School in Gratz, Austria, where he ap- plied himself for four years passionately to mathematics, physics and mechanics. Completing his technical training, he devoted two years to philosophical stu- dies at the University in Prague, Bo- hemia. He began his practical career in Budapest, Hungary, in 1881; here he made his first electrical invention, a telephone repeater, and conceived the idea of his rotating-magnetic field, From there he went to France and Ger- many, where he was successively en- gaged in various branches of engineer- ing and manufacture. In 1884 he came to the United States, in which coun- try, as a naturalized citizen, he has since resided. Is the author of num- erous scientific papers and addresses. Among his inventions and discoveries the following may be named: System of Arc Lighting (1886); Tesla Motor and System of
Alternating Current Power Transmission, popularly known
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as the Two, Three, Multi, Poly-phase | THALMANN, Ernst:
(1888); System of Electrical Conversion and Distribution by Oscillatory Dis- charges (1889); Generators of High Fre- quency Currents and Effects of These (1890) ; Transmission of Energy Through a Single Wire without Return (1891); The Tesla Coil or Transformer (1891) ; Novel System of Electric Lighting by Tesla Tubes (1891) ; Investigations of
High Frequency Effects and Phenom-
ena (1891-93) ; System of Wireless
Transmission of Intelligence (1893); Mechanical Oscillators and Generators of Electrical Oscillations (1894-95) ; Re- searches and Discoveries in Radiations, Material Streams and Emanations (1896- 98) ; High-Potential Magnifying Transmit- ter (1897) ; System of Transmission of Power Without Wires (1897-1905) Econ- omic Transmission of Energy by Refrig- eration (1898); Art of Telautomatics (1898-99); Discovery of Stationary Elec- trical Waves in the Earth (1899); Burning of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Production of other Electrical Effects of Transcending Intensities (1899-1900) ; Method and Apparatus for Magnifying Feeble Effects (1901-02); Art of Indi- vidualization (1902-03). During the last three years he has been chiefly engaged in the development of his system of World Telegraphy and Telephony, and the design of a large plant for the trans- mission of power without wires, which is to be erected at Niagara. Address, Waldorf Astoria, N. Y. City.
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