of ice since 1802 when the first refrigerated ice box was invented by wrapping a metal container in rabbit fur. In 1825, Nathaniel Wyeth (ancestor of artists N.C., Andrew, and Jamie Wyeth) invented a tool to cut ponds and lake ice in uniform chunks, revolutionizing the harvesting of ice...
The clock may have been intended as a symbol of accuracy as much as a convenience - advertising the fact that this was, for its day, a technically advanced manufacturing plant which produced military "precision" shot and paint of a uniform whiteness. There was no legal reason for a factory...
According to Marjorie Velazquez, the Bronx City Council member who sponsored the bill, the ordinance puts in place a uniform program that takes into account the unique circumstances true to every boroughs and its neighborhood. Although the creation of the bill stemmed from the sheds placed outside...
STATE OF NEW YORK EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Regents of tM University WIth years when terms expIre 1913 WHITELAW REID M.A. LL.D. D.C.L. Chancellor. New York 1917 ST CLAIR McKELWAY M.A. LL.D. Vice Chan- cellor . . . . ~. BrookJyn 1919 DANIEL BEACH Ph.D. LL.D.' . . . . ....