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of some distinguished family records, in ‘lasting and truthful
words, the history of his…
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works from his pen that followed it, truth was investigated pri-
marily in the realm of art for the sake of…
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constitutional fitness for labor and fatigue, which such an em-
ployment requires.”…
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of the instances in which benefactions have been made to the
Institute, may serve to direct attention to…
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in that city March Sth, 1878. H e was a member of the Insti-
tute in 1834.
Henry P.…
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dor of the world, nor was it surrounded with the pomp and
circumstance which pertain to men high in…
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among the foremost of the original scientific investigators and
thinkers of the world.…
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with profound thankfulness for
her great generosity toward the Institute,…
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five thousand dollars, to be paid within six months after her
decease, on the express…
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No separate list of such publications has been attempted, but
the names of the publications of each person…
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T R U S T E E S
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This Institution was founded on the fifth day of…
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of their charter, so as to vest in the Regents, or in the Trustees,
the power to change its location…
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belief “that the system of instruction pursued in the Rensselaer
School is eminently…
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In 1843, the city of Troy gave to the Rensselaer Institute
“the Infant School lot,” northwest corner…
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tenance in the city of Troy, of a school for instruction in Math-
ematics, Civil…
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The upper story, containing lecture room, recitation room and
library, was burned. The apparatus and…
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of his brother, Anthony T. E. Mullen, C. E., late Passed Assis-
tant Engineer in the U…
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Alexander L. Holley, LL. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly a
trustee of the Institute.
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engines, and the various kinds of steam engines ; tbe design,
construction and use of machines in general, and the deter-…
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S T E P H E N VAN RENSSELAER,
PATRON.
HON. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, LL. D., known as the
(( patroon…
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Witt Clinton, to the prosecution of the Erie Canal, and was
from 1815 until his death…