Hammond
Hammond names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Hammond JOHN HAYS, an American engineer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN HAYS, an American engineer; born at San Francisco in 1855. He received his preliminary engineering training at the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, and took his advanced work at the Royal School of Mines, Freiberg, Germany. He received honorary degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology and St. John's College. In 1880, as special expert with the United States Geological Survey, he was engaged in the work of mapping the California gold deposits. As an expert on 1 JOHN HAYS HAMMOND mining properties, he was retained as consultant by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco and the Central and Southern Pacific railroads. His wide knowledge of mining operations and mining geology led to his connection with was burnt July 21, 1890. Pop. about Cecil Rhodes in south African gold development. Active in the Transvaal in 1895-1896, he was arrested, sentenced to death and released upon payment of $125,000 fine. He returned to the United States in 1900 and became interested in the promotion of large-scale mining ventures and various hydro-electric and irrigation works. He became widely known as a University lecturer and was President of the Panama Pacific Exposition Commission, 1912, President of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1907- 1908, and a member of several scientific societies.
Hammond WILLIAM ALEX- ANDER, an American surgeon
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM ALEX- ANDER, an American surgeon; born in Annapolis, Md., Aug, 28, 1828; was graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1848; joined the United States army in 1849 as assistant surgeon; became surgeon-general in April, 1862; was found guilty of misdemeanor by court-martial and discharged from the army in 1864; practiced in New York till 1878, when the proceedings of the court-martial were reviewed and he was restored to his former rank in the army and retired. His publications include "Military Hygiene"; "Sleep and Its Derangements"; "Nervous Derangements"; "Diseases of the Nervous System"; etc.; also several novels, including "Robert Severne"; "A Son of Perdition"; etc. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 5, 1900.
Hammond a city in Lake co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in Lake co., Ind.; on the Grand Calumet river, and on the Pennsylvania Company, the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Pere Marquette, the Michigan Central, and several other important railroads; 18 miles S. E. of Chicago, Ill. It has numerous railway supply shops, foundries, tanneries, chemical works, nail mills, packing houses, electric lights, and etc. There are street railways, public high school, 2 National banks, daily and weekly newspapers, and an assessed valuation of $5,000,000. Pop. (1910) 20,925; (1920) 36,004.
Hammond JOHN HAYS, appointed chairman of the Fact Finding Commission
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN HAYS, appointed chairman of the Fact Finding Commission to report on the coal industry, 1922. re-election to the Senate, 1922.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught John Hays Hammond in mid-career in 1921, just as he took the chair of the coal Fact Finding Commission; he died in 1936, and his reputation now rests chiefly on his role as one of the Johannesburg "Reform Committee" leaders condemned to death after the failed Jameson Raid of 1895-96. The entry on William Alexander Hammond understates his legacy: the medical museum and library he established as Surgeon-General in 1862 grew into what is today the National Library of Medicine, and he is generally credited as the founder of neurology as a specialty in the United States. Hammond, Indiana, which Collier's recorded leaping from 20,925 people in 1910 to 36,004 in 1920, kept growing to about 111,700 by 1960 and has since fallen back to roughly 78,000 as the Calumet region's mills, packing houses and rail shops contracted.
Written for this edition, 2026.