Hamlin
ALFRED DWIGHT FOSTER, an American architect, born in Constantinople, Turkey, in 1855, son of Cyrus Hamlin, founder and president of Robert College. He graduated from Amherst College in 1875 and studied architecture in the United States and in Paris. In 1883 he was appointed special assistant of architecture in Columbia University, and became successively instructor, assistant professor of architecture, adjunct professor, and full professor in that institution. He was a member of several architectural societies. He was the author of "A History of Architecture" (1896); "History of Ornament, Ancient and Medieval" (1916); and was a frequent contributor to architectural periodicals, and to various dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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Hamlin (CYRUS an American missionary)
CYRUS, an American missionary; born in Waterford, Me., Jan. 5, 1811; was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1834 and at Bangor Theological Seminary in 1837; went to Turkey in the following year. From 1860 to 1876 fol he was president of Robert College, which he had founded after a long conflict with the Turkish Government. President Hamlin belonged to the group of American educators in the Levant whose influence did much in molding the character of modern Bulgarian leaders, and producing autonomy for Bulgaria. He returned to the United States and became a professor in the Theological Seminary in Bangor; was president of Middlebury College, Vt., in 1880-1885, when he removed to Lexington, Mass. Part of his works are in the Armenian language; those in English include "Among the Turks" (1877) and "My Life and Times" (1893). He died in 1900.
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Hamlin (HANNIBAL an American statesman)
HANNIBAL, an American statesman; born in Paris, Me., Aug. 27, 1809; was admitted to the bar in 1833; and began practice in Hampden; was elected to the United States Senate in 1848 to fill an unexpired term; re-elected in 1851 and again in 1857; resigned in 1861, after being elected Vice- President on the ticket with Abraham Lincoln; was again a United States Senator in 1869-1881, and then accepted the post of minister to Spain, but in the following year resigned and returned to the United States. He died in Bangor, Me., July 4, 1891.
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Hamline University
a coeducational institution in St. Paul, Minn.; founded in 1854 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 32; students 550; president, Samuel F. Kerfoot, D. D.
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Hammer-pick
A furnace-man's steel tool, having a hammer face and sharpened point at the respective ends of the head. Used for cutting out and trimming the inside of the cupola. See PICK-HAMMER; REPAIRING THE CUPOLA.
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Hammock
a hanging bed. The name is derived from the Spanish hamaca, a word of East Indian origin. In the narrative of his first voyage Columbus says: "Many Indians in canoes came to the ship for the purpose of bartering their cotton and hamacas or nets in which they sleep." The Germans have corrupted the name into a word meaning hanging mat. The sailor's hammock is a strip of heavy cotton or other canvas several feet in length and a yard wide. Several cords at each end, called clews, are gathered together into a ring. The hammock is hung by the rings to hooks in the beams of the ship. When not in use it is rolled up and stowed. At one time men-of-war were accustomed to string their hammocks around the edge of the deck to conceal their movements and protect themselves from musket balls. The modern netted hammock, swung under trees or on verandas during the summer season, is made usually of cotton or sisal cord. Bright colors and fringes render hammocks an attractive feature in grove or lawn. See Furniture
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Hammond
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.
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Hammond
JOHN HAYS, appointed chairman of the Fact Finding Commission to report on the coal industry, 1922. re-election to the Senate, 1922.
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Hammond (City in Lake co Ind)
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.
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Hammond (JOHN HAYS an American engineer)
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.
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