Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items

...les. Coad was a noted teacher and lecturer of medicine and the natural sciences, but gained wider notoriety after he invented and patented his galvanic battery in March 1842. The patent Coad received was for the “improvement in the mode of constructing the galvanic battery so as to vary the

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Newman Centers

...re all three at the same time. However, many centers would struggle to balance the religious nature of the organization with the more social aspects. While Archbishop Krol called for a greater emphasis on the theological nature of the centers, other leaders around the country stressed the community focus. [12]

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The Bishop’s Bank

...itely. Impatience should never be shown. Payment should never be made in “uncurrent” money (a constant concern during this period) but should be in gold or city notes. Concerning disagreements over money owed he wrote, "With depositors never contend on small matters; if you cannot mildly convince them, pay; it

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France

...you the joy of seeing the wishes of the venerable Cardinal Luçon relayed. With sincere regard, Faithfully in J.C., H. J. Heuser [?] 8th 1921." In 1921, Kite’s article was published in The American Ecclesiastical Review (see our online catalog for our collection of The American Ecclesiastical Review here) and

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