See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EDWARD ATKINSON (1827—1905)
• ATKINSON, SIR HARRY ALBERT (1831—1892)

ATKINSON (1827—1905)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American economist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BROOKLINE

Brookline, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1827 . For many years he was engaged in managing various business enterprises, and became, in 1877, See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston Manufacturers' Mutual See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire See also:

• INSURANCE

Insurance See also:

• COMPANY

Company, a See also:

• POST

post which he held till his See also:

• DEATH

death . He was a strong controversialist and a prolific writer on such economic subjects as banking, See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton manufacture, the See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff and See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and the See also:

• MONEY

money question . He was appointed in 1887 a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report upon the status of See also:

• BIMETALLISM

bimetallism in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . He also made a special study of See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill construction and fire prevention, and invented an improved cooking apparatus, called the " Aladdin See also:

• OVEN (O. Eng. of n,Ger. Ofen, cf. Gr. Irvin, oven)

oven." He was an active supporter of See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-imperialism . He died at Boston on the r rth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1905 . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works were Right Methods of Preventing Fires in See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

Mills (1881); See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

Distribution of Products (1885); See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

Industrial Progress of the Nation (1889) ; See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

Taxation and See also:

• WORK

Work (1892) ; See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science. of See also:

• NUTRITION

Nutrition (loth ed., 1898) .