Curious Cross Section Traces World History In Redwood
The article describes Mark Twain and Sherman Sherwood’s project mapping a giant California redwood’s rings to trace world history from its seed to its near thousand year mark. It details notable events aligned with ring counts, from Justinian to Columbus, and notes the tree’s preservation and age estimation by D. Din for the American Museum of Natural History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
George T. Sherywood
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West
York City
Merk ‘Twain
California
Justinian
Jaimperor
Benjamin Harcison
United States
Ufa
Siustaca
Thest
Ras Lardy
Methuselah
Eh Peel
Aga Aviation
Cif
Forest
D. Din
Wummer
Isin
A. BD. Moore
Bissun
King's Fe Llinger Company
Dol
Mack
Mack ‘Twain
Kreve
Moore
Hinch
Theo
Attila
Thums
Aris
Rhine
Uhuons
Poe
Rom
Europe
Sierras
Mr. Sherwood
China
Setenca
John Gutenhere
America
Caperthcus
Keppler
Water
John Muir
Ly Atorma
King's River Forest
Timeline events from early world history cross section
A compact sequence lists milestones from 565 silkworms entering Europe through 732 Tours, 800 814 court schools, 849 901 King Alfred, 874 Norse accusations, 981 Norse discovery, 1096 1272 Crusades, around 1200 the University of Oxford founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tours
Spain
Pyrenees
Gaul
Christendom
Aa Draper
Africa
Aalu
Bosphorus
Straits of Gibraltar
Europe
California
Charlemagne
Alfred
England
Iceland
Greenland
Iso
University of Paris
University of Bologna
University of Padua
Oxford University
China
Battle of Tours
Chatleaiene
Toeland
Greenlaw
Foun
University
History Timeline From Printing to Atlantic Cable
A compact chronology lists milestones from 1450 with metal type printing to 1866 the first successful Atlantic cable. It also notes 1492 Columbus voyage 1543 Copernicus astronomy 1609 Kepler planetary motion 1685 Newton gravitation 1775 American Revolution and 1815 Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Columbus
Copernicus
Keppler
Newton
New York's Latest Grand Opera on Weber Show at Maxim's
The review lampoons Weber's travesty at Maxim's with Bessie Clayton's contortive can can and chorus girl antics. It contrasts 1907 party revelry with past stage brilliance, notes Gilbert and Sullivan influences, and mocks add-on Japanese tableaux in Funabashi while praising the era's showmanship and star power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxims
New York
Weber's
Maxim
Weber
Bessie Clayton
Bessie
Maggie Mitchell
Maggie
Franchon
Julian Mitchell
Maxim's
Cairo
Chicago
St. Louis
Little Egypt
Seeley
Maximh
Kado
Cobb and Safford
Japan
Taft
Fight Department
Coming Attractions National The Man of the Hour
The Man of the Hour by Georgia Broadhurst is the sole current stage attraction on Broadway. It plays eight performances with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Belasco Margarett Anglin and Henry Miller star in The Great Divide returning to Belasco Theatre for a week, after their notable President’s reception performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Georga Broadhurst
New York
Besumarchaiy
France
Times
Mke
Belasco
Margaret Anglin
Henry Miller
Henry Miler
Belasco Theater
Biasco
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Miller
Miles Anglin
The Great Divide and London Cabs Change Theaters
A collection of brief items notes the drama The Great Divide at the Princes Theater New York and its move to a week run after Belasco crowd surges. Other notices cover vaudeville acts and O Neill of Derry at Columbia Theater with Irish drama themes, and transport shifts as London cuts cab rates with taximeters impacting horse cabs and transit across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Chauncey Olcott
O'Neill of
Barty
Columbia’ Theater
London
Nts
Acros
Feab
Home Secretary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dilameter
Regentoy
Mark ‘Twain
Niewers Pee Prdhive
Gmibert
Sullvan
Orient
Umea
Malde
Panabasi
Princesa Theater
New Yor
Sesson
Chase
Marcel
M Jean Marcel
John Hyams
Leila McIntyre
Cromwell
Olegtta
Academy
Ramsey Morris
Bayonne Whipple
Beee
Washington Dispatch
New Fork American
Jamales
Department of Agriculture
Jamaica
London Cabs
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