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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.157
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title Certificate of Tests
Author The Fire-Proof Building Company of New York (fl. 1874)  
Document Type Non-governmental organization document
Content Description A certificate of tests reveals results of various burning experiments within Fireproof Buildings, with a list of accredited architects and other witnesses.
Subjects Firefighting  Architecture  Science and Technology  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Powell was a Lincoln supporter and served as a statistician in the Treasury Department during the Civil War. Active in religious work as a young man, he was the secretary and manager of the Evangelistic Press Association and led a topographical corps through Egypt and North Africa to create Sunday School maps of Palestine and the Holy Land. Powell participated in the American Forestry Commission, the Grange and Patrons of Husbandry, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the National Geographic Society. He was active in Sabbath reform work.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945