...it is hard to realize how far in advance of his contemporaries Governor Stevens was in holding them. He was one of the first, if not the very first, to discern the necessity for three transcontinental railroads, and the opportunity for securing the trade...

...of vaccination. Dr. Waterhouse was even styled by Jenner himself " the Jenner of America," because he was one of the first, if not the very first, to urge vaccination upon the inhabitants of the New World. He was, on his return to America, a professor...

...subsidiary one; but it is certain that he was in frequent consultation with the Free-soil leaders, for he was one of the first, if not the very first, to inform Sumner of his intended nomination before the Legislature met in January, 1851. " Nobody could...

...subsidiary one; but it is certain that he was in frequent consultation with the Free-soil leaders, for he was one of the first, if not the very first, to inform Sumner of his intended nomination before the Legislature met in January, 1851. "Nobody could...

...the humble class the first to be mentioned is Adriaen Brouwer (also spelled Brauwer and De Brauwere). He was one of the first, if not the very first to devote himself exclusively to the portrayal of the lower classes, and through his influence many other...

...patients, he was entirely modern, as also in his condemnation of overheated rooms and piles of bedclothes. He was one of the first, if not the very first, to advocate the use of small portable clinical thermometers. In his inaugural address, De Haen declared...

...when wives nursed their husbands. A chapter on the history of surgery is a novel feature of his book. He was one of the first, if not the very first, to use illustrations in teaching anatomy. Yperman, who was sent by the town of his name in Belgium to...

...Britain. His military career is an important chapter in the history of the French wars from 1745 to 1758. He was one of the first, if not the very first, to advocate building a fort on the Penobscot. Subsequent to Ihis death his advice was heeded and Governor...

...His military career is an important chapter in the history of the French wars from 1745 to 1758. 1 He was one of the first, if not the very first, to advocate building a fort on the Penobscot. Subsequent to this death his advice was heeded and Governor...

...theory. In separating the vibratory motion from the wavelike motion, Michell was in advance of his time He was one of the first, if not the very first, to assign the vibratory motion in earthquakes to the propagation of elastic waves in the earth's crust....