Events from 1887

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1887 ID: 1077
AICPA precursor organizations begin forming - state-level accounting societies emerge
ID: 1077
1887 ID: 1078
August Weismann develops germ-plasm theory at University of Freiburg - influences eugenics
ID: 1078
University of Freiburg
1887 ID: 4467
Dorr Felt patents Comptometer - first successful key-driven adding machine, faster than previous designs
ID: 4467
1887 ID: 5612
August 23, 1887
British Merchandise Marks Act requires 'Made in Germany' labeling - intended to warn consumers of inferior German copies of Sheffield cutlery and Birmingham goods
ID: 5612
London

Books & Texts from 1887

📖 robert-louis-stevenson - the-merry-men-and-other-tales-and-fables
📖 arthur-conan-doyle - a-study-in-scarlet
📖 robert-louis-stevenson - memoir-of-fleeming-jenkin
📖 robert-louis-stevenson - underwoods
📖 thomas-hardy - the-woodlanders
📖 h-rider-haggard - allan-quatermain
📖 robert-louis-stevenson - memories-and-portraits
📖 kate-douglas-smith-wiggin - the-birds-christmal-carol