Clara Jessup Moore
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Clara Jessup Moore was an American
philanthropist and writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. She organized in Philadelphia a hospital relief committee during the American Civil War
and assisted in the foundation of the Temperance Home for Children.
Following the death of her husband, businessman Bloomfield Haines Moore (1819-1878), she spent much of her time in London
.
She published:
The book on ether
was written because she believed that ether could account for the Keeley motor
, to whose projector she gave liberally in order that he might develop his idea. She died in London.
She and her husband had three children: Ella Carlton Moore (1843-1892), Clarence Bloomfield Moore
(1852-1936), Lilian Stuart Moore (1853-1911).
United States
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philanthropist and writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. She organized in Philadelphia a hospital relief committee during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
and assisted in the foundation of the Temperance Home for Children.
Following the death of her husband, businessman Bloomfield Haines Moore (1819-1878), she spent much of her time in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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She published:
- Miscellaneous Poems (1875)
- On Dangerous Ground (1876), a romance
- Sensible Etiquette (1878)
- Ether the True ProtoplasmProtoplasmProtoplasm is the living contents of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane. It is a general term of the Cytoplasm . Protoplasm is composed of a mixture of small molecules such as ions, amino acids, monosaccharides and water, and macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and...
(1885) - Social Ethics and Social Duties (1892)
The book on ether
Ether
Ethers are a class of organic compounds that contain an ether group — an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups — of general formula R–O–R'. A typical example is the solvent and anesthetic diethyl ether, commonly referred to simply as "ether"...
was written because she believed that ether could account for the Keeley motor
John Ernst Worrell Keely
John Ernst Worrell Keely was a US inventor from Philadelphia who claimed to have discovered a new motive power which was originally described as "vaporic" or "etheric" force, and later as an unnamed force based on "vibratory sympathy", by which he produced "interatomic ether" from water and air...
, to whose projector she gave liberally in order that he might develop his idea. She died in London.
She and her husband had three children: Ella Carlton Moore (1843-1892), Clarence Bloomfield Moore
Clarence Bloomfield Moore
Clarence Bloomfield Moore was an American archaeologist and writer...
(1852-1936), Lilian Stuart Moore (1853-1911).