Leo von Caprivi known as Skórzyn, Poland). Leo von Caprivi Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli (, born Georg Leo von Caprivi; 24 February 1831 – 6 February 1899) was a German general and statesman who succeeded Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany. Caprivi served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894. Caprivi promoted industrial and commercial development, and concluded numerous bilateral treaties for reduction of tariff barriers. However, this movement toward free trade angered the conservative agrarian interests, especially the Junkers. He promised the Catholic Center party educational reforms that would increase their influence, but failed
Allaire Iron Works Stoudinger built the engine and boiler for the last steamboat contracted for by the Fulton shop, the "Chancellor Livingstone", which was completed about a year later. Stoudinger himself died shortly after completion of "Chancellor Livingstone", after which Allaire decided to move Fulton's equipment from its location in New Jersey to his brassworks at Cherry St., New York. With the consolidation of his business at the Cherry St. plant, Allaire renamed it the Allaire Iron Works. In 1817, the Allaire Iron Works supplied the engine cylinder for "Savannah", the first steamship to make a transatlantic crossing. The cylinder, one of the