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Adams
CHARLES KENDALL, an American historian and educator; born at Derby, Vt., Jan. 24, 1835. He became President of Cornell University (1885), of the American Historical Association (1890), of the University of Wisconsisn (1892), and editor-in-chief of "Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia" (1892). He died July 26, 1902.
Adams
WILLIAM TAYLOR, an American author and editor, best known by the pseudonym "Oliver Optic"; born July 30, 1822. He was a voluminous and highly popular writer of fiction for young readers, his works including several series of travel and adventure: "Young America Abroad," "Starry Flag Series," and others. He died March 27, 1897.
ADAMSON LAW. See RAILWAYS.
ADDIS ABEBA
Adding Machines
contrivances designed to simplify and facilitate the making of arithmetical computations. In recent years they have been greatly improved. They include cash registers, electric tabulating machines, and multiplying and dividing machines. Practically all banks and most large business concerns are now supplied with some form of these labor-saving devices.
Adipocere
a chemical substance in its character somewhat resembling wax or spermaceti. It arises through the chemistry of nature, when the bodies
Admiralty Inlet
a
Admiralty Inlet
a narrow body the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Tacoma, and Port Townsend are the chief cities on the Inlet.
Seattle,
Admiralty Island
a mountainous island, 90 miles long, off the W. coast of Alaska, to the N. E. of Sitka; belongs to the United States.
Adrenalin
the active principle of the adrenal glands. It is the most powerful astringent used and was discovered in 1901. It occurs as a light brown powder having a bitter taste.
Adria
in the province of Rovigo, northern Italy, is one of the oldest cities in Europe. So late as the 12th century A. D., it was a flourishing harbor on the Adriatic Sea. It still retains several interesting remains of Etruscan and Roman antiquity, with a fine cathedral. Pop. about 20,000.
Adrian
or HADRIAN, PUBLIUS
A Microphone
EMPLOYED FOR DETECTING THE SOUND OF APPROACHING AIRCRAFT AT NIGHT, OR BEFORE THEY COME INTO VISION on cities outside of the fighting zone.
What it had itself originated was proving its undoing. and in the later days of the war proved especially useful to the Allies, as was proved by the bitterness of Hindo
Aerotherapeutics
the method of treating diseases by employing various degrees of atmospheric pressure upon diseased persons. The effect is sometimes produced by changing the composition of the air. Tuberculosis of the lungs is most frequently treated in this method, although it is employed likewise in pneumonia and other pulmonary diseases.