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Benzoic Acid – Bering Island

Benzoic Acid

a vegetable acid obtained from benzoin and other resins and balsams, as those of Peru and Tolu. It forms light feathery needles; taste pungent and bitterish; odor, slightly aromatic. The salts of benzoic acid are known as benzoates.

Benzoic Ether

a colorless, oily liquid, with a feeble aromatic smell and a pungent aromatic taste, obtained by distilling together four parts alcohol, two of crystallized benzoic acid, and one of concentrated hydrochloric acid.

Benzoin

BENZOINE, BELZOIN,

Berat

a town of Albania; on the Ergent river, here bridged; 30 miles N.

E. of Valona. It is the seat of a Greek archbishop, and has a cathedral and a number of mosques, and several Greek churches. Pop. 15,000.

Berber

a town of Nubia, on the right bank of the Nile, below the confluence of the Atbara. It is a station on the route from Khartum to Cairo.

Since the railway was opened in 1906, taking the place of the caravan route, the traffic to the Red Sea has been diverted. Pop. about 10,000.

Berbice

a river of British Guiana; flows generally N. E. into the Atlantic.

It is navigable for small vessels for 165 miles from its mouth, but beyond that the rapids are numerous and dangerous.

Berditchef

a town of Ukrainia, 108 miles W. S. W. of Kiev by rail, famous for its five annual fairs. At these, cattle, corn, wine, honey, leather, etc., are disposed of. Pop. about 100,000.

Berea College

a coeducational (non-sectarian) institution, in Berea, Ky.; organized in 1858; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 81; students, 1,794; volumes in library, 35,000; productive funds, $1,345,588; income, $58,492; graduates, 1,479; president, William G. Frost, Ph. D., LL. D.

Bergamot

a fruit tree, a variety of species of the genus citrus.

Berhampur

the name of two Inadministrative headquarters of Murdian towns: (1) A town and military Shidábád district, Bengal. It was the 1857. Pop. about 25,000. scene of the first overt act of mutiny in

Berri

or BARBIERS, an acute disease characterized by oppression of

Bering Island

the larger of the two Kommander Islands; 115 miles from the E. coast of Kamchatka, crossed by 55° 10' N.; contains the tomb of Bering, who died here after being shipwrecked in December, 1741. It is an important resort of seal hunters.