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Butyric Acid – Berliner

Butyric Acid

an acid obtained from butter; it also occurs in perspiration, cod liver oil, etc. Butyric acid is a colorless liquid, having a smell like that of rancid butter; its taste is acrid and biting, with a sweetish after taste.

Butyric Ester

a substance obtained from butyric acid with the flavor of pineapples, used in flavoring confectionery, as an ingredient in perfumes, etc.

Byng

JOHN, a British admiral, born Jan. 17, 1733.

Ballistic Wind

a term applied to a supposititious wind made up of the various actual winds encountered by a projectile in its flight. If affecting the pro- BALL LIGHTNING wind would produce the same results as of atmospheric electricity of which many

Beaufort Scale

a non-instrumental scale of wind force devised by and named for Admiral Beaufort. It bers for breezes, high winds, gales, and storms. cally) to 12 (hurricane; wind about 75 miles per hour), with intermediate numvain Library laid, July 28, 1921. To be

Briand

ARISTIDE, premier of France, Jan. 16, 1921, to Jan. 12, 1922. He participated for a short time in the Washington Conference on Limitation of Armament, declaring France's inability to disarm without guarantees of safety.

Byng

SIR JULIAN (Baron Byng of Vimy), appointed Governor-General of Canada, June 3, 1921.

Breakwaters

PNEUMATIC. (See PNEUMATIC BREAKWATERS.) BRITISH EMPIRE. Imperial conference at London (June 20-August 5, 1921). British foreign policy discussed by representatives of the dominions and India in conjunction with British Cabinet. Resolutions adopted for continued consultations concerning the foreign affairs of the empire. (See also INDIA, IRELAND, etc.) CENSORSHIP BRITISH IMPERIAL CONFER- ENCES. (See BRITISH EMPIRE.)

Baker

RAY STANNARD. During the American State Department, and afterward accompanied President Wilson to Europe as head of the press bureau. His subsequent publications include: "What Wilson Did at Paris" (1920) and "Wood- (1922). row Wilson and World Settlement"

Balfour

ARTHUR JAMES, created Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain of Whittingehame , April 12, 1922. in the cabinet of Premier Poincaré,

Berger

VICTOR L., again elected to Congress in the regular election of November, 1922.

Berliner

EMILE, in 1922, in conjunction with his son, Henry A. Berliner, perfected the first successful flying helicopter.