Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Fundy

BAY OF, an arm of the New Brunswick. It is about 170 miles 1 2 امساله 3 4 POISONOUS FUNGI 1. Fly Mushroom 2. Sulphur Tuft English, French, Portuguese, and mulatto and negro freedmen. See MADEIRA.

Fungus

in botany, the singular of fungi; a term of comprehensive meaning, used for any plant belonging to the fungal alliance. Some botanists not infrequently apply the term fungal instead of fungus. In medicine, a morbid growth suggestive of a fungus, and generally dependent on the presence of vegetable parasites.

FUNK

Furman University

a coeducational institution in Greenville, S. C.; FURMAN UNIVERSITY, a coeducafounded in 1854 under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 11; students, 300; president, S. E. Bradshaw, A. M.

Furness

HORACE HOWARD, an American Shakespeare scholar and editor; son of William H.; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 2, 1833; was graduated at Harvard in 1854; studied law, and Cambridge, Mass., and was pastor

Fusel Oil

an oily product formed during the fermentation of potatoes, corn, and the juice of grapes. This is separated in the rectification of the spirit, occurring in the last part of the distillate as an acrid, oily liquid, having a peculiar odor and burning taste; it is poisonous.

Fusisporium

in botany, a genus of hyphomycetous fungi, forming first a mildew and next an extensive gelatinous stratum, with spindle-shaped spores.

There are many British species. Fusisporium atrovirens is a destructive mildew on onions; F. fæni is found in orange-red patches many feet wide; and F. griseum is common on dead leaves.

Feisal

EMIR, first king of Irak (Mesopotamia), was born in Hedjaz in 1885, being the third son of Emir Hussein. He was educated at Constantinople and was afterward elected to the Turkish Chamber of Deputies, where he be-

Fall

ALBERT BACON, resigned as Secretary of the Interior, March 4, 1923. to resume the practice of law and attend to his personal affairs.

Fess

SIMEON D., elected U. S. Senator from Ohio, 1922.

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Ferris

WOODBRIDGE N., 74

Frazier

LYNN JOSEPH, astated areas. In September, 1922, a contract was made with a group of German industrialists under which 13 billion francs in building material were to be delivered to the Federation of Cooperative Societies in the French Liberated Regions, such material to be paid for by the German government and credited to the reparations account.

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