Kielland
or KJELLAND, Norwegian novelist and dramatist; born in Stavanger, in 1849. A strong representative of the realistic school, he was foe to all forms of ecclesiastical a tyranny. His writings have been supposed to show the influence of Balzac and Zola. Notable among his novels are: "Garman and Worse" (1880), his per Worse" (1882) and "Else." Of his first; "Laboring People" (1881); "Skipdramas the best are: "Betty's Formynder" (Betty's Guardian: 1887); "Professoren" (1888). He died April 6, 1906. KIESERITE (kē'zer-it), a sulphate of magnesia obtained at Stassfurt and elsewhere, and employed as a source of epsom salt, and in the manufacture of manures. Mixed with quicklime and water it hardens into a mass which, after heating, pulverizing, and again mixing with water, becomes of a marblelike consistency, and may be made into ornamental articles, etc.
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