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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Orthography

the art, practice, or habit of spelling words correctly according to the recognized usage; correct or proper spelling; as, the orthography of a word. Also that part of grammar which deals with the nature and properties of letters. In architecture and showing all the parts thereof in their draughting, the elevation of a building, a building , true proportions; the orthography is either external or internal. The external is the delineation of the outer face or front of a building; the internal is a section of the same.

ORTHOPÆDIA, a branch of medical science relating to the cure of natural the latter year he became professor of deformities. Orthopædia is divided into political science in Cornell University, prophylactic or preventive, and theraand was lecturer on law and economic subjects in several colleges and universities. He was president of the Board of Education in Cleveland in 1904. He accompanied the Cook Arctic expedition to Greenland in 1894 and wrote "Five American Politicians" (1903); "Socialism and Democracy in Europe" (1913); "Imperial Impulse" (1916).

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