More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a group of regiments united temporarily for military purposes. A colonel or lieutenant-colonel of one of the regiments is appointed brigadier-general. When the brigade is broken up he returns to the command of his own regiment. See Army
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a portion of an army, whether infantry, cavalry, or artillery, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadiergeneral.
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: a girl of Lyrnessus, called also Hippodamia. When her country was taken by the Greeks, she fell to the share of Achilles in the division of the spoils. Agamemnon afterward took possession of her, and Achilles thereupon made a vow to absent himself from the field of battle at Troy. This incident Homer makes one of the chief features of his "Iliad."
1000 Classical Characters: Daughter of Briseus, of Lyrnessus, fell into the hands of Achilles , but was seized by Agamemnon Hence arose the dire feud between the two heroes. 2026 Editor's Note: Also known as Hippodameia, she was the wife of Mynes, son of the King of Lyrnessus, before being captured by the Achaeans. The dispute over her status as a war prize is the central conflict that initiates the plot of Homer's Iliad. A 1st-century AD Roman painting found in Pompeii's House of the Tragic Poet depicts the moment she is taken from Achilles to be given to Agamemnon. (Ed: BR 2026-06-26)
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Aiton's Encyclopedia: an ancient name for the island of Great Britain . It is still a favorite with the poets, as in Thomson's "Britannia rules the waves." Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. --Campbell, Ye Mariners of England. 2026 Editor's Note: Britannia sat on British coins for three centuries, disappearing from circulating coinage only in 2008 though she still graces gold and silver bullion. "Rule, Britannia!" — from which the entry's line comes — is now heard chiefly at the Last Night of the Proms, where its imperial verses have themselves become a subject of national argument. (Ed: BR 2026-06-12)
1000 Classical Characters: The island of England and Scotland, which was also called Albion . Hibernia, or Ireland, is usually spoken of as a separate island, but is sometimes included under the general name of the Insulae Britannicae, which also comprehended the smaller islands around the coast of Great Britain .
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the name applied by Cæsar and other Roman writers to the island of Great Britain; Aristotle having referred to the Nësoi Bretannikai (British Isles) as early as the 4th century B. C.
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Aiton's Encyclopedia: a silken fabric having a raised pattern usually of flowers or foliage, interwoven with gold and silver. The raised appearance is produced by throwing the warp or weft threads into relief in the process of weaving. At one time embroideries were called brocades. The invention of the Jacquard attachment to the ordinary loom made possible the production of fabrics showing raised figures, and gave rise to a distinction between embroidery and brocade or loom-figured goods. At present any fabric, whether of silk, wool, or cotton, having raised figures produced in the loom, is called brocade. See Jacquard 2026 Editor's Note: The Jacquard attachment the entry credits did something far beyond weaving: it controlled the loom with punched cards, and that idea of storing instructions on cards was taken up by Charles Babbage for his Analytical Engine and later by Hollerith for tabulating the census. The Jacquard loom is thus a direct ancestor of the programmable computer. (Ed: BR 2026-07-01)
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a kind of silken stuff, or embossed with gold variegated or silver flowers or other ornaments. The manufacture of brocades was established at Lyons in 1757.
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: the culminating point of the Hartz Mountains, in Prussian Saxony, north Germany, cultivated nearly to its summit, which is 3,740 feet above the The phenomenon level of the sea. m" is called the "Specter of the Brocken" caused by the perpendicular rising of the mists from the valley opposite to the sun, at the same time leaving the top of the mountain clear. The effect produced is a wonderful enlargement of every object reflected by this dense mass of vapor ascending from the valley.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Hartz Mountains
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Aiton's Encyclopedia: bron-ki'tis, an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the bronchial tubes. The membrane may become inflamed and swollen to such an extent as to interfere with breathing. Bronchitis is most likely to attack tenderly reared children, old people, and those whose occupations require long hours in rooms filled with gas or flying dust. The symptoms are those of a severe cold. As remedies a mustard plaster, a hot foot bath, and a glass of hot lemonade may be recommended. A Turkish bath is excellent. In severe cases physicians prescribe ipecac and seneca root. 2026 Editor's Note: The mustard plaster and hot lemonade have gone. Chronic bronchitis is now understood as part of COPD , one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and its causes are largely known and largely preventable: tobacco smoke above all, then air pollution and the smoke of indoor cooking fires. (Ed: BR 2026-06-18)
Collier's New Encyclopedia: inflammation of the air BRONTË, ANNE, an English novelist and poetess, born in Haworth, Yorktubes leading to the pulmonary vesicles, accompanied by hoarseness, cough, inshire, March 24, 1820; sister of CHARcrease of temperature, and soreness of LOTTE BRONTË. Under the pen name of the chest anteriorly. The natural mucous secretion is at first arrested, but ACTON BELL She wrote "Agnes Grey" (1847), and "The Tenant of Wildfell increases afterward, and is altered in Hall" (1848). She died in Scarborough, quality, becoming more corpuscular. Its (1) Acute bronchitis, (a) May 28, 1849.
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: the age of bronze, the second of three ages believed by MM. Nilsson, Steenstrup, Forchhammer, Thomsen, Worsäæ and other Danish archæologists to have followed each other in the peninsula of Jutland and elsewhere in the following order: (1) The stone age, (2) the bronze age, and (3) the iron age. During the first, stone, or sometimes bone, was used for weapons BRONTOTHERIUM
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Archaeology
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Collier's New Encyclopedia: the process of giving a bronze-like or antique metallic appearor plaster ance to the surface of metals casts. The processes vary; they may be classed as coating with a melted alloy; coating with a metal in paste, solution, or vapor; corrosion; coating with a gum, application of bronze powder, and painting.
American Watchmaker and Jeweler: See Electro-Plating, Bronzing and Staining.
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