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.
Ulster
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a province of Ireland, occupying the northern part of the island and consisting of the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Monaghan, and Tyrone. The total area is 8,613 square miles, and the population about 1,580,000. Over half of the inhabitants are Presbyterians and Episcopalians s. The largest . .). The principal op- .). city is Belfast (q. v position against Irish Home Rule comes from the inhabitants of Ulster. See IRE- LAND.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: the most northerly province of Ireland. It comprises nine counties, including Antrim and Londonderry. Half of the population is Catholic. The other half is divided nearly evenly between Presbyterians and Episcopalians. The province became noted for the manufacture of frieze, a strong woolen cloth from which ulster overcoats are made. See Londonderry ; Ireland
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Umbria
Collier's New Encyclopedia: one of the ancient divisions of Italy; lying E. of Etruria, and N. of the country of the Sabines. It is usually described as extending from the Tiber E. to the Adriatic; but when the Umbrians first came into history they were restricted to the ridges of the Apennines, the lowland region bordering on the Adriatic from the Æsis (Esino) to the Rubi con, being held by a race of Gallic invaders, known as the Senones. The Umbrians were subjugated along with the Etruscans, but joined the Samnites in their last gallant struggle against Rome, and were crushed at Sentinum (295 b. c.)
1000 Classical Characters: A district of Italy (called by the Greeks Ombrica) bounded on the north by Gallia Cisalpina, from which it was separated by the river Rubicon ; on the east by the Adriatic Sea; on the south by the rivers Aesis and Nar; and on the west by the Tiber. Its inhabitants, the Umbri (sing. Umber), called by the Greeks Umbrici, were one of the most ancient and powerful peoples in Central Italy. 2026 Editor's Note: While the ancient district of Umbria once extended to the Adriatic Sea, the modern administrative region is the only landlocked region on the Apennine Peninsula. The modern capital is Perugia, and the region remains defined by its mountainous terrain and historical towns like Assisi, a World Heritage Site. (Ed: BR 2026-06-17)
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Unterwalden
Collier's New Encyclopedia: one of the four "Forest Cantons" of Switzerland, forms part of the hill country which surrounds the Lake of Lucerne; area, 295 square miles; pop. about 33,000. Unterwalden is divided into two parts, Upper and Lower; the capital of the Nidwald is Stanz, and of the Obwald Sarnen.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Switzerland ; Lucerne ; Tell
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Urania
Aiton's Encyclopedia: in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy. She is represented in art with a crown of stars and holding in her hand a celestial globe. Sometimes the drapery of the figure is dotted with stars.
1000 Classical Characters: One of the Muses, daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne . She presided over astronomy. Uranus or Heaven. Sometimes called a son and sometimes the husband of Gaea (Earth).
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Ure
Collier's New Encyclopedia: ANDREW, a Scottish chemist; born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 17, 1778. After lecturing with some success on chemistry, natural philosophy, and materia medica, at Glasgow, he was nominated to the post of astronomer, on an observatory being established in that city. In 1821 he produced a valuable work, entitled a "Dictionary of Chemistry." He took up his residence in the metropolis in 1830, and was four years afterward appointed chemist to the Board of Customs. In 1837 he produced his "Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines," a work of immense labor and research, which has gone through many editions, and also has been translated into the leading continental languages. He died in London, Jan. 2, 1857.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: yoor, Andrew (1778-1857), a Scotch chemist. He was born at Glasgow. He was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, taking his degree in medicine. He held various educational positions. In 1834 we find him settled as an analytical chemist in the employ of the board of customs at London. He is known as the author of Materia Medica, the Dictionary of Chemistry, and the Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
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Uri
Collier's New Encyclopedia: one of the "Forest Cantons" of Switzerland; forms part of the hill country which surrounds the Lake of Lucerne; area, 415 square miles; pop. about 25,000. It consists of one valley, that of the Reuss, through which runs the great road, and also the railway, into Italy by the St. Gothard Pass. Uri is almost entirely pastoral; and the constitution is a pure democracy.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: oo'ri. See Switzerland ; Lucerne ; Tell
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Usury
Collier's New Encyclopedia: an excessive or exorbitant interest or premium paid, or stipulated to be paid, for the loan of money. Also the practice of lending money at interest; lent; specifically, the practice of taking exorbitant or excessive interest for the loan of money; the practice of exacting interest in an exorbitant way from needy or extravagant borrowers. In the ancient world, interest was always usurious as it is in the East at the present day. The Mosaic Law prohibited taking interest from Hebrews (Exod. xxii: 25; Levit. xxv: 35-37; Deut. xxiii: 20); and Christ's words, "Give to him that asketh thee" (Matt. v: 42), seem to be of still wider application. The Fathers regarded interest as usury, and therefore as a species of robbery; and this opinion prevailed in the Church till the 16th century, and numbered Luther and Melanchthon among its defenders. Calvin appears to have been the first theologian who propounded the modern distinction between interest and usury.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Interest
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