Dover
Dover names 6 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Dover a Cinque port and parliain the mentary and municipal borough E
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a Cinque port and parliain the mentary and municipal borough E. S. E. ment E. of Kent, England, 66 miles of headquarters of the London. It is the of the British Southeastern District army. The fortifications comprise Dover a commanding Castle, which occupies , 375 feet above position on the chalk cliffs still includes the level of the sea, and some of the old Saxon and Norman work; Fort Burgoyne on the N. side of , Archcliffe Fort to the W., and the town Heights, the batteries on the Western where large barracks are situated. Dover holds a distinguished place in English history. Three submarine cables connect enit with the Continent, and here an trance was made to the proposed Channel Tunnel. Pop. (1919) 39,282.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a city of England. It is situated sixty-six miles southeast of London, on the point of land nearest to the French coast. The corresponding French port is Calais, twenty-three and one-half miles distant. A line of steam ferryboats transports passengers, mails, and baggage between the respective railway stations, through which there is a stream of traffic continually. A project is under consideration to connect the two stations by a tunnel. The chalk cliffs of England rise here to a height of nearly 400 feet. The port is strongly fortified and garrisoned by English troops. There are also remains of ancient Norman and Saxon fortifications. The present population is about 41,000. A number of American cities have borrowed the name.
Dover a city and county-seat of Strafford co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Strafford co., N. H.; at the head of navigation on Cocheco river, and on the Boston and Maine railroad; 168 miles N. N. E. of Boston. It is situated on hilly ground, is regularly laid out, and has many handsome buildings and residences. The river at this point has a depth of 11 feet, affording good shipping accommodations. The falls of Cocheco, within the city limits, are the source of abundant water power. Dover's industries include several large cotton and woolen mills, an extensive print works, manufactories of boots and shoes, oil cloth, hats and caps, and several tanneries, brass and iron foundries, and machine shops. There are several churches, high school, St. Joseph's Hill School, Franklin Academy, National banks, several savings banks, daily and weekly newspapers. There are monuments to persons distinguished in Revolutionary history. It is the oldest city in the State; settled in 1623; nearly destroyed by the Indians in 1689; and chartered as a city in 1855. Pop. (1910) 13,247; (1920) 13,029.
Dover a city, capital of the State Kent of Delaware
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city, capital of the State Kent of Delaware, and county-seat eat of , co.; on Jones creek, and the Philadelphia railroad, 75 Washington, and Baltimore seat miles S. of Philadelphia. It is the Academy and of Wilmington Conference to the has a handsome monument erected the memory of Cæsar Rodney, one of of Independsigners of the Declaration fruitence. It is the center of a great growing region; is on high ground; is wide, straight streets that laid out with with angles; and is cross each other at right built up chiefly with brick. Among its noteworthy buildings are a handsome State house, large court house, and new United States Government building. Connected with the State house is a State library with upward of 80,000 volumes. There are several churches, a National and a State bank, fruit evaporating and packing establishments, steam flour mill, foundry, machine shop, and sash, fruit crate, glass, and carriage factories.
Dover a city in Morris co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in Morris co., N. J.; on the Rockaway river, the Lackawanna and the New Jersey Central railroads, and the Morris and Essex canal; 28 miles W. of Newark. It has extensive iron interests, railroad shops, machine shops, furnace and stove factories, and silk and hosiery mills. Five miles distant is a government powder magazine. Nearby are Lake Hopatcong, Mt. Arlington, Budd's Lake, and Schooley's Mountain, all noted summer resorts. The city has a high school, several churches, business college, daily and weekly newspapers, electric lights, and National bank. Pop. (1910) 7,468; (1920) 9,803.
Dover a city of Ohio
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Ohio, in Tuscarawas It was formerly known as Canal co. Dover. The city is on the Baltimore and Ohio, the Pennsylvania, and other railroads. It is an important industrial center and has a large plant of the United States Steel Corporation and several important coke and coal companies. It has also important plants for manufacturing electrical devices. Pop. (1910) 6,621; (1920) 8,101.
Dover STRAITS OF, the narrow channel between Dover and Calais
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
STRAITS OF, the narrow channel between Dover and Calais which separates Great Britain from the French coast. At the narrowest part it is only 21 miles wide. DOVER'S pounded of 10 parts each of ipecacuanha POWDER, a powder comand powdered opium, and 80 parts of sulphate of potash. It is employed as a sudorific and sedative.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's noted in 1921 that at Dover "an entrance was made to the proposed Channel Tunnel," and Aiton's in 1910 called the tunnel a project "under consideration"; the tunnel finally opened in 1994, but its English portal is at Folkestone, a few miles west, leaving Dover as Britain's busiest ferry port rather than the rail crossing. The fortifications the entries list were tested in earnest between 1940 and 1944, when Dover served as the base for the Dunkirk evacuation and was shelled from the French coast so often the area was nicknamed Hellfire Corner. On the American side, the smallest entry has grown the most: Dover, Delaware, then a fruit-packing town, now has well over 35,000 people and is home to Dover Air Force Base, while Dover, New Hampshire's cotton and woolen mills have long since closed. Dover's powder, the ipecacuanha-and-opium sudorific, has dropped out of medical use entirely.
Written for this edition, 2026.