These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Aconitine, Acorn, Acorn Shell.
Curate of the diocese of Trent, who became a Calvinist in 1557, and came to England , While there he dedicated to Qucen Elizabeth his famous work, on The Stratagems of Satan. This book, however, is not, as its title might indicate, a dissertation on demonology, but a spirited attack on intolerance. " " I
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Important: Safety Warning This page gives first-aid or emergency advice that predates modern medicine and can make an emergency worse. Do not follow it. In any medical emergency, call emergency services and follow current first-aid guidance. In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. or ACONITIA, a powerful vegetable alkaloid, prepared from the (aconite). root of the aconitum napellus It is one of the most virulent of poisons, but, at the same time, a very valuable medicine. An ointment containing aconi tine is often used in cases of neuralgia, acute rheumatism, and diseases of the active heart. Its narcotic action is so endanger that a fiftieth of a grain may effectual the life of an adult. The most antidote in case of poisoning is warm administered till it produ water, stimulant produces vomiting, after which remedies should be applied internally and externally.
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the well known fruit of the oak. In the early ages, acorns constituted the food of man. a principal part of (Ovid's "Metamorphosis," i, 106; Vergil's Georgics," i, 8.) At present they are " used for the feeding of pigs, etc.
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the popular name for the balanus and other cirripeds, which inusually habit a tubular shell whose base is formed of calcareous laminæ. Its shell is composed of many pieces, and thus capable of enlargement to the wants of , but the inclosed animal. These curious shells are found in all seas. common, They are affixed to marine bodies, and sometimes found a foot their peduncle is long.
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a genus of plants, order orontiaceæ. The acorus calamus, or sweet is the only flag, a member of this genus, native aromatic plant of northern climates. It blossoms during the months of May and June. ACOUSTICS. See SOUND.
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a district of north Italy, province of Alessandria, on the Area, N. side of the Ligurian Apennines. 445 square miles. Productions, corn and fruit. Silk worms are reared as a branch of industry. Acqui, its capital on the Bormida, 18 Alessandria. It has miles S. S. W. of commodious sulphur baths. Pop. about 18,000.
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a unit customarily used in measuring land. The original meaning of the word is a field, pasture, or hunting ground. The historical acre of England was as much ground as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. In the thirteenth century the acre was fixed by Parliament at 160 square rods or perches. This is still the legal measure in Great Britain and in America. As compared with this statute acre, the Scotch acre contains 1.27, the Irish acre, 1.62, the Welsh, .89, and the hectare of the metric system, 2.47 acres. A section of land, American survey, contains 640 acres and is one mile square.
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or ST. JEAN D'ACRE, a seaport of Syria, formerly called Ptolemais; on a promontory at the foot of Mount Carmel. It was taken by the first crusaders in 1104, retaken by the Saracens in 1187, recovered by the Christians under Richard Cœur de Lion, in 1191, and given to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. In 1291 it again fell into the hands of the Saracens. Bonaparte attempted to storm this place in 1799, but retreated after a siege of 61 days. It was taken by Ibrahim Pasha, in 1832, and again by the combined English and Austrian squadrons, in 1840.
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(1) Originally, any field, whatever its superficial area. (2) From about the time of Edward I. its the word became more definite, and limits were prescribed by the Statutes 31 and 35 Edward I., and 24 Henry VIII. By the Act 5 George IV., the varying measures of the acre current in the kinguniform reduced to were dom one standard. The imperial acre contains 4,840 square yards, the Scottish one, 6,104.12789 square yards, and the Irish one, 7,840 square yards. The imperial nch is current in the United States. The old Roman jugerum, generally translated acre, was about five-eighths of the imperial acre.
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Son of Abas , king of Argos, grandson of Lynceus , and great-grandson of Danaus. An oracle had declared that Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius, would give birth to a son who would kill his grandfather. For this reason he kept Danaë shut up in a subterraneous apartment, or in a brazen tower. But here she became the mother of Perseus , by Zeus ( Jupiter ), who visited her in a shower of gold. Acrisius ordered mother and child to be exposed on the sea in a chest; but the chest floated towards the island of Seriphus, where both were rescued by Dictys.
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a steep and lofty cone, mountain, shaped as a truncated cone, overhanging the city of Corinth, 1,885 feet in height, on which was built a citadel.
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a legal expression used to cover natural and accidental disasters beyond the control of man. Cyclones, hailstorms, strokes of lightning, and storms at sea are acts of God in a legal sense. Railroads, steamships and other carriers customarily insert a clause in their bills of lading to the effect that they shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage to goods arising from an act of God. Courts hold, however, that the loss must be due immediately to the act of God in order that a carrier may escape responsibility. If, for instance, lightning should strike a stock car and kill several fine steers, the railway company could not be held for the value of the steers; but if a stroke of lightning should set fire to a bridge, and a stock train should later break through, the company could be required to pay losses on the ground that the accident might have been prevented by human forethought and caution.
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