Each of these 11 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
an American sculptor, born in 1825. Studied in Florence and was especially noted for the rapidity of his work. His best known statues are "Una and the Lion," "Elizabeth of Hungary," "Morning," "Eve- ""Paolo nd Endymion,' ning," "Diana and and Francesca," and "The Dead Pearl Diver." He died in May, 1866.
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A Jewish rabbi of the first century, who, from being a simple shepherd, became a learned scholar, spurred by , spurred by the hope of winning the hand of a young lady he greatly admired. The Jews say that he was taught by the elemental spirits, that he was a conjurer, and that, in his best days, he had as many as 24,000 disciples. He is said to be the author of a famous work, entitled, Yetzirah (q.v., On the Creation), which is by some ascribed to Abraham, and even to Adam. It was first printed at Paris in 1552 .
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city and county-seat of Summit co., O.; on the Baltimore and Ohio, the Erie, the Northern Ohio, and the Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroads, and the Ohio and Erie canal; 40 miles S. E. of Cleveland. It is surrounded by many fresh-water lal lakes; is the seat of Akron University (Universalist), and has several National banks, numerous manufactories, daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. In the decade 1910-1920 the city increased its industrial importance greatly. It became the center of the rubber-making industry of the United States. Other industries, connected especially with the automobile industry, also became established. This condition is reflected in the greatly increased population. Pop. (1910) 69,067; (1920) 208,435. MUNICIPAL UNIVER- AKRON, SITY OF, an institution of higher learning in Akron, O., founded in 1872 as Buchtel College. In 1913 the college was transferred to the city of Akron as the nucleus of a municipal university, which came into existence on Jan. 1, 1914. The name of Buchtel College is retained for the College of Liberal Arts. There are departments of co-operative engineering and home economics. In 1919 there were in the university 454 students and 30 instructors. President P. R. Colby, Ph. D.
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A Russian statesman, whose name stands high in the spiritualistic annals of his country. his country . Born in 1832, he was educated at the Imperial Lyceum of St. Petersburg, and afterwards became Councillor of State to the Emperor of Russia . He made his first acquaintance with spiritualism through the writings of Swedenborg , some of which he afterwards translated. Later, he studied , he studied the works of other spiritualistic writers. He was instrumental in bringing many mediums to Russia, and identified himself with Horne, Slade, and other well-known mediums, and later with Eusapia Palladino. Mainly at the instance of M. Aksakof, a Russian Scientific Committee was apwas appointed in 1877 to enquire into spiritualism, but its enquiry was conducted in a very half-hearted manner. M. Aksakof was for many years compelled to publish his psychic works and journals in Germany and other countries, on account of the prohibition of the Russian Government. (See Russia .)
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a town of Chinese Turkestan, at the southern base of the Thian-shan mountains, formerly the capital of a separate khanate. In 1867 it became a part of the state of Eastern Turkestan, under Yakub Beg, but was conquered again by China in 1877. It is celebrated for its manufactures of cotton cloth and saddlery, and is much resorted to by caravans, as an entrepôt of commerce between Russia, Tartary, and China. Pop. about 25,000.
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ak-te'on, in Greek legend, a son of King Cadmus. See Diana
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a town of Burma, the chief seaport of Aracan, is situated on the eastern side of the island of Akyab, at the mouth of the Kuladan river, 190 miles S. E. of Calcutta. In 1826 it was chosen for the chief station of the province, and now is a great rice port. It is well built, with broad and regular streets. Savage Island, with a lighthouse, shelters the harbor. Pop. about 40,000.
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Part of inscription on a pantacle which forms a frontis . piece to the grimoire doctrine. Along with other inscripother inscriptions, it denotes the name of God.
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a city of Alabama It is on the Louisville Nashville, the Alabama Great the Nashville, the Chattathe nooga and St. Louis, and the Southern It is the center of an imagricultural region producing the chief varieties of grain. Coal is the vicinity. The city has a and a steel foundry. Pop. (1910) 4,313; (1920) 5,432. series of
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a fine-grained, soft form of gypsum. It occurs in various colors, as red, yellow, and gray; but the traditional alabaster is snowy white. When first quarried it is so soft that it may be cut with a knife or shaped on a lathe, but on exposure to the air it hardens, until it is like marble. It has long been used for artistic purposes. Priceless alabaster vases, statues, ointment boxes, and even columns, remnants of the days of Roman splendor, are still to be found in art museums. Alabaster cement was used by artists to close the joints in marble work and in making casts. Egypt was celebrated for alabaster; the swathed remains of the wealthy Egyptians were laid away not infrequently in a sarcophagus of this material. Sir John Sloane of London paid $10,000 for a fine specimen covered with hieroglyphics. Alabaster quarries are found in many parts of Europe. The alabaster of Florence, Italy, long the art center of the world, is especially pure in color and fine of grain. Oriental alabaster is a stone found in caverns, and is formed chiefly of lime, like the stalagmites and stalactites of Mammoth Cave . It is a translucent stone, somewhat like onyx, and of a milky white or yellowish color.
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1. Finely powdered plaster of Paris made into a paste with water. 2. Melt rosin, or equal parts of yellow rosin and beeswax, then stir in half as much finely powdered plaster of Paris. The first is used to join and to fit together pieces of Alabaster or marble, or to mend broken plaster figures. The second is to join alabaster, marble, and other similar substances that will bear heating.
Melt alum and dip the fractured faces into it; then put them together as quickly as possible. Remove the exuding mass with a knife.
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