These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Alarm, Alastor, Alban.
The mechanism attached to a timepiece by which at any desired time a hammer strikes rapidly on a bell for several seconds. Generally a weight or spring actuates an escape wheel, to the pallet staff of which a hammer is fixed to act on a bell. The alarm is usually set off by a wire attached to the hour wheel lifting a detent that stops the escape wheel.
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A visionary, who had printed at Rouen in 1701, The Prophecy of Count Bombaste, (Chevalier de la of Paracelsus , (published in 1609 on the birth of Louis the Great.)
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A cruel demon, who, according to Wierius, filled the post of chief executioner to the monarch of Hades. The conception of him somewhat resembles that of Nemesis. Zoroaster is said to have called him " The Executioner." Others confound him with the destroying angel. Evil genies were formerly called Alastors. Plutarch says that Cicero, who bore a grudge against Augustus, conceived the plan of committing suicide on the emperor's hearth, and thus becoming his Alastor.
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ST., the first Christian martyr in Great Britain, lived in the 3d century. After having served years as a soldier under the Emperor Diocletian, he returned to Britain, embraced Christianity, and suffered martyrdom in the great persecution of Diocletian.
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ST., a small and ancient Hertfordshire, 20 borough of England, miles N. N. W. of London, by the London and Northwestern railway. It is the ancient Roman Verulamium. The abbey church was built in 796, in honor of St. Alban, by the King Offa. Of this first abbey there remains but a gateway. The present abbey is an object worthy the attention of the antiquarian and the student of architecture. It is built in the form of a cross, running 547 feet from east to west, and having a breadth of 206 feet, at the intersection of the transept. Ev Every style of architecture, from the time of the Romans to that of Henry VII., may be traced in it. Near the town of St. Alban's, two battles were fought between the houses of York and Lancaster. In the first, May 22, 1455, Richard, Duke of York, obtained a victory over Henry VI. In the second, Feb. 2, 1461, Margaret of Anjou de feated the army of the Yorkists, commanded by Warwick.
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MARIE EMMA (LAJEU- NESSE), a dramatic soprano and opera singer, born in 1852, at Chambly, near Montreal, Canada. After studying with Lamperti, at Milan, she made her début at Messina (1870), )), in "La Sonnambula," under the name Albani, in compliment to the city of Albany, where her public career began.
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FRANCESCO, a famous Italian painter, born at Bologna, 1578; was a scholar of Guido. He was fond of representing the fair sex, and his compositions, in love subjects, are held in high esteem. The most celebrated of the productions are: "The Sleeping Venus," "Diana in the Bath," "Danae Reclining," "Galathea on the Sea," and "Europa on the Bull." He has been called the Anacreon of painters. It is said that his second wife, who was very beautiful, and his children, served as models for his Venuses and Cupids. Died in 1660. His brother and disciple, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, was a distinguished historical and landscape painter. Died in 1668.
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a powerful family of Rome, has which supplied the Roman Catholic Church with several cardinals. Two of them are well known as patrons of the fine arts: (1) ALBANI, ALESSANDRO, born in 1692; died in 1779; he was a great virtuoso, and possessed a collection of drawings and engravings which, at his death, was purchased by George III. for 14,000 crowns. (2) ALBANI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, nephew of the former, born 1720; a great friend to the Jesuits, but in other respects liberal and enlightened. His palace was plundered by the French in 1798, when he made his escape to Naples, stripped of all his possessions. Died in 1803.
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a town of Italy, 18 miles S. S. E. of Rome, on the declivity of the lava-walls which encompass Lake Albano, and opposite the site of Alba Longa. There are numerous remains of ancient buildings, including an aqueduct. A valuable wine is made here. Pop. about 10,000. The ALBAN LAKE, or LAGO DI CASTELLO, is formed in the basin of an extinct volcano, and has a circumference of 6 miles, with a depth of 530 feet. Its surface is 961 feet above the sea-level. While the Romans were at war with Veii (390 b. c.), this lake rose to an extraordinary height in the heat of summer, and diviners declared that the conquest of Veii depended upon letting off the waters of the lake. Hereupon the Romans opened a tunnel through the lava-walls which still remains and still fulfills its ancient office, is a mile in length, with a height of 7 feet, and a width of 4 feet. On the eastern bank of the lake rises Monte Cavo, the ancient Mount Albanus, 3,000 feet high.
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a city of Alabama, formerly known as New Decatur. It is about 80 miles N. of Birmingham. It is on the Tennessee river and on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The town has grown rapidly in recent years and is now an important industrial center. There are extensive iron manufactures. It has also manufactories of cottonseed oil, lumber, railroad repair shops, and tanneries. Pop. (1910) 6,119; (1920) 7,652.
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a city of Georgia, the coun- It is on the ty-seat of Dougherty co. Central of Georgia, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line, the Georgia Southwestern and Gulf, the Georgia Northern, and the Albany and Northern ra railroads. It is also on the Flint river, which is navigable at that point. It is both an agricultural and an industrial community. The chief interests are cotton, cottonseed oil, bricks, fertilizers, and lumber. The city has an excellent street system and water supply furnished by artesian wells. There is a public library, Federal building, and a monument to Confederate soldiers. Pop. (1910) 8,190; (1920) 11,555.
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a province in the S. E. part of Luzon, Philippine Islands, and the richest hemp-growing district on the island. In January, 1900, Brig. Gen. William A. Kobbe, United States Volunteers, was appointed military governor of the province and Catanduanes Island, with temporary authority over Samar and Leyte Islands , for the purpose of occupying and opening to trade the various hemp ports . He had several sharp fights to gain possession of his new command. Pop. about 250,000.
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