Abductor
a muscle, the office of which is to pull back or draw the member to which it is affixed from some other. The antagonist is called adductor. In law, a person guilty of abduction.
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These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Abductor, Abdurrahman Khan, Abecedarians.
Abdul-Medjid
a Sultan of Turkey, born April 23, 1822; succeeded to the throne July 1, 1839, at the early age of 17, eight days after the battle of Nezib, in which the troops of the Sultan Mahmoud II. were defeated by Ibrahim- Pasha. The interference of the allied powers alone prevented the empire from dismemberment at this juncture. The great event of his reign was the Crimean War, in which France and England allied themselves with Turkey against the encroachments of Russia, and which was terminated by the fall of Sebastopol after a long siege, in 1856. He was succeeded by his brother, Abdul-Aziz Khan. He died June 25, 1861.
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Abdurrahman Khan
Ameer of Afghanistan, was born in 1845, the eldest son of Ufzul zul Khan, and nephew of the Ameer Shere Ali. During the civil war, in 1864, in Afghanistan, the great vicand Khelat-i-Ghilzai tories of Shaikhabad were mainly due to his ability. In 1868, however, he was unable to offer a successful resistance to his cousin, Yakoub Khan, who defeated him at Tinah Khan. Abdurrahman then fled from the country. The Russian General Kaufmann permitted him to reside at Samarcand. Here he remained until 1879, when he slowly made his way through Balkh to the Kabul frontier, and in July of 1880 he was formally chosen by the leading men of Kabul and acknowledged by the British Indian Government as Ameer of Afghanistan. In March, 1900, he made an official declaration of his sympathy with England. Died Oct. 1, 1901, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Habibullah Khan. À BECKET, THOMAS. See BECKET.
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Abecedarians
a-be-ce-da'ri-ans, a German Anabaptist sect of the sixteenth century. The leaders claimed to have received direct revelations from God. They rejected all other knowledge, even the a-b-c's. They regarded learning not only as unnecessary, but as a hindrance to religious growth. They prophesied that all recognized governments would be overthrown. An Abecedarian is defined as one who is teaching the alphabet, or who is learning his a-b-c-d's. The Abecedarians appear to have been so called because they were not abecedarians.
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Abel
the second son of Adam and brother of Cain. The latter was a tiller of the ground; Abel, a shepherd. Both brought their offerings before the Lord; first-fruits of the ground; Abel, Cain, the the firstlings of the flock. God accepted of the offering of Abel; the offering Cain he rejected. The latter, instigated by envy, murdered his brother in the field.
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Aben-Ragel
An Arabian astrologer, born at Cordova, at the beginning of the fifth century. He was the author of a book of horoscopes according to the inspection of the stars, a Latin translation of which was published at Venice, 1485, under the title of De Judiciis seu fatis stellarum. It was said that his predictions were fulfilled in a remarkable manner.
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Abencerrages
the name given by Spanish chroniclers to a noble family in the Moorish kingdom of Granada, several of whom distinguished themselves immediately before the fall of the Mahommedan empire in Spain. Their struggles with the family of the Zegris, and tragical destruction in the royal palace of the Alhambra, in Granada (1466-1484), seem to be destitute of historical foundation. On these events, Chateaubriand has written a charming work of fiction, "Les aventures du dernier Abencerrage."
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Abercrombie
SIR RALPH, a British general, born in 1738. He was commander-in-chief in the West Indies, in 1795; in the attempt against Holland, in 1799, and in the expedition to Egypt. Mortally wounded in the beginning of the battle of Alexandria (March 21, 1801), the general kept the field during the day, and died some days after his victory.
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Abercrombie
JOHN, in his day the most eminent of Scottish physicians, was born in 1780, at Aberdeen, where his father was a parish minister. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, taking his degree in 1803. His principal professional writings were treatises on the pathology of the brain and on diseases of the stomach. But he is best known by his on "The Intellectual Powers" " works (1830), and "The Moral Feelings" (1833). These works immediately ac- Dr. quired a remarkable popularity. Abercrombie died suddenly, Nov. 14, 1844.
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Aberdeen
the chief seaport of northern Scotland. It is situated near the mouth of the river Dee, and on the German Ocean, sixty odd miles northwest of Edinburgh. Population, 178,210. The city is of local importance in the shipping of cloth, both woolen and linen, cotton yarn, paper, fish, grain, and cattle. It is the fourth port of Scotland, and is noted as a center of the granite industry. Aberdeen granite takes a fine polish. An ancient seat of learning, dating from 1494, one of four Scottish universities, is located at Aberdeen. It has seventy-nine professors, divided into four faculties,--arts, divinity, law, and medicine. There are about a thousand students. An art gallery, an art school, a fine old cathedral, and sixty churches are in keeping with the reputation of the city for learning and culture. The University sends a member to Parliament. Aberdeen is also one of the ancient centers of golf playing. The golf links extend along the seashore for some distance, and are noted in the history of the game. See Golf ; Scotland
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Aberdeen
GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, EARL OF, born in 1784. He took office as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1828, in the ministry
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Aberdeen
UNIVERSITY OF, an institution for higher education at Aberdeen, Scotland. It includes two colleges, King's and Marischal. The university is coeducational and has about students. The chancellor in 1920 was the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and the vice-chancellor and principal, Sir George Adam Smith.
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Aberdeen (City in South Dakota)
a city in South Dakota, the county-seat at of Brown co. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chicago and Northwestern, the Minneapolis and St. Louis, and the Great Northern railroads, and contains many No handsome public buildings, including a library, municipal building, court house, Federal building, etc. There are parks, and a fine school system, including a State Normal and an Industrial School. The city is important as a manufacturing center, especially for flour, brick, chemicals, clothing, and machinery. The town was settled in 1880. Pop. (1910) 10,753; (1920,) 14,537.
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