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Each of these 14 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.
American Museum of Natural History, The
The. It is located in Central Park , New York City. It was founded in 1869. It is one of the greatest and most important natural history museums in the world. It ranks with the National or Smithsonian Museum, at Washington, D. C., and is excelled only by the British Museum in London. It was begun by private citizens, but is now a public institution, and free to all. The material exhibited is rich and varied, and is arranged with a view to the greatest educational value. There are large collections of shells; skeletons of now extinct or rare animals; a great variety of living mammals; birds, alive and dead; models of cliff dwellings in Colorado; pottery of the mound-builders; stone implements used by people in the so-called Stone Age , and a large collection of rocks and precious stones. See Kensington ; Smithsonian; Hornaday ; Meteorite
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American Ornithologists' Union
a society of students of birds. The society was founded in 1883. Its membership is limited to twenty-five honorary members, among whom are the most eminent ornithologists of foreign countries; fifty active members residents of North America ; one hundred corresponding members, and associate members, resident in North America. Any person interested in birds may become an associate member. An annual meeting is held in one of the Atlantic cities. The Auk, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a quarterly magazine, is the official organ of the A. O. U., as the union is called. See Birds; Ornithology ; Audubon
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American-Scotch Pig-iron
A common name for some brands of American pig-iron, in which the silicon is high, and for which reason they have gradually supplanted the original Scotch irons which were formerly imported as softeners. See SCOTCH IRON; SOFTENERS.
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Americus
a city of Georgia, the county-seat of Sumter co., about 70 miles S. W. of Macon. It is on the Central of Georgia and the Seaboard Air Line railroads. The center of an important agr cultural region, it also has extensive industries, including cotton oil, fertilizer, and monument works. It is the seat of the State Ag Agricultural College, and its important buildings include a library, large hotel, and a Y. M. C. A. building. Pop. (1910) 8,063; (1920) 9,010.
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Amerongen Castle
the property of Count von Bentinck, Dutch nobleman, located in the village of the same name, 15 miles S. E. of Utrecht, near the frontier between Germany and Holland. It was the place to which the ex-Kaiser of Germany fled after his abdication. He left Spa on the night of Nov. 9, 1918, and reached Amerongen on the following day. There he remained until 1920, at which time he removed to an estate at Doorn near Utrecht, which he had purchased and furnished. Most of the time of the ex-royal fugitive was spent in cutting down trees on the Amerongen estate. He was joined there later by the by German ex-Empress.
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Amesbury
a town in Essex co., Mass.; on the Merrimac river and the Boston and Maine railroad; 27 miles N. of Salem. It has manufactories of cotton and woolen goods, boots and shoes, machinery, car carriages, etc., and was long the residence of the poet Whittier. Pop. (1910) 9,894; (1920) 10,036.
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Ametabola
or AMETABOLIANS, a sub-class of insects, consisting of those which do not undergo metamorphosis. It includes three orders: the anoplura, or lice; the mallophaga, or bird-lice; and the thysanura, or spring-tails. All are wingless insects.
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Amherst
a town in Hampshire co., Mass.; on the Boston and Maine and the Central Vermont railroads; 23 miles N. N. E. of Springfield. It has manufactories of paper, straw and palm-leaf hats, leather, and children's wagons, and is best known as the seat of AMHERST COLLEGE (q. v.), the State Agricultural College, and the State Experiment Station. Pop. (1910) 5,112; (1920) 5,550.
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Amica
a lake of South America, in the province of Cumana, Venezuela, on a plateau between the Rupumung and Tocoto rivers. In the age of Queen Elizabeth, the vicinity of this lake was called the El Dorado, and near it was supposed to stand the wonderful imperial city of Manoa, forming the object of the expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh and his ill-fated followers, but which they failed to discover.
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Amicis
EDMONDO DE (ä-mēchēs), an Italian writer, born at Oneglia, in Liguria, Oct. 21, 1846. From 1865 till the occupation of Rome by the Italian army, he was in the military service of King Victor Emmanuel's Government; ens he returned to civil life at Turin, devoting himself wholly to literature. Among his writings the most noteworthy are "Army Life" (1869), and "Recollections of 1870-1871." Of novels "The College Friends," "A Great Day," "The Paternal Home" (1872), and "Cuore" (Hearts), published in English as "The Heart of a Schoolboy." His works of travel-including "Spain," "Recollections of London," "Holland," "Constantinople," "Recollections of Paris," and "Morocco"-have had a very wide circulation. He has published also a volume of "Verses." He died in 1908.
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Amiel
HENRI FREDERIC, a distinguished Swiss essayist, philosophical critic, and poet, born at Geneva, Sept. 27, 1821. He became Professor of Philosophy in the Geneva Academy. He is author of several works on the history of literature, as "The Literary Movement in Romanish Switzerland" (1849); "Study on Mme. de Staël" (1878); and of several poems. But his fame rests principally on the "Journal." He died in Geneva, March 11, 1881.
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Ammergau
OBERand UNTER-, two adjoining villages in Upper Bavaria, in the higher part of the valley of the Ammer, 42 miles S. W. by S. of Munich. Ober-Ammergau is noted for the performance of the "Passion Play," a series of dramatic representations of the sufferings of Christ. On the height near the theater is a colossal memorial of "Christ on the Cross, with Mary and John," modeled by Halbig, the gift of King Ludwig II. See PASSION PLAY.
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Ammeter
an instrument which measures the rate of flow of electricity in amperes ARGENTINA. In spite of much expressed dissatisfaction with the policies of President Irigoyen, the Radical party of which he was the leader, retained control of the government in the national elections of April, 1922. Marcelo T. de Alvear, Radical candidate, was elected President. He was inaugurated October 12, 1922. The total population of Argentina by the census of 1921 was 8,698,516, an increase of 13 per cent over the population of 1914. The estimated population of Buenos Aires on Dec. 31, 1921, was 1,708,329.
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