These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Anneberg, Annelida, Annexation.
A demon of the mines, known principally in Germany . On one occasion he killed with his breath twelve miners who were working in a silver mine of which he had charge. He is a wicked and terrible demon, represented under the figure of a horse, with an immense neck and frightful eyes.
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
a class of animals belong. ing to the sub-kingdom articulata, the annulosa of some naturalists. They are sometimes called red-blooded worms, being the only invertebrated animals possessing this character. They are softbodied animals, mostly living in the water, sometimes in moist earth, ea but never parasitically within the bodies of other animals; the higher ones possessing limbs, though of a rudimentary character, which makes them resemble centipedes ; while the lower ones, like the leeches, are wholly destitute of these appendages. The respiration is effected by external branchiæ, by internal vesicles, or by the skin itself. Contractile vessels supply the place of a heart. The nervous system consists of a single or double ventral cord, furnished with ganglia at intervals, and surrounding the œsophagus above.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
the term applied to the acquisition by a country of territory which was formerly independent or was possessed by another country. The term is applied more properly to the acquisition of adjoining territory, but has come to be used in a broader sense, and is now applied to any territory added to an existing state. Among the most notable annexations are those of Alsace- Lorraine to Germany in 1870; of California to the United States , as a result of the Mexican War ; of the South African states as a result of the Boer War; and the changes of territory resulting from the defeat of Germany in the World War. The inhabitants of annexed territory are absolved from allegiance to their former sovereign. Titles to property are not affected, except in the substitution of the new sovereign for the old. Annexation is brought about by treaty, by proclamation, or by legislative act. It may be made complete in spite of the active or passive opposition of the inhabitants of the territory affected.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
an Irish novelist, born in Dublin in 1825. She was a prolific and popular novelist. Her books include "The Wooing O't" (1873); "Ralph Wilton's Weird" (1875); "Her Dearest Foe" (1876); "The Freres" (1882); "A Golden Autumn" (1897); "A Winning Hazard" (1897). She died in 1902.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
a city of Calhoun co. in Alabama, on the Louisville and Nashville, and the Southern railroads; about 60 miles E. by N. of Birmingham. It is in one of the most important coal and iron mining regions of the country; is a trade center for cotton and agricultural products; and is noted for its manufactures of iron and steel , cotton goods, bricks, cordage, and other articles . Anniston is the seat of Alabama Presbyterian College and Barber Memorial Seminary and the Noble Female Institute; is a popular summer and winter resort; and has National banks and daily and weekly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 12,794; (1920) 17,734.
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A learned ecclesiastic, born at Viterbo in 1432, who, either deceived himself, or a deceiver of others, published a collection of manuscripts full of fables and absurdities, falsely attributed to Berosus, Fabius Victor, Cato, Manettio and others, and known under the name of The Antiquities of Annius. He was also responsible for a treatise on The Empire of the Turks, and a book on the Future Triumphs of the Christians over the Turks and the Saracens, etc. These two works are explanations of the Apocalypse. The author claims that Mahomet is the Antichrist , and that the end of the world will take place when the Christians will have overcome the Jews and the Mohammedans, which event did not appear to him to be far distant.
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A. D., the year of Our Lord, of grace, of the incarnation, of the circumcision, and of the Saviour's crucifixion. The Christian era began Jan. 1, in the middle of the fourth year of the 194th Olympiad, the 753d year of the building of Rome, and in 4714 of the Julian period. This era was invented by a monk, Dionysius Exiguus, about 532. It was introduced into Italy in the 6th century, and ordered to be used by bishops by the Council of Chelsea in 816, but was not generally employed for several centuries. Charles III. of Germany was the first who added "in the year of our Lord" to his reign, in 879.
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a town in southern France, department of Ardèche, 37 miles S. S. W. of Lyons, in a picturesque situation. It is the most important town of Ardèche, manufacturing paper and glove leather to a large extent, also cloth, felt, silk stuffs, gloves, hosiery, etc. There is an obelisk in memory of Joseph Montgolfier of balloon fame, a native of the town. Pop. about 17,500.
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or Arnatto, a coloring material. It is obtained from the pulp of the berries of the arnatto. The latter is a small tree growing in tropical America. The West Indies are the chief source of supply. The Indians rub annotto on their bodies as a defense against mosquitoes. Annotto is brought to market in brown cakes. It is the accepted coloring used by dairymen to give butter and cheese a rich yellow, palatable appearance. Annotto is used as a dye for silks, woolens, and cotton goods. It may be employed to deepen the yellow of lacquer and varnishes. It is a remedy, it is claimed, in case of fever. 2026 Editor's Note: Annatto ( achiote ) is why cheddar and Red Leicester are orange and why 'yellow' butter looks the part — a natural food dye still used worldwide, and a staple seasoning of Latin American and Filipino cooking, exactly as the entry's dairymen and body-painting Indians knew. (Ed: BR 2026-06-26)
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
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in botany, a plant that springs from seed, grows up, produces seed, and then dies, all within a single year or season.
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A gear wheel in which the teeth are on the inside of an annulus or ring, while its pinion works within its pitch circle, turning in the same direction.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler