Breguet Spring
See Hair Spring.
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Each of these 13 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.
Brehon Laws
designation of the ancient laws of the Irish, from an Irish word signifying judges. It is supposed that some of the written collections of these laws, which still exist, are of great antiquity; as old, perhaps, as the earlier ages of the Christian era. Prior to the Anglo-Norman invasion, Ireland was governed by these laws.
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Breisach
ALT, T, a town of Baden, on an isolated basalt hill (804 feet) on the right side of the Rhine, 14 miles W. of Freiburg. The Mons Brisiacus of Cæsar, it was taken by Ariovistus when he invaded Gaul; being regarded as the key to western Germany, it figured prominently in the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. The minster is a 13th century structure. Neu Breisach, on the other side of the Rhine, in Alsace, was built by Louis XIV., in 1697, when Alt Breisach was given back to the Empire.
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Breisgau
one of the most fertile and picturesque districts of Germany, in the S. of Baden, in the Rhine valley, containing part of the Black Forest. Chief town, Freiburg.
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Breitenfeld
a village of Saxony, 5 miles N. of Leipsic, remarkable for three battles fought in its neighborhood. In the first, fought on Sept. 17 (old style, 7th), 1631, Gustavus Adolphus inflicted a decisive defeat upon the imperialists under Tilly, who, as well as his generals, Pappenheim and Fürstenberg, was wounded. wounded. The second battle was also a victory of the Swedes under Torstenson over the imperial forces under the Archduke Leopold and Piccolomini, Nov. 2 (old style, Oct. 23), 1642. The third battle was one act of the great "Battle of the Nations" at Leipsic, Oct. 16, 1813.
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Bremer
FREDRIKA (brā'mer), a Swedish novelist, was born at Tuorla, Finland, Aug. 17, 1801; was brought up at Arsta, about 20 miles from Stockholm. In 1828 appeared the first volume of her "Sketches of Everyday Life," but the second volume, "The H. Family" (1833; English translation, 1844), first revealed her power. From this time she devoted herself to writing stories and varied her literary labor by long journeys in Italy, England, En the United States, Greece, Palestine, which supplied the materials for her "Homes of the New World" (1853), and "Life in the Old World" (1862). On her return to Sweden she gave herself up to philanthropy, but more particularly to the education and emancipation of women, and the consequent propagandist character of her later novels, "Bertha," and "Father and Daughter" (1859), was detrimental in no small degree to their literary value. She has been called the Jane Austen of Sweden. Of her stories perhaps the most perfect is "The Neighbors" (1837). "The Diary," "The President's Daughters," "Brothers and Sisters," and "Strife and Peace," are only less popular. She died in Arsta, Dec. 31, 1865.
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Bremer, Fredrika
bree'mer, Fredrika (1801-1865), a Swedish novelist. She was born in Finland. She traveled extensively at home, and in Germany, France, Italy, England, the United States , Greece, and Palestine. Her works were translated into English as fast as they appeared, and were for a time well known. Some of the more popular are Homes of the New World, Life in the Old World, The Neighbors, The President's Daughters, and Strife and Peace, or Scenes in Dalecarlia.
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Bremerton
a city of Washington, in Kitsap co. It is on Puget Sound and is on the line of the Washington Steamship Company. The city is the seat of the Puget Sound navy yard, which occupies nearly 250 acres and has been . It was equipped at a cost of $10,000,000 the scene of great activity during the World War. The city has a municipal park, a playground, a public library, theaters, and other public buildings. Its industries include machine shops, cigar factories, sheet metal works, etc. Pop. (1910) 2,993; (1920) 8,918.
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Brenner
a mountain in the Tyroand Sterlese Alps between Innsbruck zing; height, 6,777 feet. The road from Germany to Italy, traversing this mountain, reaches the elevation of 4,658 feet, and is one of the lowest roads practicable for carriages over the main chain of the Alps. A railway through this route was opened in 1867.
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Brenner Pass
a pass in the main chain of the Alps between the headwaters of the Adige and the Inn. It affords a line of communication between Austria and the Valley of the Po. Its highest point is 4,658 feet above the sea. It is about twelve miles long and is open during the entire year. It was the pathway of the Roman legions on their way to the upper Danube, and it was through this pass that the Austrians maintained their grip on the fertile plains of Lombardy. A railway connecting Austria and Italy was built in 1867. Although mountains rise to a height of 3,000 feet on either side, the pass is considered less picturesque than that of other alpine routes. See St. Gothard; Cenis ; Simplon
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Brenta
a river in north Italy, falling, after a winding course of 112 miles, into the Adriatic. Formerly its embouchure was at Fusina, opposite Venice; but a new course was made for it.
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Brentford
county town of Middlesex, England, 7 miles W. of London; with saw mills, pottery works, foundries, etc. defeated Canute Here Edmund Ironside in 1016; and Prince Rupert, Colonel Hollis, in 1642. Pop. about 17,000. BRENT GOOSE (anser brenta or bernicla), a wild goose, smaller than the common barnacle goose and of much darker plumage, remarkable for length of wing and extent of migratory power, being a winter bird of passage in France, Germany, Holland, Great Britain, the United States, Canada, etc. It breeds in high northern latitudes; and is considered the the most delicate for the table of all goose tribe.
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Brenz
JOHANN, the Reformer of Württemberg, born in Weil, Suabia, June 24, 1499, and went in his 13th year to From Luther's study at Heidelberg. visit to Heidelberg in 1518 he became his zealous adherent. He was at the Marburg Disputation in 1529, and the Diet Augsburg 1530, in 1536 was summoned by Duke Ulrich to Württemberg to lead the Reformation there. For energetic opposition to the interim of his Charles V. he was forced to flee to Stuttgart, where, in 1553, he became "propst" (or superintendent). Brenz was coof the "Württemberg Confession author "Catechism" (1551) of Faith," and his has held the next place to that of Luther in Protestant Germany. He died in Stuttgart, Sept. 11, 1570.
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