Each of these 2 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.
Every one of the 1175 entries, sorted by who — or what — they were. Metals & Alloys 525 entries Sands, Moulds & Cores 202 entries Furnaces, Fuel & Melting 79 entries Chemistry & Science 58 entries Castings & Products 38 entries Tools & Machinery 33 entries Foundry Practice 240 entries
Only in The Encyclopedia of Founding
or BIRDE, WILLIAM, an English composer, born in Lincoln in 1538, studied under Tallis; became organist of Lincoln in 1563; was appointed a gentleman of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel Royal in 1569. The composer of the first English madrigals (1588), he wrote much sacred music, including the wellknown canon, "Non Nobis, Domine!" as well as largely for the virginal. He died in London, July 4, 1623.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia