These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Brevipennes, Brewer, Brewster.
the name given by family of birds, which he Cuvier to a classes under grallæ, from the typical families of which, ho however, they differ in having wings so short as to prevent flying. Example, the ostrich and them its allies.
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a city of Maine, in Penobscot co. It is opposite Bangor, with which it is connected by a bridge. The city is on the Maine Central railroad. It has important industries, which include lumber, paper and pulp mills, brick yards, and shipbuilding yards. Pop. (1910) 5,667; (1920) 6,064. DAVID JOSIAH, BREWER, an American jurist, born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, June 20, 1837; graduated studied law Yale College, 1856. He in the office of his uncle, David Dudley and was admitted to the bar in Field, New York City in 1858. Removing to Kansas, he became prominent in his judge of the Suprofession. He was , 1870-1881, and preme Court of Kansas was appointed United States Judge for He rendered the 8th Circuit in 1884. a memorable decision on the Kansas Prohibition Law, affirming the right of liquor manufacturers to compensation, criticized by for which he was severely the Prohibitionists. President Harrison elevated him to the Supreme Court States in 1889. He was of the United appointed to the Venezuela Commission in 1906, and by President Cleveland served as chairman. He died March 28, 1910.
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WILLIAM, one of the Massachusetts Pilgrims, was born in Scrooby, England, in 1560. He came of a well known family; was educated at the University of Cambridge, and was for a time postmaster at Scrooby. He had accepted the Separatist doctrines taught by Hooker and others, and in consequence had to flee to Holland, where he supported himself by printing. He was one of the leaders of those who sailed for the New World in the "Mayflower," and, as elder of the church, encouraged his fellow colonists at Plymouth both by his preaching and his example. He died in Plymouth, Mass., April 10, 1644.
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SIR DAVID, a Scotch natural philosopher, born in Jedburgh in 1781. He was educated for the Church of Scotland. In 1808 he undertook the editorship of the "Edinburgh Encyclopædia," which was not finished till 1829. In 1815 he received the Copley medal for his paper on the "Polarization of Light by Reflection," and in the following year, for his discoveries in physics an award from the French Institute. In 1816 he invented the kaleidoscope, in 1818 received the Rumford medal of the Royal Society, and in 1830 was presented with the medal of the Royal Society for his further researches on the properties of light. In the same year, with Davy, Herschel, and Babbage, he originated the British Association, the first meeting of which was held at York in 1831. He was knighted by William IV. In 1841 he became principal of St. Leonard's College at St. Andrew's. In 1849 he was elected President of the British Association, and the same year was chosen, in the place of Berzelius, one of the eight foreign Associates of the French Academy of Sciences. His discoveries in reference to the properties of light have led to great improvements in the illumination of lighthouses. Among his more popular works are a "Treatise on the Kaleidoscope," a "Treatise on the Stereoscope," a "Treatise on Optics," "Letters on Natural Magic," "The Martyrs of Science," and "Memoirs on the Life and Writings of Sir Isaac Newton." He died in Montrose, Scotland, Feb. 2, 1868.
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In the Kabala, the third of the three stages of spirit progress, the three original ranks or classes. Men are called upon to proceed from the lower to the higher. In the Apocalypse Briah is represented as the feet of "the mighty angel with the face of the sun."
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King of Ireland, son of of Kennedy, King of Munster, son of Lorcan. He ascended the throne of both Munsters, i. e., the present counties of Tipperary and Clare, A. D. 978. His earlier exploits were against the Danes of Limerick and Waterford, but, being elated by frequent successes against these invaders, he deposed O'Maelachaghlin, the supreme king of the island, and eventually became himself monarch of Ireland. Having disputed with Maelmora, the King of Leinster, Maelmora revolted, and, inviting a new invasion of Danes to his assistance, brought on the battle of Clontarf, in which King Brian fell, after gaining a glorious victory on Good Friday, 1014. He was the founder of the numerous sept of O'Brien, O or Ua being a distinctive adnomen not assumed by Irish families till after his time. This national prefix means "descendant of," or, "of the kindred of," and was originally supplied by the more ancient Mac, which means "son." French
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ARISTIDE, a statesman, an, born in Nantes in 1863. He intended to embrace the law as a profession, but his tendencies led him rather toward journalism and politics. He was connected with a number of Rad- ARISTIDE BRIAND ical journals and allied himself with the Socialist party, in which he soon became a prominent figure. He possessed remarkable oratorical gifts, his voice especially being penetrating and musical. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1902, and in 1906 became Minister of Public Instruction. He was anti-clerical in his sentiments, but he sements, handled the delicate question of the relation of Church and State with tact and moderation. He was three times Prime Minister; in 1909, 1913, and 1916. In case of national exigency, he did not hesitate to act with great decision, as in the great French railway strike, which he broke by calling the employees to the colors. During the war he was a powerful and determined supporter of the Allied cause. BRIAR. See ROSE.
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ARISTIDE, premier of France, Jan. 16, 1921, to Jan. 12, 1922. He participated for a short time in the Washington Conference on Limitation of Armament, declaring France's inability to disarm without guarantees of safety.
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a town of France, in the department of Loiret, on the Loire, 25 miles S. of Montargis. The canal, to which the town is indebted for its importance, is the oldest work of the kind in France, having been begun in the reign of Henry IV., though it was not finished till 1740. It establishes, by means of its junction with the canal of Loing at Montargis, a communication between the Loire and the Seine, and conveys the various products of the province, watered by the former, to Paris.
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