Each of these 12 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.
A sling with its upper end forged to fit the beam used, the lower end being made to two diameters; the larger one for passing over the collar of the trunnion, the smaller to fit the body of the same. See SLING; BEAM; TRUNNION.
Only in The Encyclopedia of Founding
A forbidden article of diet. The consumption of beans was prohibited by Pythagoras and Plato to those who desire veracious dreams, as they tend to inflate; and for the purpose of truthful dreaming, the animal nature must be made to lie quiet. Cicero, however, laughs at this discipline, asking if it be the stomach and not the mind with which one dreams ?
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
the practice of setting mastiffs to fight with captive bears. The custom was once prevalent in England, and afforded great amusement, both to rustics and those of high degree; but it was a matter of life or death for the bear. The sport was forbidden by Parliament in 1853. One of Macaulay's most enjoyable quips at the expense of the Puritans is found in discussing bear-baiting. "The Puritans hated it, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." The real reason for objection, of course, was that they knew the sport brutalized the spectators. The Puritans were the first modern legislators to insist on humane treatment of all dumb animals.
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
GREAT, an extensive sheet of fresh water in the Mackenzie district of Canada, between about 65° and 67° 32′ N. lat.; and under the 120th degree of W. long.; of irregular shape; area about 14,000 square miles. The water is very clear, and the lake abounds in fish. Bear Lake river, the outlet at the S. W. extremity of Great Bear Lake, runs S. W. for 70 miles and joins the Mackenzie river. BÉARN (byärn), formerly one of the 32 provinces into which France was divided, and now forming the greatest portion of the department of Basses- Pyrénées. The inhabitants are chiefly Gascons, with a strong infusion of Basque que bl blood, and they speak the purest Gascon dialect. Béarn was a portion of Aquitania under the Romans, and, after the downfall of that Empire, under its ruling dukes, it was a country of considerable importance. From the intermarriage of the ruling family, the counts of Foix, with that of Navarre, sprang the French monarch, Henry IV., because he was born and brought who, ho, up in Béarn, was derisively called Le Béarnois.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
a river of the United States, 400 miles long; rises in the N. of Utah, and flows N. into Idaho; turns abruptly S., re-enters Utah, and empties into Great Salt Lake.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
a small, red-fruited plant of the blueberry kind. The ordinary bearberry grows in northern blueberry countries everywhere,--in Siberia, northern Europe, and North America . It is a favorite berry with the common bear. Some thirty other species of bearberry are found, chiefly in North and Central America . One, the Nevada bearberry, grows in the haunts of the grizzly bear, illustrating the principle that certain plants and animals are found together. Change your berry and you change your bear.
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
The demon who teaches the secret of the Philosophers' Stone. He is but little known. The démon barbu is not to be confused with Barbatos, a great and powerful demon who is a duke in Hades, though not a philosopher; nor with Barbas, who is interested in mechanics. It is said that the bearded demon is so called on account of his remarkable beard.
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
AUBREY, an English author and illustrator, born in Brighton, in 1874; received a grammar school education; began working for London periodicals and publishers in 1892; and soon became widely known b by his striking designs for posters and book covers. In 1894 he became art editor of "The Yellow Book," and while supplying it with illustrations, contributed drawings also to the "Savoy" and "Le Courrier Fran- He illustrated "Bons Mots" çaise." (1892); Malory's "La Morte d'Arthur" (1893); Oscar Wilde's "Salome" (1894); "The Rape of the Lock" and "An Album of Fifty Drawings" (1896); and wrote and illustrated "The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser" (1895); and a novel, "Under the Hill" (1896). He died in Mentone, France, March 16, 1898.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
a city of Illinois, in Cass co. It is on the Illinois river, and on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads. It has railroad repair shops, manufactures of flour, cement posts, etc. It has also a considerable fishing industry. There is a park, a Carnegie city hall. Pop. (1910) library, and a cit 6,107; (1920) 7,111.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
The striking of the escape wheel upon the pallet or locking device. When an escapement is in adjustment, so that the striking of the escape wheel upon the pallets is even and equal it is said to be in beat and when it is not in adjustment it is said to be out of beat. The latter, says Saunier, may be due to any of the following causes: I. One or even both of the pins that secure the hairspring in the collet and stud are loose. 2. The spring is strained between the two curb pins. 3. The Hairspring stud not having been placed immediately over the dot on the balance when putting the escapement together.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler
A device for obviating the necessity of marking the balance to see that it is in beat. Before taking off the hair spring lay it on the block, turn the balance so the roller pin hits on the side the arrow points, then turn the table so that the line comes under the stud. In replacing the balance put the stud over the line and it will then beat the same as before. By using this tool you also avoid getting the balance out of true.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler
Small screws or pins to adjust the position of the crutch in relation to the pendulum. The pins at the end of the gravity arms that give impulse to the pendulum in a gravity escapement.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler