Belt
in astronomy, a varying number of dusky, belt-like bands or zones encircling the planet Jupiter parallel to his equator, as if the clouds of his atmosphere had been forced into a series of parallels through the rapidity of his rotation, and the dark body of the planet was seen through the comparatively clear spaces between. In physical geography, two passages or straits connecting the Baltic with the German Ocean, viz.: (a) the Great Belt, between the islands of Seeland and Laland on the N. and Fühnen and Langeland, on the W. (b) The Little Belt, between the mainland of Denmark on the W., and the island of Fühnen on the E. BELUCHISTAN. See BALUCHISTAN.
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Belt-core
It is common to call almost any description of jacket-core by this name. See JACKET-CORE. Belts for cores.--Leather-belting makes very reliable and handy slings for lifting cores, but, owing to the very inferior means usually provided for binding the ends together when in use, very much of their reliability and usefulness is marred. If very thin steel ends are riveted on, all this annoyance is obviated. The steel, 1/64 inch in thickness, must be just as wide as the belt, and as short as is consistent with safety. The ends, being both turned with a very short "U," interlock each other.
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Beltane
bel'tan, an ancient festival observed by the Druids on the first day of May. The origin of the name is unknown, but it is supposed to have been formed from two words-Beal, the chief deity of the Druids, and a word meaning fire. At Beltane, a great fire was kindled on some elevated spot in honor of the sun, whose returning warmth after the desolation of winter was thus celebrated. It was the custom to extinguish all fires in houses, and to relight them from the embers of the Beltane. The other great festival of Druidical worship was Samhin, meaning "fire of peace," held on Hallow-eve. At this time, the judicial functions of the order were discharged. Public bonfires were also a part of the celebration. Hallow-eve is still called Samhin in some places in Scotland, and the name Beltane is used to designate Mayday, or sometimes Whitsunday. Ours is no sapling, chance sown by the fountain, Blooming at Beltane in winter to fade. -Scott.
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Belus
One of the most ancient kings of Babylon, about 1800 years before the age of Semiramis , was made a god after death, and was worshipped by the Assyrians and Babylonians. He was supposed to be the son of the Osiris of the Egyptians. The temple of Belus was the most ancient and magnificent in the world, and was said to have been originally the tower of Babel.
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Belut Tagh
a mountain range formerly imagined to exist in central Asia between eastern and western Turkestan, as the axis of the continent. BÖLSCHE, WILHELM, German author, born in Cologne in 1861, author of "Scientific Bases of Poetry" (1887), "Bacillus to Man" (1900).
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Belvidere
a city of Illinois, the It is on the county-seat of Boone co. Kiswaukee river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. It is the center of a fertile agricultural region and has manufactures of sewing machines, safety razors, bicycles, automobiles, boilers, etc. There is a public library, a park, an opera house, and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 7,253; (1920) 7,804.
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Bemidji
a city of Minnesota, the It is on the county-seat of Beltrami co. Great Northern, and Minneapolis, Red Lake, and Manitoba, and other railroads. On account of its beautiful situation on a lake, it is a popular summer resort. It has a State normal school, Federal ral building, public library, and other public lic buildings. Lumbering is the chief in- quette. dustry. Pop. (1910) 5,099; (1920) 7,086.
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Bemis Heights
a village in Saratoga co., N. Y., on the Hudson river, famous as the scene of the first battle of of Stillwater, Sept. 19, 1777.
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Ben
a Gaelic word meaning mountain. Ben-Ledi, mentioned by Scott in his Lady of the Lake, means the same as Mount Ledi. There are a number of Bens in the Scottish Highlands. Ben-Lawers on Loch Tay is 3,984 feet in height. Ben-More in Perthshire is 3,083 feet in height. Scott speaks of Ben-An. Ben-Nevis in Inverness-shire is 4,406 feet high. It is the highest elevation in Great Britain . Its summit commands a magnificent view of the north of Scotland from sea to sea. Ben-Lomond, on the eastern coast of Loch Lomond, is the most celebrated mountain in Scotland. It rises to an elevation of 3,192 feet above the sea level. Its summit, four miles from the boat landing at Rowardennan, commands a panoramic view of southern Scotland. Its southeastern side is a sheer precipice 3,000 feet in height. The slopes of Ben-Lomond present a great variety of vegetation and have long been a botanical collecting ground for the students of the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Ben Bolt
a song written by Thomas Dunn English in 1842. The poem was written at the request of N. P. Willis. Set to the music of an old German air by Nelson Kneass, it became popular both in England and America. It had, however, been partially forgotten when its effective use in Du Maurier's Trilby called it again into favor. Oh! don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown, Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile, And trembled with fear at your frown? In the old churchyard, in the valley, Ben Bolt, In a corner obscure and alone; They have fitted a slab of the granite so gray, And sweet Alice lies under the stone.
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Ben Lawers
a mountain in Perth shire, Scotland, flanking the N. W. shore of Loch Tay. It is rich in Alpine plants, and there is a magnificent view from its summit, which is, with the cairn at the top, 4,004 feet high.
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Ben Ledi
a mountain (2,875 feet) of Perthshire, Scotland, 4½ miles W. by N. of Callander. A jubilee cairn was erected on it in 1887.
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Ben Nevis
the most lofty mountain in Great Britain, in Invernessshire, immediately E. of Fort William and the opening of the Caledonian canal, at the S. W. extermity of Glenmore. It rises to the height of 4,406 feet, and in clear weather yields a most extensive prospect. observatory was established on its An summit in May, 1881, by the Scottish Meteorological Society.
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