These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Bearded Demon, Beardsley, Beardstown.
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
be-at'1-tudz, the eight ascriptions of blessedness pronounced by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, beginning: "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted." The name is derived from the Latin adjective "beati," that, in the Latin Testament, corresponds in position and in meaning to the English adjective "blessed." 2026 Editor's Note: The Beatitudes became among the most quoted words in the world — 'Blessed are the meek... the merciful... the peacemakers.' Their radical elevation of the poor and gentle over the powerful has inspired reformers and pacifists across the centuries, from Tolstoy and Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr., who read them as a charter for nonviolent resistance. (Ed: BR 2026-07-04)
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
DAVID, Cardinal Archbishop of St. Andrew's, Scotland, born Arbroath in 1494. He became Abbot of later, was sent on several missions to in 1525, Lord Privy Seal three years France, received a cardinal's hat in 1538, and in the following year became Primate. On the death of James V., he, by craft and determination, secured to himself the chief power in Church and State, being named Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, and Papal Legate. He opposed an alliance with England, and especially distinguished himself as a persecutor of the Reformers. The trial and burning of George Wishart for heresy took place under his direction, and a short time afterward Beaton was assassinated at St. Andrew's in May, 1546. With his death, church tyranny came to an end in Scotland.
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city and county-seat of Gage co., Neb.; on the Big Blue river, and several railroads; 40 miles S. of Lincoln, the State capital. It is the seat of the State Institution for Feeble- Minded Youth; 3; and has an attractive court house, United States Government Building, water works, electric light and street railway plants, public library, National banks, excellent water power, flour and planing mills, tile and barbed wire works, creamery, iron foundry, and manufactories of gasolene engines, wind mills, and farming implements. It is the center of a rich agricultural country. Pop. (1910) 9,356; (1920) 9,664.
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JAMES, a Scottish poet and miscellaneous writer, born at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Oct. 25, 1735; studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen, for four years, and received the M. A. degree. In 1753 he was appointed schoolmaster at Fordoun, afterward master of the Grammar School of Aberdeen, and ultimately Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in Marischal College. In 1760 he published a volume of poems. In 1765 he published a poem, the "Judgment of Paris," and in 1770 his celebrated "Essay on Truth," for which the University of Oxford conferred on him the degree of LL. D.; and George III. honored him, when on a visit to London, with a private conference and a pension. He next published in 1771 the årst book of his poem, the "Minstrel," and in 1774 the second; this is the only work by which he is now remembered. In 1776 he published dissertations on "Poetry and and Music," "Laughter and Ludicrous Composition"; : in 1783 and in 1790-1793 "Elements of Moral Science." He died in Aberdeen, Aug. 18, 1803.
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