Each of these 11 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.
the larger of the two Kommander Islands; 115 miles from the E. coast of Kamchatka, crossed by 55° 10' N.; contains the tomb of Bering, who died here after being shipwrecked in December, 1741. It is an important resort of seal hunters.
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the channel which separates Asia and America at their nearest approach to each other, and connects the the Arctic with the Pa Pacific Ocean (Bering Sea). Between East Cape (Asia), and Cape Prince of Wales (America), it is 36 miles wide, and generally of slight depth. The shores rocky, bare, and greatly indented. It was discovered by Bering in 1728, and first explored by Cook in 1788.
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a town in Alameda co., Cal.; on the Southern Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé railroads; 8 miles N. E. of San Francisco. It is the seat of the State University of California; the State Agricultural_College; the State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind; and several college preparatory schools. The town is well equipped with electric light and street railroads; and has soap works, iron foundries and machine shops, and other industries. Pop. (1910) 40,434; (1920) 56,036.
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next to Stanley Sound the most frequented inlet of the East Falkland Island , near its N. E. extremity. Though it is difficult to enter, it contains several excellent harbors. BERKELEY, GEORGE, Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, born in Ireland in 1685; became fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1707; went to England in 1713; traveled on the Continent in 1714, and again in 1716-1720. In 1721 he was appointed Chaplain to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Duke of Grafton. In 1724 he became Dean of Derry. He now published his "Proposals for the Conversion of the American Savages to Christianity by the Establishment of a College in the Bermuda Islands"; and subscriptions having been raised he set sail for Rhode Island in 1728. The scheme never got a start, however, and he returned, receiving the bishopric of Cloyne. He died suddenly at Oxford in 1753. Berkeley holds an important place in the history of philosophy. His most celebrated philosophical works are "Essay Toward a New Theory of Vision" (1709); "A Treatise on the the Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710), in which his philosophical theory is fully set forth; "Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous" (1713); "Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher" (1732); and "Siris, Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar-Water" (1744).
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berk'le, George (1685-1753), an English churchman, better known as Bishop Berkeley. He was a native of Kilcrin, Ireland. In philosophy he taught that the belief in the existence of everything outside of mind is false, that there is no world of matter, except as it exists in our imagination. "Matter, so far as it is thought to exist beyond the circle of consciousness, is inconceiveable, absurd, impossible." He became much interested in the conversion of the American Indians to Christianity, and obtained permission to establish a college for them in the Bermuda Islands. He resided for a time at Newport, Rhode Island , and acquired an estate, which, with a number of books, he bestowed on Yale College. In literature he is remembered for various sayings. The phrase, "to cheer, but not inebriate," occurs in an essay in which he praises the mild and benign effects of tar water on the constitution. We conclude with a quotation taken from his essay On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America: Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day: Time's noblest offspring is the last.
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county in England in the midland group. It has an area of 722 square miles, of which about threefourths is under cultivation. The chief occupation of the people is stock raising and agriculture. The chief towns are Windsor, Reading, Maidenhead, and Newbury. Pop. about 180,000.
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THE, or BERKSHIRE HILLS, a range of mountains in the N. W. of Massachusetts; in Berkshire county; stretching 16 miles N. and S., on the E. of the valley of the Upper Hoosic river. They are a favorite summer and autumn resort.
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GETZ VON, surnamed the "Iron Hand," a brave and turbulent German noble, born at Jaxthausen, Württemberg, in 1480. He was almost constantly at war, was put under the ban of the empire by Maximilian, and was killed during the siege of a fortress in which he had taken refuge, in 1562. His story was dramatized by Göthe.
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EMILE, an American inventor and telephone expert; born in Hanover, Germany, May 20, 1851. He studied at Wolfenbüttel and came to America in 1870. In 1878 he was made chief inspector of instruments for the Bell Telephone Co. He showed remarkable ingenuity and invented the microphone and the gramophone, and secured many patents on improvements to the telephone. In 1908 he turned his attention to aeroplanes and invented the lightweight revolving cylinder internal combustion motor which was extensively used. He wrote a number of articles on religious and philosophical questions.
EMILE, in 1922, in conjunction with his son, Henry A. Berliner, perfected the first successful flying helicopter.
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HECTOR (ber-le-ōs'), a French composer, born in La Côte-Saint- André, Dec. 11, 1803. He forsook medicine to study music at the Paris Conservatoire, where he gained the first prize in 1830 with his cantata, "Sardanapale." After studying in Italy, he began to produce his larger works, and was forced to defend his principles in the press. His chief literary works are: "Traité d'Instrumentation" (1844); "Voyage Musical" (1845); "A Travers Chant" (1862). The more important of his musical works are "Harold en Italie," "Episode de la Vie d'un Artiste," and "Le Retour à la Vie;" "Romeo and Juliette" (1834); "Damnation de Faust" (1846); ; the operas "Benvenuto Cellini," "Beatrice and Benedict," and "Les Troyens," "L'Enfance du Christ," and the "Requiem." He died in Paris, March 9, 1869. After his death his "Memoirs" appeared.
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The supposed writings of St. Methodius of Olympus (martyred 311 A.D.) or the saint of the same name who was Patriarch of Constantinople and who died in 846. The real name of the work is Bea-Methodius, a contraction for Beatus Methodivo, which was misprinted "Bermechobus." The work is of the nature of a prophetic Apocalypse, and foretells the history of the world. It was handed down by the Gnostics and was printed in the Liber Mirabilis (q.v.). There are no grounds, however. for the supposition that the work should be referred to either of the saints above mentioned. It recounts how Seth sought a new country in the east and came to the country of the initiates, and how the children of Cain instituted a system of black magic in India . The author identifies the Ishmaelites with those tribes who overthrew the Roman power, and tells of a powerful northern people whose reign will be over-turned by Anti-Christ. A universal kingdom will thereafter be founded, governed by a prince of French blood, after which a prolonged period of justice will supervene.
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