Each of these 16 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 movement supported by many physicians, publicists, and social workers whose aim is to bring about an enlightened control of conception for the purpose of preventing undesirable and undesired families. The principles of the American Birth Control League are that every woman should possess the power and freedom to prevent conception when she feels that conditions are not such as would make the
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gems considered particularly appropriate for birthday gifts. Any precious or semi-precious stone is considered appropriate as a setting in an article of jewelry intended for a birthday present. A preference for certain stones for certain months of the year has grown up, perhaps unconsciously. It would be difficult to trace the association between the month and the stone deemed appropriate. The popular list is: January Garnet February Amethyst March Bloodstone April Diamond May Emerald June Lapis Lazuli July Ruby August Moonstone September Sapphire October Opal November Topaz December Turquoise
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any right or privilege to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution. See PRIMOGENITURE.
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a name of trillium erectum and other American plants of the same genus, having roots said to be astringent, tonic, and antiseptic.
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the English name of the plant genus aristolochia. Both the scientific and the English names arose from the belief that the species are of use as a medicine in childbirth.
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a kingdom of the Sudan, western Africa, bounded on the E. by the Niger. The capital is Walata.
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a town of Arizona, in Cochise co., 30 miles S. of Tombstone. It is served by a branch line of the El Paso and Southwestern railroad, a feeder of the Southern Pacific, with which it connects at Benson. Its interests are mineral, chiefly copper, gold, silver, and lead. It has a public library and two hospitals. Pop. (1910) 3,266; (1920) 9,205.
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A sorceress of the district of Labour in France , who was transported to the witches' Sabbath by the Devil in the form of a goat. As a reward she was suspended in mid-air head downwards.
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BAY OF, that portion of the Atlantic Ocean which sweeps in along the N. shores of the Spanish Peninsula in an almost straight line from Cape Ortegal to St. Jean de Luz, at the W. foot of the Pyrenees, and thence curves N. along the W. shores of France to the island of Ushant. Its extreme width is about 400 miles, and its length much about the same. The depth of water varies from 20 to 200 fathoms, being greatest along the N. shores of Spain. The whole of the S. coast is bold and rocky, and great parts of the population French shores are low and sandy. The bay receives numerous unimportant streams from the mountains of Spain, and, through the rivers Loire, Charente, Gironde, and Adour, the waters of half the surface of France. Its chief ports are Santander, Bilbao, and San Sebastian, in Spain; and Bayonne, Bordeaux, Rochefort, La Rochelle, and Nantes, in France.
or VIZCAYA, the most northerly of the Basque provinces of Spain, is bounded N. by the Bay of Biscay, E. and S. by its sister provinces, Guipuzcoa and Alava, and W. by by Santander. It has an area (very mountainous in the S.) of 836 square miles. Chief town, Bilbao. Pop. (1917) 380,668.
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MOUNT, a post-town of Tasmania, 60 miles W. of Launceston, which owes its existence to the discovery here in 1872, by James Smith, of some of the richest tin mines in the the world. Between 1884-1886 more than 20,000 tons of tin ore had been mined. The yield of pure tin from the ore is from 70 to 80 per cent. The mount takes its name from the chairman of a land company (1828). There is railway communication with Emu Bay, 45 miles distant.
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The name of the were-wolf (q.v.) in Brittany. It is believed to be a human being, transformed by magic into a fearsome man-devouring beast, which roams about the woods, seeking whom it may slay.
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in general language, thin flour cake which has been baked in the oven until it is highly dried. There are many kinds of biscuits, but the basis of all is flour mixed with water or milk. In fancy biscuits, sugar, butter, and flavoring ingredients are used. Plain biscuits are more nutritious than an equal weight of bread, but owing to their hardness and dryness, they should be more thoroughly masticated to insure their easy digestion. In pottery, articles molded and baked in an oven, preparatory to the glazing and burning. In the biscuit form, pottery is bibulous, but the glaze sinks into the pores and fuses in the kiln, forming a vitreous coating to the ware.
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a race inhabiting Nubia, between the Nile and the Red Sea, somewhat resembling the Bedouins, and living by pasturage. They are Mohammedans by religion; in character they are said to be cruel and treacherous. Personal property does not exist among them, the family or the tribe having the ownership.
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the may-bug or lady-bird. BISHOP-WEED (ægopodium podagraria), an umbelliferous plant of Europe, with thrice-ternate leaves and creeping roots or underground stems, a great pest in gardens from its vigorous growth and the difficulty of getting rid of it; called also goutwort.
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the name officially given by Germany to New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, and several smaller adjoining islands in the South Pacific, since in 1884 they became a German dependency. By the terms of the Peace Treaty of 1919, Australia, through Great Britain, received a mandate for these islands. Sym. Bi; At. Wt. 210; found associated
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DAVID S., an American baritone; born in Philadelphia in 1857. He was gifted with a remarkably strong and mellow baritone voice and cultivated it with assiduity, making his debut as the Duc de Longueville in the "Basoche," Royal English Opera in 1891. He filled important engagements with English and American opera companies, singing leading rôles in German, French, and Italian, as well as English. In his later years he became best known as a concert singer.
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