These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Bersaglieri, Berseem, Berserker.
a of riflemen or sharpshooters, introduced into the Sardinian army by Gen. Della Marmora, about 1849. They took part in the Russian War and also assisted at the battle of the Tchernaya, Aug. 16, 1855. They were likewise employed in the Italian Wars of 1859 and 1866, and in the World War, where they performed heroic service.
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an Egyptian forage plant. It is known as the Egyptian clover. In Egypt it is valued because it grows readily in lands that are only partly reclaimed from the sea, and is not drowned out easily by overflow. It has been suggested as a forage crop to be raised in the southwest during the reclamation of strongly alkali lands, that is, before the alkali has been leached out of the soil by continued irrigation.
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a redoubtable hero, the grandson of the eight-handed Starkader and the beautiful Alfhilde. He despised mail and helmet, and, contrary to the custom of his time, went always into battle unharnessed, his fury serving him instead of defensive armor. By the daughter of King Swafurlam, whom he had slain in battle, he had 12 sons, who inherited the name of Berserker along with his warlike spirit.
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the name of several famous women of the Middle Ages, half historical, half fabulous. ST. BERTHA, whose day is kept on July 4, was the beautiful and pious daughter of Charibert, King of the Franks, who, having married (560 A. D.) Æthelbert, King of Kent, became the means of his conversion, and of the spread of Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons. In the romances of the Charlemagne cycle, there figures a BERTHA, called also Berthrada with the Big Foot, as the daughter of Count Charibert of Laon, wife of Pepin the Little and mother of Charlemagne. In the romances of the "Round Table," again, BERTHA is the name of a sister of Charlemagne, who makes Milo d'Anglesis the father of Roland. Better known is BERTHA, daughter of Burkhard, Duke of the Allemanni, and wife of Rudolf II., King of Burgundy beyond Jura, who, after Rudolf's death (937), acted as regent for her infant son, Konrad; she afterward married Hugo, King of Italy; and died toward the close of the 10th century.
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PIERRE EUGENE MARCELLIN (ber-tel-ō'), a French chemist, born in Paris, Oct. 25, 1827; early studied chemistry, and in 1859 was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Superior School of Pharmacy. In 1865 a new chair of organic chemistry was organized for him in the College of France. In 1870 he was elected president of the scientific committee of defense, and during the siege of Paris was intrusted with the manufacture of ammunition and guns, and especially dynamite and nitro-glycerine. In 1878 he became president of the committee on explosives, which introduced smokeless powder. His labors also led to the discovery of dyes extracted from coal tar. He received the decoration of the Legion of Honor in 1861; Commander in 1879, and Grand Officer in 1886. In 1889 he was elected Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences. His works include "Chimie organique fondée sur la synthèse" (1860); "Leçons sur les principes sucrés" (1862); "Leçons sur l'Isomérie" (1865); "Traité elementaire de chimie organique" and "Sur la force de la poudre et des matières explosives" (1872-1889); "Les Origines de l'alchimie" (1885); "Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs" (1888); "Chimie des anciens" (1889); etc. He died March 18, 1907.
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ALEXANDRE (bertya'), Prince of Neuchâtel and Wagram, born in Versailles in 1753. He served as officer of a regiment of dragoons in the American Revolutionary War. During the French Revolution he became comm commandant of the National Guard at Versailles, and exerted himself to check the excesses of the populace. During the Reign of Terror he served under Lafayette, and afterward under Bonaparte, in his first Italian campaign. From this time he accompanied Napoleon in all his campaigns as chief of staff. In 1803 he married a Bavarian princess. In 1805 he was created a marshal of the empire, grand huntsman of the empire, and chief of the first cohort of the Legion of Honor. In 1806 he became Prince of Neuchâtel, and in 1809 Prince of Wagram. In 1810 he officiated as Napoleon's prox Napoleon's in the 1 proxy marriage of Maria Louisa. On the restoration of Louis XVIII. he accepted the situation of captain of one of the companies of the gardes-de-corps. On the return of Napoleon he retired to Bamberg, where he died March 20, 1815.
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CLAUDE LOUIS, COUNT, a French chemist, was born in Savoy, Dec. 9, 1748, and studied medicine at Turin. He afterward settled in Paris, was admitted a member of the Academy of Sciences, and made a professor at the Normal School. He accompanied Napoleon to Egypt; and, during the empire, was made a Senator and an officer of the Legion of Honor. He deserted his patron in the days of misfortune and received the title of Count from Louis XVIII. His principal work is "Essai de statique chimique" (1803). He died Nov. 6, 1822.
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named after Count Berthollet, a genus of plants belonging to the order lecythidaceæ. The only species is a large tree, growing growing 100 feet high, with a diameter of two feet, found in the forests which fringe the Orinoco. It has yellowish white flowers. The fruit is the size of a man's head, with four cells and six or eight nuts. These are called Brazil, or, from the place where they are shipped, Para nuts. They are eatable and furnish a bland oil used by watchmakers and artists. At Para the fibrous bark of the tree is used in place of oakum.
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called Champagnat, a sorcerer brought to trial at Montmorillon, in Poitou, in 1599. He confessed that his father had taken him to the Sabbath of the sorcerors in his youth, that he had promised the Devil his soul and his body, that His Satanic Majesty had shown him marks of his favour, and that he had even visited him in prison on the previous night. He further confessed having slain several persons and beasts with the magical powders given him by the Enemy of Mankind. Bertrand, Alexandre-His Traite du Somnambulisme et du Magnetisme Animal en France : (See Hypnotism; Spiritualism .)
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