Each of these 10 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 sorceress of the country of Labour, who attended the infernal Sabbath in the reign of Henry IV of France . In the indictment against her it was brought forward that she had eaten at the Sabbatic meeting the ear of a little child. For her numerous sorceries she was condemned to be burnt.
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the name of several eminences in the United States, of which the following are the principal: (1) In Colorado, height, 11,493 feet; (2) in California, height, 8,295 feet; (3) in Utah, height, 11,975 feet; (4) in Wyoming, in the Wind River Range, height, 10,760 feet; and, (5) in North Carolina, height, 5,550 feet.
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or BALDUR, a Scandinavian divinity, represented as the son of Odin and Frigga, beautiful, wise, amiable, and beloved by all the gods. His mother took an oath from every creature, and even from every inanimate object, that they would not harm Balder, but omitted the mistletoe. Balder was, therefore, deemed invulnerable, and the other gods in sport flung stones and shot arrows at him without harming him. But god, Loki, fashioned the evil god, Loki, fashioned an arrow from the mistletoe and got Balder's blind. brother Höder to shoot it, himself guiding his aim. Balder fell dead, pierced to the heart, to the deep grief of all the gods. He is believed to be a personification of the brightness and beneficence of the sun.
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an absence of hair on the head. Congenital baldness (complete absence of hair at birth) is sometimes met with; but, in most cases, is only temporary, and gives place, in a few years, to a natural growth of hair. Occasionally, however, it persists through life. Senile baldness (calvities) is one of the most familiar signs of old age. It commences in a small area at the crown, where the natural hair is first replaced by down before the skin becomes smooth and shining. From this area the process extends in all directions. It is more common in men than women. Baldness in patches (alopecia areata) attacks chiefly children and young persons, frequently those of debilitated constitutions. The only change at first perceptible is that the hair falls out in one or more places, leaving smooth bare patches. Alopecia Alopecia areata has been attributed to the action of a parasite; but it is more probably due to some obscure nervous influence.
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Also called Gymnesiae, by the Greeks. Two islands in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Spain, distinguished by the epithets Major and Minor, whence their modern names Majorca and Minorca. Their inhabitants, also called Baleares, were celebrated as slingers.
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a town in the N. E. part of Luzon, Philippine Islands, on the Pacific coast. The town is noted for the heroic defense of a Spanish garrison in 1899, during a siege by the Filipinos, lasting 11 months. Baler was occupied by American troops in March, 1900. Pop. about 3,000.
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MICHAEL WILLIAM, composer, was born in Dublin, May 15, 1808. In his ninth year he made his début as a violinist, having begun to compose at least two years earlier. In 1823 he went to London, and, during 1825-1826, studied in Italy under Paer, Galli, Federici, and Rossini. In 1826 he wrote the music for a ballet, "La Pérouse," performed at Milan; and in 1827 he sang in the Italian opera at Paris with great success. In 1833 he returned to England, and in 1846 was appointed conductor of the London Italian Opera. He died Oct. 20, 1870. Of his numerous operas, operettas, and other compositions the most successful have been "The Bohemian Girl" (1843); "The Rose of Castile" (1857), and "Il Talismano" (1874). If Balfe was wanting in depth of dramatic force, he had command of orchestral resources; and his compositions are distinguished by fluency, facility, and melodic power.
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an island of the Indian Archipelago E. of Java, belonging to Holland; greatest length, 85 miles, greatest breadth, 55 miles; area, about 2,170 square miles. It consists chiefly of a series of volcanic mountains, of which the loftiest, Agoong (11,326 feet), belong period came active in 1843, after a of quiescence. Principal products, rice, cocoa, coffee, indigo, cotton, etc. The people are akin to those of Java and are mostly Brahmins in religion. It is divided into two districts and several autonomous states under native rajahs, and forms one colony with Lombok, the united population being estimated in 1918 at 1,344,880.
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a district of Afghan Turkestan, the most northerly province of Afghanistan. It was for some time subject to the Khan of Bokhara. It corresponds to ancient Bactria, and is bounded on the N. by the river Oxus, on the E. by Badakhshan, on the S. by the Hindu Kush, and on the W. by the desert. Offsets of the Hindu Kush traverse it in a N. W. direction, and slope down to the low steppes of Bokhara. Its area is about 5,000 square miles. The soil has the general characteristics of a desert land; only a few parts are made fertile by artificial irrigation; and such are the vicissitudes of climate, that where grapes and apricots ripen in summer, and the mulberry tree permits the cultivation of silk, in winter the frost is intense, and the snow lies deep on the ground. The natives are Uzbegs.
long the chief town, situated in a district intersected by canals and ditches, by means of which the waters of the Balkh-ab, or Dehâs, are dissipated and prevented from flowing toward the Amu-Daria, only 45 miles distant. It was twice destroyed by Genghis Khan and Timur. A terrible outbreak of cholera in 1877 caused the capital of Afghan Turkestan to be transferred to Mazar, W. of Balkh; since then Balkh has lost most of its former importance.
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(Kirghiz Tengis; Chinese Sihai), a great inland sea, near the E. border of Russian Central Asia, between 44° and 47° N. lat., and 73° and 79° E. long. Lying about 780 feet above sea-level, it extends 323 miles W. S. W.; its breadth at the W. end is 50 miles; at the E. from 9 to 4 miles; the area is 8,400 square miles. The water is clear, but intensely salty. Its principal feeder is the river Ili. It has no outlet.
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