Each of these 12 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 genus of fungi belonging to the order hymenomycetæ or agaricallæ. It may be distinguished at a glance from agaricus, by having the under surface of the cap or pileus full of pores, in place of its being divided in a radiated manner, as agaricus is, into lamallæ or gills. Several species, boletus edulis, B. granulatus and B. subtomentosus, are eatable. Other spe ies are poisonous. They grow on the ground or on the trunks of old trees.
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ANNE (bō'len or bul-ān'), second wife of Henry VIII. of England, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, born, according to some accounts, in 1507, but more probably about 1501. She attended Mary, sister of Henry, on her marriage with Louis XII., to France, as lady of honor, returning to England about 1523, and becoming lady of honor to Queen Catherine. The king, who soon grew passionately enamored of her, without waiting for the official completion of his divorce from Catherine, married Anne in January, 1533, having previously created her Marchioness of Pembroke. When her pregnancy revealed the secret, Cranmer declared the first marriage void and the second valid, and Anne was crowned at Westminster with unparalleled splendor. On Sept. 7, 1533, she became the mother of Elizabeth. She was speedily, how- 00000000000000 0000000000000000000000000. ANNE BOLEYN ever, in turn supplanted by her own lady of honor, Jane Seymour. Suspicions of infidelity were alleged against her, and, in 1536, the Queen was brought before a jury of peers on a charge of treason and adultery, and found guilty. She was beheaded May 19, 1536.
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bool'in, Anne (1500-1536), a queen of England. She was well born, and resided for a time at the French court. Later she became lady of honor to Queen Catherine. She was celebrated for her beauty and her wit. Henry VIII became infatuated with her and about the same time became convinced that his marriage with Catherine was illegal. At all events, marry Anne he would and did; after which there was nothing for his Archbishop Cranmer to do but to declare the first marriage void and the second legal. In a similar manner Anne was supplanted by her own maid of honor, Lady Jane Seymour, and was herself condemned to the scaffold on a harsh charge--probably trumped up--of infidelity. Henry, it is said, went hunting with a gay party. The boom of a distant gun notified him that his cruel orders had been carried out. Before execution, Anne, it is said, sent for the wife of the lieutenant of the Tower, fell on her knees, and said, "Go to the Princess Mary," meaning the daughter of Catherine, "in my name, and in this position beg her forgiveness for all the sufferings I have drawn upon her and her mother." Elizabeth, the famous Virgin Queen, was the daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn. See Henry Viii; England
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a name given to those meteoric stones or aerolites that explode on coming in contact with the atmosphere.
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the most serious pest of cotton in the United States , a species of weevil which deposits its eggs in the "squares" or young buds of the cotton plant. It first appeared in Texas from Mexico in 1892, and since then has steadily extended its domain until this now covers practically the entire cotton belt of the southern states. The annual damage to the cotton crop is estimated at from eight to ten million dollars, but a much larger figure would be necessary to cover the losses due to reduction in plantings. All efforts thus far to exterminate the weevil have been unsuccessful, although certain measures have been partially effective in reducing its
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a short, broad, lance-shaped weapon; used by the Filipinos in their operations against the American troops. The blade is about 18 inches in length by nearly 3 inches in breadth at its broadest dimension. It tapers from the middle toward the haft as well as toward the point, making it strongly resemble the ancient short sword. It is not doubleedged, however, but tapers from a thick back to an extremely keen edge.
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French traitor, executed at Vincennes, France, April 17, 1918. His real name was Paul Bolo. He lived a shady life in Paris, with no apparent means of support, except a pension received from his brother, Monsignor Bolo, an eminent French prelate. After the war had begun, however, Bolo Pasha suddenly seemed to be in possession of large funds and entered upon an expensive mode of living. He went to America, and, as it was later shown, was in close relations with Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to the United States. The activities of Bolo and his sudden accession to wealth had aroused the suspicions of friends of the Allied cause, both in America and in France, with the result that he was shadowed and ultimately arrested as a traitor. His trial was a sensational one. The evidence was overwhelming and Bolo was condemned to death.
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an Italian school of painting, founded in the 14th century, probably by Franco. The great master of the school was Francesco Francia, a contemporary of Raphael, celebrated for the purity and serenity of his Madonnas. The Caracci, who painted the frescoes of the Farnese Palace, were the leaders of the later school.
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a most sensitive electrical instrument invented by Svanberg in 1851 for the measurement of radiant heat.
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also BILAUR, or
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a walled town of central Italy, province of Viterbo, 11 miles W. S. W. of Orvieto, on a lake of the same name. It is only noticeable for the ruins of the Etruscan goddess Nortia, a granite sarcophagus, ornamented with bas reliefs, and other remains of antiquity. This was anciently a place of great wealth and luxury, and Pliny says that when taken by the Romans, 266 B. c., it contained no less than 7,000 statues.
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a strong silk or linen fabric, woven more or less closely. It is used in mills for bolting or sifting flour.
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