Each of these 17 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 origin or creation of the world; an investigation or dissertation regarding it. Cosmogony and geology, though having certain relations to each other, are still distinct, cosmogony inquiring into the first origin of things, and geology commencing at a period when, that origin having taken place, successive events in the earth's history began to leave behind them mehisto morials from which their character might be more or less clearly reasoned out.
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order or harmony, and hence the universe as an orderly and beautiful system. In this sense it has been adopted by Humboldt as the title of his celebrated work, which describes the nature of the heavens as well as the physical phenomena of the earth.
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a genus of nocturnal lepidoptera, family hepialidæ or ghost-moths. have long, They slender, half-serrate antennæ, a small head, and the upper wings longer than the lower ones. The larvæ feed on wood, the pupa is inclosed in a cocoon. C. ligniperda is the goatmoth, so called because its larvæ emit disagreeable smell, as the goat does. It is a large moth, the upper wings gray mottled with white, and having moreover black bands; the lower ones brownish ash; the body brownish gray, with silvery lines. The ground color of the larva is yellow. It takes three years to come to maturity.
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or ALECOST, a composite herbaceous plant, a hardy perennial, a native of Italy, introduced into Britain in 1568, and common in almost every rural garden. It was formerly put into ale to give it an aromatic flavor, hence the name alecost.
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in law, are the expenses incurred by the plaintiff and defendant. As a rule these are paid by the loser in a suit, but there are always extra-judicial expenses incurred by both parties, which each has to pay whatever be the issue of the suit. In criminal cases, the party accused may have his expenses if the court thinks the accusation unreasonable. In matrimonial suits, the wife, whether petitioner or respondent, is generally entitled to her costs from the husband.
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a genus (of ampelidæ (chatters). They have beautiful plumage, and are found in South America.
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or COST, in Heraldry, one of the diminutives of the Bend.
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a coeducational institution in Bethany, Neb.; organized in 1889, under the auspices of the Disciples of Christ; reported at the ④ ③ COSTUMES-18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES 3. 18th Century 4. Early 19th Century end of 1919: Professors and instructorstudents tor students, 387: president, Andrew D. Harmon,
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a genus of plants, order Pomaceæ. The flowers are polygamous, the calyx turbinate, with five short teeth; petals five, stamens erect, as long as the teeth of the calyx; fruit turbinate, its nuts adhering to the inside of the calyx, but not united in the center of the fruit. C. vulgaris is the common cotoneaster. Several varieties of it are cultivated in gardens. Other are from the European contia of species nent, from India, etc .; some of them also have been introduced into Great Britain. C. Uva Ursi and microphylla have acid in their seeds.
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a range of in England, county of Gloucester, which ucester, they traverse N. to S. for upward of 50 miles; extreme elevation near Cheltenham, 1,134 feet. The Cotswold sheep are a breed of sheep remarkable for the length of their wool.
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. See Canton Flannel
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John (1585-1652), a Puritan divine. He was born at Derby, England, and was educated at Cambridge University . In 1612 he became vicar of St. Botolph's Church in Boston, Lincolnshire, for which our New England city was named. He leaned to Puritan doctrines. In 1633 he was cited to appear before Archbishop Laud to answer for not kneeling at a certain point in the services. To escape persecution he fled to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was held in high honor as a pastor. One would think that his experience might have made him charitable toward the religious views of others, but such was not the case. He was one of the foremost to hunt Ann Hutchinson out of Massachusetts Bay. Nevertheless, now that kindlier feeling prevails the world over, it is pleasant to learn that a tablet to his memory hangs in the old English church of which he was once the vicar. See Puritans
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. See Cotton
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an oil obtained the from seed of the cotton-plant, which is crushed between powerful rollers. It is used chiefly as an adulterant for other more expensive oils, as linseed-oil and olive-oil, and for packing sardines, etc. There are about 900 mills in operation in the United States engaged in extracting oil, preparing oil cakes, etc. Oil production about 5,000,000 gallons (1920).
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. See Poplar
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a genus of fishes, by some made the type of a family Cottidæ, by others placed under the Triglidæ or Guretc. nards. The head is large, depressed, furnished with spines or tubercles; there are teeth in front of the vomer and in both jaws; there are two dorsal fins; the anal fin is small; the body is without scales. Yarrell enumerates four species: C. gobio, the River Bullhead, Miller's Thumb, or Tommy Logge; C. scorpius, the Sea Scorpion or Short-spined ort-spined Cottus Cottus; C. bubalis, the Father Lasher or Longspined Cottus; and C. quadricornis, the Four-horned Cottus. In this country there are several representatives of the species called indifferently bullhead and catfish.
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a genus of plar plants, order Crassulaceæ. Calyx, 5-partite; petals, united into a tubular or campanulate corolla; stamens 10, inserted in the tube of the corolla. C. umbilicus is a succulent plant with pendulous cylindrical flowers of a yellowish-green color. It is from 6 to 12 inches high. The word is also applied to the first leaf, or one of the first two leaves, developed leaves are in present a plant. in In the exogens two such N. H., plant, while in endogens there embryo is of one every. years exogens the two cotyledons are always In stitute, opposite; in endogens the American veloped is alternate with second the first leaf. de- On thology American these distinctions or their absence have Dæmon been founded three primary divisions of the Vegetable Kingdom, viz., Dicotyle dons, Monocotyledons, and Acotyledons. Sometimes, though rarely, there are more than two cotyledons: thus the Boragi- Dec. 26, 1899. nacæ and the Brassicaceæ have four, and the Coniferæ 10, 12, or even 15; hence the term Polycotyledons has been used. In some cases they are absent; at other times they cohere instead of unfolding.
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