Campanularia
a genus of corals of the family Campanulariidæ, in which the polypi assume a bell shape.
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These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Campanularia, Campanulariide, Campbell.
Campanulariide
a family of marine polypi belonging to the order Hydroida. Cells terminal, stalked campanulate; polyps with a large trumpetshaped proboscis. There are six genera.
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Campbell
SIR COLIN, LORD
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Campbell
BEATRICE STELLA TANNER, better known as Mrs. Pat. Campbell; an English actress, born at London in 1867. In 1884 she was married to Patrick Campbell, who six years later was killed in the South African War. She made her début on the professional stage in 1888 in Liverpool and scored an instant success. Since that time she has been one of the most popular actresses in England. She has played with equal success abroad, having made several professional tours in the leading cities of the United States. She has played the rôles of Juliet, Ophelia and Lady Macbeth in the Shakespear ian drama and has been especially well fitted with parts in "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" and "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith." Some of Bernard Shaw's plays also have demonstrated her abilities. In 1914 she married George Cornwallis-West.
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Campbell Islands
a group of lonely islands to the S. of New Zealand, in 52° 34′ S. lat., and 169° 12′ E. long. Though they rise to a height of 1,498 feet, and are only 85 square miles in area, they are yet valuable on account of their harbors. They are also scientifically in teresting, being volcanic, and displaying a rich and rare flora.
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Campbell System, The
The. See Dry Farming
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Campbellites
the followers of Rev. John McLeod Campbell, of Dumbartonshire, who was deposed from the Church of Scotland, May 24, 1831, for teaching the universality of the Atonement. He established a church at Glasgow in 1833. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the church founded in the United States by Thomas and Alexander Campbell, and by its members called Christians, Christian Church, or DISCIPLES OF CHRIST (q. v.).
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Campeachy
or SAN FRANCISCO DE
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Campeche
a seaport on the W. side of the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico, on a bay of the same name. It has a citadel, university, naval academy, and shipbuilding docks. The haven is safe, but very shallow, and the trade, principally in logwood and wax, has greatly fallen off, while cigars and palm-leaf hats are almost the only manufactures. Founded in the middle of the 16th century, it was taken, occupied, and burned by buccaneers in 1685. Estimated pop. about 17,000. Campeachy is the capital of a State of the same name, which has an area of 18,089 square miles and a population of about 90,000.
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Campeggio
CARDI- NAL LORENZO, an Italian clergyman; born in Bologna, in 1472. He studied law, and married early, taking holy orders after his wife's death. He was made Bishop of Feltri, and sent by Leo X. on a mission to the Emperor Maximilian, being created a cardinal in his absence (1517). Next year he visited England as papal legate to incite Henry VIII. against the Turks, and was well received. In 1524 he obtained the bishopric of Salisbury and the archbishopric of Bologna, and he presided the same year at the Ratisbon diet; in 1582 he was despatched to England to hear the famous divorce suit of Henry VIII. against Catharine of Aragon. Perplexed betwixt his own private instructions, pity and regard for the unhappy queen, the dubious counsels of Wolsey, and the imperious impatience of the King, and racked the while by the pains of a severe gout, the cardinal ended by displeasing all parties; and his final revoking of the cause to Rome led ultimately to the King's rupture with the papal court. He died in Rome, July 19,
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Camperdown
or CAMPERDUIN, sandy hills or downs on the coast of Holland, S. of the Helder, off which the British, under Admiral Duncan, gained a hard-won naval victory over the Dutch, under De Winter, Oct. 11, 1797.
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Campfire Girls of America
an organization for young girls founded in 1912. Its chief objects are the maintenance of health by wholesome outdoor life and exercise and the promotion of various forms of social welfare. During the World War the Campfire Girls gave service in various lines of activity, in cultivating war gardens, and making garments and bandages for the Red Cross. In the Liberty Loan campaigns they sold and subscribed for millions of dollars' worth of bonds, and were equally active in the sale and purchase of Thrift Stamps. They conserved food, cared for little children while the mothers were away at work, and contributed largely to the support of French and Belgian orphans. The membership in 1919 consist. ed of 7,384 camps and 100,747 members. The main body is in the United States, but there are branches in England, Scotland, Canada, South America, China, Africa, Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.
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Camphine
the commercial term for purified oil of turpentine, obtained by distilling the oil over quicklime to free it from resin. It is used in lamps, and gives a very brilliant light; but, to prevent smoking, the lamp must have a very strong draught. With oxygen it forms camphor.
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Campion
THOMAS, an English poet; born about 1570; was by profession a medical man. He wrote a volume of "Poems" (1595), being Latin elegies and epigrams. He published p (1610- (1610- 1612) four "Books of Air Airs," containing songs written by himself to airs of his own composition. He died in London, March 1, 1619.
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Campo-Formio
a town in Italy, 66 miles N. E. of Venice, famous for the treaty of peace between Austria and France, which was signed in its neighborhood on Oct. 17, 1797. Its chief provisions were that Austria should cede the Belgian provinces and Lombardy to France, receiving in compensation the Venetian states CANA (called by the natives Kefr- Cana; or Kana-el-Jelil), a town of Palestine, celebrated in Scripture as the scene of our Lord's first miracle, when he turned water into wine, is now a small village of a few hundred inhabitants, who are principally Greek Christians, or Nazarenes, situated about 13 miles W. of the Sea of Galilee, and 6 miles N. of Nazareth.
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