Each of these 16 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.
in anatomy, fine hair-like tubes or blood vessels that lead from the ends of the arteries to the beginning of the veins. The diameter of a capillary is such as to allow a roll of blood disks or corpuscles to pass freely. They are so numerous, and they form so fine a network in ordinary parts of the body, that some are sure to be pierced by the prick of a pin. See Blood ; Circulation
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
in physics, that branch of the science which considers the properties of liquid surfaces.
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the molecular attraction or repulsion, specially the former, which takes place when one end of a tube of slender bore is immersed in a fluid. In the case supposed the fluid ascends it to a considerable height. Capillary attraction aids the passage upward of sap in the vessels of plants. It may be gravity acting at minute distances.
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The cause which determines the ascent or descent of certain fluids when in contact with certain solid substances. See Oil Sinks.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler
the large letters used in writing and printing, most commonly as the initial letters of certain words. As among the ancient Greeks and Romans, so also in the early part of the Middle Ages, all books were written without any distinction in the kind of letters, large letters (capitals) being the only ones used; but gradually the practice became common of beginning a book, subsequently also the chief divisions and sections of a book, with a large capital letter, usually illuminated and otherwise richly ornamented.
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the name given to the laws, or royal enactments, issued by the Frankish kings. These laws proceeded from the great assemblies of the king, nobles, and bishops, which formed the estates of the king dom, as distinguished from the laws issued for the separate states, which were called leges. They were divided into general and special capitularies, according to the more or less general nature of the interests which they embraced, and the mode of their publication. They have by no means been all preserved. The most famous are those of Charlemagne and of St. Louis.
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in military language, the act of surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms, in opposition to surrender at discretion.
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Was the observation of smoke, which consisted in two principal methods. The more important was the smoke of the sacrifices, which augured well if it rose lightly from the altar, and ascended straight to the clouds; but the contrary if it hung about. Another method was to throw a few jasmine or poppy seeds upon burning coals. There was yet a third practice by breathing the smoke of the sacrificial fire.
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
a former noted china factory near Naples. It was founded in 1736 by Charles III., King of Naples. His queen, Amelie de Saxe, took a lively interest in the manufacture, and the King himself worked in the factory. When Charles quitted the throne of the Two Sicilies for that of Spain he took with him the greater part of his workmen, and set up new porcelain works at Madrid. The products of both factories are much admired and can with difficulty be distinguished.
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a cock chicken castrated for the purpose of improving his flesh for the table.
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A jewel having an end stone as shown in Fig. 48. In all movements, except the cheapest grades, capped jewels are used for the balance pivots.
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ARTHUR, an American public official, born at Garnett, Kan., July 14, 1865. He had a high-school education, and began work as a compositor on the Topeka "Daily Capital" in 1884, serving on the paper in various capacities until he became its proprietor in 1892. He also owned several rural papers and magazines. He was elected Governor of Kansas in 1915, and served until 1919, when he became United States Senator, his term expiring in 1925.
ARTHUR, in 1922 succeeded Senator Kenyon as leader of the Agricultural Bloc in the Senate.
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WASHINGTON LEE, an American naval constructor, born at Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 31, 1864. He graduated from the Annapolis Naval Academy in 1884. He was made naval constructor in 1895, and in 1903 was appointed chief naval constructor with the rank of rear-admiral. In 1913, he was chosen by President Wilson as Commissioner of the United States at the International Maritime Conference. From July to December, 1917, he was general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
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ka'pre, or Goat Island, an island in the Bay of Naples. Its area is about ten square miles. The inhabitants number between 4,000 and 5,000. They are occupied chiefly in fishing and in raising olives and grapes. Capri wine is famous. In the migrating season immense flocks of quails light to feed and rest. They are taken in great numbers. Capri is noted chiefly for a number of remarkable grottoes or caves in the steep limestone coast. They are entered by boats. One is known as the blue grotto, another as the green, from the soft, delightful colors that prevail within. It is thought that the rays of the sun enter the sea and are decomposed, as in the case of the rainbow, and that only the blue or the green portion of the spectrum, as the case may be, is refracted at an angle requisite to enter the cave. The island is about nineteen miles from the city of Naples. It is a favorite resort of tourists and of artists. See Italy
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a family of ruminant mammals , of which the genus Capra, or goat, is the type.
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a process of fertilizing or accelerating the production of fruit, practiced in the Levant, particularly with the wild fig. It consists in suspending on the cultivated fig branches of the wild fig, which bring with them a small insect which penetrates the female flowers, carrying the pollen of the male flower on its body, or punctures the fruit in order to lay its eggs, which hastens the ripening, and may be the only effect. The Egyptians pretend to obtain the same result by puncturing the eye of the fruit with a needle that had been dipped in oil.
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