Each of these 14 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.
Caliper compasses are very serviceable tools in a foundry doing general work of a superior order. No consideration of false economy should be tolerated that does not furnish ample means for obtaining correct measurements. These tools especially should be of a reliable character. They may now be obtained in an endless variety of styles and finish from the supply dealers throughout the country. See GAUGE.
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Compasses having two curved legs or fingers pivoted together and used either to measure the inside or outside diameter of bodies. Calipers are divided into two classes, known as inside and outside calipers. They are used by watchmakers for determining the diameter of staffs and pinions, for testing the truth of wheels, etc. Calipers are sometimes used in poising balances, the balance staff being centered between the points of the calipers. For this purpose a hole is drilled in the calipers and jewels are inserted. Thompson's jeweled calipers, shown in Fig. 46, have garnet jewels inserted in the points of the arms at one end, and hardened steel bearings in the other. The Euclid Double Calipers are very useful tools, as they give on the lower limbs an inside measurement corresponding to the outside measurement of the upper limbs. By adding a stop screw to the common double calipers as shown in Fig. 47, a very handy tool can be made, as the tool can be opened and removed from the work and closed again exactly the same amount. See Gauge. CALLET, F. A thorough mechanic and skilled calculator. He was born at Versailles, France, in 1744, and died in 1798.
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a variety of Peruvian or cinchona bark, namely, that of Cinchona calisaya or flava.
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or CALLISTHEN- ICS, a name for exercises for promoting gracefulness and strength, and comprising the more gentle forms of gymnastics, especially for girls.
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a Christian sect in Bohemia, the more moderate of the two great sections into which the Hussites were divided in 1420. of several
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the name popes: CALIXTUS I., Roman bishop in 217; succeeded Zephyrinus in 219; suffered martyrdom in 223. CALIXTUS II., son of Count William of Burgundy, archbishop of Vienna, and papal legate in France; was elected in 1119 in the monastery of Clugny, successor of the expelled pope, Gelasius II. He made his entrance into Italy in 1120, and, with great pomp, into Rome itself; took Gregory VIII. prisoner in 1121 by the aid of the Normans, and availed himself of the troubles of the emperor to force him, in 1122, to agree to the Concordat of Worms. He died in 1124. CALIXTUS III., the title under which Alfonso Borgia, a Spanish nobleman and counsellor of Alfonso, king of Aragon and the Sicilies, was made pope in 1455. In order to appease the displeasure ocgs of the councasioned by the proceedings Basel, he insticils of Constance and Basel, gated a crusade against the Turks. He died in 1458.
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kauk’ing, the art of making the seams of wooden ships water-tight. By means of a dull, thin instrument and a mallet, the calker drives loose, tarry oakum, usually untwisted rope, cotton, or the like, into the cracks or seams between the planks of a ship’s bottom and sides to prevent the entrance of water. After the crevice is driven full a coating of hot, melted pitch is applied to the seam.
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a roll-call in a parliamentary body to ascertain what members are absent without leave. In the United States Congress a call may be ordered at any time. In the British Parliament the rules require that notice of several days be given. A member of Congress may be expelled for neglect to attend. In this way even a minority may require the presence of enough members to do business.
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ka-lim’a-kus, an Alexandrian critic, poet, and grammarian. He was born at Cyrene, Africa, during the third century B. C. Under Ptolemy Philadelphus, Callimachus became chief librarian of the Alexandrian Library. He left rian of the Alexandrian Library. He left six hymns to the goods and many epigrams. Of his elegiacs, however, which were his most famous writings, only fragments remain. Callimachus was one in whom “ingenious, elegant, and harmonious versification took the place of higher poetry.” He may be regarded as the first representative of the learned poetry of Alexandria. See Alexandria QUOTATIONS. A great book is a great evil. He but sleeps The holy sleep, say not that the good man dies. All Hail! Thrice hail! We pray thee to dispense Virtue and wealth to us, wealth varying For virtue’s naught, mere virtue’s no defense Then send us virtue hand in hand with competence. - Hymn to Jove. Callimachus takes up this part of earth, A man much famed for poesy and mirth. -Epitaph of Callimachus, written by himself.
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of Ephesus, the earliest Greek elegiac poet, flourished about 730 b. c. Only a few fragments of his elegies are extant.
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a Greek philosopher, born in 365 B. c. He was a disciple and grandson of Aristotle, and accompanied Alexander the Great in his expedition to Asia. He refused to acknowledge the alleged divinity of this hero, and even had the misfortune to displease him by his railleries. He was afterward accused of conspiracy, and put to death 328 b. c.
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an Athenian orator, whose eloquence is said tion of the to have fired the imagination youthful Demosthenes. For his Spartan sympathies he was condemned to death by the Athenians in 361, and on his return from exile in Macedonia was actually executed.
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any thickened or hardened part of the human skin caused by pressure and friction. Also the natural cutaneous thickenings on the buttocks of monkeys.
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JACQUES (kä-lō'), a French engraver; born about 1593; distinguished himself in Italy and France, and was patronized by the Grand Duke of Tuscany and by Louis XIII. He preferred etching, probably because his active and fertile genius could in that way express itself more rapidly. In the space of 20 years he designed and executed about 1,600 pieces, the characteristics of which are freedom, variety, and naïveté. He died in 1635.
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