Chimney Swallow
. See Swift
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These 19 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Chimney Swallow, China Clay, China Sea.
Chin-Kiang
or CHIN-CHIANG, a city of China in the province of Kiang- Su (or Chiang-Su) about 490 miles S. of Tien-Tsin. Chin-Kiang was declared a treaty port in 1861. The main port fronts on the Yang-Tse-Kiang, about 150 miles from its mouth, being accessible to large ships. Pop. about 150,000.
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China Clay
. See Kaolin
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China Sea
that part of the North Pacific Ocean bounded N. by Formosa, N. W. by China, W. by Anam and the Malay peninsula, S. E. by Borneo, and E. by the Philippines. It contains numerous islands, receives several considerable rivers, and forms the important gulfs of Siam and Tonquin.
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China Silk
a plain-woven silk manufactured on the hand looms of China, Japan, and India. The same thread is used for both warp and weft, the weaving is done evenly, and the finished product possesses a natural luster. As the spinning is done by hand also, there are imperfections in the thread which produce certain irregularities in the fabric. These irregularities make it possible to distinguish real China silk from imitations produced by machine spinning and weaving. The Japanese silk is superior in smoothness and softness to that from China. In the factories of Japan and China two men working all day will weave three or four yards of silk and receive in payment for their labor about ten cents apiece. The imitation "china silk" produced by machinery in the United States is neither so soft, so lustrous, nor so durable as the hand weave. It does not show uneven threads.
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Chinchilla Cloth
a thick, heavy, woolen cloth, with a tufted nap, used for overcoats, women's cloaks, etc. It is supposed to have received its name from being made originally in a gray color to imitate chinchilla fur. It is now made in a great variety of colors, weights, and qualities. The distinguishing features are the double-weave and tufted nap. In double-weave, coarse yarns are used in the center or at the back of the web. The yarns are loose twisted, and the result is a bulky and yet pliable material of fine surface. The tufted nap is produced by a special machine called the chinchilla machine. This device contains a "bed," or flat surface, covered with tightly drawn Brussels carpeting. Over this the cloth is passed at a slow rate of speed. Above the cloth is suspended a cast-iron frame called a "follower," the under side of which is fitted with a rough, solid, India rubber plate or block. This "follower" can be raised or lowered, and has a rotary motion. By rubbing the surface of the cloth, the block raises the nap in little tufts or spiral points. A variety of effects can be produced, depending somewhat upon the length of the nap.
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Chinda
VISCOUNT SUTEMI, a Japanese diplomat; born at Hirosaki in 1856. He received his education at Depauw University, Indiana. He began his diplomatic career in the Japanese foreign office in 1886; was consul at San Francisco in 1890 and consul-general at Shanghai in 1895. His long diplomatic Brazil, career has included ministries to the Netherlands, and Russia. From 1908 to 1911 he was ambassador to Germany, from which post he was transferred to In the latter year he was made ambassador to Great Britain. He showed marked ability in the many positions he has held, and ranks high among diplomats. He was one of the representatives of Japan at the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919. CHINESE WALL. See CHINA.
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Chinese Gordon. See GORDON
CHARLES GEORGE.
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Chinese Literature
. See Literature
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Chinese White
the white oxide of zinc, a valuable pigment introduced into the arts as a substitute for the preparations of white-lead.
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Ching-Hai
or CHIN-HAI, a seaport of China, in the province of Cheh- 15 miles Chiang (Cheh-Kiang), about from Ning-Po. Pop. about 150,000.
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Chinon
an antique town in the French department of Indre-et- Loire, beautifully situated on the Vienne, 31 miles S. W. of Tours. Crowning a lofty rock are the ruins of its vast old castle, the "French Windsor" of the Plantagenets, the deathplace of Henry II.; and later the residence of several French sovereigns, where, in 1429, Joan of Arc revealed her mission to the Dauphin. A farmhouse across the Vienne is pointed out as Rabelais' birthplace.
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Chinooks
a tribe of Indians, now nearly extinct, on the Columbia river, or in Oregon.
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Chinquapin
chin'ka-pin, an Indian name for the dwarf chestnut of the United States . This shrub ranges from Pennsylvania to Texas. The name is applied also to a shrub oak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Chins
a savage tribe living in the mountainous region between lower Bengal and upper Burmah, of very primitive habits.
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Chippendale
THOMAS, an Eng- ; went to London from lish cabinet-maker Worcestershire before 1750. The style of furniture named after him was less heavy and severe than that of his successors, and was rather elaborate, delicate, and baroque, with classical tenden- "Cabinet-maker's cies. He wrote a Director" (1752). He died in 1779. The term "Chippendale" is often used to designate 18th century furniture in general. town and
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Chipper
Castings, when lifted out of the sand, are freed from burnt, adhering sand by the cleaner; after which, by means of hammers, chisels, and files, all superfluous metal, as heads, gates, fins, etc., are removed by the chipper.
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Chippewa Falls
a county-seat of Chippewa co., Wis.; on the Chippewa river, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and other railroads; 12 miles N. E. of Eau Claire. It is the seat of the County Insane Asylum Home for the Feebleand the State Minded, and has important manufactures, large water power from the river, electric lights, and street railways, daily and weekly newspapers, two National banks, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,893; (1920) 9,130.
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Chippewas
a tribe of American Indians allied to the Delawares, Shawnees, and Blackfeet. They occupied a large territory surrounding Lake Superior. Numerous small bands are still found in this region. Nominally they live on reservations, but they are to be seen paddling up and down the rivers and lakes almost anywhere. They are preeminently children of the forest. They are skillful in the construction and use of birch bark canoes, and are great hunters, trappers, and fishers. Enmity existed between them and the Sioux for generations. The border line between the two tribes in Minnesota, as elsewhere, appears to have been the edge of the evergreen belt. Each made murderous forays into the territory of the other. The traveler by rail in the wooded region of Wisconsin and Minnesota not infrequently catches a glimpse of an Indian lodge on the shore of a river or lake. A canoe is likely to be moored near by. Old clothes hang on the bushes. Dogs and papooses are in evidence. If the lodge be low and rounded, it is that of a Chippewa; if conical and pointed, it is that of a Sioux. Longfellow's Hiawatha is the hero of the Chippewa or Ojibway nation. Chippewa is a favorite geographical name in the upper peninsula of Michigan, in Wisconsin, and in Minnesota. See Indian
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