These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Chiriqui, Chiropractic, Chiselhurst.
A facing of extra metal, allowed on parts of a casting for fitting purposes. When at the top they may connect with the pattern; but when chipping-pieces are required at the bottom or anywhere intermediate, they must be pinned on the pattern temporarily, and the pins removed while ramming proceeds. The pieces can then be withdrawn or picked out after the pattern has been drawn from the sand.
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an administrative division of the Republic of Panama, adjoining Costa Rica; area, about 6,500 square miles; pop. about 43,000. It is well wooded, and has rich pasturage, especially on the Atlantic coast. The Cordilleras that occupy the interior reach their highest point in the volcano of Chiriqui (11,265 feet). Chief town, David. On the N. coast is a spacious lagoon of the same name, with a depth of water for the largest ships, which receives the unimportant Rio Chiriqui. CHIROMANCY. See PALMISTRY.
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a drugless method of healing founded on the principle that interference with vital energy in its passage through the nerves is the cause of disease and that relief of such interference restores health to abnormal organs. Chiropractic was originated by D. D. Palmer in Iowa in 1895. The chiropractor claims that, in the body, every tissue, every function, is dependent upon vital energy, called "mental impulses," supplied through the nervous system from its center, which is the brain. The only place where interference can take place in this transmission is where the nerve trunks emerge from the spinal column through the tiny openings between adjacent vertebræ. If these vertebræ are displaced, the size of the openings is decreased and the nerve fibers are impinged on. Health is to be restored by locating the spinal abnormality and, by manipulation, relieving the pressure on the nerve fibers. The Palmer School of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa, the parent institution, is headed by Dr. B. J. Palmer, son of D. D. Palmer. By 1922 there were about 15,- 000 chiropractors in the United States.
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or CHISLEHURST, a village in Kent, England, 11 miles S. E. of London. Napoleon III. died here at Camden House in 1873.
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a city in Minnesota, in St. Louis co. It is on the Great Northern, and the Duluth, Missabe, and Northern railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural and lumbering region, and has large deposits of iron ore, the mining of which is the chief industry. Pop. (1910) 7,684; (1920) 9,039.
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a small mountain state in the upper basin of the Kashkar or Kunar, a tributary of the Kabul river, and bordering on Kashmir and Kafiristan, is 5,200 feet above sea-level. The people are Moslems, but mostly speak a language closely akin to that of their pagan neighbors in Kafiristan. Pop. about 175,000.
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a district of Hindustan, in the S. E. of Bengal, having the Bay of Bengal on the W.; area, 2,567 square miles; pop. about 1,750,000. The level lands, chiefly on the coast and the valleys, are very fertile. A considerable majority of the inhabitants are Mohammedans. The city of Chittagong, chief town of the district and an important port of Bengal, is on the Karnaphuli river, about 12 miles from its mouth. Though very unhealthy, its trade has been steadily increasing. Pop. about 25,000.
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RUSSELL HENRY, an American educator; born in New Haven, Conn., Feb. 18, 1856. He was graduated at Yale in 1875, and took a course at Heidelberg. He became Professor of Physiological Chemistry at Yale in 1882, and in 1898 director of the Sheffield Scientific School. He was a member and at times an officer of many scientific societies and, in 1919, served as United States representative on Inter-Allied Scientific Food Commission at London, Paris, and Rome. He wrote "Digestive Proteolysis" and similar works.
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THOMAS, an American colonial and State governor; born in East Guilford, Conn., Jan. 6, 1730. He was one of the pioneers of Ve Vermont, settling upon the New Hampshire grants in 1774, and acquiring a fortune from his lands. In 1778 he became governor of Vermont, before its formal separation from New York was recognized. During the Revolutionary War the British and the Continental Congress received overtures from him, his terms being recognition of Vermont's statehood. He retired from public life in 1796 and died in Williston, Vt., Aug. 24, 1797.
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JOSEPH, an English lawyer and legal writer; born in 1776. He achieved eminence as a barrister in Lon don, and enjoyed a large practice. His celebrity rests mainly upon his legal works, especially "Precedents in Pleadings," "Medical Jurisprudence," "Practice of Law," and others. He died in London, Feb. 17, 1843.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a town of central Italy, province of Siena, 102 miles N. N. W. of Rome, on an olive-clad eminence in the Val di Chiana, not far from the small Lago di Chiusi. In ancient times, under the name of Clusium, it was one of the 12 republics of Etruria, and the residence of Porsenna. When Italy was overrun by the barbarians, it fell into decay, the whole valley was depopulated, and became the pestilential pool described by Dante. Since the improvement of the course of the Chiana, Chiusi has begun to flourish again along with the whole district. It is in connection with the discovery of Etruscan antiquities, however, that the place is chiefly heard of. During the 19th century immense quantities of these remains were found in the neighborhood in the grottoes that served the ancient Etruscans as tombs. They consist chiefly of sun-dried black earthenware vases, ornaments, relievos, and carved stonework, and are preserved in the museums at Chiusi and Florence. Pop. about 6,000.
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Important: Safety Warning This page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. a compound of chlorine with oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon. The chloral of the druggist and physician is a compound of choral and water, and is termed hydrate of choral by the chemist. In this form it is a white, crystalline substance having an acrid taste and a pungent odor. In medicine, a dose of from five to twenty grains is sometimes given to produce sleep. It is thought that choral, introduced into the system, is acted upon by the alkali of the blood in such a manner as to liberate chloroform, which acts directly on the nerves of the brain. An overdose of chloral overdoes the quieting process and paralyzes the brain, the heart, and the lungs, and brings on death. Chloral is a standard remedy for insomnia, but it should on no account be taken, except under the advice of a competent physician.
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