Each of these 13 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.
a female deacon in the early Christian Church. The term is sometimes applied to a sister of mercy, or those ladies who live in community and follow the rule of the Lutheran deaconesses. Deaconesses existed in the 1st century. The office has been revived in the United States, in Germany, and to a certain extent in England.
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BOOK OF THE, the great funerary work of the ancient Egyptians, who themselves entitled it "Per-em-Hru," "to go forth from (or by) day." It is a collection of prayers and exorcisms composed at various periods for the benefit of the Pilgrim-soul in his journey through Amenti (the Egyptian Hades); and it was in order to provide him with a safe conduct through the perils of that terrible valley that copies of the work, or portions of it, were buried with the mummy in his tomb. Such copies constitute fully one-half of the thousands of extant papyri. A pure text has been published by Edouard Naville in "The Egyptian Deadbook of the 18th and 20th Dynasties" (Berlin, 1886). Dr. Birch's English translation ("Egypt's Place in Universal History," vol. v. 1867), is based on Lepsius' imperfect Turin text (1842).
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An escapement in which, except during the actual impulsion, the escape wheel remains stationary and does not recoil. See Graham Escapement.
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By the use of this chuck, shown in Fig. 75, the work can be run on dead centers as well as by the bow or verge lathe, and the motion will be continuous.
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an elevation near Verdun, on the Meuse, called Le Mort Homme, which was the scene of fierce fighting during the German effort, from February to July, 1916, to take Verdun. During the entire attack the French held with extraordinary bravery to the northern slopes of the hill, to which on the first surprise they had been driven. Three hundred thousand Germans are held to have been killed or wounded as the price of the gains made in the vicinity. Positions did not change much during the greater part of 1917, though there was much fighting. In August, however, the French by a quick thrust took Le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill), Avocourt Wood, Corbeaux and Cumières Woods and other territory with 19,000 prisoners. By the middle of September the French had recovered 100 of the 120 square miles around the hill, seized by the Germans in 1916.
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a popular name for the Alcyonium, a genus of polypes, the typical one of the family alcyonidæ. It contains many well-known species, such as A. digitatum, or seafinger, and A. glomeratum.
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Metal that has lost heat to such extent as to have become too sluggish to flow smoothly and give a sharp impression of the mould. See FAINT-RUN.
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the common name of the species of plants of the genus Lamium, natural order Labiatæ, from the resemblance of their leaves to those of the nettle, though they have no stinging property. There are several species found in Great Britain (and now also in North America), as the white deadnettle (L. album), the red (L. purpurĕum), and the yellow (L. Galeobdolon).
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a plant botanically known as belladonna, yielding an extract of much utility in ophthalmic investigation. The "beauty" implied by the name is in the berries, which are shining black, but are poisonous. The best known antidote to them is vinegar. The leaves of the plant are useful as a medicine, being given in intermittent fevers, palsy, pertussis, amaurosis, cachexia, epilepsy, and ticdouloureux. A remedy much used in homœopathic pharmacy. The name is also given to a subdivision of the genus Amaryllis, containing the belladonna lily, a fine flower found in the West Indies.
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a city of South Dakota, the county-seat of Lawrence co. It is on the Chicago and Northwestern, and Burlington and Quincy railthe Chicago, Burlington roads. It is the financial and commercial center for the mining region of the Black Hills. There are smelting and reduction works, planing mills, foundry, lime works, etc. The city contains a United States assay office, a public library, and a museum. or DEAF-
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ALFRED, an Australian statesman; born in Melbourne in 1856. After studying at the University of Melbourne he was elected to the Parliament of Victoria in 1879, and in 1883 he was Minister of Public Works. In 1887 he represented Victoria at the Imperial Conference in London. After the Commonwealth of Australia was founded, Deakin was Attorney-General and later Premier, when the Protectionist party was in control of the Government. He served as Premier from 1905-1908, and again during 1909 and 1910. Fol lowing that date, he was leader of the opposition until his retirement from public life in 1913. He died in 1919.
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a municipal borough and seabathing place of Englandoutd Kent, on a bold open beach. It has been one of the Cinque Ports since the 13th century. Of the three castles built by Henry VIII. in 1539, Deal Castle is the residence of its "captain"; Sandown Castle, to the N., has been blown up as dangerous through the encroachment of the sea; and to the S., Walmer Castle is now the residence of the Warden of the Cinque Ports. Some maintain that it was near Deal that Julius Cæsar landed in 55 b. c. Pop. (1891) 8,898; (1901) 10,557.
in the United States, a plank 12 feet long, 11 inches wide, and 22 inches thick. Deals are sawed of other sizes, but are reduced to that cubic dimension in computing them. In England, lumber not exceeding 3 inches in thickness and 9 inches wide. The word is applied especially to the wood of the fir. If the planks are 7 inches or less in width, they are called battens, and if less than 6 feet long, deal-ends. Fifty cubic feet of deals are a load, and 100 feet superficial are a square.
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a genus of deep-sea bony fishes, in the ribbon-fish sub-order of Acanthopteri. Some eight species are known, on European coasts and from the W. of South America. They rarely come to the surface. One form (T. arcticus or bogmarus, the vaagmaer of Icelanders Norwegians) is occasionally found and on North British coasts. It is a large fish, 4 to 6 feet in length, and of a silvery color. The dorsal and caudal fins are red. A smaller species (T. tænia) occurs along with others in the Mediterranean. See
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