Each of these 9 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.
ORDER OF GOLDEN Hebrew word parsh; Sept. psyllos; Vulg. pulex, which is probably correct. The Hebrew word, according to Gesenius, is from an obsolete quadrilateral root, parash = to leap (1 Sam. xxiv: 14; xxvi: 20).
ORDER OF THE GOLDEN. See GOLDEN FLEECE.
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a school of paint ing highly recommended to the lovers of the art by the invention, or at least the first practice, of painting in oil. It has been generally attributed to John Van Eyck, in the beginning of the 15th century, who was, it is said, accustomed to varnish his distemper pictures with a composition of oils, which was pleasing on account of the luster it gave them. In course of practice he came to mix his colors with oil, instead of water, which rendered them brilliant without the trouble of varnishing. From this and subsequent experiments arose the art of painting in oil. The attention of the Italian painters was soon excited. John of Bruges was the founder of painting as a profession in Flanders. The chief masters of the school were Memling, Weyden, Rubens, Vandyck, Snyders, and the younger Teniers.
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one of the most populous towns of Slesvig, at the extremity of the Flensborg Fjord, an inlet from the Baltic, forty miles N. W. of Kiel. It was taken from the Danes by the Germans in 1866. Pop. about 60,000.
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in botany, various species of the genus iris; also Phalangium liliago, a liliaceous plant. , In heraldry the royal insignia of France. Its origin is disputed; by some it is supposed to represent a lily, by others the iron head of some weapon. In the old time the French Royal banner was sémé of lys, that is, completely covered with fleurs de lis; but from the time of Charles VI. it has consisted of three golden fleurs de lis on a blue field. It is of frequent occurrence in English armory. From the claims invariably put forth by English sovereigns to certain principalities in France, gained by inheritance or marriage, the French royal coat appeared as a quartering in the English royal arms; and though all such claims had long ceased to be enforced or justified, it remained till the accession of George IV., by whom it was abolished.
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a town of Belgium, in the province of Hainault, near the Sambre, This place is 7 miles N. E. of Charleroi. noted for four important battles having taken place in its vicinity. The first took place on Aug. 30, 1622, between the Spaniards under Gonsalvo of Cordova, the general of the Catholic League, and the troops of the Protestant Union commanded by the Bastard of Mansfeld and the Dukes of Brunswick and Saxe- Weimar. Both sides claimed the advantage. The second was fought July 1, 1690, Montmorency, Duke of Luxem- 1050, bourg, defeating the Prince of Waldeck, most able of the generals of one of the the Augsburg League. The third was that in which General Jourdain defeated the Imperialists under the Prince of Coburg, June 26, 1794. The fourth, more commonly known as the battle of Ligny, took place on June 16, 1815. On that day Blücher was defeated by Napoleon.
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CLAUDE (fle-re'), a French Church historian; born in Paris, France, Dec. 6, 1640. His learning and unaffected simplicity made him a notable figure at the court of Louis XIV., and later at that of Louis XV., whose confessor he became. An "Ecclesiastical History" (1691-1720) forms his claim to enduring renown; the work coming down to 1414. He also wrote: "A History of French Law" (1674) and a "Historical Catechism" (1679). He died in 1723.
a small village in France, about six miles N. W. of Verdun, at which were located some of the outer works defending Verdun during the World War. It was the center of some of the heaviest fighting during the attack on Verdun by the Germans, in June, 1916, known as the battle of Mort Homme.
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SIMON, an American physician and medical authority, born in Louisville, Ky., in 1863. He received a in his native common school education city and took his medical degree from the University of Louisville in 1889. He took post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins and at the Universities of Strassburg and Berlin. From 1891-1899 he was a professor in Johns Hopkins University and from 1899-1904 in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1903 he became director of the laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, with which he has been connected ever since. He has published numerous treatises and monographs upon pathological and bacteriological subjects, and his work has been recognized abroad, where he has been made a member of many of the learned fraternities.
ABRAHAM, an American educator, born in Louisville, Ky., in 1866, brother of Simon Flexner. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1883 and took post-graduate courses at Harvard and at the University of Berlin. After teaching for several years he was appointed an expert of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in 1908, serving until 1912. He was assistant secretary of the General Education Board from 1912 to 1917, and secretary from 1917. He wrote "The American College" (1909); "Medical Education in the United States and Canada" (1910); "Medical Education in Europe" (1912); and "A Modern School" (1916). He also contributed educational papers to periodicals.
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a golden-winged woodpecker common in the United States . It is about twelve and one-half inches long. From tip to tip of its outstretched wings it measures twenty inches. The under surfaces of the wings and tail are golden yellow. It has a scarlet crescent and round black spots on the under parts, which are white. It has a black shield on the breast. A peculiarity of the male is a pair of black mustaches. It lays a number of crystal white eggs in a nest in the hole in the trunk of a tree. See Woodpecker Flicker, a common woodpecker
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a species of glass made of white sand, 52; carbonate of potash, 14; oxide of lead, 33; alumina, 1; with metallic additions to neutralize color. Pure white sand free from oxide of iron is required for flint glass, as iron imparts a green color. The articles are made by the agency of the blow-pipe, or ponty, the mold and press, and frequently by a combination of blowing and pressing. The silica for its manufacture was formerly derived from pulverized flints, The presence of and hence its name. lead gives it a peculiar property of refracting light, which causes it to be used for lenses. Flint glass fuses at a lower temperature than ordinary glass, such i as crown, plate, or window glass. Flint glass is softer than some other varieties, and is the kind which is cut. It is much used for tumblers, fine tableware, and various articles of decorative furniture and fittings. generic
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