These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Fisk University, Fiske, Fismes.
FRANKLIN W., an American educator; born in Hopkinton, Vt., in 1820; was graduated at Yale University in 1849; taught there awhile; then became Professor of Rhetoric in the Seminary of Beloit, Wis. He was called to the Chicago Theological Seminary when that school was founded in 1859. Subsequently he was president of the seminary till 1900 when he resigned. He died in Chicago, Ill., July 4, 1901.
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a coeducational institution for colored persons in Nashville, Tenn.; founded in 1866 under the auspices of the Congregational Church.
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BRADLEY ALLEN, an American naval officer; born in Lyons, N. Y., June 13, 1854; was appointed a cadet midshipman in the United States navy Sept. 24, 1870; became a lieutenant Jan. 26, 1887, and a lieutenant-commander March 3, 1899. He invented a boat detaching and attaching apparatus for warships in 1877; the first electric ammunition used in the navy in 1888; electric gun training apparatus and electric steering gear the same year; range and position finders in 1889; improvements of the range finder and electric steering gear in 1895; and an electrical apparatus for transmitting the orders of a ship's commander from the deck bridge to the engine room in 1896; and was attached to the Naval Bureau of Ordnance from 1895. In 1901 he was appointed a lieutenant-commander and, by promotion, a rear-admiral in 1911. He assisted in naval operations 1913-1915, retiring in the latter year. Was awarded Cresson gold medal by French Institute in 1893, Gold Medal by U. S. Naval Institute for prize essay "American Naval Policy" (1905); author "Electricity and Electrieal Engineering," "Electricity in Theory and Practice," "War Times in Manila" (1915). He published, "Electricity and Engineering." Electrical
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MINNIE MADDERN, an American actress, born in New Orleans in 1865. She took a child's part on the stage when but three years of age, and at the age of twelve, played leading rôles in old women's parts. Three years later she became a star under the name of Minnie Maddern. She became one of the most eminent artists on the American stage. Among the most suc- MINNIE MADDERN FISKE cessful plays in which she appeared were "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," "Becky Sharp," and plays of Ibsen.
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JOHN, an American historian; born in Hartford, Conn., March 30, 1842. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1863, and in 1865 took his degree in law, but never practiced. He was for a while lecturer on philosophy at Harvard, and in 1872-1879 assistant librarian. He was author of "Myths and Myth-Makers" (1872); "Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy" (2 vols. 1875), his principal work, in which he gives an exposition of the philosophy of natural evolution; "The Unseen World" (1876); "Darwinism" (1879); "The Idea of God" (1885). On phases of American history, he wrote: "American Political Ideas" (1885); "The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789" (1888); "The Beginnings of New England" (1889); "The American Revolution" (3 vols. 1891); "Discovery of America" (2 vols. 1892). He died in Gloucester, Mass., July 4, 1901.
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FRANCE, a town in the department of the Marne, situated at the juncture of the Vesle and the Ardre, seventeen miles N. W. of Rheims. Shortly after the invasion of northern France by the Germans, in the summer of 1914, Fismes was occupied by them and used as a supply depot. They were finally troops, who ousted by the American entered the town on Aug. 4, 1918. Pop. about 3,000.
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in ordinary language, a cleft; a narrow opening made by the parting or opening of any substance; a crack. In botany the opening of seedvessels, anthers etc. In heraldry, the sinister. In fourth part of the bend geology, a crack in the strata, produced take action, by volcanic or earthquake action, Fissure sidence, or any other cause. a of Glaser: In anatomy, fissure in the ear, separating the upper margin of the tympanic plate from the glenoid fossa. Fissure of Rolando: In anatomy, a fissure separating the parietal from the frontal lobe of the cerebrum. Fissure of Sylvius: In anatomy, a fissure or deep cleft commencing on the under surface of the brain, and passing transversely outward to the lateral surface of the hemisphere, where it divides into two limbs. Fissures of Santorini: In anatomy, irregular gaps transversely dividing the cartilaginous tube of the Great fissure of Bichat: In ear. anatomy, a fissure connecting the two limbs of the fissure of Sylvius.
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a spiral needle for drawing together the gaping lips of wounds. By revolution, the point is made to pierce the lips alternately, carrying its thread with it.
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a shepherd's pipe; a waterpipe. In zoölogy, the intermediate subquadrangular pipe, in insects, formed by the union of the two branches of the anthia which conveys the nectar to the pharynx. In surgery, a long and sinuous ulcer, having a narrow opening, sometimes leading to a larger cavity, and which has no disposition to heal.
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WILLIAM CLYDE, an American playwright and author; born in New York, May 2, 1865. He was educated at Hartford, Conn., and Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. He wrote a number of successful plays, among them "Beau Brummell" and "Bohemia," "The Climbers," "The Way of the World," "The Girl and the Judge," etc. He is also the author of "The Knighting of the Twins, and Ten Other Tales" and "Some Correspondence and Six Conversations." He died Sept. 4, 1909.
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JOHN, an American inventor; born in East Windsor, Conn., Jan. 21, 1743; manufactured arms during the Revolutionary War. In 1786 he built a steamboat which could run eight miles an hour. Two years later a company Philadelphia, which was organized in Ph built a steampacket that ran on the Delaware river for about two years, when the company failed. He wrote a history of his work on the steamboat. He died in Bardstown, Ky., July 2, 1798.
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John (1743-1798), an American inventor. He was born at Windsor, Connecticut, and died at Bardstown, Kentucky. He was a blacksmith in the Revolutionary army, passing the winter with Washington at Valley Forge . After the return of peace he traveled among the Indians of Pennsylvania, trading for furs. He was taken captive and had a hard time generally. In 1785 he constructed a model of a steamboat, and in 1787 he made a trip on the Delaware at Philadelphia with a forty-five foot steam-propelled boat. During the summer of 1790 a passenger boat ran regularly from Philadelphia to Burlington, twenty miles, but attracted little attention. In 1793 he went to France, but fell on the evil days of the French Revolution . He worked his way back to America in utter destitution and dejection. Whether his invention was a little early or a little crude, or whether he lacked the ability of inspiring enthusiasm in others, it is certain that Fitch was a most unfortunate man. He was a man of mechanical genius, yet he was reduced to beggary. The story of his appeals for financial assistance is a pitiful one. He took his own life in despair, leaving Robert Fulton to reap where he had sown.
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