Each of these 11 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.
In the selection of a foot wheel the workman must be governed by his own experience and taste, for, like cigars, the variety that exactly suits one person is very distasteful to another. Some workman prefer a treadle having a heel and toe motion, while others prefer a swing treadle like that shown in Fig. 135.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler
Mrs. Mary Hallock (1847-) an American novelist, a native of New York state. Her stories deal with mining life in Montana, and are more or less concerned with labor questions. The Led Horse Claim, John Bodewin's Testimony, The Last Assembly Ball, Coeur d'Alene, and The Prodigal are among them. Mrs. Foote has written also many magazine stories.
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a disease peculiar to sheep. The Scottish shepherd recognizes two varieties. The first arises simply from overgrown hoofs. It is prevalent among sheep that feed on soft, swampy ground. Moisture causes the hoofs to grow rapidly, and there is no grit to wear them off. The sheep become lame. A cure may be affected by trimming the hoofs and returning the sheep to stony or hard ground. Genuine footrot, however, is of an entirely different character. It is due to the lodgment of a microscopic growth, possibly an ulcercausing bacterium, in the flesh between the hoofs. It is exceedingly contagious. A few animals afflicted with footrot infect an entire pasture, and in this way communicate the disease to a large flock. Afflicted animals should be kept by themselves. Various ointments may be applied to kill the germs. Sulphuric acid and oil of turpentine make an excellent caustic for the purpose. Footrot is not only exceedingly offensive, but it causes sheep to lose their hoofs and incapacitates them for grazing. See Sheep
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Australia. It is a suburb of Melbourne and has manufactures of sugar, soap, woolen goods, chemicals, machinery, etc. In the neighborhood are important bluestone quarries. Pop. about 25,000.
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JOSEPH BENSON, an American statesman; born near Rainsboro, O., Jan. 5, 1846; enlisted as a private in the 89th Ohio Infantry and served till the end of the Civil War. He was graduated at Cornell University in 1869, and began law practice in Cincinnati, in the same year. He was judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati in 1879-1882, governor of Ohio in 1885- 1887 and 1887-1889, and was United States Senator in 1897-1903. He ran for senator in 1914 against Warren G. Harding and was defeated. He died in 1917.
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SIR JOHN- STONE, an English actor, born in London in 1853. His early years were spent FORBES-ROBERTSON as a painter. He went on the stage at the age of 21, and at once exhibited unusual talent. He acted as leading man for Sir Henry Irving and Sir Squire Bancroft. In 1895 he appeared with Mrs. Patrick Campbell in "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith." In the same year he began his career of manager in London, playing the part of Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet," following this with "Othello" and "Hamlet." In the latter he scored a great success. He made frequent tours to the United States, where he appeared in Shakespearean plays, several plays by George Bernard Shaw, and others. He was recognized as one of the most distinguished actors of his time. He was knighted in 1913.
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a pump which delivers the water under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly or deliver it at an elevation. The term is used in contradistinction to a lift pump, in which the water is lifted, and simply runs out of the spout. The single-acting force pump is that in which the lift and delivery are alternate. The double-acting is that in which the passages are duplicated, so that a lift and delivery are obtained by each motion of the plu plunger; the pump has a distinct water-way both above and below the piston, so as both to draw and force water at each stroke, and thus cause a continuous stream, which is rendered more uniform by an air-chamber. Also the boilersupply pump sometimes connected to the piston rod of the cylinder of a locomotive.
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a borough in Pennsylvania, in Armstrong co. It is the center of an important agricultural and coalmining region and its industries include the manufacture of plate glass. Pop. (1910) 4,850; (1920) 5,605.
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a Roman Catholic institution for higher education, formerly known as St. John's College. The latter institution was opened in 1841 as the New York Diocesan College and Seminary. It then included St. Joseph's Seminary and a college department. The seminary was in 1864 removed to Troy, and in 1896 to Dunwoodie. In 1907 the charter of the college was amended to authorize the establishment of law and medical departments, and at the same time the name was changed to Fordham University. It is situated in Fordham, N. Y. In 1919 there were 201 instructors and 3,209 students. The president is Rev. E. P. Tivnan, S. J.
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a short deck placed in front of a ship above the upper deck. It is generally terminated at each end, in ships of war, by a breastwork, the foremast part reaching to the beak-head, and the after portion reaching to the fore-chains. This part of a ship used to be very much elevated in former times, for the accommodation of archers and cross-bowmen; whence the term forecastle.
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MILITARY ORDER OF, a hereditary, patriotic organization formed in New York in 1894. During the first year it was known as the Military and Naval Order of the United States, but the name was changed to its present one in 1895. The foreign wars referred to are the War of the Revolution, the War with Tripoli, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War with Spain and the objects are to preserve the names of those engaged in them and collect the records. The members include Veteran Companions, consisting of commissioned officers of the army, navy, and marine corps, who took part in the wars, and Hereditary Companions, descendants of commissioned officers who so participated. When the World War broke out the State commanderies numbered 20, and the membership was over 1,500.
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