These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Foot Wheel, Foote, Footrot.
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.
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MARY (HALLOCK), an American author; born in Milton, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1847; married a mining engi- She was the author of several neer. novels and collections of short stories illustrated by herself, on life in the Rocky Mountain regions: "The Led Horse Claim" (1883); "John Bodewin's Testimony" (1886); "Cœur d'Alene" (1894); "The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories" (1895); "The Little Fig Tree Stories" (1899); "The Prodigal" "The (1900); "A Touch of Sun" (1903); "T Royal Americans" (1910); "Picked Company" (1912); "Valley Road" (1915).
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ANDREW HULL, an American naval officer; born in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 12, 1806; entered the navy as a midshipman nan in 1822. In 1849-1852 he was engaged in the suppression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa. In command of the China station in 1856, when the Chinese and English were at war, he exerted himself to protect American property, and was fired upon by the Celestials. His demand for an apology was refused and he stormed and captured four Chinese forts, killing and wounding 400 of the garrisons of 5,000 men. In 1861 he commanded the expedition against Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, and directed the attack on Island Number 10. In 1862, he was promoted rear-admiral, and in 1863 was ordered to take command of the South Atlantic Squadron, but died in ng to join his New York while preparing flag-ship, June 26, 1863.
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SAMUEL, an English actor; born in Truro, England, Jan. 27, 1720. From Oxford he went to London to study law, but had to go on the stage for a living; tried tragic parts and failed; then began to give entertainments, impersonating real and imaginary people and acting little farces by himself. He wrote farces, 22 in number; the most notable being "The Minor" (1760), a skit at the Methodists; "The Liar"; "The Mayor of Garratt." He died in Dover, England, Oct. 21, 1777. a city of Victoria,
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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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Important: Safety Warning This page describes trade processes that use dangerously toxic materials such as cyanide solutions, mercury amalgams, or strong acids. These processes require training, equipment, and precautions far beyond what the text describes. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. 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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forbz, Archibald (1838-1900), a noted English journalist. He was born in Scotland and died at London. When a young man he served in the Royal Dragoons. In 1864 he joined the staff of the London Daily News as a war correspondent. He followed the progress of the German army during the Franco-Prussian War , making a reputation not only for the character of his correspondence, but his energy and ingenuity in getting his reports in from the field of battle. He was sent to India in 1874 to report the famine, and accompanied the Prince of Wales in the following year in a tour of that country. The Servian War of 1876, the war between Russia and Turkey in 1877, the revolution in Cyprus in 1878, the Afghanistan campaign of 1879, and operations in Zululand occupied a busy pen. He has written a number of works, the most noted of which is perhaps Memories and Studies of War and Peace, which appeared in 1896.
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WILLIAM CAMERON, an American public official, born in Milton, Mass., in 1870. He graduated from Harvard in 1892, and entered the bank ing business, becoming a partner in the banking firm of J. M. Forbes & Co. From 1904 to 1908 he was a member of the Philippine Commission and secretary of commerce and police in the government of the Philippine Islands. He was successively vice-governor and governorgeneral, resigning the latter position in 1913.
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