Falkner
ROLAND POST, an American statistician; born in Bridgeport, Conn., April 14, 1866; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1885; studied economics at Berlin, Leipzig, and Halle-on-Saale, Germany; was instructor in accounting and statistics in the University of Pe Pennsylvania in 1888-1891, and Professor of Statistics in 1891-1900. He served also as statistician of the United States Senate Com- 3 International Monetary Conference; and as secretary of the conference in 1892. He was a member of the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science; author of numerous essays on criminology, sociology, etc.; chief of the division of documents in the Library of Congress, and editor of "Annals" of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1890-1900). Commissioner of education, Porto Rico (1904-1907), Statistician U. S. Immigrant Commission (1908-1911), Assistant Director of Census (1911-1912).
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Fall
ALBERT BACON, a United States senator from New Mexico, born in Frankfort, Ky., in 1861. He was educated in the country schools. After reading law, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in 1889, continuing until 1904. He worked as a miner and became interested in mines, lumber, lands, and railroads, acquiring large interests in farming, stock raising, and mining. He served as a member of the New Mexico Legislature and as associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1912 and was again elected in 1913 for the term of 1913-1919. He was re-elected in 1919. In the Senate he gave special attention to the relations of the United States and Mexico, and in 1918-1920 he conducted a series of investigations relating to Mexico and the border States, Arizona and New Mexico. He became Secretary of the Interior on March 4, 1921.
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Falling-doors
Hinged doors attached to the underside of a cupola, which, when the metal has all run out, may be suddenly dropped, permitting the slag and cinders to fall out into the pit below. See CUPOLA.
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Fallopian Tubes
two ducts or canals floating in the abdomen, and extending from the upper angles of the womb to the pelvis. They were popиlarly but incorrectly believed to have been discovered by Fallopius.
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Fallows
SAMUEL, an American clergyman; born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England, Dec. 13, 1835; was graduated at the University of Wisconsin in 1859; vice-president of Galesville University in 1859-1861; minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1859- 1875, and later of the Reformed Episcopal Church. He served with distinction in the Civil War. Subsequently he preached at Milwaukee; was State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin in 1871-1874; regent of the University of Wisconsin in 1866-1874; and president of Wesleyan University in 1874-1875. He became rector of St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church in Chicago in 1875, and bishop in 1876; was president of the Illinois State Reformatory; chairman-general of the Educational Committee of the World's Congresses; chancellor of the University Association. Chaplain-in-chief of G. A. R., 1907-1908. Patriotic instructor to the same, 1908-1909. Commander for Illinois of the Loyal Legion (1907). Department commander for Illinois of the G. A. R. (1914-1915). Author, "Life of Samuel Adams," "Students' Biblical Dictionary," "Past Noon," "Splendid Deeds," "Popular and Critical Biblical Encyclopedia" (1901); "Health and Happiness" (1908).
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Falls
DE WITT CLINTON, an American artist , soldier and writer, born in New York City in 1864. He was educated in private schools. He served during the Spanish- American War and on the Mexican border. In 1917 he was appointed colonel of the 7th Infantry of the New York Guard. In the following year he became major in the United States Army and was assigned inspector of the General Staff. He was promoted tor to be colonel and was honorably discharged in 1919. Prior to his discharge from the American Army he acted as observer in the Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War. During the World War he engaged in special duty at the American Embassy in London. He was a member of many patriotic societies. He wrote "A. B. C. of Golf" (1897); "The Journey Book" (1910); " Mobilization of the Armies of Belgium and England" (1914); "Army and Navy Information Book" (1917). He was the illustrator of a number of books.
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Falmouth (Seaport town of England)
a seaport town of England , Cornwall county, at the mouth of the Fal river , 11 miles from Truro. It has a good harbor, and a fine and spacious roadstead. There are castles on the coast, one of which, Pentwo dennis, commands the entrance of the harbor; and the other, on the opposite side, is St. Mawes Castle. The town is chiefly important as a station of the boats carrying foreign mails. scenery of the Fal, from Truro to Falmouth, is of great beauty. Pop. about The 12,000.
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Falmouth (Town in Barnstable co Mass)
a town in Barnstable co., Mass.; on Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, at the extreme W. end of Cape Cod; 50 miles S. E. of Boston. It is the center of an agricultural and cranberry region. It is best known as containing the WOODS HOLE (q. v.) Station of the United States Fish Commission.
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False Demetrius
THE. DEMETRIUS. See in the Baltic, separated by narrow
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False-core
A technical term used chiefly by moulders of fine art work, statuary, etc., meaning loose pieces of mould, or drawbacks, that must be formed at the undercut portions of a model or pattern. These false-cores are rammed carefully in their several places, and separating joints formed on their exterior surfaces, the impression of which being taken in the main section, or cheek of the mould, forms a seating into which they are subsequently fitted and secured, when they are withdrawn from the model. See DRAWBACK; STATUARY-FOUNDING; MODELLING; PLASTER-CAST; UNDER-CUT.
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Falstaff
Sir John, a good natured but rascally old knight in Shakespeare's Henry IV, and in Merry Wives of Windsor. He is the chief of Prince Hal's riotous companions. When the play was first presented the character was called Sir John Oldcastle, and the interest centered in this figure. Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, is a historical character. He was an English nobleman of the fourteenth century,--an author, a soldier, a Lollard leader. He was a personal friend and a companion of Henry IV, and suffered martyrdom as a heretic and traitor under Henry V. He was known as the "good Lord Cobham." Shakespeare's character, therefore, while extremely popular, was looked upon as a caricature, and certain descendants of the original Sir John Oldcastle raised objections. When the first part of the play of Henry IV was published, the knight received the name of Falstaff, and the epilogue stated that "Oldcastle died a martyr, and this is not the man." The name, and perhaps the character, now brought dimly to mind Sir John Fastolf, a warrior of the fifteenth century, and Shakespeare was criticised "for making overbold with a great warrior's memory." Shakespeare's Falstaff is a swindler, a drunkard, a liar, and very nearly a coward. His faults are redeemed in some measure by his wit and good temper. Queen Elizabeth, it is said, was greatly pleased with the character, and requested Shakespeare to introduce him into another play. His appearance in Merry Wives of Windsor was the result.
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