Garnier, Gilles
A werwolf, condemned at Dôle, under Louis XIII ., for having devoured a number of children. He was burned alive, and his body, after being reduced to ashes, was scattered to the winds.
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Single-source entries: G (12)
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.
Garonne
HAUTE, a department in the S. of France, embracing portions of ancient Gascony and Languedoc; area 2,457 square miles, Pop. about 432,000. It is watered throughout by the Garonne, from which it derives its name, and with in the basin of which it wholly lies. Occupied in the S. by a branch of the Pyrenean range, the slope of the department and the course of its streams are toward the N. and N. E. Apart from this S. mountainous region, the department is hilly and fertile. The soil in the valleys is remarkably productive, and bears heavy crops of wheat, maize, flax, hemp, potatoes, and rape seed. Orchard fruits and chestnuts are produced in abundance, and the annual yield of wine is over 20,000,000 gallons, two-thirds of which is exported. The chief manufactures are woolen and cotton fabrics, paper and hardware. Capital, Toulouse.
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Garoo
a trading station of the Chinese empire, near a source of the Indus, 16,000 feet above sea-level; lat. 31° 40′ N., lon. 80° E. Here an active commerce is carried on in exchanging Chinese and Tibetan commodities for those of India and Kashmir.
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Garrick, David
David (1717-1779), an eminent English actor. He was descended from a Huguenot family that fled from Bordeaux to England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. David's father was an army officer. His mother resided at Lichfield, where the lad attended the grammar school kept by Samuel Johnson. In later London days, when Garrick was the greatest actor of his age, and Johnson was the recognized authority on literary matters, Garrick used to amuse his friends by relating anecdotes of Johnson and mimicking his eccentricities. His reputation was made chiefly at Drury Lane Theater, where he acted many of Shakespeare's characters, among others Hamlet, King Lear , and King Richard. He was the first of the great English actors who have made Shakespeares plays classic. His remains were buried in Westminster Abbey near the Poets' Corner. See Drama ; Actor
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Garrote
or GARROTTE, a Spanish instrument of execution. The victim, usually in a sitting posture, is fastened by an iron collar to an upright post, and a knob operated by a screw or lever dislocates the spinal column, or a small blade severs the spinal cord at the base of the brain.
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Garry
a river in Scotland, county of Perth, joining the Tummel after a course of 20 miles. It is celebrated for its picturesque scenery. GÁRSHIN, VSEVOLOD MICHAILO- VICH (gär'shin), Russian novelist; born in Bachmut, Yekaterinoslav, Feb. 14, 1855. He took part in the Russo-Turkish war, and was wounded at Charkow. He soon after finished his great work, "Four Days." "A Very Little Story," "The Night," and several more novels, came from his pen during the next few years. He developed a tendency to melancholy (occasionally developing into insanity), traces of which are to be found in "Attalea Princeps" and "Night," and in the psychiatrical study of "The Red Flower." He died in St. Petersburg, April 5, 1888.
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Garter
Order of the, the highest order of British knighthood. The order was established by Edward III about 1344-1350. The garter is a blue velvet ribbon, edged with gold, and having a gold buckle. It is worn on the left knee, or, if the sovereign be a woman, on the left arm. Other insignia are the badge known as the Great George, the Lesser George, the star of eight points, and the vesture, consisting of a blue velvet mantle, a crimson hood and surcoat, a hat of black velvet set off with a plume of white ostrich feathers, and a tuft of black heron feathers. The king and the Prince of Wales are members; farther membership was once elective, but it is now a mere social honor extended by the king. The honor may be conferred on foreign sovereigns. The whole order numbers about fifty knights. The motto of the order is, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."
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Garter Snake
in zoölogy, the snake genus Eutania. There are two species, E. sirtalis and E. ordinata, the latter in the Southern States, the other more widely diffused over the Union. Their bite is not venomous.
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Garvin
JAMES LOUIS, an English editor. He was born in Ireland in 1868, and was brought at an early age to England, where he was educated in Catholic elementary schools, in which later, in Liverpool and Hull, he was a pupil teacher. Removing to Newcastle, he became first a reporter and later a leader writer on the Newcastle "Chronicle," from which in 1899 he went to join the political staff of the London "Daily Telegraph." In 1905 he became editor of "The Outlook," and in 1908 of "The Observer," writing also, 1912-1915, for the "Pall Mall Gazette." He was originally a strong Parnellite, but on joining "Daily Telegraph" became a Tory Imperialist. Has contributed much to the reviews. Publications: "Imperial Reciprocity"; "Tariff or Budget"; "Economic Foundations of Peace."
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Gas Furnace
a much em employed for laboratory purposes, and which is so arranged as to receive the maximum heating powers of the gas GAS, NATURAL without regard to its illuminating pur- Various forms have been conposes. trived. Also a furnace of which the fuel is gas from burners suitably disposed in the chamber for the purpose required. Steam boilers and metallurgic furnaces ted in this manner. are sometimes heated
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Gas Heater
This heater, shown in Fig. 138, is to take the place of a forge in heating and tempering small articles. With a full pressure of gas, a piece of steel half an inch in diameter can be heated sufficiently to harden in about six minutes. It does not heat to a degree that will injure the quality of steel; which makes it very valuable for heating small pieces. Watchmakers will find in its use great convenience as well as economy of time and fuel; and also, that tools heated by it will be tougher than when heated in a forge in the usual way. Put on sufficient gas to prevent the flame from descending into the tube. For heating larger pieces the flame should be nearly three inches wide. The upper ends of the curved side pieces should not be more than one-quarter of an inch apart. The article to be heated should be held in the upper part of the flame above the central blue part and parallel with it. The larger the piece to be heated the further it should extend into the flame. The heater should be located in a dark place, and supports may be provided for greater convenience in heating heavy articles.
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