These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Gastonia, Gastritis, Gatacre.
a city of North Carolina, the county-seat of Gaston co. It is on the Southern, the Piedmont and Northern and the Carolina and Northwestern railroads. Its industries are of great importance and include cotton mills, oil works, manufactures of cottonmill machinery, brooms, cement, wood fiber, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,759; (1920) 12,871.
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inflammation of the stomach, either acute or chronic, usually most severe at the pyloric orifice, generally caused by corrosive or irritant poisons, but chiefly from the use of raw spirits, accompanied by nausea , sick ness, etc., and in severe cases followed by congestion. It seldom occurs in persons of temperate habit.
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SIR JOHN, an English soldier , born at Shropshire, in 1841. He was educated in private schools and entered the military service as an ensign in 1857. He served for many years in India and was commandant of the 23d Regiment until 1891. He was made Brigadier-General in the same year , and Major-General in 1897. He took part in the Indian Mutiny and in the China War of 1860. He also served in other expeditions and was decorated for gallantry in the service.
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in carpentry, a sash or frame in which a saw is extended to prevent buckling or bending. In locksmithing , one of the apertures in the tumbler for the passage of the stub. In founding: (1) An ingate, the aperture in a mold through which the metal is poured. The runner conducts the metal from the ingate to the hollow in the mold, where it forms a casting. The piece of metal which occupies the ingate and runner is called a sprue, and is knocked off the casting. (2) The sprue or piece of metal cast in the gate; a sullage piece. In hydraulic engineering: (1) The valve which admits the water to the bucket of the water wheel. (2) A sluice, admitting or shutting off water to or from a lock or dock. To stand in the gate or gates, in Scripture, to occupy a position of advantage, defense, or honor.
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That part of a system of runners which is in direct contact with the casting. In a plain mould, consisting of a cope and nowel, containing two or more castings which must be filled at one operation and without a runner-basin, the metal would enter from the ladle by the sprue into and down the down-gate into the main runner, and from thence into the castings through ingates or sprays connecting with the main runner. See BASIN; DOWN-GATE; RUNNER; SKIM-GATE.
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An upright runner (round, square, or flat) which is rammed up vertically in the cope, and forms the connection betwixt the orifice for pouring into, and the system of gates below. The gate-pin is not unfrequently termed a runner-stick. See DOWN-GATE; GATE.
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A strong, four-pronged steel fork for lifting the gates and medium heavy scrap out of the sand in the scrap-pile. The prongs are wide apart to allow all sand to fall through, and for this reason are preferable to an ordinary shovel for such use.
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MERRILL EDWARDS, an an publicist and educator , born in American publi Warsaw, N. Y. , in 1848. He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1870. After teaching in private schools until 1882 he became president of Rutgers College, serving until 1890, when he was chosen president of Amherst College. In 1899 he was appointed secretary of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners, serving until 1912. He was for 6 years president of the Lake Mohonk Indian Conference, and was prominently identified with Y. M. C. A. work. He was the author of "International Arbitration " (1897); "Highest Use of Wealth" (1901). He lectured extensively on religious and ethical subjects. colonial
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HORATIO, an American military officer; born in Maldon, England, in 1728; joined the British army early in life. In 1755 he was assigned to duty at Halifax, N. S. He was shot through the body at the Monongahela river while with Braddock's expedition. In July, 1775, after offering his services eld to Congress, that body appointed him adjutantgeneral; in 1776 he was given command of a portion of the Northern army, and, Aug. 2, 1777, assumed command of the Northern department . He met and captured Burgoyne with his whole army at Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777, for which he received a gold medal and a vote of thanks from Congress. In November of the same year he was appointed president of the new board of war and ordnance; and in 1778, while holding that post, sought with the aid of his friends in Congress to supersede Washington as commanderin-chief. This action soon brought him into discredit , and after fighting a duel with Wilkinson, his former adjutant, he resigned from active service. In June, 1780 , he again Vol. IV-Cyc-R entered the army, becoming commander of the troops in North Carolina . On Aug. 16, of that year, his army was defeated near Camden, S. C. He was soon afterward suspended from duty, but reinstated in his command in 1782 after the capture of Cornwallis. He died in New York City, April 10, 1806.
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SIR THOMAS, a governor of Virginia. He sailed from England in May, 1609, in charge of a colony col of 500 emigrants to the New World. His vessel, the "Sea Venture," was stranded on the rocks of Bermuda . Here the passengers built two new ships and finally reached Virginia in May, 1610. Gates went to England in the meantime and returned in 1611 with 300 more emigrants. He was made governor the same year and held that office till 1614, when he returned to England , and there died in 1621, or soon after .
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Horatio (1728-1805), an American general. He was born in England. He came to America in 1755 and served as a captain in Braddock's expedition. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he was made adjutant-general. He was appointed to the command of a part of the American forces. He was sent north to oppose Burgoyne, and was in command at the time of Burgoyne's surrender. This success, coming as it did at a time when Washington met with reverses, gave Gates an exaggerated opinion of his own ability. Many patriotic men, including Samuel and John Adams, with their New England prejudices, thought Gates an abler man for the chief command than the Virginian Washington. Dr. Rush of Philadelphia sided with them. Through their influence, Congress created a board of war with Gates at its head, thus placing him in virtual command over Washington. Gates then entered into a conspiracy with other officers to displace Washington. This disgraceful coalition is known in history as the Conway Cabal, named from the officer who was most active as Gates' tool in the matter. The plans of the cabal became known, however. It was broken up. Gates was assigned to a subordinate position with orders to report direct to Washington. He was later placed in command of the southern army, but met with a severe defeat at Camden and was court-martialed. His entire career rests under a shadow.
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