Each of these 14 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 chemistry, a substance obtained by treating glyoxal, kept cool on ice, with a slight excess of ammonia, glycosine separates as a powder, the filtered liquid is boiled with milk of lime, evaporated to a syrup, and extracted with alcohol, and distilling the alcoholic solution.
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CHO COOH or CH (OH)2 COOH, a thick liquid, readily soluble in water, but can be prepared in the crystalline condition by long standing over sulphuric acid, in which case the compound has the second formula given above. It is found in young beets, unripe apples, plums, gooseberries, rhubarb, currants and grapes. GLYPHIPTERYGIDE (glif-ip"te-rij' i-dē), a family of moths, group Tineina. The larva has 16 legs or is apodal. It generally mines in leaves.
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in the classification of Professor Huxley, a family of fossil ganoid fishes, sub-order Crossopterygidæ. There are two dorsal fins, the scales are sculptured, the pectoral fins acutely lobate, dendition dendrodont. There are two sub-families, the one with rhomboidal, and the other with cycloidal scales. Under the latter family fall the genus Holoptychius, etc.
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a huge fossil mammal, family Dasypodidae (armadillos). It was incased in armor, there being bony plates on the head, ad, and nearly hexagonal bony scutes on the body. It belongs to the Post-pliocene of South America. Including the tail, G. slavipes was more than nine feet long. GMELINA (me-li'nä) (named after Gmelin), a genus of Ver- Johann Georg G benaceæ, tribe Viticeæ. The leaves of G. parviflora render water mucilaginous. ous. It may then be employed as a ptisan for the cure of ardor urinæ. GMELINITE (mel'i-nīt) (named after yel- Prof. Charles rles Gmelin), a colorless, ss, lowish-white, greenish-white, or reddishite, greenish-wh white, fresh, transparent to translucent, brittle mineral, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. Sarcolite, lederevite, and hydrolite are varieties. Found at Andreasberg, in the Harz; at Montecchio, Maggiore, and Castel, in the Vincentine; in Cyprus; near Cape Blomidon, in Nova Scotia, etc.
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. See Frigga
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nat, a small two-winged insect. The distinction between flies, gnats, and midges is not clear. One of the best known species is the punkie of the northern woods. It is so small that the Indians gave it the name of "no-see-um." It penetrates the finest mosquito bar and is a great nuisance to the camper and hunter. Fortunately it is active during the daytime only. Certain species infest the eyes of deer, wolves, and other wild animals, even turkeys, almost blinding them. See Fly
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a genus of birds, called also DIDUNCULUS (q. v.). In zoölogy and paleontology, a genus of conchiferous m mollusks, family Mactridæ. It is so called because one of the lateral teeth connected with the hinge has a certain resemblance to a jawbone. Recent species, one certain and three doubtful; fossil three, from the Chalk onward. The best-known recent species is G. cuneatus, which was formerly eaten by the Indians It is found with Cyrena caroline Mobile, on the Gulf of Mexico, which is built on a shell bank consisting chiefly of the two species.
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AUGUST WILHELM ANTON, GRAF NEIT- HARDT VON, a Prussian general; born in Schildau, Prussian Saxony, Oct. 27, 1760. In 1782 he accompanied the Gerauxiliaries of England to the man American colonies. On his return he joined (1786) the Prussian army, and 20 years later fought at Saalfeld and in the battle of Jena. He gave convincing proof of his military genius in the defense of Colberg from April to July, 1807; and this led to his appointment on the commission for the reorganization of the Prussian army. In the war of liberation he rendered distinguished service at the battle of Leipsic (1813). But his most meritorious work was his share in the Waterloo campaign, in which he was chief of Blücher's staff, and principally directed the strategy of the Prussian army. He had been 15 years on the retired list when, in 1831, on the outbreak of the Polish rebellion, he was made field-marshal and given command of the Prussian army on the Polish frontier. He died in Posen, Aug. 24, 1831.
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in mediæval mythology, the name given by cabalistic writers to one of the classes of imaginary beings which are supposed to be the presiding spirits in mysterious operations of nature in the mineral and vegetable world. They have their dwelling within the earth, where they preside specially over its treasures, and are of both sexes, male and female. The former are often represented in the form of misshapen dwarfs, of whom the well-known "Rübezahl," or "Number-nip," of German legend is a familiar example. Pope, in the "Rape of the Lock," and Darwin win, in the "Loves of the Plants," have drawn on the more pleasing associations of this curious branch of mythology. Also a small and ill-favored person; a dwarf; a misshapen being. once
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an antelope found in the vicinity point or mark set to bound a race.
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a powder deriving its name from the island of Goa, on the Malabar coast; it is very bitter and is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. GOAR. See ST. GOAR.
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the winning post in a race ; the FOOTBALL (q. v.), the space marked by goal posts and a cross bar to define the In required path of the ball in order that a "goal" may be scored. According to Rugby rules, the ball must be kicked over the cross bar; according to association rules, it must go under. Also the act of kicking the ball through or over the goal posts.
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a markettown of Bengal, on tongue of land the confluence of the main streams of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, an important entrepôt for the river trade, the terminus of the Eastern Bengal railway, and the starting point of the Assam steamers. Busy markets are held daily, and the river is crowded with native craft, in which most of the trade is carried on, and fishing boats.
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Cossus ligniperda, a large moth belonging to the family Zenzeridæ. The fore wings are pale brown, clouded with whitish, and marked with numerous short, irregular transverse wavy black lines; hind wings palesmoky, with similar transverse dark lines, but less distinct. It feeds on the wood of willows, poplars, and oaks, sometimes perforating the wood in all directions.
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