These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Harbor Grace, Harbord, Harburg.
a port and the second town of Newfoundland, of entry on the W. side of Conception Bay, 84 miles W. N. W. of St. John's. It has a large but somewhat exposed harbor, with a revolving light, and carries on a considerable trade. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, and contains a Catholic cathedral and convent. Pop. about 4,300.
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JAMES GUTHRIE, an American soldier, born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1866. He graduated from the Kansas State Agricultural College in 1886. He entered the army as a private in 1889, and became 2d lieutenant in 1891. During the Spanish-American War he served as major Volunteer Cavalry, and at the close of of the 2d that war he was appointed 1st lieutenant of the 10th United States Cavalry. He rose through successive ing major in 1914, and lieutenant colonel grades, becomof the General Staff in 1917. In the same year he was appointed brigadier-general in the National Army, and in the following year was appointed major-general of the National Army. He was chief of staff of the American Expeditionary Force in France, from May, 1917, to May, 1918. In the latter year he commanded the Marine Brigade Château-Thierry. He was commander of 2d near the Division, and following this had charge of the Service Supply until May, 1919. In May of that year he was reppointed chief of staff of the Expeditionary Force. From August to American November, 1919, he was Chief of the American Military Mission to Armenia, and made a detailed report of conditions in that country. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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a seaport of Prussia, in the province of Hanover, , on the Elbe. Its 5 miles S. of Hamburg industries prior to the World War included gutta-percha goods, palm-oil, oil, saltpeter and other chemcotton-seed icals, artificial manure, walking sticks, leather, mineral water, machines, beer, After the deepening of the and jute. Elbe the commerce of Harburg greatly increased. It is a place of holiday resort for the Hamburgers. Pop. about 67,000.
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It is claimed that if an alloy is made from 4 copper, 7 zinc, and 1 tin, it will resist all attempts at turning; but if petroleum is used freely the alloy will yield at once to the tools. See BRASS; SPECULUM METAL.
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Under this name very different alloys are used, depending upon the metals to be united. The following table shows the composition of various hard solders, which have stood a practical test for various purposes:
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WILLIAM J., an American military officer; born in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 10, 1815; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1838; served with distinction in the Mexican War; in the Civil War entered the Confederate army with the rank of colonel; commanded a corps at Shiloh; promoted to lieutenant-general in 1862; commanded the left wing of the Confederate army at Perryville; defended Savannah against General Sherman in December, 1864. He died in Wytheville, Va., Nov. 6, 1873.
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MAXIMILIAN FELIX ERNST, a German editor and journalist, born in Berlin, 1861, son of a Jewish merchant named Witowski. He was educated in the French Gymnasium in Berlin, then began his life vocation as a journalist, first attracting attention by his political articles, written under the pseudonym "Apostata." In 1892 he founded and began to edit his famous weekly paper, "Die Zukunft" (the Future). His pungent and critical editorials soon gained prominence. With for him national bitter invective and satire he pointed out the evils of the government and German society which made his paper the most feared of all German publications by the ruling classes. He showed himself bitterly opposed to the war when Germany attacked France in 1914. Many editions of his paper were confiscated or suppressed by the Government during the war. Harden was especially strong in his denunciation of the Government's anti-American policy, and referred to the United States as "a great storehouse of idealism." Much capital was made of Harden's many exposures by the Socialists, but Harden himself was never a Socialist, and wrote as bithe had terly cly against Bolshevism as against German Imperialism.
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Important: Safety Warning This page contains a formula or preparation using substances now known to be dangerously toxic, such as arsenic, mercury, lead, or cyanide compounds. Exposure to these substances can cause severe poisoning, permanent injury, or death. In addition, 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. The processes for hardening or tempering the several metals are various. Steel is wonderfully affected by heating and then plunging into water, being so susceptible to this process that almost any degree of hardness may be obtained, and it may again be made soft and malleable, as before, by reheating and allowing it to slowly cool. To harden cast iron, use a liquid made as follows: Soft water 10 gallons, salt 1 peck, oil of vitriol 1/2 pint, saltpetre 1/2 pound, prussiate of potash 1/4 pound, cyanide of potash 1/2 pound. Heat the cast iron cherry-red, and dip as usual, repeating the process if wanted harder. Wrought iron is surface-hardened by heating to a bright red, sprinkling with prussiate of potash, and plunging into cold water when it has cooled to a very dull red. See METALS; TEMPERING.
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a fishing town of the Netherlands, on the S. shore of the Zuider Zee, 31 miles N. E. E. of Utrecht. From 1648 to 1811 it was the seat of a university. It is now a depot for recruits for the Dutch East Indian army.
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a king of England, son of Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy, the widow of Ethelred II.; born about 1019. At the death (1035) Harditime of his father's canute was in Denmark, and the throne given to Harold, his younger was brother; Wessex, however, was reserved for the absent prince, whose claims to the kingdom were upheld by Godwin and of Harold, in 1040, Emma. On the death Hardicanute was elected king in his place. In the short space of two years he provoked the discontent of his subjects by the imposition of a very heavy danegeld. He died in Lambeth, near London, June 8, 1042.
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