Each of these 12 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.
an institution for the education of women, in New the New York York City, founded as Normal School, in 1870. It received its in honor of Presipresent designation dent Hunter, who was its head for nearly 50 years. There were in 1919 112 instructors and 1,277 students. The president was G. S. Davis, LL. D. The college is supported chiefly by appropriations from the city.
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John (1728-1793), a famous surgeon. He was a native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, an uncle of Joanna Baillie. He was educated at Oxford University. After filling various hospital and army appointments, he settled down in London to the practice of surgery. He was a lecturer in various hospitals. The famous Jenner was one of his students. Dr. Hunter was one of the most progressive surgeons London has ever seen. He was a thorough student. He converted his home into a museum. At his death he left 10,563 specimens and preparations illustrating human and comparative anatomy. His collection now forms the nucleus of the anatomical museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. An older brother, William Hunter, was noted likewise for his skill and habits of investigation. He left a very large collection to the University of Glasgow. See Surgery
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in ordinary language, the act or practice of hunting game or wild animals; the chase as a means of livelihood or for sport. In campanology, a term in change-ringing.
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SELINA, COUNT- ESS OF, an English reformer, daughter of Washington Shirley, 2d Earl Ferrers; born Aug. Aug. 24, 24, 1707. 170 She married the Earl of Huntingdon in 1728, and became a widow in 1746. Adopting the principles of the Calvinistic Methodists, she made the famous George Whitefield one of her chaplains, and assumed a leadership among his followers, who came to be known as "The Countess of Huntingdon's Connection." For the education of ministers she established and maintained a college at Trevecca; and built, or became possessed of, numerous chapels, the prin- 17, 1791.
a borough and county-seat of Huntingdon co., Pa.; on the Juniata river, and on the Pennsylvania and the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain railroads; 202 miles W. of Philadelphia. It is the farming and mining trade center of the county; has coal mines, and stove, hosiery, sewerpipe, and furniture factories. It is the seat of Juniata College, Orphans' Home, and State Industrial Reformatory. There are electric lights, public high school, daily and weekly newspapers, and National banks. Pop. (1910) 6,861; (1920) 7,051.
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an east-midland county of England, with an area of about 365 square miles. It is almost agricultural or pasture land, producing most of the standard vegetables. There are manufactures of paper, parchment, and tile. Pop. about 56,000. The capital is Huntingdon.
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town and county-seat of Madison co., Ala., on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and the S. Southern railroads; 181 miles of Nashville, Tenn. It is a summer and winter resort and the seat of Goodrich and Training School, State Agricultural Mechanical Institute for Negroes, and Lowry and Westmoreland Infirmary. Its manufactures include cotton, cottonseed oil, flour, and sawmill products. There are daily and weekly newspapers, public high school, National banks, and an Pop. (1910) 7,611; (1920) 8,018.
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JÁNOS (hön'yä-di), a great Hungarian soldier; born in Hunyad, Transylvania, in 1387. His life may be succinctly described as one unbroken crusade against the Turks. He became voivode of Transylvania in 1442, and regent of Hungary on the death of Ladislaus I. of Poland in 1444. The principal moments in his celebrated contest with the foes of Christendom are his expulsion of them from Transylvania in 1442; his brilliant campaign S. of the Danube in 1443; his defeat in the bloody battle of Varna, 1444; and that of Kossovo in 1448; but his most glorious Belachievement was the storming of grade (1456) During the minority of Ladislaus V. he acted as governor of the kingdom (1445-1453). Hunyady left two sons, Ladislaus and Matthias the former of whom was beheaded at Buda on a charge of conspiracy; the latter succeeded to the crown of Hungary. He died in Semlin, Croatia-Slavonia, Aug. 11, 1456.
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the valley (containing the forts of Hunza and Nagar) of a river running into the Gilgit, at the extreme N. W. corner of Kashmir. Together with Kanjut, the upper part of the same valley, it became British in 1891.
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a group 170 miles N. W. of New Caledonia, in the Pacific Ocean. They belong to France, and are among the Australasia and Oceania dependencies administered from New Caledonia. They are most barren, and few Europeans live there.
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a hydrous phosphate of the oxides of iron and manganese, occurring in small, yellow, reddish, or arly colorless crystals, at Limoges, commune of Hureaux, France.
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EDWARD NASH, an American public official. He was born at Galesburg, Ill., in 1864, and was educated in the public schools. He was railyear he road engineer till 1888, in which became manager of the U. S. Metallic orig- Packing Co., , in in Philadelphia. He inated the pneumatic tool industry, and in 1896-1902 was head of the Standard Pneumatic Tool Co., Chicago. Sold out interests and engaged in farming and stock raising at Wheaton, Ill., 1902-1908. In 1908-1915 was president of Hurley Machine Co., Chicago. Appointed in 1913 U. S. Trade Commissioner to Latin American republics, and became chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in 1917. In 1917 he was appointed chairman of the United States Shipping Board and was president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. He retained those positions till 1919. He was author of "The Awakening of Business."
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Lake, one of the Great Lakes . It lies between Michigan and Ontario. It receives the waters of Lakes Superior and Michigan and discharges them through the Detroit River into Lake Erie. At an early day the water of this lake was discharged by an outlet farther to the eastward. Lake Huron, with Saginaw Bay on the west and Georgian Bay on the east, has a total area of about 22,322 square miles. Its surface is 581 feet above the level of the sea. It lies twenty-one feet below the level of Lake Superior. The greatest depth is about 750 feet.
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