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.
a town of New Jersey, in Atlantic co. It is on the Atlantic City and the West Jersey and Seashore railroads. It is the center of an important fruit-growing and poultryraising region. Its industries include the manufacture of shoes, cut-glass ware, underwear, hosiery, optical instruments, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,088; (1920) 6,417.
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A sacred stone like gold, shaped as a ram's horn. If its possessor is in the posture of contemplation, it gives the mind a representation of all divine things.
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an institution of learning in Hampden-Sidney, Va.; founded in 1775 by the Pres- Hanover and incorbyterian Church of byteri porated by the Legislature of Virginia in 1783. It is located on a tract of land 1773, and which has been increased by purchases given by Peter Johnson in and gifts, so that the college now owns about 250 acres. In 1919 it reported: Professors and instructors, 8; students, 159; president, A. W. McWhorter, A. M.
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a parliamentary borough of London, England, situated on a range of hills 4 miles N. W. of London. It was formerly famous for its medicinal springs, and is still a favorite place of residence and of holiday resort among Londoners. On the summit of the hill (430 feet), above the village, is the Heath, which affords extensive and pleasant prospects of the surrounding country. A house on the Heath was at one time the place of resort of the famous Kit-Cat Club, at which Steele, Addison, Richardson, Walpole, and others used to assemble. Hampstead is associated with many names in literature and art, as those of Pope, Gay, Johnson, Byron, Romney, Coleridge, Keats, Shel- Leigh Hunt, and Landseer. Pop. ley, Le 85,500
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a burrowing animal of the rat kind. It differs from a rat chiefly in having two cheek pouches. On that account the pocket gopher, while not closely related, has been called the American hamster. The common hamster inhabits fertile fields of Europe and Asia. It is a stout little animal, about ten inches long, with a hairy tail. The prevailing color is black. It burrows into the ground, making galleries in which it stores food. A pair of hamsters has been known to hoard 170 pounds of grain. It is very prolific. As many as sixteen young are brought forth at a time. It has become such a pest in Belgium that the government offers a four cent bounty for its destruction. See Rat
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a Chinese dynasty, reigning from 20 B. C. to A. D. 25. It was founded by Lew Pang, and was succeeded by the Eastern Han Dynasty, which lasted till A. D. 237.
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an ancient driedup sea in central Asia, now represented only by Lake Lob-nor.
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a river in China, 1,300 miles long. Traffic is considerable and the region watered is in some places styled the "Garden of China." HANKOW (-kou) ("Mouth of the Han"), a town and river-port in China, in the province of Hupeh, at the junction of the Han with the Yang-tse-kiang; Hanyang being on the opposite bank of the Han, and Wuchang on the other side of the Yangtse. The port was opened to foreign trade in 1862, and has become the chief emporium for the green-tea districts in the central provinces, which formerly sent their produce for export to steamers ascend to the Canton. Large 185 the In 1857 Hankow fell into town. hands of the Taiping rebels, and was almost completely demolished by them. Pop. about 830,000.
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a town in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau; at the confluence of the Kinzig and the Main; 13 miles E. by N. of Frankfort. It is divided into the Old and the New Town; the latter was founded in 1597 by Protestant refugees from Holland and Belgium, who introduced the manufacture of woolen and silk goods, which still flourishes. The town of Hanau stands pre-eminent in Germany for its Bejewelry and gold and silver wares. sides these it carries on manufactures of carpets, chocolate, leather, cards, paper, hats, tobacco, and gunpowder, and an iron foundry. has breweries and Here the brothers Grimm were born. In the neighborhood is the watering-place of Wilhelmsbad. Hanau dates as a town from 1393. It had a very chequered Years' War. history during the Thirty the town was fought one of Na- Near poleon's last battles in Germany, Oct. 30 and 31, 1813, when he defeated the allied forces under Wrede. Pop. about 37,500.
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a Mohammedan sect; a branch of the Sunnites.
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Winfield Scott (1824-1886), an American soldier. He was born at Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, and died on Governor's Islan, New York . He was a graduate of West Point and served with credit in the Mexican War. He was with the United States forces in Florida during the Seminole War, was sent to Kansas during the border struggle, and was stationed subsequently at various points in Utah and at Los Angeles , California. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was assigned to the Army of the Potomac with the rank of brigadier. He took part at Antietam and Fredericksburg, saved the day for the Federals at Chancellorsville, and, though not in chief command, he was the hero of the Union army at Gettysburg. After the close of the war he commanded the military departments of Missouri, Texas, the Atlantic, Dakota, and the Atlantic again. Grant regarded him as a brilliant leader, a soldier of merit. In 1880 he was nominated by the Democratic party for the presidency. He received but 9,464 votes less than Garfield. See Civil War
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the part of the body which terminates the arm, consisting of the palm and fingers, connected with the arm at the wrist; the principal organ of touch and prehension. The human hand eight is composed of 27 bones, namely eig bones of the carpus or wrist arranged in two rows of four each, the row next the fore-arm containing the scaphoid, the semilunar, the cuneiform, and the pisi form, and that next the metacarpus, the trapezium, the trapezoid, the os magnum, and the unciform. The metacarpus consists of the five bones which form the palm, the first being that of the thumb, the others that of the fingers in succession. Lastly, the finge fingers proper contain 14 bones called phalanges, of which the thumb has but two, all the other digits having three each.
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