Knoxville College
an institution for higher education, at Knoxville, Tenn., founded in 1876. There were in the autumn of 1919, 500 students and 25 instructors. President, J. K. Giffen.
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Each of these 11 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.
Knuckle Joint
a joint in which a projection on each leg or leaf of a leaf machine or implement is inserted in corinser responding recesses in the other, the two me other, being connected by a pin or a pivot on orap which they mutually turn. The legs of The dividers and the leaves of butt-hinges e knuckle are examples of the true knuckle joint. The term, however, is somewhat comsomewhat monly applied to joints in which the moplace. tion is not confined to one place. KNUR AND SPELL (called by Strutt called by "Northern Spell"), an old English game Ed Englis played with a ball, which is "risen" from a trap and hit with a bat made for the purpose. The ball, called the "knur," is made of wood, a little bigger than a walnut. The bat, called a "tripstick," as it is also used to s spring the the trap or "spell," consists of a piece of hard wood, 6 by 4 inches, and 1 inch thick (the pommel), attached to a supple handle from 3 to 4 feet long, which the player giving grasps with both hands, giving the full swing of his body with the stroke. The the stroke mulative dia game consists of the cumulative distance of a given number of strokes, the player rokes, the who has the greatest number of yards number of being the winner.
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Knysna
a forest tract and elephant cact and sle preserve, extending from the sea to the Outeniqua Mountains in Cape Colony, in Cape C 150 miles W. of Port Elizabeth. Elizabeth.
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Koala
the genus Phascolarctos, and or hascolarese specially P. cinereus, the native bear ne native b native sloth of the Australian colonies. It is a tailless, but pouched animal, about ned a two feet long, with a stout body and limbs, a small head, moderate-sized ears, well-developed feet, and ash-gray fur. It feeds on the tender shoots of the blue gum tree, which the natives climb to effect its capture.
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Kobbe
GUSTAV, an American auan thor; born in New York, March 4, 1857; was graduated at Columbia University rabia in 1877 and at its Law School in 1879; School and later engaged in newspaper and newssa magazine work. He is author of "The author
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Kobe
a port of Central Japan; on Central Japan; on the W. shore of the Gulf of Ozaka, about Gulf of Ozaka, about 20 miles S. of that city. Pop. about 500,ity. Pop, about 500- 000. The foreign settlement is finely settlement is finely laid out, and the town is one of the most wh is one of the mont attractive and prosperous in Japan. It perous in Japan. It has been open to foreign trade since foreign trade since direct communication 1868. Kobe has direct communication with Great Britain, Germany, Canada, In, Germany, Canada, and Australia.
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Kobold
a spirit, differing from the eit, differing from the specter in never having been a living having been a living human creature. It is the German cor- It is the German correspondent of the English goblin, of English goblin, of which it is probably the origin. From ly the origin. From it the metal cobalt derives its name. The erives its name. The kobold is said to be connected with a be connected with a house or family, and always to appear and always to appear In the mines they are in human shape. In the mines they are believed to appear, sometimes in the T, sometimes in the form of a blue flame, sometimes in that ne, sometimes in that of a dwarfish child, and to point out rich and to point out rich veins.
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Kochab
a star of the third magnir of the third magnitude in Ursa Minor, "The Little Bear," or, "The Little Bear," and which in the time of Ptolemy was the me of Ptolemy was the actual pole-star.
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Kock
PAUL HENRI DE, a French novelist and playwright , son of Charles Paul; born in Paris Paris, France, April 25, 1819. He followed closely in his father's footsteps, producing numerous novels and plays , which however, never enjoyed the same popularity. Titles of some of his novels are: "The King of the Students and the Queen of the Grisettes" (1844); " Kisses Accursed" (1860); "Absinthe Drinkers" (1863); "The New Manon" (1864 ); "Mademoiselle Croquemitaine" (1871). He died in Limeil, April 14, 1892.
DE in Passy, France, May 21, 1794. He wrote a great number of novels that showed humor and observation describing Parisian lower class life of his time, and were emphatically realistic. Among the most popular were: "Georgette" (1820); "Gustave" (1821 ); "Monsieur Dupont" (1824); "Wife, Husband, and Lover" (1829); "The Man with Three Pairs of Trousers " (1840); "A Woman with Three Faces " (1859); "The Millionaire" (1867). He wrote also popular songs. He died in Paris, Aug. 29, 1871.
DE "Wag- (188 ner's Life and Works" (1890); “My (1890); "My Rosary and Other Poems" (1896); "New 896); "New oem York and Its Environs"; "Signora" Environs"; "Signora" (1906); "Wagner and His Isolde" and His Isolde Appreciate Music" (1905), "How to Appreciate Music" (1906); "Modern Women" (1916). He Vomen" (1916). He died in 1918.
CHARLES PAUL DE (kōk), LES PAUL DE (kök), a French novelist and playwright; born and playwright; born
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Koenig
PAUL, captain of the merchant submarine "Deutschland" which crossed the Atlantic from Germany and arrived at Baltimore on July 10, 1916, with a cargo of dyestuffs. While in the United States he was interviewed by newspapermen, was even the recipient of vaudeville offers, was welcomed by mayor of Baltimore and officials. On August 2 he sailed on the return voyage, later making a second voyage and putting in at New London, Conn.
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Kofu
a town in the province of Kai, Japan , located about 80 miles from Tokyo. The town has progressed rapidly in recent years having many buildings of the European style. The industries are silk-weaving, the polishing of rock-crystals found in the quarries nearby, and the making of wine. Population, about 50,000.
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