Each of these 10 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.
When the blast-furnace is in operation it is regularly fed with definite proportions of fuel, ore, and broken limestone. The latter is added as a flux to render the iron more fusible, and, by combining with the impurities in the ore, prevent the formation of compounds containing iron, thus effecting a saving of metal. See CAST IRON, FLUX; SLAG; ORE.
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a monarchy mains of in which the power of the sovereign is by William not absolute, but is constitutionally limal palace ited, usually by assemblages of the nobility, clergy, and elected representatives of the people. The sovereignty is a headship more or less real; it is not an autocracy.
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The name of a continuous series of fortifications, consisting of castles, walls, earthen ramparts, and the like, which the Romans erected along the Rhine and the Danube to protect their possessions from the attacks of the Germans.
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a port of Costa Rica, founded in 1861, on the Caribbean Sea, in the province of the same name. Pop. about 25,000. The railway begins here, and the place has a landing pier. There are considerable exports from this place of coffee, caoutchouc, cocoanuts, sarsaparilla, vegetables, wood, and hats. Pop. about 8,000.
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a college of Oxormati in 1879. ford University, England; founded in field 1427 by Richard Fleming, Bishop of College HOLA Lincoln. cago. LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERturing SITY, an institution for higher educa- Anti - Ends Ast evera AY Cumberland Gap, ly through the ef tion, founded near Cumberland Gap, iver Otis Howard. in 1897, largely through the efhish educational adof General Oliver Otis Howard. in the mountain repurpose is to furnish educational ad- There are about to dwellers in the mountain reesident, George A. of Tennessee. There are about students. President, George A. Hubbell, Ph.D. IT, a peak of the Colorado, about 8 LINCOLN, MOUNT, a peak of the adville, reaching a Mountains, in Colorado, about 8 st. A railroad has N. E. of Leadville, reaching a the silver-mining of 14,297 feet. A railroad has and there is a meteconstructed to the silver - mining ducted by Harvard at the summit, and there is a meteon being placed at station conducted by Harvard feet). , another station being placed at a lower level (13,500 feet). an eastern county ly to Yorkshire in
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an eastern county England, second only to Yorkshire in The Humber, E. by y Cambridgeshire, bounded N. by the Humber, E. by It is level, and German ocean, S. by Cambridgeshire, by artificial emby Lancashire. It is level, and partially protected by artificial emses. Agriculture bankments from the sea. barley the chief Agriculture much stockrais advanced with barley the chief traversed by the , while there is much stockraisand Welland. fishing. It is traversed by the Trent ubmarine forest, , Witham and Welland. th. Area 2,638 are traces of mineral wealth. Area 2,638 a submarine forest, ut 575,000. miles. Pop. about 575,000. GOLDSCHMIDT. , JENNY. See GOLDSCHMIDT. NDSAY, SIR born ab about the
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Jenny (1820-1887), a Swedish singer. She was born at Stockholm and died in England. She was educated in the Stockholm Conservatory of Music, and after obtaining some reputation, she studied and sang in Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Leipsic, and Vienna. In 1847 she made a tour of England with remarkable success. In 1850 P. T. Barnum, the American showman, brought her to New York under contract to sing for 150 nights at $1,000 an evening, and expenses for herself and troupe. Barnum took in over $700,000. The excitement rose to such a pitch that the first ticket sold in Providence, Rhode Island , was put up at auction and was bid in at $760. This amount was paid by a wealthy man who was willing to spend that sum for the advertising it gave him. In 1852 Miss Lind married Otto Goldschmidt of Boston, and ceased to accept engagements, though giving her money and time freely for worthy causes. She made her home finally in the vicinity of London. In 1894 a bust was unveiled in her honor in Westminster Abbey . Jenny Lind possessed one of the sweetest voices the world has ever heard.
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lin'zi, Sir David (1490-1555), a Scottish poet. From the name of his estate in Fife, he was called "Lindsay of the Mount." In 1530 he was knighted and made Lyon, king-at-arms. He is mentioned in Scott's Marmion as meeting that chieftain and leading him to a place of entertainment. His principal works are his Dreme, Complaynt, Ane Satyre of the Three Estatis, Answer to the King's Flyting, History and Testament of Squire Meldrum, and The Monarchie. Prior to the appearance of Burns, he held the first place among Scottish poets. He wrote chiefly in a satirical vein and did much, it is considered, to bring about the Scottish Reformation. See Heraldry
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a fish of the codfish family. It has a long body, with two back fins. The front fin is much the shorter. A barbel is attached to the chin. The lower jaw and palate are armed with large teeth. The usual length is from three to four feet, but ling from five to six feet in length and weighing seventy pounds have been taken. The ling is found in the North Atlantic as far south as the coast of Spain. It is taken chiefly in the German Ocean off the coasts of Great Britain , Ireland, Norway, and Denmark. During the summer it remains in deep water , but during the winter months it approaches the shore and is taken by means of long lines. Ling are also taken in the waters of Greenland and Newfoundland. Ling is prepared for market either by salting down or by splitting and drying. It is one of the favorite fishes on the continent during the season of Lent.
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JOHN, an English historian; born in Winchester, England, Feb. 5, 1771. He was educated at the college of Douay, in France, and on its removal to England, during the French Revolution, accompanied it there. The work on which his fame rests is his "History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688"; the first edition of which appeared between 1819- 1825. It was subsequently considerably enlarged and is esteemed one of the best text-books on English history. He was author also of the "History and Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church." The dignity of cardinal was offered to ingard, and declined. He died in Hornby, Lancashire, England, July 17, LINKÖPING (ling'che-ping), one of the oldest towns in Sweden, capital of East Gothland and the seat of its bishop. The Romanesque cathedral, which dates from the 12th century, is one of the finest churches in Sweden. Since 1887 Linköping has had direct communication for vessels with the Baltic, and now exports timber and gilded moldings. Pop. (1918) 25,930. ancient royal
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