Each of these 9 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.
Poland, town on right bank of the Bzura, 50 miles W. S. W. of Warsaw, the scene of heavy fighting during the German drives on Warsaw heavy during fortifications 1914-1916. The Germans erected turing center. It is a manufacleather goods, for soap, candles and contains large flour mills. Pop. about 14,500.
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JAMES WILLIAM, an English politician born in 1855. Educated at King's College, London, and Cambridge University, where he won honors in classical and law tripos. Became a barrister in 1879, a Bencher in the Middle Temple in 1906. Elected a Member of Parliament for Rutland in 1883. Contested Mid Cumberland in 1885. Appointed 4th Charity Commiswhich sioner in 1887. Under - Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 1891. Represented Great Britain at the International Conference at Venice in 1892. Chairman Quarter Sessions for Cumberland 1900. Alderman East Suffolk County Council in 1914. Chairman of Committee on Ways and Means, and Deputy Speaker in 1895- 1905. He has been Speaker of House of Commons since 1905. Chairman Speakpop. er's Electoral Reform Conference 1916and a, 1917. Chairman of Boundary Commis- Chief sions of Great Britain and Ireland in 1917. Chairman Royal Commission on , Proportional Legislative Representation in 1918.
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Chicago, U. S. A. In 1869 the Rev. Arnold Damen, S. J., associated with other Jesuit priests, founded the St. Ignatius College, which became Loyola University, the oldest and largest Catholic institution of high learning in Chicago. St. Ignatius College was at first located in the suburbs of the city, but it increased so rapidly in popularity and influence that in 1909 the Board of Trustees purchased 20 acres on the north shore where the institution would have room to expand. Loyola University was incorporated in 1909. A Law Dept. was opened in 1908. In 1909 the University became associated with the Illinois Medical College and with the Bennett Medical College in 1910. The Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery was purchased in 1917, and the Medical Dept. of the University now bears that name. In 1913 a Department of Sociology was opened. A junior college of engineering and two high schools are controlled by the University.
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CHARLES. See HYACINTHE, PÈRE. LOZÈRE (lō-zār'), a department in the S. of France, comprising the arrondissements of Mende, Florac, and Marvejols; area 1,996 square miles; pop. about 125,000; forms the S. E. extremity of the central uplands of France, and embraces the highest peaks of the Cévennes (Pic de Finiels, 5,584 feet); in the mountains the climate is severe, and little grain is produced; chief prod ucts, potatoes, chestnuts, fruits, hemp and flax; cattle and sheep are extensively reared, and silkworms bred. The minerals are silver, lead, and antimony. The department contains some of the grandest scenery of France in the eroded limestone districts of the "Causses." Important prehistoric remains have been found in the caverns. Capital, Mende.
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Serbia, a town or village of Serbia, on the right bank of the Drina, 65 miles S. W. of Belgrade. The town acquired prominence as the scene of the first heavy fighting of the World War in the Balkans. It was at this point that the Austrian armies, under General Piotorek, made the first attack in their first invasion of Serbian territory, on Aug. 12, 1914, and so began the battle of the Jardar river. Loznitza was also the center of all the military operations that took place in this section of Serbia during the following eighteen months, which finally terminated in the conquest of the country by the troops of the Central Powers.
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The fish whose gall was used by Tobias to restore his father's sight. It is said to be very powerful against ophthalmia, and its heart is potent in driving away demons.
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the capital of a Polish government (area 6,501 square miles; pop. about 1,575,000), on a subtributary of the Vistula, 96 miles S. E. of Warsaw; has a 13th century cathedral and manufactures of tobacco, beer, candles, soap, etc., and a large large trade in corn and wool. It was plundered by the Mongols in 1240, 1344, and 1477; from the end of the 14th to the end of the 16th century was the principal commercial town between the Vistula and the Dnieper; except the gates, nothing now remains of its former walls. Here was signed in 1569 the treaty of union between Lithuania and Poland. Lublin was captured by the Russians in 1831. The city was in the area of active warfare during the World War, and in 1914 a Russian army defeated Austrian forces rere. Pop. about 70,000.
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a substance inserted between moving contact parts of a machine for the purpose of reducing friction and preventing abrasion. The substances used as lubricants vary great. ly with the use to which they are putsolids such as soapstone or graphite, used to lubricate surfaces subjected to high pressure and running at low speed are one extreme; a light oil such as castor oil, used for the high speed, high temperature airplane motor, is the other extreme. The requirements of a good lubricant are: low coefficient of friction, stability under high temperature (high flash point), as fluid a body as possible to fulfill the requirements, since a high viscosity means a high coefficient of friction, freedom of acids or other injurious impurities which would react chemically with the metal of the bearing to which it was applied, and freedom from impurities which cause gumming. Various lubricants, designed for special purposes, by mixing mineral, animal or vegetable oils, are on the market. Among the methods of lubrication are direct application by hand; the gravity system, in which the oil flows through a pipe from a tank to the bearing by gravity; various mechanical systems in which the oil is circulated by means of a pump from a tank to the bearings, and frequently through a strainer back into the tank; and the splash system, in which some moving part of the motor splashes oil from a closed case over all bearing surfaces.
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EDWARD VERRALL, an English writer on travel and essayist. Born in 1868 at Brighton and educated in London, he was first employed by the Sussex "Daily News." Later he was associated with the "Globe," the "Academy," and finally with "Punch." Among his works are essays written after the style of Lamb, anthologies of English poetry, bocks for children, and works of biography and travel. Among his best known publications are "Life of Charles Lamb" (2 vols., 1905), "Anne's Terrible Good Nature, and Other Stories for Children" (1908), "The Slow Coach" (1910), "A Wanderer in Venice" (1914).
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