These 8 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Mackintosh, Macklin, Macle.
a long, loose waterproof garment worn by both men and women. It takes its name from Charles Mackintosh, the English inventor of the cloth. Mackintosh cloth is prepared by spreading several layers of India rubber paste on the surface of a cotton or worsted fabric. Sometimes the coated surfaces of two fabrics are united by pressure, forming a double-faced cloth.
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CHARLES, an English actor and dramatist; born in Ireland, May 1, 1697 or 1699. In 1733 was engaged for small parts at Drury Lane, London. He steadily rose in the public favor, till in 1741 he appeared in his great character, Shylock. From this time he was accounted one of the best actors, appearing with nearly equal success in tragedy or comedy, in passion or buffoonery, for nearly half a century. His last performance was at Covent Garden in May, 1789, when he broke down; but he survived, with an annuity of $1,000 for eight years longer. In 1735 he killed a brother actor in a quarrel over a wig, and was tried for murder. He wrote a tragedy and several farces and comedies; of these "Love à-la-Mode" (1759) and "The Man of the World" (1781) have been printed. He died in London, England, July 11, 1797.
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in mineralogy, a variety of andalusite, occurring in long, tapering crystals in clay-slate. They have the axes and angles of a different color from the rest of the crystals, owing to a regular arrangement of impurities in the interior. In transverse section they exhibit a cross or a tassellation, the outlines of which are frequently rhombs.
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FIONA, pen-name of WILLIAM SHARP (1856-1905), q. v., a secret well preserved until after Mr. Sharp's death. The works under this name had a strong Gaelic flavor. His other style was to a marked degree different from this and he was a voluminous writer. As Fiona Macleod, besides magazine work, he published: "Pharais" (1895), a romance; "The Mountain Lovers" (1895); "The Sin-Eater and Other Tales" (1895); "The Washer of the Ford" (1896); "Green Fire" (1896); a modern version of the old Celtic romance, "The Laughter of Peterkin"; "The Dominion of Dreams" (1899); "Forthcoming, an Historical Jacobite Romance"; "The Highland Year"; etc.
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DANIEL, a British painter; born in Cork, Ireland, Feb. 2, 1806. He was the son of a Highland soldier named McLeish. He entered the school of the Royal Academy, London, in 1828, soon exhibited at the Academy, and in 1833 made himself famous by his "All- Hallow Eve." He became royal academician in 1840. His later pictures are many of them familiar by engraving. The frescoes-each 45 feet long and 12 feet high-in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords, depicting "The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher on the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo" and "The Death of Nelson at Trafalgar," were admitted to be the finest mural paintings hitherto executed in Great Britain. The most noteworthy pictures exhibited by Maclise, after the completion of these great works, were "Othello," "Desdemona," and "Ophelia" (1867), "King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid" (1869). He died in London, England, April 25, 1870.
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the followers of the Rev. John Macmillan, of Balmaghie, in K Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, who, in the latter part of the 17th 7th century, aided in laying the foundation of the Reformed Presbyterian or Cameronian Church. MacMILLEN, FRANCIS, American violinist; born in 1885 at Marietta, O., he studied at Chicago and then at Berlin under Joachim. He was awarded 1st prize at the Brussels Conservatory at the age of 16, and made his first public appearance in Brussels in 1903. He then successfully toured Great Britain, Belgium, France, and Germany. His début in New York took place in 1906, and he has since played with leading orchestras in the principal cities of America and Europe. MacMONNIES, FREDERICK WIL- LIAM, sculptor and painter; born in 1863 in Brooklyn, entered studio of Saint Gaudens in 1880, studying at night in the life classes of the Academy of Designs. He next studied art at Munich and in the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris. His chief work was the great fountain 1799; was lieutenant-colonel of engineers at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, which was adorned by 27 figures. His statue of Diana, exhibited at Paris, and his statue of Nathan Hale, now in the City Hall Park, New York, have been greatly admired. His other works include three life-size bronze angels, at St. Paul's Church, New York, statue to James S. T. Stranahan, Brooklyn, statues to Generals Slocum and McClellan, Bacchante with infant, equestrian statuette of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Frederick (1863-), an American artist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York . His mother was of Puritan descent, a grandniece of Benjamin West, the painter. His father was a successful importer. At five young Frederick modeled figures in dough from the kitchen table. At seven he used white wax chewing gum to model a figure of George Washington. At ten he was aroused to enthusiasm by an elephant exhibited by Barnum's circus and modeled a figure of it in clay. At seventeen he was fortunate enough to enter the studio of Saint-Gaudens, then in New York City. After assisting this eminent sculptor for a time he went to Paris and entered the School of Fine Arts . Here MacMonnies took the highest prizes awarded foreigners, and in 1889 he opened a studio of his own in the Latin Quarter. In this year he exhibited a Diana in the Salon and received honorable mention. Among the works of note executed by MacMonnies are Nathan Hale for City Hall Park, New York; Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at the Vanderbilt Avenue entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn; Shakespeare and Sir Harry Vane, Boston; bronze doors for the Congressional Library, Washington. Since 1900 MacMonnies has devoted himself chiefly to painting. His most noted canvas is The Cure of Giverny, Giverny being the name of the French village in which he resided for many years.
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mah'ko, a name under which all varieties of Egyptian cotton were classed at one time. The word is from Macobey, a prominent cotton planter of Egypt. The name is applied also to a variety of garments made of Egyptian cotton. Maco cotton is fine, smooth, glossy, and long stapled, although not equal in these particulars to Sea Island cotton. It is adapted especially to the dyer's art, taking brilliant and permanent colors with readiness. It possesses also the qualities which cause the fibers to cling together so as to be twisted into a fine, strong thread. Maco cotton is therefore valuable for laces, for mixing with silk and wool, and for all high grade knitted garments. It is also especially suitable for mercerizing. See Cotton ; Mercerizing
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