These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as May Apple, Mayaguez, Mayas.
the 5th month of the year, having 31 days. It was 2d in the old Alban calendar, 3d in that of Romulus, and 5th in that of Numa Pompilius. In the Alban calendar it only had 26 days, in the calendar of Romulus 31 days, and in that of Numa 30 days. The odd day of which Numa deprived it was restored by Julius Cæsar. The etymology of the word is doubtful.
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the fruit of Podophyllum peltatum, a ranunculaceous plant growing in the East. It is a low herbaceous p plant, having the white flowers hidden by by the overshadowing broad leaves. Also Passiflora incarnata, which has sweet-scented flowers variegated with purple. The fruit is of the size of an apple, but orange-colored, with a
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the third largest city in Porto Rico, situated on the western coast of the island. The shallow roadstead of the harbor prevents its general use by any but small steamers. While the industries are small and unimportant a considerable amount of coffee is shipped to the United States from this port. Pop. (1920) 19,069.
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(See Mexico and Central America .) Mayavi-rupa is the invisible part of the physical body. Its appearance is exactly similar to that of the physical body. (See Seven Principles, Rupa, Theosophy .)
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a river in N. W. France; after a course of 127 miles in a S. direction, joining the Sarthe at Angers, to It is navigable up to Laval.
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a French department formed out of the old provinces of Maine and Anjou, now containing the arrondissements of Laval, Château-Gontier, and Mayenne; area, 1,986 square miles; pop. about 300,000. The valleys of the Mayenne, Vilaine, and Sarthe are fairly fertile, and yield wheat, barley, flax, potatoes, hemp, and fruit (especially apples for cider). Cattle breeding, coal and slate mining, and cotton spinning and weaving are the other chief industries. Chief town, Laval. The town of Mayenne, on the Mayenne river, 78 miles S. by W. of Caen, has a picturesque ruined castle (taken by the English in 1424), steep narrow streets, and manufactures of calico and linen.
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ALFRED MARSHALL, an American physicist; born in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13. 1836. From 1871 till his death he was Professor of Physics in Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. Besides his editorial work on the "American Journal of Science," and numerous contributions to other journals, he published "The Earth a Great Magnet" (1872); "Light" (1877); form the Maine, a tributary of the Loire. "Sound" (1878); "Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters" (1883); "Researches on the Röntgen Rays" (1896), etc. He died in Maplewood, N. J., July 13, 1897.
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a fashionable neighbor.. hood at the "W "West End" of London, adjoining Belgravia.
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a county-seat of Graves co., Ky., 25 miles S. of Paducah, on the Illinois Central railroad. Has large THE MAYFLOWER clothing and tobacco factories. Incorporated 1826, has mayor and council of one chamber. Pop. (1910) 5,916; (1920) 6,583.
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town of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Assabet river, Boston and Maine railroad, 10 miles S. E. of Marlboro, and 28 miles N. W. of Boston. Has large woolen and powder mills, and abundant water power, which is controlled by the city. Pop. (1910) 6,390; (1920) 7,086.
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BELVIN W., LIEUT., American aeronaut. Formerly pastor of Baptist church in Clinton, N. C. En- MAYNOOTH tered air service when United States declared war. One of the winners in the New York to Toronto and return aerial race in 1919. Winner in transcontinental flight, October 1919, making the flight from Mineola, L. I., to San Francisco in 25 hours. In 1920 became special secretary of Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, at the same time giving much attention to flying.
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CHARLES HORACE, surgeon; at Rochester, Minn., in 1865, was born educated at Northwestern University, and graduated from Chicago Medical DR. CHARLES H. MAYO College in 1888. From that year he practiced in Rochester, and became surgeon to Mayo Clinic of St. Mary's Hospital. With his brother donated $1,500,000 in 1915 to establish the Mayo Foundation for medical research at Rochester. President of Western Surgical and Gynæcological Society (1904), of Minnesota State Medical Society (1905), and chairman surgical sections American Medical Association (1907) and International Tuberculosis Congress (1908). Has won reputation in treating goiter, and in collaboration with his brother, William James, has published "A Collection of Papers Published Previous to 1909" (2 vols. 1912).
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HENRY THOMAS, an American naval officer, born in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 8, 1856. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1876. After serving on various vess of the United States Navy, commanding at the Mare Island Navy Yard, and holding some appointments with the Navy Department, he was made rear-admiral in 1913. In 1915 he was promoted to vice-admiral and placed in command of the battleship squadrons of the Atlantic Fleet. In 1917 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, being promoted at the same time to admiral, and from then on took a prominent part in the operations of the United States Navy during the World War. Previously, in April, 1914, while in command of the United States naval vessels at Tampico, Mexico, co, he had demanded an apology from the Mexican Government for the illegal arrest of some United States naval officers and men.
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RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE, EARL OF, a British statesman; born in Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 21, 1822. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin; entered the House of Commons as a Conservative in 1847, and was appointed chief secretary of Ireland by Lord Derby in 1852, 1858, and 1866. In 1869 he succeeded Lord Lawrence as Viceroy of India. While inspecting the convict settlement at Port Glair on the Andaman Islands, Feb. 8, 1872, he was fatally stabbed by a Punjab fanatic.
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a thick cold sauce for salads, cold meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, etc., made of the yolks of eggs, salad oil and vinegar, with a little salt, cayenne pepper, and jelly; it is sometimes colored red with powdered lobster coral, or green with spinach or parsley.
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