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.
capital of department of Soriano, Uruguay, on Rio Negro, 150 miles N. W. of Montevideo. Is a great resort for visitors and invalids. Has large trade in wool and cattle products. Pop. about 16,000.
a town in Argentina, 36 miles from Buenos Ayres. Situated in the midst of a great sheep-raising section; it is a flourishing town of the province of Buenos Ayres. Pop. about 50,000.
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the name applied to cotton fabrics after they have been subjected to a chemical process which gives to them a silky luster which remains permanent. The process was invented by John Mercer, an English chemist, in 1844, and it has been successively improved by others. The agents used are caustic soda or caustic potash, and the mercerizing is performed by machinery. By treatment with acids it is possible to give to the fabrics all the external qualities of silk. MERCHANT LAW. See LAW. MERCHANT MARINE. See SHIP- PING.
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the great Anglian kingdom of central England. The name, originally limited to the district around Tamworth and Lichfield and the Upper Trent valley, refers to a "march" or frontier that had to be defended against hostile Welshmen. The first setwere most probably made in the tlements second half of the 6th century, but Mercia first rose into real importance, and indeed grew into middle England, under the vigorous rule of Penda (626-655). His nephew, Wulfhere (659-675), pushed back the Northumbrians, and extended the boundary S. to the Thames, and Ethelbald (716-755) spread his conquests round all the neighboring states. But the mightiest kings of Mercia were Offa (757-795) and Cenwulf (796-819), and after their time its power rapidly declined before the invasions of the Danes on the one side, and the spread of the West Saxon kingdom on the other. At length it became one of the great earldoms, and Elfgar, Leofric, Edwin, and Morcar retained at least the shadow of past power. ar-
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Known to the Greeks as Hermes . A celebrated god of antiquity, called Hermes by the Greeks. He was the messenger of the gods, and conducted the souls of the dead into the infernal regions. He presided over orators, merchants, and was also the god of thieves. The invention of the lyre is ascribed to him. This he gave to Apollo , and received in exchange the Caduceus , which the god of poetry used to drive the flocks of King Admetus .
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SISTERS OF, the name given to members of female religious communities founded for the purpose of nursing the sick at their own homes, visiting prisoners, attending hospitals, superintending the education of females, and the performance of similar works of charity and mercy. Communities of Sisters of Mercy are now widely distributed over Europe and the United States, and in general are connected with some religious denomination.
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George (1828-1909), an English novelist. He was born in Hampshire. He received his education in Germany but returned to England to study law. He began his literary labors with poetry, but soon took to writing stories. His first novel of importance was The Ordeal of Richard Feverel which appeared in 1859. Other novels are Evan Harrington, Rhoda Fleming, The Egoist, The Adventures of Harry Richmond--probably his most popular story--The House on the Beach, and Diana of the Crossways. While not popular with the average reader, Meredith's novels are liked by those who appreciate the discussion of difficult social problems. They are ranked high by the critics, who place Meredith with Thomas Hardy as one of the greatest novelists of his time.
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OTTMAR (merg- -tä'-ler), en an American inventor; born in Württemberg, Germany, May 10, 1854; came to the United States in 1872 and received a government position in Washington to care for the mechanism of bells, clocks, and signal service apparatus; became connected with a mechanical engineering firm in Baltimore, Md., in 1876. Subsequently, while still engaged with that company, he began experiments which resulted in the invention of the type-setting machine bearing his name. His plan as finally perfected consisted of a keyboard by means of which a line of type or dies could be set, adjusted to a desired width, and cast into a solid line of type metal. He patented his invention, but it was not successful till the linotype company which he had formed purchased the Rogers spacer. He died in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 28, 1899.
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mer'gan-ta-ler, Ottmar (1854-1899), a German-American inventor. He was born in Wurtemburg and died in Baltimore. Educated as a watchmaker, he came to this country in 1872 and became a repairer of clocks and electric bells in the government buildings at Washington. He also made himself useful in perfecting the instruments of the signal service. In 1876 he resigned and took up his residence at Baltimore, giving his attention to the invention of a typesetting machine. After repeated changes of plans he produced the Mergenthaler linotype. See Linotype
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a term in old English law, on bearing the relations between landlords and tenants. In its more modern significance it constitutes a form of industrial combination, generally known as a trust. By a merger a number of industrial establishments, or corporations, are combined under a joint ownership, through what is technically known as a holding company. The majority stock of the various corporations to be controlled is exchanged for stock in the holding company, which thus acquires majority control of all in common, the transaction not always being obvious to outsiders. By a decision of the United States Supreme Court, in the case of the Northern Security Co., a holding company formed to control the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroad companies, mergers of this character were held to be illegal.
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a city in New Haven co., Conn.; on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 18 miles N. by N. E. of New Haven. There are a high school, the Connecticut School for Boys, Meriden hospital, Curtis Home for Orphan Children and Aged Women, the Curtis Memorial Library, waterworks, electric light and street railroad plants, National and savings banks, and several periodicals. The city is widely noted for its manufactures, which include tinware, cutlery, bronze ware, electroplated ware, granite, iron and pearl agate ware, organs and organettes, brass and iron, gas and kerosene fixtures; bronze art builders' furniture, carriage and sadgoods, lamp trimmings, dlery hardware, table and pocket cutlery, she shears, scissors, steel pens, clocks, screws, vises, shoes, firearms, curtain fixtures, piano stools, paper boxes, harness, printing presses, and machinery. Meriden was taken from Wallingford and incorporated in May, 1806. Pop. (1910) 27,265; (1920) 29,867.
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