Millet
the common name for a great number of cereal plants, the grains of which are used as food, and for making a kind of beer, in various countries.
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These 16 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Millet, Milliard, Milligram.
Millet (FRANCIS ican artist and author)
FRANCIS ican artist and author; born in Matta- DAVIS, an Amer. poisett, Mass., Nov. 3, 1846; was graduated at Harvard College in 1869. His art work was largely in connection with expositions. He was very successful as correspondent of the London "Daily News" in the Turco-Russian War; was special correspondent of the London "Times" and "Harper's Weekly" at Manila (1898); and a frequent contributor to periodicals. He published in book form "A Capillary Crime, and Other Stories"; and "The Danube from the Black Forest to the Black Sea." Died 1912 in the "Titanic" disaster. - MILLET
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Millet (JEAN FRAN OIS a French painter)
JEAN FRANÇOIS, a French painter; born in Gruchy, near Cherbourg, France, Oct. 4, 1814. He worked with his his peasant father in the fields; studied drawing at the academy of Cherbourg; from thence passed with an allowance from this town to the atelier of Delaroche in Paris, and exhibited at the Salon in 1840. In 1849 he left Paris and settled among the peasants of Barbizon, on the edge of Fontainebleau Forest, and devoted himself to transferring their simple everyday life to his canvases, which he did with great truth of sentiment and subdued poetic charm. Of his paintings may be men- "The tioned "The Sheep-Shearers," leaners," "The Sowe Sower ," "The Shepherdess with her Flock," and "The Ange- The last was sold by auction auction lus." in Paris, in 1889, for about $115,000. He died in Barbizon, France, Jan. 20, 1875. Among his paintings in the United "The Sower" (Vanderbilt States are Coll.), "Harvesters" and "Homestead at Gréville" (Boston Art Museum), "Potato Diggers" and "Breaking Flax" (Walters Coll.), "Man with the Hoe" (San Francisco Museum).
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Milliard
the French collective name for a thousand millions.
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Milligram
the thousandth part of a gramme; 0.154 English grains.
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Milliliter
a French measure of capacity, containing the thousandth part of a liter, equal .06103 of a cubic inch.
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Millimeters and Fractions
Compiled by L. A. Grosclaude, Geneva. No. of turns spring is capable of developing. Theoretical No. Real No. 5 5 1/2 6 6 1/2 7 7 1/2 8 9 10 4 1/2 5 5 1/2 6 6 1/2 7 7 1/2 8 1/2 9 1/2 No. of coils the Spring makes in Spring makes in the barrel when run down. 8.92 9.81 10.70 11.60 12.49 13.38 14.27 16.06 17.84 Diameter of Barrel. Diameter of Arbor. Space occupied by Spring when run down. Length of Spring. Thickness of
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Milling Cutters
It has been a difficult matter for mechanics to understand the proper angle for a cutter to mill, or burr the stock, so that it will bend into the proper angle and make it a right joint. Fig. 236 will convey a very good idea of the proper shapes or angles for such cutters. The angle of the cutter depends entirely on the number of sides the article is to have, and can always be determined by rule. The rule is a simple one, which is to divide 360 degree by the number of sides to the angle. i.e., 360<??>4=90.
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Milling Fixture
This attachment is fitted to the slide rest and holds the wire chuck vertically under the center of the lathe, so that articles held in the chucks can be fed under mills or saws held in the saw arbor.
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Mills
ALBERT LEOPOLD, American military officer; born in New York City, May 7, 1854; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1879 and commissioned 2d Lieutenant of the 1st United States Cavalry; promoted 1st Lieutenant in 1889; served at the United States Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1894- 1898; appointed Captain of of Volunteers May 12, 1898, and served in the war with Spain, being conspicuous ous for bravery at Las Guasimas and Santiago. He received the brevets of ma major and lieutenant-colonel for gallantry, Congress Medal of Honor 1898. Command Dept. of Visayas (1907-1908), of Luzon and the Dept. of the Gulf (1908-1910). He died in September, 1916.
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Mills (II)
ROGER QUARLES, an American politician; born in Todd co.. Ky., March 30, 1832. In 1849 he removed Texas and was a member of Congre from that State in 1873-1892. He serve in the Confederate army during the Civil War. While chairman of the Ways and Means Committee (1887-1889) he introduced the Mills Tariff Bill. He represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1899. Died 1911. educational
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Mills College
an non-sectarian institution for women in Seminary Park, Cal.; founded in 1871; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 53; students, 312; volumes in the library, 6,000; number of graduates, 535; president. Á. H. Reinhardt.
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Millsaps College
an educational institution in Jackson, Miss.; founded in 1892 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 15; students, 320; president, A. F. Watkins, D. D.
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Millvale
a borough of Pennsyl- It is on the vania, in Allegheny co. Allegheny river, and on the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads. It has important industrial interests, including the manufacture of iron, saws, stones, and lumber. Pop. 1910) 7,861; (1920) 8,031. (
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Millville
a city in Cumberland co., N. J.; on the Maurice river, and on the Penns Pennsylvania sylvania railroad; 40 miles S. E. of Phila of Philadelphia. a. It has a high school, library, electric railroad to public library Bridgeton, waterworks, electric lights, a National bank, and daily and weekly newspapers; extensive manufactories of glass bottles, other glassware; cotton goods, water pipes, iron castings, etc. Pop. (1910) 12,451; (1920) 14,691.
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Milman
HENRY HART, an English historian; born in London, England, Feb. 10, 1791. He was Professor of Poetry at Ox Oxford, 1821-1831; Bampton lecturer 1827; canon of Westminster 1835; dean of St. Paul's 1849. His "History of the Jews" (1830) excited intense antagonism. He wr wrote "History of Christianity under the Empire" (1840), and published in 1855 his most important work, "The History of Latin Christianity down to the Death of Pope Nicholas V." V." In verse he produced "Samor" (1818), an epic; "Fall of Jerusalem" (1820); etc. The drama "Fazio" (1815) was performed in 1818 by Charles Kemble, and by Madame Ristori in 1856. He died near Ascot, Sept. 24, 1868.
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