These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Northwich, Norton Sound, Norway.
a city of England in the district of Cheshire. Its chief industry is the mining of salt. It has several important public buildings. Its manufactures include bricks, chemicals, leather, brass, and iron. Pop. about 18,- 000.
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an arm of the Bering Sea on the west coast of Alaska, south of Cape Prince of Wales. At its entrance it is 175 miles wide, and extends about 135 miles into Alaska. The Yukon river empties into it. It was discovered in 1778 by Captain Cook.
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The exact date of this alchemist's birth is wrapped in mystery, while comparatively little is recorded about his life in general. But at least it is known that Bristol was his native place, and that, in the year 1436, he was elected to represent that town in Parliament. This points to his having been an upright and highly-esteemed person, and the conjecture is buttressed in some degree by the fact that Edward IV. made him a member of his privy council , and employed him repeatedly as an ambassador. At an early age Norton showed himself curious concerning alchemy and the like, demonstrating his predilection herein by attempting to make the personal acquaintance of George Ripley (q.v.), who, sometime Canon of Bridlington, Numbers, Magical (See Magic.) Oak Apples, as diviners. It is said that if one wishes to discover whether a child be bewitched, one may do so by following this procedure: drop three oak apples into a basin of water under the child's cradle, at the same time preserving the strictest silence; if they float the child is not fascinated, but if they sink it is.
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a town and county-seat of Huron co., O.; on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Lake Shore Electric, and the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroads; 56 miles W. S. W. of It has a public library, Cleveland. waterworks, electric street railroad, National banks, several daily and weekly newspapers, and manufactories of pianos, shoes, plows, sewing machines, automobile accessories, tobacco, besides railroad machine shops. Pop. (1910) 7,852; (1920) 7,379.
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a town in Fairfield co., Conn.; on the Norwalk river, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 60 miles S. W. of Hartford. Here are Norfolk and South Norwalk Public Libraries, high schools, Carnegie Library, Norwalk Hospital, State Armory, electric lights, electric street railroads, waterworks, National and savings banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The town has manufactures of paper boxes, stoves, earthenware, machinery, builders' hardware, air compressors, locks, cigars, elastic webbing, woolen goods, corsets, shirts, shoes, straw and fur hats, etc. It also has a large coast trade, and an extensive oyster industry. Pop. (1910) 24,211; (1920) 27,743.
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a city of Michigan in Dickinson co., 9 miles S. E. of Iron Mountain. It is on the Chicago and Northwestern and Wisconsin and Michigan railroads. It has important iron mines.
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a tree of the genus Abies, A. excelsa, which abounds uates have an in Norway: It is largely used for buildvictor of Manila Bay. ing purposes.
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a city and one of the county-seats of New London co., Conn.; the Thames river, and on the Central on Vermont and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads; 13 miles N. of New London. It comprises the villages of Greeneville, Yantic, Norwich Town, Fair Ground, Norwich, and Taftville. Here are a Free Academy, the Otis Free Academy, a public hospital, libraries, 16,185; (1920) 24,966. electric street railroads, gas and electric lights, National banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has manufactures of firearms, locks, cotton and woolen fabrics, printing presses, bicycle chains, type, silk ribbons, electrical supof the nasal fossæ. plies, leather belting, machinery, rolled and cast iron, harness, stoves, furnaces, nickel-plated goods, hosiery, etc. Pop. (1910) 20,367; (1920) 29,685.
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a city of England, capital of the country of Norfolk, on the river Wensum. It is 5 miles in circumference, and is skirted on the N. and E. by the river. Prominent among the public buildings are the castle, built about the 10th cer century and the cathedral in the Norman style. Its manufactures include bandanas, bombazines, shawls, several important printing shops and It damasks, camelets, book-binderies. crapes, gauzes, muslins, silk, and cotton fabrics, and shoes; also iron and brass foundries, public buildings. (1920), 12,627. oil, corn and mustard mills, etc. Pop. (1917) 108,877.
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a town and county-seat of Chenango co., N. Y.; on the Chenango river, the Chenango canal, the Lackawanna, and the New York, Ontario and Western rail railroads; 41 miles N. N. E. of Binghamton. hamton. It contains a stone and published court house, circulating libraries, Naa tional banks, and several weekly newspapers, and has manufactures of pianos, blast-furnaces, knitting goods, hammers, carriages, drugs and medicines, silk goods, chairs, machinery, etc. Pop. (1910) 7,422; (1920) 8,268. 2, 1566.
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an institution established in 1819 for the purpose of fitting college men, who are training for a purely civil career, for effective service as volunteers in time of It is now the military college of war. the State of Vermont. Originally the institution was settled in Middletown, Conn., and then later, in 1829, at Norwich It where it received its present name. removed to its present location at Northfield, Vt., in 1898. The college has an enrolment of 200 students and its gradenviable record in war and peace time pursuits. Among the graduates was Admiral Dewey, the
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a city of Ohio in Hamilton co. It adjoins Cincinnati on the N. E. and is situated on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, and the Cincinnati, Lebanon, and Northern railroads. It is a residential suburb of Cincinnati. It has a library, city hall, and other important public buildings. The chief manare of playing-cards, bookufactures cases, pianos, washing machines, iron working machines, etc. Pop. (1910)
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a town in Massachusetts in Norfolk co., 14 miles S. W. of Boston. It is on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. It is an important industrial center and has canneries, iron foundries, and manufactories of leather goods, ink, and glue. There are also printing shops and It has a hospital, a Memorial Library and other important Pop. ( 1910) 8,014;
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