Ortyx
in ornithology, a genus of Perdicinæ; bill short, very high, the tip hooked; lateral toes, unequal; hinder toe, one, confined to America. O. virginianus is the Virginian quail.
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Single-source entries: O (22)
Each of these 11 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.
Oruro
capital of the department of Oruro, in Bolivia; on a saline plain 11,- 960 feet above the sea, near the salt lake of Aullagas, and possesses mines of silver, gold, and tin. Founded in 1606, it had 70,000 inhabitants in the 17th century, pop. about 25,000.
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Orvieto
a city of Italy, province of Perugia; 78 miles N. N. W. of Rome; crowns an isolated tufa rock, which rises 765 feet above the river Pagalia, and 1,327 above sea-level. The cruciform cathedral (1290-1580), one of the most beautiful and richly adorned specimens of Italian Gothic, is built of black and white marble, and measures 295 feet by 109. The interior also is magnificently decorated with sculptures and with paintings by Luca Signorelli, Fra Angelico, etc. The bishop's palace and St. Patrick's Well (1527-1540), with its 250 steps, are also noteworthy. Orvieto, called in the 7th century A. D. Urbs Vetus in the Middle Ages gave shelter to 32 Popes. Pop. (1911) with suburbs, about 20,000.
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Oryx
in zoölogy, a genus of Bovida; pacities and according to Sir Victor Brooke, typical roads from of the sub - family Oryginæ. Four spe- ed governor cies are known: O. leucoryx, the Leu- wrote " The coryx, from Northeastern and Western Africa; O. gazella, the gemsbok, from a, the beisa an- Southern Africa; O. beisa, the beisa telope, from Eastern Africa, and the coasts of the Red Sea; and O. beatrix, from Arabia. OSAGE ORANGE (Maclura aurantiaca), a tree of the natural order Moraceæ, a native of North America. It attains a height varying, according to soil and situation, from 20 to 60 feet. It is of the same genus with fustic, and its wood, which is bright yellow, probably might be used for dyeing. The wood is fine grained and very elastic, and takes a high polish; it is much used for fenceposts, sleepers, paving-blocks, etc. The tree is largely employed in the United States, especially in the West, as a hedge plant; it has also been introduced into Great Britain for that purpose. Its fruit, about the size of a large orange, is seldom eaten.
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Osage Orange
a small thorny tree or shrub of the nettle family, closely allied to the mulberry. The name comes from its native locality and large, orange-like, worthless fruit. It is native to North America , from Kansas to Texas, and has been introduced eastward as far as Massachusetts as a hedge plant. The objections to osage hedges are want of hardiness in the North, and the width of ground impoverished by their extensive roots. In these particular respects wire fences are preferred. The sap contains milky rubber. The wood is fine grained, tough, and elastic. It was much used by the plains Indians for bows. The French trappers called it bois d'arc, or bowwood. Many a buffalo fell before arrows driven by osage orange bows.
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Osages
a tribe of North American Indians, about 1,500 in number, living on a reservation in the N. part of the State of Oklahoma. It is said to be the richest community in the world. They own nearly 1,500,000 acres, most of it leased to oil companies.
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Osborne
THOMAS MOTT. An American penologist and manufacturer, born in 1859, and a graduate of the class of '84 at Harvard. Upon entering business he became president of the Auburn Publishing Company and was associated in an official capacity with many other firms. At his birthplace, Auburn, N. Y. he took an active interest in politics, being mayor of the city from 1903-1905. His interest at this time was aroused by conditions in prisons and he became a member of the National Committee on Prison Reform. In 1913 he had himself committed to the Auburn State Prison the better to study the conditions of the prisoners. From 1914-1916 he was warden of Sing Sing prison, where his humane work attracted national attention.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, an American lawyer and writer, born at Newark, N. J., in 1873. He was a graduate of the common schools and studied law at the New York Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1894. He practiced in New York and New Jersey. He wrote "The Red Mouse" (1909); "The Running Fight" (1910); "How to Make Your Will" (1917). He also contributed to many magazines.
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Osborne Series
a series of beds of Oligocene age, found at or near Osborne, in the Isle of Wight . They were deposited in fresh and brackish water. There are, of animals, peculiar species of Paludina, Melania, Melanopsis, and Cypris, and of plants, Chara. One bed is the Nettlestone Grit, near Ryde, which is a freestone much used for building. Called also the St. Helen's series.
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Osbourne
LLOYD, an American author, born in San Francisco, Cal., 1868; son of Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, who afterward married Robert Louis Stevenson. Educated in private schools and University of Edinburgh. Was United States vice-consul at Samoa in 1897. Among his best known books are: "The Wrong Box" (with Robert Louis Stevenson) (1889); "The Queen vs. Billy" (1900); "The Motor Maniacs" (1905); "A Person of Some Importance" (1911); and, with Austin Strong wrote "The Exile," which was played by Martin Harvey.
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Oscillating Pendulum
A pendulum that moves backward and forward whose lower extremity traces an arc. This term is used to distinguish an ordinary pendulum (which is an oscillating pendulum), from a conical or torsion pendulum. Fig. 247 is an oscillating pendulum and its path is denoted by the dotted lines.
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Oscillation
the vibration of reciprocal ascent and descent of a pendulous body. The problem of oscillation, in its widest sense, includes most of those which occur optics, etc. To their average motions, th in astronomy, motions, the moon and planets_add small oscillations about their mean places; the tides consists of oscillations of the ocean, etc. In general language, however, the problem of oscillation refers only to the purely theoretical part of the problem of the pendulum.
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