These 20 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Port Darwin, Port Elizabeth, Port Huron.
one of the finest harbors in Australia; situated on the N. coast of South Australia. Its entrance is 2 miles wide, and vessels of any tonnage can float in it with safety. Palmerston, the chief town on its shores, is the land terminus of the overland telegraph, 1,973 miles from Adelaide, and of the cable to Java, and the starting point of a railway (1891) to the gold fields of the interior, 150 miles distant.
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a seaport of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope; on the W. shore of Algoa Bay, 85 miles S. W. of Graham's Town and 350 S. of Kimberley. It is the principal seaport of the E. part of Cape Colony, and also of the Orange River Colony. The town was founded in 1820. Two piers were constructed to protect the harbor in 1881; and an aqueduct, 28 miles long, has brought good water to the town since 1878. Pop. (1918) 23,341.
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a city and county-seat of St. Clair co., Mich.; on the St. Clair and Black rivers, at the foot of Lake Huron and on the Pere Marquette, and the Grand Trunk railroads; 60 miles N. E. of Detroit. Here are a United States Government Building, electric light and street railroad plants, waterworks, public library, Government buildings, parks, public hospital, National and State banks, and daily and weekly periodicals. The city has a large tra trade with Canada. Its industrial plants plants include the shops of the Grank Trunk railroad, fiber, corset, and smelting works, saw mills, flour mills, automobile engines, dry docks and boiler works. Pop. (1910) 18,863; (1920) 25,944.
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a town in Orange, co., N. Y.; at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers, at the intersection of the boundary lines of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and on the Erie, and the New York, Ontario and Western railroads, 88 miles N. W. of New York. Here are St. Mary's Orphan Asylum, Elks' Home, Federal building, street railroad and electric light plants, waterworks, a Soldiers' Monument at the intersection of the State boundary lines, National banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The town has iron foundries, railroad repair shops, silk mills, boot and shoe factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 9,564; (1920) 10,171.
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the capital and principal port of the British colony of Mauritius; on an excellent harbor on the N. W. coast, and inclosed by a ring of lofty hills. It is defended by forts (1887-1891), is a coaling station of the British navy, and has barracks and military storehouses. The city contains the government house, a Protestant and a Roman Catholic cathedral, a royal college, etc. Pop. about 50,000.
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the capital of the island of Minorca; beautifully situated on a deep, narrow inlet in the S. E. of the island. Its harbor is one of the finest in the Mediterranean, and is protected by powerful forts and fortifications. Building stone, shoes, cottons, cattle, and honey are exported. The town was held by the English from 1708 to 1756, and again from 1762 to 1782. It was they who made it a first-class fortress.
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(See Astrology .)
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. See Oporto
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the capital of Haiti, situated on the W. coast, at the head of a bay of the same name. Pop. about 120,000.
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Brass and iron moulders' drying stoves, or portable ovens, are supplied by the dealers at very low prices. They are made in sections, which fit into each other, and are excellent contrivances for drying small cores. See OVENS.
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a subordinnate circulation of blood from the stomach and intestines through the liver.
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a vein about three framework of timber, hung in grooves within the chief gateway of a fortress, or a castle, or an edifice of safety; it resembled the harrow, but was placed vertically, having a row of iron spikes at the bottom, and was let down to stop the passage in case of assault. There were frequently two or more portcullises in the same gateway.
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JEAN ETIENNE MARIE, a French jurist; born in Provence, April 1, 1745; practiced law in Paris, was imprisoned and prosecuted during the Revolution, but under Napoleon was the chief author of the famous "Civil Code." He died in Paris, Aug. 25, 1807. inches long, commencing at the junction of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins and passing upward a little to the right to reach the transverse fissure of the liver.
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. See Castle
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OTTOMAN, or SUBLIME
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the common term for the Turkish Government. The chief office of the Ottoman empire is styled Babi Ali, literally, the High Gate, from the gate (bab) of the palace at which justice was administered; and the French translation of this term being Sublime Porte, hence the use of this word.
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ROBERT P., an American statistician; born in Norfolk, England, Jan. 30, 1852; settled in the United States in 1867, and soon afterward engaged in journalism. He was appointed United States commissioner to Cuba and Porto Rico in 1898-1899. Died 1917.
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SIDNEY WILLIAM (pseudonym O. Henry), an American author; born in Greensborough, N. C., in 1862. At 18 he moved to Texas, and worked successively as a bank clerk, editor of "The Rolling Stone," on staff of "The Houston Daily," etc. Among his works are "The Four Million," " lion," "Rolling Stone," "Cabbages and Kings," etc. He died in 1910.
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a carrier; one who carries burdens, parcels, luggage, etc., for hire. A dark colored malt liquor, so called from having been originally the favorite drink of London porters. In forging (1) A long bar of iron attached in continuation of the axis of a heavy forging, whereby it is guided beneath the hammer or into the furnace, being suspended by chains from a crane above. A cross lever fixed to the porter is the means of rotating the forging beneath the hammer. (2) A smaller bar from whose end an article is forged, as a knife blade, for instance.
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DAVID, an American naval officer; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 1, 1780, son of a naval officer. He was appointed midshipman in 1798, lieutenant the year after; saw service in the West Indies, and against Tripoli in 1801-1803; became captain in 1812, and captured the first British warship taken in the war. In 1813, with the "Essex" (32 guns), he nearly destroyed the English whale fishery in the Pacific, and took possession of the Marquesas Islands. March, 1814, his frigate was destroyed by the British in V Valparaiso harbor. He afterward commanded an expedition against pirates in the West Indian waters, and was court-martialed for compelling the authorities at Porto Rico to apologize for imprisoning one of his officers. Porter resigned in 1826, and became head of the Mexican In 1829 the United States appointed him consi-general to the Barbary States, and then minister at Constantinople, where he died, March 3, 1843.
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