Each of these 15 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.
an important inland town in the E. of the island of Cuba, 40 miles S. W. of its port, Nuevitas, with which it is connected by railway. It manufactures cigars. Now known as Camaguey. Pop. (1916) 30,000.
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or PUFFENDORF, SAMUEL, BARON VON, a German writer on the law of nature and nations; born in 1632. He studied theology and law at Leipsic and Jena, and in 1660 appeared his "Elements of General Jurisprudence." In 1661 he became professor of the Law of Nature and of Nations at Heidelberg. In 1667 he published his work "The Commonwealth of Germany," which, from the boldness of its attacks on the constitution of the German Empire, caused a profound sensation. In 1670 he went to Sweden, became Professor of Natural Law in the University of Lund, and brought out his chief work, w "Natural Law and the Law of Nations." Other famous works are "On the Spiritual Monarchy of the Pope" (a vindication of Protestantism); "History of Sweden," "History of Charles Gustavus," etc. Died 1694.
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the Vipera (Clotho) arietans, one of the most venomous serpents of South Africa. In length, when full grown, it is from four to five feet; is as thick as a man's arm, and, when disturbed, puffs out the upper part of its body, whence its popular name.
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a fungus of the genus Lycoperdon. They mostly grow on the ground and are roundish, at first firm and fleshy, but afterward powdery within.
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a dwarf variety of the common dog, like a diminutive bull dog.
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A mill used by potters and brickmakers to cut up and blend the clay. Pug-mills are of various designs, and some of them are capable of performing several operations successively, as cutting the clay, grinding and tempering it, and finally ejecting a limited quantity into the moulds below. Pulverized Coal.-See PRESSED FUEL.
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an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N. W. Washington coast, connecting the Strait of Juan de Fuca with Admiralty Inlet and the Hood Canal; in all an area of over 2,000 square miles and having 1,600 miles of shore line. The sound has many bays, islets, and inlets. Fishing, especially that of salmon, is carried on extensively. Clams and oysters are found in profusion. Shipbuilding is an important industry. Seattle and Tacoma are the most important ports situated on its shores.
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in law, younger or inferior in rank. The several judges and barons of the divisions of the high court of justice other than the chiefs, used to be called puisne judges.
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COUNT CASIMIR, a Polish patriot and military officer, who participated in the war of the American Revolution; born in 1748. His father, a Polish nobleman, and his brothers were killed fighting against Russia for the liberty of Poland. Casimir escaped to Turkey, whence he proceeded by way of France to join the Americans, then fighting for independence, bearing recommendations from Franklin to Washington, whom he joined in 1777. Entering as a volunteer, he so distinguished himself at the battle of Brandywine as to be promoted by Congress to a cavalry command, with the rank of Brigadier-General. He afterward organized an independent corps of cavalry and light infantry, with which he rendered effectual service under General Lincoln, in South Carolina, in 1779, and in the siege of Savannah, Ga., where, in an assault on the latter place, he was mortally wounded. He died in 1779.
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JOSEPH, an American journalist; born in Budapest, Hungary, April 10, 1847. When quite young he came to the United States; served in the Civil War; and found a home in St. Louis, Mo. He began journalism as reporter on the "Westliche Post," of which he afterward became editor and chief proprietor. He was well known in that city as a politician, legislator and Congressman. In 1878 he assumed control of the St. Louis "Post-Dispatch," and in 1883 purchased the New York "World." He endowed a School of Journalism at Columbia University (1903) and gave large sums for educational and philanthropic purposes. He died in 1911.
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a village of Russia, 10 miles S. of the site of a magnificent observatory (lat. 59° 46′ 18" N. and lon. 30° 19′ 40″ E.), the "St. Petersburg observatory," built by the Czar Nicholas in 1838-1839. In 1882 one of the largest telescopes in the world was erected here. Besides being one of the largest institutions for original research in the world, it is also a school for the training of astronomers and geodesists. It contains the largest refracting telescope in the world, except the 36-inch Li Lick glass, and the Yerkes telescope at the University of Chicago, Ill., its objective being 30 inches in diameter. It was made by the firm of Alvan Clark & Sons, of Cambridgeport, Mass., the makers (since then) of the glass for the Lick telescope.
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GEORGE MORTIMER, an American inventor; born in Chautauqua co., N. Y., March 3, 1831; learned Vol. VII-Cyc the cabinetmaker's trade; settled in Chicago; studied for many years the problem of making journeys by rail more comfortable; and as a result invented the Pullman palace car. In 1863 he started building these cars, and in 1867 organized the Pullman Palace Car Company. He also invented the vestibule train and founded the town of Pullman, Ill., in 1880. He died in Chicago, Oct. 19, 1897.
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an order of gastropod mollusks (also called by some naturalists Pulmonata), in which the respiratory organ is a cavity formed by the adhesion of the mantle by its margin to the neck of the animal. The greater part of them are terrestrial, among these being the snails and slugs.
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formerly, a stand from which disputants pronounced their dissertations and authors recited their works; a rostrum. Now, a raised place or desk in a church, from which the preacher delivers his sermon.
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in physiology, the beat or shock felt in any artery when slight on it, caused by the pressure is made systole of the heart. At birth the number of beats are about 140, at the end of the first year 120, at the end of the second 110; during middle life between 70 and 80, and in old age usually a little more. To feel one's pulse is to sound one; to try to discover one's opinions, views, or feelings.
a general name for legumilegum nous plants or their seeds; leguminous plants, such as beans, peas, etc.
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