Each of these 12 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.
strophulus; a popular disease with an eruption of minute hard, sometimes slightly red, clustered or scattered pimples on the face, the neck, or even the whole body of young infants. Cause, derangement of the stomach or intestines through improper feeding or from dentition.
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a financial practice little in use in this country, but quite common in European countries, where it is a large part of the general banking business. Instead of holding in their vaults notes or bills of exchange, where they are held as "dead" assets, the European banks employ them as currency and they are passed on, until finally they reach the central banking institution of the country. In other words, local institutions are able to put to active use the capital represented by such instruments.
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a city of California, in San Bernardino co. It is on the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific railroads. Its beautiful situation makes it a popиlar health resort. It is the seat of the University of Redlands, and has a public library and many parks. It is the center of one of the greatest orange producing regions in the world . Its other industries include the manufacture of brick and lumber products. Pop. (1910) 10,449; (1920) 9,571.
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JOHN E., an Irish statesman and leader of the Irish Nationalist party in the House of Commons. Born 1851, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was early elected to Parliament, and after the passing of Parnell JOHN E. REDMOND became in 1900 the leader of the Irish party in Parliament. He believed it possible to obtain Home Rule for Ireland by propaganda in England and by wise Parliamentary leadership. For a time in 1913 his efforts seemed likely to be crowned by success when , after great difficulties, the Home Rule bill became a law. The World War, which broke out in 1914, caused Parliament to suspend the operation of the act until after the peace. In the interval came the Sinn Fein movement, which rejected Home Rule and Redmond's leadership. He died in 1918, when, in spite of all his efforts, the relations between Ireland and England were more bitter than ever.
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in fortification, a detached field work inclosed by a parapet, the salient points of which are but imperfectly or not at all protected by a flank fire. It may be square, star-shaped, or irregular in plan, according to the requirements of its site and surroundings. Also, an interior work within the main line of ramparts. REDOUT KALÉ, a fortified post on the Black Sea coast of Russian Caucasia; in a marshy region at the mouth of a small river, about 10 miles N. of Poti. It was the chief shipping place for Circassian girls to Turkey, and was captured by the British fleet in 1854.
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or REDPOLL, in ornithology, a popular name for two species of the genus Linota, found both in the United States and in Europe, from the glossy blood red hue of the space from the forehead to behind the eyes. The mealy redpole, L. canescens, is larger than the lesser redpole, L. linaria, of which it has been regarded by some ornithologists as a race or variety.
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a town of Cornwall, England, in the center of a great mining district, 9 miles W. by S. of Truro. It has a town hall (1850), public rooms (1861), a miners' hospital (1863). William Murdock here in 1792 first used gas for lighting purposes. Pop. about 11,000.
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Scotch Highlander having buskins of red a term applied to a deer skin , with the hair outward; used also in derision of his bare legs. In ornithology , the Totanus calidris, tolerably common over the greater part of Europe and Asia, from Iceland to China, retiring to the S. in winter. It derives its popular name from the color of the bare parts of its legs. The body is about the size of a snipe's, but the redshank, having longer wings, legs, and neck, appears the larger bird.
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a species of argument much used in geometry, which proves not the thing asserted, but the absurdity of everything this way the which contradicts it. In proposition is not proved in a direct manner by principles before laid down, is absurd but it shows that the contrary or impossible.
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a word with several applications, as: (1) the act or process of reducing to any state or condition; the wings. state of being reduced; as, the reduction of a substance to powder. (2) the act of reducing or bringing into subjection; conquest, subjugation; as, the reduction of a kingdom or fortress. (3) the act of reducing or diminishing in size, dimensions, value, quantity, force, etc., diminution, abatement; as, the reduction of expenses, the reduction of forces. (4) the amount, value, quantity, etc., by which anything is reduced or lessened; as, he made a reduction of 5 per cent. (5) the act or process of making a copy of a figure, map, plan, design, etc., on a smaller scale than the original, but preserving the form and proportion.
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JAQUES WARDLAW, an Roscommon American geographer; born Murfrees- 6 miles boro, Tenn., in May, 1849; studied at the University of California and at Munich Munich,, lope 5 feet, Bavaria; became instructor of chemistry South at the former institution and professor height of physical geography and chemistry at the State Normal School of California. He engaged in mining in California and Arizona; traveled in South America, Europe, and Asia for the purpose of pursuing geographical investigations, and was author of several treatises on physical geography, etc., among them "Modern Facts and Ancient Fancies in Geography"; "Climate and the Gulf Stream"; "A Treatise on the Projection of Maps"; and a Geography in 1902.
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a city and county-seat of Goodhue co., Minn.; on the Mississippi river, and on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, and the Chicago Great Western railroads; 41 miles S. E. of St. Paul. Here are electric lights, public library, city hospital, Hage Seminary, State Training School, and Redwing Seminary (Luth.). The city is a great market for wheat, its chief article of export. It has manufactures of flour, steam engines, agricultural machinery, lumber, doors, sash, and blinds. Pop. (1910) 9,048; (1920) 8,637.
the Turdus iliacus, a European thrush, closely allied to the common thrush, but with red instead of It feeds on gold color on the wings. worms, slugs, and berries injurious to man. Called also red-sided thrush, wind is thrush, and swine-pipe. The name also given to a North American passerine bird, Agelaius phœniceus, of the family Icteride. Male, black with red spots, bordered with orange, on the
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