These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Rimu, Rinehart, Ring Gauge.
a New Zealand tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) of the yew family. It grows to a height of 80 to 100 feet, and from two to six feet in diameter. Its wood is valued for general building purposes. RINDERPEST. See CATTLE-PLAGUE.
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MARY ROBERTS, an American author and playwright; born at Pittsburgh, Pa.; educated to be a trained nurse and married Dr. Stanley Rinehart in 1896. Her literary efforts were first noticed in 1908 when she came before the public with "The Circular MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Staircase." She was recognized at once as an author of great power and her success since then has been unabated. "Bab-a Sub-Deb," and "Dangerous Days" might be cited as representative of her more recent work, and in the dramatic field "Seven Days," produced at the Astor Theater in New York in 1909, and "The Bat" (1920) have exemplified her skill and charm, and her power to put the human interest element prominently into the difficult medium of the modern American play.
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WILLIAM HENRY, an American sculptor; born in Carroll co., Md., Sept. 13, 1825; went to Baltimore in 1846; and found employment at his trade of stone cutter. He attended night school at the Maryland Institute and studied art; went to Italy in 1855 and studied under the best masters in sculpture; and while in that city executed two bas-reliefs, "Night" and "Morning" which attracted wide attention. He opened a studio on his return to Baltimore, but in 1858 established himself in Rome. His "Clytie," and "Love Reconciled with Death," in marble, at Baltimore, are noted for artistic feeling in prose. He completed Crawford's bronze doors for the National Capitol at Washington. He died in Rome, Oct. 28, 1874.
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A gauge used by jewelers for measuring the internal dimensions of finger rings.
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or CUSHAT, the largest of the pigeons inhabiting Great Britain, bird which occurs very generally a throughout the wooded parts of Europe. It is migratory in countries in which the severe winters preclude the possibility of its obtaining a due supply of food, and even in Great Britain, in which it permanently resides, it appears on the approach of winter to assemble in flocks, and to perform a limited migration, probably in search of food. A bluishgray color prevails generall over the head, cheeks, neck, back, and rump, while the breast and under parts of the neck are of a purplish red, the belly and thighs dull white. A patch of white on either side of the neck forms a sort of ring or collar.
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a harmless colubrine snake (Tropidonotus or Coluber natrix), with teeth so small as to be incapable of piercing the skin. It is common in England. It feeds on frogs, mice, young birds, etc., which it swallows alive. It is torpid during winter.
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the metropolitan province of Brazil, taking its name from the river Janeiro, which runs through it. It is bounded N. by the province of Espiritu Santo, E. and S. by the the Atlantic ocean, and W. by the extensive region of Minas-Geraes; area, 26,634 square mlies; pop. (1917) 1,605,274. It is extremely fertile, producing sugar in great abundance, which is accordingly one of its chief exports. The other products are coffee, cotton, maize, rice, indigo, cacao, and fine woods. The country is mountainous, and is well wooded and watered.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a strip of coast with its hinterland belonging to Spain on the W. of the Sahara desert, Africa, stretching from Cape Blanco to Morocco and bounded on the E. and S. by the Territory of Mauritania belonging to France. Its area is about 121,400 square miles, the French boundary being settled and confirmed in 1900 and 1912. The region is an arid plateau, with a growth of esparto grass near the sea, and some oases inland. There is some cattle and camel raising and the inhabitants, chiefly negroes, number about 30,000.
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a maritime state of northeastern Brazil. Area, 22,190 square miles. The surface is mountainous in the interior and poorly drained, the chief river being the Piranhas. The region is near the equator. Among the industries are fishing, salt production, vegetable wax preparation, horse and cattle raising, while rubber, sugar-cane, cotton, millet, and mandioca are cultivated. The capital is Natal. Pop . about 430,000. RIO S. province of Brazil; bounded partly by -GRANDE-DO-SUL, the extreme the Atlantic, and bordering on Uruguay 336 square miles. Pop. about 900,000. and the Argentine Republic; area, 91,- It is well watered, contains much fertile land, and has a healthy climate. On the coast is the large lake or lagoon of Patos, besides others. The chief occupations of the inhabitants are cattle rearing and agriculture. Among the tion are over 200,000 Germans, there bepopulaing a number of flourishing German settlements. There are some 600 miles of railway. Hides, tallow, horse-hair, bones, etc., are exported. Capital, Porto Alegre.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) the name of numerous streams, of which two are important: (1) A river of South America, and principal tributary of the Amazon. It rises in Colombia, and joins the Amazon after a course of about 1,000 miles at Manaos, Manaos, Brazil. Through its affluent, the Cassiquiari, there is direct communication between the Amazon and Orinoco. (2) A river of South America forming the boundary between the Argentine Republic and Patagonia. It rises in the Andes in Chile, and is about 700 miles long. Its current is very rapid, and its bed obstructed with shoals and sand-banks.
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