These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Stelvio, Stendal, Stenness.
PASS OF THE, the highest carriage road across the Alps (9,042 feet), leads from Bormio near the head of the Italian Valtelline to Sponding in the Vintschgau valley of the Austrian Tyrol. It forms part of the great road between Milan and Innsbruck, and was completed by the Austrian Government in 1825. It has a length of 33 miles, and is remarkable for its magnificent scenery.
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a town of Prussian Saxony; 36 miles N. by E. of Magdeburg; was the former capital of the Altmark and has a Gothic cathedral (1420-1424), a Roland pillar, two old gateways, and a may be an- statue of Winckelmann, a native of the . In struc- place. There are here large railway endogenous, workshops and important textile indusgenerally tries. Pop. about 27,500. STENDHAL. See BEYLE, MARIE HENRI.
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or STENNIS, a loch in the Orkney Islands, a few miles N. E. of Stromness, 14 miles in circumference. It is remarkable for the two groups of standing stones, somewhat similar to those of Stonehenge, which are found on its shores. The smaller group, of which only two remain erect, belong to an area 100 feet in diameter with an outside ditch 50 feet in width. The larger group known as the Ring of Brogar, consists now of 15 stones in an inclosure 340 feet in diameter. STENOGRAPHY. See SHORTHAND. Greek
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. See Shorthand
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These chucks are usually made in sets of five, each chuck having nine steps, giving forty-five different sizes. These chucks are very useful in holding main spring barrels, to fit in the cap of the barrel, should it become out of true. They are also valuable in truing up barrels of English lever watches, that are damaged owing to the breakage of a main spring. They are also very useful in holding almost any wheel in a watch, but particularly convenient in fitting a center wheel to a pinion, or in making sure that the hole in the wheel is in the center. These chucks are made by the various lathe manufacturers and are all similar to Fig. 83, and will hold wheels from .5 to 2.26.
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King of Poland, surnamed BATHORI; a noble Hungarian; born in 1532, elected Prince of Transylvania, 1571, and succeeded to Henry of Valois as King of Poland, 1575. He died in Grodno, Poland, Dec. 12, 1586.
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King of England; son of the Count of Blois by his wife Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror; born in Blois, France, in 1105. Being in England on the death of Henry I., he seized on the crown and royal coffers, to the prejudice of Henry's daughter, Matilda, the empress, and was crowned in 1135. Four years elapsed before Matilda was able to land with forces to dispute Stephen's possession of the throne, and after a long civil war that lasted nearly the whole reign and in which Stephen was once taken prisoner but released for Matilda's brother, the Earl of Gloucester, it was finally decided that Stephen should retain the crown for his own life, on condition that Prince Henry, Matilda's son by her first husband, should succeed. These terms were concluded in 1154. He died in Dover, England, Oct. 25, 1154.
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the name of several kings of Hungary, viz.: STEPHEN I., succeeded his father Geisa in 997. He reformed the manners of his subjects, enacted excellent laws and in- He died in 1038. Stephen was canonized and his memory is held in great veneration throughout Southern Germany, where churches are met everywhere dedicated to his name. STEPHEN II., succeeded his father Koloman in 1114. He invaded Poland and Austria, and marched into Russia, but was unsuccessful everywhere. He abdicated, retired to a monastery, and died in 1131. STEPHEN III., crowned king in 1161; was almost immediately deposed by the nobles. He regained the crown, however, in 1165, and reigned till 1174. STEPHEN IV., ascended the throne in 1161, but was defeated by the preceding in 1163, soon after which he died at Semlin. STEPHEN V., reigned two years only, but gained an illustrious name by his victories over Ottocar, King of Bohemia, 1270-1272.
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SIR LESLIE, English author; born in London, Nov. 28, 1832. He was educated at Cambridge, and subsequently edited leading London periodicals. His greatest undertaking was the "Dictionary of National Biography" in about 60 volumes, of which he edited the first 26. He published: "Hours in a Library" (1871-1879); "Essays on Free Thinking and Plain Speaking" (1873); "History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century" (1876); "Science of Ethics" (1882); "Life of Henry Fawcett" (1885); "An Agnostic's Apology" (1893); "Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen" (1896); "Social Rights and Duties" (1896); and "Studies of a Biographer" (1898). He died in 1904.
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JAMES, a noted Fenian; born in Kilkenny, 1824; son of an auctioneer's clerk with more of Saxon than of Celtic blood. He had a good education, took early to mathematics, and at
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DAVID STUBERT, an American educator, born in Springfield, O., in 1847. He was educated at Wittenberg College (Ohio), Adrian College (Mich.), the University of Edinburgh, and Harvard University, and received honorary degrees from several American colleges. He saw service in the Civil War and was ordained to the Methodist Protestant ministry in 1880. In 1874 he became professor of logic and philosophy at Adrian College, serving as the president of this institution from 1881 to 1888. From 1888 to 1896 he was editor of the "Methodist Recorder." In 1896 he was made chance'lor of the Kansas City (Kan.) University. From 1900 to 1904 he was president of the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, serving in 1901 as a representative from this church to the Ecumenical Conference at London, England. He was active in the movement for the union of the Congregational United Brethren and the Methodist Protestant churches, becoming the permanent chairman of their general council in 1906. He wrote "Wesley and Episcopacy" (1892), and numerous pamphlets on religious subjects.
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ALICE BARBER, an - 20 obtained an appointment during the making of the Limerick and Waterford railway. He next went to Dublin, and soon became one of the most active agents of the Young Ireland party. He was slightly wounded at the scuffle of Ballingarry (June 29, 1848), lived for three months thereafter among the mountains from Tipperary to Kerry, and then sailed from Cork to France disguised as a lady's servant. For some years he lived mainly at Paris, where he obtained an insight into the working of continental secret societies, and in 1853 journeyed over Ireland making himself acquainted with its conditions and preparing the soil for the Fenian conspiracy. As its "Head Center" he exercised an enormous and despotic influence. He visited the United States early in 1864 to attempt to overthrow the rival schemes formed there by patriots, and was arrested in Dublin on November 10, of the same year. Fourteen days later he made his escape from Richmond Bridewell and made his way to New York, where he was formally deposed by the Fenians. He was allowed to return to Ireland in 1891. He died in Dublin March 29, 1901.
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