Stop Work
The mechanism which prevents the overwinding of a timepiece.
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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Stop Work, Storer, Storey.
Storer
BELLAMY, an American lawyer and diplomatist, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1847. He graduated from Harvard in 1867, and began the practice of law in Cincinnati. He was elected to Congress in 1891, serving until 1895. From 1897 to 1899 he was Minister to Belgium, and from the latter year until 1902 filled the same office in Spain. He was appointed Ambassador to Austria- Hungary in 1902. His alleged activity on behalf of the proposed elevation of Archbishop Ireland to be Cardinal, led to his dismissal from his post, in 1906.
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Storey
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) MOORFIELD, an American lawyer and publicist, born at Roxbury, Mass., in 1845. He graduated from Harvard in 1866, and after studying at the Harvard Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1869. He had served as private secretary Sumner. He took an active politics and was prominent in wump " movement of 1884. candidate for Congress in defeated. He was president Imperialist League, and of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People. He was a member and official in many societies, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Charles Sumner" (1900); "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar" (1911); "The Democratic Party and Philippine Independence" (1915). many articles to magazines.
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Stork
a wading bird akin to the heron and the bittern. An American stork, frequently called the wood ibis, forty inches long, with greenish black wing covers and tail, breeds as far north as Kansas and New York . The stork of literature and the nursery is an Old World bird, breeding especially in Holland and as far north as Scandinavia. It winters south of the Mediterranean. The prophet Jeremiah says "The stork in the heaven knoweth the appointed time." The stork feeds in fens and lowlands on frogs, eels, small fishes, snakes, mice, and offal. In the Netherlands it destroys animals that weaken the dikes. It is protected by law. Many cities of the Low Countries encourage the stork as a public scavenger. The peasantry believe that a stork's nest on the house brings good luck. "The storks have brought a baby brother" or "a baby sister" is the pleasing announcement in a German household. Says Field: Last night the stork came stalking- And stork, beneath your wing Lay, lapped in dreamless slumber, The tiniest little thing; From Babyland out yonder Beside a silver sea You brought a priceless treasure, A gift to mine and me. The stork was well known in Palestine, being held as a clean bird. The psalmist says, "As for the stork, the fir trees are her house."
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Stork
in ornithology, any individual of the genus Ciconia, or of the sub-family Ciconiinæ. In form the storks resemble the herons, but are more robust, and have larger bills, shorter toes, with a non-serrated claw on the middle toe. They inhabit the vicinity of marshes and rivers, where they find an abundant supply of food, consisting of frogs, lizards, fishes, and even young birds. Storks are migratory, arriving from the S. at their breeding haunts in the early spring, and departing again in the autumn. The white or house stork, C. alba, which is common in many countries of Central Europe, constructs a large nest, most frequently on the chimney of a cottage. The plumage is dirty white, the quills and the longest feathers on the wing covers black; beak and feet red. The male is about 42 inches long, the female somewhat less. The black stork, C. nigra, from the center and E. of Europe, Asia, and Africa, has the upper surface black, the lower parts white. Storks are pro- INDIAN WOOD STORK previously tected by laws in some countries for to Charles their services in destroying small mampart in mals and reptiles, and in consuming the " Mug- offal. The wood - ibis, a sub - genus, is He was a found in waters of our Southern States. 1900, but was Heralds have adopted the stork as an of the Anti- emblem of piety and gratitude. He wrote "Life of He also contributed SHOE-BILLED STORK 106-
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Storm
THEODOR (WOLDSEN) (storm), a German author; born in Husum, Germany, Sept. 14 , 1817. He first attracted attention in literature with "The Song-Book of Three Friends" (1843), the work of Tycho and Theodor Mommsen and himself; "Immensee" (43d ed. 1896), a short tale, and a volume of "Poems" (11th ed. 1897). Among his other works are: "Aquis Submersus (1877); "The Senator's Sons" (1881); "Knight of the White Horse" (1888); etc. He died in Hademarschen, Germany, July 4, 1888.
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Storm Signal
a signal for indicating to mariners, fishermen, etc., the probable approach of a storm.
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Storms
. See Cyclone ; Tornado ; Weather Bureau ; Anemometer ; Barometer
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Stormy Petrel
in ornithology, the Procellaria pelagica, common in the Atlantic. In general North appearance it is not unlike a swift, of a sooty black color, with a little white on the wings, and some near the tail. It is popularly believed to be a harbinger of bad weather, and is called by sailors Mother Carey's Chicken, a name which is also applied to other species.
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Storrs
EMORY ALEXANDER, an American lawyer; born in Hinsdale, N. Y., August 12, 1835. He read law with his father and Marshall R. Chaplin; was admitted to the bar in Buffalo in 1855, and practiced there for a short time; removed to Chicago in 1859. He became prominent as a criminal lawyer, and for several years figured as counsel in almost every important criminal case in the Chicago courts. He became well known as a presidential campaign orator, and was a delegate-at-large to the National Republican Conventions of 1868, 1872, and 1880, where he was influential in shaping the platform of the party. He died in Ottawa, Ill., Sept. 12, 1885.
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