Each of these 11 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.
The process of washing sand, in order to free it from deleterious matter, and thus render it more suitable for moulding purposes, may be materially facilitated by rotating a cylindrical wire-sieve within a shallow trough, which receives a constant supply of water at one end and discharges it at the other, along with the soluble matter which has passed through the sieve. See CORE-SAND.
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the wood of San talum album, a small, greatly branched, evergreen tree, with leaves opposite and entire, which have been compared to those of the myrtle, as the inflorescence, an axillary and terminal thyrsus, has been to that of the privet. The flowers are at first yellowish, but afterward of a deep ferruginous hue. Though they are inodorous, the wood when cut, especially near the root, is highly fragrant. It grows in the dry region of southern India, and in the islands of the Indian Archipelago. It is largely exported from India to China and Arabia, and, to a certain extent, to Europe. The heart wood is used in the East for carving, for incense, and for perfume. The seeds yield by expression a thick viscid oil, burnt by the poorer classes in India. An essential oil is also distilled from the wood. Hindu doctors consider sandal wood sedative and cooling, and use it in gonorrhea. The sandal wood of the Sandwich Islands is derived from S. freycinetianum and S. paniculatum. Red sandal wood is the wood of Pterocarpus santalinus, growing in Coromandel and Ceylon. In occidental pharmacy it is used only to lavender color the compound tinc tincture of . In India the name is also given to Adenanthera pavonina.
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or SUMBA, an island in the Malay Archipelago, belonging to the group called Sunda Islands, owned by Holland, and situated 40 miles S. of Flores. Area, 4,510 square miles. It is composed of a plateau 3,000 feet above the sea level with precipitous coasts. The name is derived from the valuable sandalwood which, with ebony, makes up a large part of the thick forests. Pop. about 250,000.
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or SANDARACH RE-
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WILLIAM, an English theologian and scholar, born at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, in 1843. He received his education at Balliol and Corpus Christi Colleges, Oxford. For several years he was the principal of Hatfield's Hall, Durham, and until 1895 was a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. From that date he was Lady Margaret professor of divinity and canon of Christ Church. He was appointed chaplain to the King in 1903. His published writings include "The Gospels in the Second Century" (1876); "The Life of Christ in Recent Research" (1907); "The Primitive Church and Reunion" (1913); "The "Deeper Causes of the War" (1914); and "Meaning of the War for Germany and Great Britain" (1915).
one of the Orkneys, an island of very irregular shape, generally with a very flat surface and a light sandy soil; greatest length, 13 miles. There are a number of small lakes. There is another small island of the same name in the Inner Hebrides, connected with Canna at low water, 4 miles N. W. of Rum.
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CARL, an writer and poet, born in Galesburg, Ill., in 1878. He studied at Lombard College from 1898 to 1902. From 1910 to 1912 he acted as secretary to the mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., and from the latter date was engaged in newspaper and editorial work. In 1914 he was awarded the prize given by the Poetry Magazine. During as the Spanish-American War he served a private. His volumes of poetry include "Chicago Poems" (1915); and "Corn Huskers" (1918). He is regarded as one of the most talented of the younger school of American poets.
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in Church history, the followers of Robert Sandeman, who in the latter part of the 18th century introduced into England and America the doctrine of the GLASSITES (q. v.). The body is not numerous. They have a weekly communion, and dine together every Lord's day, admit new members with a kiss of charity, abstain from blood, wash each other's feet, and each member is bound, to the full extent of his income, to support his Church and the poor.
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in ornithology, Callidris arenaria, described by Saunders as "a Tringa without a hind toe," a winter visitant, arriving about the beginning of August and leaving about April. The adult male is about eight inches long, female slightly larger. The summer plumage is somber on the upper surface, edged with red, the whole becoming light ash gray in winter; under surface pure white.
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LIMAN VON (LIMAN PASHA), a German general, sent to Turkey in 1913 as the head of a mission to reorganize the Turkish Army on a modern Prussian basis, the Turks having just been badly beaten by the Bulgarians, Greeks and Serbians in the Balkan War. In his task, General Von Sanders was assisted by General Von der Goltz. In May, 1914, Von Sanders issued sealed orders for the mobilization of the Turkish reserves and had them distributed the mayors of all communities throughout the empire. According to instructions these orders were opened on Aug. 3, 1914, with the result that the Turkish Army automatically put itself on a war footing regardless of the situation in Constantinople. Von Sanders had command of the defense of the Dardanelles, and during the heavy fighting established his headquarters in Gallipoli. In August, 1915, he took command of the Turkish armies on the Caucasus front. When the war was ended he was arrested by the Allies in Constantinople, but early in 1919 was allowed to return to Germany.
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JULIA, an American singer and actress, born in Springfield, Mass., in 1887. She was educated in the Ocean, and is remarkable for the rapidity public schools and made her first appearance with the Forepaugh Stock Company in Philadelphia. She afterward played as star in many operas and plays.
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an made by coating paper or thin cotton cloth with glue and dusting fine sand over it with a sieve. Sandpaper is intermediate between glass paper and emery paper in its action on metals, but is less energetic than glass paper in its action on wood.
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