These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Sandusky Bay, Sandusky River, Sandwich Islands.
a bay in Ohio, projects from Lake Erie between Erie and Ottawa counties; constitutes a fine harbor, in which vessels find safety during storms. On its shore, near the mouth of the Sandusky river, is the city of Sandusky. Its shore in places is made attractive by strips of forest. It is 20 miles long and 5 miles wide.
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a river in Ohio, whose source is near the W. border of Richland co. Its course is W. through Crawford co. till it reaches Upper Sandusky, where it turns N. and traverses the counties of Seneca and Sandusky, and flows into the W. end of Sandusky Bay, at Sandusky. It is 150 miles lor long.
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in ornithology, the Sterna cantiaca, first observed in England at Sandwich (whence its popular name), in 1784, by Boys. is a summer visitant, leaving in August. Wings and back pearl-gray, breast white, head above the eyes black. Length about 15 inches.
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a low beach at the mouth of New York harbor, about 5 miles long, and varying in width from a few hundred feet to 4 of a mile. There is a beacon light at the very extreme point, but the Sandy Hook lighthouse is 4 of a mile to the S. The National Government established Fort Hancock and heavy ordnance proving grounds here.
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EDWIN, an English clergyman; born in Hawkshead, England, in 1528, and was educated at Cambridge University, where he became master of chancellor of the university. Being a partisan of Lady Jane Grey, he was imprisoned in the Tower; but was liberated at the end of four months, and crossed to Germany. On the accession of Elizabeth he returned to England, and was made Bishop of Worcester in 1559. In 1570 he was translated to London, and thence to York in 1577. He died in Southwell, July 10, 1588. His son, SIR EDWIN SANDYS (born in Worcester, England, in by James I. on sev- 1561), was employed by eral missions, received the honor of knighthood, was connected with the Sec ond Virginia Company and otherwise with American colonies, and published "Europæ Speculum, a Survey of the State of Religion in the Western Parts of the World." He died in Northborne, Kent, in October, 1629. Another son, GEORGE SANDYS (born in Bishopsthorp, England, in 1578), published a "Relation of Travels in the East," a metrical translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses," metrical paraphrases of the Psalms, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, etc. His poetry is praised by Dryden and Pope. He died in March, . in Bixley Abbey 1644
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a perennial forage plant; native of Europe up to lat. 51°; a legume which has , dry, sandy, the property of binding light and chalky soils by its roots. English and Continental writers agree as to its nutritious qualities for stock, and alse to its value as a crop to shade the soil and for plowing under. It has been tried from time to time in the United States, both N. and S., but has not met with favor. See SAINFOIN.
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a city of Florida in Seminole co. It is on St. John's river, and on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and is the center of an important truck farming and fruit growing region. Pop. (1910) 3,570; (1920) 5,588.
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a town of Maine, in York co. It is on the Boston and Maine railroad and is an important industrial center having manufactures of shoes, blankets, yarn, lumber products, etc. It is the seat of the Nasson School for young women. Pop. (1910) 9,049; (1920) 10,691.
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EDMUND CLARK, an American educator, born in Oakland, Cal., in 1859. He graduated from the University of California in 1883 and took post graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University. From 1883 to 1885 he was on the faculty of Oahu College, Honolulu. Following a year as instructor of psychology at Johns Hopkins, he became, in 1889, assistant instructor of psychology at Clark University. He was successively assistant professor and professor of experimental and comparative psychology. In 1909 he was appointed president of Clark College. He was a member of several learned societies. He wrote "A Course in Experimental Psychology" (1898); and many papers on psychological subjects.
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a river in Illinois formed by the North and South Forks, the former being the main branch. Its source is near Gibson, whence it traverses Champaign co., where it turns W. and crosses Sangamon co., and forms the N. boundary of Cass co. It flows into the Illinois river about 9 miles above Beardstown, and 45 miles W. N. W. of Springfield. Its length is 250 miles, including the North Fork. The forks join 6 miles E. of Springfield.
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WILLIAM CARY, an American public official, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1853. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1869, and from Harvard in 1874. From 1895 to 1897 he was a member of the New York Assembly. During the Spanish-American War he served as lieutenant colonel of the 203d New York Infantry. He was assistant secretary of war from 1901 to 1903. In 1906 he was one of the American delegates to the International Red Cross Conference, held in Geneva, to revise the treaty of 1864. He was a member of the war relief board of the National Red Cross, and during the World War was director of military relief for the Potomac Division of the American Red Cross. He wrote several reports on military conditions in Europe and contributed articles on military subjects to magazines.
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a group of small islands in the Indian Archipelago, between the N. E. extremity of Celebes and the Philippine isle of Mindanao. Most of them are inhabited and are covered with cocoa palms. Rice, pisang, and sago are cultivated. The islands are all mountainous and partly volcanic. In an eruption of Aboe, a volcano on Great Sangir, in June, 1892, the greater part of the island was devastated, and nearly 10,000 inhabitants perished. The natives are of the Malay race and profess Christianity. The The islands belong to the Netherlands. Pop. about 114,000.
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