Each of these 9 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.
An <??> shaped steel tool which is used in snarling, or embossing metal vases, etc. One end of the snarling iron is placed in the vise, and the shank being struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end drives out the metal. The snarling iron is only used on vases, pitchers, and like hollow ware.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler
It is said that the custom of blessing one who sneezes originated in Italy in the time of Gregory the Great, during a pestilence which proved mortal to those who sneezed. A still older date is given to this custom by some writers, who state that sneezing was fatal from the time of Adam to that of Jacob, when the latter begged that its fatal effects might be removed. On his request being granted, the people gratefully instituted the custom of saluting the sneezer. some diseases sneezing was a bad, in others a good omen. Sneezing to the right was lucky, to the left, unlucky; from noon to midnight good, from night to noon, bad. St. Austin says that the ancients would return to bed if they sneezed while putting on a shoe. In
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
JACOB, inventor of a method for converting Enfield muzzle-loading rifles into breechloaders, originally a Philadelphia wine merchant, busied himself in inventions connected with dyeing, brewing, coach wheels, the sheathing of ships, etc., and went to England in 1859 to induce the British Government to adopt his system of breech loading or converting. In this he succeeded, but for one reason or another found himself unable to obtain the expected remuneration. He died Oct. 25, 1866, without having received the reward of his labors, worn out by delays, lawsuits, poverty, and debts.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
LOCH, a large inlet of the sea on the N. W. of Skye, between Vaternish and Trotternish, picturesquely studded with islands in its upper part. Length 16 miles; greatest breadth about 9.
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STURLASON, an Icelandic poet and historian; born in Hvami, in the Dala district of Iceland, in 1178; was the son of Sturla Thordsson, the founder of the powerful family of the Sturlungs. At three years of age he became a foster-son of Jon Loptsson, grandson of Sæmund, author of the "Elder Edda," then the most influential and gifted man in Iceland, and after his death (1197), Snorri remained at Odda with his son Sæmund, and by his marriage, first with Herdys (1199), and after her death with Hallveg Ormsdatter, gained great possessions, sometimes appearing at the Althing with a following of 800 to 900 men. Twice was he appointed "Langmand" (1219- 1223, and 1226-1236). In 1218 he traveled to Norway, where he gained great favor with Duke Skuli, returning to Iceland in 1220. In 1237 he was obliged to flee to Norway in consequence of a league formed against him by his brother Sighvat and his nephew Sturla. Here, by his poetical powers, he aided his patron Skuli in his war against King Hacon, but was in consequence, on his return to Iceland, pursued by the hatred of the king, and murdered through his influence by his son-in-law at Reykaholt, Sept. 22, 1241.
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a Winter Idyl, a poem by Whittier, published in 1865. Our Young Folks was one of the first periodicals for young people in the United States . Its publishers, desirous of obtaining strong writers for the early numbers, made application among the first to John G. Whittier, requesting him to write about his boy life. In response to a second letter from Mr. James T. Fields about the contribution, the poet replied substantially: "Oh, the matter has grown beyond all bounds! Thee wanted twelve stanzas, and three times that are now written, and the story has scarcely begun, and, moreover, I fear thee will not like it." Mr. Fields telegraphed, "Send it along and let me judge for myself." The next morning Mr. Fields thrust the first pages of "Snowbound" into the hand of his colleague remarking: "What do you think of that for a Christmas book? There is a picture in every line," and truly it was so. The sheets were sent back with just eight words attached. "Make it as long as you can. Splendid!" The poem appeared in the Christmas number, and has been a favorite ever since with young and old. It is a picture of New England country life fifty years ago. It is full of beautiful descriptions and noble thoughts. It has been called the "most charming idyl in American poetry," and there is surely no more delightful picture of happy home life.
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JAMES HENRY, an American theologian, born at Hookstown, Pa., in 1852. He was educated at Washington and Jefferson College and at the Western Theological Seminary. After having been ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1879, he served as pastor of churches in Huron, Ohio, Sharon, Pa., and Washington, Pa., until 1911 when he became professor of systematic theology at Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. From 1898 to 1917 he was editor-in-chief of the "Presbyterian Banner." He wrote: "Scenes and Sayings in the Life of Christ" (1903); "A Summer Across the Sea" (1908); "The World a Spiritual System An Outline of Metaphysics" (1910); "The Basal Beliefs of Christianity" (1911); "The City of Twelve Gates" (1916); "The Psychology of Religion" (1917 7): "Can We Believe in Immortality?" (1918); "The Coming of the Lord" (1919); "Is the World Growing Better?" (1919); "A Wonderful Night" (1919).
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a mountain range in North Wales; stretching N. N. E. to S. S. W. across Carnarvonshire from the mouth of the Conway to Tremadoc; length, about 24 miles; average breadth, 6 miles. It attains its greatest height in Snowdon proper, whose loftiest summit- Wyddva, 3,571 feet is the culminating point of South Britain. well-known garden
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the limit above which a mountain is covered with snow the year around. It is well known that the air grows cooler the greater the altitude. The snowline is reached as soon as the air is too cool to melt the snow. The snow limit varies under different conditions. It is higher at the equator than in a temperate clime, and is lowest, of course, in the Arctic regions . In the Andes of the equator the snowline lies at an altitude of 16,000 feet. In the Alps it is from 8,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level.
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