These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Sibelius, Siberian Dog, Sibyllae.
a prefectural city of China. It is in Hu-nan, on the Siang river, and though small, has large suburbs which extend for four miles along the bank of the river. It is the trade center of Hu-nan, and the river route between Peking and Canton is open to foreign vessels. Pop. about 300,000. Departmental
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a city of China. It is situated in the province of Hu-peh, at the junction of the Pai and Han rivers, and is opposite Fanching, which has silk and other industries. Both towns figured in the resistance to the campaign of Kublai Khan in 1268-73. Pop. about 50,000.
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JEAN JULIUS CHRIS- TIAN, a Finnish composer, born at Tavastehus, Finland, in 1865. He was educated at Helsingfors and studied music at Berlin and Vienna, becoming a member of the Musical Academy of Stockholm. He was a chevalier of the Legion of Honor and Accademico onorario di Santa Cecilia, Roma, and received other honors. His compositions include: music to the tragedy "Kaolema" (containing the "Valse Triste"); music to the tragedy of "King Christian II.," and the following orchestra pieces: "Carelia," "Dance Intermezzo," "Der Schwan von Tuonela," "Eine Sage," etc.
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a variety of the Eskimo dog , but of larger size and more docile temper. They do not stand so high as the pointer, but their thick hair, three or four inches long in the winter, gives them an appearance Under this hair is a coating of soft, fine wool, which begins to grow in the winter and drops off in the spring . Muzzle sharp , generally black; ears erect. of greater stoutness. SIBERIAN RAILWAY. See TRANS- to let him have the remaining three at the
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The name by which several prophetic women are designated. The first Sibyl, from whom all the rest are said to have derived their name, is called a daughter of Dardanus and Neso. Some authors mention only four Sibyls, but it was more commonly believed that there were ten. The most celebrated of them is the Cumaean. Sicilia (Sicily). One of the largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea .
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. See Reaping
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a once celebrated city and small state of Greece, situated a few miles S. of Corinth, in the Morea. It was a chief seat of painting and statuary (tradition asserting that the former was invented there), it having given its name to a school of painting which included among its disciples Pamphilos and Apelles, both natives of Sicyon. It was also the native city of Aratus, the noted general of the Achæan League. There exists at the present day a few remains of the ancient city, as well as of the more modern buildings erected by the Roman conquerors of Greece, near which stands a small modern village named Vasiliko.
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MRS. SCOTT, an English actress; born in India in 1844; the greatgranddaughter of Sarah Siddons; was educated in Germany. As Lady Macbeth she made her first professional appearance in England, at Nottingham. She appeared in the United States first as a dramatic reader in New York City, and she made her début as a dramatic star at the Boston Museum about 1868. She died in Paris, Nov. 9, 1896.
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SARAH, an English_actress; born in Brecon, South Wales, July 5, 1755. She commenced her theatrical career when quite a child, and in her 19th year was married to William Siddons, an actor in her father's (Roger Kemble) the first company. In 1774 she met with recognition of her great powers as an actress at Cheltenham in consequence of her representation of Belvidera in "Venice Preserved." Her success at Cheltenham procured for her an engagement at Drury Lane, but her first appearance there was a comparative failure, and in 1777 she again went on circuit in the provinces. Her second appearance at Drury Lane took place Oct. 10, 1782, in the character of Isabella in the "Fatal Marriage." Her success was complete, and she was universally acknowledged to be the first tragic actress of the English stage. For 30 years she continued to astonish and enchant the lovers of the drama, and having acquired an ample fortune she took her leave of the stage in 1812. Her greatest characters were Queen Catharine in "Henry VIII." and Lady Macbeth. She died in London, June 8, 1831.
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A clock adjusted to measure sidereal time. It usually numbers the hours from 0 to 24. See Time.
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The interval between two successive transits of a given star. It is uniformly equal to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.099 seconds, or 3 minutes, 55.901 seconds less than the mean solar day.
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The interval of time between two successive transits over the same meridian of the vernal equinox, or first point of Aries. It is the true period of the earth's rotation. See Time.
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Another name for the magnet.
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HENRY, an English philosopher; born in Skipton, Yorkshire, May 31, 1838. He was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, and has done much for the promotion of higher education of women, having assisted in the foundation of Newnham College. His valuable works include: "The Methods of Ethics" (1874); "The Principles of Political Economy" (1883), one of the most important works on the subject; "History of Ethics" (1886); "Elements of Politics" He died in 1900.
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BORIS, an American psycho- , born in Russia, in 1867. He pathologist came to America in 1887 and received from Harvard the degrees of A.B. in 1894; A.M. in 1895; Ph.D. in 1897; and M.D. in 1908. From 1896 to 1901 he served as associate psychologist and psychopathologist of the Pathological Institute of the New York State hospitals. Practicing his profession in Boston, he was also medical director of a psychotherapeutic institute bearing his name, at Portsmouth, N. H., and at various times an associate editor of the "Archives of Neurology and Psychopathology," and of the "Journal of Abnormal Psychology." His numerous publications include "Multiple Personality" (with Goodhart, 1905); "Experimental Study of Sleep" (1909); "Studies in Psychopathology" (1909); "The Psychology of Laughter" (1913); "The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology" (1914); "The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases" (1916); "The Source and Aim of Human Progress" (1919), etc.
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