Each of these 13 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 name of a species of ray (Raia clavata), distinguished by the short and strong recurved spines, rising from a broad osseous tubercular base, which are scattered over the back and tail. Two of these broad-based spines occupy the central ridge of the nose.
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GEORGE WALTER, an English author; born in London in 1828. Beginning his literary career in Bristol at the age of 17, he soon after settled in London, where for 30 years he was almost continuously at work writing for "Household Words," "Once a Week," and "Athenæum," etc. Among his numerous works are "Shakespeare's England," "Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads," "Haunted London," "Legendary and Historic Ballads," and a "Life of Turner," under the supervision pervision of Ruskin. He died in London, June 11, 1876.
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EDWARD LEE, an educator; born in Williamsburg, Mass., Aug. 31, 1874; was graduated at Wesleyan University in 1895; pursued postgraduate studies at Harvard and Columbia Universities in 1895-1898; was instructor of genetic psychology at the Teachers' College of Columbia University in 1899-1901, and in the latter year was made adjunct professor. He was the author of "The Human Nature Club" (1900); "Educational Psychology" (1903-1913); "Education; a First Book" (1912); "The Psychology of Learning" (1914).
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JOSEPH, an American inventor; born in Marlboro, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1826; was of Quaker parentage; served through the Mexican War; became an engineer and was associated with Elias Howe while he was perfecting his sewing machine. Afterward he was connected with the Singer Company; established and operated a factory in Scotland; invented a typewriter, a sewing machine, a typesetting and distributing machine, etc. He died in Sing Sing, N. Y., May 4, 1897.
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SIR JAMES, an Eng- Melcombe, Regis, finally lish painter; born in England, in 1676. He was much engaged palaces and public in the decoration of best efforts may buildings. Among his dome of St. Paul's, the be mentioned the at Greenwich Hossaloon and refectory Court pital, and some rooms at Hampton . treatment of al- His forte was in the legorical subjects. He was court painter he was knighted to George I., by whom of Hogarth, in 1715. He was the teacher son-in-law. He died who became his England, May 13, 1734. near Weymouth,
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in ornithology, a popuof two genera lar name for all the species Gouldia (four speof humming birds- (one). The tail feathcies) and Discura elongaers in the first genus are much ted and sharply pointed, and the tarsi a tuft of feathers are covered with . at the end of the Discura has a racket tail.
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MATTHEW, an Ameriin Ireland about can statesman; born 1717; engaged 1714; came to America in Louisburg as in the expedition against troops; surgeon in the New Hampshire in the overthrow of took an active part New Hampthe royal government in provincial shire; was president of the of the asconvention of 1775 and speaker sembly in 1776; and served as judge of in 1776-1782. He was the Superior Court a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776; and a signer of the Declaration of the General Independence; a member of of Massachusetts; and in 1785 was Court appointed a member of the General Coun- , Mass., cil. He died in Newburyport June 24, 1803.
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WILLIAM HAMO, born in London, an English sculptor; at the Royal March 9, 1850; studied " (1880) was Academy schools. "Artemis were: "Teucer" his first success; others 1884); and the (1881); "The Mower" ( Gordon in portrait statues of General ); and of John Trafalgar Square (1885 ); Queen Vic- Bright at Rochdale (1892 Exchange; and a bust toria in the Royal Abbey of Coleridge for Westminster , etc. He (1885); a statue of Gladstone of the Royal Acadwas made a member Paris emy in 1888. Medal of Honor, ,
SIR JOHN ISAAC, born in Rome, Italy, 1900. an English engineer; practical engineerat the latter in- Feb. 1, 1843; studied " Ariel, " a fast steamwas the au- " Miranda, " boat; drew the plans for the modern ern torpedo engineering University; studied shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde, and settled in Chiswick, England, as a designer and builder of torpedo boats several such vesand there constructed navy. He also insels for the British -engine for low-draft vented a turbine vessels.
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THOROW-WAX, Bup or THROW-WAX, in botany, the leurum rotundifolium. The stem is , perfoliate; branched; the leaves ovate yellow, with large the flowers greenishstriate interstices. bracts; fruit with by Turner because The name was given , thro the as he says, "the stalke waxeth a vulleaves." It was formerly used as of Europe and nerary. It is a native in Great Britain. Western Asia; rare
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in botany, the The stem is Eupatorium perfoliatum. hairy; the leaves subround, erect, and , pale undersessile, opposite, wrinkled 12 to 15 florets neath and hairy; the in North tubular. It grows in bogs whole plant is intensely America. The the leaves has bitter. A decoction of febrifuge. In larger been given as a sudorific, and quantities it is emetic, boneset and cross aperient. Called also wort.
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the Scandinavian equivalent village," in local of the German dorf, "a sometimes stands by itself, nomenclature but oftener e. g., Le Torp, in Normandy; in English Alappears as a suffix, as and Norwegian Clithorpe, Wilstrop, than Nortourps. Being Danish rather often helps us to wegian, this suffix whence Scandinavian settlers determine while it is very arrived in England; and occurs very common in East Anglia, it once in seldom in Westmorland, but in Lancashire. Cumberland, and never
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Mudge, Jun., London, 1792. Answer to a pamphlet, entitled, A Narrative of Facts, lately published by T. Mudge, Jun, relating to some timekeepers constructed by his father, Mr. Thos.
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or TAUT, an Egyptian deity identified by the Greeks with Hermes (Mercury), to whom was attributed the invention of letters, arts, and sciences. The name is equivalent in significance to the Greek Logos, and Thoth is a mythical personification of the divine intelligence. THOTHMES III. (Tehuti-mes), an Egyptian king of the 18th dynasty; lived about 1600 b. C. and reigned for 54 years. He was famous for his conquests and carved upon the temple walls of Karnak the names of 625 vanquished cities and nations.
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