These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Tail Stock, Taimyr, Tait.
a town of China, capital of Shan-si; on the Fuen-Ho, an affluent of the Hoangho, 250 miles S. W. of Peking. For many years the residence of the emperors, it is noted for its magnificent mausoleums. The chief manufactures are sword blades and knives.
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The sliding block or support in a lathe that carries the tailscrew and back-center, as shown at A, Fig. 299.
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a peninsula of Northern Siberia, extending into the Arctic Ocean, between the mouth of the Yenisei and Khatang Gulf, and containing Cape Chelyuskin, the most N. land in Asia.
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ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Archbishop of Canterbury; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dec. 21, 1811; was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Glasgow University, whence he passed as a Snell exhibitioner to Balliol College, Oxford. In due time he became fellow and tutor, and was one of the four tutors who in 1841 protested against Newman's "Tract 90." In 1842 he was appointed successor to Dr. Arnold as head master of Rugby, in 1849 became Dean of Carlisle, and in 1856 Bishop of London, as successor to Blomfield. Here he did much to bring the teaching of the Church home to the people. A friend of compromise, though a foe to needless innovations, he promoted moderate measures; and though strongly hostile to Colenso's views, intervened to secure him fair play. The same love of the via media, he manifested when (having declined the archbishopric of York in 1862) he was in 1868 made primate of all England by Mr. Disraeli. He assisted in composing the strifes raised by the question of Irish disestablishment, but was less successful with the Public Worship Regulation Act and the Burials Bill. He took a keen interest in missions, and greatly helped to extend and improve the organization of the Church in the colonies. The Lambeth Conference of 1878 took place under his auspices. He died Dec. 3, 1882. Among his many publications were: "The Dangers and Safeguards of Modern Theology" (1861), and "The Word of God and the Ground of Faith" (1863).
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the native name for the island of FORMOSA (q. v.).
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KOGORO, a Japanese diplomat; born in Iwate, in 1854. After holding several minor positions in the diplomatic service, he became consulgeneral in New York, in 1891. He afterwards served as minister at The Hague, Rome, and Vienna. In 1899 he was assistant foreign minister of Japan. In the following year he was appointed minister at Washington, serving until 1905. In that year he was one of the Japanese representatives at the Peace Conference. He was made a member of the House of Peers, in 1906. In 1907 he was appointed ambassador to Italy, and was ambassador to the United States in 1908-1909.
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ETHELBERT, an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman, born at Fayette, Mo., in 1848. He was educated at Dartmouth College and at the General Theological Seminary, and received honorary degrees from both these institutions and from the University of Missouri. He became a deacon and priest in 1873; was rector of St. James' Church and St. James Military Academy, Macon, Mo., from 1873 to 1887; was consecrated missionary bishop of Wyoming and Idaho in 1887, and was transferred to the see of Central Pennsylvania (now Bethlehem) in 1898. He wrote, besides many magazine articles, pamphlets and sermons: "My People of the Plains"; "A Bishop Among His Flock"; "Tim-Autobiography hy of a Dog"; "A Bishop's Message."
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MARION, an American educator, born at Thun, Switzerland, of American parents, in 1858. He was educated at Boston University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1890 to 1892 he was instructor of of domestic science at Wellesley College. In 1892 he went to the University of Chicago, serving there as assistant professor of sanitary science from 1892 to 1895 and an associate professor of household administration since 1905. After 1892 he was also dean of women. He was a member of various educational and scientific societies and one of the founders and for many years an officer of the Association of the Collegiate Alumnæ. He wrote "Home Sanitation" (with E. H. Richards, 1887); "Education of Women" 0); "A Modern Household" (with ); (1910 S. P. Breckinridge, 1912); and "House Sanitation" (1912).
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a town of Chile, capital of the province of Talca, on the Claro, connected by rail with Santiago; has manufactures of ponchos; area of province. 3,864 square miles; pop. (1918) 131,071. Pop. of capital, 42,563.
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a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1859. The scene of the story is laid partly in London and partly in Paris, at the time just preceding and during the French Revolution . In this novel, contrary to his usual custom, Dickens depends more upon character drawing. The story is intensely dramatic, and also contains many fine descriptive passages. It displays less of humor than any other of Dickens' novels.
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a city of Alabama, the county-seat of Talladega co. It is on the Southern, the Birmingham and Atlanta, and the Louisville and Nashville railroads. It is an important educational center and the seat of the State schools for the deaf, dumb, and blind, Talladega College, and the Alabama Synodical College for Young Ladies. Its industries include cotton and cottonseed oil mills, chemical plants, hosiery factories, fertilizer factories. Pop. (1910) 5,854; (1920) 6,546.
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a city, capital of the State of Florida, and county-seat of and Peninsula railroads; 194 miles E. of Mobile, Ala. Here are the State Normal, Agricultural and Industrial Institute for Colored Pupils, State Seminary, several libraries, artesian water plants, a street railroad, National and State banks, and a number of weekly newspapers. Tallahassee is in a fruit-growing and farming section. It has cotton, cigar and ice factories, and railroad conan struction and repair shops, and on of nearly assessed property valuation of $1,000,000. Pop. (1910) 5,018; (1920) 5,637.
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a river in northern Mis Mississippi which unites at Greenwood with the Yallobusha to form the Yazoo river. It is about 240 miles long and is navigable for 100 miles. a river running
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CLAY, an American public official, born in Ionia co., Mich., in 1874. He was educated at Michigan Agricultural College, the University of Colorado, and the University of Michigan. the From 1895 to 1902 he taught in public schools. Beginning the practice of law in 1905 at Rhyolite, Nev., he became interested in politics, and from 1908 to 1912 was a member of the Nevada Senate, from 1910 to 1911 chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of Nevada and in 1912 an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. In April, 1913, he was appointed chief law officer of the reclamation service, and in June of the same year commissioner of the general land office.
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