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.
PAUL ALEXANDRE (tib-e') a French miscellaneous writer; born in Paris in 1800. He wrote: "Memoirs of a Young Priest, Collected and Published by a Layman" (1824); "Statistical Accounts of the French Colonies" (1837); "Two Convents in Medieval Times: The Abbey of St. Gildas and the Paraclete in the Time of Abelard and Heloise" (1851). He died in Paris, May 10, 1871.
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a painful affection of a facial nerve, a species of neuralgia. It is characterized by acu by acute pain, attended with convulsive twitchings of the muscles, and continuing from a few minutes to several hours. It occurs on one side of the face, and may be caused by a diseased tooth, by inflammation in the ear passage, by exposure to cold, by dyspepsia, etc. The rem removal of a tooth, warm applications, the employment of electric currents over the nerve, or morphia administered subcutaneously, are sometimes efficient.
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a famous conspiracy case in the legal records of Eng- 15 land, in which Arthur Orton, generally generally known as Thomas Castro, an Australian butcher, claimed to be heir to the Tichborne estates. Of the three sons of Sir 'homas Tichborne, the eldest, Roger Charles, died at sea in 1854; the second succeeded his father and died in 1866, and the youngest was acknowledged heir. Lady Tichborne, dou doubting her eldest son son's death, advertised for him, and Castro succeeded in convincing her of his identity wit with Roger Charles. She died before the trial to recover property had begun. This occurred in 1871, and and Castro was nonsuited. He was charged with perjury, proved guilty, and sent sentenced (Feb. 28, 1874) to 14 years of penal servitude. The first trial lasted 103 days, and the second 188.
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in ornithology, the wallcreeper; a genus of Certhiide, with Euone species, ranging from Southern rope to Abyssinia, Nepal, and the N. of China. Bill slightly curved, nostrils with long and rounded, tip of feathers soft. membranous scale. Wings
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in palæonthology, the English translation of the specific name of the woolly rhinoceros (R. tichorinus), which has reference to the fact that the nostrils are completely separated by a bony septum. TICINO (te-chē'no; German and French, Tessin), a river of Switzerland and north Italy, which rises in Mount St. Gotthard, and after a course of about 120 joins traverses Lake Maggiore and separates Piedmont from Lombardy.
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a canton in the S. of Switzerland; area, 1,088 square miles. The N. and greater part of this canton is an elevated and mountainous region, the Bernardin, and Mount St. plugen, Gotthard forming its N. boundary. The chief river is the Ticino, and there are Lake Maggiore numerous small lakes. res. is partly within the canton. In the N. the pri principal occupations are cattle rearing and the preparation of dairy produce. In the S. the olive, vine, figs, citrons, and pomegranates are grown. Manufactures and trade are unimportant. The chief towns are Bellinzona, Locarno, and Lugano. Pop. about 160,000.
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. See Mite
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a permit given a convict. The term came into use in England during the existence of the policy of banishing criminals to Tasmania and other penal colonies. When a convict had commended himself to the authorities, he was given a permit or ticket-of-leave to absent himself, possibly to return home, on condition that he report regularly to the police authorities, giving evidence of continued good behavior. The term ticket-of-leave man has been applied more loosely to any ex-convict.
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a stout twilled fabric of either cotton or linen. It is used for bedticks, mattresses, pillows, awnings, etc. Ticking is woven commonly in stripes, blue, red, or brown. The finer grades are finished with a smooth and lustrous surface and are used for draperies and various sorts of fancy work.
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GEORGE, an American historian; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1791. He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1807, and and was admitted to the bar in 1813. In 1815 he embarked for Europe, and visited the chief capitals for the purpose of pursuing his studies. On his return in 1820 he was appointed Professor of Modern Languages and Literature in Harvard University. In 1835 he resigned his professorship, and for the next three years traveled in Europe with his family. In 1849 he published a "History of Spanish Literature" (3 vols. 8vo, enlarged edi- New York), corrected and tions being subsequently published. It was at once recognized by scholars as a work of value, and has been translated into Spanish and German. He produced in 1863 "The Life of William Hickling Prescott," the historian, with whom he had maintained a close friendship. He died in Boston, Jan. 26, 1871.
CAROLINE, an American author; born in Boston, Mass. She wrote stories and articles published in various magazines; was author of "A Hypocritical Romance and Other Stories" (1896); "Miss Belladonna, a Child of To-day" (1897); and was one of the editors of "The International Library of Famous Literature"; "Masterpieces of the World's orld's Literature"; and "The World's Greatest Orations."
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an instrument in harbors to measure the rise and fall of the tides. A common form consists of a graduated spar, 24 feet long, and having boxes at the side, in which is a float with an elevated stem. The spar is secured to a pier or quay, or is anchored in a frame and secured by guys. The rod is 34 inch in diameter, and is supported by a cork of three inches cube. The stem is guided by staples in the spar.
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Rods of iron, used for stiffening unsupported portions of moulds and cores. Grates, or grids, make the most trustworthy supports, inasmuch as the stiffening influence is imparted in every direction. This can only be approximately accomplished by tie-rods with alternate layers at right angles to each other. See CORE-IRON; GRIDS.
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Wire of different sizes, used for tying cores with. This should always be annealed and of the best quality, as the connections are invariably made by twisting the ends together. Poor wire breaks during the operation, and not unfrequently have we seen the mould completely spoiled through a rupture occurring after all was closed and considered safe. See TIED-CORE.
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