These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Velletri, Vellore, Velocipede.
a town of central Italy, in the province of Rome; picturesquely situated on a spur of the Alban Hills, near the Pontine Marshes; 26 miles S. E. of Rome. It is the seat of the Bishop of Ostia, and has a cathedral (San Clemente), a classical school, a technical school, and several fine palaces. On March 19, 1849, Velletri was the scene of a defeat of the Neapolitan troops by the Roman Republicans under Garibaldi. Pop. about 20,000.
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the most populous town of the district of North Arcot, Madras presidency, British India; near the left bank of the Palar river; 80 miles W. of Madras. The old fort, which was formerly very strongly garrisoned, now contains only a single regiment of native infantry. Inside there is a pagoda with beautiful stone carvings. A central jail has lately been built for 1,000 long-term prisoners, where excellent carpets, rugs, etc., are manufactured. Vellore was the scene of a mutiny in 1806, when the native Sepoys rose and murdered 113 European officers and soldiers. The outbreak was promptly suppressed. It was supposed to have been instigated by the sons of Tippoo Sultan, who had been confined in the fort as State prisoners since 1799. They were forthwith removed to the neighborhood of Calcutta, where the last survivor died in 1875. Pop. about 50,000.
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An evil spirit who assaulted St. Margaret but was overcome by her. On being asked by St. Margaret who he was and whence he came, he replied: My name is Veltis, and I am one of those whom Solomon by virtue of his spells, confined in a copper cauldron at Babylon; but when the Babylonians, in the hope of finding treasure dug up the cauldron and opened it, we all made our escape. Since that time our efforts have been directed to the destruction of righteous persons; and I have long been striving to turn thee from the course thou hast embraced."
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a cotton pile fabric heavier than velvet but similar to it in appearance. Velveteen is in reality woven by a different method. Velveteen is produced by two systems of wefts instead of two systems of warps. The extra pile is inserted between plain-woven ground wefts and is firmly bound in at intervals. The loose or "floating" portions are slit by the cutter. The fabric goes through elaborate finishing processes, especially when it is to be dyed black. The operations employed give it a "blush" or violet cast which adds to its richness. See Weaving ; Velvet
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FRANCIS PRESTON, an American chemist; born in Prince Edward co., Va., Nov. 17, 1856; was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1879, and studied at the Universities of Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin successively , 1881, and 1889. In 1900 in 1879-1880 he was made president of the University of North Carolina and its Professor of Chemistry. His publications include: "Manual of Qualitative Analysis" (1883); "Short History of Chemistry" (1894); "Development of Periodic Law" (1896); "Inorganic nic Chemistry According to Periodic Law" (with Prof. James Lewis Howe, 1898); "Study of the Atom" (1904).
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EDMUND, an English archæologist; born in London, England, in 1819. He was canon of Lincoln Cathedral from 1867, and wrote much on architecture and archæology, among his works being "Walks Through the Streets of Lincoln," widely popular; "History of the Isle of Wight" (1860); "The Church of England: : Its Planting, Settlement, Reformation. Renewed Life" (1886); "Bunyan" (1888). He died in Lincoln, March 5, 1895.
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von-da', a department of western France lying on the Bay of Biscay. It is a country of hills, plains, thickets, valleys, and salt marshes, a land of wheat, flax, hemp, and grapes. The inhabitants are noted in history for simplicity of manners and a stubborn loyalty to the Catholic faith and to the cause of the Bourbons. They gave the leaders of the French Revolution infinite trouble. Uprisings took place repeatedly. The broken nature of the country made it difficult to subdue them. In 1793 the Republican forces drove hordes of the peasantry into Nantes and drowned them in the Loire. The last uprising took place in 1815. See Chouans
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a color said to be a native ocher, but the colors sold under this name are prepared artificially from sulphate of iron, or its residuum in the manufacture of acids. They are all of redder and deeper hues than light red, are very permanent and have all the properties of good ochers. Scarlet ocher, Prussian red, English red, and rouge de Mars are other names for the same pigment.
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a school of painting which arose and declined in the 16th century, and of which Titian (1477- 1576) is considered the founder. Among its other masters were Giorgione (1477- 1511), Tintoretto (1512-1594), and Paul Veronese (1528-1581). The distinguishing characteristics of this school were a mastery of color and a consummate knowledge of chiaro-oscuro.
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GULF OF, an arm of the Adriatic Sea, on the N. E. coast of Italy, bounded by the Brenta and the Piave.
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a city of California, in Los Angeles co., on the Pacific Electric railway. It was formerly called Ocean Park and is one of the largest and most popular amusement resorts on the Pacific Coast, being frequented both in summer and winter. Its chief attraction, aside from its resemblance to Venice, Italy, based chiefly on its system of street canals, is its excellent surf bathing. Pop. (1910) 3,119; (1920) 10,385. ince of northeastern Italy; bounded S. E. and E. by the Adriatic Sea, and remarkable for its long series of lagoons, which, stretching due N. for 25 miles from the mouth of the Brenta to that of the Sile, occupy a considerable part of the old bed of the Piave; area 934 square miles; pop. about 400,000. The lagoons contain numerous small islands (on some of which the city of Venice itself stands) that are separated from the open sea by a peninsula which is partly composed of the alluvium brought down by the rivers, and partly of the sand thrown up by the waves. Being, however, intersected by both artificial and natural channels, access to the coast, as well as to the capital, is thereby obtained. Products, all kinds of cereals, with rice, maize, hemp, silk, and wine.
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