Collier's Encyclopedia, Vol 10

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Collier's Encyclopedia Vol. 10

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Collier's Encyclopedia

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Collier's Encyclopedia, 1986

Collier's Encyclopedia, 1986 PDF Author: Collier Staff
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Collier's New Encyclopedia, Vol. 10 of 10

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ISBN: 9780484549141
Category : History
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Pages : 602

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Excerpt from Collier's New Encyclopedia, Vol. 10 of 10: A Loose-Leaf and Self-Revising Reference Work Trinity bay, a large bay on the N. E. Coast of Newfoundland. The pen insula of Avalon is nearly surrounded by it. Its chief ports are Trinity and Heart's Content. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Chambers's Encyclopædia

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Collier's New Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 of 10

Collier's New Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 of 10 PDF Author:
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Excerpt from Collier's New Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 of 10: A Loose-Leaf and Self-Revising Reference Work Ochre, a combination of peroxide of iron with water; but the name is generally applied to clays colored with the oxides of iron obtained from the ferruginous mud separated from tin and copper ores; and it is also found in natural beds some feet thick. Ochres vary in color from a pale sandy yellow to a brownish red. Ochs, Abolph S., an American newspaper publisher, born in Cincinnati, O., 1858; educated in the public schools of Knoxville, Tenn., where, after finishing his schooling, he began his business career by selling newspapers. Later he apprenticed himself to a printer and became a compositor on a local newspaper. In 1878 he ventured into the newspaper publishing field himself, acquiring ownership of the Chattanooga "Times," of which he is still the proprietor. In 1896 he purchased the New York "Times." He was also a director of the Associated Press. Ochtman, Leonard, Artist. Born at Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Holland, 1854, he was brought by his family to the United States at the age of 12 to reside at Albany, N.Y. His first work was a draughtsman in an engraving office, after which he had a studio for a couple of years, developing his talent in landscapes. He studied also for a time at then. Y.Art Students League, later traveling in Europe. Since 1882 he has exhibited at the National Academy of Design and elsewhere, and won many awards, including two gold medals at St. Louis. His moonlight scenes such as "Night on the Miamee River" are among his best. Oclawaha ("crooked water"), a river of Florida, which after a very winding course of 275 miles flows into the St, John, about 25 miles S. of Palatka. Its banks are densely wooded, and the country so flat that the waters extend into the forest for a distance on either side. Ocmulgee, a river rising in the central part of Georgia, running in aS. S.E. direction, passing the town of Macon, and ultimately uniting with the Oconee to form the Altamaha river, length about 200 miles. Oconee, a river in Georgia, which rises in Hall co., and unites with the Ocmulgee to form the Altamaha at Colquitt; is navigable about 100 miles. O'connell, Daniel, called The Liberator of Ireland and The Great Agitator, an Irish patriot; born in County Kerry, Ireland, Aug.6, 1775.Educated at the Roman Catholic College of St. Omer, and the Irish seminary at Douay, a student of Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1794; was admitted to the bar in 1798; and speedily rose to a large and lucrative practice. In 1809, he became popularly known by his fervent advocacy of Catholic emancipation. In 1815, having in one of his diatribes stigmatized the corporation of Dublin as "beggarly," he was challenged by Alderman D'Esterre, and a hostile meeting took place in which the latter fell. He sat in the British House of Commons in 1828-1841, and became Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1841. The return of the Conservatives to power was the signal for renewed political agitation. Repeal of the Union was the object sought, and O'Connell headed the movement. A monster meeting to be held at Clontarf, Oct. 8, 1843, was estopped by the government, and O'Connell sentenced to pay a fine of $10,000, and to be imprisoned one year. This judgment was shortly after reversed by the House of Lords, The return of the Whigs to power in 1846, and O'Connells avowed adherence to that party, brought him into unpopularity and he retired from public life. He wrote "Memoirs of Ireland." He died in Genoa, Italy, May 15, 1847. Oconnell. Dennis Joseph. American ecclesiastic. He was born at Charleston, S. C, and was educated at St. Charles Seminary and St. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

Colliers Encyclopedia Vol 20

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Collier's New Encyclopedia, Vol. 9 of 10

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ISBN: 9780656096886
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Pages : 576

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Excerpt from Collier's New Encyclopedia, Vol. 9 of 10: A Loose-Leaf and Self-Revising Reference Work Sow Thistle, the popular name given to a species of a genus of composite lants, Sonchus. There are about 50 species, mostly herbaceous, but some forming shrubs or small trees. Some of the first may be considered cosmopolitan, while the woody sorts are almost restricted to the Canaries and to the island of Madeira. The most common species in Great Britain is the common sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus. It is very abundant as a weed, is greedily fed upon by many animals, and is sometimes used on the European continent as a pot-herb. It grows to a height of two or three feet, with a branching stem and small yellow flowers. The S. alpinus forms a tall and fine plant, with fresh and sharply defined foliage and large heads of beautiful blue flowers. The S. arvensis is found in Massachusetts and southern New York. Spa, or Spaa, a town of Belgium, and a watering place of world-wide celebrity; in a romantic valley amid hills which form part of the Ardennes chain, 27 miles S.E. of Liege, and 22 miles S. W. of Aix-la-Chapelle. The prettily-built town consists almost entirely of inns and lodging houses. The mineral springs are efficacious in complaints of the liver, nervous diseases, dyspepsia, etc. Spa water is exported to all quarters of the globe. Spa is also famed for the manufacture of wooden toys, which are stained brown by being steeped in the mineral waters. It was frequented as a watering place as early as the 14 th century, and has given its name to many mineral springs. Here the German Great Headquarters were established in 1918, where consultations were held concerning the armistice and from whence the German delegates set out for the French lines to meet Marshal Foch and sue for peace. Space, in geometry, the room in which an object, actual or imaginary, exists. All material objects possess length, breadth, and thickness; in other words, they exist in space of three dimensions. Plane surfaces have only two dimensions length and breadth, and straight lines but one dimension length. Hence we have notions of space of one dimension and of two dimensions, as distinguished from the three dimensional space in which we live. The question has arisen, and has been warmly discussed, as to whether space of four, and perhaps of higher dimensions exists. Zollner believes that it does, and that some persons have some of the power of beings living in space of four dimensions, and thus accounts for many of the phenomena of Spiritualism. For example, while a being living in space of two dimensions could only get in or out of a square by passing through one of it a sides, a human being could enter the square from above; so, he argues, a person having the properties of a four-dimensional being could enter or leave a closed box or room on its fourth-dimensional side. In metaphysics, a conjugate of material existence. Empirical philosophers maintain that notions of space are derived from our knowledge of existence;transcendentalists that these notions are innate. In music, one of the four intervals between the five lines of a staff. They take their names from the notes which occupy them; thus, the spaces of the treble staff, counting upward, are F, A, C, and E, and of the bass, A, C, E, and G. In physics, the room in which the Cosmos or universe exists. In printing, the interval between words in printed matter; also pieces of type-metal shorter than type, used to produce such spaces or to separate letters in words, of varying thickness, so as to justify the line. Spain, a kingdom in the S. W. of Europe, forming with Portugal the great S. W. peninsula of Europe. It is separated from France on then. E.by the chain of the Pyrenees, and is otherwise bounded by Portugal and the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In greatest breadth N. and S. it measures 540 miles; greatest length E. and W., 620 miles. Continent...

The JUNIOR CLASSICS

The JUNIOR CLASSICS PDF Author: Mabel Williams
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