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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Independence, Declaration of" to "Indo-European Languages"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Independence, Declaration of" to "Indo-European Languages" - Volume 14, Slice 4INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF, in United States history, the act (or document) by which the thirteen original states of the Union broke their colonial allegiance to Great Britain in 1776. The...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Indole" to "Insanity"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Indole" to "Insanity" - Volume 14, Slice 5INDOLE, or Benzopyrrol, C8H7N, a substance first prepared by A. Baeyer in 1868. It may be synthetically obtained by distilling oxindole (C8H8NO) with zinc dust; by heating ortho-nitrocinnamic acid with potash and iron...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Inscriptions" to "Ireland, William Henry"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Inscriptions" to "Ireland, William Henry" - Volume 14, Slice 6INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon), the general term for writings cut on stone or metal, the subject matter of epigraphy. See generally Writing and Palaeography. Under this heading it...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Ireland" to "Isabey, Jean Baptiste"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Ireland" to "Isabey, Jean Baptiste" - Volume 14, Slice 7IRELAND, an island lying west of Great Britain, and forming with it the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It extends from 51 26 to 55 21 N., and from...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Isabnormal Lines" to "Italic"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Isabnormal Lines" to "Italic" - Volume 14, Slice 8ISABNORMAL (or Isanomalous) LINES, in physical geography, lines upon a map or chart connecting places having an abnormal temperature. Each place has, theoretically, a proper temperature due to its latitude, and modified...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Harmony" to "Heanor"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Harmony" to "Heanor" - Volume 13, Slice 1HARMONY (Gr. , a concord of musical sounds, to join; (sc. ) meant the science or art of music, being of wider significance), a combination of parts so that the effect should be...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hearing" to "Helmond"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hearing" to "Helmond" - Volume 13, Slice 2HEARING (formed from the verb to hear, O. Eng. hyran, heran, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. hren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Teut. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" - Volume 13, Slice 3HELMONT, JEAN BAPTISTE VAN (1577-1644), Belgian chemist, physiologist and physician, a member of a noble family, was born at Brussels in 1577.1 He was educated at Louvain, and after ranging restlessly from...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" - Volume 13, Slice 4HERO (Gr. ), a term specially applied to warriors of extraordinary strength and courage, and generally to all who were distinguished from their fellows by superior moral, physical or intellectual qualities. No...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" - Volume 13, Slice 5HINDUISM, a term generally employed to comprehend the social institutions, past and present, of the Hindus who form the great majority of the people of India; as well as the multitudinous...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" - Volume 13, Slice 6HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886), Scottish spiritualist, was born near Edinburgh on the 20th of March 1833, his father being said to be a natural son of the 10th earl of Home,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" - Volume 13, Slice 7HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden), the art and science of the cultivation of garden plants, whether for utilitarian or for decorative purposes. The subject naturally divides itself into two sections, which we...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" - Volume 13, Slice 8HUDSON RIVER, the principal river of New York state, and one of the most important highways of commerce in the United States of America. It is not a river in the truest...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "David, St" to "Demidov"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "David, St" to "Demidov" - Volume 7, Slice 10DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant), the national and tutelar saint of Wales, whose annual festival, known as St Davids Day, falls on the 1st of March. Few historical facts are known regarding the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dagupan" to "David"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dagupan" to "David" - Volume 7, Slice 9DAGUPAN, a town and the most important commercial centre of the province of Pangasinn, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on a branch of the Agno river near its entrance into the Gulf of Lingayen, 120...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé" - Volume 7, Slice 8CUBE (Gr. , a cube), in geometry, a solid bounded by six equal squares, so placed that the angle between any pair of adjacent faces is a right angle. This...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Crocoite" to "Cuba"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Crocoite" to "Cuba" - Volume 7, Slice 7CROCOITE, a mineral consisting of lead chromate, PbCrO4, and crystallizing in the monoclinic system. It is sometimes used as a paint, being identical in composition with the artificial product chrome-yellow; it is the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" - Volume 12, Slice 1GICHTEL, JOHANN GEORG (1638-1710), German mystic, was born at Regensburg, where his father was a member of senate, on the 14th of March 1638. Having acquired at school an acquaintance with Greek,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" - Volume 12, Slice 8HALLER, ALBRECHT VON (1708-1777), Swiss anatomist and physiologist, was born of an old Swiss family at Bern, on the 16th of October 1708. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Gyantse" to "Hallel"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Gyantse" to "Hallel" - Volume 12, Slice 7GYANTSE, one of the large towns of Tibet. It lies S.E. of Shigatse, 130 m. from the Indian frontier and 145 m. from Lhasa. Its central position at the junction of the roads...
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