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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" - Volume 10, Slice 1EVANGELICAL CHURCH CONFERENCE, a convention of delegates from the different Protestant churches of Germany. The conference originated in 1848, when the general desire for political unity made itself felt...
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The Browning Cyclopaedia: A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert BrowningThe Browning Cyclopædia: A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert BrowningAs a companion to Brownings works the Cyclopdia will be most valuable; it is a laborious, if necessary, piece of work, conscientiously performed, for which present and future readers and students...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" - Volume 10, Slice 2FAIRBANKS, ERASTUS (1792-1864), American manufacturer, was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, on the 28th of October 1792. He studied law but abandoned it for mercantile pursuits, finally settling in St Johnsbury, Vermont, where...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "France" to "Francis Joseph I."Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "France" to "Francis Joseph I." - Volume 10, Slice 8The Franco-German War marks a turning-point in the history of the exterior policy of France as distinct as does the fall of the ancient monarchy or the end of the Napoleonic...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fox, George" to "France"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fox, George" to "France" - Volume 10, Slice 7FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691), the founder of the Society of Friends or Quakers, was born at Drayton, Leicestershire, in July 1624. His father, Christopher Fox, called by the neighbours Righteous Christer, was a...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" - Volume 10, Slice 6FORAMINIFERA, in zoology, a subdivision of Protozoa, the name selected for this enormous class being that given by A. DOrbigny in 1826 to the shells characteristic of the majority of the species....
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The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Estremoz to FelsparThe New Gresham Encyclopedia. Estremoz to Felspar - Volume 4, Part 3The method of marking pronunciations here employed is either (1) by marking the syllable on which the accent falls, or (2) by a simple system of transliteration, to which the following is the...
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The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Ebert to EstremaduraThe New Gresham Encyclopedia. Ebert to Estremadura - Volume 4, Part 2The method of marking pronunciations here employed is either (1) by marking the syllable on which the accent falls, or (2) by a simple system of transliteration, to which the following is the...
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The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to EberswaldeThe New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde - Volume 4, Part 1The method of marking pronunciations here employed is either (1) by marking the syllable on which the accent falls, or (2) by a simple system of transliteration, to which the following is the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" - Volume 10, Slice 5FLEURY, CLAUDE (1640-1723), French ecclesiastical historian, was born at Paris on the 6th of December 1640. Destined for the bar, he was educated at the aristocratic college of Clermont (now that of...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" - Volume 10, Slice 4FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa), a grand-duchy governed subject to its own constitution by the emperor of Russia as grand-duke of Finland. It is situated between the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" - Volume 10, Slice 3FENTON, EDWARD (d. 1603), English navigator, son of Henry Fenton and brother of Sir Geoffrey Fenton (q.v.), was a native of Nottinghamshire. In 1577 he sailed, in command of the Gabriel, with...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" - Volume 9, Slice 8ETHIOPIA, or Aethiopia (Gr. ), the ancient classical name of a district of north-eastern Africa, bounded on the N. by Egypt and on the E. by the Red Sea.1 The application of...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Equation" to "Ethics"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Equation" to "Ethics" - Volume 9, Slice 7EQUATION (from Lat. aequatio, aequare, to equalize), an expression or statement of the equality of two quantities. Mathematical equivalence is denoted by the sign =, a symbol invented by Robert Recorde (1510-1558), who...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "English Language" to "Epsom Salts"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" - Volume 9, Slice 6ENGLISH LANGUAGE. In its historical sense, the name English is now conveniently used to comprehend the language of the English people from their settlement in Britain to the present day, the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "English History"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "English History" - Volume 9, Slice 5With the coming of Augustine to Kent the darkness which for nearly two centuries had enwrapped the history of Britain begins to clear away. From the days of Honorius to those of Gregory the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Electrostatics" to "Engis"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Electrostatics" to "Engis" - Volume 9, Slice 3ELECTROSTATICS, the name given to that department of electrical science in which the phenomena of electricity at rest are considered. Besides their ordinary condition all bodies are capable of being thrown into a...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Ehud" to "Electroscope"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Ehud" to "Electroscope" - Volume 9, Slice 2EHUD, in the Bible, a judge who delivered Israel from the Moabites (Judg. iii. 12-30). He was sent from Ephraim to bear tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who had crossed over the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Echinoderma" to "Edward, prince of Wales"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Echinoderma" to "Edward, prince of Wales" - Volume 8, Slice 10ECHINODERMA.1 The , or urchin-skinned animals, have long been a favourite subject of study with the collectors of sea-animals or of fossils, since the lime deposited in their skins forms...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dyer, Sir Edward" to "Echidna"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dyer, Sir Edward" to "Echidna" - Volume 8, Slice 9DYER, SIR EDWARD (d. 1607), English courtier and poet, son of Sir Thomas Dyer, Kt., was born at Sharpham Park, Somersetshire. He was educated, according to Anthony Wood, either at Balliol...
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