Book/Printed Material The National encyclopedia for the home, school and library ... Vol. II, BLO-COR
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Image 1 of Vol. II, BLO-COR- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 4 of Vol. II, BLO-COR HM .wlH SfiSv- i husnh jSMjEp ili- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 5 of Vol. II, BLO-COR- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 6 of Vol. II, BLO-COR- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 7 of Vol. II, BLO-COR THE v NATIONAL J\ ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR THE HOME, SCHOOL AND LIBRARY VOL. II. o CHICAGO NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA COMPANY 1923- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 8 of Vol. II, BLO-COR COPYRIGHT 1923 EDUCATOR PRESS MADE IN U. S. A. NOV i 9 1923 ©C1A759887- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 9 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BLOWPIPE—BLUE i it fit the tube perfectly. This arrow is expelled by the breath with wonderful ac¬ curacy. An experienced hunter is able to kill birds in the top of the tallest...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 10 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BLUEBEARD—BLUEBIRD Bluebeard, a French story by Perrault. It was written in 1697, and was trans¬ lated into English in the eighteenth cen¬ tury. Since that time, the tale has been told in...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 11 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BLUECOAT BOYS—BLUE LAWS The bluebird is gentle, and when not mo¬ lested loses half its shyness. Its welcome arrival in early spring is alluded to by Lowell in The bluebird, shifting his...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 12 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BLUE LAWS Blue laws, therefore, are simply Puritan¬ ical laws, laws overly severe. There is a popular impression that the early legis¬ lative acts of the New England colonies were notable for...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 13 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BLUE LAWS and a graduate of Yale, who was driven out of the colonies in 1774 for his stead¬ fast Toryism. He appears to have taken his revenge by publishing a work...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 14 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BLUE PRINT—BOA CONSTRICTOR [43] No man shall court a maid in person, or by letter, without first obtaining consent of her parents; £5 penalty for the first offense; £10 for the second;...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 15 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOADICEA—BOARD OP TRADE a python. It attains a maximum length of twelve feet. It is found in the forests of South America from the Caribbean Sea to Paraguay. An interesting anatomical feature...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 16 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOAR HUNTING The Chicago Board of Trade is a com¬ mercial organization operating under a special charter from the State of Illinois, and composed of about 1,600 members, of whom about 1,100...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 17 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOAT—BOBBINET animal with dangerous tusks. It has a grayish black, woolly coat, interspersed with long hairs which increase on the back of the neck and shoulders into a bristling mane, giving the...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 18 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOAT sels of the largest size are now propelled by engines of internal-combustion or tur¬ bine type. Where power is used as auxil¬ iary to sails, the craft, even if small, is...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 19 of Vol. II, BLO-COR Birch-bark canoe, America. Boat of Molucca. TYPES OF BOATS.- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 20 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOBBINET—BOCCACCIO Bobbinet, a kind of machine-made netting, woven with six-cornered meshes. In making bobbinet the warp threads, 700 to 1,200 to a yard, are stretched from a roller. The weft threads are...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 21 of Vol. II, BLO-COR Catamaran Roots of trees Boat of Uganda. Boat of reeds, Upper Nile. Carved boat of New Zealand. TYPES OF BOATS,- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 22 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BODLEIAN LIBRARY—BOERS by Longfellow in his Tales of a Wayside Inn. Boccaccio’s tales rank very high as specimens of literary style. His language is easy and correct. One of the most beautiful...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 23 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOERHAAVE—BOG was formally ceded to England in 1815. The colonists moved northward from time to time with their slaves and flocks, carry¬ ing on an incessant conflict with treacher- out natives, whom...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 24 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOHEMIA government has been called upon to drain these bogs to prevent further destruction of property. Bogs make the richest of fields and meadows. They require thorough drain¬ age. If the deposit...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 25 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOILER—BOISE bration by saying: “This is the day which the Lord has made.” And all the people responded: “We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Then they shouted: “Glory be to...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 26 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOIS-GUILBERT—BOKHARA 26 miles above the city, is (1923) the highest dam in the world, 351 feet. It supplies water for irrigation and manufac¬ turing purposes. Boise has fine public and private schools,...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 27 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOLEYN Boleyn, bool in, Anne (1500-1536), a queen of England. She was well born, and resided for a time at the French court. Later she became lady of honor to Queen Catherine....- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 28 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOLIVIA tion of his services. Bolivar died young, only forty-seven, but full of honor. In South America he is called the Great Lib¬ erator. His statue stands in the public square of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 29 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOLOGNA—BOLSHEVIKI Members of state senate. 16 Members of chambers of deputies. 70 National revenue .$16,000,000 Bonded indebtedness .$22,675,985 Farm area, acres 4,940,000 Rubber plantations, acreage. 40,642,000 Output of tin, tons. 72,500 Output...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 30 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOMBARDIER BEETLES—BOMBAY name Communist in order to be distin¬ guished from other Socialist groups. Upon their accession to power in Novem¬ ber, 1917, Lenine, Trotzky, and other lead¬ ing Bolshevists found a...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 31 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOMBAZINE—BOND ed on the score that the religion of Mo¬ hammed forbids images. Another peculiar¬ ity, indicating lack of haste in methods of doing business, is the newspaper serv¬ ice. The price...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 32 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BONE—BONHEUR est bearing notes, that is, they are promises by the government to pay certain sums of money on or before the time specified in the bond and at a specified rate...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 33 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BONHOMME KICHARD—BONNER in a man’s clothes to escape observation. This was one way she had of studying horses at first hand. In 1892 she soid a picture of Horses Threshing Corn for...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 34 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BONNET—BOOK a date. Before one story ended another began. The subscriber was kept in tow by the desire, ever renewed, to get the rest of some story that had taken hold of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 35 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOOK-BINDING Egyptians, who, in turn, derived their no¬ tions from the Babylonians. The Egyptian book was written on squares of papyrus, glued into long sheets. A book was pre¬ served by rolling...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 36 of Vol. II, BLO-COR Italian Renaissance binding, leather with gold ornaments. Saxon binding of sixteenth century, tooled leather. Back, Italian Renaissance. SOME CHOICE OLD BINDINGS. Modern folding machine. BQQK-BINDING.- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 37 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOOKKEEPING strong glue is spread and allowed to dry. The back is now rounded by being ham¬ mered while held in a sort of a vise. Next, the edges are cut and...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 38 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOOK MUSLIN—BOOM ord, and as every item is posted on both debit and credit side, the sum of the amounts in the debit column of the ledger must equal the sum of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 39 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOOMERANG—BOONE in the spring the boom is loosened from the shore. With its tontents it may then be towed by a steam launch or dragged with a cable and windlass. When a...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 40 of Vol. II, BLO-COR BOOTH est canebrake, a light foot, a quick eye, and a sure aim were the successful set¬ tlers’ chief reliance. Boonesborough consisted of block¬ houses protected by a stockade of tree trunks...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923