Book/Printed Material The National encyclopedia for the home, school and library ... Vol. VII, PRA-SUB
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Image 1 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 5 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
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Image 6 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
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Image 7 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB THE NATIONAL \V ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR THE HOME, SCHOOL AND LIBRARY 9 VOL. VII. CHICAGO NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA COMPANY 1923- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 8 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB COPYRIGHT 1923 EDUCATOR PRESS MADE IN U. S. A. NOV !9 1923 ©Cl A 7 5 9 88 7 r\A0- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 9 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PREBLE—PRECEDENCE are not known. He was born probably about 400 B. C. He was one of the greatest sculptors of ancient times. His life fell in the period succeeding that of Phidias,...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 10 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRENTISS—PRESCOTT marry again, however, she may choose be¬ tween the rank of her father and her pres¬ ent husband. She may not retain that of her deceased husband. The king’s wife has...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 11 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRESCOTT—PRESIDENT tain under General Winslow in 1755. After the Battle of Lexington he organized a regiment of minute men, and as its colonel, marched to Cambridge. Ordered to Charlestown in June of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 12 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRESIDENT spective states in November of each leap year. Though charged with the legal duty of electing the president, they vote invari¬ ably for candidates named in a nominating convention held prior...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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- Date: 1923
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- Date: 1923
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Image 16 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 17 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES a 3 y 00\oocorsa)tstN\ONin ON orN»o\o ON’ t ofN OKio o gwo^QvOrHoomM^cviooi-a\ CNCMCMCOCOTt-T^vOTt OTj-mt^vO r^OOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi immiRto 00 On i 00 00 00...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 18 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION—PRIESTLY terior. The acting president must, upon taking office, convene Congress, if not at the time in session, in extraordinary session, giving twenty days’ notice. This act ap¬ plies only to...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 19 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRIMARY ELECTION—PRINCE ALBERT French Revolution his house at Birming¬ ham was sacked, and burned by a mob. Much of his apparatus and many valuable manuscripts were destroyed. Three years later he followed...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 20 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Prince Edward Island, the smallest of the provinces of Canada. Its area is only 2,184 square miles, almost exactly one-tenth the size of Nova Scotia, which is the next...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 21 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRINCE RUPERT provinces. It is officially headed by the lieutenant-governor, who is appointed by the Canadian governor-general in council, but real administrative authority is vested in the premier and his council of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 22 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRINCE OF WALES—PRINTING The city has a government wireless sta¬ tion, a customs house, a quarantine hospi¬ tal, a marine station, schools, parks and numerous hotels. There are churches of a number...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 23 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRINTING burnt day. As early certainly as the sixth century, the Chinese and Japanese printed passages from their religious books by means of movable wooden blocks. These they arranged as we do...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 24 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRINTING, CALICO as before by rollers. Paper was fed, in fact, between two cylinders, one smooth, the other bearing the type. Then came stereotyping. Without going into the de¬ tails of the...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 25 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRINTING, CALICO India, and it is probable that the art had been practiced to some extent for centuries. The printing of textiles was introduced into Europe toward the close of the seventeenth...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 26 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRISM—PRISON and judgment, as no fixed rules can be laid down as to the length of time the goods should be steamed, the amount of moisture used, etc. Various other methods of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 27 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PRIVATEER-PROCTOR he is able to shorten his sentence materially. In most states and provinces separate insti¬ tutions are provided for hardened criminals and for those that give promise of reform. Privateer. See...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 28 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROCTOR—PROFIT-SHARING young. As a boy he made many sketches of wild animals in their natural surround¬ ings in the Rocky Mountains, and when opportunity came he studied at the National Academy of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 29 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROGRESSION—PROGRESSIVE PARTY ing conditions as regards hours and wages, by “throwing a sop” to the workman in the form of a small share of the profits. The manufacturer or other employer who...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 30 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROHIBITION PARTY conservatism of President Taft was the final cause of the organization of the party, for it was sponsored by that radical element in the Republican party that was opposed to...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 31 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROJECTILES—PROJECTING MACHINES International Union, has, according to the best authorities, but started seriously to impose re¬ strictive legislation; they have just begun, and if what has been accomplished is any criterion to...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 32 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROJECTING MACHINES contains the germ of the scientific principle utilized in all the more highly developed machines. Long regarded merely as an opti¬ cal toy, its practical value was finally dis¬ covered...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 33 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROJECTING MACHINES good clear pictures at the distance of the lantern from the screen, and the choice of distance depends upon circumstances, loca¬ tion, and convenience. For long distances it is necessary...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 34 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROMETHEUS in front of the condenser there often is the lantern-slide carrier for use with the magic lantern which is usually employed in con¬ nection with moving pictures. The con¬ denser is...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 35 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROMISSORY NOTE—PROOFREADING fire to man, and, according to some accounts, the creator of man. His name signifies forethought. He turned against Cronus and the Titans in their great battle with Zeus, enabling...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 36 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROPORTION—PROTECTION and also verify dates, names, and quota¬ tions. The proofreader must direct his attention to ready detection of wrongly placed letters, bad spacing, defective punctuation, and capitalization. Also, he must guard...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 39 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROTECTION this emergency the Continental Congress was obliged to turn to France for muskets and ammunition. Hamilton, the foremost exponent of a strong central government, urged the principle of protection as a...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 40 of Vol. VII, PRA-SUB PROTEIDS—PROTESTANT industries, it is now necessary for the sake of American wage earners; that without protection American wages must fall to the European level; and American labor be pauperized—reduced to poverty. As...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923