Book/Printed Material The National encyclopedia for the home, school and library ... Vol. III, COR-FRO
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Image 1 of Vol. III, COR-FRO- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 2 of Vol. III, COR-FRO Gopyriglit N‘:’ COEMRIGHT DEPOSfr.- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 4 of Vol. III, COR-FRO- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
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Image 6 of Vol. III, COR-FRO- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
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Image 7 of Vol. III, COR-FRO THE NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA •0 FOR THE HOME, SCHOOL AND LIBRARY VOL. III. i j CHICAGO NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA COMPANY 1923- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 8 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COPYRIGHT 1923 EDUCATOR PRESS MADE IN U. S. A. U t I* I t NOV 9 1923 C1A759S8?- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 9 of Vol. III, COR-FRO Kinr CORSET—CORTES tr C* agreed, a t the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818 to act together, and do away with the scourge of Christendom. And even then little .was accomplished till France...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 10 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CORTEZ—COSTA RICA by the crown and 180 elected members. The Congress includes one member for each 50,000 people. A measure must pass both houses before it can become a law. See Congress;...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 11 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTES—COTTON Bananas and coffee are the chief agri¬ cultural products, though corn, sugar cane, rice and tobacco are also cultivated. Of late years, apiculture has developed until there are about 3,500 hives...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 12 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTTON of the world. The crowded population of Japan, China. India, Egypt, and the in¬ habitants of all warm countries—half to four-fifths of the human race—wear cot¬ ton clothes the year round....- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 13 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CviyiS# J iMgr LCOTraSiAl T ..i§§ m O M COTTON 1. Seed 4. Flowor 7. Handpicking 10. Weighing 2. Planting f*. Bolls S. Machine picking 11. Gin 3. Cultivating 0. Plant 9....- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 14 of Vol. III, COR-FRO- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 15 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTTON English mills were obliged to close, throw¬ ing thousands and thousands of people out of work and causing great financial disas¬ ters. The high price of cotton, in time, stimulated greater...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 16 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTTON There are three serious insect pests, the cotton-stainer, the cotton-worm, and the cotton boll-weevil. The cotton-stainer is the least annoying. It is a species of in¬ sect in some degree like...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 17 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTTON Georgia Spindles. Bales. 1,757,000 458,000 New Hampshire 1,318,000 247,000 Rhode Island 2,279,000 218,000 Alabama 934,000 202,000 New York 910,000 172,000 Maine 153,000 Supply. The nearly 19,000,000 bales consumed by the cotton...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 18 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTTON from the mixing hoppers through machines which open and loosen the fibers, work out lumps and remove impurities, such as re¬ maining seed, dirt and leaves. Air suction then lifts the...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 19 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTTON EOLL-WEEVIL Since this type of cotton will continue to pro¬ duce bolls and ripen fiber until a hard frost oc¬ curs, it is obvious that the largest yields can be obtained...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 20 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COTTON PICKER—COUNT sity. In 1612 he became vicar of St. Bo- tolph’s Church in Boston, Lincolnshire, for which our New England city was named. He leaned to Puritan doctrines. In 1633 he...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 21 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COUNTERFEITING the count of worsted yarn, upon the num¬ ber of hanks, each containing 560 yards, to the pound. The count of woollen yarns varies, but is usually based upon the num¬...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 22 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COUNTING GLASS—COURTS OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS to the counterfeit is in the patterns stamped on the faces of the coin. False silver coins sometimes counterfeit the genuine very closely. Having the same weight,...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 23 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS be appointed for one year, one for two years and one for three years. Upon the expiration of the term of the three judges first appointed each succeeding...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 24 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE—COURTS OF LAW venting persons from accepting employ¬ ment are also unlawful. Court of International Justice. The League of Nations Covenant provided for the formation of a permanent court...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 25 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COURTS OF LAW, UNITED STATES States District Courts within that circuit be competent to sit as judges of the Cir¬ cuit Court of Appeals. A Circuit Court of Appeals may consist of...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 26 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COUSIN—COVENANTERS Besides these four, there are sometimes special tribunals for special purposes, such as probate courts, called also surrogates’ and orphans’ courts for trials involving the estates of deceased persons; juvenile courts...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 27 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COVENT GARDEN—-COVENTRY The following inscription from the kirk- yard of Old Cathcart, near Glasgow, is one of many hundreds of similar import: THIS*IS*TIIE*STONE*TOMB*OF*ROB ERT*THOME*THOMAS*COOKE*AND JOHN*URIF*MARTYRS*FOR*OUNNG THE*COVENANTD*UORK*OF*RE FORM ATION*THE* 11 OF*MAY*1685. THE*BLOODY*MURDERS*OF*THESE*MEN UERE*MAGOR*BALFOUR*AND*CAPTAIN*METLA...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 28 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COVERDALE—COW Coverdale, Miles (1488-1568), an English bishop and reformer. He was ed¬ ucated at Cambridge and was ordained a priest at Norwich in 1514. He was led to embrace the reformed doctrines....- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 29 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COWBIRD—COWLEY The importance of the cow in modern civilization may be seen by the following statistics taken from the last United States census. It should be remembered that the United States is...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 30 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COWPEA—COWPER God the first garden made, and the first city Cain. Thus would I double my life’s fading space; For he that runs it well, runs twice his race. I would not...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 31 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COWRY— COXEY How much a dunce that has been sent to roam. Excels a dunce that has been kept at home. Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 32 of Vol. III, COR-FRO COYOTE Easter morning, March 24, 1894. It was a motley, but orderly crowd. Some were tramps; some were men out of employ¬ ment. A negro carrying the flag of the United States...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 33 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CRAB—CRABBE Crab, a popular name used to designate a large number of crustaceans—shellfish. The crabs are to be distinguished from lob¬ sters, crayfish, prawns, and shrimps by shortness of body. The abdomen...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 34 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CRACOW—CRAIK couplet in the greater number of his poems. His style lacks polish and musical rhythm. It is, however, direct and unaffected, and not without dramatic qualities. He de¬ scribes simple village...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 35 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CRAKE—CRANE novel, The Ogilvies, was published in 1849. Her reputation was made, however, and is maintained by John Halifax, Gentleman, published in 1857. The story was circu¬ lated widely, and was translated...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 36 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CRANE—CRANMER The fishes scuttle away in fear When the sandhill crane goes walking. The field folk know if he comes that way, Slowly, solemnly stalking. There is danger and death in the...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 37 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CRAPE—CRAWFORD known as Cranmer’s Bible. Whenever the English people showed signs of going back to Catholicism, Cranmer stood for the new church. Under his influence pic¬ tures and images were ordered out...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 38 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CRAWFORDSVILLE—CRAYFISH r shire, and at Cambridge, England. He also studied at Heidelberg and Rome, ac¬ quiring a wide knowledge of languages and their respective literatures. He was for two years the editor...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 39 of Vol. III, COR-FRO Waterlouse Crayfish Cephalothorax of crayfish, uncovered Freshwater shrimp Woodlouse Shrimp M- j lit bi’iiii yf I i ■E i ■pr ^iLunjjmv^ fl-.ii F ■T ~^WmM 1 yjp| CRAYFISH AND RELATIVES.- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923
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Image 40 of Vol. III, COR-FRO CRAYON—CREDIT South America and not at all in Africa. The shores of New England are too rocky to favor crayfish. On the lower Missis¬ sippi, they cause great damage by perforat¬ ing...- Contributor: Stanford, Harold Melvin
- Date: 1923