Book/Printed Material The World book; organized knowledge in story and picture, (Vol. 1, A-BEE)
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- Date: 1919
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Image 3 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) laM- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 4 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE)- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 5 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE)- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 6 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE)- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 7 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ORGAN KNOWLE iviMrv\ r\twD i tntu STORY PICTURE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF M. V. O’SHEA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON, WISCONSIN EDITOR ELLSWORTH D. FOSTER ASSOCIATE EDITOR NEW PRACTICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY; AUTHOR OF…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 8 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) THB organized; KNOWLEDGE- OK IN STORY AND PICTURE N0V i4 1919 Copyright: 1917: 1918: 1919: Hanson-Eellows Pnblishin~ Company ©CI.A5 36581- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 9 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) PREFACE I T IS a large task to select out of the world’s knowledge all that is most interesting, illuminating and useful, and present it in an orderly manner so that it…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 10 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Preface—Continued are utilized, the context and illustrations will enable the reader readily to comprehend them. All articles have been scrutinized by the editors for the purpose of securing clearness. Every writer has…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 11 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) MAKERS OF THE WORLD BOOK Editor-in-Chief M. V. O’SHEA Department of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Editor ELLSWORTH D. FOSTER Associate Editor, New Practical Reference Library; Author of Cyclopedia of Civil…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 12 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Makers of the World Book—Continued Bridges, H. V., Principal, Provincial Normal School, Fredericton, N. B. Brilliant, Oscar, Staff Editor. Formerly on editorial staff Encyclopedia Britannica, London, England. Brooks, Eugene Clyde, Professor of…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 13 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Makers of the World Book—Continued Falk, J. R., Chicago, Ill. Farrand, Livingston, Anthropologist; President, University of Colorado, Boulder. Farrell, George E., Expert on the Preservation of Food Products, Department of Agriculture, Washington,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 14 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Makers of the World Book—Continued Hulley, Lincoln, President, John B. Stetson University, Deland, Fla. Hunt, Caroline L., Specialist in Dietetics, Washington, D. C. Hutchins, H. B., President, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 15 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Makers of the World Book—Continued Montessori, Dr. Maria, Founder Montessori System in Education, Rome, Italy. Mundelein, Most Rev. George W., Archbishop of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Naon, Romulo S., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 16 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Makers of the World Book—Continued Stoner, Winifred S., Author; educator; Wilmington, N. C. Straus, Simon W., President, American Society for Thrift, New York, N. Y. Tanaka, I., Imperial Library of Japan, Tokio,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 17 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) CONTRIBUTORS OF LOCAL INFORMATION The persons named below accepted assignments to secure reliable data relating to their respective cities. Adam, Jessie, Secretary, Commercial Club, Lewis¬ ton, Idaho. Adams, A. G., Secretary, Chamber…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 18 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Contributors of Local Information—Continued Chambers, George P„ Secretary, Federated Com¬ mercial Club, Sandusky, Ohio. Childs, R. W., Secretary, Commercial Club, Boise, Idaho. Chipley, C. E., Industrial Secretary, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Clark,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 19 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Contributors of Local Information—Continued Greer, C. R., Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton, Ohio. Grieve, W. R., City Clerk, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Grimmer, P. Parker, Mayor, Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. Gruber, Eugene…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 20 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Contributors of Local Information—Continued Kunmel, Harry J., Secretary, Merchants Associa¬ tion, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. Lacey, Jno. B., Secretary, Chamber of Com¬ merce, Newport News, Virginia. Lakin, Egerton S., Secretary, Chamber of Com¬…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 21 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Contributors of Local Information—Continued O Connor, F. C., Secretary and Treasurer, Mer¬ chants Association, North Adams, Massachu¬ setts. O’Connor, Fergus J., M. D., Mayor, Gananoque, Ontario. Osgood, E. G., Secretary, Chamber of…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 22 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) Contributors of Local Information—Continued Stevenson, C. T., Reno, Nevada. Stevenson, G. H., Secretary, Board of Trade, Bessemer, Alabama. Stewart, E., Superintendent, Rocky Mountains Park, Banff, Alberta. Stuttle, Luther A., Secretary, Business Men’s…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 23 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE)- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 24 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) KEY TO PRONUNCIATION The pronunciation of titles is indicated by accenting the word or by respelling it phonetically in italics. In the phonetic spelling, letters are used to indicate the sounds which…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 25 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) A. Almost all the alphabets of the world, no matter how unlike they ma 3 be in other ways; have a as their first letter. But while in most of the languages…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 26 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) AARHUUS 2 ABALONE animal resembling a hyena in its sloping back and its color, the body being gray, irregularly striped with black. It has five toes on the fore feet and the…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 27 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABBEY 3 ABBOTT is an article of food near the seacoast of China and Japan. The shell is valuable for its lining of mother-of-pearl. The abalone lives on rocks at the bottom…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 28 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABBOTT 4 ABBREVIATIONS AB BOTT, Lyman (1835- a distin¬ guished American clergyman and editor, the successor of Henry Ward Beecher, both as editor of the Christian Union (now The Out¬ look) and…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 29 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABBREVIATIONS ABBREVIATIONS Brig. Brigade, brigadier. Brig.-Gen. Brigadier-General. B. S. or B. Sc. Bachelor in the Sciences, bu. Bushel. B. V. Bene vale farewell. C. Centum, one hundred; centigrade; circa, about. Cal. or…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 30 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABBREVIATIONS G ABBREVIATIONS M. A. Master of Arts Military Academy. Maj. Major. Man. Manitoba. Mar. March. Mass. Massachusetts. M. B. or Mus. B. Musicae Baccalaureus, Bach¬ elor of Music. M. C. Member…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 31 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABDICATION 7 ABDOMEN Va. Virginia. V. C. Victoria Cross. viz. videlicet, to wit, namely, vs. Versus, against. Vt. Vermont. W. West. W. A. Western Australia. Wash, or Wn. Washington. W. C. T.…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 32 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABDUCTION 8 ABERCROMBIE ABDUCTION, ab due shun, a legal term ap¬ plied to the forcible removal of a woman in order to secure her fortune or her person, or to compel her…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 33 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABERDEEN 9 ABERDEEN Six weeks later he was ordered home, and was succeeded as commander-in-chief by Baron Amherst. Later he was elected to Parliament, and strongly supported the policy of George III…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 34 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABERRATION 10 ABORIGINES harbors of the Pacific coast of the United States; the government has expended $5,000,000 here on the giant rock and concrete jetties and on widening and deepening the channel,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 35 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABOUKIR 11 ABSCESS rigines is frequently applied in a general sense to any native race existing before the white man came. Thus the mound-builders, the cliff- dwellers, the Aztecs and the other…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 36 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABSINTH 12 ABSORPTION filled with pus, and located in the fleshy tissues of the human body. No matter what cause produces an abscess, the first step in its forma¬ tion is an…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 37 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABT 13 ABYDOS takes up coloring matters from sugar solutions (see Carbon) and clay takes up from soil-water some of the substances required by plants— for instance, potassium, ammonia and phos¬ phoric…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 38 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABYSSINIA 14 ABYSSINIA ySr V BYSSINIA, abisin ia, a country in Northeast Africa, notable as being one of only two African countries not directly owned or controlled by European powers. The other…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
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Image 39 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABYSSINIA 15 ABYSSINIA Watch lower Near Custom a house Native Women Grinding Grain The Average Native Dwelling Wife Whip of Abyssinian Bridegroom tU SL 4 /i i w iii v n- h-…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
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Image 40 of (Vol. 1, A-BEE) ABYSSINIA 16 ABYSSINIA Outline I. Location (1) Latitude—5° 30 to 17° N. (2) Longitude—36° to 42° E. II. Physical Characteristics (1) Size (a) Comparative (b) Absolute (2) Surface Features (a) High plateaus…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent)
- Date: 1919
About this Item
Title
- The World book; organized knowledge in story and picture,
Names
- O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932, ed.
- Foster, Ellsworth D., [from old catalog] ed.
- Locke, George Herbert, 1870- [from old catalog] ed.
Created / Published
- Chicago, Toronto [etc.] W. F. Quarrie, 1919.
Headings
- - Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 10 v. illus. (incl. plans, music) plates (part col.) ports., maps, tables, diagrs. 25 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AE5 .W55 1919
Library of Congress Control Number
- 19017493
Online Format
- online text
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