Book/Printed Material The World book; organized knowledge in story and picture, (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM)
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- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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- Date: 1919
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- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 7 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ORGAN I2£ KNOWLEDGE trade mafjs registered AND 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: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 9 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) VOLUME THH ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE (JDK THA0C MAJV RCOSnRCO STORY AND PICTURE FOUR ELECTROLYTE, e lek tro lite, any chemical compound which can be decomposed by an electric current. The substance resulting from…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 10 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELECTROMAGNETISM 2002 ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE ELEC TROMAG NETISM the branch of physical science which treats of the relations between electricity and magnetism. When¬ ever an electric current flows through a wire there is…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 11 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE 2003 ELECTROSCOPE a pipe. Greater water pressure causes a greater number of gallons per minute to flow through a pipe, and in a similar way a greater elec¬ tromotive force…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 12 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELECTROTYPING 2004 ELEGY scope can be made by suspending a pith ball by a silk thread from a glass support. If a body charged with positive electric¬ ity is brought near the…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 13 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELEMENTS 2005 ELEPHANT a) P ec y (tame) elephant coaxing wild one into position in stockade so it can be tied (b) Wdd ammal securely fastened prior to undergoing the ordeal of…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 14 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELEPHANT 2006 ELEPHANT The cutting teeth (incisors) on either side of the upper jaw of elephants develop into long tusks, which are used for grubbing food or employed as weapons, and sometimes…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 15 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELEPHANTIASIS 2007 ELGIN the enclosure, and the gates of tree trunks are closed. For a while the imprisoned animals dash about ferociously, but when they have quieted down somewhat, trained elephants with…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 16 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELGIN 2008 ELGIN 1,800 patients, was opened in Elgin in 1872. The Larkin Children’s Home is supported en¬ tirely by voluntary contributions of citizens. History. In Villa Street Park is a natural…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 17 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELGIN MARBLES 2009 ELIOT Hincks finally went to Washington, D. C., and in a few weeks settled the terms, which in¬ cluded free trade in the natural products of the farms, forests,…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 18 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELIOT 2010 ELIOT time pursuing advanced studies in chemistry. From 1858 to 1863 he was assistant professor of mathematics and chemistry at Harvard, and then studied in Europe for two years. Besides…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 19 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELIOT 2011 ELIOT vate schools for young ladies, Marian, at the age of seventeen, was called by the death of her mother to take entire charge of the house¬ hold. In the…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 20 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELISHA 2012 ELIZABETH Psalm Book, an English metrical version of the Psalms, the first book printed in New Eng¬ land. ELI SHA, a great prophet of Israel who, as successor of Elijah…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 21 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELIZABETH 2013 ELK of Anjou, waiting long for an answer to their suits, but in the end she announced her inten¬ tion to live and die a virgin queen. Mary, Queen of…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 22 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELK 2014 ELLESMERE LAND The body is yellowish-brown above and nearly black beneath. The chest, neck and legs are dark brown. The males bear antlers which aie between four and five feet…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 23 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELLIOTT 2015 ELLSWORTH and west of Northern Greenland. It was dis¬ covered by William Baffin in 1616,’ but up to 1899 very little was known concerning it. In that year Peary explored…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 24 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELM 2016 ELM which organized the entire system of Federal courts practically as they exist to-day. In 1796 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This position he held for…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 25 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELMIRA 2017 EL PASO some species is used in dyeing and sugar refin¬ ing. One species, the slippery elm, a small tree with rough, hairy foliage, furnishes a gluey inner bark which…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 26 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EL PASO 2018 ELYRIA extreme ends of the Continental Divide, hence its name. Since its founding the city has been the natural gateway between the United States and Mexico. It is situated…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 27 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ELYSIUM 2019 EMBALMING power for manufacture. Elyria is served by the Baltimore Ohio and the New York Central railroads and by electric interurban lines. The population, which in 1910 was 14,825, was…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 28 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMBARGO 2020 EMBROIDERY found at Saqqara in his pyramid, perfectly pre¬ served after forty-five centuries. The Egyp¬ tians used three processes, according to Herod¬ otus, the ancient historian. The first, which was…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 29 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMBROIDERY 2021 EMERSON The tools of the embroiderer consist chiefly of scissors, needles and a frame or hoop to hold the material. Small pieces of work do not usually require a frame.…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 30 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMERSON 2022 EMERSON freedom, both in the intellectual and the re¬ ligious life, and this ideal, which he consistently held up to the youth of his country throughout RALPH WALDO EMERSON “He…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 31 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMERY 2023 EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION and he lies buried in beautiful Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, near the resting place of Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is their nobility of thought more than their intellectual quality…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 32 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION 2024 EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION turbances, such as the revolution of 1848 in Germany, have all had a share in making thou¬ sands dissatisfied with their ancestral homes. On the…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 33 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION 2025 EMIGRES first officially encouraged immigration. From year to year there is considerable fluctuation in the number of arrivals, but the following table is a fairly-accurate index of the…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 34 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMINENT DOMAIN 2026 EMPIRE interfere with the plans of the troops of the emigres, and on the twentieth of April France declared war on Austria. The French army had little discipline, for…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 35 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMPIRE DAY 2027 EMPIRE DAY culled emperor, but he may be distinguished by another title of similar import, as sultan, in case of Turkey. An empire generally con¬ sists of a number…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 36 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY 2028 EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY personal relations between master and work¬ man, there arose a feeling that the common law was too harsh. The first statute intended to extend the employer’s liability…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 37 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) EMPORIA 2029 ENABLING ACT ton and West Virginia the employer must contribute to a state fund, out of which claims are paid, and in California, Michigan and Ohio there is a state…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 38 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ENAMEL 2030 ENCYCLOPEDIA and enabling the inhabitants to hold a con¬ stitutional convention and draft a constitution to be submitted to Congress for approval. In Canada a province is formed by act…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 39 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ENDICOTT 2031 ENEMY served as the foundation of the chief encyclo¬ pedic work published in England—the three- volume Encyclopedia Britannica. In its later editions, to the ninth, emphasis was laid rather on…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 40 of (Vol. 4, ELECTROLYTE-GUM) ENERGY 2032 ENERGY ENERGY, cn erji, the name given in physics to the capacity possessed by matter for doing work. Energy is one of the two fundamental ideas of physics, the other…
- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- 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
- image