Book/Printed Material The World book; organized knowledge in story and picture, (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS)
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- Date: 1919
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Image 4 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS)- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 5 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS)- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 6 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS)- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 7 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) 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 GOVERNMENT EDITOR FOR CANADA GEORGE…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 8 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) .Vi 55 THE! organized; knowledge- SGDK vs STORY AND PICTURE 1 j... t C c NOV 14 1919 Copyright: 1917: 1918: 1919: Hanson-Bellows Publishing: Company 4 ©Cl. A 5 H 6 5…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 9 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) VOLUME THS ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE TfiAOC KtWAEGISTEAEQ AND PICTURE SIX KUMQUAT, kum kwat, a small, shrubby form di the orange tree, seldom exceeding six feet in height. It is a native of China,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 10 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) KYOTO KUROPATKIN conspicuous in all the great battles of that struggle. LOCATION MAP KUROPATKIN, koo ro paht kin, Alexei Nikolayevitch (1848- a Russian general who was responsible for one of the most…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 11 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) L 3283 LABOR L, the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, was derived through the Greek and Roman from the Phoenician lamed. The Phoenician letter resembled a capital L, though the angle…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 12 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LABOR 3284 LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR, Division of, the name given by political economists to the conditions which exist in modern industry under which one man performs only one function, or at most…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 13 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LABOR LEGISLATION 3285 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS national concern. In the United States, in Canada and in Australia, on the contrary, such legislation is mainly state or provincial in char¬ acter. Under such a…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 14 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LABOR ORGANIZATIONS 3286 LABRADOR another trade to the latter’s own business. For example, a bricklayer is forbidden to drive a nail, and a carpenter must not handle a trowel. Such narrow views…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 15 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LABRADOR 3287 LABRADOR The People and Their Surroundings. There are only about 4,000 people in Labrador, an average of one to every thirty square miles, but the population is concentrated in small,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 16 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LABRADOR CURRENT 3288 LABYRINTH Related Subjects. The reader Is referred to the following articles in these volumes: Algonquian Indians Eskimo Aurora Borealis Grenfell, Wilfred T. Cabot, John Newfoundland LABRADOR CURRENT, a cold…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 17 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAC 3289 LACE are pictures of boys and girls, presumably captives trained in their art, vaulting onto the back of a charging bull, and beneath the pal¬ ace have been found dungeons…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 18 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LACE 3290 LACE-WINGED FLIES present application in the ^sixteenth century; before this it was descriptive of the cord used to lace articles of clothing, and of gold and other fancy braids used…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 19 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LACHINE 3291 LACKAWANNA and insect eggs. Their eggs are grouped as on a stem, to protect them from worms, and the larvae (young) spin themselves a queer (a) Adult, three-fourths natural size;…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 20 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LACOMBE 3292 LACQUER WARE Besides steel plants, which employ from 8,000 to 10,000 men, the city has extensive bridge works, coking plants and blast furnaces. The noteworthy buildings are those of Saint…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 21 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LACROSSE 3293 LACTEALS gold, silver and colors, and cover them with a protecting coat of transparent lacquer. The best work is exceedingly artistic, and so durable that a lacquered door may be…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 22 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LACTIC ACID 3294 LADYSMITH located in the outer coats of the intestine, uniting finally to form large trunks which end in the thoracic duct. The latter tube runs up¬ ward close to…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 23 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LADYSMITH 3295 LAFAYETTE center of the struggle, 9,000 British troops under Sir George White sustaining a siege of 118 days, until relieved by General Buller on February 28, 1900. The town has…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
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Image 24 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAFAYETTE 3296 LAFAYETTE The present city is five miles northeast of the site of the old Miami Indian village, Onia- tanon, where the French built a fort in 1720. This was probably…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 25 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LA FOLLETTE 3297 LA FOLLETTE first consul, during whose period of rule he lived in retirement. In 1815, when Napoleon was sent to Saint Helena, the monarchy was restored and Lafay¬ ette…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 26 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LA FONTAINE 3298 LAGERLOF In spreading his ideas and urging others to adopt them La Follette has used every legiti¬ mate means at his command. He has been a frequent speaker and…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 27 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAGOON 3299 LAKE missioned in 1902 by the National Teachers’ Association of Sweden to write a school text¬ book which would present in narrative form the folklore and geographical conditions of Sweden,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 28 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAKE 3300 LAKE Lakes may be caused by natural collection of water in extinct volcanoes, by rivers which deposit silt until the natural outlet to the sea is closed, by subsidence of…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 29 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAKE CHARLES 3301 LAKE OF THE WOODS LAKE CHARLES, La., the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, is a city in the southwestern corner of the state, forty miles from the Texas state…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 30 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAKES 3302 LAMAR the lake its name. Lumbering is naturally the principal occupation of the region, and there are large mills at Kenora and other points on the lake. Fishing is also…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 31 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAMARCK 3303 LAMB LAMARCK, la mark Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de (1744-1829), a French naturalist, renowned for his researches in botany, zoology and meteorology. He wanted to be a soldier,…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 32 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAMENTATIONS 3304 LAMPBLACK for his wit and geniality had made him a charming companion, and his unselfishness and loyalty had knit his friends firmly to him. The Essays of Elia, the writings…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 33 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAMPMAN 3305 LANCASTER tion of such materials as coal or wood tar, pitch, petroleum, resin, etc. These substances are burned in brick furnaces or in cast-iron vessels; the dense smoke which results…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 34 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LANCASTER, HOUSE OF 3306 LANCEWOOD noted for its manufacture of Hamilton watches (the output valued at $2,000,000 annually), umbrellas, parasols and canes; in the latter Lancaster ranks next to New York City.…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 35 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAND AND SEA BREEZES 3307 LANDS the Deacon who built Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Wonderful One-Horse Shay Sent for lancewood to make the thills. Lancewood is light yellow in color, and re¬ sembles…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 36 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LANDS 3308 LANDS (see Louisiana Purchase). Sixteen years later, in 1819, 60,000 square miles were secured by the purchase of Florida from Spain. The annexation of Texas in 1845, the Mexican ces¬…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 37 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LANDS 3309 LANDS its representation in Congress as a subsidy or endowment for an agricultural college. These additional gifts have involved about 10,000,000 acres. Remaining Public Lands. Though much of the public…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 38 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LANDS 3310 LANDSCAPE GARDENING governments, each of which retained its portion when incorporated into the Dominion. The only exception is in British Columbia, where the Dominion government owns a strip twenty miles…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 39 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LANDSCAPE GARDENING 3311 LANDSEER parks, playgrounds, cemeteries and expositions. The landscape gardening at the World’s Colum¬ bian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 set a standard for work on a large scale which…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- Date: 1919
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Image 40 of (Vol. 6, KURDISTAN-MORMONS) LAND’S END 3312 LANG ing the second period of his long career he constantly attempted, usually with remarkable success, to associate human sentiments with them. Many admirers feel that Landseer’s best work…- Contributor: Locke, George Herbert - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Foster, Ellsworth D.
- 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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