Book/Printed Material The World book; organized knowledge in story and picture, (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL)
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- Date: 1919
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Image 2 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL)- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 4 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL)- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 5 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL)- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 7 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) 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: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 8 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) ©CLA536581- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 9 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) 7./Pr3.7Ur/ PETER’S PENCE, the name applied in the Roman Catholic Church to voluntary offerings for the support of the Pope. It is of medieval origin, said to have originated in England, from…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 10 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PETRARCH 4610 PETREL PETRARCH land, gave the opposition a rallying point, and thus hastened the triumph of constitutional rule, which was absolutely established in 1689, when William III signed the Bill of…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 11 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PETROGRAD 4611 PETROGRAD petrel and the stormy petrel, or Mother Carey’s chicken, of which Kingsley’s Water Babies has such interesting stories to tell. Wilson’s petrel, a bird seven inches in length, nests…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 12 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PETROGRAD 4612 PETROGRAD islands formed by the branches of that water¬ way. The land is low, and formerly, in times of high water or in case of a strong west wind, the…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 13 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PETROGRAD 4613 PETROLEA sculptures. Near by is the so-called Marble Palace, erected by Catharine II. South of the Summer Garden is the Russian Museum, in Italian style, one of the finest structures…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 14 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PETROLEUM 4614 PETROLEUM fifteen miles southeast of Sarnia, and about sixty miles from Saint Thomas and from De¬ troit. Bear Creek flows through the town. Pe- trolea is the center of the…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 15 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) lisiiifi 0MW§M iC viV**© If Q L,„ 1 BURNING OIL WELLS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 16 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL)- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 17 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PETROLEUM 4615 PETROLEUM of the liquid in the retort as the distillation proceeds. At the lowest tetnperature naphtha and benzine are obtained, then gasoline, fol¬ lowed by kerosene. The last-named was once…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 18 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PETUNIA 4616 PHAETHON were sunk in the surrounding territory. From Pennsylvania the industry spread to West Vir¬ ginia, Ohio and Indiana; the fields in Texas, California, Kansas, Oklahoma and Illinois have been…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 19 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHALANX 4617 PHARMACOPOEIA rivers were dried up and rocks were split. The poor Earth called on Jupiter for help, and he hurled his thunderbolts at the boy, who fell from the chariot…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 20 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHARMACY 4618 PHEASANT they may be taken, and the standard of strength and purity. The volume is compiled usually under highest professional, sometimes governmental, authority, by men who have wide knowledge of…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 21 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHELPS 4619 PHI BETA KAPPA Among other well-known species are the golden pheasant, so called from its golden-yel¬ low crest and bright yellow breast; the Chinese silver pheasant, a beautiful bird whose…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 22 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHIDIAS 4620 PHILADELPHIA throughout their college course. To be chosen for a Phi Beta Kaooa membership is a high scholastic honor. Women as well as men may belong. In most colleges and…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 23 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILADELPHIA 4621 PHILADELPHIA Ohio and the Reading. About a thousand trains enter and leave the city daily. Philadel¬ phia is a seaport, although from its docks ves¬ sels steam a hundred miles…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 24 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILADELPHIA 4622 PHILADELPHIA priation yet exists.) In 173 4 the main building was completed, but it was without the bell tower until 1751. Plans were drawn also for a building at either…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 25 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILADELPHIA 4623 PHILADELPHIA Carpenter’s Hall. Not far from Independence Hall, In a narrow court off Chestnut Street, be¬ tween Third and Fourth streets, is another build¬ ing famous in Revolutionary annals—Carpenter’s Hall.…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 26 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILADELPHIA 4624 PHILADELPHIA Parks and Memorials. Philadelphia has 4,464 acres of parks, an area almost as great as is given to parks in Chicago, and nearly four times as great as New…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 27 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) WORLDftBOOK- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 28 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL)- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 29 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILADELPHIA 4625 PHILADELPHIA (An Outline suitable for Philadelphia will he found with the artiele “City.”) What little bare rear room in this city holds memories of some of the greatest men in…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 30 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) I PHILADELPHIA 4626 PHILADELPHIA City Government. Philadelphia possesses one of the finest municipal buildings in the United States. Its city hall covers four and a half acres, and is the home, not…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 31 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILAE 4627 PHILIP II Philadelphia maintained its national politi¬ cal and financial supremacy until some time after 1830. From 1683 to 1799 it was the capi¬ tal of Pennsylvania, and the capital…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 32 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIP 4628 PHILIP as Thermopylae, but found it too strongly guarded by the Athenians and turned back. In 346 the Thebans appealed to him for help against the Phocians, who had held…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 33 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIP 4629 PHILIP France needed money, and new taxes were ac¬ cordingly levied, some of which fell upon the clergy; but in 1296 Pope Boniface VIII issued a bull forbidding anyone to…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 34 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 4630 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS appealed to him as a glorious deed for the benefit of Roman Catholicism. Philip V (1683-1746) was the first of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty. He was the…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 35 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 4631 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS in importance, the 3,130 others would not fill any state other than Rhode Island, Con¬ necticut or Delaware, for they contain on the average only two and…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 36 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 4632 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS of them were educated in Spanish days, and their morals were decidedly inferior to those of their mountain brothers. Few of them un¬ derstood Spanish or any…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 37 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) American Type of Something New in the Philippines—A Trade School high School A Native Barge Wonderful Philippine Vegetation Relative Size of Negrito and American A Native Street— before and after American Occupation…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 38 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 4634 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS the coast they met with no serious opposition except from the Moros. Spanish friars went boldly into the interior, learned the native dia¬ lects and converted the…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 39 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 4635 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS soldiers began the work of educating the na¬ tive children. Of course mistakes were made. Perhaps the most laughable was the purchase of thousands of American school…- Contributor: Foster, Ellsworth D. - O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent) - Locke, George Herbert
- Date: 1919
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Image 40 of (Vol. 8, PETER'S PENCE-SCHOOL) PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 4636 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS the health of the Philippines what Doctor Gor- gas did for the Panama Canal Zone. Roads, Railroads and Commerce. The first and worst mistake which the inexperienced…- 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