The functions of saliva include moistening food so it can be swallowed easily. Also, saliva contains the enzyme amylase, also called ptyalin, that breaks some starches down into maltose and dextrin. (From Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition) ...

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WARNING: The following text was originally obtained from the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. While it has been modified by various editors, it may not be entirely accurate according to a strict interpretation of applicable law today, especially after the major reforms in the 1925 legislation. (In 1911 the encyclopedia was a British publication and heavily weighted to a British interpretation of information in that day.) See also:

Real property, Real property - Historical background, Real property - History of the word, Real property - Interpretations vary, Real property - British interpretation, Real property - Land relationship to owner, Real property - Definitions, Real property - Estate law, Real property - Economic aspects of real property, Real property - U.S. interpretation, Real property - Types of ownership interests

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In contrast to Nihilartikels, which are false information in a real encyclopedia, there are also literary encyclopedia fictions. For instance, in Jorge Luis Borges's story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", the narrator claims to have come across an encyclopedia entry for "Uqbar" in a copy of The Anglo American Cyclopaedia (New York, 1917), a pirated version of the Encyclopædia Britannica; later he encounters a volume of the (entirely imaginary) First Encyclopaedia of Tlön. The Borges story is laced with references to peop ...

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In the Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition ( New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1910-11, vol. 15, pp. 312, in the Article “JEHOVAH” ) it states: The early Christian scholars, who inquired what was the true name of the God of the Old Testament, had therefore no great difficulty in getting the information they sought. Clement of Alexandria (d. c. 212) says that it was pronounced ιαουε.5 1. In the above quote a superscripted number 5 appears to the right of ια ...

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Iaoue, Iaoue - Clement of Alexandria's ιαουε favors the transliteration Yahweh, Iaoue - The variants ιαουε and ιαουια both favor the transliteration Yahweh, Iaoue - The variants ιαουε and ιαουια and ιαου can all be found in Stromata V.6, Iaoue - The variant ιαου is found in the 11th century Greek Codex Laurentianus V 3, Iaoue - The variant ιαου is found in Migne's P.G., Iaoue - Hebrew Bible's יְהוָה versus the Christian Yahweh and יַהְוֶה and ιαουε, Iaoue - Footnotes, Iaoue - External link, Iaoue - Technical note

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in modern heraldry texts the fylfot is typically shown with truncated limbs, rather like a cross potent that's had one arm of each T cut off. It's also known as a cross cramponned, ~nnée, or ~nny, as each arm resembles a crampon or angle-iron (compare Winkelmaßkreuz in German). Examples of fylfots in heraldry are extremely rare. Oswald Barron, in his exemplary article on "Heraldry" in the Encyclopædia Britannica (most 20th-centu ...

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Obelisk - Egyptian obelisks. In 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica wrote, "The earliest TEMPLE obelisk still in position is that of Senwosri I. of the XIIth DYNASTY at HELIOPOLIS (68 ft. high)" (ref. [1]). Obelisks were a prominent part of the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, who placed them in pairs at the entrance of temples. Twenty seven ancient Egyptian obelisks are known to have survived, plus one incomplete obelisk ...

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Arthur Charles Fox-Davies argued extensively in his book The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory that, though extremely rare, the colour white existed as an independent tincture in heraldry separate from argent. He bases this in part on the "white labels" used to difference the arms of members of the British Royal Family. However, it has been argued that these could be regarded as "white labels proper", thus ...

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Argent, Argent - Argent and white

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Although dictionaries since 1850 have invariably been sorting ij between ih and ik, most encyclopaedias and all telephone directories in the Netherlands (but not those in Belgium) sort ij and y together, as if they are the same. This is because many surnames have nonstandard spellings: Bruijn may also be spelled Bruyn, and thanks to this sorting they can be found next to each other. This also helps with Frisian names (such as 'Fryslân') which contain a y but are often spelled with an < ...

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IJ letter, IJ letter - History and pronunciation, IJ letter - Sorting, IJ letter - Technical details

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Albert Gallatin - Primary Sources. Henry Adams, editor. The Writings of Albert Gallatin (3 volumes, 1879). Gallatin, Albert. "The Land West of the Rockies." The Annals of America (11 volumes). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc, 1976. 209-214. This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. ...

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The ten men and two women who have been picked randomly to do jury service are: an unmarried middle-aged journalist; a young left-wing intellectual, newly married and happy; a hard-working and honest publican; a travelling salesman unsuccessfully trying to flog encyclopaedias; a young attractive widow of Jewish descent whose husband was killed when he was attacked in the street by hooligans; a young hairdresser sharing a house with three workmates; an old, fat, homosexual uni ...

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A common case is when the "weaker" and the "stronger" languages are very closely related. It is usual for the speakers of the "stronger" language to suggest that the "weaker" language is "just a dialect". In their turn, the speakers of the "weaker" language vigorously deny such claims, and go to great lengths to prove that their language is quite separate. For instance, in the 19th century it was common to consider Ukrainian and Belarusian languages to be dialects of Russian (this point of view was reflected in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica). Today, however, many U ...

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The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica offers a picture of Nagpur in the early part of the 20th century: The city is 1125 ft. above the sea; Pop. (1901) 127,734. The town is well laid out, with several parks and artificial lakes, and has numerous Hindu temples. The prettily wooded suburb of Sitabaldi contains the chief government buildings, the houses of Europeans, the railway station and the cantonments, with fort and arsenal. In the centre stands Sitabaldi Hill, crowned with the fort. Beyond the station lies the broad sheet of wate ...

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The Encyclopædia Americana. A popular dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, history, politics and biography, brought down to the present time; including a copious collection of original articles in American biography; on the basis of the 7th ed. of the German Conversations-Lexicon was founded by German-born Francis Lieber. It was the first significant American encyclopedia and was based on Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexikon. Like that work, it was written in an accessible style and ...

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This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. See also Republican party ...

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Words of the sort organize/organise and their derivatives can be spelt with either s or z in British English. The -ize forms are promoted by the Oxford English Dictionary. British English with -ize is sometimes known as OED spelling, and may be marked by the registered IANA language tag 'en-GB-oed'. It is the spelling used by the Encyclopædia Britannica, by the United Nations, and by many international organizations and academic publications. The -ize forms were used by The Times until the mi ...

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In the small intestine, proteins are changed into amino acids; fats are changed into fatty acids; and carbohydrates are changed into sugars. The small intestine is also where most of the nutrients from ingested food are absorbed. (From Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition) The largest amount of water from the chylus (the substance that comes from the stomach) is absorbed in the small intestine ...

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Apollonia in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of Cyrene, 20 km (12 miles) to the southwest. The Greek geographer and mathematician Eratosthenes was born there. Apollonia city - References. This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britann ...

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There are 5 letters for vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 20 for consonants. The Western Q, W, X, Y are excluded from the pure language, as are some Southern Slavic characters, Ć, DŽ, Đ, LJ, NJ, however they are used in encyclopaedias and dictionary listings, for foreign Western proper nouns or toponyms are not transcribed as they are in some other Slavic languages, such as partly in Russian or entirely in Serbian. Such an encyclopaedic listing woul ...

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In 1923, the University of Madras created the post of University Librarian to oversee their poorly organized collection. Among the 900 applicants for the position, none had any formal training in librarianship, and Ranganathan's handful of papers satisfied the search committee's requirement that the candidate should have a research background. His sole knowledge of librarianship came from an Encyclopædia Britann ...

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^  Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year article on James "Sonny Ford" Thomas, Online 15 October 2005 ^  "John Jackson." Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 36. Edited by Ashyia Henderson. Gale Group, 2002. ^  "The Pappenheimer Family." World Eras, Vol. 1: European Renaissance and Reformati ...

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Gravedigger, Gravedigger - Notable gravediggers, Gravedigger - Gravediggers in literature, Gravedigger - In Japan, Gravedigger - Notes

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In Homer's Iliad the Leleges are allies of the Trojans (10.429), though they do not occur in the formal catalogue of allies in Book II of the Iliad, and their homeland is not specified. They are distinguished from the Carians, with whom some later writers confused them; they have a king, Altes, and a city Pedasus which was sacked by Achilles. The topographical name "Pedasus" occurs in several ancient places: near Cyzicus, in the Troad on the Satnioeis river, in Caria, as well as in Messenia, according to Encyclopaedia BritannicaSee also:

Leleges, Leleges - Leleges in Anatolia, Leleges - Leleges in Greece and the Aegean

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Obelisk - Egyptian obelisks. In 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica wrote, "The earliest temple obelisk still in position is that of Senwosri I. of the XIIth Dynasty at Heliopolis (68 ft. high)" (ref. [1]). Obelisks were a prominent part of the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, who placed them in pairs at the entrance of temples. Twenty seven ancient Egyptian obelisks are known to have survived, plus one incomplete obelisk ...

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Obelisk, Obelisk - Ancient obelisks, Obelisk - Egyptian obelisks, Obelisk - Assyria, Obelisk - Axumite obelisks, Obelisk - Other ancient obelisks, Obelisk - Modern obelisks, Obelisk - Miscellaneous

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