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Brewer's: Columbus

His signature was- S. i.e., Servidor S. A. S. Sus Altezas Sacras X. M. Y. Jesus Maria Isabel Xto. FERENS Christo-pher El Almirante El Almirante. In English, “Servant- of their Sacred…

Brewer's: Diddle

(To). To cheat in a small way, as “I diddled him out of ...” Edgar Allan Poe has an article on the art of “Diddling.” Rhyming slang is very common. (See Chivy.) Fiddle and diddle rhyme. “…

Brewer's: White Rose

The House of York, whose emblem it was. The White Rose. Cardinal de la Pole. (1500-1558.) White Rose of England. So Perkin Warbeck or Osbeck…

Chemistry: Titrations

TitrationsChemistryAcids and BasesWhat Are Acids and Bases?Properties of Acids and BasesThe pH ScaleTitrationsBuffers I found a bottle in the stockroom of my lab about a year ago. When I opened it…

Brewer's: Feathers

(The). A public-house sign in compliment to Henry VI., whose cognizance it was. Fine feathers make fine birds. (Latin, “Vestis virum facit, ” dress makes the man). The French proverb is “…

Brewer's: Toads

The device of Clovis was three toads (or botes, as they were called in Old French), but after his baptism the Arians greatly hated him, and assembled a large army under King Candat to put…

An American Heroine

Amelia Earhart and her Lockheed Electra Over sixty years after Amelia Earhart vanished mysteriously in the Pacific during her attempt to become the first person to circumnavigate the…