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Crown encyclopedia and gazetteer, 1903
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1Bangor Theological Seminary, an educational institution in Bangor, Me.; chartered by the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1814; opened in Hampden in 1816; and removed to Bangor in 1819; under the direction of the Congregational Church.
3Bangs, John Kendrick, an American humorist and editor, born in Yonkers, N. Y., May 27, 1862. He was one of the founders of "Life," and has long been famed for his light verse and humorous stories. He became editor of "Harper's Weekly" in 1900, and in 1903 of the Metropolitan Magazine.
5Bangs, Lemuel Bolton, an American physician; born in New York, Aug. 9, 1842. He was president of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (1895) and the editor of the "American Text-Book of Genito-Urinary Diseases," etc.
7Bangweolo (also called Bemba), a great Central African lake, discovered by Livingstone in 1868, which is 150 miles long by 75 in width, and 3,700 feet above the sea. On its S. shore Livingstone died.
9Banian, or Banyan, an Indian trader, or merchant, one engaged in commerce generally, but more particularly one of the great traders of Western India, as in the seaports of Bombay, Kurrachee, etc., who carry on a large trade by means of caravans with the interior of Asia, and with Africa by vessels.
11Banim, John, an Irish novelist, dramatist, and poet, born in Kilkenny, April 3, 1798; died in Kilkenny, Aug. 13, 1842.
13Banishment (the act of putting under ban, proclamation, as an outlaw), a technical term for the punishment of sending out of the country under penalties against return.
15Banister, John, an Anglo-American scientist, born in England; settled in the West Indies, and later in Virginia, in the vicinity of Jamestown, where he devoted himself to the study of botany. He died in 1692. His son, John, born in Virginia, was educated in England, and studied law there; became Colonel in the Virginia militia; member of the Virginia Assembly; and prominent in the patriotic conventions of the Revolutionary period; was a Representative from Virginia in the Continental Congress in 1778-1779, and one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation. He died near Hatcher's Run, Va., in 1787.
17Banjermassin, a former Sultanate in the S. E. of Borneo, with an area of 5,928 square miles, and a population of about 300,000, chiefly Mohammedans. Tributary to Holland since 1787, it was annexed on the death of the last Sultan in 1857, and is now governed by the Dutch Resident for the S. and E. of Borneo, who has an assistant at Martapura, where the Sultans formerly lived.
19Banjo, a musical instrument with five strings, having a head and neck like a guitar, with a body or sounding-board hollow at the back, and played with the hand and fingers. It is the favorite instrument of the plantation negroes of the Southern States and their imitators, and seems to have had its origin in the bandore, a musical instrument like a lute or guitar, invented by John Ross or Rose, a famous violin-maker, about 1562.
21Bank, primarily an establishment for the deposit, custody and repayment on demand, of money; and obtaining the bulk of its profits from the investment of sums thus derived and not in immediate demand. The term is a derivative of the banco or bench of the early Italian money dealers.
23Bankes, Henry, an English statesman and historian; born in London in 1757; died Dec. 17, 1834.
25Bank Holidays, days during which banks are legally closed. The term is not used in the United States, it being customary for banks to close on all legal holidays. In Great Britain and Ireland the term is in general use as applied to what Americans would simply call holidays. In the United States, as in Great Britain, when a holiday falls on Sunday, it is observed on the following day.
27Bankiva Fowl, a fowl living wild in Northern India, Java, Sumatra, etc., believed to be the original of our common domestic fowls.
29Bank Note, an engraved certificate representing its face value in specie. In the production of bank notes, the principal purpose is to render their
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