# Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Volume 1

* Copyright Harris & Ewing
* THE CAPITOL, WASHINGTON
The Capitol, looking toward the East Front. It is on the central portico of this front that inauguration ceremonies take place. The corner stone of the Capitol was laid by George Washington in 1793. The North Wing was completed in 1800 and became the seat of government immediately. The central part was begun in 1818, under the direction of the famous American architect, Charles Bullfinch. The extensions were begun in 1851 and completed in 1859.
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| Introduction List of Illustrations List of Maps Key to Pronunciation A Aachen Aalborg Aar Aarau Aard-vark Aard-wolf Aargau, or Argovia Aarhuus (district) Aarhuus (city) Aaron Ab Ababdeh, Ababde, or Ababidek Abaco, Great and Little Abacus Abakansk Abancay Abano Bagni Abarim Abattoir Abbas Pasha Hilmi Abbassides Abbazia Abbé Abbe, Cleveland Abbeville (South Carolina) Abbeville (France) Abbey Abbey, Edwin Austin Abbey, Henry Eugene Abbot Abbotsford Abbott, Alexander Crever Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Charles Greeley Abbott, Emma Abbott, Jacob Abbott, Lyman Abbreviations Abdallah, Ben-Abd-el-Mottalib Abdal-Malek, or Abdulmelech Abd-el-Kader Abd-er-Rahman I. Abd-er-Rahman III. Abdication Abdomen Abdominals Abduction Abductor Abd-ul-Aziz Abdul-Hamid II. Abdul-Medjid Abdurrahman Khan À Becket, Thomas Abel Abélard, Pierre Abencerrages Abercrombie, John Abercrombie, Sir Ralph Aberdeen (Scotland) Aberdeen (South Dakota) Aberdeen (Washington) Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, University of Abernethy Abernethy, James Abernethy, John Aberration Abesta, or Avesta Abhedananda, Swami Abijah Abila, or Abyla Abilene Abington Abkhasia Abnoba, now Abenau Åbo Åbo, Archipelago of Åbo, Peace of Abolitionists Aboma Abomey Aborigines Abortion Aboukir Aboulfeda, or Abulfeda About, Edmond Abracadabra Abraham Abraham, Plains of and Heights of Abrasives Abruzzi, Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Abruzzi and Molise Absalom Abscess Absolute Absolution Absorption Abstinence Abstract of Title Abstraction Abt, Franz Abu Abu-Bekr Abu-Simbel Abydos Abyssinia Abyssinian Church Acacia Academics Academy ... Acetylene Acetylene gas Acetylene lamp ... | Adams Adams, Brooks Adams, Charles Follen Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Charles Francis (son) Adams, Charles Kendall Adams, Franklin Pierce Adams, George Burton Adams, Henry Adams, Henry Carter Adams, Herbert Adams, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Maude Kiskadden Adams, Samuel Adams, Samuel Hopkins Adams, William Taylor Adamson Law Addams, Jane Adder Adding Machines ... Aeronautics Aeschylus ... Afghanistan Africa Agaña ... Agricultural chemistry Agricultural education Agricultural machinery Agriculture Agriculture, Department of Agrigentum Agrippa II., Herod Aguas Calientes Ague Aguilar, Grace Aguinaldo, Emilio Agulhas, Cape Ahab Ahasuerus Ahmadabad Ahmed Mirza Ahriman Ai Aid-de-Camp, Aide-de-Camp Aïdé, Hamilton Aiken Ailanthus, or Ailantus Ainsworth, Frederick Crayton Ainsworth, William Harrison Aintab Air ... Akyab Alabama (State) Alabama (river) Alabama City Alabama Claims Alabama Polytechnic Institute Alabama, The Alabama, University of Alabaster Alagoas Alajuela Alamanni, Luigi Alameda Alamo, The Alarcón, Hernando Alarcón y Mendoza, Don Juan Ruiz de Alaria Alaric Alaric II. Alaska Alba Longa Alban, St. Albani Albani, Francesco Albani, Marie Emma (Lajeunesse) Albania Albano Alban's, St. Albany (Alabama) Albany (Georgia) Albany (New York) Albany Congress Albany Regency, The Albatross ... Albion (Michigan) Albion (New York) Albion College Alboin Albolene Albright College Albuera Albumen Albuminoids Albuquerque ... Alcott, Amos Bronson Alcott, Louisa May ... Alessandria Aleutian Islands Alewife Alexander (ancient) ... Algiers ... Almanac ... Alps Alsace-Lorraine Alsberg, Carl Lucas ... | Americanization American Legion American Party, The American Protective Association ... Andes ... Andreyev, Leonid ... Annapolis Ann Arbor ... Apple Appleton Appogiatura Appold, John George Appomattox Court House Apponyi, Albert, Count Apportionment Bill Apprenticeship Apricot April Apron Apse Apsides ... Aristophanes Aristotle Aristotelianism Aristoxenus Arithmetic Arithmetical Complement Arithmetical Mean Arithmetical Progression Arithmetical Proportion Ari Thorgilsson Arius Arizona Arizona, University of Arjish Dagh Ark Arkansas Arkansas City Arkansas River Arkansas, University of ... Armstrong, William George, Lord Army Army Corps Army Schools Army War College ... Arthritis Arthropoda Arthur Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, Julia Artichoke Article ... Asama Asaph Asarabacca Asbestos Asbury, Francis ... Astor, John Jacob (merchant) Astor, John Jacob (capitalist) Astor, Lady Nancy Astor, William Backhouse Astor, William Waldorf Astor Place Riot Astoria Astræidæ Astragal ... Atkinson, Edward Atkinson, Eleanor Atlanta ... Augusta (Georgia) Augusta (Maine) ... Aurochs Aurora Aurora Borealis Aurungzebe Ausable Chasm Auscultation Auspices Austen, Jane Austerlitz Austin (Minnesota) Austin (Texas) ... Azerbaijan, Republic of Azimuth ... Azure Azurine Azurite | B Baal ... Ball's Bluff Balmaceda, José Manuel Balmoral Castle Balsam (impatiens) Balsam (substance) Baltic Provinces Baltic Sea Baltimore Baltimore, George Calvert, Lord Baltimore Bird Baluchistan ... Bangor (Pennsylvania) Bangor (Wales) Bangor Theological Seminary Bangs, John Kendrick Bank Bankhead, John Hollis Bank Note Bankruptcy Laws Banks, Federal Reserve Banks, Louis Albert Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Thomas Banks in the United States Banks Land Bann Bannockburn Banquette ... Bathurst Island Baton Rouge ... Beaver Beaver Dam (Wisconsin) Beaver Dam Beaver Falls Bebel, Ferdinand August Bechuanaland Beck, James Montgomery Becker, George Ferdinand Becket, Thomas à Bede Bedford (borough) Bedford (city) Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford Level Bedfordshire Bedlam Bedloe's Island Bedouins Bee Beebe, (Charles) William Beech Beecher, Edward Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Beef Beer Beerbohm, Max Beers, Henry Augustin Beersheba Berger, Victor L. ... Bernard, St. |