The Junior Encyclopedia Britannica Volume 1; A Reference Library of General Knowledge (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...turned or molded on the back of the body. The edges of cloth-covered buttons are protected by workinga corded edge around the upper side. But'tresses, in architecture, especially Gothic, projections on the outside of the walls of an edifice, extending from the bottom to the top, or nearly, and intended to give additional support to the walls and prevent them from spreading under the weight of the roof. Flying buttresses, of a somewhat arched form, often spring from the top of the ordinary buttresses, leaning inward so as to abut against and.support a higher portion of the building, such as the wall of a clear-story, thus receiving part of the pressure from the weight of the roof of the central pile. Butyr ic Acid, an acid obtained from butter; it also occurs in perspiration, cod-liver oil, etc. Butyric acid is a colorless liquid, having a smell like that of rancid butter; its taste is acrid and biting, with a sweetish after-taste. Butyr'ic Ether, a substance obtained from butyric acid with the flavor of pineapples, used in flavoring confectionery, as an ingredient in perfumes, etc. Buxton, a small town in the county of Derby, England, situated in a valley celebrated for its mineral waters. The surrounding scenery is fine, and there is a vast stalactite cavern called Poole's Hole in the neighborhood. Pop. 7,424. Buz zard, the name of raptorial birds which form one of the subfamilies of the diurnal birds of prey; characteristics, a moderate-sized beak, hooked from the base, long wings, long tarsi, and short weak toes. The common buzzard is distributed over the whole of Europe as well as the north of Africa and America. Its food is very miscellaneous, and consists of moles, mice, frogs, toads, worms, insects, etc. It is sluggish in its habits. Its Common Buzza...