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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 559 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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C6H ,000HBr2 + 3KHO = 2KBr + See also:

H2O (combined)

H2O + C6HS. CHOH• CO2K. clasp of See also:

gold set in rubies. The third grade, for civilians a See also:

PEA (Pisum)

pea-See also:

COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock, for the military a See also:

LEOPARD

leopard with a clasp of worked gold. The See also:

FOURTH

fourth grade, for civilians a See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

goose, for the military a See also:

tiger, and a clasp of worked gold with a See also:

SILVER

silver See also:

BUTTON (Fr. bouton, O. Fr. boton, apparently from the same root as bouter, to push)

button. The fifth grade, for civilians a silver See also:

PHEASANT

pheasant, for the military a See also:

bear and a clasp of See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain gold with a silver button. The See also:

SIXTH

sixth grade, for civilians an egret, for the military a tiger-See also:

cat with a See also:

MOTHER

mother-of-See also:

pearl clasp. The seventh grade, for civilians a See also:

MANDARIN

mandarin See also:

DUCK

duck, for the military a mottled bear with :a silver clasp. The eighth grade, for civilians a See also:

QUAIL (0. Fr. Quaille, Mod. Fr. Caille, Ital. Quaglia, Low Lat. Quaquila, Du. Kwakkel and Kwartel, Ger. Wachtel, Dan. Vagtel)

quail, for the military a See also:

seal with a clear See also:

horn clasp. The ninth grade, for civilians a See also:

long-tailed See also:

jay, for the military a See also:

RHINOCEROS

rhinoceros with a See also:

BUFFALO

buffalo-horn clasp. The " mandarin See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language " is the See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, which is spoken in See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official and legal circles; it is also spoken over a considerable portion of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, particularly the See also:

NORTHERN

northern and central parts, though not perhaps with the same purity. Mandarin duck (anas galericulata) and Mandarin See also:

orange (citrus nobilis) possibly derive their names, by See also:

ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy, from the sense of superiority implied in the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " mandarin." See Society in See also:

CHINA

China, by See also:

SIR

Sir R.

K. See also:

Douglas; L'See also:

EMPIRE

Empire du milieu, by E. and 0. See also:

RECLUS, JEAN JACQUES ELISEE (1830-1905)

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