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New International Encyclopedia, Volume 8

Wire Glass
Wire Glass. Wire Glass Is Simply A Combina Tion Of Wire And Glass For Use In Large Buildings Like Railway Stations, Where A Single Wide-arched Roof Must Span An Enormous Area, And The Lighting Must Be Chiefly In This Roof. It Is Also Used For Ordinary Windows In Exposed Locations, ...

Wood Grouse
Wood-grouse. The Remaining Species Of Amer Ican Grouse Are Denizens Of Forests. A Very Widely Distributed Form Is The Canada Grouse Or `spruce'-partridge' (canace Canadensis), A West Ern Variety Of Which Is Called Franklin's Grouse Or 'fool Hen.' It Is Plentiful Throughout The For Ests Of Canada, From Maine To ...

Work Or Glaciers
Work Or Glaciers. The Moraines Are Carried Along By The Glaciers And Deposited On The Sides Of Its Valley And At The End Of The Ice. Some Rocks Become Imbedded In The Ice And Act Like Graving-tools In Making Long, Straight Scratches In The Bed-rock, Whose Surface Is Also Smoothed ...