. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world . givento the State of Colorado on account of its ad-mission to the Union in 1876, the iooth year ofAmerican independence. Centeno, Diego, de-ago than-tano, Span-ish soldier: b. Cindad-Real, Spain, 1504; d. LaPlata, upper Peru, 1549. Going to South Amer-ica he accompanied Alvarado to Peru and soonbecame famous as a skilful fighter. Center. See Centre. Centerville, Iowa, city in AppanooseCounty; on the Rock Island, the C. B. & Q.,the I. & St.
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world . givento the State of Colorado on account of its ad-mission to the Union in 1876, the iooth year ofAmerican independence. Centeno, Diego, de-ago than-tano, Span-ish soldier: b. Cindad-Real, Spain, 1504; d. LaPlata, upper Peru, 1549. Going to South Amer-ica he accompanied Alvarado to Peru and soonbecame famous as a skilful fighter. Center. See Centre. Centerville, Iowa, city in AppanooseCounty; on the Rock Island, the C. B. & Q.,the I. & St. L. and the Iowa Central , 70miles south of Des Moines. The town was set-tled in 1832 and was incorporated as a city in1846. It is the centre of a coal mining, agricul-tural and stock-raising region. It has fourbanks, 15 churches, and an excellent publicschool system. Pop. (1900) 5,256. Centerville, Va., a village of FairfaxCounty, 27 miles west of Washington. It ismemorable for the series of battles fought inits vicinity on the last days of August 1862,in which the Federal army, under Gen. Pope,suffered heavy loss and a severe Photograph by J. Horace McFarland Co. CENTAUREA CENTESIMO — CENTO Centesimo, sen-tesi-mo, a coin of Italy,Peru, etc., equivalent to a centime (). Centiare, sentl-ar, or soti-tyar, a measureof surface of the metric system, the hundredthpart of an are () or one square metre, equiva-lent to square feet. Centigrade Scale. See Thermometer. Centigram, or Centigramme, a weight ofthe metric system, the hundredth part of agram (), equivalent to grain troy. Centiliter, or Centilitre, sentl-le-ter, ameasure of capacity of the metric system, thehundredth part of a litre (), equivalent toa little more than three fifths of a cubic inch. Centime, sari-tem, a French coin, in valueone hundredth of a franc or about one fifth ofa United States cent. Centimeter, or Centimetre, a measure oflength of the metric system, the hundre
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