. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. frican coast than the Bissagos. Bissen, Wilhem, a Danish sculptor, was bornin Sles^^•ick in 1798, and from 1823 to 1833 studied inRome under Thorwaldsen, who, in his will, com-missioned him to complete his unfinished 1850 he was made director of the Academy ofArts, Copenhagen, where he died 10th March his masterpieces are the Valkyrie, Cupidsharpening his Arrow, and Moses ; his Orestes,and a frieze 134 feet long, perished in the burningof the Christiansborg at Copenhagen (1884).—Seethe life by Plon (2d ed. Pa
. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. frican coast than the Bissagos. Bissen, Wilhem, a Danish sculptor, was bornin Sles^^•ick in 1798, and from 1823 to 1833 studied inRome under Thorwaldsen, who, in his will, com-missioned him to complete his unfinished 1850 he was made director of the Academy ofArts, Copenhagen, where he died 10th March his masterpieces are the Valkyrie, Cupidsharpening his Arrow, and Moses ; his Orestes,and a frieze 134 feet long, perished in the burningof the Christiansborg at Copenhagen (1884).—Seethe life by Plon (2d ed. Paris, 1871). Bistort (Pohfgo)ium bistorta), a perennialplant, 1 to 1^ feet high, with a simple stem, ovatesubcordate and wavj leaves, the radical leaves taper-ing into a long footstalk, and one dense terminalcylindrical spiked raceme of flesh-coloured root is about the thickness of the little finger,blackish-brown externally, reddish within, and tor-tuous (whence the name bistort, and probably alsothe other popular name of Snake-root). The whole. Bistort {Polygonum bistorta): a, b, c, flowering stem and root stock; d, a flower; e, a fruit. (From Bentley & Trimen.) plant is astringent, containing much tannin ; theroot is one of the strongest vegetable astringents,and was formerly much employed in medicine, bothinternally and externally, in hemon-hages and manyother complaints. Bistort is a native of meadows inEurope, and is found in Britain, but is by no meanscommon. In times of famine the root has beenused after washing as a source of starchy Polygonum. Bistre is a pigment of a warm brown colour,prepared from soot, especially the soot of beech-wood. ^ BistritZ, a town of Transylvania, beautifullysituated on the Bistritza River, 50 miles NE. ofKlausenburg. Pop. 9109. Bisutun. See Behistln. Bit. See Bridle. Bitclie (Ger. Bitsch), a German town of Lor-raine, in a wild and wooded pass of the Vosges,■49 miles NNW. of Strasburg by rail. Its citadelcrowns a p
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