. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. e of thewell known rodent mammal castor fiber,or, more loosely, of any species belongingto the genus castor. The animal sodesignated has in each jaw two powerfulincisor teeth, coated with hard enamel,by means of which it is enabled to cut I BEAVER DAM 461 BECHUANALAND across the trunks of the trees which itrequires for its engineering schemes. Thehind feet are webbed, and one of thefive toes has a double nail. The tail isflattened horizontally, and covered withscales. La
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. e of thewell known rodent mammal castor fiber,or, more loosely, of any species belongingto the genus castor. The animal sodesignated has in each jaw two powerfulincisor teeth, coated with hard enamel,by means of which it is enabled to cut I BEAVER DAM 461 BECHUANALAND across the trunks of the trees which itrequires for its engineering schemes. Thehind feet are webbed, and one of thefive toes has a double nail. The tail isflattened horizontally, and covered withscales. Large glandular pouches secretean odoriferous substance called casto-reum. The castor fiber exists throughthe temperate and colder parts of thiscountry. practicing the turners trade, he acquireda practical knowledge of the difficultiesand disabilities of the workingmen. Hesettled in Leipsic in 1860, joined vari-ous labor organizations, and becameone of the editors of the Volks-staat and of the Vorwarts. Membei--ship in the North German Reichstag wasfollowed by his election to the GermanReichstag, of which he was a member. BEAVER BEAVER DAM, a city in Wisconsin,in Dodge co. It is on the Chicago, Mil-waukee and St. Paul, and the Chicagoand Northwestern railroads. It is thecenter of an extensive agricultural re-gion and has excellent water power. Itsindustries include fk>ur and woolen mills,the manufacture of machinery, stoves,etc. There are parks, a library, a hos-pital, an opera house, and WaylandAcademy. Pop. (1910) 6,758; (1920)7,992. BEAVER DAM, a dam built by abeaver across a stream likely to run offin summer. It is generally formed ofdrift wood, green willows, birch, poplars,and similar materials. BEAVER FALLS, a borough in BeaverCO., Pa., on the Beaver river, near itsjunction with the Ohio, and on the Penn-sylvania and New York Central rail-roads, 7 miles N. of Beaver, the county-seat. It has natural gas; good waterpower for manufacturing; producessteel, iron, wire, glass
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