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Bamberg

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A manufacturing town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria; once the centre of an independent bishopric; with a cathedral, a magnificent edifice, containing the tomb of its founder, the Emperor Henry II.

Bambino

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A figure of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling bands, the infant in pictures surrounded by a halo and angels.

Baluchistan

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A country lying to the S. of Afghanistan and extending to the Persian Gulf. See Beluchistan.

Balsall

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A thriving suburb of Birmingham, engaged in hardware manufacture.

Baltic Provinces

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Russian provinces bordering on the Baltic.

An American showman; began with the exhibition of George Washington's reputed nurse in 1834; picked up Tom Thumb in 1844; engaged Jenny Lind for 100 concerts in 1849, and realised a fortune, which he ...

Baron Banffy

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Premier of Hungary, born at Klausenburg; became in 1874 provincial prefect of Transylvania; was elected a peer on the formation of the Upper Hungarian Chamber, and was made Premier in 1893; he is a ...