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Basnight, Lewis ("Lew")
36-51; a "spotter" from White City Investigations; Upstate-Downstate Beast,37; "a keen sympathy for the invisible" 43; "the side of the day" 44; transfer to Denver, 51; 171; Cryptomite trip, 182;
Basnight, Troth
38; Lew's wife, who leaves him;
Bauer, Grünewald
136;
Beaufort Scale
15; a scale to measure wind speed; Wikipedia entry
"Beavers of the Brain"
183; song by the beings inhabiting Lew Basright's steak
Bible
86; Second Corinthians, 32;
bilocation
143; the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations Wikipedia entry
Bindlestiffs of the Blue A.C.
18; aeronautical club from Oregon ("A.C." for alternating current?); a bindelstiff is a hobo, especially one who carries a bedroll.
Black, Miss Penelope ("Penny")
18; distaff member of the Bindlestiffs of the Blue A.C.
Blitz Instruments
53;
Blope, Dr. Templeton
131; of the University of the Outer Hebrides
Blue Ivory
125;
Blundell, Miles
4; Handyman Apprentice aboard the Inconvenience; 107; nonsense speaking, 110-13;
Bly, Nellie
37;
Bobrikoff, General
83; "evil viceroy" of Russian Tsar
Boll Weevil Lounge
47;
Bol'shaia Igra
122; Padzhy's ship, at the North Pole
Bounce, Roswell
60; photographer
boutonniere
33; A boutonniere, also buttonhole, is a flower or floral decoration pushed or pinned through the button hole of a lapel of a suit.
Bruno
101; Scarsdale Vibe's bodyguard
Buffalo Bill
22; Wild Circus; 53;
Buri
142; "grandfather of Odin and the first gods"