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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;

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"