Federigo Giambelli Or Gianibelli
Giambelli Or Gianibelli, Federigo (fl. 16th Century), Italian Military Engineer, A Native Of Mantua, Who, During The Siege Of Antwerp By The Duke Of Parma In 1584. Put Himself In Communication With Queen Elizabeth, Who Engaged Him As An Adviser In The Defence. The Senate Agreed To A Modifica Tion ...
Fedor Alekseyevich Golovin
Golovin, Fedor Alekseyevich, Count (d. 1706), Russian Statesman. During The Regency Of Sophia, Sister Of Peter The Great, He Was Sent To The Amur To Defend The New Muscovite Fortress Of Albazin Against The Chinese. In 1689 He Concluded With The Celestial Empire The Treaty Of Nerchinsk, By Which The ...
Fedor Nikolayevich Glinka
Glinka, Fedor Nikolayevich Russian Poet And Author, A Cousin Of The Composer, Was Born At Smolensk In He Was Educated For The Army, And Served In The Austrian Campaign Of 1805. He Then Retired To His Estate, But Served Again In The Campaigns Of 1312-14. For Some Time He Commanded ...
Figure Of The Earth
Figure Of The Earth There Are Several Astronomical Methods Of Determining The Flattening Of The Earth. For The Most Part They Determine The Flattening By Means Of The Observed Mechanical Effects Produced By The Earth's Equatorial Protuberance. These Effects Are Most Noticeable In Connection With The Earth's Nearest Neighbour, The ...
Finite Geometries
Geometries, Finite, A Class Of Geometries In Each Of Which There Is A Finite Number Of (undefined) Elements Called Points, Falling Into (undefined) Subsets Called Lines, Such That The Mutual Relations Of Lines And Points (as Well As Various Derived Figures, Such As Planes, 3-spaces, Etc.) Are Closely Analogous To ...
Fra Giovanni Giocondo
Giocondo, Fra Giovanni (c. Italian Antiquary And Architect, Was Born At Verona, And Died On July 1, 1515, At Rome. On Becoming A Franciscan He Went To Study In Rome, Where He Collected Over 2,000 Inscriptions, Which He Pre Sented To Lorenzo De' Medici. In 1499 Louis Xii. Commissioned Him ...
Francesco Geminiani
Geminiani, Francesco (c. Italian Vio Linist, Was A Native Of Lucca, And Studied The Violin Under Lunati (gobbo) And Afterwards Under Corelli. He May Also Have Had Lessons In Composition From Scarlatti. In 1714 He Arrived In London, Where He Found A Patron In The Earl Of Essex. In 1715 ...
Francesco Giorgio
Giorgio, Francesco (1439-1502), Italian Engineer, Architect, Painter And Sculptor, Was Born On Nov. 14, 1439, At Siena, And Died There In 1502. He Was Engaged On Constructive And Decorative Work In His Native Town From 1463 To 1478 When He Was Employed By The Duke Of Urbino As Architect And ...
Francis Gasquet
Gasquet, Francis ), English Roman Catholic Cardinal And Historian, Was Born In London Oct. 5, 1846. He Was Educated At Downside College, Bath, Afterwards Becoming Superior Of The Downside Benedictine Monastery (1878-84). Created Cardinal In 1914, In 1918 He Was Appointed Prefect Of The Vatican Archives. Cardinal Gasquet Was President ...
Francis Godwin
Godwin, Francis (1562-1633), English Divine, Son Of Thomas Godwin, Bishop Of Bath And Wells, Was Born At Hanning Ton, Northamptonshire, And Studied At Christ Church, Oxford. After Holding Two Somersetshire Livings He Was In 1587 Appointed Subdean Of Exeter, Bishop Of Llandoff (16o1) And Of Hereford (1617) . His Catalogue ...
Francisco Giner De Los
Giner De Los Rios, Francisco (1840--1915) Spanish Philosopher And Jurist, Was Born In Ronda (andalusia) On Oct. Io, 184o. He Graduated In Granada, And In 1867 Went To The University Of Madrid As A Professor Of Jurisprudence And There Came Under The Influence Of Professor Sanz Del Rio, Krause's Famous ...
Francois Xavier Garneau
Garneau, Francois-xavier Cana Dian Historian, The Son Of A Working Man, Was Born In Quebec. He Entered A Notary's Office When About 15, Himself Becoming A Notary In 1830. In 1831 He Visited England, Studying English In Stitutions. Returning To Canada In 1833, He Was Appointed Trans Lator To The ...
Franoois Gerard
Gerard, Franoois, Baron (177o-1837), French Painter, Was Born On May 4, 177o, At Rome, Where His Father Occupied A Post In The House Of The French Ambassador. His Mother Was Italian. At The Age Of Twelve Gerard Obtained Admis Sion Into The Pension Du Roi At Paris. From There He ...
Franz Gomarus
Gomarus, Franz (1563-1641), Dutch Theologian, Was Born At Bruges On Jan. 3o, 1563. He Studied At Strasbourg, Neu Stadt, Oxford And Cambridge. He Was Pastor Of A Reformed Dutch Church In Frankfort From 1587 Till 1593, When The Con Gregation Was Dispersed By Persecution. From 1594 To 1611 He Was ...
Frederic Louis Godet
Godet, Frederic Louis Swiss Protest Ant Theologian, Was Born At Neuchatel On Oct. 25, 1812. In 1873 He Became One Of The Founders Of The Free Evangelical Church Of Neuchatel, And Professor In Its Theological Faculty. He Died There On Oct. 29, 1900. Godet's Commentaries Are On The Gospel Of ...
Friedrich Gads
Gads, Friedrich ), German Diplomat, Born On Feb. 18, 1881, At Brunswick. He Became In 1923 Director Of The Legal Department In The Government, And Was Concerned In The Preparation Of German Diplomatic Documents From The End Of The War Onwards, But Notably In Questions Of Disarmament And Of Justice. ...
Friedrich Von Gentz
Gentz, Friedrich Von 2 ), German Pub Licist And Statesman, Was Born At Breslau On May 2, 17 64. His Father Was An Official, His Mother An Ancillon, Distantly Related To The Prussian Minister Of That Name. On His Father's Transference To Berlin, As Director Of The Mint, The Boy ...
From The Dialects To
From The Dialects To Standard Modern German The Language Spoken During The Old High German Period Is Remarkable For The Fullness And Richness Of Its Vowel Sounds In Word-stems As Well As In Inflexions. Cf. Elilenti, Elend; Luginari, Lugner; Karkari, Kerker; Menniskono Slahta, Menschengeschlecht; Herzono, Herzen (gen. Pl.) ; Furisto, ...
Gadames Or Rhadames Ghadames
Ghadames, Gadames Or Rhadames (anc. Kc56µ77, Lat. Cidamus Or Cydamus), A Town In An Oasis Of The Same Name, In That Part Of The Sahara Which Forms Part Of The Italian Colony Of Tripoli-tamia. It Is About 30o M. S.w. Of The City Of Tripoli And Some Io M. E. ...
Gaetano Giardino
Giardino, Gaetano Italian Soldier, Was Born At Montemagno, Italy, On Jan. 24, 1864. He Joined The Army In 1882 And Saw Service In Eritrea (1889-94) And In Tripoli (1911-12). On Italy's Intervention In The World War He Was Appointed Chief Of Staff To The Ii. Army And Was Promoted Brigadier-general ...
Game Laws
Game Laws, Statutes Which Regulate The Right To Pursue And Take Or Kill Certain Kinds Of Wild Animals. For Game Laws In The U.s. See Page 3. In Great Britain By Common Law Wild Animals Were Only Property When Reduced Into Possession By Being Killed Or Captured. Hence Statutes Were ...
Game Reserves
Game Reserves. The Great Forest Areas Of Sussex And Hampshire, Preserved By The Early Norman Kings, May Be Regarded As One Of The Forerunners Of The Modern Game Reserve. The Game, However, Was In This Case Preserved Solely For Hunt Ing Purposes, And Not, As In The Modern Reserves, Preserved ...
Game
Game, A Word Which In Its Primary And Widest Significance Means Any Amusement Or Sport, Often Combined In The Early Examples With "glee," "play," "joy," Or "solace." It Is A Common Teutonic Word, In O.e. Gamen, In O.h.g. Gaman. For "game," From The Legal Aspect, And The Laws Relating To ...
Gamete
Gamete, In Biology The Name Given To The Special Cells Set Apart In Most Plants And Animals For Sexual Reproductive Pur Poses. (see Sex.) They Are Usually Of Two Kinds: (i) The Ovum, Which Is Large, Stationary And Heavily Laden With Food-materials (yolk) ; And (2) The Spermatozoon Or (in ...
Gametogenesis
Gametogenesis, In Embryology, The Name Given To An Abnormal Form Of Egg Fertilisation Due To The Entrance Of A Number Of Spermatozoa Into The Ovum Instead Of One As In Normal Fertili Sation. A Corresponding Number Of Male Pronuclei Are Formed, And The Subsequent Development, If It Takes Place At ...
Gaming And Wagering
Gaming And Wagering. At Common Law No Games Were Unlawful, But Early Legislation In England (1388, And 1541) Sought To Restrict Games In The Interests Of Archery. The Early Stuarts Encouraged Manly Sports, But Puritan Agitation Secured The Sunday Observance Act, 1625, Which Prohibited Most Sports And Pastimes On Sunday. ...
Gamma Rays
Gamma Rays (usually Written 7-rays) Are Electromag Netic Radiations Of Very High Frequency Emitted By Certain Radio Active Bodies (see Radioactivity). These Radiations Possess Wave Lengths Of Less Than Angstrom Unit Or Of A Centi Meter. They Mark The Present Upper Limit Of The Spectrum Of Electromagnetic Radiations. (see X-rays: ...
Gamma Rays_2
Gamma Rays (usually Written Y-rays) Are Electromag Netic Radiations Of Very High Frequency Emitted By Certain Radio Active Bodies (see Radioactivity). These Radiations Possess Wave Lengths Of Less Than Angstrom Unit Or Of A Centi Meter. They Mark The Present Upper Limit Of The Spectrum Of Electromagnetic Radiations. (see X-rays ...
Gamut
Gamut, A Term In Music Used To Mean Generally The Whole Compass Or Range Of Notes Possessed By An Instrument Or Voice (from The Greek Letter Gamma, Used As A Musical Symbol, And Ut, The First Syllable Of The Mediaeval Hymn, Sanctus Johannes). His Torically, However, The Sense Has Developed ...
Gamut_2
Gamut, A Term In Music Used To Mean Generally The Whole Compass Or Range Of Notes Possessed By An Instrument Or Voice (from The Greek Letter Gamma, Used As A Musical Symbol, And Ut, The First Syllable Of The Mediaeval Hymn, Sanctus Johannes). His Torically, However, The Sense Has Developed ...
Ganda
Ganda, A Bantu Tribe Of East Equatorial Africa. The Hamitic Invaders, While Remaining The Light-skinned Aristocracy, Have Been Much More Absorbed By The Local Bantu Who Form The In 183o, Sweden In 1841 And Switzerland In 1865, But They Are Still Common In Many Continental Countries. The Most Important In ...
Gandak
Gandak, A River Of Northern India. It Rises In The Nepal Himalayas, Flows South-west Until It Reaches British Territory, Where It Forms The Boundary Between The United Provinces And Bengal For A Considerable Distance And Falls Into The Ganges Op Posite Patna. A Snow-fed Stream, Its Floods Endanger The Sur ...
Ganda_2
Ganda, A Bantu Tribe Of East Equatorial Africa. The Hamitic Invaders, While Remaining The Light-skinned Aristocracy, Have Been Much More Absorbed By The Local Bantu Who Form The Peasantry. Apart From This Distinction Of Skin Colour There Is Not Much To Distinguish The Aristocracy From The Peasantry (bakopi) In Physical ...
Gandersheim
Gandersheim, A Town Of Germany In The Land Of Brunswick, In The Deep Valley Of The Gande, 48 M. S.w. Of Bruns Wick. Pop. (1933) 2,787. The Convent Church (stiftskirche) Con Tains The Tombs Of Famous Abbesses, And The Famous Abbey (now Occupied By Provincial Government Offices) Dates From The ...
Gandharva
Gandharva, (1) In Vedic Hindu Mythology A Celestial Spirit Of The Highest Sky, Though In The Avesta He Was A Dragon-like Monster, Gandarewa, Dwelling In The Sea, The Abode Of The White Haoma (see Soma). But He Was Soon Multiplied Into A Class Of Minor Deities With Various Collective Functions. ...
Gandia
Gandia, A Seaport Of Eastern Spain In The Province Of Valencia; On The Gandia-alcoy And Alcira-denia Railways. Pop. (193o) 14,009. The Town Is On The Left Bank Of The Alcoy Or Serpis, Which Drains A Rich And Densely Populated Plain. The River Enters The Mediterranean At The Small Harbour Of ...
Gando
Gando, An Emirate Of British West Africa, In The N.w. Part Of The Protectorate Of Nigeria, And West Of The Niger River. The State Was Established, C. 1819, On The Death Of Othman Dan Fodio, The Founder Of The Fula Empire, And Its Area And Importance Varied Considerably During The ...
Ganesha Or Ganesh
Ganesha Or Ganesh, In The Post-epic Hindu Mytho Logy, Eldest Son Of Siva And Parvati. His Name Means Leader Of (siva's) Attendants; He Is A Creator Of Obstacles And As Such Came To Be Placated For Their Removal. Depicted With An Elephant's Head, To Symbolize His Sagacity, He Is The ...
Ganges Ganga
Ganges (ganga), A Great River Of Northern India, Formed By Drainage Of The Southern Himalayas. It Rises In The Garhwal State, Its Lower Course Focusses The River System Of Bengal, And It Falls Into The Bay Of Bengal After A Course Of 1,50o M. It Issues, Under The Name Of ...
Gangotri
Gangotri, A Celebrated Place Of Hindu Pilgrimage, In The Himalayas. It Is Situated In The State Of Tehri-garhwal In The United Provinces, On The Bhagirathi, The Chief Head-stream Of The Ganges, And Contains A Small Temple About 20 Ft. High, In Which Are Images Representing Ganga, Bhagirathi And Other Figures ...
Gangpur
Gangpur, A Feudatory State Of India, In The Province Of Bihar And Orissa. The Country Is For The Most Part An Undulat Ing Plain, Broken By Detached Ranges Of Hills. The Rivers Are The Ib And The Brahmani, Formed Here By The Union Of The Sankh And The South Koel. ...
Gangrene
Gangrene, A Synonym In Medicine For Mortification (q.v.), Or A Local Death In The Animal Body Due To Interruption Of The Circulation By Various Causes. ...
Gangster
Gangster, A Member Of A Group Or Gang Operating In The Overcrowded Sections Of Any Large American Community And Par Ticipating In Criminal Practice For Financial Gain. Originally The Gangster Was Hardly More Than A Rowdy—the Product Of Indolence And Drink—who Started On A Career Of Idleness And Petty Thiev ...
Ganja
Ganja, A Town In The Azerbaijan A.s.s.r., In 43' N. And 46° 20' E., Altitude 2,446 Ft., On A Northern Spur Of The Ar Menian Plateau Above The Valley Of The Kura River. Pop. (1926) Mainly Tatars And Armenians. Its Position On The Rail Way Has Facilitated Wine, Liquorice And ...
Ganjam
Ganjam, District, British India, In The Extreme North-east Of The Madras Presidency. It Has An Area Of 8,383 Sq.m., Largely Mountainous And Rocky, But Interspersed With Open Valleys And Fertile Plains, With Groves Of Trees. The Mountainous Tract Known As The Maliyas, Or Chain Of The Eastern Ghats, Has An ...
Ganodonta Or Taeniodonta
Ganodonta Or Taeniodonta, An Extinct Group Of Clawed Mammals Of The North American Eocene. They Include Two Families, The Stylinodontidae, Which Resemble The Sloths In Certain Characters Of Teeth, Skull And Feet, And The Conoryctidae, With A Less Distinct Resemblance To The Armadillos. In Stylinodon Of The Later Eocene The ...
Ganoid
Ganoid, A Name Applied To Fishes With Rhombic Bony Scales Covered On The Outer Surface With A Layer Of Ganoine, A Vitreous Substance. It Is Now Known That Ganoid Scales Differ Considerably In Structure, And That The Ganoids Are Not A Natural Group. Most Fishes With Ganoid Scales Are Extinct, ...
Ganymede
Ganymede, Son Of Tros (or Laomedon), King Of Troy. Because Of His Surpassing Beauty (his Name, If Greek At All, May Mean "glad In Brightness"), He Was Carried Off By The Gods, Or Zeus, Or, According To A Later Myth, The Eagle Of Zeus Or The God Himself In Eagle ...
Gao
Gao, A Town Of French West Africa, The Chief Town Of A Circle, In The Colony In The French Sudan, On The Left Bank Of The Niger, 400 M. By River Below Timbuktu. Pop. , The Present Town Dates From The French Occupation In 190o; Of The Ancient City There ...
Gaol Or Jail
Gaol Or Jail, A Prison (q.v.). The Two Forms Of The Word Are Due To The Parallel Dual Forms In Old Central And Norman French Respectively, Jaiole Or Jaole, And Gaiole Or Gayolle. The Form "gaol" Still Commonly Survives In English, And Is In Offi Cial Usage, E.g., "gaol-delivery"; The ...
Gaon
Gaon (plur. Geonine). The Transition From Ancient To Mediaeval Judaism Was Accomplished By Four Successive Groups Of Rabbis (of Whom The Geonim Were The Last), Whose Teaching Safeguarded Tradition And Whose Advice Or Decisions Were Often Invoked Far Beyond The Limits Of Their Schools Or Communities. With The End Of ...
Gap
Gap, The Capital Of An Arrondissement In The French Depart Ment Of Hautes Alpes, 122 M. By Rail From Marseilles. Pop. 7,728. It Is The Vapincum Of The Romans Founded By Augustus About 14 B.c. In 1232 Most Of The Region Passed From Provence By Marriage To The Dauphins Of ...
Gapan
Gapan, A Municipality (with 8 Barrios Or Districts) Of The Province Of Nueva Ecija, Luzon, Philippine Islands, Almost Directly South Of Cabanatuan, The Capital. Pop. (1918) 13,617. It Is Situated In A Rich Rice-growing Region, And Extensive Forests In The Vicinity Contain Fine Hardwoods. It Is One Of The Chief ...
Gararish
Gararish, A Semi-nomadic Tribe Of Semitic Origin, On The Right Bank Of The Nile From Wadi Halfa To Merawi. Many Are Agriculturists; They Claim Kinship With The Ababda, But Are More Arab Than Beja. ...
Garble
Garble, Originally A Mediaeval Commercial Term In The Mediterranean Ports, Meaning To Sort Out, Or To Sift Merchandise, Such As Spices, Etc., In Order To Separate What Was Good From The Refuse; Hence To Select The Best Of Anything. Similarly A "garbler" Was An Official Appointed To Sort Out, Or ...
Gard
Gard, A Department In The South Of France, Part Of The Old Province Of Languedoc. Pop. (1931) 406,815. Area 2,270 Sq.m. It Is Bounded N. By The Departments Of Lozere And Ardeche, E. By The Rhone, Which Separates It From Vaucluse And Bouches-du Rhone, S. By The Mediterranean, S.w. By ...
Gardelegen
Gardelegen, A Town In Prussian Saxony, On The Main Line Of The Berlin-hanover Railway. Pop. Gardelegen Was Founded In The Loth Century, And On The Neighbouring Heath Margrave Louis I. Of Brandenburg Gained, In 1343, A Victory Over Otto Of Brunswick. It Has A Romanesque Church, And A Hospital Founded ...
Garden Cities
Garden Cities, A Term First Used In 1869 By A. T. Stewart In Connection With The Development Of An Estate On Long Island, N.y., Are To Be Distinguished From "garden Suburbs" Which Are, Generally, Merely Suburbs With Specially Restrictive By-laws Of An Industrial City. (see Town And City Planning And ...
Garden
Garden, The Ground Enclosed And Cultivated For The Growth Of Fruit, Flowers Or Vegetables (see Horticulture). From The Fact That Epicurus (q.v.) Taught In The Gardens At Athens, The Disciples Of His School Of Philosophy Were Known As Of Arro Twv From The Gardens (diog. Laertius X. So) ; And ...
Gardenia
Gardenia, In Botany, A Genus Of Plants Of The Madder Family (rubiaceae), Containing About 8o Species Of Evergreen Trees And Shrubs, Natives Of The Warmer Parts Of The Old World. Several Are Grown In Stoves Or Greenhouses For Their Handsome, Sweet-scented White Flowers. The Flowers Are Developed Singly At The ...
Gardner
Gardner, A City Among The Hills Of Northern Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.s.a., 6om. W. By N. Of Boston, At An Altitude Of I,2ooft. It Is Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad. The Population Was 16,971 In 1920 (32.7% Foreign-born White) And Was 19,399 In 193o By The Federal Census. ...
Garefowl
Garefowl, Also Known As Great Auk (alca Impennis), A Large Flightless Sea-bird, Now Ex Tinct. Slightly Smaller Than A Tame Goose, It Resembled Its Relative The Razorbill (a. Torda) In Appearance, But A Large Patch Of White Occupied Nearly All The Space Between The Bill And The Eye, While The ...
Garfield
Garfield, A Rapidly Growing Industrial City Of Bergen County, New Jersey, U.s.a., On The Passaic River, 12m. N.w. Of New York City. It Is Served By The Erie Railroad (and For Freight Also By The Lackawanna) And By Motor-coach Lines. The Popu Lation Was 19,381 In 1920 (44% Foreign-born White, ...
Gargoyle
Gargoyle, In Architec Ture, A Decorated Water Spout. Although Technically Speaking The Term Applies To The Carved Lions Of Classic Cornices, Or To The Terra-cotta Spout, Such As Those Found Frequently In Pompeii, In General Usage The Word Has Be Come Restricted To The Grotesque, Carved Spouts Of The Middle ...
Garhwal
Garhwal, A District Of British India, In The Kumaon Vision Of The United Provinces. Pop. 533,885; Area 5,612 Sq.m. It Consists Almost Entirely Of Rugged Mountain Ranges Ning In All Directions, And Arated By Narrow Valleys Which In Some Cases Become Deep Gorges Or Ravines. The Only Level Portion Of ...
Garlic Mustard
Garlic-mustard (alliaria Officinalis), A Plant Of Hedge Banks, Low Woods And Waste Grounds, Called Also Hedge-garlic, Jack-by-the-hedge And Sauce-alone. It Is An Erect, Somewhat Branching Biennial Or Perennial Herb, 2 Ft. To 3 Ft. High, Of The Mustard Family (cruciferae), Native To Europe And Temperate Asia And Naturalized In North ...
Garlic
Garlic, Allium Sativum, A Bulbous Perennial Plant Of The Family Liliaceae, Indigenous Apparently To South-west Siberia. It Has Long, Narrow, Flat, Obscurely Keeled Leaves, A Deciduous Spathe, And A Globose Umbel Of Whitish Flowers, Among Which Are Small Bulbils. The Bulb, Which Is The Only Part Eaten, Has Membranous Scales, ...
Garnet
Garnet, In Mineralogy A Closely Related Group Of Silicate Minerals. The Name Is From Lat. Granatum, A Pomegranate, In Allusion To The Resemblance Of The Crystals To The Seeds Of This Fruit In Shape And Colour. Garnets Were Worn As Beads In Ancient Egypt, And Have Been Extensively Used As ...
Garo Hills
Garo Hills, A District Of British India, In The Assam Val Ley Division Of Assam. Area 3,152 Sq.m. Pop. (1931) 190,911. It Takes Its Name From The Garos, A Tribe Of Tibeto-burma Origin, By Whom It Is Almost Entirely Inhabited. The Garos Are Prob Ably A Section Of The Great ...
Garonne
Garonne (lat. Garumna), A River Of South-western France, Rising In The Maladetta Group Of The Pyrenees And Flowing In A Wide Curve To The Atlantic Ocean. It Is Formed By Two Tor Rents, One Of Which Has A Subterranean Course Of 24 M., Disappear Ing In The Sink Known As ...
Garret
Garret, Properly A Small Look-out Tower Built On A Wall, And Hence The Name Given To A Room On The Top Storey Of A Build Ing, The Sloping Ceiling Of Which Is Formed By The Roof. ...
Garrotte
Garrotte, An Appliance Used In Spain And Portugal For The Execution Of Criminals (see Capital Punishment). "gar Rotting" Is The Name Given In England To A Form Of Robbery With Violence Which Became Rather Common In The Winter Of 1862-63. An Act Of 1863, Imposing The Penalty Of Flogging In ...
Garston
Garston, Seaport, Wavertree Parliamentary Division, Liv Erpool Borough, Lancashire, England, On The Mersey, 6 M. S.e. Of Liverpool. Pop. (1931) 17,262. The Docks Of The L.m.s. Rail Way Company, With Over A Mile Of Quayage Are Specially Equipped For Shipping Coal. ...
Gartok
Gartok, A Trade-market Of Tibet, Situated On The Bank Of The Indus On The Road Between Shigatse And Leh, To The East Of Simla. In Accordance With The Tibet Treaty Of 1904, Gartok, Together With Yatung And Gyantse, Was Thrown Open To British Trade. In Winter It Consists Of Only ...
Garut
Garut, A District In The Residency Of East Preanger, In Java, Dutch East Indies, The Seat Of An Assistant Resident, And A Native Regent. It Is Sundanese Territory, Has A Population Of 108,162, And Is The Centre Of A Well-cultivated Region, Noted For Its Tea, Rubber And Chinchona Plantations, But ...
Gary
Gary, A City Of Lake County, Ind., U.s.a., At The Southern End Of Lake Michigan, 25m. S.e. Of Chicago. It Is On Federal Highways 12 And 20 And Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio, The Michigan Central, The New York Central, The Pennsylvania, And The Wabash Railways, Two Industrial ...
Gas Filled Lamp
Gas-filled Lamp: See Electric Lamps And Valves, Manufacture Of; Lighting And Artificial Illumination. ...
Gas For Industrial Use
Gas For Industrial Use The Gas Manufactured For Public Supply Finds Extensive And Increasing Applications For Industrial Heating. Being Thoroughly Cooled And Cleansed It Can Be Controlled With Nicety Through Taps And Valves, Which Makes For Convenience, Cleanliness And Efficiency In Use. It Is A Smokeless Fuel, And By Its ...
Gas For Public Supply
Gas For Public Supply The First Use Made Of Coal Gas Was As An Illuminant, Burning Without Any Previous Admixture Of Air With A Yellowish Luminous Flame. The Earliest Observation And Demonstration Of This Property Has Been Ascribed To John Clayton And To Jean Pierre Minckelers, But The First Practical ...
Gas Light And Coke
Gas Light And Coke Company. This London Public Utility Company, Working Under Act Of Parliament, Had In 1928 An Issued Capital Of Over £35,000,000, And Employed 20,000 Men, Whose Interest In The Company Under Its Co-partnership Scheme Was £738,000. It Was Granted A Royal Charter In 1812, But For Many ...
Gas Manufacture
Gas Manufacture. When Coal Is Heated Out Of Con Tact With Air It Is Resolved Into A Stable Solid Residue, Known As Coke, And Volatile Matter, The Principal Constituent Of Which Is Gas, Known As Coal Gas. The Coke Residue May Be Gasified In Steam To Make Water Gas. Coal ...
Gas Meter
Gas Meter. The Quantity Of Gas Which Flows Through A Pipe Is Measured Either By A Dry Or A Wet Meter, The Latter Being Used To A Far Less Degree Than The Former, Although For Big Station Meters The Wet System Is Employed. Briefly, A Wet Meter Has A Revolving ...
Gas Stoves
Gas Stoves. Many Kinds Of Gas-consuming Appliances Are Commonly Included Under This Heading. The Main Types In General Use Are The Gas-cooker And The Gas-fire, And Each Of These Is Manu Factured In Many Different Forms. Gas-fired Water-heaters, Radi Ators, Boilers For Central-heating Purposes, Furnaces And Many Other Gas-consuming Contrivances ...
Gas Supply In The
Gas Supply In The United States In The Little More Than 120 Years Since The First Gas Company Was Organized In The United States, The Gas Industry Has Developed Into One Of The Key Industries. It Has Not Only Expanded Until To-day Gas Service Is Known In Practically Every Town ...
Gas
Gas, A General Term For One Of The Three States Of Aggregation Of Matter ; Also More Specifically Applied To Coal-gas, The Gaseous Product Formed In The Destructive Distillation Of Coal Or Other Carbonaceous Matter (see Below, Section Gas Manufacture; For Gas Engines See Internal Combustion Engines). ...
Gascony
Gascony (wasconia), An Old Province In The South-west Of France. It Takes Its Name From The Vascones, A Spanish Tribe, Which In 58o And 587 Crossed The Pyrenees And Invaded The Dis Trict Known To The Romans As Novempopulana Or Aquitania Ter Tia. Basque, The National Language Of The Vascones, ...
Gasholders
Gasholders. As The Manufacture Of Gas Must Be Main Tained At An Approximately Even Rate Throughout The 24 Hours, While The Rate Of Consumption Varies Considerably At The Different Hours Of The Day, It Is Necessary To Provide Storage For The Gas Produced During The Periods Of Minimum Demand, And ...
Gasolene Gasoline
Gasoline, Gasolene, Or Petrol, A Mixture Of Hydrocarbons Chiefly Derived From Petroleum (q.v.) By Direct (straight) Distillation Or By "cracking" And Other Synthetic And Catalytic Processes; It Is Also Obtained From Refinery Gases (lique Fied) And From Natural Gas (q.v.). Its Principal Use Is As A Fuel For The Internal ...
Gaspar Gil Polo
Gil Polo, Gaspar 0153o-159i), Spanish Novelist And Poet, Was Born At Valencia. He Finds A Place In The History Of The Novel As The Author Of La Diana Enamorada, A Continuation Of Montemayor's Diana, And Perhaps The Most Successful Continua Tion Ever Written By Another Hand. One Of The Most ...
Gaspe
Gaspe, A Peninsula In The Gulf Of St. Lawrence And A District In The Province Of Quebec, Canada. (see Quebec.) ...
Gastein
Gastein, In The Province Of Salzburg, Austria, A Side Valley Of The Salzach, About 25 M. Long And 1 A M. Broad, Renowned For Its Mineral Springs. The Valley Lies At An Elevation Of Between 3,00o And 3,50o Ft. And Is Traversed By The River Gasteiner Ache And The Railway ...
Gastonia
Gastonia, A Rapidly Growing Industrial City Of North Carolina, U.s.a., In The Midst Of The Beautiful Piedmont Moun Tain Region, At An Altitude Of 832 Ft., Loom. E.s.e. Of Asheville; The County Seat Of Gaston County. It Is On Federal Highway 74, And Is Served By The Carolina And North-western, ...
Gastric And Duodenal Ulcer
Gastric And Duodenal Ulcer. A Gastric Ulcer Is Situated Towards The Centre Of The Stomach Or Near The Pyloric Orifice. It Is Commoner In The Female Sex. A Duodenal Ulcer Is Situated In The Duodenum Just Beyond The Pyloric Orifice And Chiefly Affects Men. They Are Produced By The Gastric ...
Gastritis
Gastritis, Inflammation Of The Stomach, In Which Catarrh, Or Irritation Of Its Mucous Membrane, Is The Most Frequent And Most Readily Recognized Sign. This May He Acute Or Chronic And Depends Upon Some Local Or General Condition Which Induces Con Gestion In The Walls Of The Stomach (see Alimentary Canal). ...
Gastropoda
Gastropoda, A Large Group Of Invertebrate Animals Ranked As A Class Of The Phylum Mollusca And Represented By Such Familiar Forms As The Limpet, The Whelk, The Common Snail And Slug. There Is No Single English Name Which Can Be Given To This Group. The Land And Freshwater Forms Which ...
Gastrotricha
Gastrotricha, A Small Group Of Fairly Uniform Ani Mals Which Live At The Bottom Of Ponds And Marshes, Hiding Amongst The Recesses Of Fresh-water Plants And Eating Organic Debris And Infusoria. They Vary In Size From One-sixtieth To One Three-hundredth Of An Inch, And Move By Long Cilia. Two Ventral ...
Gateshead
Gateshead, Municipal, County And Parliamentary Bor Ough, Durham, England; On The Tyne Opposite Newcastle, And On The L.n.e.r. Pop. (1931) 122,379. Though One Of The Largest County Towns, Neither Its Streets Nor Its Public Buildings, Except Perhaps Its Ecclesiastical Buildings, Have Much Claim To Architec Tural Beauty. The Parish Church ...
Gath
Gath, One Of The Five Royal Cities Of The Philistines. It Would Seem To Be Identical With The Kn-tu In The Lists Of Thuth Mose Iii. And Gimtu (gintu) Of The Tell-amarna Letters. The Name Occurs Several Times In The Old Testament, Especially In Connection With The History Of David. ...
Gathas
Gathas, The Name Given To Certain Chapters Of The Zend Avesta Of Zoroaster. It Contains The Discourses And Exhortations Of The Prophet As Well As 17 Hymns Written In An Archaic Metre. The Language Is Of Considerable Antiquity, Differing Considerably From That Ordinarily Used In The Avesta. See Zend-avesta And ...
Gatineau
Gatineau, A River Of Quebec In Canada, Rising In A Chain Of Large Lakes Due North Of 48° N. Lat., And Continuing South Westerly Until It Merges Into The Ottawa, About One M. Below The City Of That Name. This Is One Of The Main Sites Of Hydroelectric Power Development ...