Glyptodon
Glyptodon, A Gigantic Extinct South American Genus Of Edentate Mammals, The Type Of A Group, The Glyptodontia Or Tortoise-armadillos, In Which The Carapace Is All In One Piece, Com Posed Wholly Of Polygonal Bony Plates United Together Without Any Of The Movable Rings Of The Armadillos. The Skull Is Short, ...
Glyptothek
Glyptothek, A Gallery For The Exhibition Of Sculpture, A Term First Employed At Munich, Where A Museum So Called Was Built To Exhibit The Sculptures From The Temple Of Aegina. Or Government Men, Popular Term For Special Agents Of The United States Department Of Justice, Bureau Of Investiga Tion. The ...
Gmelin
Gmelin, The Name Of A Family Of German Scientists. First Of Any Consequence Was Johann Georg Gmelin (1674-1728), Apothecary And Chemist Of Distinction. Of Greater Fame Was Leo Pold Gmelin (1788-1855) Great-grandson Of Johann Georg. Leo Pold Studied Medicine And Chemistry At Gottingen, Tubingen, And Vienna, And In 1813 Began ...
Gmund
Gmund, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Wurttem Berg,' On The Rems, 31 M. E.n.e. Of Stuttgart By Rail. Pop. (1933) 20,131. It Was Surrounded By Walls Early In The 12th Century. It Received Town Rights From Frederick Barbarossa, And After The Extinction Of The Hohenstaufen Became A ...
Gmunden
Gmunden, An Old Town In Upper Austria At The Issue Of The River Traun From The Lake Of That Name. It Is A Favourite Sum Mer Health Resort, For It Lies About 1,400 F T. Above Sea-level Amidst Delightful Scenery And Has A Variety Of Lake, Brine, Pine-cone And Other ...
Gnat
Gnat, The Common English Name For Various Kinds Of Smaller Flies (see Diptera), Including More Especially Mosquitoes (q.v.) And Other Forms With Piercing Mouth-parts, E.g., Buffalo Gnats (f Am. Sisnuliidae) . ...
Gnatcatcher
Gnatcatcher, The Name Given To Birds Of The American Subfamily Polioptilinae Of The Warblers (sylviidae). Some 15 Species Are Recognized. Gnatcatchers Are Small, Slender, Greyish Birds, And Build Beautiful Lichen-covered Nests. The Best Known Species Is The Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Polioptila Caerula, Of The Eastern United States, In Which The Male ...
Gnatia
Gnatia (also Gnathia, Egnatia Or Ignatia), Near Fasano, An Ancient City Of The Pevcetii, And Their Frontier Town Towards The Sallentini (i.e., Of Apulia Towards Calabria), A Port On The Via Traiana When A Short Cut From Butunti (mod. Bitonto) Joined It, 38 M. S.e. Of Barium. Roman Remains Include ...
Gneiss
Gneiss, In Geology A Term Originally Used By The Miners Of The Erzgebirge To Designate The Country Rock In Which The Mineral Veins Occur. The Word Is Of Slavonic Origin Meaning "rotted," Or "decomposed," In Allusion To The Altered Character Of The Country Rock In The Immediate Vicinity Of The ...
Gnesen
Gnesen (polish, Gniezno), A Town Of Poland In The Province Of Poznan, On The Wrzesnia, 3o M. E.n.e. Of Posen By Rail To Thorn. Pop. (1931) 29,924. Besides The Cathedral, A Handsome Gothic Edifice, There Are Eight Roman Catholic Churches, A Protes Tant Church, A Synagogue, A Clerical Seminary And ...
Gnomes
Gnomes, In Folk-lore, The Name Given To The Earth An Mountain Spirits, Usually Pictured As Bearded Dwarfs Clad In Brow Garments With Hoods, Who Are Supposed To Guard Veins Of Preciou Metals And Hidden Treasures. The Word "gnome" As Applied These Is Said To Have Been Coined By Paracelsus. ...
Gnomon
Gnomon, A Term Originally Used To Mean An Instrumen For Allowing One To Know The Time Fror Mon, Fro Yeyvoakfly, Gignoskein, To Know). In Its Simple And Primitiv Form It Seems To Have Been A Stick Placed Vertically On A Plan Surface, And Later Upon The Concave Surface Of A ...
Gnosticism
Gnosticism, A Movement Of Religious Syncratism (or Fusion Of Different And Previously Independent Beliefs), Which Maintained Itself Side By Side With Genuine Christianity As The Latter Was Gradually Crystallizing Into The Ancient Catholic Church, And Which Bore The Strong Impress Of Christian Influences. The Movement First Came Into Prominence In ...
Gnu
Gnu, The Large White-tailed South African Antelope (q.v.), Known To The Boers As The Black Wildebeest And To Naturalists As Connochaetes Gnu. A Second And Larger Species Is The Brindled Gnu Or Blue Wildebeest (gorgon Taurinus) ; And There Are Several East African Forms Related To The Latter. ...
Goa
Goa, The Name Of The Past And Present Capitals Of Portuguese India, And Of The Surrounding Territory More Exactly Described As Goa Settlement, On The Western Coast Between 15° 44' And 53' N., And Between 73° 45' And 74° 26' E. Pop. Area 1,301 Sq.m. ...
Goalpara
Goalpara, A Town And District Of British India, In The Brahmaputra Valley Division Of Assam. The Town (pop. 6,415 Overlooks The Brahmaputra. It Was The Frontier Outpost Of The Mohammedan Power, And Has Long Been A Flourishing Seat Of River Trade. The Civil Station Is Built On The Summit Of ...
Goat
Goat, The Ruminant Of The Genus Capra, Closely Allied To The Sheep. While Usually Easy To Distinguish The Two, Certain Hair Breeds Of Sheep Are, To The Layman, Only Distinguishable From Goats By The Direction Of The Tail, Upward In Goats, Downward In Sheep. Domesticated Goats Are Descended From The ...
Gob
Gob And Gob Fires. Gob, Goal' (pl. Goaves), And Waste Are Synonymous Terms In Coal Mining, Designating The Worked Out And Abandoned Portion Of The Underground Workings. In Coal Mining, As Practised Prior To The 19th Century, When The Pillars Left For The Support Of The Surface Were Very Small, ...
Gobelin
Gobelin, The Name Of A Family Of Dyers, Who Probably Came From Reims, And In The Middle Of The I 5th Century Estab Lished Themselves In The Faubourg Saint Marcel, Paris. The First Head Of The Firm, Named Jehan (d. 1476), Discovered A Scarlet Dyestuff, And Spent So Much On ...
Gobi
Gobi (for Which The Alternative Chinese Names Are Sha-mo, "sand Desert" And Han-iiai, "dry Sea"), A Term Which In Its Widest Significance Includes The Stretch Of Desert Country Extending From The Foot Of The Pamirs Eastwards To The Great Khingan Moun Tains, And From The Foothills Of The Altai, The ...
Goblet
Goblet, A Large Type Of Drinking-vessel, Particularly One Shaped Like A Cup, Without Handles, And Mounted On A Shank With A Foot. (see Drinking Vessels.) ...
Goby
Goby. The Gobies (gobizcs) Are Small Fishes Recognized By Their Ventral Fins Being United Into One, Forming A Suctorial Disc By Which These Fishes Are Enabled To Attach Themselves. They Are Essentially Coastfishes, Inhabiting Nearly All Seas But Disappearing Towards The Arctic And Antarctic Oceans. Many Live In Fresh Waters, ...
God
God, The Common Teutonic Word For A Personal Object Of Religious Worship. It Is Thus, Like Gr. 0€6s And Lat. Dens, Applied To All Superhuman Beings Of Heathen Mythologies Who Exercise Power Over Nature And Man; And Also To Images Of Supernatural Beings Or Trees, Pillars, Etc., Used As Symbols. ...
Godalming
Godalming, A Town In Surrey, England, 34 M. S.w. Of London By The S.r. Pop. (1931) 10,400. Godalming (godelminge) Belonged To King Alfred, And Was A Royal Manor At The Time Of Domesday. The Manor Was Held By The See Of Salisbury In The Middle Ages, But Reverted To The ...
Godart Van Ginkel
Ginkel, Godart Van (1630-1703), 1st Earl Of Ath Lone, Dutch General In The Service Of England, Was Born At Utrecht In 163o, Followed William, Prince Of Orange To England In 1688, And Entered The English Service. He Distinguished Himself In The Suppression Of A Mutiny Of A Scottish Regiment, And ...
Godavari
Godavari, District, British India, In The North-east Of The Madras Presidency. Part Was Transferred To Kistna District In 1908. Its Present Area Is 6,22o Sq.m., Mainly East Of The Goda Vari River, Including The Entire Delta, With A Long Narrow Strip Extending Up Its Valley. Inland Low Hills, Steep And ...
Godavari_2
Godavari, A River Of Central And Western India. It Flows Across The Deccan From The Western To The Eastern Ghats ; Its Total Length Is 90o M. Its Source Is On The Side Of A Hill Behind The Village Of Trimbak In Nasik District, Bombay, Where The Water Runs Into ...
Godefroy Gothofredus
Godefroy (gothofredus), A French Noble Family, Which Numbered Among Its Members Several Distinguished Jurists And Historians. The Family Claimed Descent From Symon Godefroy, Who Was Born At Mons About 1320 And Was Lord Of Sapigneulx Near Berry-au-bac, Now In The Department Of Aisne. ...
Godesberg
Godesberg, A Spa In Rhenish Prussia On The Left Bank Of The Rhine, 4 M. S. Of Bonn, On The Railway To Coblenz. Pop. 23,667. It Is A Summer Resort And Has Chalybeate Springs. On A Hill Close By Are The Ruins Of Godesberg Castle. Built By Archbishop Dietrich I. ...
Godfrey Giffard
Giffard, Godfrey (c. Chancellor Of Eng Land And Bishop Of Worcester, Brother Of Walter Giffard (q.v.), Succeeded His Brother As Chancellor In 1266, And Held That Office Until 1270. He Was Bishop Of Worcester From 1268 Until His Death On Jan. 26, 1302. He Was A Benefactor Of His Cathedral. ...
Godfrey Of Bouillon
Godfrey Of Bouillon (c. 1o6o—ii00), A Leader In The First Crusade, Was The Second Son Of Eustace Ii., Count Of Boulogne, By His Marriage With Ida, Daughter Of Duke Godfrey Ii. Of Lower Lorraine. He Was Designated By Duke Godfrey As His Successor ; But The Emperor Henry Iv. Gave ...
Godfrey Of Viterbo
Godfrey Of Viterbo (c. 1120—c. 1196), Chronicler, Probably An Italian By Birth, Passed Some Of His Early Life At Viterbo, Where Also He Spent His Concluding Days, But He Was Edu Cated At Bamberg. About 114o He Became Chaplain To The Ger Man King, Conrtd Iii. ; But The Greater ...
Godhra
Godhra, A Town Of British India, Administrative Head Quarters Of The Panch Mahals District Of Bombay, And Also Of The Rewa Kantha Political Agency; 52 M. N.e. Of Baroda By Rail, And On The Line From Anand To Ratlam. Pop. 3 5 , 110. It Has A Trade In Timber ...
Godiva
Godiva (io4o–io8o), A Saxon Lady, Was The Wife Of Leofric, Earl Of Mercia And Lord Of Coventry. The People Of That City Suffering Grievously Under The Earl's Oppressive Taxation, Lady Godiva Appealed To Her Husband, Who Refused To Remit The Tolls. At Last, Says The Legend, He Said He Would ...
Godmanchester
Godmanchester, A Municipal Borough On The Right Bank Of The Ouse, I M. S.s.e. Of Huntingdon, On A Branch Of The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931) 1,991. It Has A Beautiful Perpen Dicular Church (st. Mary's) And An Agricultural Trade, With Flour Mills. The Town Is Governed By A Mayor, 4 ...
Godollo
Godollo Is A Growing Market Town In Hungary, 23 M. N.e. Of Budapest, And A Favourite Summer Resort From The Capital. Its Royal Castle And Park; The Latter Stocked With Stags And Wild Boars, Was Presented To Francis Joseph I. In 1867 By The Hun Garian Nation. Near The Town ...
Godwit
Godwit, The Name Of Wading Birds Of The Genus Limosa, Much Esteemed For The Table. The Black-tailed Godwit, L. Limosa, Or Yarwhelp, Formerly Bred In The English Fens. It Is Now Only A Visitor There But Breeds Commonly In Holland And Thence Across Europe To South Russia. The Bird Is ...
Goes
Goes, A Town In The Province Of Zeeland, Holland, On The Island Of South Beveland, 112 M. By Rail E. Of Middelburg. Pop. (1930) 9,124. The Town Had Its Origin In The Castle Of Oostende, And Received A Charter Early In The 15th Century From The Countess Jacoba Of Holland, ...
Goethite
Goethite, A Mineral Crystallizing In The Orthorhombic Sys Tem And Isomorphous With Diaspore And Manganite (q.v.). It Con Sists Of An Iron Hydroxide, First Noticed In 1789, And Named After The Poet Goethe. Crystals Are Prismatic, Acicular Or Scaly In Habit ; They Have A Perfect Cleavage In One Direction. ...
Gog
Gog, A Hostile Power That Is To Manifest Itself In The World Immediately Before The End Of Things (ezek. Xxxviii. Sq., Rev. Xx.) . Magog Who Is Joined With Gog In The Latter Passage Is The Name Of Gog's Origin In The Former. In Gen. X. 2 (and Ezek. Xxxviii. ...
Gogra
Gogra, A River Of Northern India. It Rises In Tibet Near Lake Manasarowar, Not Far From The Sources Of The Brahmaputra And The Sutlej, Passes Through Nepal As The Kauriala, And Becomes The Most Important Waterway In The United Provinces. It Joins The Ganges At Chapra After A Course Of ...
Gohrde
Gohrde, A Forest Of Germany, In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, Immediately W. Of The Elbe, Between Wittenberg And Liineburg. It Has An Area Of About 85 Sq.m. And Is Famous For Its Oaks, Beeches And Game Preserves. It Is Memorable For The Victory Gained Here, On Sept. 16, 1813, ...
Goito
Goito, A Village Of Lombardy, Italy, Province Of Mantua, From Which It Is I I M. N.w., On The Road To Brescia. Pop. (1931) (village) ; 8,429 (commune). It Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Mincio Near The Bridge And Has Been Repeatedly Fortified As A Bridge-head. The ...
Goitre
Goitre. Goitre Or "derbyshire Neck" Is A Term Used For Abnormal Enlargements, Usually Chronic, Of The Thyroid Gland In The Front Of The Neck. The Enlargement May Be General And Uni Form (parenchymatous Goitre), Or May Be Localised To One Part Of The Gland Or To The Isthmus Connecting The ...
Gokak
Gokak, A Town Of British India, In The Belgaum District Of Bombay, 8 M. From A Station On The Madras And Southern Mah Ratta Railway. Pop. (i 93i) 11,866. It Contains Old Temples With In Scriptions. About 4 M. N.w. At The Gokak Falls, The Ghatprabha Rushes Over A Precipice ...
Gokcha
Gokcha (gok-chai; Armen. Sevanga; Anc. Haosravaglia), A Lake In Armenia 40° 20' N. And 35' E., Altitude 6,345 Ft., Triangular In Shape, Measures 45 M. N.w.–s.e., Max. Width 25 M., Max. Depth 67 Fathoms, Area 54o Sq.m. It Is Surrounded By Barren Mountains Of Volcanic Origin 12,000 Ft. High. Its ...
Golasecca
Golasecca Is A Village Situated On The River Ticino, A Few Miles Below The Point At Which It Issues From Lago Maggiore. Extensive Cemeteries Of The Iron Age Have Been Found All Over This District, And The Name Golasecca Has Come To Be Applied Indis Criminately To The Whole Series, ...
Golconda
Golconda, A Fortress And Ruined City Of India, In The Nizam's Dominions, 5 M. W. Of Hyderabad City. Golconda Was The Capital Of A Large And Powerful Kingdom Of The Deccan, Ruled By The Kutb Shahi Dynasty, Founded In 1512 By A Turkoman Adventurer On The Downfall Of The Bahmani ...
Gold Coast
Gold Coast, That Portion Of The Guinea Coast (west Africa) Which Extends From Assini Upon The West To The River Volta On The East. It Derives Its Name From The Quantities Of Grains Of Gold Mixed With The Sand Of The Rivers Traversing The District. The Term Gold Coast Is ...
Gold Fern
Gold Fern, A Handsome American Fern (gymnogramma Triangularis Or Pityriogramma Triangularis), Native To The Pacific Coast Region From British Columbia South To Ecuador, So Called Because The Leaves (fronds) Are Coated Beneath With A Bright Orange-coloured Powder, Varying To White. The Dark-brown, Glossy Leaf-stalks (stipes), 6 In. To 12 In. ...
Gold Mining And Metallurgy
Gold: Mining And Metallurgy. It Is Probable That Gold Was The First Metal To Attract The Attention Of Prehistoric Man, But It Could Hardly Have Been Used Even For Ornaments Until The Art Of Melting Had Been Invented In The Bronze Age. The Earliest Mining Work Of Which Traces Remain ...
Gold Reserves
Gold Reserves. By Tradition Currency Is Metallic, Gold, Silver, Copper Or An Alloy. The Basic Coin In Most Western Coun Tries Has Been Gold. Banks Issued Notes Which Were A Promise To Pay Gold On Demand. Also They Accepted Deposits Withdrawable In Gold. For This Purpose They Held A Reserve ...
Gold Standard
Gold Standard, A Country Is On The Gold Standard When Its Money—paper Bills, Silver Coins, Etc.—is Redeemable On Demand At A Fixed Weight Of Fine Gold For Each Monetary Unit. For Example, In The United States Previous To March, 1933, A Five Dollar Bill Was Convertible Into 129 Grains Of ...
Gold Stick In Waiting
Gold-stick In Waiting, An Officer Of The British Royal Household Who Waits In Close Attendance Upon The Sovereign And Whose Emblem Of Office Is An Ebony Staff Or Stick With A Gold Head, Engraved With The Sovereign's Cypher And Crown. The Office Was Instituted In 1678 And Was Held Exclusively ...
Gold
Gold, An Extremely Heavy, Very Valuable, Bright Yellow Metal, With A Resplendent Lustre (symbol Au, Atomic Number 79, Atomic Weight 197.2). On Account Of Its Brilliant Appearance, Unalterability And Occurrence In The Native Condition, Gold Was Almost Certainly The First Metal To Attract The Attention Of Man. It Was Known ...
Goldbeating
Goldbeating. The Art Of Goldbeating Is Of Great An Tiquity, Being Referred To By Homer; And Pliny (n.h. 33.19) States That I Oz. Of Gold Was Extended To 75o Leaves, Each Leaf Be Ing F Our Fingers (about 3in.) Square; Such A Leaf Is Three Times As Thick As The ...
Goldberg
Goldberg, A Town Of Germany, In The Prussian Province Of Silesia,' 14 M. By Rail S.w. Of Liegnitz, On The Katzbach. Pop. 7,842. Goldberg Owes Its Origin And Name To A Gold Mine In The Neighbourhood, Abandoned Since The Hussite Wars. The Town Obtained Civic Rights In 1211. It Suffered ...
Goldcrest Or Golden Crested
Goldcrest Or Golden Crested Wren Is The Type Of A Small Group Placed Among The Sylviidae, Old World War Blers. The Goldcrest (regulus Cristatus) Is The Smallest Of British Birds, Its Whole Length Being About 31 In., And Its Weight Some 5 Grams. Generally Of An Olive-green Colour, The Top ...
Golden Bull
Golden Bull, The General Designation Of Any Charter Decorated With A Golden Seal Or Bulls. The Name, However, Has Become Practically Restricted To A Few Documents Of Unusual Political Importance, The Golden Bull Of The Empire, The Golden Bull Of Brabant, The Golden Bull Of Hungary, And The Golden Bull ...
Golden Club
Golden Club (oron Tium Aquaticum), A North Ameri Can Aquatic Plant Of The Arum Family (araceae), Found In Shal Low Ponds And Less Frequently In Swamps From Massachusetts To Florida, Chiefly Near The Coast. It Is A Somewhat Fleshy Perennial, With Thick Oblong, Ascending, Or Floating Leaves, 5 To Io ...
Golden Eye
Golden-eye, A Name Given To A Diving Duck (glaucion, Or Clangula), Breeding In Far Northern Regions, Whence It Mi Grates South In Winter. It Nests In Hollow Trees. In Scandinavia The People Set Up Artificial Nesting-boxes, Whence They Take Toll Of The Bird's Eggs And Down. The Adult Male Is ...
Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece, In Greek Mythology, The Fleece Of The Ram On Which Phrixus And Helle Escaped, For Which See Argo ...
Golden Glow
Golden-glow, A Double-flowered Cultivated Variety Of The Tall Cone-flower (rudbeckia Laciniata), Native To North Amer Ica, Widely Grown In The United States And Canada As An Orna Mental Plant. It Is A Showy Summer Bloomer, Usually 4 Ft. To 7 Ft. High, With Smooth, Much Branched Stems, More Or Less ...
Golden Horde
Golden Horde, A Body Of Tatars Who In The Middle Of The 13th Century Overran A Great Portion Of Eastern Europe And Founded In Russia The Tatar Khanate, Known As The Empire Of The Golden Horde Or Western Kipchaks. They Invaded Europe About 1237 Under The Leadership Of Batt] Khan, ...
Golden Mole
Golden Mole, The Name Given To Species Of The South African Family Chrysochloridae Of The Order Insectivora (q.v.) From The Bright Lustre Of Their Fur. They Resemble The True Moles (q.v.) In Habits And, To Some Extent, In Appearance, But Dig By Means Of The Enormous Claws On The Two ...
Golden Ragwort
Golden Ragwort (senecio Aureus), A North American Plant Of The Composite Family (compositae), Called Also Squaw Weed, Life-weed And False Valer Ian, Found In Wet Places From Newfoundland To Ontario And Wisconsin And Southward To Flor Ida And Texas. It Is A Slender Perennial With Strongly Scented Roots And A ...
Golden Rod
Golden Rod, The Popular Name For Plants Of The Botanical Genus Solidago, Of The Family Compositae, Comprising About 125 Species, Natives Chiefly Of North America, A Few, However, Occur Ring In The Old World And In South America. They Are Erect Perennial Herbs, Mostly From 2 To 8 Ft. High, ...
Golden Rose
Golden Rose, An Ornament Made Of Wrought Gold And Set With Gems, Generally Sapphires, Which Is Blessed By The Pope On The Fourth (laetare) Sunday Of Lent, And Usually Afterwards Sent As A Mark Of Special Favour To Some Distinguished Individual, To A Church, Or A Civil Community. Formerly It ...
Golden
Golden, A City Of Colorado, U.s.a., 14m. W. By N. Of Denver, At An Altitude Of 5, 7oof T. ; The County Seat Of Jefferson County. It Is Served By The Colorado And Southern And The Denver And Intermountain (electric) Railways. The Population In 193o Was 2,426. The Colorado School ...
Goldfield
Goldfield, A Mining Town In The Desert In South-western Nevada, U.s.a., Served By The Tonopah And Goldfield And The Tonopah And Tidewater Railways ; The County Seat Of Esmeralda County. The Population In 1930 Was 692. Gold Was Discovered Here In 1902, Two Or Three Years After The Lucky Strike ...
Goldfinch
Goldfinch, Carduelis Carduelis, A Well-known And Beau Tiful Bird Found Over The Greater Part Of Europe And North Africa, And Eastwards To Persia And Turkistan. It Is A Favourite Cage Bird. As A Songster It Is Surpassed By Other Species, But Its Docility And Attachment To Its Master Or Mistress ...
Goldfish
Goldfish (carassius Auratus), A Cyprinid Fish, Like The Carp, A Native Of Eastern Asia, But Introduced Into Many Other Parts Of The World. It Is Closely Related To The Crucian Carp Of Europe And Northern Asia; Both Species Resemble The Common Carp In Having A Long Dorsal Fin, But Differ ...
Goldingen
Goldingen (lettish, Kuldiga), A Town Of Western Cour Land In Latvia, 55 M. By Rail N.e. Of Libau, And On Windau River, In 56° 58' N. And E. Pop. (1930) 6,921. It Has Several Small Industries Including Leather, Woollen Goods, Food Products, Needles And Other Metal Industries, Matches And Other ...
Goldsboro
Goldsboro, A City Of North Carolina, U.s.a., On The Neuse River, 5om. S.e. Of Raleigh ; The County Seat Of Wayne County. It Is On Federal Highways 7o And 171, And Is Served By The Atlantic Coast Line, The Norfolk Southern And The Southern Railways. The Population Was 11,296 In ...
Goldsmid
Goldsmid, The Name Of A Family Of Anglo-jewish Bankers Sprung From Aaron Goldsmid (d. 1782), A Dutch Merchant Who Settled In England About 1763. Two Of His Sons, Benjamin Gold Smid (c. 17 S3-18°8) And Abraham Goldsmid (c. 1 7 5 6-181 O) , Set Up As Bill-brokers In London ...
Goldsmith Beetle
Goldsmith Beetle, A Name Applied To Species Of The Sub-family Rutelinae, From Their Brilliant Metallic Lustre, And Especially To Cotalpa Lanigera Of The Eastern United States, A Large Hairy Form, Nocturnal In Habit, Concealed Often In Willow Trees, By Day. It Is Allied To The Common Dung And Burying Beetles. ...
Goletta
Goletta, A Town On The Gulf Of Tunis In 36° 5o' N. Io° 19' E., A Little South Of The Ruins Of Carthage, And On The North Side Of The Ship Canal Which Traverses The Shallow Lake Of Tunis And Leads To The City Of That Name. Built On The ...
Golf In France And
Golf In France And Elsewhere Before Coming To British Golf, Something Must Be Said Of That In Other Countries. As Long Ago As 1907, Arnaud Massy, Originally A Biarritz Fisherman, Won The British Open Championship. He Has Never Repeated That Feat, Though He Tied With Vardon In 191 I And ...
Golf Since
Golf Since 1910 Since 1g10 The Popularity Of Golf Has Increased Steadily In Great Britain, While In The United States Of America It Has Spread Like A Prairie Fire. There Could Be No More Striking Evidence Than The Fact That The Profession Of The Golf Architect Has Now Become An ...
Golf
Golf (in Its Older Forms Goff, Gouff, Or Gowff, The Last Of Which Gives The Genuine Old Pronunciation), A Game Which Prob Ably Derives Its Name From The Ger. Kolbe, A Club—in Dutch, Kolf—which Last Is Nearly In Sound Identical And Might Suggest A Dutch Origin, Which Many Pictures And ...
Golfing Strokes
Golfing Strokes The Swing—general.—the Swing May Be Of Three Types : (i) The Flat Swing, In Which The Club, If Carried Back As Far As Pos Sible, Would Strike The Player Across The Shoulders. (2) The Up Right Swing, Which Would Reach The Back Of The Player's Neck. (3) The ...
Golgotha
Golgotha, A Skull, From The Aramaic Gulgulta (rin5aaina Targ. Onqelos Of Ex. Xvi. 16, With The Second "1" Omitted For Euphony To Greek Ears) . The Name Of The Spot Where Christ Was Crucified (matt. Xxvii. 33 ; Mk. Xv. 22; John Xix. 17), Out Side Jerusalem. Perhaps So Called ...
Goliad
Goliad, An Incorporated Village Of South-eastern Texas, On The San Antonio River And The Southern Pacific Railway, 85m. S.e. Of San Antonio; The County Seat Of Goliad County. The Population In 193o Was 1,424. Goliad Is Surrounded By A Very Rich Farming And Grazing Country. The Interesting Spanish Mission Of ...
Goliard
Goliard, A Name Applied To Those Wandering Students (vagantes) And Clerks In England, France And Germany, During The 12th And 13th Centuries, Who Were Better Known For Their Rioting, Gambling And Intemperance Than For Their Scholarship. The Derivation Of The Word Is Uncertain, But It Was Connected By Them With ...
Goliath
Goliath, The Name Of The Giant By Slaying Whom David Achieved Renown (i Sam. Xvii.) . The Philistines Had Come Up To Make War Against Saul And This Warrior Came Forth Day By Day To Challenge To Single Combat. Only David Ventured To Respond, And Armed With A Sling And ...
Gollnow
Gollnow, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Pomerania, On The Right Bank Of The Ihna, 14 M. N.n.e. Of Stettin, With Which It Has Communication By Rail And Steamer. Pop. Gollnow Was Founded In 119o, And Was Raised To The Rank Of A Town In 1268. It Was For ...
Goluchowski
Goluchowski, The Name Of An Ancient Family Of Polish Aristocracy, Two Members Of Which Played An Important Part In Austrian Politics. Count Agenor Goluchowski, The Elder 75), Studied At Lemberg, Served In The Galician Statthalterei Under Stadion, And Did Excellent Work On The Galician Agrarian Reform Of 1847. In Nov. ...
Gomal Or Gumal
Gomal Or Gumal, The Name Of A River Of Afghanistan, And Of A Mountain Pass On The Dera Ismail Khan Border Of The North West Frontier Province Of British India. The Gomal River Rises In The Unexplored Regions To The South-east Of Ghazni And Runs To The Indus. Its Chief ...
Gomel
Gomel (homel), Town In White Russian S.s.r.; Lat. 52° 25' N., Long. 31 ° O' E., On The Sozh River, A Tributary Of The Dnieper. Pop. (1926) 82,952. It Is Situated On The Great North Road From Kiev, And Is An Important Railway Junction From Which Five Lines Radiate, One ...
Gomer
Gomer, In The Table Of Nations, Gen. X., The Eldest "son" Of Japheth, And In Ezek. Xxxviii. 6 A Part Of Gog's Army, Represents The People Known To The Greeks As Cimmerians, And In The Cunei Form Inscriptions Called Gi-mi-ra-a-a. Their Earliest Known Home Is The District North Of The ...
Gomera
Gomera, An Island Forming Part Of The Spanish Archi Pelago Of The Canary Islands (q.v.). Pop. (193o) 25,405; Area, 144 Sq.m. Gomera Lies 20 M. W.s.w. Of Teneriffe. Its Greatest Length Is About 23 M. Dromedaries Are Bred On Gomera In Large Numbers. San Sebastian (5,868) Is The Chief Town ...
Gonaguas
Gonaguas ("borderers"), Descendants Of A Cross Between The Hottentots And The Kafirs, Before The Arrival Of The Whites In South Africa, And In Some Districts Scarcely Distinguishable From Other Natives But For Their Broken Speech. ...
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Gokhale, Gopal Krishna Indian Politician, Was Born At Kolhapur Of A Humble Chitpavan Brahman Family. Graduating At The Elphinstone College, Bombay, In 1884, He Joined, As Professor Of History And Political Economy, The Group Of Teachers At The Fergusson College, Poona, Pledged To Serve For 20 Years On A Merely ...
Grinling Gibbons
Gibbons, Grinling English Was Born In 1648, According To Some Authorities Of Dutch Parents At Rotterdam, And According To Others Of English Parents At Lon Don. By The Former He Is Said To Have Come To London After The Great Fire In 1666. He Died In London On Aug. 3, ...
Grove Karl Gilbert
Gilbert, Grove Karl (1843-1918), American Geolo Gist, Was Born At Rochester, N.y., On May 6, 1843, And Graduated At The University Of Rochester In 1862. He Began The Study Of Geology And In 1869 Went As A Volunteer Assistant On The Second Ohio State Survey. In 1871 He Was Assigned ...
Guido Gezelle
Gezelle, Guido (183o-1899), Flemish Poet, Was Born At Bruges, On May 1, 183o, And Died At Bruges On Nov. 27, 1899. He Was One Of The Earliest And Greatest Leaders For The Revival Of Flemish As A Literary Language. He Wrote In The Dialect Of West Flanders Patriotic And Religious ...
Hamlin Garland
Garland, Hamlin (186o-194o), American Writer, Was Born At West Salem (wis.), Sept. 14, 186o. His Early Celebrity Was Due In Large Part To His Rebellion Against The Idyllic Inter Pretations Of Rural Life Then Current; And His Main-travelled Roads (1891), Other Main-travelled Roads (1910), And Prairie Folks (1893), Written In ...
Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius
Gesenius, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm (1786-1842), German Orientalist And Biblical Critic, Was Born At Nordhausen, Hanover, On Feb. 3, 1786, And Was Educated At Helm Stedt And At Gottingen. In 18i I He Became Professor Of Theology At Halle, Where He Remained Until His Death On Oct. 23, 1842. To Gesenius, ...
Heinrich Wilhelm Von Gerstenberg
Gerstenberg, Heinrich Wilhelm Von (1737-1823), German Poet And Critic, Was Born At Tondern, Schleswig, On Jan. 3, 7. After Studying Law At Jena He Entered The Danish Military Service And Took Part In The Russian Cam Paign Of 1762. He Spent The Next 12 Years In Copenhagen, Where He Was ...
Hendrik Goltzius
Goltzius, Hendrik (1558-1617), Dutch Painter And Engraver, Was Born In 1558 At Miilebrecht, In The Duchy Of Jiilich. After Studying Painting On Glass For Some Years Under His Father, He Was Taught The Use Of The Burin By Dirk Volkertsz Coornlert, A Dutch Engraver. He Was Employed By Philip Galle ...