Gothic Architecture In The
Gothic Architecture In The Low Countries Gothic Design Throughout Belgium And Holland Is A Mixture Of Influences From France And Germany. Little Transitional Work Exists, But, Especially In Belgium, There Are Many Delightful 13th And I4th Century Examples Which Show The Dominance Of French Forms. It Is Noticeable That A ...
Gothic Architecture
Gothic Architecture Is A Loose Term Used Vari Ously, But In General It Is That Type Which Developed From Roman Esque (see Byzantine And Romanesque Architecture) During The Latter Half Of The 12th Century, And Became General In Europe, Except In Italy, By The Middle Of The 13th Century. Its ...
Gothic Art
Gothic Art. Giorgio Vasari, A Pupil Of Michelangelo, In Writing In The 16th Century On The Arts Of Architecture And Sculp Ture, Speaks Of The Monuments Of The Middle Ages As Being Built In A Style Originated By The Goths, Those Germanic Races Untutored In The Classics, And Describes The ...
Goths
Goths, A Teutonic People Who In The 1st Century A.d. Appear To Have Inhabited The Middle Part Of The Basin Of The Vistula. They Were Probably The Easternmost Of The Teutonic Peoples. According To Their Own Traditions They Had Come Originally From The Island Scandza, I.e. Skane Or Sweden And ...
Goto Retto
Goto Retto, A Group Of Islands Belonging To Japan, Lying West Of Kyushu, In 33° N., 129° E. The Southern Of The Two Principal Islands, Fukae-shima, Measures 17 M. By 134-,; The North Ern, Nakaori-shima, Measures 23 M. By 7 1. The Islands Are Distant Some 5o M. From Nagasaki ...
Gottescale C Gottschalk Godescalus
Gottschalk [godescalus, Gottescale] (c. 808-867?), German Theologian, Was Born Near Mainz, The Son Of A Saxon Noble Who Obliged Him To Enter The Benedictine Monastery Of Fulda, Then Under The Abbot Hrabanus Maurus. In 829, At The Synod Of Mainz, On The Pretext That He Had Been Unduly Con Strained ...
Gottfried Von Strassburg
Gottfried Von Strassburg (ft. 1210), One Of The Chief German Mediaeval Poets. The Dates Of His Birth And Death Are Unknown, But He Was The Contemporary Of Hartmann Von Aue, Wolfram Von Eschenbach And Walther Von Der Vogel Weide, And His Epic Tristan, Which Bears Witness To His Education, Was ...
Gottingen
Gottingen, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, At The West Foot Of The Hainberg, In The Valley Of The Leine, 67 M. S. From Hanover, On The Railway To Cassel. Pop. 47,026. A Village Of Goding Or Gutingi Is Named In Documents Of About A.d. 95o. The Place ...
Gottland
Gottland, An Island In The Baltic Sea Belonging To Sweden, Lying Between 57° And 58° N., And Having A Length From S.s.w. To N.n.e. Of 75 M., A Breadth Not Exceeding 3o M., And An Area Of 1,220 Sq. Miles. The Nearest Point On The Mainland Is 5o M. From ...
Gouache
Gouache, A French Word Adapted From The Ital. Guazzo (probably In Origin Connected With "wash"), Meaning Literally A "ford," But Used Also For A Method Of Painting In Opaque Water Colour. The Colours Are Mixed With Or Painted In A Vehicle Of Gum Or Honey. High Lights Are Obtained By ...
Gouda Or Ter Gouwe
Gouda Or Ter Gouwe, A Town Of Holland, In The Prov Ince Of South Holland, On The North Side Of The Gouwe At Its Con Fluence With The Ysel, And A Junction Station 124 M. By Rail N.e. Of Rotterdam. Pop. (1930) 29,163. Tramways Connect It With Bodegraven On The ...
Gouge
Gouge, A Tool Of The Chisel Type With A Curved Blade, Used For Scooping A Groove Or Channel In Wood, Stone, Etc. (see Toot.). A Similar Instrument Is Used In Surgery For Operations Involving The Excision Of Portions Of Bone. "gouge" Is Also Used As The Name Of A Bookbinder's ...
Goulburn
Goulburn, A City Of Argyle County, New South Wales, Australia, 134 M. S.w. Of Sydney By The Great Southern Rail Way. Pop. (1933) 14,851. The Municipality Was Created In 1859; And Goulburn Became A City In 1864. It Lies In A Productive Agri Cultural District, At An Altitude Of 2,129 ...
Gourd
Gourd, A Name Given To Various Plants Of The Family Cucur Bitaceae, Especially Those Belonging To The Genus Cucurbita, Monoe Cious Trailing Herbs Of Annual Duration, With Long Succulent Stems Furnished With Tendrils, And Large, Rough, Palmately-lobed Leaves; The Flowers Are Generally Large And Of A Bright Yellow Or Orange ...
Gourmet
Gourmet, A French Term For One Who Takes A Refined And Critical Pleasure In Good Cooking And The Delights Of The Table. ...
Gourock
Gourock, Police Burgh, Burgh Of Barony And Watering Place, Renfrewshire, Scotland, On The South Of The Firth Of Clyde, 3 A M. W. By N. Of Greenock By The L.m.s.r., Which Passes Through Long Tunnels Between The Two Places. Pop. (1931) 8,844. It Is Partly Situated On A Fine Bay ...
Gout
Gout, The Name Rather Vaguely Given, In Medicine, To A Constitutional Disorder Which Manifests Itself By Inflammation Of The Joints, Sometimes With Deposition Of Sodium Biurate, And Also By Morbid Changes In Various Important Organs. In All Times This Disease Has Engaged The Attention Of Physicians, From Its Wide Prevalence ...
Gouverneur
Gouverneur, A Village Of St. Lawrence County, New York, U.s.a., On The Oswegatchie, 25m. From The St. Lawrence At Ogdensburg. It Is On Federal Highway 11, And Is Served By The New York Central Railroad. The Population Was 4,015 In 1930. It Is In A Fertile Agricultural And Dairying Region, ...
Govan
Govan, A Parish Of Glasgow, Scotland. Pop. (1931), (ecclesiastical Parish Of Govan, 1921, 58,861). There Are Stations On The L.m.s.r. And Glasgow Subway. (see Glasgow.) ...
Government Departments
Government Departments. While Differences Of Internal Organization And Of Cultural Development Between Coun Tries Have Produced Inevitable Differences—superficial Or Pro Found—in Their Governmental Machinery, It Will Be Found Under Modern Conditions That Common Political, Social And Economic Needs Tend To Give The Same Functions To Government Departments In One Country ...
Government
Government. Government In The Ancient World Presents Three Main Types—the Great Despotic Empires Of Sumeria, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Macedon; The City-states Of Asia Minor, Greece And Italy; And The Unique Example In Rome Of A City-state Grad Ually Becoming The Centre Of An Empire, And, In The Process, Changing Its ...
Governmental Architecture
Governmental Architecture, As Discussed In This Article, Comprises Those Buildings Whose Function Has Definite Relation To Governmental Purposes, Such As Town Halls, State Or Provincial Capitols, Court-houses And Parliament Buildings. The Ancestry Of Governmental Buildings Can Be Traced Back To Three Different Sources—the Temple, The Royal Residence And The Communistic ...
Governor
Governor, In General, One Who Governs Or Exercises Authority ; Specifically, An Official Appointed To Govern A District, Province, Town, Etc. In British Colonies Or Dependencies The Representative Of The Crown Is Termed A Governor. Colonial Gov Ernors Are Classed As Governors-general, Governors And Lieutenant Governors, According To The Status ...
Governor_2
Governor Is An Automatic Device Which Regulates The Speed Of A Prime Mover So As To Keep It Within Certain Limits Notwithstanding Variations In The Load Or The Pressure. The Centrifugal Governor Is The Principal Type. It Is Made In Numerous Forms, All Having Two Or More Weights Arranged So ...
Gower
Gower, A Welsh Seigniory And District In The County Of Glamorganshire (q.v.), Lying Between The Rivers Tawe And Loughor And Between Breconshire And The Sea, Its Length From The Breconshire Border To Worm's Head Being 28 M., And Its Breadth About 8 M. It Corresponds To The Ancient Commote Of ...
Gown
Gown, Formerly The Term For A Loose Outer Garment Worn By Either Sex But Now Generally For That Worn By Women. It Is Also The Name For The Distinctive Robes Worn By Holders Of Par Ticular Offices Or By Members Of Particular Professions Or Univer Sities, Etc. (see Robes). ...
Goya
Goya, A Town And Port Of The Province Of Corrientes, Argen Tina, On The Parana River, 618 M. N. Of Buenos Aires And 147 M. S. Of The Town Of Corrientes. Pop. (1925) 16,00o. It Is Served By The Central, Entre Rios And North-eastern Railways, And Is 34 Hours From ...
Goyanna Or Goiana
Goyanna Or Goiana, A City Of Brazil In The North-east Angle Of The State Of Pernambuco, About 65 M. N. Of The City Of Pernambuco. The Population (including Municipal District) In 1920 Was 53,854. It Is Built On A Fertile Plain Between The Rivers Tracunhaem And Capibaribe-mirim, Near Their Junction ...
Goyatacan
Goyatacan, An Independent Linguistic Stock Of South American Indians, So Called From The Goyatacas, One Of Its Impor Tant Tribes. The Goyatacas (so Named From The Brazilian State Of Goyaz, In Which, However, Few Of These Indians Appear To Have Lived) Occupied A Large Part Of The State Of Minas ...
Goyaz
Goyaz, Inland State, Brazil, Bounded By Maranhao On The N., By Matto Grosso And Para On The W., Maranhao, Bahia, And Minas Geraes On The E., And By Minas Geraes And Matto Grosso On The South. Population 1933, 820,479, Including Half-civilized Indians And Half-breeds. Area, 288,462 Sq. Miles. The State ...
Gozo Or Gozzo
Gozo Or Gozzo, An Island Of The Maltese Group In The Mediterranean Sea, Second In Size To Malta And Similar In Physique. It Lies N.w. And 31 M. From The Nearest Point Of Malta, Is Of Oval Form, 84 M. In Length And 41 M. In Extreme Breadth, And Has ...
Graaff Reinet
Graaff Reinet, A Town In The Cape Province Of The Union Of South Africa 15' S., 24° 32' E. Alt. 2,463 Ft. Popu Lation (1921) Whites, 4,724 Coloured. It Was Founded By The Dutch In 1786, And Named After The Then Governor Of The Cape, C. J. Van De Graaff, ...
Gracchus
Gracchus, In Ancient Rome, The Name Of A Plebeian Family Of The Sempronian Gets. Its Most Distinguished Representatives Were The Famous Tribunes Of The People, Tiberius And Gaius Sem Pronius Gracchus, Mentioned Below, Usually Called "the Gracchi." ...
Grace
Grace, A Word Of Many Shades Of Meaning, But In General Connoting The Idea Of Favour, Whether That In Which One Stands To Others Or That Which One Shows To Others. The New English Dictionary Groups The Meanings Of The Words Under Three Main Heads: (i) Pleasing Quality, Gracefulness, (2) ...
Grackle
Grackle, A Word Applied To Certain Birds Of The Family Sturnidae In The Old World And Of The Icteridae In The New. The Former Include The Mynas Of India And Adjacent Countries, Es Pecially Gracula Religiose, Which Is Some Loin. Long And Has A Black Iridescent Plumage, A White Patch ...
Grado
Grado, An Island Of The Province Of Trieste, Italy, 4 M. From Belvedere. Pop. (i 93i) 5,849. The Inhabitants Of Aquileia Took Shelter There In 452 And 568 And The Patriarchate Of Grado Began In And Continued Till 1451 When It Passed To Venice. The Cathedral Was Rebuilt In 571– ...
Gradual
Gradual, Advancing Or Taking Place By Degrees Or Step By Step ; Hence Used Of A Slow Progress Or A Gentle Declivity , Or Slope, Opposed To Steep Or Precipitous. As A Substantive, "gradual" Is Used Of A Service Book Of The Roman Catholic Church Containing Certain Chants, Called "graduals," ...
Graduate
Graduate (med. Lat. Graduate, To Admit To An Academi Cal Degree, Gradus), In Great Britain A Verb Now Only Used In The Academical Sense Intransitively, I.e., "to Take Or Proceed To A University Degree," And Figuratively Of Acquiring Knowledge Of, Or Proficiency In, Anything. The Original Transitive Sense Of "to ...
Graduation
Graduation. There Are Few Advances Or Refinements In The Exact Sciences Which Have Not Depended Considerably On Corresponding Refinement In Linear Or Angular Measurement. Graduation, Or "dividing," As It Is Usually Called, Is The Art Of Dividing Straight Lines, Circular Arcs, Or Whole Circumferences Into Any Required Number Of Equal ...
Graeco Persian Wars
Graeco-persian Wars, 546-466 B.c. The Great Assyrian Kingdom Which Had Ruled And Terrorized Asia For Cen Turies Came To An End With The Fall Of Nineveh In 612 B.c. Of It The Greeks Knew Little Or Nothing. Only The Greeks Of Cyprus Had Come Into Contact With It, And That ...
Graeco Turkish War
Graeco-turkish War, 1897. This War Between Greece And Turkey (see Greece : Modern History) Involved Two Practically Distinct Campaigns, In Thessaly And In Epirus. Upon The Thessalian Frontier The Turks, Early In March, Had Concen Trated Six Divisions (about 58,000 Men), 1,50o Cavalry And 156 Guns, Under Edhem Pasha. A ...
Graevius
Graevius (properly Graeve Or Greffe), Johann Georg (1632-1703), German Classical Scholar And Critic, Was Born At Naumburg, Saxony, On Jan. 29, 1632. After Holding Other Appointments, He Became, In 1662, Professor At Utrecht, Where He Died Jan. Ii, 1703. Graevius Had A High Reputation As A Teacher. He Was Honoured ...
Graffito
Graffito, Plural Graffiti, The Italian Word Meaning "scrib Bling" Or "scratching" (graffiare, To Scribble, Gr. 'ypa4etv), Adopted By Archaeologists As A General Term For The Casual Writings, Rude Drawings And Markings On Ancient Buildings, In Distinction From The Deliberate Writings Known As "inscriptions." These "graffiti," Either Scratched On Stone Or ...
Grafrath
Grafrath, A Town In Rhenish Prussia, On The Itterbach, 14 M. E. Of Dusseldorf. Pop. (1925) 10,585. There Was An Abbey Here From 1185 To 1803. The Chief Industries Are Iron And Steel, And Weaving Is Carried On. ...
Grafting In Animals
Grafting In Animals. Every Gardener Is Well Ac Quainted With Grafting In Plants. But It Is Less Well-known That Pieces Of Animals Too May Be Joined In Permanent Union. Grafting In Animals Is Practised Mainly For Scientific Purposes Or For The Restoration Of Weakened Or Lost Parts. Therefore Graft And ...
Grafton
Grafton, A City Of Clarence County, New South Wales, Lying On The Clarence River, At A Distance Of 45 M. From Its Mouth, M. N.e. Of Sydney. Pop. (1933) 6,412. The City Became A Municipality In 185o. The River Is Navigable From The Sea To The Town For Ships Of ...
Grafton_2
Grafton, A Town Of Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.s.a., 8m. S.e. Of Worcester; Served By The Boston And Albany And The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railways. The Popu Lation (about 3o% Foreign-born White) Was 7,030 In 193o. The Several Villages Are Residential Suburbs Of Worcester, And There Are Cotton ...
Grafton_3
Grafton, A City Of Northern West Virginia, U.s.a., 85m. S. Of Pittsburgh, On The Tygart River, At An Altitude Of I,000ft.; The County Seat Of Taylor County. It Is On Federal Highway So And Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad. The Population Was 8,517 In 1920 (95% Native ...
Graham
Graham, Afterwards Cunninghame-graham, Robert (d. 1797?), Scottish Poet, Was The Son Of Nicholas Graham Of Gartmore And Lady Margaret Cunninghame. He Started Life As A Planter In Jamaica, Where He Was For A Time Receiver-general. In 1784 He Was Elected Rector Of Glasgow Uni Versity, And From 1794 To 1796 ...
Grahamstown
Grahamstown, A Town In South Africa, 33° 19' S., 26° 31' E. ; Alt. 1,769. White Pop. (1926), 7,648; Coloured, 7,86o. It Is 1 O6 M. From Port Elizabeth And Is Reached By A Branch Line From Alice Dale, On The Main Port Elizabeth-pretoria Line. The First Settlement, Established Here ...
Grain Freights
Grain Freights Many Years Ago The Belief Was Held Rather Widely That Ocean Transport Costs Gave British Farmers An Effective Protection Of About Io/– Per Quarter. Sir J. Caird Writing In 188o Put The Figure Lower Than This, However, And Reckoned 30/– Per Ton Or About 6/6 Per Quarter. But ...
Grain Production And Trade
Grain Production And Trade. No One Can Study The International Trade In Grain Without Noticing The Great Changes That Have Occurred In Modern Times And That Are Still Occurring. Since The Closing Years Of The Last Century There Have Been Developments Which May Affect The Dietary And Economic Conditions Of ...
Grain
Grain, The Seed, Or "fruit," Cereals, And Hence Cereal Plants Generally (from Lat. Granum, Seed). (see Grain Produc Tion.) The Word Is Also Used Of The Malt Refuse Of Brewing And Distilling, And Of Many Hard Rounded Small Particles, Such As "grains" Of Sand, Salt, Gold, Gunpowder, Etc. A "grain" ...
Grains Of Paradise
Grains Of Paradise, The Seeds Of Amomum Mele Gueta, A Reed-like Plant Of The Zingiberaceae Family, Also Called Guinea Grains And Melegueta Pepper. It Is A Native Of Tropical Western Africa, And Of Prince's And St. Thomas's Islands In The Gulf Of Guinea, And Cultivated In Other Tropical Countries. The ...
Gram Or Chick Pea
Gram Or Chick-pea, Called Also Egyptian Pea Or Bengal Gram, Cicer Arietinum, So Named From The Resemblance Of Its Seed To A Ram's Head. It Is A Member Of The Family Leguminosae, Largely Cultivated As A Pulse-food In The South Of Europe, Egypt And Western Asia As Far As India, ...
Gram Or Gramme
Gram Or Gramme, The Unit Of Weight In The Metric Sys Tem, Equivalent To 564 Grains Avoirdupois Or To O.2572 Drachms (drams) Or To O.7716 Scruples. This Metric Unit Is Very Nearly Equal (it Was Intended To Be Exactly Equal) To The Weight In A Vacuum Of One Cubic Centimetre ...
Gramineae
Gramineae, In Botany, The Grass Family (see Grasses), Comprising About 45o Genera And 4,50o Species. ...
Grammar
Grammar. According To The Definition Of The Late Dr. Henry Sweet A Grammar Gives The General Facts Of Language, While A Dictionary Deals With The Special Facts Of Language. But The Two Domains Frequently Overlap, So That One And The Same Fact Finds Its Place In The Grammar As Well ...
Grammichele
Grammichele, A Town Of Sicily, Province Of Catania, 55 M. S.w. Of It By Rail And 31 M. Direct. Pop. (1921) 23,169 (town), 24,767 (commune). It Was Built In 1693, After The Destruction By An Earthquake Of The Old Town Of Occhiala To The North; The Latter, On Account Of ...
Gramophone Music
Gramophone Music Gramophone Music As A Thing To Be Taken Seriously By Culti Vated Musicians Has Been A Matter Of Slow Growth And Develop Ment. Invented As A By-product Of Telephone Research, Reared In The Atmosphere Of Booths, Side-shows And Acrimonious Litiga Tion, A Horror To Eye And Ear, This ...
Gramophone
Gramophone. An Instrument For Reproducing Sound (gr. Ypep Ua, Letter, C/x.ovii, Sound ), By Transmitting To The Air The Mechanical Vibrations Of A Stylus In Contact With A Sinuous Groove In A Moving Record. In A Wider Sense The Term Might Be Applied To Any Instrument For The Recording Or ...
Grampound
Grampound, A Small Market Town, Cornwall, England, 9 M. N.e. Of Truro, And 2 M. From Its Station (grampound Road) On The G.w. Railway. Pop. (1931) 388. On The River Fal, It Retains An Ancient Town Hall; There Is A Good Market Cross; And In The Neighbourhood, Along The Fal, ...
Grampus
Grampus (orcinus Orca), A Cetacean Belonging To The Delphinidae Or Dolphin Family, Characterized By Its Rounded Head Without Distinct Beak, High Dorsal Fin And Large Conical Teeth. The Upper Parts Are Nearly Uniform Glossy Black, With A White Eye Stripe And The Under Parts White. The Animal Is Also Known ...
Gran Chaco
Gran Chaco, An Extensive Region In The Heart Of South America Belonging To The La Plata Basin, Stretching From 2o° To 29° S. Lat. Its Area Is Estimated At 300,00o Sq. Miles. The Greater Part Is Covered With Marshes, Lagoons And Dense Tropical Jungle And Forest, And Is Still Unexplored. ...
Gran Sasso Ditalia
Gran Sasso D'italia ("great Rock Of Italy"), Moun Tain Of The Abruzzi, Italy, Culminating Point Of The Apennines, 9,56o Ft. In Height. It Resembles The Limestone Alps Of Tirol And Its Elevated Plateaux Have A Number Of Doliire Or Funnel-shaped Depressions Into Which Melted Snow And Rain Sink. The Sum ...
Granada
Granada, One Of The Chief Cities Of Nicaragua, Central America, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, And The Terminus Of The Pacific Railroad. It Is 36 M. S.e. Of Managua, The National Capital, And 118 M. From Corinto, The Chief Pacific Port And The Northern Terminus Of The ...
Granada_2
Granada, A Maritime Province Of Southern Spain, Formed In 1833 Of Districts Belonging To Andalusia, And Formerly Centre Of The Ancient Kingdom Of Granada. Pop. (1930) 643,705; Area, 4,838 Sq. Miles. Granada Is Bounded On The North By Cordova, Jaen And Albacete, East By Murcia And Almeria, South By The ...
Granada_3
Granada, The Capital Of The Province, And Formerly Of The Kingdom Of Granada, In Southern Spain; On The Madrid-granada Algeciras Railway. Pop. (1930),' 18,179. Granada Is Well Situated, 2,195 Ft. Above The Sea, On The North-western Slope Of The Sierra Nevada, Overlooking The Fertile Lowlands Known As The Vega De ...
Granaries And Grain Elevators
Granaries And Grain Elevators. With The Disappearance Of The Old Type Of Granary, The Term Grain Elevator Has In The United States And Canada Almost Wholly Ousted The Older Term. A Modern Granary, With Its Elaborate Organizations, May Be Likened To A Scientific Development Of The Fundamental Theory Laid Down ...
Grand Banks
Grand Banks, Probably The Top Of A Submerged Moun Tain Range In The Atlantic Ocean, About 30o Miles Long Running Southeastward From Newfoundland. Its Depth Varies From 8o To Fathoms. The Banks Are Frequented By Hordes Of Valuable Fish, Especially Cod; And Thousands Of British, French, And Ameri Can Fishermen ...
Grand Canary
Grand Canary (gran Canaria), An Island Forming Part Of The Spanish Archipelago Of The Canary Islands (q.v.). Pop. (193o) 216,853; Area, 523 Sq.m. Grand Canary, The Most Fertile Island Of The Group, Is Nearly Circular In Shape, With A Diameter Of 24 M. And A Circumference Of 75 M. The ...
Grand Forks
Grand Forks, A Town In The Boundary District Of British Columbia ; At The Junction Of The North And South Forks Of The Kettle River, 2 M. N. Of The International Boundary, On The Cana Dian Pacific, Canadian National, And Kettle Valley Railways. Pop. (1931) 1,298. It Is In A ...
Grand Forks_2
Grand Forks, A City Of North Dakota, U.s.a., On The Red River, Opposite The Mouth Of The Red Lake River, 8om. N. Of Fargo; The Second City Of The State In Size, And The County Seat Of Grand Forks County. It Is On Federal Highways 2 And 81; Is Served ...
Grand Haven
Grand Haven, City Of Michigan, U.s.a., On Lake Michi Gan, At Mouth Of The Grand River, About Opposite Milwaukee; Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Ottawa County. It Is On Federal Highways 16 And 31, And Is Served By The Grand Trunk And The Pere Marquette Railways, By ...
Grand Island
Grand Island, A City Of Nebraska. U.s., Near The Platte River, On The Lincoln Highway, At An Altitude Of 1,861ft., 85m. W. Of Lincoln; The County-seat Of Hall County. It Is Served By The Burlington, The St. Joseph And Grand Island, And The Union Pacific Railways, And Has An Airport. ...
Grand Junction
Grand Junction, A City Of Western Colorado, U.s.a., 4,583ft. Above Sea-level, At The Confluence Of The Gunnison River With The Colorado (formerly Called The Grand In This Part Of Its Course) ; The County-seat Of Mesa County. It Is On Federal High Ways 405 And 5o; Is Served By The ...
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, A City Of Western Michigan, 3om. From Lake Michigan; A Port Of Entry, The County Seat Of Kent County, The Second City Of The State In Size, And "the Furniture Capital Of America." It Is On Federal Highways 16 And 131; Has A County Airport ; And Is ...
Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park, Established In 1929, A Picturesque District In North-western Wyoming, U.s.a., With An Area Of 150 Sq.m., Situated About 25 M. S. Of Yellowstone Park. It Embraces A Region Of Unusual Scenic Grandeur, Including The Teton Range, Which Is A Remarkable Granitic Uplift, With Glaciers In The ...
Grandee
Grandee, A Title Of Honour Borne By The Highest Class Of The Spanish Nobility (span. Grande). It Would Appear To Have Been Originally Assumed By The Most Important Nobles To Dis Tinguish Them From The Mass Of The Ricos Hombres, Or Great Barons Of The Realm. It Was Thus, As ...
Grandmere
Grand'mere, An Industrial Town In Champlain County, Quebec, Canada, On The St. Maurice River, 21 M. N. Of The Three Rivers, And On The Canadian National And Canadian Pacific Rail Ways. It Is Situated In A Good Farming District With Excellent Water-power Facilities, Which Operate Pulp And Paper Mills. Its ...
Grandmontines
Grandmontines, A Religious Order Founded By St. Stephen Of Thiers In Auvergne Towards The End Of The 11th Cen Tury. St. Stephen Was So Impressed By The Lives Of The Hermits Whom He Saw In Calabria That He Desired To Introduce The Same Manner Of Life Into His Native Country. ...
Grandson
Grandson (ger. Grandsee), A Town In The Swiss Canton Of Vaud, Near The South-western End Of The Lake Of Neuchatel, And By Rail 20 M. S.w. Of Neuchatel And 3 M. N. Of Yverdon. Its Population In 1930 Was 1,663, Mainly French-speaking And Prot Estant. The Old Church (once Of ...
Grangemouth
Grangemouth, Police Burgh, Seaport And Parish, Stirl Ingshire, Scotland. Pop. (1931) I1,798. It Is Situated On The South Shore Of The Estuary Of The Forth, At The Mouth Of The Carron And Also Of Grange Burn, A Right-hand Tributary Of The Carron, 3 M. N.e. Of Falkirk By The L.m.s.r. ...
Granite City
Granite City, A Busy Industrial City Of Madison County, Ill., U.s.a., Iom. N. Of Saint Louis, Near The Mississippi River. It Is Served By The Chicago And Alton, The Chicago And Eastern Illinois, The Big Four, The Illinois Traction (electric), The Saint Louis And Alton (electric), And The Wabash Railways, ...
Granite
Granite, In Petrology, The Group Name For A Family Of Plutonic Or Deep-seated Acidic Igneous Rocks Characterized Essen Tially By The Presence Of The Minerals, Quartz, Felspar (orthoclase, Microcline, Perthite, Anorthoclase [rarely], Acid Plagioclase) And Some Ferromagnesian Mineral (mica, Amphibole Or Pyroxene). Granites Are Wholly Crystalline And Possess A Typical ...
Grant
Grant, In Law, The Transfer Of Property By An Instrument In Writing, Termed A Deed Of Grant. According To The Old Rule Of Com Mon Law, The Immediate Freehold In Corporeal Hereditaments Lay In Livery (see Feoffment), Whereas Incorporeal Hereditaments, Such As A Reversion, Remainder, Advowson, Etc., Lay In Grant, ...
Granth
Granth, The Sacred "book" Of The Sikhs (q.v.). It Is A Notable Compilation Of Later Indian Protestant Writings, Inculcat Ing Monotheism, Yet Not Excluding Praise Of The Goddess Durga (q.v.), Denouncing Caste Privileges, Concremation Of Widows And Female Infanticide, The Use Of Hemp And Alcohol (though The Lat Ter Prohibition ...
Grantham
Grantham, Municipal Borough, Lincolnshire, England; Situated On The River Witham. Pop. (1931) 19,709. It Is An Im Portant Junction Of The L.n.e. Railway, 105 M. N. By W. From London, With Branch Lines To Nottingham, Lincoln And Boston; While There Is Communication With Nottingham And The Trent By The Grantham ...
Grantia
Grantia, A Genus Of The Lesser Calcareous Sponges. It Con Tains Several Species, Of Comparatively Small Size, Including Compressa, The Purse Sponge, Native To The Coast Of Great Britain. See Sponges. ...
Grantown On Spey
Grantown-on-spey, Police Burgh, Moray, Scotland. Pop. (1931) 1,577. It Lies On The Left Bank Of The Spey, 231- M. South Of Forres By The L.n.e.r., With A Station On The L.m.s.r. Speyside Line Connecting Craigellachie With Boat Of Garten. It Was Founded In 1776 By Sir James Grant Of Grant, ...
Granulite
Granulite (lat. Granulum, A Little Grain), A Name Used By Petrographers To Designate Two Distinct Classes Of Rocks. Ac Cording To The Terminology Of The French School It Signifies A Granite In Which Both Kinds Of Mica (muscovite And Biotite) Occur, And Corresponds To The German Granit, Or To The ...
Granville George Leveson Gower
Granville, Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl (1815-1891), English Statesman, Eldest Son Of The I St Earl Granville (1773-1846), By His Marriage With Lady Harriet, Daughter Of The Duke Of Devonshire, Was Born In London On May 11, 1815. On Leaving Oxford Young Lord Leveson Went To Paris For A ...
Granville
Granville, A Town Of Cumberland County, New South Wales, 13 M. By Rail W. Of Sydney. It Became A Municipality In 1885. Pop. It Is An Important Railway Junction And Manufacturing Town, Producing Agricultural Implements, Tweed, Pipes, Tiles And Bricks; There Are Also Tanneries, Flour-mills, And Kerosene And Meat Export ...
Granville_2
Granville, A Fortified Sea-port And Bathing-resort Of North-western France, In The Department Of Manche, At The Mouth Of The Bosq, 85 M. S. By W. Of Cherbourg By Rail. Pop. (1931) 10,010. The Upper Town Stands On A Promontory And Is Sur Rounded By Ramparts; The Lower Town And Harbour ...
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Granville, A Village Of Licking County, O., U.s.a., 2 7m. E. By N. Of Columbus; Served By The New York Central Rail Way. The Population In 193o Was 1,467. The Village Has A Setting Of Great Natural Beauty, In A Fertile Valley, Surrounded By Hills, And Has Many Aspects Of ...
Grape Hyacinth
Grape-hyacinth, The Name Given To Certain Species Of Muscari, A Genus Of The Lily Family (liliaceae), Comprising About 4o Species, Natives Chiefly Of The Mediterranean Region. They Are Small Bulbous Plants With Narrow Fleshy Basal Leaves And Small Usually Blue Urn-shaped Or Globose Flowers, Nodding Or Pendulous In A More ...
Grape
Grape, The Fruit Of The Vine (q.v.) . For The Projectile Called "grape" Or "grape-shot." ...
Grapefruit
Grapefruit (citrus Decumana), The Globular Or Some What Flattened Fruit Of A Tree Closely Related To The Orange And Lemon (qq.v.). The Pear-shaped Varieties Of This Fruit Are Known As Shaddocks. The Grapefruit Often Grows In Bunches (whence The Name) And The Individual Fruits Are Usually From 4 In. To ...
Graphic Methods In Mathematics
Graphic Methods In Mathematics. It Is Often Found Helpful To Devise Some Scheme To Show To The Eye The Relations Between The Different Quantities Involved In Certain Mathematical And Statistical Problems. In The Simplest Cases, The Purpose Of Such "graphic Methods" Is Merely To Present The Results Of Mathematical Or ...
Graphite
Graphite, A Mineral Species Consisting Of The Element Car Bon Crystallized In The Rhombohedral System. Chemically, It Is Thus Identical With The Cubic Mineral Diamond, But Between The Two There Are Very Wide Differences In Physical Characters. Graphite Is Black And Opaque, Whilst Diamond Is Colourless And Transparent ; It ...