Georg Hertling
Hertling, Georg, Count Von , German Statesman, Was Born In Darmstadt On Aug. 31, 1843. He Was Appointed Professor Of Philosophy At Bonn (188o), And At Munich (1882). From 1875 To 1890 And Again From 1896 To 1912 He Was A Member Of The Reichstag, From 1909 Being For A ...
Georg Herwegh
Herwegh, Georg (1817-1875), German Revolutionary Poet, Was Born At Stuttgart On May 31, 1817, The Son Of A Restaurant Keeper. Called Out For Military Service, He Had Hardly Joined His Regiment When He Committed An Act Of Flagrant In Subordination, And Fled To Switzerland To Avoid Punishment. Here He Published ...
Georg Ludwig Hartig
Hartig, Georg Ludwig German Agri Culturist And Writer On Forestry, Was Born At Gladenbach, Near Marburg, On Sept. 2, 1764. After Obtaining A Practical Knowledge Of Forestry At Harzburg, He Studied From 1781 To 1783 At The University Of Giessen. He Held Forestry Appointments Under Various German Princes, And Established ...
Georg Philipp Harsdorffer
Harsdorffer, Georg Philipp German Poet, Was Born At Nuremberg On Nov. 1, 1607. Jointly With Johann Klaj He Founded In 1644 At Nuremberg The Literary Society Of The Pegnitzschafer, For The Purification Of The German Language. He Died At Nuremberg On Sept. 22, 1658. His Writings In German And Latin ...
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770 1831), German Philosopher, Was Born At Stuttgart On Aug. 27, 177o. His Father Was A Revenue Officer. He Learned The Elements Of Latin From His Mother Before He Went To The Stuttgart Grammar School, Where He Remained Until He Was 18. As A Schoolboy He ...
George Alfred Henty
Henty, George Alfred (1832-1902), English War Correspondent And Author, Was Born At Trumpington, Near Cam Bridge, And Educated At Westminster School And Caius College, Cambridge. He Served In The Crimea In The Purveyor's Depart Ment, And After The Peace Filled Various Posts In The Department In England And Ireland, But ...
George Augustus Eliott Heathfield
Heathfield, George Augustus Eliott, Baron (i 717-179o), British General, A Younger Son Of Sir Gilbert Eliott, Bart., Of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Was Born On Dec. 25, 1717. As A Volunteer He Fought With The Prussian Army In 1735 And I 736, And Then Entered The Grenadier Guards. He Went Through The ...
George Birkbeck Norman Hill
Hill, George Birkbeck Norman English Author, Editor Of Boswell And Commentator On Samuel Johnson, Was Born At Tottenham, Middlesex, The Son Of Arthur Hill, Head Master Of Bruce Castle School. He Was Educated In His Father's School And At Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1858 He Be Gan To Teach At ...
George Brinton Harvey
Harvey, George Brinton Mcclellan (1864 1928), American Editor And Diplomat, Was Born In Peacham (vt.) , Feb. 16, 1864. At Eighteen He Became A Reporter On The Springfield (mass.) Republican, And Later On The Chicago News And The New York World. He Was Insurance Commissioner Of New Jersey In 189o-91 ...
George Ellery Hale
Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938), American As Tronomer, Was Born At Chicago (ill.), On June 29, 1868. He Graduated At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology In 189o, And Also Carried On Research Work At The Harvard College Ob Servatory And The University Of Berlin (winter, 94) . In 1888-91 He Organized ...
George Francis Robert Henderson
Henderson, George Francis Robert (1854 1903), British Soldier And Military Writer, Was Born In Jersey In 1854. He Entered The Army In 1878, And Served In The Egyptian Campaign Of 1882. In Garrison At Gibraltar, In Bermuda And In Nova Scotia, He Studied Military Art And History In Spite Of ...
George Frederick Handel
Handel, George Frederick Musi Cal Composer, Was Born At Halle, In Lower Saxony, On Feb. 23, 1685. His Name Was Handel, But, Like Most 18th Century Musi Cians Who Travelled, He Compromised With Its Pronunciation By Foreigners, And When In Italy Spelt It Hendel, And In England (where He Became ...
George Harris
Harris, George, 1st Baron, Cr. 1815 British General, Was The Son Of The Rev. George Harris, Curate Of Brasted, Kent, And Was Born On March 18, 1746. Educated At Westminster School And At The Royal Military Academy, Wool Wich, He Was Commissioned To The Royal Artillery In 1760, Trans Ferring ...
George Hay
Hay, George Scottish Roman Catholic Divine, Was Born At Edinburgh On Aug. 24, 17 29. Accused Of Sympathizing With The Rebellion Of 1745, He Served A Term Of Im Prisonment 1746-47. He Then Entered The Roman Catholic Church, Studied In The Scots College At Rome, And In Accompanied John Geddes ...
George Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite, George (d. 1786), One Of The Most Famous English Cabinet-makers Of The I8th Century. The Only Certain Facts Known About Him Are That He Was Apprenticed To Gillow At Lancaster, That He Carried On Business In The Parish Of St. Giles, Cripplegate, And That Administration Of His Estate Was ...
George Herbert
Herbert, George (1593-1633), English Poet, Was Born At Montgomery Castle, On April 3, 1593, The Fifth Son Of Sir Richard Herbert And A Brother Of Lord Herbert Of Cherbury. His Mother, Lady Magdalen Herbert, A Woman Of Great Good Sense And Sweetness Of Character, And A Friend Of John Donne, ...
George Heriot
Heriot, George (1563-1624), The Founder Of Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, Was Descended From An Old Haddington Family; His Father, A Goldsmith In Edinburgh, Represented The City In The Scottish Parliament. In 1597 George Heriot Became Goldsmith (and Money-lender) To Anne Of Denmark, Consort Of James Vi. In 16o1 He Became Jeweller ...
George Hickes
Hickes, George English Divine And Scholar, Was Born At Newsham Near Thirsk, Yorkshire, On June 20, 1642. In 1659 He Entered St. John's College, Oxford, Whence After The Restoration He Removed To Magdalen College And Then To Magdalen Hall. In 1664 He Was Elected Fellow Of Lincoln Col Lege, And ...
George Montagu Dunk Halifax
Halifax, George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl Of (1716-1771), Son Of George Montagu, 1st Earl Of Halifax (of The Second Creation), Was Born On Oct. 5 Or 6, Becoming Earl Of Halifax On His Father's Death In 1739. Educated At Eton And At Trinity College, Cambridge, He Became In 1748 President ...
George Savile Halifax
Halifax, George Savile, First Marquess Of (1633-1695 ), English Statesman And Writer, Was The Eldest Son Of Sir William Savile, Third Baronet, And Of Anne, Eldest Daughter Of Lord Keeper Coventry. He Sat In The Convention Parliament For Pontefract In 166o, And In 1667 He Was Created Baron Savile Of ...
Georges Eugene Haussmann
Haussmann, Georges Eugene, Baron (1809 1891), French Financier, Whose Name Is Associated With The Re Building Of Paris, Was Born In That City On March 27, 1809, Of A Protestant Family, German In Origin. He Was Educated At The College Henri Iv., And Subsequently Studied Law, Attending Simul Taneously The ...
Georges Guynemer
Guynemer, Georges ), French Aviator, Born In Paris On Dec. 24, 1894, Was The Most Famous Of All The Aviators On The French Side In The World War. His Courage, His Gaiety, His 53 Victories Over Enemy Aviators, And His Death In A Battle In The Air Above Poelcapelle On ...
Gerhart Hauptmann
Hauptmann, Gerhart (1862— ), German Author, Was Born In Obersalzbrunn, Silesia, On Nov. 15, 1862, The Son Of An Innkeeper. He Was Educated Locally And In Breslau, And Was At First Intended For A Farmer. His Instincts Were, However, Always Artistic. In 188o-81 He Spent Two Years At The Breslau ...
Gilbert Hay
Hay, Gilbert, Or "sir Gilbert The Have" (fl. 145o), Scottish Poet And Translator, Was Perhaps A Kinsman Of The House Of Errol. He Has Left It On Record, In The Prologue To His Buke Of The Law Of Armys, That He Was "chaumerlayn Umquhyle To The Maist Worthy King Charles ...
Ginkgoales
Ginkgoales Ginkgo Biloba, The Maidenhair Tree, Is The Solitary Survivor Of This Ancient Stock. As Already Mentioned It Is Almost Extinct. But A Few Presumably Wild Trees Have Been Recorded By Travellers In Parts Of China. It Is Commonly Cultivated In Gardens Of The Far East, And Is Often Also ...
Gnetales
Gnetales These Are Perennial, Normally Dioecious Plants With Opposite Simple Leaves. The Perianth Of One Or Two Whorls Is Distinctive, And Sharply Contrasts This Division With Other Gymnosperms. The Cones Are More Complex Than In Other Forms, Consisting Of An Axis Bearing Decussate Pairs Of Bracts Or A Number Of ...
Gordon Hewart Hewart
Hewart, Gordon Hewart, 1st Baron (1870— ), British Lord Chief Justice, Was Born On Jan. 7, 1870, At Bury, Lan Cashire. A Scholar Of University College, Oxford, He Was Called To The Bar In 1902 And Practised On The Northern Circuit. After An Unsuccessful Contest In Northwest Manchester In 1912, ...
Gottlieb Haberlandt
Haberlandt, Gottlieb (1854– ), Austrian Bot Anist, Born At Ungarisch-altenburg On Nov. 28, 1854, Was Direc Tor (1910-23) Of The Plant-physiology Department Of Berlin Uni Versity. From 1916 Onwards He Edited The Beitrdge Zur Allge Meinen Botanik. He Travelled In The Dutch East Indies To Study Tropical Botany (see His ...
Granville Stanley Hall
Hall, Granville Stanley American Psychologist And Educationalist, Was Born At Ashfield, Mass., On Feb. 1, 1844, Of Puritan Ancestry. He Graduated From Williams College In 1867, Studied In Germany Two Years, And Graduated From Union Theological Seminary In After Holding The Chair Of Psychology At Antioch College, 1872-76, He Studied ...
Gregor Von Helmersen
Helmersen, Gregor Von Russian Geologist, Was Born At Laugut-duckershof, Near Dorpat, On Sept. 29 (o.s.) 1803. He Received An Engineering Training And Became Major-general In The Corps Of Mining Engineers. In 1837 He Was Appointed Professor Of Geology In The Mining Institute At St. Petersburg. He Wrote Studien Fiber Die ...
Gregorio Hernandes Or Fernandes
Hernandes Or Fernandes, Gregorio (c. 1576-1636), Spanish Sculptor, Was Born In Galicia About 1576. He Was A Pupil Of Francisco Del Rincon At Valladolid And Became A Famous Sculptor Of Altarpieces And Religious Subjects. The Figures On The High Altar Of San Miguel Are His Work And He Also Executed ...
Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot, The Name Given To A Conspiracy For Blowing Up King James I. And The Parliament On Nov. 5, 1605. Organized As A Reply To The Anti-roman Catholic Laws, Which, After A Temporary Relaxation, Were Being Applied By James With Renewed Vigour, It Originated At A Meeting, Probably In ...
Gunpowder
Gunpowder Is A Mixture Of Saltpetre, Sulphur And Char Coal In Such Proportions That, When A Part Is Heated To A Certain Temperature, Combustion Takes Place With Great Rapidity Through The Bulk In Contact And An Explosive Effect Is Produced. It May Be More Correct To Speak Of The Introduction ...
Gunther Of Schwarzburg
Gunther Of Schwarzburg , German King. Was A Descendant Of The Counts Of Schwarzburg And The Younger Son Of Henry Vii., Count Of Blankenburg. He Was Elected German King At Frankfort On Jan. 3o, 1349 By Four Of The Electors, Who Were Partisans Of The House Of Witteisbach And Opponents ...
Guntram Or Gontran
Guntram Or Gontran (561-592), King Of Burgundy, Was One Of The Sons Of Clotaire I. On The Death Of His Father (561) He And His Three Brothers Divided The Frankish Realm Between Them, Guntram Receiving As His Share The Valleys Of The Saone And Rhone, Together With Berry And The ...
Guntur
Guntur, A Town And District Of British India, In The Madras Presidency. The Town (pop. In 1931, 65,179) Has A Station On The Bellary-bezwada Branch Of The Madras And Southern Mahratta Railway. It Is Situated East Of The Kondavid Hills, And Is Very Healthy. It Appears To Have Been Founded ...
Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur, A Town And District Of British India, In The Lahore Division Of The Punjab. The Town Had A Population In 1931 Of 12,094. It Has A Fort (now Containing A Brahman Monas Tery) Which Was Famous For The Siege It Sustained In 1712 From The Moguls. The District Comprises ...
Gurgaon
Gurgaon, A Town And District Of British India, In The Umballa Division Of The Punjab. The Town (pop. In 1921, 5,107) Is The Headquarters Of The District, But Is Otherwise Unimportant. The District Has An Area Of 2,263 Sq.m. It Comprises The Southern Most Corner Of The Punjab Province, Stretching ...
Gurkha
Gurkha, The Ruling Hindu Caste In Nepal (q.v.). Coura Geous, Faithful And Self-reliant, They Make Excellent Riflemen, At Their Best In Hill-warfare. The National Weapon Is The Kukri, A Heavy Curved Knife, Used For Every Conceivable Purpose. ...
Gurnard
Gurnard (trigla), A Genus Of Fishes Forming A Group Of The Family Triglidae, Recognized By The Three First Fin-rays Of The Pectoral Fin Being Detached To Form Movable Finger-like Appendages, Serving As Organs Of Touch And Of Locomotion Along The Bottom, And By Their Large, Angular, Bony Head. Gurnards Are ...
Gurney
Gurney, The Name Of An English Family Of Bankers And Merchants, Descendants Of Hugh De Gournay, Who Accompanied William The Conqueror To England. At Norwich In 17 7o The Brothers John And Henry Gurney Founded A Banking-house, The Business Passing In Direct Line To Samuel Gurney (1786 1856) Who Assumed ...
Gusla Or Gusli
Gusla Or Gusli, An Ancient Stringed Instrument Still In Use Among The Slavonic Races. The Modern Serbian Gusla Is A Kind Of Tanbur (see Pandura), Consisting Of A Round, Concave Body Covered With A Parch Ment Sound-board And But One Horse-hair String. The Gusla Is Played With A Primitive Bow ...
Gustavus Adolphus Union
Gustavus Adolphus Union, A Society Formed Of Members Of The Evangelical Protestant Churches Of Germany, Which Has For Its Object The Aid Of Feeble Sister Churches, Especially In Roman Catholic Countries. The Project Of Forming Such A Society Was First Broached In Connection With The Bicentennial Celebration Of The Battle ...
Gustavus I Eriksson
Gustavus I. Eriksson (1496 156o), King Of Sweden, Was Born At His Mother's Estate At Lindholm On Ascension Day 1496. His Family Was Conspicuous In 15th Century Politics, Though It Gener Ally Took The Anti-national Side. Gustavus's Youthful Experiences Gave Him A Life Long Distrust Of Everything Danish : Which ...
Gustavus Ii Adolphus
Gustavus Ii. Adolphus (1594-1632), King Of Swe Den, The Eldest Son Of Charles Ix. And Of Christina, Daughter Of Adolphus, Duke Of Holstein-gottorp, Was Born At Stockholm Castle On Dec. 9, 1594. From The First He Was Carefully Nurtured To Be The Future Prop Of Protestantism By His Austere Parents. ...
Gustavus Iii
Gustavus Iii. (1746-1792), King Of Sweden, The Eldest Son Of Adolphus Frederick, King Of Sweden, And Louisa Ulrica Of Prussia, Sister Of Frederick The Great, Was Born On Jan. 24, 1746. Gustavus Was Educated Under The Care Of Two Eminent Swedish Statesmen, Carl Gustaf Tessin And Carl Scheffer; But He ...
Gustavus Iv
Gustavus Iv. (17 78-183 7 ), King Of Sweden, The Son Of Gustavus Iii. And Queen Sophia Magdalena, Was Born At Stock Holm, On Nov. I, 17 78. Carefully Educated Under The Direction Of Nils Von Rosenstein, He Grew Up Serious And Conscientious. In 1797 He Married Frederica Dorothea, Daughter ...
Gustavus V
Gustavus V. (1858— ), King Of Sweden, Son Of Oscar Ii., King Of Sweden And Norway, And Queen Sophia Wilhelmina, Was Born At Drottningholm On June 16, 1858. He Entered The Army, And Was, Like His Father, A Great Traveller. As Crown Prince He Held The Title Of Duke Of ...
Gustrow
Gustrow, A Town Of Germany, Situated In Mecklen Burg-schwerin, On The Nebel And The Railway From Lubeck To Stettin, 20 M. S. Of Rostock. Pop. 22,446. Gustrow, Capital Of The Wend District, Was A Place Of Some Im Portance As Early As The 12th Century, And In 1219 It Received ...
Gutersloh
Gutersloh, A Town In The Prussian Province Of West Phalia, Ii M. S.w. From Bielefeld By The Railway To Dortmund. Pop. It Is A Seat Of The Cotton Industry, And Has A Large Trade In Westphalian Hams And Sausages. Printing, Brew Ing And Distilling Are Also Carried On, And The ...
Guthrie
Guthrie, A City Of Oklahoma, U.s.a, Near The Cimarron River, 3om. N. Of Oklahoma City, The County Seat Of Logan County. It Is On Federal Highway 77, Has An Airport (5oac.) And Is Served By The Fort Smith And Western, The Oklahoma (electric) And The Santa Fe Railways. The Population ...
Guthrum Godrum
Guthrum (godrum) (d. 89o), King Of East Anglia, First Appears In The English Annals In The Year 875, When He Is Mentioned As One Of Three Danish Kings Who Went With The Host To Cambridge. He Was Probably Engaged In The Campaigns Of The Next Three Years, And After Alfred's ...
Gutta Percha
Gutta Percha, The Name Applied To The Evaporated Milky Fluid Or Latex Furnished By Several Trees Chiefly Found In The Islands Of The Malay Archipelago. ...
Gutta
Gutta, In Architecture, One Of The Small, Conical Or Cylindrical Forms Carved On The Under Side Of The Mutules (q.v.), Or Flat Projections On The Under Side Of The Doric Cornice; They Also Appear Be Neath The Upper Member Of The Architrave (q.v.), Directly Below Each Triglyph (q.v.). ...
Gutter
Gutter, In Architecture, A Horizontal Channel Or Trough Contrived To Carry Away The Water From A Flat Or Sloping Roof To Its Discharge Down A Vertical Pipe Or Through A Spout Or Gargoyle; More Specifically, But Loosely, The Similar Channel At The Side Of A Street. In Greek And Roman ...
Guy Of Warwick
Guy Of Warwick, English Hero Of Romance. Guy, Son Of Siward Or Seguard Of Wallingford, By His Prowess In Foreign Wars Wins In Marriage Felice (the Phyllis Of The Well-known Bal Lad), Daughter And Heiress Of Roalt, Earl Of Warwick. Soon After His Marriage, Seized With Remorse For The Violence ...
Gwadur
Gwadur, A Port On The Mekran Coast Of Baluchistan, About 290 M. W. Of Karachi. Pop. (1903) 5,000. In The Last Half Of The 18th Century It Was Handed Over By The Khan Of Kalat To The Sultan Of Muscat, Who Still Exercises Sovereignty Over The Port, Together With About ...
Gwalior
Gwalior, One Of The Five Leading Indian States, And The Dominion Of The Sindhia Family Of Mahrattas. The State Consists Of Two Well-defined Parts Which May Roughly Be Called The Northern And The Southern. The Former Is A Compact Mass Of Territory, Bounded North And North-west By The Chambal River, ...
Gweedore
Gweedore, A Tourist Resort Of Co. Donegal, Ireland. The River Clady Affords Salmon And Trout Fishing. To The East Is Mt. Errigal (2,466 Feet) . ...
Gwyniad
Gwyniad, A Species Of The Salmonid Genus Coregonus, Inhabiting Bala Lake In Wales, Nearly Identical With The Powan Of Loch Lomond And The Schelly Of Ullswater And Haweswater. The Snout Is Truncated And The Lower Jaw Included, As In Related Species From Scandinavia And Central Europe. (see Whitefish, Salmon And ...
Gyantse
Gyantse, One Of The Large Towns Of Tibet. It Lies South-east Of Shigatse, 13o M. From The Indian Frontier And 145 M. From Lhasa. Its Central Position At The Junction Of The Roads From India And Bhutan With Those From Ladakh And Central Asia Lead Ing To Lhasa Makes It ...
Gyges
Gyges, Founder Of The Third Or Mermnad Dynasty Of Lydian Kings, Reigned 687-652 B.c. According To H. Gelzer, 69o-657 B.c. According To H. Winckler. As A Youth, He Was Sent By The Lydian King Sadyattes To Fetch Tudo, The Daughter Of Arnossus Of Mysia, Whom The Lydian King Wished To ...
Gylippus
Gylippus, A Spartan General Of The 5th Century B.c., He Was The Son Of Cleandridas, Who Had Been Expelled From Sparta For Accepting Athenian Bribes (446 B.c.) And Had Settled At Thurii. When Alcibiades Urged The Spartans To Send A General To Take Charge Of The Defence Of Syracuse, Gylippus ...
Gymkhana
Gymkhana, A Display Of Miscellaneous Sports, Originally At The Military Stations Of India. The Word Would Seem To Be A Colloquial Remodelling Of The Hindustani Gend-kliana, Ball House Or Racquet-court, By Substituting For Geed The First Syllable Of The Word "gymnastics." The First Meetings Consisted Of Horse And Pony Races ...
Gymnastics And Gymnasium
Gymnastics And Gymnasium, Terms Signifying Respectively A System Of Physical Exercises Practised Either For Recreation Or For The Purposes Of Promoting The Health And Devel Opment Of The Body, And The Building Where Such Exercises Are Carried On. ...
Gymnosophists
Gymnosophists, The Name Given By The Greeks To Cer Tain Ancient Hindu Philosophers Who Pursued Asceticism To The Point Of Regarding Food And Clothing As Detrimental To Purity Of Thought (lat. Gymnosophistae, From Gr. -yvµvos, Qockcrrrls "naked Philosophers") . From The Fact That They Often Lived As Hermits In Forests, ...
Gymnosperms
Gymnosperms. All Living Seed-bearing Plants Are Divided Into Two Groups, The Gymnosperms And The Angiosperms (q.v.), And It Is Certain That These Two Groups Are Only Distantly Related, If Indeed They Are Directly Related At All. The Primary Distinction Between The Two Lies In The Fact That, At The Time ...
Gymnosperms_2
Gymnosperms.) Various Poisonous Plants Of The Parsley Family (umbelli F Erae) Are Also Called Hemlock, As The Poison Hemlock And The Water Hemlock (qq.v.). The Fool's-parsley (aethusa Cynapium) Is Known As Lesser Or Small Hemlock. Because Of The Resemblance Of Its Foliage To That Of The Eastern Hemlock The American ...
Gympie
Gympie, A Mining Town Of March County, Queensland, Aus Tralia, 107 M. N. Of Brisbane, And 61 M. S. Of Maryborough By Rail. Pop. 7,749. Gympie Became A Municipality In 1880. Gold Mines Are Worked In The District, Which Also Abounds In Cop Per, Silver, Antimony, Cinnabar, Bismuth And Nickel. ...
Gynaecology
Gynaecology, The Name Given To That Branch Of Medi Cine Which Concerns The Pathology And Treatment Of Affections Peculiar To The Female Sex. Gynaecology Is A Very Ancient Branch Of Medicine. The Papyrus Of Ebers, One Of The Oldest Known Works On Medicine (155o B.c.), Contains References To Diseases Of ...
Gynandromorph
Gynandromorph, A Term Used In Biology To Denote An Intersex Of The Mosaic Type, I.e., One Side Or Part Of The Body Is Male, The Other Female. A Gynandromorph Is To Be Distinguished From An Hermaphrodite (q. V.) In Which The Entire Animal Is Inter Mediate Between Male And Female. ...
Gyongyos
Gyongyos, A City Of Hungary, Situated At The Foot Of The Matra Mountains In The County Of Heves. Population (193o) 21,281. The Gyongyos River, Rising In The Matra Mountains, Flows By The City And Thence South-east To Join The Tarna, A Subaffluent Of The Danube. There Are Several Churches, A ...
Gyor
Gyor, A Well-built Hungarian Town, Capital Of A County Of The Same Name, Situated At The Confluence Of The Raab With An Arm Of The Danube, With The Main Stream Of Which It Has Com Munication By River Steamers. The Town Occupies The Site Of The Roman Arabona And Has ...
Gyp
Gyp, The Pen Name Of Sibylle Gabrielle Marie Antoinette Riqueti De Mirabeau, Comtesse De Martel De Janville (1850 1932), French Writer, Born At The Château Of Koetsal In The Mor Bihan. Her Father Served In The Papal Zouavas, And Died During The Campaign Of 1860. Her Mother, The Comtesse De ...
Gypsies
Gypsies, A Wandering Folk, Scattered Through Every Euro Pean Land, Over The Greater Part Of Western Asia And Siberia; Found Also In Egypt And The Northern Coast Of Africa, In America And Even In Australia. No Correct Estimate Of Their Numbers Out Side Of Europe Can Be Given, And Even ...
Gypsum
Gypsum, A Common Mineral Consisting Of Hydrous Calcium Sulphate, Named From The Gr. A Word Used By Theophrastus To Denote Not Only The Raw Mineral But Also The Product Of Its Calcination, Which Was Employed In Ancient Times, As It Still Is, As A Plaster. When Crystallized, Gypsum Is Often ...
Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Moth, A European Liparid Moth (porthetria Dis Par) Brought To The United States For Experiment In 1869 But Escaped From Confinement, Multiplied Slowly, And Eventually Be Came A Great Woodland And Orchard Pest In New England. In 1888 And 1889 It Had Become Very Abundant In The Vicinity Of ...
Gyro Compass Or Gyroscopic Compass
Gyro-compass Or Gyroscopic Compass Is An Instrument Invented And Developed In Comparatively Recent Years. It Was The Outcome Of An Increasing Need For A Reliable Compass Which Would Not Be Subject To The Troubles Caused By The Larger And Larger Masses Of Steel In Ships. As Gyroscopes And Gyroscopic Reactions ...
Gyroplane
Gyroplane, An Aeroplane In Which The Wings Are Free To Rotate About An Approximately Vertical Axis. No Driving Power Is Supplied To Them Mechanically, Their Rotation Being Dependent On The Forward Motion Of The Whole Machine. The Type Was Originated In Spain Between 1919 And 1924 By Sr De La ...
Gyroscope
Gyroscope, A Rotating Wheel Universally Mounted, I.e., Mounted In Such A Way That It Is Free To Rotate About Any Axis. This Definition Is Within The Scientific Meaning Of The Term, Though Differences Of Opinion Exist As To The Precise Meaning Of The Word "gyroscope." Some Writers Use The Term ...
Gythium
Gythium, The Harbour And Arsenal Of Sparta (some 3o M. Distant), Lay At The North-west Extremity Of The Laconian Gulf, In A Small Fertile Plain At The Mouth Of The Gythius. Its Reputed Founders Were Heracles And Apollo, Who Frequently Appear On Its Coins. In Classical Times It Was A ...
Haakon I
Haakon I., Surnamed "the Good" (d. 961), Was The Youngest Son Of Harald Haarfager. He Was Fostered By King Aethelstan Of England, Who Brought Him Up In The Christian Religion, And On The News Of His Father's Death In 933 Provided Him With Ships And Men For An Expedition Against ...
Haakon Iv
Haakon Iv., Surnamed "the Old" (1204-1263), Was Declared To Be The Son Of Haakon Iii., Who Died Shortly Before The Former's Birth In 1204. A Year Later The Child Was Placed Under The Pro Tection Of King Inge, After Whose Death In 1217 He Was Chosen King; Though Until 1223 ...
Haakon Vii
Haakon Vii. (1872- ), The Second Son Of Frederick Viii., King Of Denmark, Was Born On Aug. 3, 1872, And Was Known As Prince Charles Of Denmark. In 1905 He Accepted The Throne Of Norway, Crowned As Haakon Vii At Trondhjem In June 1906. He Married Maud, Youngest Daughter Of ...
Haakon
Haakon (old Norse Hcikon), The Name Of Several Kings Of Norway, Of Whom The Most Important Are The Following : ...
Haarlem Lake
Haarlem Lake (dutch Haarlemmer Meer), A Commune Of The Province Of North Holland, Constituted By The Law Of July 16, 1855. It Has An Area Of About 46,000 Ac., And Its Population Increased Frcm 7,237 In 1860 To 16,621 In 1900. The Commune Was Formerly A Lake, Which Is Said ...
Haarlem
Haarlem, A Town Of Holland In The Province Of North Holland, On The Spaarne, Having A Junction Station 11 M. W. Of Amsterdam By Rail. It Is Connected By Electric And Steam Tram Ways With Zandvoort, Leiden, Amsterdam And Alkmaar. Pop. (1926) 111,242. Haarlem, A Prosperous Place In The Middle ...
Hababs
Hababs, A Nomadic Pastoral People Of Hamitic Stock, Living In The Coast Region North-west Of Massawa. Physically They Are Be J A, By Language And Traditions Abyssinians. They Were Chris Tians Until The 19th Century, But Are Now Mohammedans. Their Sole Wealth Consists In Cattle. ...
Habakkuk
Habakkuk, The Name Borne By The Eighth Book Of The Old Testament "minor Prophets." Nothing Is Known Of Its Writer, Save What May Be Inferred From The Book; Legend Connects Him With Daniel ("bel And The Dragon") . The Book Falls Into Three Obvious Parts, Viz. (i) A Dialogue Between ...
Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus, In Law, A Writ Issued By A Judge Or Court Of Justice, Commanding The Person To Whom It Is Directed To Bring The Body Of A Person In His Custody Before That Or Some Other Court For A Specified Purpose. There Are Various Forms Of The Writ, Of ...
Habenaria
Habenaria, A Genus Of Plants Of The Orchid Family (orchi Daceae), Comprising In Its Most Inclusive Sense Some 500 Temperate And Tropical Species, Of Which The Frog Orchis (h. Viridis), Scented Orchis (h. Conopsea) And Butterfly Orchis (h. Bi F Olia) Are Native To The British Isles. In North America ...
Haberdasher
Haberdasher. A Tradesman Who Sells By Retail Small Articles Used In The Making Or Wearing Of Dress, Such As Sewing Cottons Or Silks, Tapes, Buttons, Pins And Needles, And The Like. The Sale Of Such Articles Is Not Generally Carried On Alone, And A "haberdashery Counter" Usually Forms A Department ...
Habit
Habit, Condition Of Body Or Mind, Especially One That Has Become Permanent Or Settled By Custom Or Persistent Repetition, Hence Custom, Usage (lat. Habitus, From Habere, To Have, Hold, Or, In A Reflective Sense, To Be In A Certain Condition). In Botany And Zoology The Term Is Used Both In ...
Habitat
Habitat, In Botany And Zoology, The Term For The Locality In Which A Particular Species Of Plant Or Animal Thrives. ...
Habitual Offenders
Habitual Offenders. An Habitual Criminal Is One Whom The Ordinary Legal Punishments Fail To Touch, And For Whose Prevention Special Measures Have To Be Taken, It Being Recognized That It Is Better For The Community That Seclusion, With Proper Training, Should Reduce The Chance Of Further Criminal Undertak Ings. By. ...
Habsburg Or Hapsburg
Habsburg Or Hapsburg, The Name Of The Family From Which Sprang The Dukes And Archdukes Of Austria After 1282, Kings Of Hungary And Bohemia After 1526, And Emperors Of Austria After 1804. They Were Roman Emperors From 1438-1806, Kings Of Spain 1516-170o, And Held Innumerable Other Dignities. The Name Habsburg ...
Hachure
Hachure, The Term (french For "hatching") For The Con Ventional Lines Used In Hill Or Mountain Shading Upon A Map (q.v.) To Indicate The Slope Of The Surface, The Depth Of Shading Being Greatest Where The Slope Is Steepest. The Method Is Less Accurate Than That Of Contour Lines, But ...
Hacienda
Hacienda, A Spanish Term For A Landed Estate. It Is Commonly Applied In Spanish America To A Country Estate, On Which Stock-raising, Manufacturing Or Mining May Be Carried On, Usually With A Dwelling-house For The Owner's Residence Upon It. It Is Thus Used Loosely For The Country House Or Farm, ...
Hackberry
Hackberry, A Name Given To The Fruit Of Celtis Occiden Talis, Belonging To The Family Ulmaceae, To Which Also Belongs The Elm (ulmus) . It Is Also Known Under The Name Of "sugar-berry," "beaver-wood" And "nettle-tree." The Hackberry Tree Is Of Middle Size, Attaining From 6o To 8o Ft. In ...
Hackensack
Hackensack, A Town Of New Jersey, U.s.a., On The Hack Ensack River, 13 M. N. Of Jersey City, Served By The Erie Railroad Company; The County Seat Of Bergen County. The Population Was 17,667 In 192o (20% Foreign-born White, Nearly Half From Italy) And Was 24,568 In 193o By The ...