Hardicanute
Hardicanute [more Correctly Harthacnut] (c. 1019— Son Of Canute, King Of England, By His Wife Emma. On The Death Of Canute In 1035 The Claims Of Hardicanute Were Sup Ported By Emma And Her Ally, Godwine, Earl Of The West Saxons, In Opposition To Those Of Harold, Canute's Illegitimate Son, ...
Hardinge Stanley Giffard Halsbury
Halsbury, Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl Of (1823-1921), English Lord Chancellor, Son Of Stanley Lees Giffard, Ll.d., Was Born In London On Sept. 3, 1823. He Was Educated At Merton College, Oxford, And Was Called To The Bar At The Inner Temple In 1850, Joining The North Wales And Chester ...
Hardness Testing
Hardness Testing. Hardness In The Widest Sense Is That Property Of Any Material Which Causes It To Resist Deforma Tion By External Forces. It Is Necessary To Know The Exact Degree Of Hardness Of A Metal So That, By Using A Metal Corresponding To A Given Analysis And Subjecting It ...
Hardoi
Hardoi, A Town And District Of British India, In The Luck Now Division Of The United Provinces. The Town Is 63 M. N.e. Of Lucknow By Rail. Pop. (1931) 17,069. It Has A Wood-carving Industry, Saltpetre Works, And An Export Trade In Grain. The District Of Hardoi Has An Area ...
Hardwar
Hardwar, An Ancient Town Of British India, And Hindu Place Of Pilgrimage, In The Saharanpur District Of The United Provinces, On The Right Bank Of The Ganges, At The Point Where The Ganges Debouches From The Foot-hills Of The Himalayas Into The Plains. Pop. The Position Is Of Great Natural ...
Hardware
Hardware, A Term Applied To A Large Variety Of Metal Goods, Especially Domestic Ironmongery And Appliances, Hand Tools, Small Metal Manufactures Such As Stoves Used In Building, Garden Appliances, Etc. Next To Food And Clothing, Hardware Is Perhaps The Chief Necessity Of Humanity. In Britain Alone A Research Into Retail ...
Hardwoods
Hardwoods. A Term Applied In Commercial Usage To Woods That Are Close In Grain, Heavy, And Therefore Hard And Strong. It Is Not A Scientific Classification. The Chief Hardwoods In Common Use Are Oak, Chestnut, Elm, Beech, Ash, Mahogany, Walnut, Maple, Teak, Sycamore, Rosewood And Greenheart. These Are All The ...
Hare
Hare, The Name Of The Well-known English Rodent Now Desig Nated Lepus Europaeus. The Name Includes All The Numerous Allied Species Which Do Not Come Under The Designation Of Rabbits. (see Rabbit.) In Parts Of Europe, Where The Ordinary Species Does Not Occur, Its Place Is Taken By The Closely ...
Harebell
Harebell, Known Also As The Blue-bell Of Scotland, And Witches' Thimbles, A Well-known Perennial Wild Flower, Campanula Rotundi F Olia, A Member Of The Bell-flower Family (campanula Ceae) . The Harebell Has A Very Slender Slightly Creeping Root Stock, And A Wiry, Erect Stem. The Leaves At The Base Of ...
Harem
Harem (hah'rem Or Hah'rem) (arabic Karim, "forbidden"), A Name Applied To That Part Of A House In Muslim Countries Set Apart For The Women ; It Is Also Used Collectively For The Women Themselves. Zenana (strictly Zanana, From Persian Zan, Woman) Is The Term Used In India; Andarfin (persian "inner ...
Harfleur
Harfleur, A Port Of France In The Department Of Seine Inf Erieure, About 6 M. E. Of Havre By Rail. Pop. (1931) 5,012. It Lies In The Valley Of The Lezarde, Near The Estuary Of The Seine. Harfleur Is Identified With Caracotinum, The Principal Port Of The Ancient Calates. In ...
Hari Rud
Hari-rud, The Ancient Arius River Of Afghanistan. It Rises In The Northern Slopes Of The Koh-i-baba To The West Of Kabul, And Finally Loses Itself In The Tejend Oasis North Of The Trans-caspian Railway And West Of Merv. It Runs A Remarkably Straight Course Westward Through A Narrow Trough From ...
Hariana
Hariana, A Tract Of Country In The Punjab, India; A Level Upland Plain, Interspersed With Patches Of Sandy Soil, And Largely Overgrown With Brushwood. Since The 14th Century Hissar Has Been The Local Capital. During The Troubles Which Followed The Mogul Decline, Hariana Was The Battlefield Of Mahrattas, Bhattis And ...
Hariri
Hariri (abv Mahommed Ul-qasim Ibn `ali Ibn Mahommed Al-hariri, I.e., "the Manufacturer Or Seller Of Silk") (1054-1122), Arabian Writer, Was Born At Basra. He Is Said To Have Occupied A Government Position, But Devoted His Life To The Study Of The Niceties Of The Arabic Language. On This Subject He ...
Harischandra
Harischandra, In Epic Hindu Mythology The 28th King Of The Solar Dynasty. In His Eagerness To Have A Son He Rashly Vowed To Varuna That If His Prayer Were Granted He Would Sacrifice The Child To Him. The Son Was Born, But Harischandra Evaded Fulfilment Of His Vow By Vicariously ...
Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul Yashkuri
Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-yashkuri, Arabian Poet Of The Tribe Of Bakr, Famous As The Author Of One Of The Poems Generally Received Among The Mo`allakdt (q.v.). Nothing Is Known Of The Details Of His Life. ...
Harlech
Harlech, Ancient Capital Of Merionethshire, Wales, 38 M. From Aberystwyth By G.w.r. Pop. (1921) 1,096. (parish Of Llandanwg). Ruins Of A Fortress Crown The Rock Of Harlech, About Half A Mile From The Sea. Roman Coins Have Been Discovered In The Neighbourhood And There Are Associations With Bronwen, Daughter Of ...
Harlequin Cabbage Bug
Harlequin Cabbage Bug (murgantia Histrionica), An American Heteropterous Insect Of Tropical Or Subtropical Origin, Belonging To The Family Pentatomidae. This Insect Is A Native Of Mexico And Central America. It Made Its Appearance In Texas In 1864, And In A Way Repeated The History Of The Colo Rado Potato Beetle; ...
Harlequin Fly
Harlequin-fly, The Popular Name Of Small Flies Of The Genus Chironomus. The Larvae, Known As Bloodworms, Are Aquatic And Live In Foul Or Very Deep Water Where There Is Little Oxygen. To Enable Them To Utilize Fully The Scant Supply Of Oxygen, These Larvae Possess In Their Blood The Same ...
Harlequin
Harlequin, In Modern Comedy And Pantomime, The Pos Turing And Acrobatic Character With Masked Face, Shaven Head, And Attired In Parti-coloured And Spangled Tights ; He Is Provided With A Sword Like A Bat, Or Lath, With Which He Works Wonders. The Term Is Not Now Used In The Special ...
Harless
Harless (originally Harles), Gottlieb Chris Toph German Classical Scholar And Bibliographer, Was Born At Culmbach In Bavaria On June 21, 1738, And Died At Erlangen On Nov. 2, 1815, Where He Had Been Professor For 45 Years. His Numerous Classical Editions Are Now Superseded, But He Will Be Remembered For ...
Harlingen
Harlingen, A Seaport In The Province Of Friesland, Hol Land, On The Zuider Zee, And The Terminus Of The Railway And Canal From Leeuwarden (151 M. E.). Pop. (1926) 10,071. Harlingen Has Become The Most Considerable Seaport Of Friesland Since The Construction Of The Outer Harbour In 1870-77, And In ...
Harlingen_2
Harlingen, A Rapidly Growing City Of Cameron County, Texas, U.s.a., 28m. N.w. Of Brownsville, On Federal Highway 96, And Served By The Missouri Pacific And The Southern Pacific Rail Ways. The Population In 1920 Was 1,784, And In 1930 It Was 12,124 By The Federal Census. It Is An Important ...
Harmattan
Harmattan (har-mat-tan'), A Hot, Dry Desert Wind Be Tween November And March On The Coast Of Upper Guinea, Often Bringing Clouds Of Red Dust Which Form A Dense Haze And Impede River Navigation. Locally, The Wind Is Termed "the Doctor" For, Notwithstanding Its Disadvantages, It Forms A Welcome Relief From ...
Harmine
Harmine, An Alkaloid Of The Formula (see Chemistry : Organic, Heterocyclic Division) . ...
Harmodius
Harmodius (gr. Har-mod-i-os), A Handsome Athenian Youth, Friend Of Aristogeiton. Hipparchus, The Younger Brother Of The Tyrant Hippias, Endeavoured To Supplant Aristogeiton In The Good Graces Of Harmodius, But, Failing In The Attempt, Revenged Himself By Putting A Public Affront On Harmodius's Sister At A Solemn Festival. Thereupon The Two ...
Harmonia
Harmonia, In Greek Mythology, According To One Account The Daughter Of Ares And Aphrodite, And Wife Of Cadmus. When The Government Of Thebes Was Bestowed Upon Cadmus By Athena, Zeus Gave Him Harmonia To Wife. All The Gods Honoured The Wedding With Their Presence. Cadmus (or One Of The Gods) ...
Harmonic Analysis
Harmonic Analysis. Many Physical Phenomena, Such As Sound Waves, Alternating Electric Currents, Tides, Machine Motions, Etc., May Be Periodic In Character. Such Motions Can Be Measured At A Number Of Successive Values Of The Independent Variable, Usually The Time; And These Data, Or A Curve Plotted From These Data, Will ...
Harmonic
Harmonic. In Acoustics, A Harmonic Is A Secondary Tone Which Accompanies The Fundamental Or Primary Tone Of A Vibrat Ing String, Reed, Etc.; The More Important Are The 3rd, 5th, 7th, And Octave (see Sound; Harmony). For Harmonics In Mathematics See Spherical Harmonics. ...
Harmonica
Harmonica, A Generic Term Applied To Musical Instru Ments In Which Sound Is Produced By Friction Upon Glass Bells. The Word Is Also Used To Designate Instruments Of Percussion Of The Glockenspiel Type, Made Of Steel And Struck By Hammers (ger. Stahlharmonika). The Origin Of The Glass-harmonica Tribe Is To ...
Harmonichord
Harmonichord, An Ingenious Kind Of Upright Piano, In Which The Strings Were Set In Vibration Not By The Blow Of A Ham Mer But By Friction. One Of The Many Attempts To Fuse Piano And Violin, The Harmonichord Was Invented By Johann Gottfried And Johann Friedrich Kaufmann (father And Son) ...
Harmonium
Harmonium, A Wind, Keyboard Instrument, Otherwise A Small Organ Without Pipes, Furnished With Free Reeds. Both The Harmonium And Its Later Development, The American Organ, Are Known As Free-reed Instruments, The Musical Tones Being Produced By Tongues Of Brass, Technically Termed "vibrators." The Vibrator Is Fixed Over An Oblong, Rectangular ...
Harmony
Harmony. In Its Earliest English Sense The Term Harmony, In Music, Is Applied To Any Pleasing Arrangement Of Musical Sounds ; But Technically It Is Confined To The Science Of The Simultaneous Combination Of Sounds Of Different Pitch, Without Regard To Their Quality Of Tone Or Timbre, A Matter Which ...
Harmotome
Harmotome, A Mineral Of The Zeolite Group, Consisting Of Hydrous Barium And Aluminium Silicate, Usually A Small Amount Of Potassium Is Present Replacing Part Of The Barium. The System Of Crystallization Is Monoclinic ; Only Complex Twinned Crystals Are Known. A Common And Character Istic Form Of Twinned Crystal Consists ...
Harmotome_2
Harmotome, A Mineral Of The Zeolite Group, Consisting Of Hydrous Barium And Aluminium Silicate, Usually A Small Amount Of Potassium Is Present Replacing Part Of The Barium. The System Of Crystallization Is Monoclinic ; Only Complex Twinned Crystals Are Known. A Common And Character Istic Form Of Twinned Crystal Consists ...
Harness
Harness, Gear, Tackle, Equipment In General (from 0. Fr. Harneis Or Harnois) ; Early Applied To The Body Armour Of A Soldier, And The Trappings Of The Horse; Now The General Term For The Gear Of An Animal Used For Draft Purposes, Traces, Collar, Bridle, Girth, Breeching, Etc. (see Saddlery ...
Harness_2
Harness, Gear, Tackle, Equipment In General (from 0. Fr. Harneis Or Harnois) ; Early Applied To The Body Armour Of A Soldier, And The Trappings Of The Horse; Now The General Term For The Gear Of An Animal Used For Draft Purposes, Traces, Collar, Bridle, Girth, Breeching, Etc. (see Saddlery ...
Harold I
Harold I. (d. 1040), Surnamed Harefoot, The Illegitimate Son Of Canute, King Of England, And Aelfgifu Of Northampton. On The Death Of His Father In 1035, He Claimed The Crown Of Eng Land In Opposition To Canute's Legitimate Son, Hardicanute. His Claims Were Supported By Leofric, Earl Of Mercia, And ...
Harold Ii
Harold Ii. (1022?-1066), King Of The English, The Second Son Of Earl Godwine, Was Born About 1022. While Still Very Young (before 1045) He Was Appointed, Through His Father's In Fluence With Edward The Confessor, To The Earldom Of The East Angles. He Shared His Father's Outlawry And Banishment In ...
Harold Ii_2
Harold Ii. (1022?-1066), King Of The English, The Second Son Of Earl Godwine, Was Born About 1022. While Still Very Young (before 1045) He Was Appointed, Through His Father's In Fluence With Edward The Confessor, To The Earldom Of The East Angles. He Shared His Father's Outlawry And Banishment In ...
Harold I_2
Harold I. (d. 1040), Surnamed Harefoot, The Illegitimate Son Of Canute, King Of England, And Aelf Gif U Of Northampton. On The Death Of His Father In 1035, He Claimed The Crown Of Eng Land In Opposition To Canute's Legitimate Son, Hardicanute. His Claims Were Supported By Leofric, Earl Of ...
Harp
Harp, The Largest Of The Class Of Stringed Instruments Of Which The Strings Are Twanged Or Vibrated By The Fingers. The Harp Is An Instrument Of Beautiful Proportions, Approximating To A Tri Angular Form, The Strings Diminishing In Length As They Ascend In Pitch. The Mechanism Is Concealed Within The ...
Harpenden
Harpenden, An Urban District Of Hertfordshire, England, 25 M. N.w. By N. From London By Rail. Pop. It Is An Outlying Residential District Of London. The Church Of St. Nicholas Is Modern Except The Perpendicular Tower. In The Lawes Testimonial Laboratory There Is A Vast Collection Of Samples Of Experimentally ...
Harpers Ferry
Harper's Ferry, A Town Of Jefferson County, W.va., U.s.a., Finely Situated At The Confluence Of The Potomac And Shenandoah Rivers (which Here Pass Through A Beautiful Gorge In The Blue Ridge), 55 M. N.w. Of Washington, D.c. Pop. (193o) 705. It Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio Railway, Which ...
Harpies
Harpies (gr. Apnrmat, The "snatchers"), Fabulous Creatures, Probably Wind-spirits Although Their Presence As Tomb-figures (e.g., On The Famous Harpy Tomb Of Xanthus In Lydia) Makes It Not Impossible That They Were Ghosts ; The Two Ideas Are Not Wholly Contradictory. In Homer They Are Plainly Winds (odyssey, Xx. 66) Which ...
Harpocrates
Harpocrates, Originally An Egyptian Deity, Adopted By The Greeks, And Worshipped In Later Times Both By Greeks And Romans. In Egypt, Harpa-khruti, Horus The Child, Was One Of The Forms Of Horus, The Sun-god, The Child Of Osiris. He Was Supposed To Carry On War Against The Powers Of Darkness, ...
Harpoon
Harpoon, A Barbed Spear, Particularly One Used For Spear Ing Whales Or Other Large Fish, And Either Thrown By Hand Or Fired From A Gun (see Whale-fisheries). ...
Harpsichord
Harpsichord, A Large Keyboard Instrument, Belonging To The Same Family As The Virginal And Spinet, But Having Two, Three Or Even Four Strings To Each Note, And A Case Of The Harp Or Wing Shape, Afterwards Adopted For The Grand Pianoforte. J. S. Bach's Harpsichord, Preserved In The Museum Of ...
Harpy Or Harpy Eagle
Harpy Or Harpy-eagle, A Large Diurnal Bird Of Prey, So Named After The Mythological Monsters (see Harpies). This Bird, Thrasaetus Harpyia, Inhabits America From South Mexico To Brazil. Its Flight Is Slow And Heavy, But It Possesses An Enormous Bill And Powerful Talons. Except For A Pectoral Band, The Head ...
Harp_2
Harp, The Largest Of The Class Of Stringed Instruments Of Which The Strings Are Twanged Or Vibrated By The Fingers. The Harp Is An Instrument Of Beautiful Proportions, Approximating To A Tri Angular Form, The Strings Diminishing In Length As They Ascend In Pitch. The Mechanism Is Concealed Within The ...
Harran
Harran, An Ancient Site Of Considerable Strategic Value On The River Belikh, In 37° N. 39° E. It Lay On The Old Road From Nineveh Westwards To The River Crossing At Carchemish, In The River Valley, But Close To The Foothills And Just North Of The Modern Syrian Boundary. It ...
Harratin
Harratin, Black Berbers, Dwelling In Tidikelt And Other Saharan Oases. Many, Though Blacker Than The Average Negro, Are Of The Berber Type, With European Features And Well-pro Portioned Bodies. They Are The Result Of An Early Crossing With The Sudanese Negro. To-day They Have All The Pride Of The Berbers ...
Harrier
Harrier, The Name Of Birds Of Prey Forming The Genus Circus. Harriers Affect Open Country, Feeding On Snakes, Frogs And Other Small Vertebrates. The Long Wings And Legs And The Frill Surrounding The Lower Part Of The Head Serve To Distinguish Them. The Group Is Almost World-wide In Distribution. The ...
Harriman
Harriman, A City Of Roane County, Tenn., U.s.a., On The Emory River, 35m. W. By S. Of Knoxville. It Is Served By The Louisville And Nashville, The Southern And The Tennessee Central Railways. The Population Was 4,019 In 1920 (88% Native White) And Was 4,588 In 1930 By The Federal ...
Harris Tweed
Harris Tweed, The Description Applied To All-wool Tweed Fabrics Of Coarse And Open Texture, But Having A Soft Feel. They Are Produced In Lewis And Other Islands Of The Outer Hebrides, Off The North-west Coast Of Scotland. The True Harris Tweeds Are Made By The Cottars And Crofters Who Employ ...
Harrisburg
Harrisburg, A City In The Rich Agricultural And Coal Mining Region Of Southern Illinois, U.s.a.; The County Seat Of Saline County. It Is On Federal Highway 45, And Is Served By The Big Four And The Southern Illinois Railway And Power Company Railways. The Population Was 7,125 In 1920 (9o% ...
Harrisburg_2
Harrisburg, The Capital City Of Pennsylvania, U.s.a., And The County Seat Of Dauphin County, On The E. Bank Of The Susquehanna River, Io5m. W. By N. Of Philadelphia. It Is At The Intersection Of Federal Highways 11, 15, 22, 209 And 23o, And Of Many State Roads, And Is Served ...
Harrismith
Harrismith, A Town In The Orange Free State, South Africa, Situated In 28° 15' S., 29° 9' E., 261 M. From Durban; Altitude, 5,321 Feet. Pop. (1921), 2,546 Europeans, 3,654 Non Europeans. It Is Situated Near The Wilge River, And Is An Important Trading Centre. It Was Formerly A Military ...
Harrison
Harrison, A Town Of Hudson County, N.j., U.s.a., On The Passaic River, Opposite Newark. It Is Served By The Erie, The Lackawanna And The Pennsylvania Railways. The Population Was 15,721 In 1920 (33.7% Foreign-born White) And It Was 15,601 In 1930 By The Federal Census. Harrison Is An Integral Part ...
Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg, A City Of North-western Virginia, U.s.a., In The Beautiful Shenandoah Valley, At An Altitude Of 1,300f T. ; The County Seat Of Rockingham County. It Is On The Lee Highway, And Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio, The Chesapeake Western And The Southern Railways, And By Motor-coach Lines ...
Harrodsburg
Harrodsburg, A City Of Kentucky, U.s.a., 74m. S.e. Of Louisville, On The Southern Railway; The County Seat Of Mercer County. The Population Was 3,765 In 1920; 4,029 In 193o. There Are Sulphur Springs Here, And The City Has Been A Health And Sum Mer Resort Since Early In The 19th ...
Harrogate
Harrogate, A Municipal Borough Of The West Riding Of Yorkshire, England, 18 M. N. Of Leeds, 19 M. W. Of York, 203 M. N. By W. From London, On The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1891), 16,316, (190i) It Stands About 400 Ft. Above Sea-level, On The Pennine Foothills, With Blubberhouses Moor ...
Harrow On The Hill
Harrow-on-the-hill, Urban District, Middlesex, England, 12 M. W.n.w. Of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Served By The L.m.s., Metropolitan And District Railways. Pop. (1931) 26,378. It Takes Its Name From Its Position On An Isolated Hill Rising To A Height Of 373 Ft. On The Summit Is The Church Of St. ...
Harrowing Of Hell
Harrowing Of Hell, An English Poem In Dialogue, Dating From The End Of The 13th Century. It Is Written In The East Midland Dialect, And Is Generally Cited As The Earliest Dramatic Work In The Language, Though It Was Probably Intended For Recita Tion Rather Than Performance. The Opening Words—"alle ...
Harry The Minstrel Or
Harry The Minstrel Or Blind Harry (fl. Author Of The Scots Historical Poem The Actis And Deidis Of The Illustere And Vailzeand Campioun Schir William Wallace, Knicht Of Ellerslie, Flourished In The Latter Half Of The 15th Century. He Appears To Have Been A Blind Lothian Man, In Humble Circumstances, ...
Harsha Or Harshavardhana
Harsha Or Harshavardhana (fl. A.d. 606-648), An Indian King Who Ruled Northern India As Paramount Monarch For Over Forty Years. The Events Of His Reign Are Related By Hsoan Tsang, The Chinese Pilgrim, And By Bana, A Brahman Author. He Was The Son Of A Raja Of Thanesar, Who Waged ...
Hartebeest
Hartebeest (hahr'ta-bast), A Large South African Ante Lope, Bubalis Coma, Characterized By Its Red Colour, Long Face With Naked Muzzle, And Sharply Angulated Lyrate Horns, Present In Both Sexes. This Graceful Animal, One Of The Swiftest Of African An Telopes, Easily Outdistancing Greyhounds, Formerly Occurred In Great, Herds From Cape ...
Hartford City
Hartford City, The County Seat Of Blackford County, Ind., U.s.a., 62m. N.e. Of Indianapolis. It Is Served By The Nickel Plate And The Pennsylvania Railways And Inter-urban Electric Lines. The Population Was 6,183 In 192o (97% Native White) And 6,613 In 1910 By The Federal Census. The City Has Important ...
Hartford
Hartford, Capital Of Connecticut, U.s.a., At The Head Of Navigation On The Connecticut River, 38 M. From Long Island Sound And Ioo M. N.e. Of New York City; A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Hartford County. It Is Served By The New York, New Haven And Hartford ...
Hartford_2
Hartford, A City Of Washington County, Wisconsin, U.s.a., 37m. N.w. Of Milwaukee, On The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific Railroad. The Population Was 3,754 In It Has Large Automobile Works And Various Other Manufacturing Industries. It Was Founded C. 185o And Incorporated In 1884. ...
Hartlepool
Hartlepool, A Parliamentary Borough Of Durham, Eng Land, Embracing The Municipal Borough Of Hartlepool Or East Hartlepool And The County Borough Of West Hartlepool. The Pop. (1931) Of Hartlepool Was 20,545, And Of West Hartlepool 68, 134. The Towns Are On The Coast Of The North Sea Separated By Hartlepool ...
Hartmann Von Aue
Hartmann Von Aue (i170?-12io?), Middle High German Poet, Belonged To The Lower Nobility Of Swabia. He Be Came Retainer Of A Nobleman Whose Domain, Aue, Has Been Identi Fied With Obernau On The Neckar, And Took Part In The Crusade Of 1196-97. He Is Mentioned By Gottfried Von Strassburg (c. ...
Harts Tongue
Hart's-tongue (phyllitis), The Name Given To A Genus Of Ferns, Formerly Known As Scolopendrium, Meaning "like A Centi Pede," From The Numerous Lines Of Fructification On The Leaves. P. Scolopendrium (s. Vulgare) Is Common In Europe, Including Great Britain, And Extends Into Asia And North America, But Is Very Rare ...
Harun Al Rashid
Harun Al-rashid (ha-roon' Ar Rah' Shed) (763-809), Fifth Of The `abbasids Of Baghdad, And Second Son Of The Third Caliph Mandi, Was Born At Rai (rhagae), And At The Age Of 22 Ascended The Throne. For The Campaigns In Which He Took Part Prior To His Accession See Caliphate : ...
Haruspices
Haruspices, Etruscan Diviners, "entrail Observers" (cf . Skt. Kira, Gr. Xopb)). Their Art (disciplina) Consisted Especially In Deducing The Will Of The Gods From The Appearance Presented By The Entrails Of The Slain Victim. They Also Interpreted All Portents Or Unusual Phenomena Of Nature, Especially Thunder And Lightning, And Prescribed ...
Harvard University
Harvard University, The Oldest And One Of The Foremost Of American Educational Institutions, Situated Chiefly In Cambridge, Mass., But Also In Boston And Other Places. In 1636 The General Court Of The Colony Voted F400 Towards "a Schoale Or Colledge," Which In The Next Year Was Ordered To Be At ...
Harvest Bug
Harvest-bug, The Familiar Name For Mites Of The Family Trornbidiidae, Belonging To The Order Acari Of The Class Arachnida. Harvest-bugs Are The Six-legged Larval Forms Of Several British Species Of Trombidium. They Are Minute, Rusty-brown Organisms, Barely Visible To The Naked Eye, Which Swarm In Grass And Low Herbage In ...
Harvest Spider Or Harvestman Harvester
Harvester, Harvest-spider Or Harvestman, Names Given To Arachnids Of The Order Opiliones, Referable To Various Species Of The Family Phalangiidae. Harvest-spiders Or Harvest Men, So-called On Account Of Their Abundance In The Late Summer And Early Autumn, May Be Distinguished From All True Spiders By The Extreme Length And Thinness ...
Harvest
Harvest, The Season Of The Ingathering Of Crops (a.s. Haerfest "autumn," O.h. Ger. Herbist). Harvest Has Been A Season Of Rejoicing From The Remotest Ages. The Romans Had Their Cerealia Or Feasts In Honour Of Ceres. The Druids Celebrated Their Harvest On Nov. 1. In Pre-reformation England Lammas Day (aug. ...
Harvesting Machinery
Harvesting Machinery. The Three Principal Types Of Crop For The Harvesting Of Which Machinery Is Employed Are (a) Grass, (b) Cereals And (c) Roots. Mechanical Methods Are To Some Extent Applied In The Harvesting Of Other Crops, E.g., Flax : But The Principal Food Crops Are Those Which Chiefly Lend ...
Harvey Steel Process
Harvey Steel Process. Named After The Inventor, H. A. Harvey, An American Metallurgist, This Is A Process Of Hardening The Surface Of Steel, Used In The Production Of Armour Plate. The Essence Of The Process Is That The Plate Is Face-hardened By Cementation Of Its Surface. The Plate Is Exposed ...
Harvey
Harvey, A City Of Cook County, Ill., U.s.a., 2om. S. Of The Chicago "loop." It Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio Chicago Terminal, The Illinois Central, And The Grand Trunk Railways And Is Near The Calumet River. The Population Was 9,216 In 1920 (22% Foreign-born White), And It Was ...
Harwich
Harwich, Municipal Borough And Seaport, Harwich Parlia Mentary Division, Essex, England, On The Extremity Of A Small Peninsula Projecting Into The Estuary Of The Stour And Orwell, 7o M. N.e. By E. Of London By The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931) 12,700, Including Halstead, Added To The Borough In 1917. Har ...
Harz Mountains
Harz Mountains, The Most Northerly Mountain-system Of Germany, Situated Between The Rivers Weser And Elbe, Occupy An Area Of 784 Sq.m. Their Greatest Length Extends In A South East And North-west Direction For 57 M. And Their Maximum Breadth Is About 20 M. An Irregular Series Of Terraced Plateaus Rises ...
Harzburg
Harzburg, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Bruns Wick, Situated At The Northern Foot Of The Harz Mountains, At The Terminus Of The Railway From Brunswick, 5 M. E.s.e. From Goslar And 18 M. S. From Wolf Enbilttel. Pop. (1925) 6,198. The Town Is A Spa And Possesses ...
Hasan Ul Basri
Hasan Ul-basri (abu Saud Ul-hasan Ibn Abi-l-hasan Yassar Ul-basri) (642-728 Or 737), Arabian Theologian, Was Born At Medina, The Son Of A Freedman Of Zaid Ibn Thabit, One Of The Ansar (helpers Of The Prophet). He Became A Teacher Of Basra And Founded A School There, Where Among His Pupils ...
Hasan
Hasan And Hosain (or Husein), Sons Of The Fourth Mo Hammedan Caliph Ali By His Wife Fatima, Daughter Of Moham Med. On Ali's Death Hasan Was Proclaimed Caliph, But The Strength Of Moawiya Who Had Rebelled Against Ali Was Such That He Resigned His Claim On Condition That He Should ...
Hasbeya
Hasbeya, A Small Druse Town Of The Beka', Situated At The Foot Of Mt. Hermon, 36 M. W. Of Damascus And Set In The Midst Of Olives, Vines And Other Fruit Trees. Its Castle Was Held By The Crusaders But Recaptured By The Druses (1 In The Immediate Neighbourhood Is ...
Hasdrubal
Hasdrubal, The Name Of Several Carthaginian Generals, The Most Important Being: I. The Son-in-law Of Hamiicar Barca (q.v.), Who Followed The Latter In His Campaign Against The Governing Aristocracy At Car Thage At The Close Of The First Punic War, And In His Subsequent Wars In Spain. After Hamilcar's Death ...
Hashish Or Hasheesh
Hashish Or Hasheesh, The Arabic Name, Meaning Liter Ally "dried Herb," For The Various Preparations Of The Indian Hemp Plant (cannabis Indica), Used As A Narcotic Or Intoxicant In The East, And Either Smoked, Chewed, Or Drunk (see Hemp And Bhang). From The Arabic Hashishin, I.e., "hemp-eaters," Comes The English ...
Haskovo
Haskovo, A Town In S. Bulgaria, Capital Of The Department Of The Same Name. Pop. (1926) 26,366. It Is Connected By Rail With The Main Sofia-constantinople Railway. It Is An Important Centre For The Tobacco Trade Of S. Bulgaria. Near By Are A Natural Mineral Bath And A Coal Mine. ...
Haslemere
Haslemere, A Market-town In Surrey, England, 43 M. S.w. From London By The S.r. It Is Situated In An Elevated Valley Between The Ridges Of Hindhead (895 Ft.) And Blackdown (918 Ft.). Their Summits Are Open Heath, But Their Flanks Are Wooded And Deeply Scored By Steep Valleys, Of Which ...
Haslingden
Haslingden, Market Town, Municipal Borough, Rossen Dale Parliamentary Borough, Lancashire, England, 19 M. N.w. Of Manchester By The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931) 16,637. The Old Town Stood On The Slope Of A Hill, On The Borders Of Rossendale Forest, But The Modern Part Has Extended About Its Base. The Parish ...
Haspe
Haspe, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Westphalia, On The Ddsseldorf-dortmund Railway Io M. N.e. Of Barmen, Was Raised To The Rank Of A Town In 1873. Pop. (1925) 25,636. Its Industries Include Iron Foundries, Rolling Mills, Puddling Furnaces And Manu Factures Of Iron, Steel, Brass, Aluminium Wares And ...
Hassan Ibn Thabit
Hassan Ibn Thabit (died 674), Arabian Poet, Was Born In Yathrib (medina) , A Member Of The Tribe Khazraj. In His Youth He Travelled To Hira And Damascus, Then Settled In Me Dina, Where, After The Advent Of Mohammed, He Accepted Islam And Wrote Poems In Defence Of The Prophet. ...
Hassan
Hassan, A Town And District Of Mysore, India. The Town Dates From The 11th Century And Had In 1931 A Population Of The District Naturally Divides Into The Malnad, Or Hill Country, Including Some Of The Highest Ranges Of The Western Ghats, And The Maidan Or Plain Country, Sloping Towards ...
Hassania
Hassania, An African Tribe Of Arab Stock. They Inhabit The Desert Between Merawi And The Nile At The 6th Cataract, And The Left Bank Of The Blue Nile Immediately South Of Khartum. See H. A. Macmichael, History Of The Arabs Of The Sudan (1922). ...
Hasselt
Hasselt, The Capital Of The Belgian Province Of Limburg. Pop. (1930) 22,296. It Stands At The Junction Of Several Important Roads And Railways From Maaseyck, Maastricht And Liege. It Has Many Breweries And Distilleries, And Makes Coarse Gin Called Hasselt Spirit. On Aug. 6, 1831 The Dutch Troops Obtained Here ...
Hastinapur
Hastinapur, An Ancient City Of British India, In The Meerut District Of The United Provinces, Lying On The Banks Of A Former Bed Of The Ganges, 22 M. N.e. Of Meerut. It Formed The Capital Of The Great Pandava Kingdom, Celebrated In The Mahab Harata, And Probably One Of The ...
Hastings On Hudson
Hastings-on-hudson, A Village Of Westchester County, New York, U.s.a., 17 M. Above New York City, On The E. Bank Of The River, And Served By The New York Central Railroad. The Population Was 7,097 In 193o. It Is The Site Of The Cottage Plant Of The Orphan Asylum Society In ...