Herlin
Herlin (or Herlen), Friedrich, Of Nordlingen, German Artist, The Most Distinguished Member Of A Family Of Painters Of The Swabian School, In The 15th Century. His Name Occurs In The Archives Of Nordlingen From 1461 Until His Death In 1491. In 1467 He Was Made Citizen And Town Painter At ...
Hermae
Hermae, Properly The Plural Of The Name Hermes (q.v.). The Adoration Of Baetyli (q.v.) Was And Continued To Be A Fairly Common Feature Of Greek Cult, Particularly In The More Backward Districts, Such As Laconia, Where, For Instance, A Meteoric Stone Received Worship As Zeus Kappotas (zeus The Descender, I.e., ...
Hermagoras
Hermagoras, Of Temnos, Greek Rhetorician Of The Rho Dian School And Teacher Of Oratory In Rome, Flourished During The First Half Of The I St Century B.c. He Founded A Special School, The Members Of Which Called Themselves Hermagorei. His Chief Opponent Was Poseidonius Of Rhodes (plutarch, Pompey 42). According ...
Herman De Valenciennes
Herman De Valenciennes, French Poet, Was Born At Valenciennes, Of Good Parentage. He Became A Priest And Wrote The Histoire De La Bible, Which Includes A Separate Poem On The Assumption Of The Virgin. The Work Is Generally Known As Le Roman De Sapience, The Name Arising From A Copyist's ...
Hermandad
Hermandad, A Castilian Word Meaning, Strictly Speak Ing, A Brotherhood. In The Romance Language Spoken On The East Coast Of Spain In Catalonia It Is Written Germandat Or Ger Mania (lat. Germanus, Full Brother) . In The Form Germania It Has Acquired The Significance Of "thieves' Latin" Or "thieves' Cant," ...
Hermann Heijermans
Heijermans, Hermann (1864-1924), Dutch Writer, Of Jewish Origin, Was Born On Dec. 3, 1864, At Rotterdam. In The Amsterdam Handelsblad He Published A Series Of Realistic Sketches Of Jewish Family Life Under The Pseudonym Of "samuel Falkland," Which Were Collected In Volume Form. His Novels And Tales Include Trinette 0892), ...
Hermann I
Hermann I. (d. 1217), Landgrave Of Thuringia And Count Palatine Of Saxony, Was The Second Son Of Louis Ii. The Hard, Landgrave Of Thuringia, And Judith Of Hohenstaufen, Sister Of The Emperor Frederick I. About 118o He Received From His Brother Louis The Saxon Palatinate, And Married Sophia, Sister Of ...
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Von
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Von German Philosopher And Man Of Science, Was Born On Aug. 31, 1821, At Potsdam, Near Berlin. He Lived In Berlin From 1842 To 1849, When He Became Professor Of Physiol Ogy In Konigsberg. There He Remained From 1849 To 1855, When He Removed To The ...
Hermann Of Reichenau Herimannus
Hermann Of Reichenau (herimannus Augien Sis), Commonly Distinguished As Hermannus Contractus, I.e., The Lame (1oi3—i054), German Scholar And Chronicler, Was The Son Of Count Wolferad Of Alshausen, Swabia. Hermann Became A Monk Of The Famous Abbey Of Reichenau And Exercised A Great Personal And Intellectual Influence On The Scholars That ...
Hermann Of Wied
Hermann Of Wied Elector And Archbishop Of Cologne, Was The Fourth Son Of Frederick, Count Of Wied (d. 1487), And Was Born On Jan. 14, 1477. He Became Elector And Archbishop Of Cologne In 1515. With The Aid Of His Friend John Gropper , He Began, About 1536, To Institute ...
Hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite Is The Term Used To Describe An Indi Vidual Which Elaborates Both Male And Female Germ-cells, Syn Chronously Or At Different Times. Non-functional Hermaphrodit Ism (the Condition In Which, Though Both Male And Female Germ Cells Are Elaborated Transiently Or Permanently, Only One Kind Is Functional), Exists In Three ...
Hermaphroditus
Hermaphroditus, In Greek Mythology A Being, Partly Male, Partly Female, Of Little Importance In Cult (first Named In Theophrastus, Charact. 28 [ 16]) ; The Superstitious Man Garlands The Hermaphroditi (see Jebb-sandys L.c.). The Conception Undoubtedly Had Its Origin In The East, Where Deities Of A Similar Dual Nature Frequently ...
Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics, The Science Or Art Of Interpretation Or Explanation, Especially Of The Holy Scriptures. (gr. Gpµflvevrcki Sc. Tixv?i, Lat. Ars Hermeneutica, From Epµrlvebecv To Interpret, From Hermes, The Messenger Of The Gods.) ...
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus [lat. "the Thrice Greatest Hermes] , An Honorific Designation Of The Egyptian Hermes ; I.e., Thoth (q.v.), The God Of Wisdom. In Late Hieroglyphic The Name Of Thoth Often Has The Epithet "the Twice Very Great," Sometimes "the Thrice Very Great"; In The Popular Language (demotic) The Corresponding ...
Hermes
Hermes, A Greek God, Son Of Zeus And Maia, Daughter Of Atlas, And Often Identified With Mercury (q.v.) And With Cas Milus Or Cadmilus, One Of The Cabeiri (q.v.). The Derivation Of His Name And His Primitive Character Are Very Uncertain. The Earliest Centre Of His Cult Was Probably Arcadia, ...
Hermesianax
Hermesianax, Of Colophon, Elegiac Poet Of The Alex Andrian School, Flourished About 33o B.c. Of His Chief Work, A Poem In Three Books, Dedicated To His Mistress Leontion, Athenaeus (xiii. S97) Has Preserved About Ioo Lines, Containing Instances Of The Power Of Love. Hermesianax, Whose Style Is Characterized By Alternate ...
Hermias I
Hermias. (i) A Greek Philosopher Of The Alexandrian School And A Disciple Of Proclus. His Chief Works Were A Study Of The Isagoge Of Porphyry And A Commentary On Plato's Phaedrus (ed. P. Couvreur, Paris, 19o1 ). Unlike The Majority Of Logicians Of The Time, He Admitted The Absolute Validity ...
Hermippus
Hermippus, "the One-eyed," Athenian Writer Of The Old Comedy, Flourished During The Peloponnesian War. He Is Said To Have Written 4o Plays, Of Which The Titles And Fragments Of Nine Are Preserved. He Was A Bitter Opponent Of Pericles, Whom He Accused (probably In The Moipal) Of Being A Bully ...
Hermit Crab
Hermit Crab, A Genus Of Crustaceans (paguridea) Corn Monly Found On The Coasts Of Europe, America And The West Indies. In The Adult Stage It Occupies The Shells Of Gastropod Molluscs, Thrusting Its Abdomen Inside The Shell, The Curve Of Which It Follows ; This Part Of The Body Is ...
Hermit
Hermit (gr. Epq.ctrns, From Epnyos , A Desert) One Who With Draws From Intercourse With Human Beings To Live A Life Of Re Ligious Contemplation, And So Distinguished From A "coenobite" (gr. Kolvbs, Common, And Gios, Life), One Who Shares A Life Of Withdrawal With Others In A Community (see ...
Hermogenes
Hermogenes, Of Tarsus, Greek Rhetorician, Surnamed `~va•rlip (the Polisher), Flourished In The Reign Of Marcus Aurelius (a.d. 161-180). His Precocity Secured Him A Public Appointment As Teacher Of His Art While He Was Still A Boy, But At The Age Of 25 His Faculties Gave Way. He Had, However, Composed ...
Hermon
Hermon, The Most Imposing, If Not The Highest, Mountain In Syria, And Visible Far And Wide. It Is Attached To The Southern End Of Anti-lebanon. Its Snowy Top And The Beauty Of Its Out Line Inspired Many Images Of Hebrew Poetry. The Sidonians Named It Sirion And It Was Senir ...
Hermsdorf
Hermsdorf, A Village In The Prussian Province Of Silesia Near Waldenburg. Pop. (1933) 12,137. There Are Coal Mines In The Vicinity, And Matches Are Manufactured. Hermsdorf Is Known As Niederhermsdorf To Distinguish It From Other Places Of The Same Name. Perhaps The Most Noteworthy Of These Is A Village (pop. ...
Herne Bay
Herne Bay, A Seaside Resort Of Kent, England, 8 M. N. By E. Of Canterbury, On The S.r. Pop. Of Urban District (1931) 11,244. It Has Grown Up Since 183o, Above A Sandy And Pebbly Shore. The Church Of St. Martin In The Village Of Herne, I2 M. Inland, Is ...
Herne The Hunter
Herne The Hunter, A Legendary Huntsman Believed To Haunt Windsor Great Park At Night, Especially Near An Aged Tree, "herne's Oak." This Was Blown Down In 1863, And A Young Oak Was Planted By Queen Victoria On The Spot. Herne's French Counterpart Is The Grand Veneur Of Fontainebleau. Herne Is ...
Herne
Herne, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Westphalia, 15 M. By Rail N.n.w. Of Dortmund. Pop. It Has Coal Mines, Boiler-works, Ammonia Works, Etc. Herne Was Made A Town In ...
Hernia
Hernia, In Surgery, The Protrusion Of A Part From Its Normal Cavity; Thus, Hernia Cerebri Is A Protrusion Of Brain-substance, Hernia Pulmonum, A Protrusion Of A Portion Of Lung, And Hernia Iridis, A Protrusion Of Some Of The Iris Through An Aperture In The Cornea. As A Result Of X-ray ...
Hernici
Hernici, An Ancient People Of Italy, Whose Territory Was In Latium Between The Fucine Lake And The Trerus, Bounded By The Volsci On The South, And By The Aequi And The Marsi On The North. In 486 B.c. They Were Still Strong Enough To Conclude An Equal Treaty With The ...
Hernosand
Hernosand, A Seaport Of Sweden, Chief Town Of The Dis Trict (lan) Of Vesternorrland On The Gulf Of Bothnia. Pop. (1928) 11,692. Hernosand Was Founded In 1584, And Received Its First Town-privileges From John Iii. In 1587. It Stands On The Island Of Hernd (which Is Connected With The Mainland ...
Hero
Hero, A Greek Word Of Varying Meaning Whose Ety Mology Is Unknown. ...
Herod Antipas
Herod Antipas, Son Of Herod The Great By The Samaritan Malthace, And Full Brother Of Archelaus, Received As His Share Of His Father's Dominions The Provinces Of Galilee And Peraea, With The Title Of Tetrarch. He Fortified Sepphoris In Galilee And Betharamptha In Peraea, And Founded The Important Town Of ...
Herod Philip
Herod Philip, Son Of Herod The Great By Cleopatra Of Jerusalem, Received The Tetrarchate Of Ituraea And Other Districts East And North-east Of The Lake Of Galilee. His Subjects Were Mainly Greeks Or Syrians. He Is Described As An Excellent Ruler, Who Loved Peace And Was Careful To Maintain Justice, ...
Herod The Great
Herod The Great (c. 73 B.c.-4 B.c.), The Son Of Antipater And King Of Judaea (40-4 B.c.), Was Descended From A Family Of Idumaean Origin. When He Was 25, His Father, Who Had Served In Caesar's Campaign Against Egypt, Appointed Him Ruler Of Galilee. He At Once Arrested Hezekiah The ...
Herod
Herod, The Name Borne By The Princes Of A Dynasty Which Reigned In Judaea From 4o B.c. ...
Herodas Or Herondas
Herodas Or Herondas (gr. Or `hpc'evbas) (the Name Is Spelt Differently In The Few Places Where He Is Mentioned), Greek Poet, The Author Of Short Humorous Dramatic Scenes In Verse, Written Under The Alexandrian Empire In The 3rd Century B.c. Apart From The Intrinsic Merit Of These Pieces, They Are ...
Herodians
Herodians (`hpcp&avoi) Mentioned In The Gospels As Taking Up A Hostile Attitude To Jesus (once In Galilee And Again In Jerusalem) ; Cf. Mark Iii. 6, Xii. 13 ; Matt. Xxii. 16; Cf. Also Mail Viii. 15. In Every Case They Are Coupled With The Pharisees. The Formation Of The ...
Herodianus
Herodianus, Greek Historian, Flourished During The Third Century A.d. He Is Supposed To Have Been A Syrian Greek. In 203 He Was In Rome, Where He Held Some Minor Posts; The Statement That He Was Imperial Procurator And Legate Of The Sicilian Provinces Rests Upon Conjecture Only. His Historical Work ...
Herodotus
Herodotus (c. 484-425 B.c.), Greek Historian, Called The "father Of History," Was Born At Halicarnassus In Asia Minor, Then Dependent Upon The Persians, In Or About The Year 484 B.c. Herodotus Was Thus Born A Persian Subject, And Such He Continued Until He Was 3o Or 35 Years Of Age. ...
Heroic Romances
Heroic Romances, The Name Of A Class Of Imaginative Literature Which Flourished In The I 7th Century, Principally In France. The Beginnings Of Fiction In That Country Took A Pseudo Bucolic Form With The Celebrated Astree (161o) Of Honore D'urf E (1568-1625) ; But This Ingenious And Diffuse Production Was ...
Heroic Verse
Heroic Verse, A Term Exclusively Used In English To In Dicate The Rhymed Iambic Line Or Heroic Couplet. In Ancient Literature The Heroic Verse Was The Hexameter. It Was In This Measure That The Iliad And Odyssey And The Aeneid Were Written. In English, However, It Is Not Enough To ...
Heroin
Heroin. The Trade Name For A Derivative Of Morphine (diacetylmorphine Hydrochloride) Which Resembles Morphine In Its Action But According To Ott Is Depressant To The Spinal Cord And About Twice As Depressant To The Respiratory Centre. For These Reasons It Is Inferior To Morphine As An Analgesic. Its Manufacture Or ...
Heron Of Alexandria
Heron Of Alexandria, Greek Geometer And Writer On Mechanical And Physical Subjects. Heron's Date Is Still A Mat Ter Of Controversy. The Possible Limits Are 150 B.c. (for He Was Later Than Apollonius Of Perga And Hipparchus) And 25o A.d. (since He Preceded Pappus). The Latest Discussions By Scholars Have ...
Herophilus
Herophilus (fl. 30o B.c.), Alexandrian Anatomist, Was Born At Chaludon, And Was One Of The Founders Of A School Of Anatomy At Alexandria. Being One Of The First To Perform Post Mortem Examinations, He Studied The Eye And Cataract, Traced The Sinuses Of The Dura Mater To Their Meeting Point, ...
Hero_2
Hero In Greek `hpc;i, And Leander In Greek Aiavspos, The Characters In A Pretty Hellenistic Love-story, Preserved In Ovid (heroides 18 And Io; Authorship Of Both Disputed) And Musaeus (5th Century A.d. ), Besides References Elsewhere, None Earlier Than Virgil; Much Handled In Modern Times, E.g., By Marlowe, Chapman And ...
Herpes
Herpes, An Inflammation Of The True Skin, Attended With The Formation Of Isdlated Or Grouped Vesicles Of Various Sizes Upon A Reddened Base. They Contain A Clear Fluid, And Either Rupture Or Dry Up. Two Well-marked Varieties Of Herpes Are Frequently Met With. (a) In Herpes Labialis Et Nasalis The ...
Herrin
Herrin, A Coal-mining City Of Williamson County, Ill., U.s.a., 9om. S.e. Of Saint Louis, Served By The Burlington, The Illinois Central And The Missouri Pacific Railways. The Population In 192o Was 10,986; 193o It Was 9,708. There Are 36 Coal Mines In The Immediate Vicinity, And The County Mined Over ...
Herring
Herring, A Fish Belonging To The Genus Clupea, Which Is The Most Widely Distributed Of All Fish Genera. The Commonest Members Of The Genus Are, Besides The Herring (c. Harengus), The Sprat (c. Sprattus), The Pilchard (c. Pilchardus), The Allis Shad (c. Alosa) And The Thwaite Shad (c. Finta). Herrings ...
Herringbone
Herringbone, In Masonry Construction, The Use Of Courses Or Rows In Which The Individual Bricks Or Stones Are Set At An Angle Of Approximately 45° To The Horizontal And With Alternate Courses At Right Angles To Each Other. Herring-bone Work Is Occa Sionally Found In Late Roman Brick Construction, And ...
Herrnhut
Herrnhut, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Saxony, 18 M. S.e. Of Bautzen, And Situated On The Lobau-zittau Railway. Pop. 1,664. It Is The Principal Seat Of The Moravian Or Bohemian Brotherhood, The Members Of Which Are Called Herrnliuter. A Col Ony Of These People, Fleeing From Persecution ...
Hersfeld
Hersfeld, A Town Of Germany, In The Prussian Province Of Hesse-nassau, Situated At The Confluence Of The Geis And Haun With The Fulda, On The Railway From Frankfort-on-main To Bebra, 24 M. N.n.e. Of Fulda. Pop. (1933) 12,378. Some Of The Old Fortifications Of The Town Remain. The Principal Buildings ...
Herstal Or Heristal
Herstal Or Heristal, A Town Of Belgium, Less Than 2 In. N. Of Liege And Practically One Of Its Suburbs. The Second Pippin Was Born Here. His Grandson, Pippin The Short, Died At Herstal In A.d. 768, And It Disputes With Aix-la-chapelle The Honour Of Being The Birthplace Of Charlemagne. ...
Hertford
Hertford, County Town Of Hertfordshire, England, 24 M. N. From London. Pop. (1931) 11,376. Hertford Was The Scene Of A Synod In 673. Its Communication With London By Way Of The Lea And The Thames Gave It Strategic Importance During The Danish Occupation Of East Anglia. In 1066 And Later ...
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire (abbr. Herts.; Pron. Haht'ford-shir), A County Of England, Bounded N. By Cambridgeshire, N.w. By Bed Fordshire, E. By Essex, S. By Middlesex, And S.w. By Bucking Hamshire. The Area Is 634.6 Sq.m., And Is Generally Undulating. The North-west Of The County Consists Of A Line Of Chalk Hills, An ...
Hertha Or Nerthus
Hertha Or Nerthus, In Teutonic Mythology, The Goddess Of Fertility, "mother Earth," Stated By Tacitus To Be Worshipped With Orgies And Mysterious Rites At Night By Teutonic Tribes. Her Veiled Statue Was Moved From Place To Place By Sacred Cows. After The Rites The Image, Vestments And Vehicle Were Bathed ...
Heruli
Heruli, A Teutonic Tribe Belonging Either To The Northern Or The Southern Portion Of The Jutish Peninsula. In The Reign Of Gallienus (a.d. 260-68), They Were With The Goths Ravaging The Coasts Of The Black Sea And The Aegean. Soon Afterwards, In A.d. 289, They Appeared In The Region About ...
Herzberg
Herzberg, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, Situated Under The South-western Declivity Of The Harz, On The Sieber, 25 M. N.w. From Nordhausen By The Railway To Osterode Hildesheim. Pop. (1925) 4,604. It Has Manufactures Of Ma Chinery And Art Silk And Weaving And Dyeing Works. On A ...
Herzberg_2
Herzberg, A Town, In The Prussian Province Of Saxony, On The Schwarze Elster, 25 M. S. From Jiiterbog By The Railway Berlin-roderau-dresden. It Has A Church (evangelical) Dating From The 13th Century And A Mediaeval Town Hall. Its Industries Include The Founding And Turning Of Metal, Agricultural Machinery And Furniture. ...
Hesilrige
Hesilrige (or Heselrig), Sir Arthur, 2nd Bart. (d. I661), English Parliamentarian, Was The Eldest Son Of Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 1st Baronet (c. 1622), Of Noseley, Leicestershire. He Sat For Leicestershire In The Short And Long Parliaments In 164o, And Took A Principal Part In Strafford's Attainder, The Root And Branch ...
Hesiod
Hesiod, The Father Of Greek Didactic Poetry, Probably Flour Ished During The 8th Century B.c. His Father Had Migrated From The Aeolic Cyme In Asia Minor To Boeotia; And Hesiod And His Brother Perses Were Born At Ascra, Near Mount Helicon (works And Days, 635). Here, As He Fed His ...
Hesperides
Hesperides, In Greek Mythology, Maidens Who Guarded The Golden Apples Which Earth Gave Hera On The Occasion Of Her Marriage To Zeus. According To Hesiod (theogony, 215) They Were The Daughters Of Erebus And Night ; In Later Accounts, Of Atlas And Hesperis, Or Of Phorcys And Ceto (schol. On ...
Hesperornis
Hesperornis, An Extinct Bird From The Mid-cretaceous Of Kansas. Hesperornis ("western Bird") Was A Flightless, Swim Ming And Diving Bird, Nearly 4 Ft. In Length; The Bill Was Long And Slender, With Teeth Set In A Continuous Groove, Filling The Lower Mandible To The Tip, But Confined To The Basal ...
Hesperus
Hesperus, The Evening Star, Son Or Brother Of Atlas [gr. ; Lat. Vesper]. Although As A Mythological Personality He Is Regarded As Distinct From Phosphoros Or Heosphoros (lat. Lucifer), The Morning Star Or Bringer Of Light, The Son Of Astraeus (or Cephalus) And Eos, The Two Stars Were Early Identified ...
Hesse
Hesse, One Of The Lander Of Germany, Known Until 1866 As Hesse-darmstadt (q.v.). It Consists Of Two Main Parts, Separated By A Narrow Strip Of Prussian Territory. The Northern Part Is The Province Of Oberhessen ; The Southern Consists Of The Contiguous Provinces Of Starkenburg And Rheinhessen. There Are Also ...
Hessian Fly
Hessian Fly (phytophaga Destructor), A Small Fly Native To Europe, Extremely Destructive To Wheat Crops, Especially In The United States And Canada. It Is Dark In Colour, Resembling A Mosquito. Its Larvae, Which Are Greenish White, Attack The Stems Of Wheat, Barley And Rye. There Are Two Generations Annually In ...
Hessian
Hessian. A Jute Fabric Made As A Plain Cloth, In Various Degrees Of Fineness, Width And Quality. The Original Or Standard, Hessian Was 4oin. Wide, Weighed Io2oz. Per Yd., And Known As An I I Porter, Which, In The Finished State, Contained About 12 Threads And I21- Picks Per Inch. ...
Hestia
Hestia, In Greek Mythology The Hearth-goddess (see Vesta), Daughter Of Cronus And Rhea. She Is Not Mentioned As A Goddess In Homer, But The Hearth Is Recognized As A Place Of Refuge For Sup Pliants. In Post-homeric Religion She Is One Of The 12 Olympian Deities. When Apollo And Poseidon ...
Hesychasts
Hesychasts, A Quietistic Sect Which Arose, During The Later Period Of The Byzantine Empire, Among The Monks Of The Greek Church, Especially At Mount Athos, Then At The Height Of Its Fame And Influence Under The Reign Of Andronicus The Younger And The Abbacy Of Symeon (i O U Acrrai, ...
Hesychius Of Miletus
Hesychius Of Miletus, Greek Chronicler And Biog Rapher, Surnamed Illustrius, Son Of An Advocate, Flourished At Constantinople In The 5th Century A.d. During The Reign Of Justin Ian. According To Photius,'who Considered Him A Truthful Historian (cod. 69), He Was The Author Of Three Important Works. (i) A Compendium Of ...
Hesychius
Hesychius, Grammarian Of Alexandria, Probably Flourished In The 5th Century A.d. He Was Probably A Pagan; And The Explana Tions Of Words From Gregory Of Nazianzus And Other Christian Writers Are Later Interpolations. He Has Left A Greek Dictionary, Explaining Peculiar Words, Forms And Phrases, Often With A Refer Ence ...
Heterodyne Reception
Heterodyne Reception Is The Process Of Receiv Ing Radio Waves By Combining The Received Current With Locally Generated Alternating Current. The Locally Generated Frequency Is Commonly Different From The Frequency Of The Received Current, Thus Producing Beats. This Is Then Called Beat Reception. ...
Heteromorphosis
Heteromorphosis. Not All Individuals Of A Given Species Show All Characters In Normal Form And Number. Mon Strosities Occur Which Have More Members Or Heads Than Usual, Or Fail In The Development Of Some Part (see Monster). A Special Class Of Abnormalities Is Characterized By The Substitution Of One Kind ...
Heteronomy
Heteronomy, The State Of Being Under The Rule Of Another Person (from Gr. 'repos And Voµos, The Rule Of Another) . In Ethics The Term Is Specially Used As The Antithesis Of "auton Omy," Which, Especially In Kantian Terminology, Treats Of The True Self As Will, Determining Itself By Its ...
Heterospory
Heterospory, The Name Given In Botany To The Phe Nomenon Of Plants Producing Two Kinds Of Spores. (see Pteri Dophyta, Palaeobotany, Gymnosperms.) ...
Hethum Hayton Haithon
Hayton (haithon, Hethum), King Of Little Armenia Or Cilicia From 1224 To 1269, Traveller In Western And Central Asia, Mongolia, Etc., Was The Son Of Constantine Rupen, And Became Heir To The Throne Of Lesser Armenia By His Marriage With Isabella, Daughter And Only Child Of Leo Ii. After A ...
Hetman
Hetman, A Military Title Formerly In Use In Poland ; The Hetman Wielki, Or Great Hetman, Was The Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Nation, And Commanded In The Field, Except When The King Was Present In Person. The Office Was Abolished In 1792. From Poland The Word Was ...
Hettstedt
Hettstedt, A Town Of Germany, In Prussian Saxony, On The Wipper, And At The Junction Of The Railways Magdeburg Eisleben And Hettstedt-halle, 23 M. N.w. Of The Last Town. Pop. Hettstedt Is Mentioned As Early As 1046; In 1220 It Possessed A Castle; And In 138o It Received Civic Privileges. ...
Heulandite
Heulandite, Mineral Of The Zeolite Group, Consisting Of Hydrous Calcium And Aluminium Silicate, Small Amounts Of Sodium Are Commonly Present, Replacing Part Of The Calcium. Crystals Are Monoclinic, And Have A Charac Teristic Coffin-shaped Habit. They Have A Perfect Cleavage Par Allel To The Plane Of Symmetry On Which The ...
Hevelius Hevel Or
Hevelius (hevel Or Howelcke), Johann (1611 1687 ), German Astronomer, Was Born At Danzig, On Jan. 28, 161i. In 1641 He Built An Observatory In His House, Provided With A Splendid Instrumental Outfit ; His Chief Work Was The Careful Chart Ing Of The Lunar Surface, His Selenographia (1647) Entitling ...
Hewer
Hewer, The Name Applied In The North Of England Coal Fields (i.e. Northumberland, Durham And Cumberland) To The Miner Who Hews Down Or "gets" The Coal. Elsewhere This Indi Vidual Is Variously Named Pitman, Collier, Stallman, Holer, Getter Or Buttocker. (see Coal.) ...
Hexachord
Hexachord, In Music, The Scale Of Six Degrees Attributed To Guido D'arezzo (i 1 Th Century) And Introduced As An Improve Ment On The Greek Scale System Based On Tetrachords Or Groups Of Four Notes. The Six Notes Making Up Each Hexachord Received The Names Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, ...
Hexameter
Hexameter, The Earliest Known Form Of Classical Verse In Dactylic Rhythm. The Word Indicates That Each Line Contains Six Feet Or Measures (airpa), Whereof The Last Is Always A Spondee (- -) Or A Trochee (- -) . When The Last Foot Is A Trochee, The Pause At The End ...
Hexapla
Hexapla, The Term For An Edition Of The Bible In Six Versions, And Especially The Edition Of The Old Testament Com Piled By Origen. (see Bible : Old Testament, Texts And Versions.) ...
Hexapoda
Hexapoda (heks-ap'o-da), An Alternative Name For Insects (q.v.) , Having Reference To Their Three Pairs Of Walking Legs. Hexastyle, The Term Given To A Temple Or Portico That Has Six Columns In Front. ...
Hexateuch
Hexateuch, The Name Given To The First Six Books Of The Old Testament (the Pentateuch And Joshua) To Mark The Fact That These Form One Literary Whole, Describing The Early Traditional History Of The Israelites From The Creation Of The World To The Conquest Of Palestine. See Bible (old Testament ...
Hexham
Hexham, A Town In Northumberland, England, 21 M. West From Newcastle On The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931) 8,888. It Lies On The Tyne, And Its Market Square And Narrow Streets Bear Many Marks Of Antiquity. It Is Famous For Its Great Abbey Church Of St. Andrew. In 1536 The Last ...
Heysham
Heysham, Seaport, Urban District, Lancaster Parliamentary Division, Lancashire, England, On The South Shore Of Morecambe Bay, Served By The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1921) 5,027 ; Area 1,974 Acres. A Harbour Was Opened In 1904 By The Midland (now L.m.s.) Railway. The Harbour Is Enclosed By Breakwaters, And Has A Depth ...
Heywood
Heywood, Municipal Borough, Heywood And Radcliffe Parliamentary Division, Lancashire, England, 9 M. N. Of Man Chester On The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931') 25,967. It Is Of Mod Ern Growth. The Queen's Park (opened 5879) Was Laid Out At A Cost Of F I I,000 With Money Which Devolved To Queen ...
Hezekiah
Hezekiah, Son And Successor Of Ahaz, One Of The Greatest Of The Kings Of Judah. He Flourished At The End Of The 8th And The Beginning Of The 7th Century B.c. In Critical Times. There Are Difficulties About The Chronology Of His Reign, The One Fixed Point Being 701 B.c. ...
Hiatus
Hiatus, A Break In Continuity. In Anatomy (q.v.) An Open Ing Or Foramen, As The Hiatus Fallopii, A Foramen Of The Temporal Bone. In Logic A Hiatus Occurs When A Link In Reasoning Is Wanting; And In Grammar It Is The Pause Made For The Sake Of Euphony In Pronouncing ...
Hiawatha
Hiawatha ("he Makes Rivers"), A Legendary Chief (c. 1450) Of The Onondaga Tribe Of North American Indians. The Formation Of The League Of Six Nations, Known As The Iroquois, Is Attributed To Him By Indian Tradition. In His Miraculous Char Acter, Hiawatha Is The Incarnation Of Human Progress And Civiliza ...
Hibbing
Hibbing, A Village Of Saint Louis County, Minn., U.s.a., 75m. N.w. Of Duluth. It Is Served By The Duluth, Missabe And Northern And The Great Northern Railways. The Population Was 15,089 In 1920 (37% Foreign-born White) And It Was 15,666 In 193o By The Federal Census. It Lies In The ...
Hibernaculum
Hibernaculum, In Botany A Term For A Winter Bud; In Botanical Gardens, The Winter Quarters For Plants; In Zoology, The Winter Bud Of A Polyzoan. ...
Hibernation
Hibernation, The More Or Less Comatose Condition In Which Certain Animals Pass The Winter In Cold Latitudes. It Is Commonly Referred To As The "winter-sleep." A Similar State Of Suspended Animation, Known As Aestivation, Overtakes Some Ani Mals Which Have To Contend With Prolonged Periods Of Heat Or Drought. These ...
Hibernia
Hibernia, In Ancient Geography, One Of The Names By Which Ireland Was Known To Greek And Roman Writers. Other Names Were Ierne, `iovepvia, Iberio. All These Are Adaptations Of A Stem From Which Also Erin Is Descended. The Island Was Well Known To The Romans Through The Reports Of Traders, ...
Hibiscus
Hibiscus, In Botany, A Genus Of Plants Of The Mallow Fam Ily (malvaceae), Many Of Which Are Popularly Known As Rose Mallow. When Broadly Defined, The Genus Comprises About 200 Species Of Herbs, Shrubs And Trees, Native To Temperate And Tropi Cal Regions, But Most Abundant In The Latter. They ...
Hickory
Hickory, A City Of Catawba County, North Carolina, U.s.a., In The Piedmont Region, At An Altitude Of 1,165 Feet. It Is On Fed Eral Highway 7o, And Is Served By The Carolina And North-western And The Southern Railways. The Population Was 5,076 In 192o And It Had Increased To 7,363 ...
Hickory_2
Hickory, A Shortened Form Of The American Indian Name Pohickery. Hickory Trees Are Natives Of Eastern North America, And Belong To The Genus Carya (or Hicoria Of Many Ameri Can Botanists) Of The Family Juglandaceae. They Are Closely Allied To The Walnuts (juglans), The Chief Or At Least One Very ...
Hidalgo
Hidalgo, An Inland Plateau, State Of Mexico. Pop. (193o) 676,972. Area, 8,063 Sq. Miles. The Northern And Eastern Parts Are Elevated And Mountainous, Culminating In The Cerro De Nay Ajas (io,528ft.). A Considerable Area Of This Region On The Eastern Side Of The State Is Arid And Semi-barren, Being Part ...
Hidalgo_2
Hidalgo, Originally A Spanish Title Of The Lower Nobility; The Hidalgo Being The Lowest Grade Of Nobility Which Was Entitled To Use The Prefix "don." The Word Is Contracted From Hijo D'algo, Son Of Something, Or Somewhat. The Term Is Now Used Generally To Denote One Of Gentle Birth. The ...
Hidatsa
Hidatsa. A Native American People Of Siouan Family, One Of Three Agricultural "village Tribes" On The Upper Missouri, The Others Being The Mandan (q.v.) And Arikara (q.v.); The Sur Rounding Groups Were Buffalo Hunting Nomads Of The Plains. Cul Turally, The Hidatsa Resembled The Mandan; In Speech, The Crow (q.v.). ...