Fox Hunting In America
Fox-hunting In America Fox-hunting In America Dates From A Very Early Period, Though Just How Early It Is Difficult To Ascertain. We Find Indefinite State Ments Of Early Settlers From England Who Brought Hounds, Horses And Even Foxes Over With Them, But Nothing Definite Until We Find That Lord Fairfax, ...
France
France: Paris, Soc. Bot. De France (1854), Bull. (1854, Etc.), Mem. (1905, Etc.) ; Soc. Mycol. De France (1885), Bull. Trimes Triel. Annecy, Acad. Florimontane (16o6), Rev. Savois. Dijon, Soc. Mycol. Le Havre, Soc. D'hort. Et De Bot. (1853), Bull. Limoges, Soc. Bot. Et D'etudes Scient. (1889), Revue. Lyons, Soc. ...
Francis Hopkinson
Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791), American Author And Statesman, One Of The Signers Of The Declaration Of Inde Pendence, Was Born In Philadelphia (pa.), Sept. 21, 1737. By His Father, Thomas Hopkinson, A Lawyer, First President Of The Ameri Can Philosophical Society, And A Trustee Of The College, He Was Enrolled As ...
Francis Horner
Horner, Francis British Economist, Born At Edinburgh On Aug. 12, 1778, Was Called To The Scottish Bar In 180o. Horner Removed To London In 5802, And Occupied The Interval That Elapsed Before His Admission To The English Bar In 1807 With Researches In Law, Philosophy And Political Economy. In February ...
Francis Hutcheson
Hutcheson, Francis English Philoso Pher, Was Born On Aug. 8, 1694, At Drumalig In Co. Down, The Son Of A Presbyterian Minister. From 1710 To 1716, He Studied Philosophy, Classics And Theology At Glasgow University, And Then Opened A Private Academy In Dublin Where He Made Many Friends Among The ...
Frank Hodges
Hodges, Frank (1887— ), British Politician, Was Born At Woolaston, Gloucestershire. At The Age Of 14 He Entered The Vivian Colliery At Abertillery, South Wales. In 1912 He Was Elected A Miners' Agent And Six Years Later Secretary Of The Miners' Federation Of Great Britain. He Became A Civil Lord ...
Frank Holl
Holl, Frank (1845-1888), English Painter, Was Born In London On July 4, 1845, And Was Educated Chiefly At University College School. He Was A Grandson Of William Holl, An Engraver Of Note, And The Son Of Francis Holl, A.r.a. Entering The Royal Academy Schools As A Probationer In Painting In ...
Franklin Henry Hooper
Hooper, Franklin Henry (1862— ), Editor Emeritus Of The Encyclopcedia Britannica, Was Born At Worcester, Mass., January 28, 1862, A Brother Of Horace Everett Hooper (q.v.) . He Graduated From Harvard In He Was Associated With The Century Co. From 1883 To 1896, Being One Of The Editors Of The ...
Franz Von Holtzendorff
Holtzendorff, Franz Von German Jurist, Born At Vietmannsdorf, Brandenburg, On Oct. 14, 1829, Studied Law At Bonn, Heidelberg And Berlin. In 186o He Was Nominated A Professor Extraordinary At Berlin. The Predominant Party In Prussia Regarded His Political Opinions With Mistrust, And He Did Not Become Full Professor Until February ...
Frederic Dan Huntington
Huntington, Frederic Dan Ameri Can Clergyman, First Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of Central New York, Was Born In Hadley, Mass., On May 28, 1819. He Gradu Ated At Amherst In 1839 And At The Harvard Divinity School In 1842. In 1842-55 He Was Pastor Of The South Congregational Church Of Boston, ...
Frederic Hrozny
Hrozny, Frederic ), Czech Orientalist And Archaeologist, Studied In Prague, Vienna, Berlin And London. In 1904 He Took Part In The Seelin Excavations In Ta'anuk (north Palestine), On The Basis Of Which He Wrote Die Keilschrif Ttexte Von Ta'annek (1904) And Die Neugefundenen Keilschrif Ttexte Von Ta'annek (1906). In 1905 ...
Frederick Hornemann
Hornemann, Frederick German Traveller In Africa, Was Born At Hildesheim. He Was A Young Man When, Early In 1796, He Offered His Services To The African Asso Ciation Of London As An Explorer In Africa. In Sept. 1797 He Arrived In Egypt, And, On Sept. 5, 1798, He Joined A ...
Frederick Yeates Hurlstone
Hurlstone, Frederick Yeates English Painter, Was Born In London, His Father Being A Proprietor Of The Morning Chronicle. F. Y. Hurlstone Studied Under Sir W. Beechey, Sir T. Lawrence And B. R. Haydon, And In 1820 Became A Student At The Royal Academy, Where He Soon Began To Exhibit. In ...
Friedrich Hoffmann
Hoffmann, Friedrich (166o-1742), German Physi Cian, A Member Of A Family That Had Been Connected With Medicine For 200 Years Before Him, Was Born At Halle On Feb. 19, 1660. On The Founding Of Halle University In 1693, He Received The Pri Marius Chair Of Medicine, And He Was Charged ...
Friedrich Lud Wig Hohenlohe Ingelfingen
Hohenlohe-ingelfingen, Friedrich Lud Wig, Prince Of Prussian General, Entered The Prussian Service In 1768, And Fought In The Campaign On The Rhine In 1794. In 1806 Hohenlohe Commanded The Left-wing Army Of The Prussian Forces Opposing Napoleon, Having Under Him Prince Louis Ferdinand Of Prussia. Disputes Soon Broke Out Between ...
Friedrich Von Holstein
Holstein, Friedrich Von From 1878 1906 Counsellor (vortragender Rat) In The Political Department Of The German Foreign Office, Was The Most Important Personality, After Bismarck, And Equally With William Ii., In The Political History Of The German Empire. The Following Account Will Give First The Chief Events In His Official ...
Friedrich Von Hugel
Hugel, Friedrich Von, Baron (1852-1925), Cath Olic Theologian, Son Of Karl Von Hugel (1775-187o), Baron Of The Holy Roman Empire, Was Born On May 5, 1852 At Florence. In 1867 The Family Moved To England, And Settled At Torquay. Von Hugel Later Became One Of The Most Sympathetic, Resourceful And ...
Garret Augustus Hobart
Hobart, Garret Augustus , Vice President Of The United States 1897-99, Was Born At Long Branch, N.j., On June 3, 1844. He Graduated At Rutgers College In 1863, Was Admitted To The Bar In 1869, Practised Law At Paterson, N.j., And Rose To Prominence In The State. He Was Long ...
George Gordon
George Gordon, 1st Marquess Of Huntly (1562-1636), Son Of The 5th Earl Of Huntly, And Of Anne, Daughter Of James Hamilton, Earl Of Arran And Duke Of Chatelherault, Was Born In 1562, And Educated In France As A Roman Catholic. He Took Part In The Plot Which Led To The ...
George Gordon_2
George Gordon, 2nd Marquess Of Huntly (d. 1649), His Eldest Son By Lady Henrietta, Daughter Of The Duke Of Lennox, Was Brought Up In England As A Protestant, And Created Earl Of Enzie By James I. His Influence In Scotland Was Employed By The King To Balance That Of Argyll ...
George Hudson
Hudson, George English Railway Finan Cier, Known As The "railway King," Was Born In York In March 1800. He Helped To Secure The Passing Of The York And North Midland Bill, And Was Elected Chairman Of The New Company— The Line Being Opened In 1839. From This Time He Turned ...
George Jacob Holyoake
Holyoake, George Jacob English Secularist And Co-operator, Was Born At Birmingham On April 13, 1817. At An Early Age He Became An Owenite Lecturer, And In 1841 Was The Last Person Convicted For Blasphemy In A Public Lecture, Though This Had No Theological Character And The Incriminating Words Were Merely ...
Georges Louis Humbert
Humbert, Georges Louis French General, Was Born At Gazeran (seine Et Oise) On April 8, 1862, And Entered The Military Academy Of St. Cyr In Oct. 1881. In March 1912 He Was Made A General Of Brigade, And In 1913 Was Sent To Morocco. On The Outbreak Of The World ...
Gerard Van Honthorst
Honthorst, Gerard Van Dutch Painter, Born At Utrecht On Nov. 4, 159o, Was Brought Up In The School Of Bloemart. He Then Went To Italy, Where He Copied The Naturalism And Eccentricities Of Michelangelo Da Caravaggio. Home Again In 1622, He Entered The Guild Of St. Luke, Becoming Dean In ...
Germany
Germany: Berlin, Deutsch. Bot. Gesell. (1882), Berichte (yearly), Bot. Zentralbl.; Freie Vereinigung F. Syst. U. Pflanzen Geog. (1903), Berichte; V Ereinigung F. Angewandte Bot. (1902), Angewandte Bot.; Gesell. Z. Forderung Deutsch. Pflanzenzucht 0908), Beitriige Z. Pflanzenzucht. Darmstadt, Deutsch. Gesell. F. Pilzkunde, Zeitschr. F. Pilzkunde And Pilze Mitteleurop. Dresden, "flora," Sachsische ...
Gettysburg Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, The Seven Days And Vicksburg, In The American Civil War Have Extensive Treatment, As Also Such Particular Phases As The Petersburg, Shenandoah Valley, And Wilderness Campaigns. Similarly With Worth, Metz And Sedan In 187o. The Events Of The World War Have Been Brought Into Historical Perspective, The Main ...
Gilbertmonell Hitchcock
Hitchcock,gilbertmonell Amer Ican Politician, Was Born At Omaha, Neb., On Sept. 18, 1859. He Was Educated At Omaha And Baden-baden (germany), And The Law School Of The University Of Michigan. He Was Admitted To The Bar In 1881 And Practised Law In Omaha For Four Years. In 1885 He Founded ...
Glycerides
Glycerides.) If R.x Is The Salt Of A Weak Acid And A Strong Base, Its Aqueous Solution Will React As A Base Towards An Indicator Such As Litmus, For The Acid R•h Is Only Feebly Ionised, And Hence The Hydroxyl Ions From The Base Will Predominate ; Potassium Cyanide And ...
Gottlieb Hufeland
Hufeland, Gottlieb (176o-1817), German Econo Mist And Jurist, Was Born At Danzig On Oct. 19, 1760. He Studied At Leipzig, Gottingen And Jena, And In 1788 Was Appointed To An Extraordinary Professorship At Jena. Five Years Later He Was Made Ordinary Professor. He Lectured On Natural Law, Devel Oping With ...
Gustav Eduard Von Hindersin
Hindersin, Gustav Eduard Von Prussian General, Was Born At Wernigerode Near Halberstadt On July 18, 1804. He Entered The Prussian Artillery In 182o, And In 1841, While Still A Subaltern, He Was Posted To The Great General Staff, In Which He Afterwards Directed The Topographical Section. He Served In The ...
Gustav Holst
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934), English Composer, Was Born At Cheltenham On Sept. 21, 1874. His Father Came Of A Swedish Family, One Branch Of Which Had Settled In England Early In The Century. Holst Entered The Royal College Of Music, London, In 1893, And Was A Pupil Of Stanford For Composition, ...
Gustav Von Hugo
Hugo, Gustav Von German Jurist, Was Born At Lorrach In Baden, On Nov. 23, 1764. He Became Extraor Dinary Professor Of Law At Gottingen In 1788, Ordinary Professor In 1792. In The Preface To His Beitrdge Zur Zivilistischen Bucher Kenntnis Der Letzten Vierzig Jahre (1828-29) He Gives A Sketch Of ...
Habsburgs And The House
Habsburgs And The House Of Orange By The Sudden Death Of The Duchess Mary In 1482 Her Posses Sions, Including The County Of Holland, Passed To Her Infant Son, Philip, Under The Guardianship Of His Father The Archduke Maxi Milian Of Austria. Thus The Burgundian Dynasty Was Succeeded By That ...
Hadeda Hodeida Hodeda
Hodeida (hodeda, Hadeda), A Town In Arabia Situated On The Red Sea Coast 14° 48' N. And 42° 57' E. It Lies On A Beach Of Muddy Sand Exposed To The Southerly And Westerly Winds. Steamers Anchor More Than A Mile From Shore, And Mer Chandise Is Carried By Means ...
Hans Holbein
Holbein, Hans, The Elder (c. 146o-1524), Belonged To A Celebrated Family Of Painters In Practice At Augsburg And Basle From The Close Of The 15th To The Middle Of The I6th Century. He Was Born At Augsburg Between 1460 And 1470, The Son Of Michael Holbein, A Tanner ; The ...
Hans Holbein_2
Holbein, Hans, The Younger , German Painter, Son Of Hans Holbein The Elder, Was Born At Augsburg In He Received The First Lessons From His Father. In 1515 He Went To Basle With His Brother Ambrosius And Probably Worked As An Apprentice Under Hans Herbst. One Of His First Patrons ...
Hans Von Hopfen
Hopfen, Hans Von (1835-1904), German Novelist And Poet, Born At Munich On Jan. 3, 1835, Became One Of The Circle Of Young Writers Encouraged By Maximilian Ii. Of Bavaria. His Early Songs And Ballads Appeared In The Miinchener Dichterbuch. In 1866 He Settled In Berlin, Where He Died (at Lichterfelde) ...
Harald Hoffding
Hoffding, Harald (1843-1931), Danish Philosopher, Was Born And Educated In Copenhagen Where He Became A Pro Fessor In 1883. For }lading The Chief Problems Of Philosophy Are (a) The Problem Of Knowledge (the Logical Problem) ; (b) The Problem Of Existence (the Cosmological Problem) ; (c) The Prob Lem Of ...
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue Ameri Can Sculptor, Was Born At Watertown (mass.), On Oct. 9, 183o. She Early Showed An Aptitude For Modelling, And Studied Anatomy With Her Father, A Physician, And Afterwards At The St. Louis Medical College. She Then Studied In Boston Until 1852, When She Went To Rome. ...
Heinrich Julius Holtzmann
Holtzmann, Heinrich Julius Ger Man Protestant Theologian, Was Born On May 17, 1832 At Karls Ruhe, Where His Father, K. J. Holtzmann, Ultimately Became Prel Ate And Counsellor To The Supreme Consistory. Julius Studied At Berlin, And Became (1874) Professor At Strasbourg. He Wrote Commentaries On The Synoptics (1889; 3rd ...
Henry Carey Hunsdon
Hunsdon, Henry Carey, 1st Baron (c. 1596), English Soldier And Courtier, Was A Son Of William Carey (d. 1529) ; His Mother Was Mary (d. A Sister Of Anne Boleyn, And He Was Consequently Cousin To Queen Elizabeth. Member Of Parliament For Buckingham Under Edward Vi. And Mary, He Was ...
Henry Edwards Huntington
Huntington, Henry Edwards American Railway Executive And Financier, Was Born At Oneonta, N.y., On Feb. 27, 185o. He Received A Common School Education, But His Success In Positions Of Trust Offered Him By His Uncle, Collis P. Huntington (q.v.), Railway Magnate, Early Resulted In His Promotion To Executive Posts Of ...
Henry Fox Holland
Holland, Henry Fox, 1st Baron (i 705-i 7 I 4), Eng Lish Statesman, Second Son Of Sir Stephen Fox, Was Born On Sept. 28, 1705. Inheriting A Large Share Of The Riches Which His Father Had Accumulated, He Squandered It Soon After Attaining His Ma Jority, And Went To The ...
Henry Holden Huss
Huss, Henry Holden (1862– ), American Musi Cian, Was Born In Newark, N.j., On June 21, 1862, Of Bohemian Ancestry. He Was Reared In A Musical Atmosphere, And In 1882 Graduated From The Royal Conservatoire At Munich. Besides Playing The Piano And Composing, Huss Has Been Prominent In New York ...
Henry Houssaye
Houssaye, Henry (1848-1911), French Historian, Son Of The Preceding, Was Born In Paris. His Early Writings Were De Voted To Classical Antiquity, And To Greek History. He Is Best Known, However, For His Works On The Napoleonic Period. These Include : 1814 (1888), Which Went Through No Fewer Than 46 ...
Henry Hudson
Hudson, Henry, English Navigator And Explorer. The First Of His Voyages In Quest Of New Trade And A Short Route To China By Way Of The North Pole, In Accordance With The Sug Gestion Of Robert Thorne (d. 1527), Was Made For The Muscovy Company With Ten Men And A ...
Henry Hunt
Hunt, Henry (1773-1835), English Reformer, Was Born At Upavon, Wilts., On Nov. 6. He Was For Many Years The Most Prominent Among The More Extreme English Reformers Under The Oppression Of Sidmouth And Castlereagh : Indeed, After The De Fection Of Burdett He Had A Position Which Was Almost That ...
Henry Jackson Hunt
Hunt, Henry Jackson (1819-1889), American Sol Dier, Was Born In Detroit, Mich., On Sept. 14, 1819, And Gradu Ated At The U.s. Military Academy In 1839. He Served With Great Gallantry In The Mexican War, Became Captain In 1852, And Major In 1861. His Professional Attainments Were Great, And In ...
Henry Rich Holland
Holland, Henry Rich, 1st Earl Of (159o-1649), 2nd Son Of Robert, 1st Earl Of Warwick, And Of Penelope, Sir Philip Sidney's "stella," Daughter Of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl Of Essex, Was Baptized On Aug. 59, 159o, Educated At Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Knighted In 161o, And Returned To Parliament For Leicester ...
Henry Richard Vassall Fox
Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron (1773-1840), Was The Son Of Stephen Fox, And Baron Holland, And His Wife Nee Lady Mary Fitzpatrick. He Was Born At Winterslow House, Wiltshire, On Nov. 21, 1773, And His Father Died In 1774. He Was Admitted To The Privy Council In 1806, ...
Henry Scott Holland
Holland, Henry Scott (1847-1918), English Divine, Was Born At Ledbury, Hereford, On Jan. 27, 1847. He Was Edu Cated At Eton And At Balliol College, Oxford; In 5872 He Was Ordained, Becoming The Same Year A Tutor At Christ Church. In 1882 He Was Senior Proctor Of The University, And ...
Henry Sinclair Horne Horne
Horne, Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Cr. 1919 (1861— '929), British General, Was Born On Feb. 1, 1861. He Joined The Royal Artillery In 188o And Served On The Staff Through Out The South African War (1899-1902) . In 1912 He Became Inspector Of Artillery, And In Aug. 1914 Went ...
Herbert Clark Hoover
Hoover, Herbert Clark ), President Of The United States, Was Born On Aug. 10, 1874, In The Farming Village Of West Branch, Ia. He Is The Second Of Three Children Of Jesse And Huldah Minthorn Hoover, Both Quakers With A Long American Quaker Ancestry. Jesse Hoover, The Father, Was The ...
Hermann Eduard Von Holst
Holst, Hermann Eduard Von German-american Historian, Was Born At Fellin In The Province Of Livonia On June 19, 1841. Barred From His Tutorship In Russia Because Of A Political Article, He Emigrated To America In 1867, Remaining There Until 1872. He Was Professor Of History In The University Of Strasbourg ...
Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs
Hinrichs, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm German Hegelian Philosopher, Studied Theology At Strassburg, And Philosophy At Heidelberg Under Hegel (q.v.), Who Wrote A Preface To His Religion Im Innern Verhaltniss Zue Wissenschaft (heidelberg, 1822) Directed Against Schleiermacher. He Became A Privatdozent In 1819, And Held Professorships At Breslau (2822) And Halle (2824). ...
Hermann Hupfeld
Hupfeld, Hermann (1796-1866), German Orientalist And Biblical Commentator, Was Born On March 31, 1796, At Mar Burg, And Was Educated In His Native Town And In Halle, Where In 1824 He Became A Teacher In The University. In The Following Year He Was Appointed Professor Of Theology At Marburg, But ...
Hindki
Hindki, The Name Given To The Hindus Of The Khatri Class Who Inhabit Afghanistan. It Is Also Loosely Used On The Upper In Dus, In Dir, Bajour, Etc., To Denote The Speakers Of Punjabi Or Any Of Its Dialects. ...
Hindley
Hindley, An Urban District, Westhoughton Parliamentary Division, Lancashire, England, 2 M. South-east Of Wigan, On L.m.s. And L.n.e. Railways. Pop. (1931) 21,629. Cotton-spinning And Weaving Are The Principal Industries And There Are Extensive Coal Mines In The Neighbourhood. ...
Hindostan
Hindostan Is A Persian Word, And In Modern Persian Is Pronounced "hindustan." It Means The Country Of The Hindus. In Mediaeval Persian The Word Was "hindustan," With An O, But In The Modern Language The Distinctions Between E And I And Between Ö And U Have Been Lost. Indian Languages ...
Hindostani Language
Hindostani Language (properly Hindustani, Of Or Belonging To Hindostan), The Name Given By Europeans To An Indo-aryan Dialect (whose Home Is In The Upper Gangetic Doab And Near The City Of Delhi), Which, Owing To Political Causes, Has Become The Great Lingua Franca Of Modern India. The Name Is Not ...
Hindostani Literature
Hindostani Literature. Hindustani Is The Ver Nacular Of The Part Of India Called Hindostan,—that Is, The Jumna And Ganges Valleys As Far East As The River Kosi, Rajputana, Cen Tral India (bundelkhand And Baghelkhand), The Narmada Valley As Far West As Khandwa, And The N. Half Of The Central Provinces. ...
Hindu Kush
Hindu Kush, A Range Of Mountains In Central Asia. Throughout Soo M. Of Its Length, From The Pamir Region To The Koh-i-baba, West Of Kabul, It Forms The Water-divide Between The Kabul And The Oxus Basins, And, For The First 200 M. Is The Southern Boundary Of Afghanistan. Probably It ...
Hinduism
Hinduism, A Term Generally Employed To Comprehend The Social Institutions, Past And Present, Of The Great Majority Of The People Of India As Well As Their Religious Beliefs. Hinduism Is Also Used In A Narrower Sense, As Denoting More Especially The Modern Phase Of Indian Social And Religious Institutions From ...
Hindur Or Nalagarh
Hindur Or Nalagarh, Hill State, Punjab, India. Pop. (1931) 50,015; Area, 256 Sq.m. ; Estimated Revenue, £ 20,000. The Country Was Overrun By The Gurkhas For Some Years Before 1815, When They Were Driven Out By The British, And The Raja Was Confirmed In Possession Of The Territory. ...
Hinganghat
Hinganghat, A Town Of British India In The Wardha Dis Trict Of The Central Provinces, 21 Miles S.w. Of Wardha, On The Railway To Chanda. Pop. (1931) 22,601. It Has Given Its Name To One Of The Best Known Indigenous Cotton Staples In India. It Is A Flourishing Place With ...
Hinge
Hinge, A Movable Joint, E.g., Of A Door Or Window (m.e. Hengen, To Hang) ; Any Device Joining Two Parts Together, But Allow Ing Them To Move Upon Each Other (see Joinery). Figuratively, The Word Is Used Of A Turning Point Or Crisis On Which Something Depends. In Modern Industrial ...
Hingham
Hingham, A Town Of Plymouth County, Mass., U.s.a., On Massachusetts Bay, I2m. S.e. Of Boston; Served By The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad. The Area Is 3o Sq.m., And The Population In 1930 Was 6,657. It Is Primarily A Residential Town And A Summer Resort. It Has Some ...
Hinny
Hinny, A Hybrid Between A Horse And An Ass In Which The Latter Is The Female Parent. (see Mule.) ...
Hinsdale
Hinsdale, A Residential Village Of Du Page County, Ill., U.s.a., On The Burlington (railway) Route, 17m. W.s.w. Of Chi Cago. The Population In 1920 Was 4,042, And Was 6,923 In 1930 By The Federal Census. Since 1908 It Has Had A Commission Manager Form Of Government. ...
Hinterland
Hinterland, The Region Lying Behind A Littoral Country Dependent For Trade Or Commerce Upon It. As A Political Term The Word First Came Into Prominence During 1883-85, When Germany Insisted On Her Right To Exercise Jurisdiction In The Territory Behind Those Parts Of The African Coast That She Had Occupied, ...
Hiong Nu Hiung Nu
Hiung-nu, Hiong-nu, Heung-nu, A People Who About The End Of The 3rd Century B.c. Formed, According To Chinese Records, A Powerful Empire From The Great Wall Of China To The Caspian. A Theory Which Seems Plausible Is That Which Assumes Them To Have Been A Heterogeneous Collection Of Mongol, Tungus, ...
Hip
Hip. (1) (from O.e. Hype, A Word Common In Various Forms To Many Teutonic Languages; Cf. Dutch, Heap, And Ger., Hufte), The Projecting Part Of The Body Formed By The Top Of The Thigh Bone And The Side Of The Pelvis, In Quadrupeds Generally Known As The Haunch (see Joints ...
Hipdocras
Hipdocras. An Old Medicinal Drink Or Cordial, Made Of Wine Mixed With Spices—such As Cinnamon, Ginger, And Sugar— And Strained Through Woollen Cloths. The Early Spelling Usual In English Was Ipocras Or Ypocras. The Word Is An Adaptation Of The M.lat. Vinum Hippocraticum, Or Wine Of Hippocrates, So Called, Not ...
Hipparchus
Hipparchus (ft. 146-126 B.c.), Greek Astronomer, Was Born At Nicaea In Bithynia Early In The 2nd Century B.c. He Observed In The Island Of Rhodes Probably From 161, And Made The Capital Discovery Of The Precession Of The Equinoxes In 13o. (see Astronomy : History.) Hipparchus Founded Trigonometry, Invented The ...
Hipparion
Hipparion, One Of The Extinct Horses Which Spread From North America Over Europe And Asia During The Lower Pliocene. Hipparion (or Hippotherium) Was Not Directly Ancestral To The Modern Horse (equus), But Probably Represents A Lateral Off Shoot Derived From Merychippus. It Is The Most Abundant Fossil In The So-called ...
Hippasos Of Metapontum
Hippasos Of Metapontum, Pythagorean Philoso Pher, Was One Of The Earliest Disciples Of Pythagoras. Nothing Is Known Of His Life. Diogenes Laertius Says That He Left No Writings, But Other Authorities Ascribe To Him A Xh Yos Directed Against The Pythagoreans. According' To Aristotle (met., I. 3), He Held The ...
Hippeastrum
Hippeastrum, In Botany, A Genus Of The Family Amaryl Lidaceae, Containing About 75 Species Of Bulbous Plants, Natives Of Tropical And Sub-tropical South America. The Various Forms In Cultivation Are Generally Known As Amaryllis. The Handsome Fun Nel-shaped Flowers Are Borne In A Cluster Of Two To Many, At The ...
Hipped Roof
Hipped Roof, In Architecture, A Roof Which Starts On All Sides On The Same Level At The Eaves And Slopes Up Towards A Ridge Or Point In The Centre. Hipped Roofs Were Apparently Common In The Domestic Work Of The Mediterranean Countries From The Time Of Greece, And Are Still ...
Hippias Of Elis
Hippias Of Elis, Greek Sophist, Was Born About The Middle Of The 5th Century B.c. At Athens He Made The Acquaint Ance Of Socrates, And Seems To Have Lectured On Politics, Mathe Matics, Music And Astronomy. He Boasted That He Was More Popular Than Protagoras, And Could Deliver An Extempore ...
Hippo
Hippo, Greek Philosopher And Natural Scientist Of The Ionian Or Physical School, Was Probably A Contemporary Of Archelaus And Lived Chiefly In Athens. Aristotle Thought Him Unworthy Of The Name Of Philosopher. Hippo Held That The Principle Of All Things Is Moisture (to Vypnv) ; That Fire Develops From Water, ...
Hippocrates And The Hippocratic
Hippocrates And The Hippocratic Col Lection. The Attitude Of Scholars Towards Hippocrates And The Hippocratic Problem Has Altered Greatly During The Last Quarter Of A Century. Serious Investigators Now Agree That We Know Next To Nothing Of The Man And That Few, If Any, Of The Works To Which His ...
Hippocratic Oath
Hippocratic Oath, Still Taken At Some Universities By Graduates In Medicine, Whereby They Undertake Not To Divulge Confidential Information. (see Privilege.) See Medicine, His Tory Of : The Hippocratic Oath. ...
Hippocrene
Hippocrene (gr. Ii'irov ,cprivrl ), "the Fountain Of The Horse," The Spring On Mt. Helicon, In Boeotia, Which Like The Other Spring There, Aganippe, Was Sacred To The Muses And Apollo, And Hence Taken As The Source Of Poetic Inspiration. The Spring, Sur Rounded By An Ancient Wall, Is Now ...
Hippodamus
Hippodamus, Of Miletus, A Greek Architect Of The 5th Century B.c. Who Introduced A System Of Town Planning, In Series Of Broad Straight Streets, Cutting Each Other At Right Angles. He Planned The Harbour-town Peiraeeus At Athens For Pericles About B.c. And Was Architect To The Athenian Colony Which Founded ...
Hippodrome
Hippodrome, A Greek Building For Horse And Chariot Races, Corresponding To The Roman Circus. It Was Usually Placed On A Hill Slope, So That The Excavated Material From One Side Could Serve For An Embankment For The Other. One End Was Semi Circular And The Other Square. The Seats Ran ...
Hippolytus
Hippolytus (d. C. 23o), A Writer Of The Early Church, Whose Personality Was Enveloped In Mystery Before The Dis Covery In 1851 Of The Philosophumena (see Below). Assuming The Authenticity Of This Work, And Correlating It With Tradition, We Get A Tolerably Clear Picture. Hippolytus Was Born In The Second ...
Hippolytus_2
Hippolytus, In Greek Legend, Son Of Theseus And Hippo Lyte, Queen Of The Amazons (or Of Her Sister Antiope), A Famous Hunter And Charioteer And Favourite Of Artemis. His Stepmother Phaedra Became Enamoured Of Him, But, Finding Her Advances Rejected, She Hanged Herself, Leaving A Letter In Which She Accused ...
Hipponax
Hipponax, Of Ephesus, Greek Iambic Poet. Expelled From Ephesus In 540 B.c. By The Tyrant Athenagoras, He Took Refuge In Clazomenae, Where He Spent The Rest Of His Life In Poverty. He Was Caricatured By The Chian Sculptors Bupalus And Athenis, Upon Whom He Revenged Himself By A Series Of ...
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus, The Largest Living Non-ruminating Even Toed Mammal (see Artiodactyla). The Common Hippopotamus (h. Amphibius) Inhabits The Large Rivers Of Africa, Though Its Range Has Now Become Much Restricted. It Is The Type Of The Family Hippopotomidae, Whose Nearest Relatives Are The Pigs. In Form The Hippopotamus Is Huge And ...
Hippuric Acid
Hippuric Acid, Found In The Urine Of Horses (whence The Gr. Derivation) And Other Herbivorae. It Is Excreted When Certain Aromatic Compounds, Such As Benzoic Acid And Toluene, Are Taken Internally. It Is One Of The Amino-acids, Being Ben Zoylaminoacetic Acid, Or Benzoyl Glycine. It Crystallizes In Rhombic Prisms Which ...
Hira
Hira, Capital Of Old Arabian Kingdom Of Lakhmid Dynasty, 4 M. S.e. Of Modern Najaf In `iraq, Founded 2nd Century B.c. Practically Subordinate To The Sasanian Empire, This Kingdom, Comprising The Euphrates Valley And Upper Part Of The Persian Gulf, Constituted A Buffer State Towards Arabia. After The Battle Of ...
Hirado
Hirado, An Island Belonging To Japan, 191 M. Long And 6 M. Wide, Lying Off The West Coast Of The Province Of Hizen, Kyushu, In 33° 15' N. And 129° 25' E. It Is Celebrated As The Site Of The Original Dutch Factory—often Erroneously Written Firando—and As The Place Where ...
Hire Purchase
Hire Purchase: See Instalment Selling. Hire-purchase-agreement: See Instalment Purchase ; Instalment Selling. ...
Hiring
Hiring, In Law, A Contract By Which One Man Grants The Use Of A Thing To Another In Return For A Certain Price. It Corresponds To The Locatio-conductio Of Roman Law. That Contract Was Either A Letting Of A Thing (locatio-conductio Rei) Or Of Labour (locatio Operarum). The Distinguishing Feature ...
Hirohito
Hirohito ), Emperor Of Japan, Was Born On April 29, 1901, Son Of Emperor Yoshihito. While Crown Prince Hirohito Visited Europe In 1921, And In That Year The Emperor Yoshihito Retired From Public Affairs On The Ground Of Ill-health, Leaving The Government To Hirohito As Prince Regent. Hirohito Married Princess ...
Hirosaki
Hirosaki, A Town Of North Japan, 22 M. S.w. Of Aomori By Rail. Pop. C. 40,000. The Fine Isolated Cone Of Iwakisan, A Mountain Of Pilgrimage, Rises To The West. Hirosaki Is Noted For Its Distinctive Green Lacquer-ware. ...
Hiroshige
Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese Artist, Was One Of The Principal Members Of That Branch Of The Ukiyo-ye Or Popular School Of Painting In Japan, A School Which Chiefly Made Colour Prints. His Family Name Was Ando Tokitaro ; That Under Which He Is Known Having Been, In Accordance With Japanese Practice, ...
Hiroshima
Hiroshima, A City Seaport And District Of Central Japan. Pop. (1930), 270,417. It Is Very Beautifully Situated On A Small Plain Surrounded By Hills, The Bay Being Studded With Islands. It Is One Of The Most Important Commercial Centres On The Inland Sea. The Government Has An Area Of About ...
Hirpini
Hirpini, From An Oscan Or Sabine Stem Hirpo-, "wolf." An Inland Samnite Tribe In The South Of Italy, Whose Territory Was Bounded By That Of The Lucani On The South, The Campani On The South-west, The Appuli (apuli) And Frentani On The East And North-east. On The North We Find ...
Hirsau
Hirsau (formerly Hirschau), A Village Of Germany, In Wurttemberg, On The Nagold-pforzheim Railway, 2 M. N. Of Calw. Pop. 1,219. Hirsau Has Some Small Manufactures, But It Owes Its Origin And Historical Interest To Its Former Benedictine Monastery, Monasterium Hirsaugiense, At One Period One Of The Most Famous In Europe. ...