Hose
Hose, The Name Of An Article Of Dress Used For Various Forms Of A Long Stocking, Covering Both The Foot And Leg (see Hosiery). ...
Hosea
Hosea, A Hebrew Prophet Of The 8th Century B.c., Whose Oracles Are Addressed To The Northern Kingdom (israel), To Which He Seems To Have Belonged (vii. 5). The Old Testament Book Bearing His Name Is The First In Order Of "the Twelve Prophets," A Unity From At Least The Beginning ...
Hoshangabad
Hoshangabad, A Town And District Of British India In The Nerbudda Division Of The Central Provinces. Founded By Hoshang Shah, A Malwa King In The 15th Century, The Town Came Into Prominence After Its Capture By Bhopal In 172o. Between Then And 1818, When It Came Under British Rule, It ...
Hoshea
Hoshea (heb. For "deliverance"), The Last King Of Israel, In The Bible. The Attempt Of His Predecessor Pekah To Take Jeru Salem With The Help Of His Ally Rasun (rezin) Of Damascus Was Frustrated By The Intervention Of Tiglath-pileser Iii. (see Ahaz), Who Attacked Gilead, Galilee And The North Frontier, ...
Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur, A Town Of British India, In The Punjab. Pop. (1931), 26,73o. It Was Founded, According To Tradition, About The Early Part Of The 14th Century. In 1809 It Was Occupied By Ranjit Singh. The Maharaja And His Successors Maintained A Considerable Cantonment I M. S.e. Of The Town, And ...
Hosiery
Hosiery. This Familiar Term Originally Referred To Articles Worked In The Knitted Stitch Used For Footwear And Underwear, But It Has Come Gradually To Embrace A Much Larger Range Of Knitted Products Than Those Specified. The Knitted Stitch Has Greatly Extended Its Field Of Usefulness And Through All Those Developments ...
Hosius Or
Hosius Or Osius (c. 359), Bishop Of Cordova, Was Born Probably At Cordova. He Was Elected To That See Before The End Of The 3rd Century And Narrowly Escaped Martyrdom In The Persecution Of Maximian (303-305). In 305 Or 3o6 He Attended The Council Of Illiberis Or Elvira, And Upheld ...
Hospice
Hospice, The Name Frequently Given To The Guest-houses Established For The Reception Of Pilgrims And Travellers Within The Precincts Or Upon The Property Of Religious Houses. It Is Specially Associated With The Hospices Of The Great And Little St. Bernard Passes In The Alps ; But The Word Hospitium, As ...
Hospital Planning
Hospital Planning. The World-wide Advance In Medical Science And Public Health In Recent Years Has Effected A Similar Growth In The Scope Of Hospital Work And The Demand For Adequate Hospital Service. The More Varied And Complex Require Ments Of Diagnosis, Treatment And Research, And Medical And Nurs Ing Education ...
Hospital
Hospital, A Term Now In General Use For Institutions In Which Medical Treatment Is Given To The Sick Or Injured. The Place Where A Guest Was Received Was In Lat. Hospitium (fr. Hospice), But The Adjective Hospitalis Came Into Use In The Same Sense. Hence Were Derived On The One ...
Hospodar
Hospodar, A Term Of Slavonic Origin, Meaning "lord" (russ. Gospodar). It Is A Derivative Of Gospod, "lord," And Is Akin To Gosudar, Which Primarily Means "sovereign." In Little Russian The Title Hospodar Is Specially Applied To The Master Of A House Or The Head Of A Family. The Rulers Of ...
Host I
Host. (i) One Who Provides Another With Lodging And Enter Tainment (lat. Hospes, A Guest Or Host). In Biology, An Animal Or Plant Upon Which A Parasite Lives. (2) An Army, And Generally Any Multitude (lat. Hostis, A Stranger Or Enemy). In Biblical Use The Word Is Applied To The ...
Hostage
Hostage, A Person Handed Over By One Of Two Belligerent Parties To The Other Or Seized As Security For The Carrying Out Of An Agreement, Or As A Preventive Measure Against Certain Acts Of War. The Practice Of Taking Hostages Is Very Ancient, And Has Been Used Constantly In Negotiations ...
Hostel
Hostel, The Old Name For An Inn (see Hospital, Ad Init.); Also Employed At Oxford And Cambridge To Designate The Lodg Ings Which Were In Ancient Times Occupied By Students Of The University. In Some Of The English Public Schools The "hostel" System Provides The Lodging Accommodation Under Separate Mas ...
Hostius
Hostius, Roman Epic Poet, Probably Flourished In The 2nd Century B.c. He Was The Author Of A Bellum Histricum In At Least Seven Books, Of Which Only A Few Fragments Remain. The Poem Is Probably Intended To Celebrate The Victory Gained In 129 B.c. By Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus (consul And ...
Hosur
Hosur, Town, British India, In The Salem District Of Madras, 24 M. E. Of Bangalore. Pop. (1931) 6,071. It Contains An Old Fort, Frequently Mentioned In The History Of The Mysore Wars. Close By Is A Large Remount Depot. ...
Hot Blast
Hot Blast. The Apparently Insignificant Idea, Introduced By Neilson In 1828, Of Sending Hot Air Instead Of Cold Into A Blast Furnace Created A Revolution In Smelting Practice, For It Enabled A Much Greater Quantity Of Ore To Be Smelted For A Given Amount Of Fuel, While Furnaces Could Be ...
Hot Springs
Hot Springs, A City Of Arkansas, U.s.a., At The Eastern Base Of The Ouachita Mountains, 55m. W.s.w. Of Little Rock. It Is On Federal Highways 70 And 27o; Is Served By Rock Island And Missouri Pacific Railways ; And Has A Municipal Airport. The Resi Dent Population Was 11,695 In ...
Hot Springs_2
Hot Springs, A Village Of Bath County, Va., U.s.a., Near The Western Boundary Of The State, In A Lovely Valley Of The Allegheny Mountains, 2,20oft. Above Sea-level. It Is Served By The Chesapeake And Ohio Railway. The Population Was About 1,1 Oo In 1928. It Has Long Been A Health ...
Hotch Pot Or Hotchpotch
Hotch-pot Or Hotchpotch, In Common Law, The Name Given To A Rule Of Equity Whereby A Person, Interested Along With Others In A Common Fund, And Having Already Received Something In The Same Interest, Is Required To Surrender What Has Been So Acquired Into The Common Fund, On Pain Of ...
Hotel De Ville
Hotel De Ville, The Town Hall Of A French Municipal Ity. The Most Ancient Example Still In Perfect Preservation Is That At St. Antonin (tarn-et-garonne) Dating From The Middle Of The 12th Century. Other Fine Town Halls Are Those Of Compiegne, Orleans, Saumur, Beaugency And St. Quentin. The Hotel De ...
Hotel Dieu
Hotel-dieu, The Term Applied In France To Any Hospital In The Middle Ages, Now Reserved To Those Whose History Goes Back To Mediaeval Times. Many Examples From The Gothic Period Still Remain, Notably That Of Angers 0'53-84), The So-called Salle Des Morts At Ourscamps (early 13th Century), And That Of ...
Hotel
Hotel. There Is No Legal Definition In Great Britain Of The Word "hotel," And The Term Is Loosely Applied To A Wide Variety Of Establishments Having Very Little In Common—to The More Pre Tentious Public-house And To The Larger Type Of Boarding-house, As Well As To The Luxuriously Appointed, Fully ...
Hoti Mardan Or Mardan
Hoti-mardan Or Mardan, A Frontier Cantonment Of British India In The Peshawar District Of The North-west Frontier Province (q.v.), Situated 15 M. N. Of Nowshera. Pop. (1921), 10,930. It Was Long Famous As The Permanent Headquarters Of The Corps Of Guides, Now Placed In The Line Of The Army. ...
Hotin
Hotin, A Fortified Town And Capital Of A Department Of Bessarabia, Rumania, Situated On The Right Bank Of The Dniester, On The Frontier Of The Ukraine And Near That Of Poland. Pop. 15,287. Hotin Possesses Manufactures Of Leather, Candles, Beer, Shoes And Bricks, And Does An Export Trade In Local ...
Hotman
Hotman, Francois (hotomanu5) French Jurist, Was Born On Aug. 23, 1524, In Paris, Of A Family Of Silesian Origin. He Took His Doctorate In Law At Orleans, Practised For Some Time At The Paris Bar, And In 1546 Became Professor Of Roman Law In The University. But In 1s47 He ...
Hottentots
Hottentots, A Nomadic Pastoral People Inhabiting The Western Half Of South Africa. They Are Closely Allied To The Bushmen (q.v.) In Racial Characteristics And In Language, But Seem To Have Been Affected In Culture And In Certain Features Of Language By Hamitic Admixture. They Comprise A Number Of Tribes, Each ...
Houdetot
Houdetot, A French Noble Family, Taking Its Name From The Lordship Of Houdetot, Between Argues And St. Valery. Louis De Houdetot Went With Robert, Duke Of Normandy, To Palestine In 1034, And The Various Branches Of The Family Trace Descent From Richard I. De Houdetot (fl. 1229), Who Married Marie ...
Houffalize
Houffalize, A Small Town Nearly I,1 Oo Ft. Above Sea Level In The Extreme South-east Of The Province Of Luxemburg, Belgium. It Is A Summer Resort With Fine Bracing Air. There Are The Ruins Of An Old Castle, And Some Remains Of The Still Older Abbey Of Val Des Ecoliers. ...
Houghton Le Spring
Houghton-le-spring, Market Town, Urban District, In The Houghton-le-spring Parliamentary Division, Durham, England, 6 M. North-east Of The City Of Durham. Pop. 10,492. It Is Situated At The Head Of A Small Tributary Of The Wear. St. Michael's Church Is An Early English And Decorated Building, With An Embattled Rectory. Bernard ...
Houghton
Houghton, A Town Of Michigan, U.s.a., In The Produc Tive Copper Region Of The Upper Peninsula, On Portage Lake, Oppo Site Hancock; A Port Of Entry, The County Seat Of Houghton County, And The Seat Of The Michigan School Of Mines (opened 1886). It Is On Federal Highway 41, And ...
Houma
Houma, A City Of Southern Louisiana, U.s.a., On Bayou Terrebonne, 5om. S.w. Of New Orleans, In A Natural Gas Field; The Parish Seat Of Terrebonne Parish. It Is Served By The Southern Pacific Railway And By Water Transportation. The Population Was 5,16o In 1920 (27% Negroes L And Was 6,s31 ...
Hound
Hound, A Dog; Now Used Only Of Dogs Of The Chase, And Especially Of Fox-hounds. Other Breeds Have A Defining Word Pre Fixed; E.g., Boar-hound, Stag-hound, Etc. (see Doc.) (cynoglossum), A Widely Distributed Genus Of The Family Boraginaceae, Including Several Species Native To Great Britain And North America. The Common ...
Hounslow
Hounslow, A Town In Middlesex, England, 121 M. W. By S. Of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Pop. (1921) 23,506. It Is A Residential Suburb Of London At The Junction Of Two Great Roads From The West Of England And Was An Important Coaching Sta Tion. A Priory Of Friars Of ...
Hour Angle
Hour Angle, The Angular Distance Of A Heavenly Body From The Meridian, As Measured Around The Celestial Pole. It Is Equal To The Angle At Lhe Pole Between The Hour Circle Through The Body And The Meridian, But Is Usually Expressed In Time. A Device For Measuring Intervals Of Time, ...
Hour
Hour, The 24th Part Of A Civil Day, A Space Of Time Of 6o Minutes' Duration. The Word Is Derived Through The O.fr. Ure, From Lat. Nora, Gr. Wpa, Season (see Calendar). ...
Houri
Houri, The Term For A Beautiful Virgin Who Awaits The Devout Muhammadan In Paradise. The Word Is The French Representative Of The Pers. Huri, Arab. Hawrd', A Black-eyed Virgin, From Hawira, To Be Black-eyed, Like A Gazelle. See J. Horovitz, Das Koranische Parodies (1923, Bibl.) . ...
Hours Of Labour
Hours Of Labour. The Apprentice Of The Middle Ages Was Bound Under The Terms Of His Indenture To Obey His Master In All Things And To Devote, If Need Be, All His Time To His Master's Interests. When He Became A Journeyman He Was Little Better Off, Except That He ...
House Boat
House Boat. In Its Simplest Form A House Boat Consists Of A Cabin Of One Or Two Rooms Built On A Flat Bottom Scow, Draw Ing Only From 12 To 24 In. Of Water, And Usually With A Platform Or Porch At Either End. In The East Wherever Water Is ...
House Of Correction Or
House Of Correction Or Bridewell, In Eng Land And The United States A Prison For The Confinement Of Petty Offenders. Originating As A Workhouse, A Place Of Compulsory Employment For Vagrants And Others Out Of Work, The House Of Correction In England For A Hundred Years Performed A Useful Service ...
House Of Issue
House Of Issue, An Investment Banking House Which Underwrites, Advertises, And Undertakes The Sale Of An Issue Of Stocks Or Bonds For A Corporation. It Is Known As The House Of Issue To Distinguish It From Other Banking Houses Which May Be Merely Participants In The Disposal Of The Securities. ...
House Of Representatives
House Of Representatives, That One Of The Two Houses Of The United States Congress Which Represents The People Directly, As Contrasted With The Senate Which Represents The States; Often Called The Lower House. The Name Is Also Given To Most Of The Corresponding Lower Houses Of The State Govern Ments. ...
House Planning
House Planning. House Planning As An Art Has Achieved Its Highest Development In America. It Is No Disparage Ment To The Great Contributions Of The Germans, The Dutch, And The French To Say That The Americans, Both In The United States And In Latin America, Have Been Able To Profit ...
House Sparrow
House Sparrow (passer Domesticus), A Bird Char Acterized By Its Attachment To Human Habitations; It Destroys Noxious Insects, But In Part Counterbalances This By Its Ravages On Crops. Its Range Extends To Northern Scandinavia And Russia. In The Years 186o-66 More Than 200 House Sparrows (called, In America, English Sparrows) ...
House
House, Originally Any Structure Built For Human Habitation; By Extension The Word Is Used At The Present Time In A Much Wider Sense, As Of A Building Which Is The Centre Of Activity Of An Organ Ization (e.g., Houses Of Parliament). Thus In Certain Universities, Schools And Colleges, Dormitories Are ...
Household Appliances
Household Appliances. Domestic Help, Previously Plentiful And Cheap In Most Countries, Is Now, Especially In The Industrial Centres, Difficult To Obtain. As In Industry, When Labour Is Difficult To Obtain, More Efficient Methods Must Be Introduced To Obtain The Same Volume Of Work. Labour- And Time-saving Appliances Must Be Employed ...
Housekeeping
Housekeeping. The Control Or Management Of House Hold Affairs, Including (i) The Provision Of Sufficient And Suitable Food For All Members Of The Household, (2) The Control Of House Hold Expenditure, (3) The Engaging And Supervision Of Servants And (4) The Responsibility For The Cleaning, Warming And Lighting Of The ...
Housel
Housel, The English Name, Until The Time Of The Ref Orma Tion, For The Eucharist. The Word In O. Eng. Was Hzisel, With The Meaning "sacrifice." From This Came The Verb /iousel, "to Give Communion To" And From This The Noun Developed. ...
Houseleek
Houseleek, Sempervivum, A Genus Of Ornamental Ever Green Plants Belonging To The Family Crassulaceae. About 5o Spe Cies Are Known, Some Of Which Are Hardy Perennial Herbs, And Grow Well In Dry Or Rocky Situations ; The Others Are Evergreen Shrubs Or Undershrubs, Fit Only For Cultivation In The Greenhouse ...
House_2
House.) Style Evolved From Efficient Use.— Style In Architecture Is Equipment For Effi Cient Use And Is A Natural Evolution. It Is A Product Of The Factors Of Economics, Climate, Tradition And Natural Environment. To-day The Lessons Of The Entire Past Ex Perience Of Mankind Can Be Drawn On. This ...
Housing In London
Housing In London Housing In London Presents A Problem Of Special Difficulty Owing To The Magnitude Of The Urbanized Area And The Extent Of The Movements Of Population Which Take Place From One Part To Another. It Has Long Been Customary To Think Of London As A City The Population ...
Housing In Scotland
Housing In Scotland While The Greater Part Of What Has Been Written In Regard To Housing In England And Wales Would Apply To Scotland Also, There Are Certain Distinctions Which Should Be Known, And Certain Aspects Of The Problem Which Are Special To That Country. The Standard Of Housing North ...
Housing In The United
Housing In The United States Most Of The Factors Which Have Operated To Produce Housing Problems In Europe Are Found Also In The United States. Houses Dating Back To The Middle Ages Do Not, It Is True, Complicate The American Picture, Nor, As A Rule, The Dark And Narrow Streets ...
Housing
Housing. The Word Housing Has A General Meaning Cover Ing Conditions And Statistics Applying To All The Dwellings Of The Community. The Word Has Also Acquired More Limited And Special Meanings. It Is Used To Refer To The Problem Created By Deficiency In Number, Or Defects In Condition Of The ...
Houston
Houston, A City Of South-eastern Texas, U.s.a., On The Houston Ship Channel (formerly Buffalo Bayou), Som. From The Gulf Of Mexico, Surrounded By Producing Oil-fields; A Port Of Entry In The Galveston Customs District, The County Seat Of Harris County, The Principal Industrial Centre Of Southern Texas And One Of ...
Hove
Hove, A Municipal Borough Of Sussex, England, Adjoining Brighton On The West, On The Southern Railway. Pop. (1931) 54,994. Here Is The Sussex County Cricket Ground. The Municipal Borough, Incorporated In 1898, Includes The Parishes Of Hove And Aldrington, And Is Within The Parliamentary Borough Of Brighton ...
Howard English Family
Howard (english Family). The Head Of This Family, The Duke Of Norfolk, Is The Premier Duke And The Hereditary Earl Marshal Of England, While The Earls Of Suffolk, Carlisle And Effing Ham And The Lord Howard Of Glossop Represent In The Peerage Its Younger Lines. Its Founder Was A Norfolk ...
Howler
Howler, A Name Applied To The Members Of The Genus Alouatta Of Tropical American Monkeys. These Monkeys, Which Are Of Large Size, With Thick Fur, Red Or Black In Colour, Are Char Acterized By The Inflation Of The Hyoid Bone (which Supports The Tongue) Into A Large Shell-like Organ Communicating ...
Howrah
Howrah, A City And District Of British India, In The Bur Dwan Division Of Bengal. The City Is Situated Opposite Calcutta, With Which It Is Connected By A Floating Bridge. The Municipal Area Is About I 1 Sq.m. ; Pop. (1931), 224,873. Since The Population Has Been More Than Doubled, ...
Howth
Howth, A Seaside Town Of Co. Dublin, Ireland, On The Northern Horn Of Dublin Bay, 9 M. E.n.e. Of Dublin By Rail. Pop. (1926), 1,357. The Collegiate Church Was Founded About And Has A Monastic Building Attached To It. The Town Is Fre Quented As A Watering-piace By Residents Of ...
Hoxter
Hoxter, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Westphalia, Situated On The Weser, 32 M. N. Of Cassel. Pop. (1925) 7,217. It Has A Mediaeval Town Hall, And 15th And 16th Century Houses. Hoxter In The Time Of Charlemagne Was A Villa Regia And The Scene Of A Battle Between ...
Hoy
Hoy (norse Haey, "high Island"), The Second Largest Island Of The Orkneys, County Of Orkney, Scotland. Pop. 955, Area 53 Sq.m. It Is Situated 2 M. S.w. Of Pomona, From Which It Is Separated By By Sound. It Is A Lofty Island And Its Shore Line Is Much Broken, Long ...
Hoylake
Hoylake, Watering Place, Urban District Of Hoylake And West Kirby, Wirral Parliamentary Division, Cheshire, England. Pop. (1931) 16,628. It Is Situated At The Mouth Of The Estuary Of The Dee, 6 M. W. Of Birkenhead On The L.m.s. Railway. It Possesses A Famous Golf Course And Racecourse. ...
Hoyland Nether
Hoyland Nether, An Urban District Of The West Riding Of Yorkshire, England, 51 M. S.s.e. Of Barnsley, On The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931) , 15,215. There Are Collieries And Brickworks. ...
Hrabanus Or Rabanusmagnen
Hrabanus Or Rabanus Magnen Tius Maurus (c. Archbishop Of Mainz, Born Of Noble Parents At Mainz, And Educated At Fulda And Tours Under Alcuin, Who In Recognition Of His Ability Surnamed Him Maurus, After St. Maur The Favourite Disciple Of Benedict. In 8o3 He Be Came Director Of The School ...
Hradec Kralove
Hradec Kralove, Town Of Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Situated At The Confluence Of The Orlice With The Elbe. It Is The Natural Market Centre Of A Fertile Region Known As The "golden Road," In Which Settlement Has Existed From Prehistoric Time. It Was One Of The Dower Towns Of Elizabeth Of Poland, ...
Hrdlicka
Hrdlicka (hurd-lits'ka), Ales (1869– ), American Anthropologist, Was Born At Humpolec, Bohemia, On March 29, 1869. His Early Education Was Received In Bohemia. He Studied At The New York Eclectic, Homoeopathic And Allopathic Colleges Graduating In Medicine In 1892 And 1894. In 1894 He Joined The New York State Service, ...
Hrolfr Kraki
Hrolfr Kraki, Perhaps The Most Famous Of The Danish Kings Of The Heroic Age. In Beowulf, Where He Is Called Hroth Wulf, He Is Represented As Reigning Over Denmark In Conjunction With His Uncle Hrothgar, One Of The Three Sons Of An Earlier King Called Healfdene. In The Old Norse ...
Hrosvitha
Hrosvitha (ros-veth'a) (roswitha, Properly Hrot Suit) (c. 935—c. 1002), German Dramatist And Chronicler. Some Time Before 959 She Entered The Benedictine Nunnery Of Ganders Heim, A Foundation Highly Favoured By The Saxon Dynasty, And Lived There Until Her Death About The Turn Of The Century. She Wrote Eight Narrative Religious ...
Hsuan Tung
Hsuan T'ung (1906– ), Emperor Of China, Or, More Correctly, The Ch'ing Emperor. At A Meeting Of The Grand Cil Held On Nov. 13, 2908, Under The Presidency Of The Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi, In Anticipation Of The Death Of The Emperor Kuang Hsu, Pu Yi, The Infant Son Of Prince ...
Huancavelica
Huancavelica, A Department Of Central Peru, Bounded By The Departments Of Junin, North, Ayacucho, East And South, Ica And Lima, West. Area, 8,30o Sq.m.; Pop. (estimated 1927), 230,00o. It Is A Region Of Lofty Peaks, Dark Lakes, High Valleys And The Headwaters Of Great Streams, Chief Of Which Is The ...
Huanuco
Huanuco, A Mountainous Department Of Central Peru, Bounded On The North By Libertad And San Martin, East By Loreto, South By Junin, West By Lima And Ancachs. Area, 15,43o Sq.m.; Pop. (estimated, 1927), 200,000, Largely Indian. It Includes Sierra And Wooded Eastern Slopes Of The Cordillera And Is Traversed From ...
Huaras
Huaras, Capital Of The Department Of Ancachs, Peru, On The Left Bank Of Huaras River, About 190 M. N.n.w. Of Lima And 84 M. By Mule From The Port Of Casma. Pop. (estimate, 192o) 14,000; Altitude 9,80o Ft. It Is A Picturesque Indian Town In A Fertile Valley With Magnificent ...
Huastec
Huastec. A Native People Of The Atlantic Coast Of Mexico, South Of Tampico And The Lower Panuco River. They Form An Isolated Offshoot Of The Great Maya Family Of Yucatan And Guate Mala, But Decisive Evidence Is Lacking As To Whether Huastec Speech Represents An Archaic Form Of The Mayan ...
Hubaldus Hucbald Hugbaldus
Hucbald (hugbaldus, Hubaldus) (c. 840-93o), Bene Dictine Monk, And Writer On Music, Was Born At The Monastery Of Saint Amand Near Tournai. He Studied At The Monastery, Where His Uncle Milo Was Head Of The School. Hucbald's Success In Music Is Said To Have Excited His Uncle's Jealousy And To ...
Hubli
Hubli, A Town Of British India, In The Dharwar District Of Bombay, 15 M. S.e. Of Dharwar Town. Pop. (193i) 89.982. It Is A Railway Junction On The Madras And Southern Mahratta System, Where The Lines To Bangalore And Bezwada Branch Off South And West. It Is An Important Centre ...
Huchow
Huchow, A Chinese Town Of Ioo,000 Inhabitants In North East Chekiang, Lying To The South Of The Tai-nu Lake About So M N. Of Hangchow And 120 M. W.s.w. Of Shanghai. Huchow Is The Centre Of The Great Silk Area Of The Yangtze Delta Which Is Shaped Like An Inverted ...
Huchown
Huchown, "of The Awle Ryale" (fl. 14th Century), Scot Tish Poet, Is Referred To By Wyntoun In His Chronicle In These Words:— Hucheon, Jiat Cunnande Was In Littratur. He Made A Gret Gest Of Arthure, And De Awntyr Of Gawane, De Pistil Als Of Suet Susane. He Was Curyousse In ...
Huckaback
Huckaback, The Name Given To A Type Of Cloth Used For Towels. For This Purpose It Has Perhaps Been More Extensively Used In The Linen Trade Than Any Other Weave. One Of The Chief Merits Of A Towel Is Its Capacity For Absorbing Moisture ; Plain And Other Flat-surfaced Cloths ...
Huckleberry
Huckleberry, The Popular Name In The North-eastern United States Of The Genus Gaylussacia (family Ericaceae), Small Branching Shrubs Resembling In Habit The English Bilberry (vac Cinium), To Which It Is Closely Allied, And Bearing A Similar Fruit. The Common Huckleberry Of The Northern States Is G. Resinosa; While G. Brachycera ...
Hucknall Torkard
Hucknall Torkard, A Town In Nottinghamshire, England ; 132 M. N.n.w. From London By Rail. Pop. (1931) 17,338. The Church Of St. Mary Magdalene Contains The Tomb Of Lord Byron. There Are Collieries In The Vicinity, And The Town Has Tobacco And Hosiery Works. Small Traces Are Found Of Beauvale ...
Hudaida
Hudaida, Chief Sea-port Of Yaman, On The Arabian Coast Of The Red Sea, 14° 48' N. And 42° 57' E., On Sandy Beach Exposed To S. And W. Winds. Steamers Anchor More Than I M. From Shore, And All Goods Are Lightered By Sanbuks (arab Sailing Boats). Its Population Of ...
Huddersfield
Huddersfield, A Municipal, County And Parliamentary Borough In The West Riding Of Yorkshire, England, 164 M. S.w. Of Leeds And 190 M. N.n.w. Of London. Pop. (1931), The Town Is Situated On Fairly Steep Slopes On The Left Bank Of The River Colne, A Tributary Of The Calder. It Is ...
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay, An Inland Sea In The N.e. Of Canada, Ex Tending From 78° To 95° W. And From 51° To 70° N. On The East It Is Connected With The Atlantic Ocean By Hudson Strait, And On The North With The Arctic Ocean By Fox Channel And Fury And ...
Hudson Falls
Hudson Falls, A Village Of Washington County, New York, On The Hudson River, 58m. Above Albany, Adjoining Ft. Edward On The South And Glens Falls On The North. It Is On Federal Highways 4 And 9, And Is Served By The Delaware And Hudson Railway. The Population In 193o Was ...
Hudson River
Hudson River, Situated Entirely Within The State Of New York, U.s.a., Has Its Source In The Adirondack Mountains Near Newcomb, Essex County, In 14 Small Lakes, 2,000 Ft. Above Tide Water, And Having An Area Of About 6,000 Acres. The River Flows Generally South And Empties Into New York Bay, ...
Hudson
Hudson, A Town Of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 28m. W. Of Boston; On The Assabet River And Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad. The Population In 193o Was 8,469. It Has Impor Tant Manufactures Of Boots And Shoes, Rubber Footwear, Lasts, Shoe Making Machinery And Accessories, Worsted, Webbing And Knitted ...
Hudson_2
Hudson, A City Of New York, On The E. Bank Of The Hudson River, 114m. Above New York City, At The Head Of Natural Deep Water Navigation; The County Seat Of Columbia County. It Is Served By The Boston And Albany And The New York Central Railways, And By River ...
Hue And Cry
Hue And Cry, A Phrase Employed In English Law To Signify The Old Common Law Process Of Pursuing A Criminal With Horn And Voice. It Was The Duty Of Any Person Aggrieved, Or Discovering A Felony, To Raise The Hue And Cry, And His Neighbours Were Bound To Turn Out ...
Hue
Hue, A Town Of French Indo-china, Capital Of Annam, On The Hue River (song-huong-giang) Inaccessible To Large Ships, About 8 M. From Its Mouth In The China Sea. Pop. About 6o,000, Of Whom Only Some Hundreds Are Europeans. The Country Immediately Surrounding It Is Flat, Alluvial Land, Traversed By Streams ...
Huehuetenango
Huehuetenango, A Town In North-western Guatemala, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, 106 M. W.n.w. Of Guatemala City. It Is Overwhelmingly Indian In Population And Is An Important Centre Of The Guatemalan Area Known As "los Altos" (the Highlands). Pop. (192o) 9,513. Huehuetenango Is On The River Salega, ...
Huelva
Huelva, A Maritime Province Of South-western Spain, Formed In 1833 Of Districts Taken From Andalusia, And Bounded On The North By Badajoz, East By Seville, South By The Gulf Of Cadiz And West By Portugal. Pop. Estimated (1930) Area 3,913 Sq.m. The Northern District Is Highland Traversed In A South-westerly ...
Huelva_2
Huelva (the Ancient Onuba, Onoba Or Onuba Aestuaria) The Capital Of The Spanish Province Of Huelva, About So M. Frorr. The Atlantic Ocean, On The Left Bank Of The River Odiel, And Or The Seville-huelva, Merida-huelva And Rio Tinto-huelva Rail. Ways, The Last-named Being A Narrow-gauge Line. Pop. (193o) 44,872. ...
Huercal Overa
Huercal Overa, A Town Of South-eastern Spain, In The Province Of Almeria, On The Lorca-baza Railway, And Between ' Two Branches Of The River Almanzora. Pop. (193o), 11,068. Huercal Overa Is The Chief Town Of A Thriving Agricultural Dis Trict, Largely Dependent On The Lead Mining Carried On Among The ...
Huesca
Huesca, A Frontier Province Of Northern Spain, Formed In 1833 Of Districts Previously Belonging To Aragon; And Bounded On The North By France, East And South-east By Lerida, South West And West By Saragossa, And North-west By Navarre. Pop. Estimated (1930) 242,958 ; Area 5,848 Sq.m. The Entire Northern Half ...
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Huesca (anc. Osca), The Capital Of The Spanish Province Of Huesca, 35 M. N.n.e. Of Saragossa, On The Tardienta-huesca Jaca Railway. Pop. (1930), 14,632. Huesca Occupies A Height Near The Right Bank Of The River Isuela, Overlooking A Broad And Fertile Plain. Strabo (iii. 161, Where Some Editors Read Ileosca) ...
Hugh Capet
Hugh Capet (c. 938-996), King Of France And Founder Of The Capetian Dynasty, Was The Eldest Son Of Hugh The Great By His Wife Hadwig. When His Father Died In 956 He Succeeded To His Numerous Fiefs Around Paris And Orleans, And His Cousin, The Frankish King Lothair, Recognized Him ...
Hugh Of St Cher
Hugh Of St. Cher (c. 1200-1263), French Cardinal And Biblical Commentator, Was Born At St. Cher, Near Vienne, And, While A Student In Paris, Became A Dominican In 1225. Later, As Provincial Of His Order, He Won The Confidence Of The Popes Gregory Ix., Innocent Iv. And Alexander Iv., Who ...
Hugh Of St Victor
Hugh Of St. Victor (1096-1141), Mystic Philosopher And Theologian, Was Born At Hartingam, Saxony. After Spending Some Time In A House Of Canons Regular At Hamersleben, In Saxony, Where He Took The Habit, He Went To The Abbey Of St. Victor In Paris. There He Rose To Be Canon, In ...
Hugh Price Hughes
Hughes, Hugh Price ), British Noncon F Ormist Divine, Was Born At Carmarthen On Feb. 8, 1847, The Son Of A Surgeon. He Established In 1887 The West London Mission, Holding Popular Services On Sunday In St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, When He Preached From Time To Time On The Housing ...