Hugh
Hugh, Called The Great (d. 956), Duke Of The Franks And Count Of Paris, Son Of King Robert I. Of France (d. 923) And Nephew Of King Odo Or Eudes (d. 898), Was One Of The Founders Of The Power Of The Capetian House In France. Hugh's First Wife Was ...
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
Hofmannsthal, Hugo Von Aus Trian Poet, Was Born In Vienna On Feb. 1, 1874. He Took The De Gree Of Ph.d. At The University Of Vienna And When Still A School Boy Originated The Romantic School In Austria By His Lyric And Semi-dramatic Poetry, Which Aroused Much Controversy At The ...
Hugo
Hugo, A City Of South-eastern Oklahoma, U.s.a., 8 M. From The Red River, On Federal Highway 7o And Two Lines Of The Frisco Railway; The County Seat Of Choctaw County. The Population In 192o Was 6,368; 193o It Was 5,272. It Is The Shipping And Trading Centre For A Fruit-growing, ...
Huguenots
Huguenots, The Name Given From About The Middle Of The 16th Century To The Protestants Of France. According To Henri Estienne (apologie D'herodote, 1566), The Word Is A Nickname. The Protestants At Tours, He Says, Used To Assemble By Night Near The Gate Of King Hugo, Whom The People Regarded ...
Huichol
Huichol. This Tribe In The Mountains Of Northern Jalisco Is One Of The Few In Mexico That Has Preserved Not Only Its Speech And Race But Its Native Religions And Culture Relatively Uncontami Nated By Conquest And Contact. They Practise The Peyote Cult; Their Decorative And Ritual Symbolism Is Rich. ...
Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli The Supreme Being In The Religions Of Ancient Mexico, And Also The God Of War. He Was The Mythic Leader And Chief Divinity Of The Aztecs, Domi Nant Tribe Of The Nahua Nation. As A Humming-bird Huitzilo Pochtli Was Alleged To Have Led The Aztecs To A New Home. ...
Hulda
Hulda, In Teutonic Mythology, God Dess Of Marriage, A Beneficent Deity, Pat Roness And Guardian Of Maidens (see ...
Hull
Hull, A City (1875) And Railway Junction Of The Province Of Quebec, Canada, And The Capital Of Wright County, Opposite The City Of Ottawa. Pop. The Magnificent Water Power Of The Chaudiere Falls Of The Ottawa Is Utilized For The Lighting Of The City, The Operation Of A System Of ...
Hull_2
Hull (officially Kingston-upon-hull), A City And County Of A City, Municipal, County And Parliamentary Borough And Sea Port In The East Riding Of Yorkshire, England, At The Junction Of The River Hull With The Humber, 22 M. From The Open Sea, And 181 M. N. Of London By The L.n.e. ...
Huls
Huls, A Town Of Germany, In The Prussian Rhine Province, 4 M. N. Of Crefeld And 17 M. N.w. Of Dusseldorf By Rail. Pop. (1925) 6,786. It Has Manufactures Of Machinery, Leather And Silk. ...
Humacao
Humacao, A Prosperous And Important Town In The Eastern Part Of Porto Rico. The Population In 1920 Was 6,183, And In 7,937. The Population Of The Municipal District Was 25,466 In 193o. The Town Is Beautifully Situated In A Valley, Surrounded On Three Sides By Mountains, With The Ocean Six ...
Humanism
Humanism, In General Any System Of Thought Or Action Which Assigns A Predominant Interest To The Affairs Of Men As Compared With The Supernatural Or The Abstract (from Lat. Hu Manus, Human, Connected With Homo, Mankind). The Term Is Specially Applied To That Movement Of Thought Which In Western Europe ...
Humanitarians
Humanitarians, In The Theological Sense, Is A Term Applied Chiefly To A School Of Theologians Who Repudiated The Doctrine Of The Trinity And Held An Extreme View Of The Person Of Christ As Simply Human Although Miraculously Endowed. The Adoption Of This Position By Men Like Nathaniel Lardner, Joseph Priestley ...
Humayun
Humayun (1508-1556), Mogul Emperor Of Delhi, Suc Ceeded His Father Baber In India In 1530, While His Brother Kam Ran Obtained The Sovereignty Of Kabul And Lahore. Humayun Was Thus Left In Possession Of His Father's Recent Conquests, Which Were In Dispute With The Indian Afghans Under Sher Shah, Gov ...
Humber
Humber, An Estuary On The East Coast Of England, Formed By The Rivers Trent And Ouse, The Northern Shore Belonging To Yorkshire And The Southern To Lincolnshire. These Rivers Join Near Faxfleet And Flow East For 18 M., Then South-east For 19 M. To The North Sea. The Width Of ...
Humble Petition And Advice
Humble Petition And Advice, A Memorial Pre Sented To Oliver Cromwell By The English Parliament Called In 1656. In Its Original Version The Parliament Petitioned The Protec Tor To Assume The Title Of King. This Cromwell Was Unwilling To Do : The Petition Was Therefore Amended, And After Being Passed ...
Humbug
Humbug, An Imposture, Sham, Fraud. The Word Seems To Have Been Originally Applied To A Trick Or Hoax, And Appears As A Slang Term About 1750. The Origin Was Unknown At That Date. ...
Humiliati
Humiliati, The Name Of An Italian Monastic Order Created In The 12th Century. Its Origin Is Obscure. A Group Of Lombards Came To Rome With The Intention Of Obtaining The Pope's Approval Of The Rule Of Life Which They Had Spontaneously Chosen; While Continuing To Live In Their Houses In ...
Humite
Humite, A Group Of Three Related Minerals Consisting Of Basic Magnesium Fluo-silicates, With The Formulae : Chondrodite, Humite, Clinchumite, Mg, [ Mg (f,oh) ] 2 [ Humite Crystallizes In The Orthorhombic And The Two Others In The Monoclinic System, But Be Tween Them There Is A Close Crystallographic Relation ; ...
Hummock
Hummock, A Small Rounded Knoll Of Ice Rising Above The General Level Of An Ice-field, Making Sledge Transport In The Polar Regions Extremely Difficult. Hummocky Ice Is Caused By Slow Un Equal Pressure In The Main Body Of The Packed Ice, And By Local Variations Of Texture And Temperature At ...
Humour
Humour, In The Modern Use Of The Term, Signifies A Per Ception Of The Comic Or Incongruous Of A Special Sort; Generally Distinguished From Wit, As Being On The One Side More Subtle, Or On The Other Side More Vague. It Is Thus A Term Which Not Only Refuses To ...
Humphrey
Humphrey (or Humfrey), Lawrence (1527? 1j90), President Of Magdalen College, Oxford, And Dean Suc Cessively Of Gloucester And Winchester, Was Born At Newport Pagnel. He Was Elected Demy Of Magdalen College In 1s46 And Fellow In He Was One Of The Most Promising Pupils Of Peter Martyr, And On Mary's ...
Humus
Humus (a Latin Word Meaning The Ground), A Product Of De Composing Organic Matter. It Is Especially Present In Peat Bogs, And Also Occurs In Surface Soils, To Which It Imparts A Brown Or Black Colour. It Is One Of The Most Important Soil-constituents From The Agricultural Point Of View; ...
Hunan
Hunan, An Important Province Of Central China To The South Of The Yangtze But Within Its Basin, The Southern Boundary Following The Sinuous Crests Of The Nan-shan (or Nan-ling) Which Forms The Divide Between The Yangtze And Si-kiang Drainage Systems. The Economic Life Of Hunan Is Essentially Based On The ...
Hundred Days
Hundred Days, The Name Commonly Given To The Period Between March 20 1815, The Date On Which Napoleon Arrived In Paris After His Return From Elba, And June 28 1815, The Date Of The Restoration Of Louis Xviii. The Phrase Cent Jours Was First Used By The Prefect Of Paris, ...
Hundred
Hundred. In England The Term "hundred" Is Particularly Applied To An Ancient Territorial Division Intermediate Between The Villa And The County. Such Subordinate Districts Were Also Known In Different Parts Of The Country By Other Names; E.g., Wapentakes In Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutland And Leicestershire ; Wards In Northumberland, ...
Hungarian Language
Hungarian Language. This Language, A Member Of The Finno-ugrian Family Of Languages, Is Known In Hungarian As Magyar (pronounced Madyar), And Is Spoken By Ten And A Half Millions Of People, Of Whom Half A Million Are In The United States. Old Hungarian Used A Script Akin To Old Turkish ...
Hungarian Literature
Hungarian Literature. The Catholic Ecclesi Astics Who Settled In Hungary During The 1 1 Th Century Were Mainly Instrumental In Establishing Latin As The Predominant Language Of The Court, The Higher Schools And Public Worship, And Latin Con Tinued To Monopolize The Chief Fields Of Literature Until The Revival Of ...
Hungary
Hungary, One Of The Succession States Of The Old Austro Hungarian Empire, Is A Landlocked Country In Central Europe Lying Between The Alps And The Carpathians And Including Parts Of The Two Great Tectonic Basins Of The Middle Danube. Area, Sq.m. ...
Hunger
Hunger And Thirst Are Highly Unpleasant Sensations Which Arise When There Is Bodily Need For Food And Water. Both Hunger And Thirst Should Be Sharply Distinguished From Appetite, A Desire For Food Or Drink Which Past Experience Has Proved To Be Pleasant. Commonly The Requirements Of The Body Are Provided ...
Hungerford
Hungerford, A Town Of Berkshire, England, Extending Into Wiltshire, 61 M. W. By S. Of London By Rail. Pop. (19a 1) 2,784. It Is Situated In The Valley Of The Kennet And Lies On The Kennet And Avon Canal. It Has Agricultural Trade. John Of Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster, Presented ...
Huningue Huningen
Huningue (huningen), A Town Of France, Department Of Haut-rhin (alsace), On The Left Bank Of The Rhine And A Branch Of The Rhine-rhone Canal, 3 M. N. Of Basle By Rail. Pop. (1931), The Town Grew Round A Fortress At A Rhine Crossing. The Duke Of Lauenburg Took It From ...
Hunneric
Hunneric (d. 484), King Of The Vandals, Was A Son Of King Gaiseric, And Was Sent To Italy As A Hostage In 435 When His Father Made A Treaty With The Emperor Valentinian Iii. After His Return To The Vandal Court At Carthage, He Married A Daughter Of Theodoric I., ...
Huns
Huns, A Name Given To At Least Four Peoples, Whose Identity Remains Obscure. (1) The Huns, Who Invaded The East Roman Empire From About A.d. 372 To 453 And Were Most Formidable Under The Leadership Of Attila. (2) The Hungarians Or Magyars Who Crossed The Carpathians Into Hungary In A.d. ...
Hunstanton
Hunstanton, Seaside Resort Of Norfolk, England, On The East Shore Of The Wash, 112 M. N. By E. From London By Rail. Pop. (1931) 3,131. The New Watering-place Is About 1 M. From The Old Village. The Parish Church Of St. Mary Is A Decorated Building; Hunstanton Hall Is A ...
Hunting Dog
Hunting Dog, Lycaon Pictus, An African Wild Dog, Differ Ing From The Rest Of The Family In Having Only Four Toes On Each Foot, And In Its Blotched Colora Tion Of Ochry Yellow, Black, And White. The Species Is Nearly As Large As A Mastiff, With Long Limbs, Broad Flat ...
Hunting
Hunting, The Pursuit Of Game And Wild Animals, For Profit Or Sport; Equivalent To "chase" (like "catch," From Lat. Captare, Fr. Chasse, Ital. Caccia). The Circumstances Which Render Neces Sary The Habitual Pursuit Of Wild Animals, Either As A Means Of Subsistence Or For Self-defence, Generally Accompany A Phase Of ...
Huntingdon
Huntingdon, Municipal Borough And County Town Of Huntingdonshire, England, On The Left Bank Of The Ouse, 59 M. N. Of London By Rail. Pop. (1931) 4,108. Huntingdon (huntan Dun, Huntersdune) Was Recovered From The Danes C. 919 By Ed Ward The Elder, Who Raised A Castle There, Probably On The ...
Huntingdonshire Hunts
Huntingdonshire (hunts), An East Midland County Of England, Bounded North And West By Northampton Shire, South-west By Bedfordshire And East By Cambridgeshire. Among English Counties It Is The Smallest With The Exception Of Middlesex And Rutland, Having An Area Of 366 Sq. Miles. All The Stratified Rocks Are Of Jurassic ...
Huntingdon_2
Huntingdon, A Borough In The Central Part Of Pennsyl Vania, U.s.a., Beautifully Situated On The Juniata River, 150m. E. Of Pittsburgh ; The County Seat Of Huntingdon County. It Is On Federal Highway 22, And Is Served By The Huntingdon And Broad Top Mountain And The Pennsylvania Railways. The Population ...
Huntington Park
Huntington Park, A Rapidly Growing Residential Suburb Of Los Angeles, Calif., U.s.a., In Los Angeles County. It Is Served By The Pacific Electric And The Union Pacific Railways. The Population Was 4,513 In 1920 And Was 24,591 In 1930 By The Federal Census. ...
Huntington
Huntington, A City Of Indiana, U.s.a., On The Little River, 25m. S.w. Of Fort Wayne; The County Seat Of Huntington County. It Is On Federal Highway 24, And Is Served By The Erie And The Wabash Railways And By Inter-urban Electric Lines. The Population Was 14,000 In 1920; 1930 It ...
Huntington_2
Huntington, A Town Of Suffolk County, N.y., U.s.a., On The North Shore Of Long Island ; Served By The Long Island Rail Road. The Population In 1930 Was 25,582.. Along The Sound Are The Villages Of Huntington, Cold Spring Harbor, Centerport, And Northport, Noted For Their Fine Country Estates. At ...
Huntington_3
Huntington, A City Of West Virginia, U.s.a., On The Ohio River, At An Altitude Of 564ft., Just Below The Mouth Of The Guyan Dotte, Near The Point At Which Ohio, Kentucky And West Virginia Meet ; The County Seat Of Cabell County. It Is On Federal Highways 52 And 6o, ...
Huntingtower And Ruthvenfield
Huntingtower And Ruthvenfield, A Vil Lage Of Perthshire, Scotland, On The Almond, 3 M. N.w. Of Perth. Huntingtower (originally Ruthven) Castle, Was The Scene Of The Raid Of Ruthven, When The Protestants Under William, 4th Lord Ruthven Kidnapped The Boy-king James Vi., In 1582. The Earl's Sons Were Killed In ...
Huntly
Huntly, Burgh Of Barony And Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scot Land. Pop. (1931) 3,778. It Lies At The Confluence Of The Rivers Deveron And Bogie, 41 M. N.w. Of Aberdeen On The London & North Eastern Railway. It Is A Market Town, A Holiday And Fishing Resort, And The Centre Of A ...
Huntsville
Huntsville, A City Of Alabama, U.s.a., 18m. From The Northern Boundary Of The State; The County Seat Of Madison County. It Is On Federal Highway 72, And Is Served By The Nash Ville, Chattanooga And St. Louis And The Southern Railways. The Population Was 8,018 In 1920; In 193o, Huntsville ...
Huntsville_2
Huntsville, A City Of Eastern Texas, U.s.a., 68m. N. Of Houston, On Federal Highway 75 And The Missouri Pacific Railway ; The County Seat Of Walker County. The Population In 192o Was (45% Negroe,$), And Was 5,028 In 1930 By The Federal Census. Cotton-growing, Stock-raising, General Farming And Lumbering Are ...
Hunza
Hunza (also Known As Kanjut) And Nagar, Two Small States On The North-west Frontier Of Kashmir (q.v.) Formerly Under The Administration Of The Gilgit Agency. The Two States, Which Are Divided By A River Which Runs In A Bed 600 Ft. Wide Between Cliffs 30o Ft. High, Are Inhabited Generally ...
Huon Of Bordeaux
Huon Of Bordeaux, Hero Of Romance. The French Chansonde Geste Of Huon De Bordeaux Dates From The First Half Of The 13th Century. Huon, Son Of Seguin Of Bordeaux, Kills Char Lot, The Emperor's Son, Who Had Laid An Ambush For Him, Without Recognizing His Assailant. He Is Condemned By ...
Huon Pine
Huon Pine, Botanical Name Dacrydium Franklinii, The Most Valuable Timber Tree Of Tasmania, A Member Of The Order Coniferae (see Gymnosperms). It Is A Fine Tree Of Pyramidal Outline 8o To Too Ft. High, And Io To 20 Ft. In Girth At The Base, With Slender Pen Dulous Much-divided Branchlets, ...
Hupa
Hupa. This, The Most Advanced And Best Known Tribe Of The Pacific Coast Division Of The Athabascan Family Of American Indians, Lives, To The Number Of 600, On Lower Trinity River In Hoopa Valley, North-western California. Their Culture, Shared By The Yurok And Karok, Was Characterized By Acorn And Salmon ...
Hupeh
Hupeh, A Province In The Yang-tze Valley In The Heart Of China. Pop. Over 27 Millions. Its Core Is A Great Plain Traversed By The Yang-tze And Its Tributary The Han Whose Beds Are Slightly Raised Above Its General Surface. The Yang-tze Is Fringed With Numerous Marginal Lakes Which Serve ...
Hurdle Racing
Hurdle Racing The American Turf Register Records A Hurdle Race At The Wash Ington, D.c., Jockey Club Races In Oct. 1834, "one Mile Out, Leaping Six Fences, Every Gentleman Riding His Own Horse For A Piece Of Plate, Value One Hundred Pounds. Mr. Stratton Had A Bad Start; He Gradually ...
Hurdle
Hurdle, A Movable Fence, Formed Of A Framework Of Light Timber, Wattled With Smaller Pieces Of Pliable Wood, Or Constructed On The Plan Of A Light Five-barred Gate, Filled In With Brushwood. Similar Movable Frames Can Be Made Of Iron, Wire Or Other Ma Terial. A Construction Of The Same ...
Hurdling
Hurdling, Running Races Over Short Distances, In Which A Series Of Ten Flights Of Hurdles Has Been Set. The Standard Distances Are 12oyds., Ten Flights Of 3ft. 6in. Hurdles; 22oyds., Ten Flights Of 2ft. 6in. Hurdles; And 44oyds., Ten Flights Of 3ft. Hurdles. At The Short Distance Each Flight Of ...
Huron
Huron, A Rapidly Growing City Of Eastern South Dakota, U.s.a., On The James River, At An Altitude Of 1,31 Of T. ; The County Seat Of Beadle County. It Is On Federal Highway 14; Is Served By The Chicago And North Western And The Great Northern Railways, And Has Connection ...
Huron_2
Huron. This French Epithet, Meaning Bristle-head Or Ruffian, Was Applied To A Group Of Indians Calling Themselves Wendat, Whence Wyandot. They Belonged To The Iroquoian Family But Were Bitter Enemies Of The Iroquois, Who Between The Visits Of Cartier In And Champlain In 1603 Drove Part Of The Hurons From ...
Hurricane
Hurricane, An Unusually Violent Wind-storm In The West Indies. The Term, Corresponding To The Highest Number (52) On The Beaufort Scale (q.v.), Is Now Used To Describe Similar Storms In Other Regions, Except Those Of The East Indies And The Chinese Seas, Which Are Still Known As "typhoons." Hurricane Is ...
Hurry
Hurry (or Urry), Sir John (d. 1650), Scottish Soldier Of Fortune, Was Born In Aberdeenshire, And Saw Much Service As A Young Man In Germany. In 1641 He Was Involved In The Plot Known As The "incident" (see Hamilton, James Hamilton, 1st Duke Of). At The Outbreak Of The Civil ...
Hurstmonceaux
Hurstmonceaux (also Herstmonceux), A Village In Sussex, England, 9 M. N.e. Of Eastbourne. Pop. (1921) The Village Takes Its Name From Waleran De Monceux. Lord Of The Manor After The Conquest, But The Century Castle, For The Ruins Of Which The Village Is Famous, Was Built In The Reign Of ...
Husain Ibn Ali
Husain Ibn Ali (c. 1854-1930), Amir Of Mecca From 1908 To 1916 And King Of Hejaz From 1916 To 1924, Was The Sec Ond Son Of Muhammad Ibn`aun Of The 'abadila Clan Of Ashraf. He Was Brought Up In Bedouin Surroundings, But Spent A Great Part Of His Life At ...
Husband And Wife
Husband And Wife (see Roman Law). For The Methods In Which The Relation Of Husband And Wife May Be Consti Tuted And Dissolved See Marriage And Divorce. The Present Article Deals Only With The Effect Of Marriage On The Legal Position Of The Spouses. The Person Chiefly Affected By The ...
Husband
Husband, The "head Of A Household," Now Chiefly Used In The Sense Of A Man Legally Joined By Marriage To A Woman, His "wife"; The Legal Relations Between Them Are Treated Below Under Husband And Wife. ...
Husi
Husi, The Capital Of The Department Of Falciu, Rumania ; On A Branch Of The Jassy-galatz Railway, 9 M. W. Of The River Pruth And The Russian Frontier. Pop. (193o) 16,792, About One-fourth Being Jews. Husi Is An Episcopal See. The Cathedral Was Built In 1491 By Stephen The Great ...
Hussar
Hussar, Originally The Name Of A Soldier Belonging To A Corps Of Light Horse Raised By Matthias Corvinus, King Of Hungary, In 1458, To Fight Against The Turks. The Hussar Was The Typical Hungarian Cavalry Soldier, And, In The Absence Of Good Light Cav Alry In The Regular Armies Of ...
Hussites
Hussites, The Name Given To The Followers Of John Huss (1369-1415), The Bohemian Reformer. They Were At First Often Called Wycliffites, As The Theological Theories Of Huss Were Largely Founded On The Teachings Of Wycliffe. Huss Indeed Laid More Stress On Church Reform Than On Theological Controversy. On Such Matters ...
Husum
Husum, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Schleswig-hol Stein, In A Fertile District 21 M. Inland From The North Sea, On The Canalized Husumer Au, Which Forms Its Harbour And Roadstead, 99 M. N.w. From Hamburg. Pop. (1933) 1o,861. Husum Is First Mentioned In 1252, And Its Church Was ...
Hutchinson
Hutchinson, A City Of Kansas, U.s.a., On The Arkansas River, 6om. N.w. Of Wichita, At An Altitude Of 1,553ft.; The County Seat Of Reno County. It Is On A Federal Highway And Is Served By The Missouri Pacific, The Rock Island And The Santa Fe Railways. The Population In 1925 ...
Huva
Huva, The Name Originally Applied To The Middle-class Ma Layo-indonesian Natives Of Madagascar (q.v.), As Distinct From The Noble Class Andriana And The Slave Class Andevo. Hova Now Means The Most Numerous And Powerful Of The Tribes Of The Native Population Of Madagascar. The Hova Occupy The Province Of Imerina, ...
Huy
Huy, A Town Of Belgium (lat. Hoium, And Flem. Hoei), On The Two Banks Of The Meuse, At The Point Where It Is Joined By The Hoyoux. Pop. (1930) 14,1s5. It Is 19 M. East Of Namur And A Trifle Less West Of Liege. Huy Certainly Dates From The 9th ...
Huysmans
Huysmans, The Name Of Three Flemish Painters, Who Matriculated In The Antwerp Gild In The 27th Century. ...
Hwai Seng
Hwai Seng, Chinese Monk, Travelled With Sung-yun To India In 518-521 To Collect Books. ...
Hwang Ho
Hwang-ho, The Most Northerly Of China's Great Rivers, Approximately 2,500 M. In Length. The Name, Literally The "yel Low River," Is Due To The Loess (hwang To Or "yellow Earth") Which It Carries In Suspension And Which It Derives From The De Posits Stretching Across The Middle Part Of Its ...
Hwicce
Hwicce, One Of The Kingdoms Of Anglo-saxon Britain, Coin Ciding Generally With The Mediaeval Diocese Of Worcester, The Early Bishops Of Which Bore The Title "episcopus Hwicciorum." It Would Therefore Include Worcestershire, Gloucestershire Except The Forest Of Dean, The Southern Half Of Warwickshire, And The Neighbourhood Of Bath. The Name ...
Hyacinth Or Jacinth
Hyacinth Or Jacinth, In Mineralogy, A Variety Of Zircon (q.v.) Of Yellowish Red Colour, Used As A Gem-stone. The Hyacinthus Of Ancient Writers Must Have Been Our Sapphire, Or Blue Corundum, While The Hyacinth Of Modern Mineralogists May Have Been The Stone Known As Lyncurium (xuyaovpcov). The He Brew Word ...
Hyacinth
Hyacinth, Also Called Jacinth, One Of The Most Popular Of Spring Garden Flowers (family Liliaceae). It Was In Cultivation Prior To 1597, At Which Date It Is Mentioned By Gerard. Rea In 1665 Mentions Several Single And Double Varieties As Being Then In English Gardens, And Justice In 1 754 ...
Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus, In Greek Legend, A Young Man (parentage Variously Given) Of Amyclae In Laconia(gr. `tiuccvoos). According To The General Story, Which Is Probably Late And Composite, His Great Beauty Attracted The Love Of Apollo, Who Killed Him Acci Dentally When Teaching Him To Throw The Discus (quoit) ; Others Say ...
Hyades
Hyades, "the Rainy Ones," A Group Of Five Stars In The Head Of The Constellation Taurus. In Mythology They Were Maidens (their Number And Parentage Vary In Different Accounts) Who Nursed The Infant Dionysus, And As A Reward Were Translated To Heaven And Placed Among The Stars (hyginus, Poet. Astron. ...
Hybla
Hybla, The Name Of Several Cities In Sicily. The Best Known Historically Is Hybia Major, Near Modern Melilli, Where Numer Ous Sicel Tpmbs Have Been Found, About 4 M. S.w. Of Megara Hyblaea (q.v.) . It Was This Hybla That Was Famous For Its Honey. Orsi (romische Mitteilungen, 19o9, 84) ...
Hybridism
Hybridism. This Term Has Its Origin In A Greek Word Meaning An Insult Or Outrage : A Hybrid Or Mongrel Used To He Regarded As An Outrage On Nature—being The Offspring Of Wide Crosses, E.g., The Mating Of , Individuals Belonging To Different Species; A Mongrel, The Offspring Of The ...
Hydantoin
Hydantoin Crystallizes From Water In Colourless Needles, And Melts At 208-220° C. It Is Constitutionally Glycolyl Urea, Or Ci-12 The Ureide Of Glycollic Acid, Co , And Is Obtained By \ Nh. Co Heating Allantoin Or Alloxan With Hydriodic Acid, By Heating Bromo Acetylurea With Alcoholic Ammonia Or By The ...
Hyde
Hyde, The Name Of An English Family Distinguished In The 17th Century. Robert Hyde Of Norbury, Cheshire, Had Several Sons, Of Whom The Third Was Lawrence Hyde Of Gussage St. Michael, Dorsetshire. Lawrence's Son Henry Was Father Of Edward Hyde, Earl Of Clarendon (q.v.), Whose Second Son By His Second ...
Hyder Ali Or Haidar
Hyder Ali Or Haidar 'ali (c. 1722-1782), Indian Ruler And Commander. This Mohammedan Soldier-adventurer, Who, Followed By His Son Tippoo, Became The Most Formidable Asiatic Rival The British Ever Encountered In India, Was The Great Grandson Of A Fakir Or Wandering Ascetic Of Islam, Who Came From The Punjab To ...
Hyderabad Or Haidarabad
Hyderabad Or Haidarabad, A City And District Of British India, In The Sind Province Of Bombay. The City Stands On A Hill About 3 M. From The Left Bank Of The Indus; Pop. (1931) 96,021. Upon The Site Of The Present Fort Is Supposed To Have Stood The Ancient Town ...
Hyderabad
Hyderabad, The Principal Native State Of India In Extent, Population And Political Importance; Area, 82,698 Sq.m.; Pop. 12,471,770. The State Occupies A Large Portion Of The Eastern Plateau Of The Deccan. It Is Bounded North And North-east By Berry, South And South-east By Madras, And West By Bombay. Two Tracts ...
Hyderabad_2
Hyderabad, Capital Of The State Of Hyderabad On The Right Bank Of The Musi, A Tributary Of The River Kistna, With Gol Conda To The West, And The British Cantonment Of Secunderabad 5 M. To The North-east. It Is The Fourth Largest City In India; Pop. 466,894, Including Suburbs And ...
Hyde_2
Hyde, Market Town, Municipal Borough, Stalybridge And Hyde Parliamentary Division, Cheshire, England, 71 M. E. Of Manchester, By The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931), 32,066. It Is Connected With Manchester By An Electric Tramway System. Standing On The River Tame, It Has Cotton And Weaving Factories, Spinning Mills, Print-works, Iron Foundries ...
Hydnocarpus
Hydnocarpus, A Genus Of The Botanical Family Flacour Tiaceae. There Are 25 Species Found In Indo-malaya. From Spe Cies Of This Genus Is Obtained Hydnocarpus Oil, Which In Recent Years Has Proved Of Value In The Treatment Of Leprosy. ...
Hydra
Hydra, An Island Of Greece (anc. Hydrea), Lying About 4 M. Off The South-east Coast Of Argolis And Forming With The Neigh Bouring Island Of Dokos (dhoko) The Bay Of Hydra. The Greatest Length From South-west To North-east Is About 1r M., And The Area Is About 21 Sq.m. ; ...
Hydracrylic Acid
Hydracrylic Acid Is A Syrupy Liquid, Which On Dis Tillation Is Resolved Into Water And Acrylic Acid, It Is Fl-hydroxypropionic Acid, And Is Pre Pared By Acting With Silver Oxide And Water On 0-iodopropionic Acid, Or From Ethylene By The Addition Of Hypochlorous Acid, The Addition Product Being Then Treated ...
Hydrangea
Hydrangea, A Popular Flower (family Saxifragaceae), The Plant To Which The Name Is Most Commonly Applied Being Hy Drangea Hortensia, A Low Deciduous Shrub, Producing Rather Large Oval Strongly-veined Leaves In Opposite Pairs Along The Stem. It Is Terminated By A Massive Globular Corymbose Head Of Flowers, Which Remain A ...
Hydrant
Hydrant, A Form Of Valve By Which Water Is Drawn From A Supply In A Main Either Underground Or In A Building. The Earliest Hydrant Was A Simple Wood Plug Driven Into A Socket At The Top Of A Main. There Are Three Main Types Of Valves, The Ball, The ...
Hydrate
Hydrate, In Chemistry, A Liquid Or Solid Compound Con Taining More Or Less Combined Water. Frequently The Crystalline Character Of A Solid Hydrate Depends On This Water Which Is Present As Water Of Crystallization. Common Examples Of Hydrates Are Supplied By The Well Known Sodium Compounds :- Glauber's Salt (q.v.), ...
Hydraulic Machinery
Hydraulic Machinery, The Name Given To Certain Types Of Machines Which Utilize Water Pressure For Motive Power. Under High Pressure, Water Forms A Very Convenient Medium For Operating Slow-moving Machinery Of The Piston Type In Which Large Forces Are Involved And Where Easy And Precise Regulation Is Required. Where The ...
Hydraulic Motors
Hydraulic Motors. Now That The Old Overshot Or Undershot Water-wheel Is Obsolete, There Remain Only Two Main Types Of Hydraulic Motor, Namely, Turbines (see Turbine : Water) And Reciprocating Engines Of The Piston Type (see Hydraulic Machinery) . ...
Hydraulic Power Transmission
Hydraulic Power Transmission. In Many Instances The Use Of Water Under Considerable Pressure As A Medium For The Transmission Of Energy Offers Advantages Over Other Methods Of Power Transmission, And This Is Particularly The Case Where The Power Is Required To Operate Machinery In Which The Action Is Either (a) ...
Hydraulics
Hydraulics, That Branch Of Engineering Science Which Deals With The Practical Application Of The Laws Of Hydrodynamics. The Chief Physical Properties Of A Fluid Which Affect Its Mo Tion Are Its Density, Viscosity And Compressibility. For All Prac Tical Purposes The Density Of Fresh Water May Be Taken As 62.4 ...
Hydrazine
Hydrazine. This Compound Of Hydrogen And Nitrogen Is A Colourless Liquid Boiling At 113.5° C And Solidifying At About O° C To Colourless Crystals (m.p. 1.4° C) ; It Is Somewhat Heavier Than Water (sp.gr. 1.014/15° C) In Which It Dissolves With Rise Of Temperature. Hydrazine, Or Was First Prepared ...
Hydrazlic Acid
Hydrazlic Acid, A Highly Explosive Chemical Compound Of The Formula Known Also As Azoimide (q.v.) ; Its Salts Are Known As Azides, And Lead Azide (q.v.) Is A Powerful Detonator. ...