Burke The Patriot
Burke The Patriot The Penal Laws Against The Catholics, The Iniquitous Restrictions On Irish Trade And Industry, The Selfish Factiousness Of The Parlia Ment, The Jobbery And Corruption Of Administration, The Absen Teeism Of The Landlords, And All The Other Too Familiar Elements Of That Mischievous And Fatal System, Were ...
Burlesque
Burlesque, A Form Of The Comic In Art, Consisting Broadly In An Imitation Of A Work Of Art With The Object Of Exciting Laughter, By Distortion Or Exaggeration, By Turning, For Example, The Highly Rhetorical Into Bombast, The Pathetic Into The Mock Sentimental, And Especially By A Ludicrous Contrast Between ...
Burley
Burley, A City In Southern Idaho, United States, On The Snake River And The Oregon Short Line Of The Union Pacific Rail Way System, Tom. S.w. Of Pocatello; The County Seat Of Cassia County. The Population In 1930 Was 3,826. It Is The Shipping Point For The Minidoka Irrigation Project ...
Burlingame
Burlingame, A Beautiful And Rapidly-growing Residential Town Of San Mateo County, California, U.s.a., 15m. S. Of San Francisco, On The Bay. The Population In 1920 Was 4,107; In 1930 It Was 13,270 By The Federal Census. The Town Was Incor Porated In 1908. ...
Burlington
Burlington, A City Of Iowa, U.s.a., Situated On The Bluffs Of The Mississippi River, Near The South-east Corner Of The State; The County Seat Of Des Moines County. It Is On Federal Highways 34 And 61, And Is An Important Railroad Centre, Served By The Burlington, The Rock Island, And ...
Burlington_2
Burlington, A City Of Burlington County, New Jersey, U.s.a., On The East Bank Of The Delaware River And The Pennsyl Vania Railroad, 18m. N.e. Of Philadelphia. The Population Was In 1920, And Was 10,844 In 1930 By The Federal Census. It Is In The Heart Of A Famous Peach-growing Region. ...
Burlington_3
Burlington, An Industrial City Of Alamance County, North Carolina, U.s.a., On The Southern Railway, About 55m. N.w. Of Raleigh. The Population In 1930 Was 9,737. It Has Cotton-mills Making 1,000,000 Yards Of Cloth Per Week; Hosiery Mills With A Weekly Output Of Over 75,000 Pairs; Dyeing Plants, Furniture Factories, And ...
Burlington_4
Burlington, The Largest City Of Vermont, U.s.a., Is Situated In A Beautiful Spot On The East Shore Of Lake Champlain, Just Below The Mouth Of The Winooski River, 9om. S.e. Of Mon Treal; It Is A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Chittenden County. It Is On Federal ...
Burma
Burma, Though Formerly A Province Of The Indian Empire, Is Geographically A Part Of Indo-china, And Is Frequently Called By The French "indo-chine Anglaise." The Province Of Burma, As Constituted Since The Annexation Of Upper Burma In 1886, Comprises The British Territory Of Upper And Lower Burma, The Extensive Native ...
Burmah Oil Company Limited
Burmah Oil Company Limited. This, The Great Est British Petroleum Company, Had Its Origin In The Oil Works At Rangoon Founded In 1871 By A Glasgow Merchant. David Sime Cargill. From Very Small Beginnings The Undertaking Has Grown Until In 1928 It Had An Issued Capital Of £i0,868,000, Standing At ...
Burmese Wars
Burmese Wars. Three Wars Were Fought Between Burma And The British During The 19th Century (see Burma: History), Which Resulted In The Gradual Extinction Of Burmese Independence. First Burmese War, 1823-26.—on Sept. 23, 1823, An Armed Party Of Burmese Attacked A British Guard On Shapura, An Island Close To The ...
Burnet
Burnet, The Name Given To Various Species Of Poterium, A Genus Of The Rose Family. The Plants Are Perennial Herbs With Pinnate Leaves And Small Flowers Arranged In Dense Long-stalked Heads. Great Burnet (poterium Officinale) Is Found In Damp Mead Ows; Salad Burnet (p. Sanguisorba) Is A Smaller Plant Growing ...
Burnham Beeches
Burnham Beeches, A Wooded Tract Of 3 7 Sac. In Buckinghamshire, England, Acquired In 1879 By The Corporation Of The City Of London, And Preserved For Public Use. This Tract, The Remnant Of An Ancient Forest, Lies West Of The Road Between Slough And Beaconsfield, And 2 Miles North Of ...
Burning To Death
Burning To Death. As A Legal Punishment For Vari Ous Crimes Burning Alive Was Formerly Very Widespread. It Was Common Among The Romans, Being Given In The Xii. Tables As The Special Penalty For Arson. Under The Gothic Codes Adulterers Were So Punished, And Throughout The Middle Ages It Was ...
Burnisher
Burnisher, A Tool Used Principally In The Arts, As The Name Implies, To Give A High Polish To A Decorated Surface. The Tool Differs In Size, Shape And Material, According To The Purpose For Which It Is Intended. The Burnisher Used By The Artist Is Gen Erally About Io To ...
Burnley
Burnley, Municipal, County And Parliamentary Borough Of Lancashire, England, At The Junction Of The Rivers Brun And Calder, 29m. N. Of Manchester, On The L.m.s. Railway And The Leeds And Liverpool Canal. Pop. (1891) 87,016; (1931) 98,259. The Church Of St. Peter Has A Perpendicular Tower, But Is Largely Modernized. ...
Burnous
Burnous, A Long Cloak Of Coarse Woollen Stuff With A Hood, Usually White In Colour, Worn By The Arabs And Berbers Throughout North Africa. ...
Burns And Scalds
Burns And Scalds. A Burn Is The Effect Of Dry Heat Of 140° F And Over, A Scald Being The Result Of Moist Heat Of Over Ito° F. Clinically There Is No Distinction Between The Two, And Their Classification And Treatment Are Identical. In Dupuytren's Classification, Burns Are Divided Into ...
Burntisland
Burntisland, A Royal, Municipal And Police Burgh, Fife, Scotland, On The Shore Of The Firth Of Forth, Sam. S.w. Of Kirk Caldy By The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. Its Links And Beach Give It Repute As A Summer Resort. The Chief Industries Are Distilling, Fisheries And Shipbuilding. There Are Railway Works ...
Burriana
Burriana, A Seaport Of Eastern Spain, In The Province Of Castellon De La Plana; On The Estuary Of The River Seco Or Bechi. Pop. (1930), 14.675. The Open Roadstead Of Burriana Has A Con Siderable Seasonal Export Trade In Oranges Grown In The Surround Ing Fertile Plain, Which Is Irrigated ...
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Burroughs Adding Machine Company, A United States Company Manufacturing Adding And Accounting Machine Equipment Situated In Detroit, Mich., And Incorporated In 1905. It Succeeded The American Arithmometer Company Which Was Organized In St. Louis, Mo., In 1886, To Manufacture Adding Machines Under Patents Issued To William Seward Bur Roughs (b. ...
Bursar
Bursar, Literally A Keeper Of The Bursa Or Purse (m.lat. Bursarius). The Word Is Now Chiefly Used Of The Official, Usually One Of The Fellows, Who Administers The Finances Of A College, Or Of The Treasurer Of A School Or Other Institution. The Term Is Also Applied To The Holder ...
Burschenschaft
Burschenschaft, An Association Of Students At The German Universities. It Was Formed As A Result Of The German National Sentiment Awakened By The War Of Liberation, Its Object Being To Foster Patriotism And Christian Conduct, As Opposed To The Particularism And Low Moral Standard Of The Old Landsmann Sclia Ften. ...
Burslem
Burslem, Industrial Town Of Staffordshire, England, In The Potteries District, 15om. N.w. From London, On The L.m.s. Rail Way And The Grand Trunk Canal. Pop. Of Parish (1891) 31,999; (1921) 41,566. In The 17th Century The Town Was Already Famous For Its Manufacture Of Pottery. Here Josiah Wedgwood Was Born ...
Buru
Buru (dutch, Boeroe), An Island Of The Moluccas, Dutch East Indies, Between 3° 4' And 50' S., And 125° 58' And 127° 15' E. It Belongs To The Residency Of Amboyna And Stands On The Outer Wall Of Archaean Rocks Which Encloses The Symmetrical Inner Volcanic Ring To Which The ...
Burujird
Burujird, A Province Of Persia Embracing A Large Part Of Luristan (q.v.), Bounded On The South By Khuzistan And Extend Ing To The Frontier Of Iraq On The West. It Lies Mostly In The Upper Reaches Of The Kerkha And Diz Rivers And Has The Distinc Tion Of Being One ...
Burun
Burun. The Burun, Inhabiting The Extreme Southern Portion Of The Sudan And The Hills North Of The Khor Yabus, Are A Tall Race Whose Men Go Naked And Whose Women Wear A Small Apron. Knowledge Of The Burun Is Limited To Measurements And Photo Graphs Taken By The Late Dr. ...
Burushaski Language
Burushaski Language. Burushaski (burusnski) Is The Mother Tongue Of Some 17,60o People Inhabiting The Central Portion Of The States Of Hunza And Nagir Which Lie To The North Of Kashmir Where The Hindu Kush And Karakoram Ranges Meet. A Distinct Dialect, Known As Werchikwar (warcikwa'r) Or Wershikwar, Is Spoken By ...
Bury St Edmunds
Bury St. Edmunds, Municipal Borough, West Suffolk, England, 87m. N.e. By N. Of London By The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931) 16,703. It Is Situated On The River Lark, A Tributary Of The Great Ouse, In A Fertile And Richly Cultivated District. The Settlement (beodricesworth) Was One Of The Royal Towns ...
Bury
Bury, Municipal County And Parliamentary Borough, Lanca Shire, England, On The River Irwell, Iozm. N. By W. Of Man Chester, On The L.m.s. Railway And The Manchester And Bolton Canal. Pop. (1931) 56,186. Bury, Of Which The Name Is Derived From The Anglo-saxon Burhg, Birig Or Byrig (town, Castle Or ...
Busby
Busby, The Fur Cap, Decorated With Plume And Busby-bag, Which Forms Part Of The Full-dress Uniform Of Hussars And Royal Horse Artillery. (see Also Uniforms.) ...
Busenbaum
Busenbaum (or Busembaum), Hermann (1600 1668), Jesuit Theologian, Was Born At Nottuln, Westphalia. Out Of His Lectures To Students At Cologne Grew His Celebrated Book Medulla Theologiae Moralis, Facili Ac Perspicua Methodo Resolvers Casus Conscientiae The Manual Passed Through Over 200 Editions Before 1776. Pierre Lacroix Added Considerably To Its ...
Bush I
Bush. (i) A Word Common To Many European Languages, Meaning (cf. The Ger. Busch, Fr. Bois, Ital. Bosco, And The Mediae Val Lat. Boscus) A Shrub Or Group Of Shrubs, Especially Of Those Plants Whose Branches Grow Low And Thick. Collectively "the Bush" Is Used In British Colonies, Particularly In ...
Bush Master
Bush Master (lachesis Nautus), One Of The Largest Mem Bers Of The Rattlesnake Family, Reaching A Length Of 8ft. It In Habits The Amazon Region And Is Extremely Venomous, With Very Large Fangs. The Tail Terminates In A Spine Which Makes A Rustling Sound As The Snake Moves. The Bush ...
Bushel
Bushel, A Dry Measure Of Capacity, Containing 8 Gallons Or 4 Pecks (from O.fr. Boissiel, Cf. Med. Lat. Bustellus, Busellus, A Little Box) . It Has Been In Use For Measuring Corn, Potatoes, Etc., From A Very Early Date, The Value.varying Locally And With The Article Measured. The "imperial Bushel," ...
Bushido
Bushido, The Unwritten Code Of Laws Governing The Lives Of The Nobles Of Japan, Equivalent To The European Chivalry. Its Maxims Have Been Orally Handed Down, Together With A Vast Ac Cumulation Of Traditional Etiquette, The Result Of Centuries Of Feudalism. Its Inception Is Associated With The Uprise Of Feudal ...
Bushire
Bushire, The Chief Port Of Persia, Near The Head Of The Persian Gulf (28° 59' N. And 5o° 49' E.), Is Situated On The Northern Part Of A Peninsula Which Nowhere Exceeds 4oft. In Elevation. Bushire Is The Headquarters Of The Persian Adminis Trative Division Known As "the Gulf Ports," ...
Bushman Languages
Bushman Languages. The Bushmen Of S. Africa (v. S. Africa, General Ethnology) Are Divided Into Many Tribal Groups, Each Speaking A Different Language Or Dialect , Which Are All So Clearly Related That They Must Be Regarded As Belonging To The Same Language Family. Owing To Certain Variations In Phonet ...
Bushmen
Bushmen. The Kalahari Desert And Northern Neighbour Hood (south-west Africa) Are The Present Habitats Of Nomad Hunt Ers And Food Gatherers, The Khuai Or San Groups Known As Bush Men. The Average Height Of The Men Of The Southern, Central And Western Groups Is About 5ft. But In The North ...
Bushrangers
Bushrangers, The Name Given To The Australian Brig Ands (at First Escaped Convicts) Who, In The Early 19th Century, Took Refuge In The "bush" And, Supporting Themselves By Plunder, Terrorized The Scattered Inhabitants. Their Activities Were Checked By The Bushranging Act, Passed In New South Wales In 183o (re Newed ...
Business Budget
Budget, Business. A Budget, Defined In Its Simplest Terms, Is Merely An Estimate Of Future Needs. These Needs May Be For Money, For Labour, For Materials, For Advertising, For Sales, For Production, For Capital Expenditures, For Personnel, Or For Any Item Of Either Income Or Expense. Nevertheless The Business Budget ...
Business Codes
Business Codes, A Term Applied To Principles Or Stand Ards Of Fair And Ethical Practice Agreed Upon By Particular Groups Engaged In The Sale Or Exchange Of Goods Or Services. The Business World, Especially In America, Because Of Rapid Extension There, Has, Since About 191o, Given Them Increasing Attention; And ...
Business Mans Investment
Business Man's Investment, A United States Phrase Describing Stocks Or Bonds Of Companies Which Do Not Meet The Requirements Of "legal Investments" Or The "gilt Edge" Class, But Which Are Comparatively Sound And Will Ordinarily Prove Safe And Profitable To The Business Man Who Understands How To Keep In Touch ...
Busiri
Busiri (abu 'abdallah Muhammad Ibn Sa'id Ul-busiri) (1211-1294), Arabian Poet, Lived In Egypt, Where He Wrote Un Der The Patronage Of Ibn Hinna, The Vizier. His Poems Seem To Have Been Wholly On Religious Subjects. The Most Famous Of These Is The So-called "poem Of The Mantle." It Is Entirely ...
Busiris
Busiris, In A Greek Legend Preserved In A Fragment Of Pherecydes, An Egyptian King, Son Of Poseidon And Lyssianassa. After Egypt Had Been Afflicted For Nine Years With Famine, Phrasius, A Seer Of Cyprus, Arrived In Egypt And Announced That The Cessation Of The Famine Would Not Take Place Until ...
Buskin
Buskin, A Word Of Uncertain Origin, Existing In Many Euro Pean Languages [fr. Brousequin, Ital. Borzacchino, Etc.]. A Half Boot Or High Shoe Strapped Under The Ankle, And Protecting The Shins; The Thick-soled Boot Or Cothurnus In The Ancient Athenian Tragedy, Used To Increase The Stature Of The Actors, As ...
Bussa
Bussa, A Town Of Borgu, Northern Nigeria, On The West Bank Of The Niger, In 1o° 9' N., 4° 40' E. It Is Situated Just Above The Rapids Which Mark The Limit Of Navigability Of The Niger By Steamer From The Sea. Here In 18o6 Mungo Park, In His Second ...
Bustard
Bustard, A Bird (otis Tarda), Now Extinct In Britain, But Inhabiting Other Parts Of Europe, Asia As Far East As Mesopotamia, And Also Morocco. It Lives In Open Uncultivated Country, Feeding On Plants, Worms And Small Ani Mals. It Grows To A Length Of 4 Ft., With An Expanse Of ...
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio, Urban District, Italy, Province Of Milan, 21m. N.w. Of Milan. Pop. (1921) 24,057 (town), 27,568 (com Mune). The Fine Domed S. Maria Di Piazza (1517) Is From Bramante's Designs: The Picture Over The High Altar Is One Of Gaudenzio Ferrari's Best Works. Busto Arsizio Is An Active Manu ...
Butades
Butades, Of Sicyon, Wrongly Called Dibutades, The First Greek Modeller In Clay. The Story Is That His Daughter, Who Loved A Youth At Corinth, Where They Lived, Drew Upon The Wall The Outline Of His Shadow, And That Upon This Outline Her Father Modelled A Face Of The Youth In ...
Butane
Butane (c4hio) Is The Fourth In The Series Of Paraffin Hy Dro-carbons Of The General Formula And Has One Isomer. Normal Butane Boils At About The Freezing Point Of Water And Has A Beaume Gravity Of 109. Both Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas Come From Wells And In Most Cases ...
Butcher
Butcher, One Who Cuts And Trims Meat For Cooking. He Must Be Thoroughly Experienced In Handling Meats And Must Know The Different Qualities. If Selling Forms A Part Of His Duties He Should Be Well Versed In Figures And Methods Of Salesmanship. Mutual Protection Societies, Known As Butchers' Guilds, Have ...
Bute Or Buteshire
Bute Or Buteshire, An Insular County In South-west Scotland, Consisting Of The Islands Of Bute, From Which The County Takes Its Name, Arran, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae, Holy Island, Pladda And Inchmarnock, All Lying In The Firth Of Clyde, Between Ayrshire On The East And Argyllshire On The West And ...
Bute
Bute, The Most Important, Though Not The Largest, Of The Islands Constituting The County Of The Same Name, In The Firth Of Clyde, Scotland, About 18m. S.w. Of Greenock And 4om. By Water From Glasgow. Pop. (1921) 19,465. It Is Bounded On The North And West By The Lovely Kyles ...
Butler
Butler, The Name Of A Family Famous In The History Of Ire Land. The Great House Of The Butlers, Alone Among The Families Of The Conquerors, Rivalled The Geraldines, Their Neighbours, Kinsfolk, And Mortal Foes. Theobald Walter, Their Ancestor, Was Not Among The First Of The Invaders. He Was The ...
Butler_2
Butler (or Boteler), Samuel (1612-168o), English Poet, Author Of Hudibras, Son Of Samuel Butler, A Small Farmer, Was Baptized At Strensham, Worcestershire, On Feb. 8, 1612. He Was Educated At The King's School, Worcester, Under Henry Bright, The Record Of Whose Zeal As A Teacher Is Preserved By Fuller (worthies, ...
Butler_3
Butler, A City Of Pennsylvania, U.s.a., On Cohoquenessing Creek, About 3om. N. Of Pittsburgh; The County Seat Of Butler County. It Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio, The Pennsyl Vania, The Buffalo, Rochester And Pittsburgh, And The Bessemer And Lake Erie Railways. The Population In 192o Was 23,778, And ...
Butler_4
Butler, A Domestic Servant Who Superintends The Wine Cellar And Acts As The Chief Male Servant Of A Household ; Among His Other Duties Are The Conduct Of The Service Of The Table And The Custody Of The Plate. The Butler Of A Royal Household Was An Official Of High ...
Buto
Buto, The Greek Name Of The Egyptian Goddess Uto (hierogl. Ww''zy•t), Confused With The Name Of Her City Buto (see Busiris). She Was A Cobra-goddess Of The Marshes, Worshipped Especially In The City Of Buto In The North-west Of The Delta, And At Another Buto (hdt. Ii. 75) In The ...
Buton
Buton (dutch, Boeton), Island Off The S.e. Of Celebes, One Of A Group Of Which The Most Important Are Buton, Muna, Kabena, And Wowoni. Buton Strait, Between Buton And Muna, (port, On The E. Coast, Raha) Is Very Narrow, And Difficult To Navigate, But Very Beautiful. Buton Lies In The ...
Butow
Butow, Chief Town Of An Eastern Sub-division In The District Of Koslin, In The Prussian Province Of Pomerania. Pop. (1925) 8,873. It Is A Railway Junction And A Local Agricultural Centre. ...
Butrinto
Butrinto, A Small Albanian Town Which Can Be Reached From Argyrocastro But Less Easily From Janina, From Which It Is Separated By A Range Of Hills. The Town Occupies The Site Of An Ancient Fortress On A Headland Facing The Northern End Of Corfu. It Is On The Shores Of ...
Butt I
Butt. (i) A Cask For Ale Or Wine, With A Capacity Of About Two Hogsheads (108 Gal. ; See Hogshead) . (2) The Thick End Of Anything, As Of A Fishing-rod, Or The Wooden End Of A Rifle, Shaped To Fit Against The Firer's Shoulder, Also The Stump Of A ...
Butte Or Bute
Butte Or Bute (fr. Butte, A Hillock Or Rising Ground), A Word Used In The Western States Of North America For A Flat Topped Hill Surrounded By A Steep Escarpment From Which A Slope Descends To The Plain. It Is Sometimes Used For "an Elevation Higher Than A Hill But ...
Butte
Butte, The Largest City Of Montana, U.s.a., On The West Slope Of The Continental Divide, At An Elevation Of 5,755ft.; The County Seat Of Silver Bow County. It Is On Federal Highways Io And 91, And Is Served By Four Trans-continental Railways: The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific, The ...
Butter And Eggs
Butter-and-eggs, The Name Commonly Given In The United States To The Yellow Toadflax (q.v.), Widely Naturalized From The Old World As A Wayside Weed. (see Toadflax.) ...
Butter Fat
Butter-fat, The Fatty Constituent Of Cows' Milk. But Ter, Which Is A Solid Emulsion Containing Fat, Water, Curd, Milk Sugar And Inorganic Salts, Is Melted And Allowed To Settle ; The Clear Butter-fat Rises To The Top And Is Separated By Decantation. It Does Not Become Rancid As Readily As ...
Butter
Butter. It Is Calculated That In England And Wales About Of All The Milk Produced Is Made Into Butter On Farms. About 27 Lb. Of Milk Are Required To Make One Pound Of Butter, And On This Basis The Production Of Butter Is 28,45o Tons Of Which 5,75o Tons Are ...
Buttercup
Buttercup, A Name Given. To Various Crowfoots Which Bear Bright Yellow, Broadly Cup-shaped Flowers. Among The Best Known Are The Tall Or Meadow Buttercup (ranunculus Acris), 2 Ft. To 3 Ft. High, With Stiffly Erect Stems; The Creeping Buttercup (r. Repens), Which Spreads By Runners, And The Bulbous Buttercup (r. ...
Butterfish
Butterfish, A Small Fish, Poronotus Triacantlius, Caught Along The Atlantic Coast Of The United States And Sometimes Known As The "dollar Fish." The Flavour Is Very Delicate Especially When The Fish Is Fried In Butter Until Lightly Browned. The Name Butterfish Is Also Applied To Various Other Fishes, Particularly To ...
Butterfly Weed
Butterfly - Weed (asctepias Tuberosa), A North American Plant Of The Milkweed Family (asclepiadaceae), Known Also As Pleurisy-root, Orange-root And Orange Milkweed. It Is Native To Dry Fields, Mostly In Limestone Soil, From Maine To Ontario And Minnesota And Southward To Florida, Texas, Arizona And Chihuahua. The Butterfly-weed Is A ...
Butterfly
Butterfly And Moth, The Common English Names For Insects Forming The Order Lepidoptera (q.v.). Butterfly Fish, The Common Name Of The Chaeto Donts, Laterally Compressed And Often Brilliantly Coloured Fishes Of Tropical Seas, Especially Abund Ant In The Vicinity Of Coral. (see ...
Buttermilk
Buttermilk, The Liquid Residue After Removing The Butter From Cream By The Churning Process. It Consists Mainly Of Water, Some 9o%, Together With Milk Sugar, About 5%, And Casein, About 3%. In Addition It Contains Small Quantities Of Butter Fat And Lactic Acid. To The Latter, Which Is Formed During ...
Butterwort
Butterwort, The Popular Name Of A Small Insectivorous Plant, Pinguicula Vulgaris, Which Grows In Wet, Boggy Land. It Is A Herb With A Rosette Of Fleshy, Oblong Leaves, I To Sin. Long, Ap Pressed To The Ground, Of A Pale Colour, And With A Sticky Surface. Small Insects Settle On ...
Buttery
Buttery, A Place For Stor Ing Wine (o.fr. Boterie, Late Lat. Botaria, A Place Where Liquor Is Stored, From Butta, A Cask). Later, By Confusion With "butter," A Pantry Or Storeroom For Food; At Oxford And Cambridge Universities, Especially, The Place Where Food Is Kept. ...
Button Snakeroot
Button Snakeroot (liatris Or Laciniaria), A Genus Of North American Plants Of The Family Compositae, Comprising About 3o Species Found Chiefly In The Central And Eastern United States And Southern Canada. Various Species, Because Of Their Showy Flowers, Are Also Called Blazing Star. They Are Erect, Per Ennial, Mostly Unbranched ...
Button
Button, A Small Piece Of Metal Or Other Material Which, Pushed Through A Loop Or Buttonhole, Serves As A Catch Between Different Parts Of A Garment, Etc. The Word Is Also Used Of Other Objects Which Have A Projecting Knob-like Character, E.g., Button Mushrooms, The Button Of An Electric Bell-push, ...
Buttress
Buttress, A Mass Of Masonry Projecting From The Face Of A Wall, Either To Strengthen The Wall Or To Resist The Side Thrust Of An Arch, Roof Or Vault Abutting Against That Wall (see Abutment). Until The Extensive Development Of Vaulting There Was Little Need For Buttresses, And Therefore They ...
Buturlinovka
Buturlinovka, A Town In The Voronezh Province Of The Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, Situated On The Edge Of A Plateau, And On The Branch Railway To Kalach. Lat. 5o° 48' N. Long. 4o° 35' E. Pop. (1926) 27,548. It Has Sulphur Mineral Springs. It Trades Chiefly In Cattle, And ...
Butyl Alcohols
Butyl Alcohols. Four Isomeric Alcohols Of This For Mula, Are Known; Two Of These Are Primary, One Second Ary And One Tertiary (see Alcohols). The Two Primary Butyl Alcohols Arise During The High-pressure Synthesis Of Methyl Alcohol From Carbon Monoxide And Hydrogen In Presence Of Metallic Catalysts (copper, Cobalt, Chromium, ...
Butyric Acid
Butyric Acid Is The First Acid In The Acetic Acid Series To Show Structural Isomerism (q.v.). There Are Two Acids Of The Formula Normal Butyric Acid Or Fermentation Butyric Acid Is Found In Butter, As An Hexyl Ester In The Oil Of Heracleum Giganteum, As An Octyl Ester In Parsnip ...
Buxar Or Baxar
Buxar Or Baxar, A Sub-divisional Town Of Northeastern India, In The Shahabad District Of Bihar And Orissa, Bengal, On The South Bank Of The Ganges, With A Station On The East Indian Railway. Pop. (1921) There Is A Dismantled Fort Of Small Size Which Was Important From Its Commanding The ...
Buxton
Buxton, Municipal Borough And Health-resort, North Derbyshire, England, On The L.m.s. Railway, 36 M. N.w. Of Derby. Pop. It Is In The Centre Of The Peak District, And Has The Reputation Of Being The Highest Town In England. It Lies Between 1,000 And 1,150 Ft. Above Sea-level, In A Basin ...
Buyer
Buyer, One Who Purchases Or Acquires By Barter. The Individual Buyer Purchases Commodities For Himself Through The Expenditure Of His Own Money, Or Its Equivalent. As Commonly Used, However, The Term Refers To The Authorized Purchasing Agent For Some Other Individual, Firm Or Institution. On The Stock Ex Change, The ...
Buyers Option
Buyer's Option, A Written Contract Under The Terms Of Which A Buyer Of Securities Need Not Accept Delivery Until The End Of A Specified Time But May Demand Delivery At Any Time Within The Limit Upon One Day's Notice. On The New York Stock Exchange A Buyer's Option Must Be ...
Buying In
Buying In. On The London Stock Exchange, A Transaction By Which, If A Member Has Sold Securities Which He Fails To Deliver On Settling Day, Or Any Of The Succeeding So Days Following The Settlement, The Buyer May Give Instructions To A Stock Exchange Official To "buy In" The Stock ...
Buys Ballots Law
Buys Ballot's Law, In Meteorology, The Name Given To A Law Which May Be Expressed As Follows :—"stand With Your Back To The Wind; The Low-pressure Area Will Be On Your Lef T Hand." This Rule, The Truth Of Which Was First Recognized By The American Meteorologists J. H. Coffin ...
Buzau
Buzau, A Town Of Rumania, Capital Of The Department Of The Same Name, Situated Near The Right Bank Of The River Buzau, Be Tween The Carpathian Mountains And The Fertile Lowlands Of South Moldavia And East Walachia. Pop. (193o) 36,115. Buzau Is Im Portant As A Market For Petroleum, Timber ...
Buzot
Buzot, Francois Nicolas Leonard (176o 1794), French Revolutionist, At The Outbreak Of The Revolution Was An Advocate In His Native Town (evreux). In 1789 He Was Elected Deputy To The States-general, And There Became Known For His Advanced Opinions. In 1792 He Was Elected Deputy To The Convention, And Took ...
Buzuluk
Buzuluk, A Town In The Samara Province Of The Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, Situated On The Left Bank Of The Samara River Near Its Junction With The Buzuluk And Do Mashke. Lat. 52° 48' N., Long. 12' E. Pop. (1926) 24,562, Mainly Russians And Mohammedan Tatars. It Is On ...
Buzzard
Buzzard, A Bird Of Prey. The Buzzards Are Distinguished From The Eagles By Their Bill, Which Is Decurved From The Base. The Head, Too, In Buzzards Is Short And Round, While In The Eagles It Is Elongated. In A General Way Buzzards Are Smaller Than Eagles, And Have Their Plumage ...
Byelaya Tserkov
Byelaya Tserkov (white Church), A Town In The Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, On The Left Bank Of The Rosi River, On A Branch Railway And On The Main Road From Kiev To The Crimea. Lat. 49° 50' N., Long. 3o° 8' E. Pop. (1926) 21,939. It Has An Elevator And ...
Byelev
Byelev, A Town In The Province Of Tula In The Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, On The Left Bank Of The Oka River. Lat. 53° 48' N., Long. 36° 9' E. Pop. (1926) 12,794. It Has An Annual Fair Trading In Grain, Hemp, Oil, Cattle And Tallow, And Has Tallow, ...
Byelgorod
Byelgorod (white Town), A Town In The Kursk Prov Ince Of The Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, On A Chalk Hill On The Right Bank Of The Donetz River. Lat. 5o° 38' N., Long. 36° 37' E. Pop. (1926) 22,794. It Is A Railway Junction And Has A Radio Station. ...
Byezhetsk
Byezhetsk, A Town In The Tver Province Of The Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, On The Right Bank Of The Mologa River. Lat. 57° 48' N., Long. 36° 39' E. Pop. (1926) 12,236. It Is On A Railway, And Has A Radio Station. Its Scythes, Agricultural Implements And Hardware Are ...
Byrnie
Byrnie, A Coat Of Linked Mail (icelandic, Brynja). The Chain Mail Body Armour Worn By Early Scandinavians And Others. Mid : English Brinie=a Coat Of Mail Which Hung From The Neck To The Knees, The Skirt Being Slit To Facilitate Riding On Horseback. The Normans Called It The Hawberk. The ...
Bytownite
Bytownite (named From Bytown, Now Ottawa, In Can Ada), A Rock-forming Mineral Of The Plagioclase (q.v.) Group Of Felspars. The Name Is Now Restricted To Felspars Intermediate In Composition Between Labradorite (q.v.) And Anorthite (q.v.), And Arbitrarily Reserved For Solid Solutions Of Composition-range To ...
Calvin Blackman Bridges
Bridges, Calvin Blackman Amer Ican Genetician, Was Born At Schuyler's Falls, N.y., On Jan. 11, 1889. In 1912 He Graduated At Columbia University Where In 1916 He Received The Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy And Was Research Assistant To T. H. Morgan During 1910 To 1915. From 1915 19 He ...
Carl Darling Buck
Buck, Carl Darling ), American Philolo Gist, Was Born Oct. 2, 1866, At Orland, Maine. He Graduated At Yale In 1886, And Was A Post-graduate Student There, At The American School Of Classical Studies In Athens, And In Leipzig. In 1892 He Became Assistant Professor And In 1900 Professor Of ...
Charles Augustus Briggs
Briggs, Charles Augustus Ameri Can Hebrew Scholar And Theologian, Was Born In New York City, Jan. 15, 1841. He Was Educated At The University Of Virginia, The Union Theological Seminary, And The University Of Berlin. After A Pastorship In The Presbyterian Church Of Roselle (n.j.), He Went To The Union ...