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Cornwallis, Sir William British Admiral, Was The Brother Of The Ist Marquess Cornwallis, Gover Nor-general Of India. He Was Born On Feb. 20, 1744, Entered The Navy As A Boy Of 1, And Had Reached Post-rank When He Was 2 2. In 1779 He Commanded The "lion" In The Fleet ...
Spectroscopy Roentgen Ray
Spectroscopy : Roentgen Ray.) By Placing The X-ray Tube Be Fore The Slits In Place Of The Radiator, The Spectrum Of The Primary X-rays Can Be Compared With That Of The Scattered Rays. Fig. 3 Compares The Spectrum Of The Primary X-rays With The Spectrum Of These Rays After They ...
Stapleton Cotton Combermere
Combermere, Stapleton Cotton, 1st Vis Count (1773-1865), British Field-marshal And Colonel Of The 1st Life Guards, Was The Second Son Of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton Of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, And Was Born On Nov. At Llewenny Hall In Denbighshire. He Was Educated At West Minster School, And When Only 16 ...
Statutory Companies
Statutory Companies There Is Another Large Class Of Companies, Which For Shortness May Be Called Statutory Companies, Constituted By Special Act Of Parliament For The Purpose Of Carrying On Undertakings Of Public Utility, Such As Railways, Canals, Harbours, Docks, Waterworks, Gasworks, Bridges, Ferries Or Tramways. The Objects Of Such Companies ...
Superfamily Heteromera
Superfamily Heteromera Fore- And Middle Tarsi 5-jointed, Hind Tarsi 4-jointed. Larvae Campodeiform, Or More Usually An Intermediate Type. The Heteromera Include 17 Families Whose Members Exhibit Great Diversity Of Form And Habit But All Agree In The Possession Of The Tarsal Char Acters Enumerated Above. The Two Most Important Families ...
Superfamily I Staphylinoidea
Superfamily I. Staphylinoidea Antennae Simple Or Clubbed: Venation Of Hind-wings Without Any Closed Cells, Often Greatly Reduced. Larvae Generally Campo Dei F Orm. The Staphylinidae (fig. 7) Or Rove-beetles Amount To About 13,00o Species, Over Boo Inhabiting The British Isles. They Are Easily Distinguished By The Very Short Elytra Which ...
Superfamily Ii Diversicornia
Superfamily Ii. Diversicornia Antennae Generally Clubbed Or Serrate: Tarsi 1- To 5-jointed But Not Heteromerous. Larvae Very Varied. This Enormous Division Includes A Great Number Of Families And Is To Be Regarded As A Provisional Group, Including All Those Forms Not Belonging To Other Superfam Ilies : Only A Few ...
Superfamily Iv Phytophaga
Superfamily Iv. Phytophaga Plant-feeding Beetles With The Antennae Generally Simple, Less Often Pectinate Or Serrate: Tarsi Apparently 4-jointed, The 4th Joint Minute And Concealed By The 3rd Joint. Larvae Eruciform With Short Or Rudimentary Legs. The Chrysomelidae Or Leaf Beetles (fig. 15) Number About 2o,000 Described Species, Being The Second ...
Superfamily V Rhynchophora
Superfamily V. Rhynchophora Head Generally Produced Into A Beak Or Rostrum: Gular Plate Absent And Repre Sented By A Single Mid-ventral Suture: Tarsi With Four Evident Joints. Larvae Legless And Maggot-like. The Rhynchophora Are A Vast Assem Blage Of Insects Usually Very Easy To Recog Nize And Are All Plant-feeders. ...