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Bertram Dobell
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Dambrowa, A Polish Town In The Province Of Kielce And Centre Of The Coal Basin Bearing Its Name And Which Combines With The Basins Of Cracow And Polish Silesia To Form One Of The Great Est Coalfields Of Europe. Pop. (1931) 36,987, An Increase Of 6,116 On That Of 1921. ...
Dame
Dame, Properly A Name Of Respect Or A Title Equivalent To "lady," Now Surviving In English As The Legal Designation Of The Wife Or Widow Of A Baronet Or Knight, Or Of A Dame Of The Order Of The British Empire ; It Is Prefixed To The Christian Name And ...
Dames Violet
Dame's Violet, The English Name For Hesperis Rna Tronalis, A Herbaceous Plant Belonging To The Family Cruciferae, And Closely Allied To The Wallflower And Stock. It Has An Erect, Stout, Leafy Stem, 2 To 3 Ft. High, With Irregularly Toothed, Short-stalked Leaves And White Or Lilac Flowers, A In. Across, ...
Damghan
Damghan, Town, Persia, In 36° Io' N., 54° 20' E., 216 M. From Tehran, On The High Road To Khurasan; Elevation 3,737 Feet. Pop. Io,000. Damghan Was An Important City In The Middle Ages, But There Are Few Remains Of That Period. The Remains Of Hecatompylos Extend From Frat, 16 ...
Damietta
Damietta, A Town Of Lower Egypt, On The Eastern (dam Ietta Or Phatnitic) Branch Of The Nile, A Few Miles Above Its Mouth And 125m. N.n.e. Of Cairo By Rail. Pop. The Town Is Built On The East Bank Of The River Between It And Lake Menzala. Though Ill-built And ...
Dammar Or Dammer
Dammar Or Dammer, A Resin, Or Rather Series Of Resins, Obtained From Various Coniferous Trees Of The Genus Agathis (dam Mara). East Indian Dammar Or Cat's Eye Resin Is The Produce Of Agathis Dammara, Which Grows In Java, Sumatra, Borneo And Other Eastern Islands And Sometimes Attains A Height Of ...
Dammartin
Dammartin, A Small Town Of France, In The Department Of Seine Et Marne, 22 M. N.e. Of Paris. Situated On A Hill Form Ing Part Of The Plateau Of La Goele, It Is Known As Dammartin-en Gale To Distinguish It From Dammartin-sous-tigeaux, A Small , Commune In The Same Department. ...
Damme
Damme, A Decayed City Of Belgium (pop. ,ioo), 41- M. N.e. Of Bruges, Once So Important As A Commercial Port That It Had Its Own Maritime Law, Known As Droit Maritime De Damme. It Is On The Canal From Bruges To Sluys (ecluse), But In The Middle Ages A Navigable ...
Damocles
Damocles, One Of The Courtiers Of The Elder Dionysius Of Syracuse. When He Spoke In Extravagant Terms Of The Happiness Of His Sovereign, Dionysius Is Said To Have Invited Him To A Sumptuous Banquet, At Which He Found Himself Seated Under A Naked Sword Suspended By A Single Hair (cicero ...
Damoh
Damoh, A Town And District Of British India, In The Jub Bulpore Division Of The Central Provinces. The Town Of Damoh Is Situated On The Railway From Katni To Bina, A Branch Of The G.i.p. Railway, 48 M. E. Of Saugor. It Has Small Local Industries And A Large Cattle ...