Damon And Phintias
Damon And Phintias (not Pythias), Syracusae. Pythagoreans, Devoted Friends. Condemned To Death By Dionysius Of Syracuse, Phintias Begged A Short Respite That He Might Arrange His Affairs. Damon Pledged His Life For The Return Of His Friend; And Phintias Returned In Time. The Tyrant Released Both And Begged To Be ...
Damophon
Damophon, A Greek Sculptor Of Messene, Who Executed Many Statues For The People Of Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium, And Other Cities Of Peloponnesus. Considerable Fragments, Includ Ing Three Colossal Heads From A Group By Him Representing Demeter, Persephone, Artemis, And The Giant Anytus, Have Been Found On The Site Of Lycosura ...
Damp
Damp, Vapour Or Mist, And Hence Moisture. In The Vocabu Lary Of Coal-miners "firedamp" Is Marsh Gas, Which, When Mixed With Air And Exploded, Produces "choke Damp," "af Ter Damp" Or "suffocating Damp" (carbon Dioxide). "black Damp" Consists Of Accumulations Of Irrespirable Gases, Mostly Nitrogen, Which Cause The Lights To ...
Dams
Dams. From Immemorial Times Dams Have Been Constructed Of Earth And Masonry For The Purpose Of Forming Reservoirs For The Storage Of Water To Ensure Regular Supplies To Communities For Domestic Purposes And For Irrigation. There Are Records Of A Huge Earthen Dam On The Tigris And A Large Masonry ...
Dan
Dan, A Tribe Of Israel Named After A Son Of Jacob And Bilhah, The Maid Of Rachel. The Earlier Home Of The Tribe Was To The West Of Judah, Where It Seems That They Occupied The Sea Coast, Cover Ing The Caravan Routes, Where The Weakness Of The Later Kings ...
Danae
Danae (gr. Da-na–a, Anglicized Dan'a-e) , In Greek Legend, Daughter Of Acrisius, King Of Argos. According To The Myth, Her Father, Having Been Warned By An Oracle That She Would Bear A Son By Whom He Would Be Slain, Confined Danae In A Brazen Tower. But Zeus Descended To Her ...
Danao
Danao, A Municipality (with Administration Centre And 45 Barrios Or Districts) Of The Province And Island Of Cebu, Philip Pine Islands, On The East Coast, At The Mouth Of The Danao River, 17 M. N.n.e. Of Cebu, The Provincial Capital. Pop. (1918) 22,581, Of Whom Only 9 Were Whites. It ...
Danaus
Danaus, In Greek Legend, Son Of Belus, King Of Egypt, And Twin-brother Of Aegyptus. He Was Born At Chemmis (panopolis) In Egypt, But Having Been Driven Out By His Brother He Fled With His 5o Daughters To Argos, The Home Of His Ancestress Io. The 5o Sons Of Aegyptus Arrived ...
Danburite
Danburite, A Rare Mineral Species Consisting Of Calcium And Boron Orthosilicate, Crystallizing In The Ortho Rhombic System And Discovered In 1839 At Danbury, Conn., Whence Its Name, And Where It Occurs Embedded In Dolomite. The Crystals Are Transparent To Translucent, And Colourless To Pale Yellow ; They Are Prismatic In ...
Danbury
Danbury, A City Of South-western Connecticut, 65m. N.n.e. Of New York City, On The Still River; One Of The County' Seats Of Fairfield County. It Is Served By The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad. The Population Was 13,943 In 192o (21% Foreign-born White) And Was 22,261 In 193o ...
Dance
Dance, The Name Of An English Family Distinguished In Architecture, Art And The Drama. George Dance, The Elder (170o 1768), Obtained The Appointment Of Architect To The City Of Lon Don, And Designed The Mansion House (1739) ; The Churches Of St. Botolph, Aldgate (1741), St. Luke's, Old Street; St. ...
Dances Of The Gods
Dances Of The Gods The Veda Knows Of Gods Who Dance; Thus, In Rigveda X., 72, We Have A Creation Hymn In Which The Gods, Dancing Apparently In A Ring, Set Up A Rhythmic Flux In The Primeval Waters, And This Magic Dance Sets All Nature In Motion: When There, ...
Dance_2
Dance. Dancing Consists In The Rhythmical Movement Of Any Or All Parts Of The Body In Accordance With Some Scheme Of • Individual Or Concerted Action Which Is Expressive Of Emotions Or Ideas. Amongst Primitive Peoples It Always Has Some Accompani Ment By Means Of Which The Rhythm Is Emphasized. ...
Dandelion
Dandelion (taraxacum Officinale), A Perennial Herb Be Longing To The Family Compositae (q.v.). The Plant Has A Wide Range, Being Found In Europe, Central Asia, North America, And The Arctic Regions, And Also In The South Temperate Zone. The Leaves Form A Spreading Rosette On The Very Short Stem ; ...
Dandin
Dandin (fl. 6th Century A.d.), Sanskrit Author And Court Poet Of Sudraka. He Wrote The Kavyddarsa, A Manual Of Poetics (sanskrit Text And Eng. Trans. By S. K. Belvalkar, 1924;), And Dasakumdracharitts Or "adven Tures Of The Ten Princes" Portray Ing Low-class City Life (latest Sanskrit And English Edition Pub ...
Dandolo
Dandolo, The Name Of One Of The Most Illustrious Patrician Families Of Venice, Of Which The Earliest Recorded Member Was One Of The Electors Of The First Doge (a.d. 697). The Dandolo Gave To Venice Four Doges ; Of These The First And Most Famous Was Enrico Dandolo (c. 112o ...
Dandy
Dandy, A Word Which About 1813-16 Became A London Colloquialism For The Exquisite Of The Period. It Is Probably De Rived From The French Dandin, "a Ninny Or Booby," But In The Northampton Mercury (april 17, 1819), Occurs The Follow Ing: "origin Of The Word 'dandy.' This Term, Which Has ...
Danegeld
Danegeld, An English National Tax Originally Levied By Aethelred Ii. As A Means Of Raising The Tribute Which Was The Price Of The Temporary Cessation Of The Danish Ravages. This Ex Pedient Was First Adopted In 991 And Was Repeated In 994, 1002, 1°07 And 1012. With The Accession Of ...
Danelagh
Danelagh, The Name Given To Those Districts In The North And North-east Of England Which Were Settled By Scandinavian Invaders In The 9th And Loth Centuries And In Which Danish Cus Tomary Law Subsequently Prevailed. The Real Settlement Of Eng Land By Danes Began In The Year 876, When A ...
Dangerous Trades
Dangerous Trades. By The British Factory And Workshop Act 1901, Cases Of Industrial Lead, Phosphorus, Arseni Cal And Mercurial Poisoning, Also Of Anthrax, Must Be Reported To The Chief Inspector Of Factories, Home Office. Subsequently, Carbon Bisulphide, Aniline And Chronic Benzene Poisoning, Also Cases Of Toxic Jaundice And Of Epitheliomatous ...
Daniel Danil
Daniel (danil), Of Kiev, The Earliest Russian Travel Writer, And One Of The Leading Russian Travellers In The Middle Ages. He Journeyed To Syria And Other Parts Of The Levant About He Was The Igumen, Or Abbot, Of A Monastery Probably Near Chernigov In Little Russia. He Visited Palestine In ...
Daniel Defoe
Defoe, Daniel (c. English Author, Was Born In The Parish Of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, In The Latter Part Of 1659 Or Early In 166o, Of A Nonconformist Family. His Father James Foe, Was A Butcher And A Citizen Of London. Until Late In Life Daniel Signed Defoe Or Foe ...
Daniel Webster Highway
Daniel Webster Highway, American Oughfare Extending From The Sachusetts-new Hampshire State Boundary Line To The Connecticut River At Canaan, Vermont. This Highway Was Established By The New Hampshire Legislature In 1921 To Commemorate The Great Statesman Whose Name It Bears; At Franklin It Passes Near His Birthplace. It Traverses The ...
Daniel
Daniel, The Name Given To The Central Figure Of The Biblical Book Of Daniel (see Below). Two Other Personages Mentioned In The Old Testament Bear This Name ; See I Chron. Iii. 1, Ezra Viii. 2, Neh. X. 6. Daniel The Prophet Is Known To Us Only As A Character ...
Dannewerk Or Danewerk
Dannewerk Or Danewerk (dan., Dannevirke Or Danevirke, "danes' Rampart"), The Ancient Frontier Rampart Of The Danes Against The Germans, Extending Olm. From Just South Of The Town Of Schleswig To The Marshes Of The River Trene Near The Village Of Hollingstedt. The Rampart Was Begun By Gubo6r (godefridus), King Of ...
Dansville
Dansville, A Village Of Livingston County, New York, U.s.a., 49m. S. Of Rochester, Adjoining The Stony Brook Glen State Park. It Has An Airport, And Is Served By The Dansville And Mount Morris And The Lackawanna Railways. The Population Was 4,928 In 1930. Nurseries, Especially For Growing Fruit And Orna ...
Dante
Dante (or Durante), Alighieri The Greatest Of Italian Poets, Was Born At Florence About The Middle Of May 1265. He Was Descended From An Ancient Family, But From One Which At Any Rate For Several Generations Had Belonged To The Burgher And Not To The Knightly Class. Dante Himself Does ...
Danube
Danube (ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dun Area, Lat. Danubius Or Danuvius, And In The Lower Part Of Its Course Ister), The Most Important River Of Southern Europe. Ris Ing In The Black Forest Mountains And Emptying Into The Black Sea, It Receives Tributaries On The Right Bank From The ...
Danvers
Danvers, A Town Of Essex County, Massachusetts, 19m. N.e. Of Boston, On The Coast. It Is Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad. The Population Was 12,957 In 193o. It Is A Residential Suburb; Has Various Manufactupng Industries, With An Output In 1927 Valued At $7,088,236; And Is The Seat ...
Danville
Danville, A City Of Eastern Illinois, U.s.a., 124m. S. Of Chicago, On The Bluffs Of The Vermilion River; The County Seat Of Vermilion County. It Is Served By The Chicago And Eastern Illinois, The Illinois Traction (electric), The New York Central And The Wabash Railways. The Population Was 33,776 In ...
Danville_2
Danville, A City In The "blue Grass" Region Of Kentucky, U.s.a., 7om. S.e. Of Louisville; The County Seat Of Boyle County. It Is Served By The Southern Railway System. The Population Was 5,099 In 192o (27% Negroes) And Was 6,729 In 1930 (not Including Contiguous Suburbs) By The Federal Census. ...
Danville_3
Danville, A Borough Of Montour County, Pa., U.s.a., On The High Northern Bank Of The Susquehanna River, At The Base Of Montour Ridge, Ii Om. N.w. Of Philadelphia; The County Seat And An Active Manufacturing Centre. It Is On Federal Highway Ii, And Is Served By The Lackawanna, The Pennsylvania ...
Danville_4
Danville, A City Of Virginia, U.s.a., On The High Banks Of The Picturesque Dan River, Near The Southern Boundary Of The State ; In Pittsylvania County But Politically Independent Of It. It Is On Federal Highways 17o And 5o1, And Is Served By The Danville And Western And The Southern ...
Dan_2
Dan, A Light-skinned Patrilineal People (formerly Cannibal) Sometimes Known As The Jula Cannibals, On The French Ivory Coast And In Liberia In The Basin Of The Upper Kavally. The Villages Are Independent. Family Property Is Joint With Individual Owner Ship Of Personal Possessions. They Practise Husbandry And Arbori Culture (millet, ...
Dan_3
Dan, A Town Which Marked The Northern Limit Of Palestine Reckoned "from Dan To Beersheba." It Is Now Identified With Tell-el-kadhi, A Mound 4 M. West Of Banias, In A Jungle Of Rank Vegetation. From Its Western Base Issues A Mighty Fountain (leddan), The Largest Of The Sources Of The ...
Daphnae
Daphnae (tahpanhes, Mod. De F Enneh), An Ancient Fortress Near The Syrian Frontier Of Egypt, On The Pelusian Arm Of The Nile. Here King Psammetichus Established A Garrison Of Foreign Mer Cenaries, Mostly Carians And Ionian Greeks. After The Destruction Of Jerusalem By Nebuchadrezzar In 588 B.c., The Jewish Fugitives, ...
Daphne
Daphne (gr. Laurel Tree), In Greek Mythology, Was The Daughter Of The Arcadian River-god Ladon, Or The Thessalian Peneus, Or Of The Laconian Amyclas. She Was Beloved By Apollo, And When Pursued By Him Was Changed By Her Mother Ge Into A Laurel Tree (ovid, Metam., I. 45 2-56 7) ...
Daphnephoria
Daphnephoria, A Festival Held Every Ninth Year At Thebes In Boeotia In Honour Of Apollo Ismenius Or Galaxius. It Consisted Of A Procession In Which The Chief Figure Was A Boy, Of Good Family And Noble Appearance, Whose Father And Mother Must Be Alive. Immediately In Front Of The Boy, ...
Daphne_2
Daphne, In Botany, A Genus Of Shrubs, Belonging To The Fam Ily Thymelaeaceae, And Containing About 4o Species, Natives Of Europe And Temperate Asia. D. Laureola, Spurge Laurel, A Small Evergreen Shrub With Green Flowers In The Leaf Axils Towards The Ends Of The Branches And Ovoid Black Very Poisonous ...
Daphnis
Daphnis, The Legendary Hero Of The Shepherds Of Sicily, And Reputed Inventor Of Bucolic Poetry. According To His Coun Tryman Diodorus (iv. 84), And Aelian (var. Hist. X. 18), Daph Nis Was The Son Of Hermes And A Sicilian Nymph, And Was Found By Shepherds In A Grove Of Laurels ...
Dar Es Salaam
Dar-es-salaam, A Seaport Of East Africa, In 6° So' S., 39° 20' E., Capital Of Tanganyika Territory. Pop. (1927) About 25,000, Including Some 600 Europeans And 4,5oo Asiatics. The Harbour Is Small But Perfectly Sheltered (hence Its Name); The Entrance To It Is Through A Narrow Opening In The Palm-covered ...
Darab
Darab, A Town Of Fars, In Persia, And Headquarters Of A District Of The Same Name, Situated In 28° 45' N., 37' E., At An Elevation Of 4,000 Ft., On The Shiraz, Fasa, Furg, Bandar Abbas Caravan Route, About 140 M. From The First-named And 208 M. From The Last. ...
Daras
Daras, A Fortified Roman City On The Mesopotamian Frontier About 12 Miles N.w. Of Nisibis, Founded A.d. 504 By Anastasius To Replace Nisibis, Ceded To The Persians A.d. 363. It Was Built Near The Head Of, And Almost Completely Blocking, A Narrow Valley Running North-north-east And South-south-west. It Flanked The ...
Darbhanga
Darbhanga, A Town And District Of British India, In The Tirhut Division Of Behar And Orissa. The Town Is On The Left Bank Of The Little Baghmati River, And Has A Railway Station. Pop. (1931) 60,676. The Town Is Really A Collection Of Villages Round The Residence Of The Maharaja, ...
Darby
Darby, A Borough Of Delaware County, Pa., U.s.a., On The South-west Border Of Philadelphia, Near The Delaware River; Served By The Baltimore And Ohio, And The Pennsylvania Railways. It Is A Residential Suburb And Has Factories Making Cotton And Woollen Goods, Yarn, Motor Boats, Pearl Buttons And Water Filters. Its ...
Dardanelles Campaign
Dardanelles Campaign. This Campaign, Brought About By A Desire On The Part Of The Allies That Communications Should Be Opened Up From The Mediterranean Into The Black Sea With A View To Assisting Russia, Was Begun In Feb. 1915 As A Pure Ly Naval Undertaking. (see World War, Naval.) But ...
Dardanelles
Dardanelles (turk. Chanak Kali), The Chief Town Of A Turkish Vilayet Which Includes The Peninsula Of Gallipoli (q.v.), The Ancient Troad, And The Adjoining Islands. Pop. (1927), 18,740. It Is Situated At The Mouth Of The Rhodius, And At The Narrowest Part Of The Strait Of The Dardanelles, Where Its ...
Dardanelles_2
Dardanelles (turk. Bahr-se F Ed Boghazi), The Strait (anciently Called The Hellespont) That Unites The Sea Of Marmora With The Aegean. The City Of Dardanus In The Troad, Where Mithridates And Sulla Signed A Treaty In 84 B.c., Gave The Strait Its Name. The Shores Are Formed By The Peninsula ...
Dardanus
Dardanus, In Greek Legend, Son Of Zeus And The Pleiad Electra, Mythical Founder Of Dardanus On The Hellespont And Ancestor Of The Dardans Of The Troad And, Through Aeneas, Of The Romans. His Original Home Was Supposed To Have Been Arcadia. Having Slain His Brother Iasius Or Iasion (according To ...
Dardic Languages
Dardic Languages, The Name Of A Family Of Languages Spoken Immediately To The South Of The Hindu Kush, And North Of The Frontier Of British India, Includes The Group Of Kafir Languages Spoken In Kafiristan, Khowar, Spoken In The Chitral Country, And The Group Of Shinn Languages, Which Includes The ...
Dardistan
Dardistan, A Conventional Name For A Tract Of Country On The North-west Frontier Of India. It Comprises The Whole Of Chitral, Yasin, Panyal, The Gilgit Valley, Hunza And Nagar, The Astor Valley, The Indus Valley From Bunji To Batera, The Kohistan Malazai, I.e., The Upper Reaches Of The Panjkora River, ...
Dares Phrygius
Dares Phrygius, According To Homer (iliad, V. 9) A Trojan Priest Of Hephaestus. He Was Supposed To Have Been The Author Of An Account Of The Destruction Of Troy, And To Have Lived Before Homer (aelian, Var. Hist. Xi. 2) . A Work In Latin, Pur Porting To Be A ...
Darfur
Darfur, A Semi-independent Kingdom Of East Central Africa, The Westernmost Province Of The Anglo-egyptian Sudan. It Extends From About Io° N. To 16° N. And From 21° E. To 27° 3o' E., Has An Area Of Some 15o,000 Sq.m., And An Estimated Popula Tion Of 75o,000. It Is Bounded North ...
Dargai
Dargai. (1) Mountain Ridge Of The Samana Range, On The Kohat Border, Famous For The Stand Made There By The Afridis And Orakzais In The Tirah Campaign, 1897. (see Tirah Campaign.) (2) The Terminus, On The Peshawar Border, Of The Frontier Rail Way Running From Nowshera To The Foot Of ...
Darial
Darial, A Gorge In The Caucasus, On The East Of Mt. Kasbek, Pierced By The River Terek For 8 M. Between Vertical Walls Of Rock (5 Ft.). It Is Mentioned In The Georgian Annals, By Strabo And By Ptolemy. Being The Only Available Passage Across The Cau Casus, It Has ...
Darien
Darien, A District Covering The Eastern Part Of The Isthmus Joining Central And South America. It Is Mainly Within The Re Public Of Panama, And Gives Its Name To A Gulf Of The Caribbean Sea. Darien Is Of Great Interest In The History Of Geographical Dis Covery. It Was Reconnoitred ...
Darius
Darius, The Name Of Three Persian Kings (pers. Daraya Vaush; Old Test. Daryavesh). 1. Darius The Great, The Son Of Hystaspes (q.v.). The Prin Cipal Source For His History Is His Own Inscriptions, Especially The Great Inscription Of Bchistun (q.v.), In Which He Relates How He Gained The Crown And ...
Darjeeling
Darjeeling, A Town And District Of British India, In The Rajshahi Division Of Bengal. The Town Is A Hill Station And The Hot Weather Headquarters Of The Bengal Government. In 1931 It Had A Population Of 19,903. It Occupies A Long Ridge With Two Pro Jecting Spurs, On Which Are ...
Dark Ages
Dark Ages, A Term Formerly Used To Cover The Whole Period Between The End Of Classical Civilization And The Revival Of Learning In The 15th Century. The Use Of The Term Implied An Exclusive Respect For Classical Standards In Literature And Art And A Corresponding Disparagement Of All That Was ...
Darlington
Darlington, Market Town, County And Parliamentary Borough, Durham, England. 232 M. N. By W. Of London, On The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931) 72,093. It Lies On The River Skerne, A Tributary Of The Tees, Not Far From The Main River. Its Appear Ance Is Almost Wholly Modern, But There Is ...
Darlingtonia
Darlingtonia (after William Darlington, An American Botanist), A Californian Pitcher-plant, Belonging To The Family Sarraceniaceae. There Is Only One Species, D. Californica, Which Is Found At 3,000 Ft. To 6,000 Ft. Altitude In The Mountains Of Northern Calif Ornia And South-western Oregon, Growing In Sphagnum-bogs Along With Sundews And Rushes. ...
Darlington_2
Darlington, A Town Of North-eastern South Carolina, U.s.a., Served By The Atlantic Coast Line And The Seaboard Air Line Railways; The County Seat Of Darlington County. The Popu Lation Was 4,669 In 192o (42% Negro) And Was 5,556 In 193o By The Federal Census. It Has A Cotton Factory With ...
Darmstadt
Darmstadt, A City Of Germany, Capital Of The Land Of Hesse-darmstadt, On A Plain Gently Sloping From The Oden Wald To The Rhine, 21 M. By Rail S.e. From Mainz And 17 M. S. From Frankfort-on-main. Pop. Darmstadt Is Mentioned In The 11th Century, But In The 14th Century It ...
Darmstadter Und Nationalbank
Darmstadter Und Nationalbank. The Bank Is A Merger Of The Bank Fur Handel And Industrie (generally Known As The Darmstadter Bank) With The Nationalbank Fur Deutschland. The Amalgamation Took Place In 1922. The Bank Fur Handel And Industrie Was Founded In 1853 In Darmstadt. It Was In Intimate Relationship With ...
Darrang
Darrang, A District Of British India, In The Province Of Assam. It Lies Between The Bhutan And Dafla Hills And The Brahmaputra, Including Many Islands In The River. The Adminis Trative Headquarters Are At Tezpur (pop. 10,268) On The Right Bank Of The Brahmaputra. Its Area Is 3,197 Sq.m. Pop, ...
Darter
Darter, The Name Often Applied To The Snake-bird (q.v.) Or Water-turkey (anhinga). ...
Dartford
Dartford, Urban District And Market Town Of Kent, Eng Land, 17 M. E.s.e. Of London, By The S.r. Pop. (1931) 28,928. The Town Lies In The Valley Of The Darent About 3 M. From The Thames, And Is Flanked By Two Chalk Hills. Its Most Noteworthy Building Is The Parish ...
Dartmoor
Dartmoor, High Plateau, In South-west Devonshire, Eng Land. It Is 23 M. From North To South, 20 M. From East To West, 200 Sq.m. In Area With A Mean Altitude Of 1,50o Feet. It Is The Highest And Easternmost In A Broken Chain Of Granitic Elevations Which Extends To The ...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College, An American Institution Of Higher Education For Men, In Hanover, New Hampshire. It Is Congregational By Origin But Actually Non-sectarian. Dartmouth Embraces The Original College, Incorporated In 1769, A Medical School, Dating From 1798; The Thayer School Of Civil Engineer Ing, Established In 1867 By The Bequest Of ...
Dartmouth
Dartmouth, A Town In Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, On The North-eastern Side Of Halifax Harbour, Connected By A Steam Ferry With Halifax, Of Which It Is Practically A Suburb. Pop. (1931) 9,100. It Contains A Large Sugar Refinery, Foundries, Machine Shops, Saw Mills, Skate, Rope, Nail, Soap And Sash ...
Darwen
Darwen, Municipal Borough, Darwen Parliamentary Di Vision, Lancashire, England, 20 M. North-west From Manchester By The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931) 36,cno. It Lies On The River Darwen, Which Traverses A Densely Populated Manufacturing Dis Trict, And Is Surrounded By High-lying Moors. In The Neighbour Hood Are Collieries And Stone Quarries. ...
Dasehra
Dasehra (dussera), The "ten Days" (or Nine Nights) Festi Val Of The Modern Hindus; Also Called In Bengal The Durga-puja. It Celebrated The Close Of The Rainy Season And The Opening Of That For Warlike Activities; But Is Now Observed Merely As A Festival. ...
Dasyure
Dasyure, A Name For Any Member Of The Family Dasyu Ridae (see Marsupialia). The Name Is Better Restricted To Ani Mals Of The Typical Genus Dasyurus. These Are Mostly Inhabitants Of The Australian Continent And Tasmania. They Hide Themselves In The Daytime In Holes Among Rocks Or In Hollow Trees, ...
Date Palm
Date Palm. The Dates Of Commerce Are The Fruit Of A Species Of Palm, Phoenix Dactylifera, A Tree Which Ranges From The Canary Islands Through Northern Africa And The South-east Of Asia To India. For An Illustration Of This Tree See Palm. It Has Been Cultivated And Much Prized Throughout ...
Datia
Datia, An Indian State In The Bundelkhand Agency. It Lies In The Extreme North-west Of Bundelkhand, Near Gwalior, And Is Surrounded On All Sides By Other States Of Central India, Except On The East Where It Meets The United Provinces. The State Came Under The British Government After The Treaty ...
Dative
Dative, The Name, In Grammar, Of The Case Of The "indirect Object," The Person Or Thing To Or For Whom Or Which Anything Is Given Or Done (lat. Dativus, Giving Or Given, From Dare, To Give). In Law, The Word Signifies Something, Such As An Office, Which May Be Disposed ...
Datolite
Datolite, A Mineral Species Consisting Of Basic Calcium And Boron Orthosilicate, It Is White Or Colourless, Often With A Greenish Tinge, And May Be Either Transparent Or Opaque; It Usually Occurs As Well-developed Monoclinic Crystals Bounded By Numerous Bright Faces, Many Of Which Often Have A More Or Less Pentagonal ...
Datum
Datum, Literally "that Which Is Given." The Term Is Com Monly Used For Anything That Is Regarded As Beyond Question Or That Is Allowed To Be Assumed Or Taken For Granted (though It May Be Only For The Sake Of Argument) In Connection With Any Problem Involving Further Construction Or ...
Daugavpils
Daugavpils (dvinsk), A Town Of Latvia In 53' N., 26° 32' E. On The Daugava (western Dwina). Pop. (1926) 40,64o. Formerly A Russian Fortress, It Is Now The Training Centre For The Lettish Army, And Has Some Timber Industries. The Livonian Knights Of The Sword Founded A Fort 12 M. ...
Daulatabad
Daulatabad, Hill-fortress, Hyderabad State, India, About Io M. N.w. Of The City Of Aurangabad. The Former City Of Dau Latabad (deogiri) Has Shrunk To A Village Though Its Magnificent Fortress And Remains Of Public Buildings Survive. The Fortress, On A Conical Rock, Crowns A Hill Rising Steeply From The Plain ...
Dauphin
Dauphin, An Ancient Feudal Title In France, Borne Only By The Counts And Dauphins Of Vienne, The Dauphins Of Auvergne. And From 1364 By The Eldest Son Of The King Of France. The Origin Of This Curious Title Is Obscure; But It Now Seems Clear That It Was In The ...
Dauphine
Dauphine, One Of The Old Provinces (the Name Being Still In Current Use In The Country) Of Pre-revolutionary France, In The South-east Portion Of France, Between Provence And Savoy ; Since 17 90 It Forms The Departments Of The Isere, The Drome And The Hautes Alpes. After The Death Of ...
Davao
Davao, A Well Laid Out Municipality (with Administration Centre And 4o Barrios Or Districts), And Capital Of The Province Of Davao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, Located On The Gulf Of Davao, At The Mouth Of The Davao River, About Boo M. From Manila. Pop. (1918), 13,300, Of Whom 49 Were Whites, ...
Davenport
Davenport, The Third Largest City Of Iowa, U.s.a., On The Mississippi River, Opposite Rock Island And Moline, Ill.; The County Seat Of Scott County. It Is On Federal Highways 32 And 61, And Is Served By The Burlington, The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific, The Clinton, Davenport And Muscatine, ...
Daventry
Daventry (pronounced Dan'tri Or Dav'en-tri), A Market, Town And Municipal Borough In The Daventry Parliamentary Di Vision Of Northamptonshire, England, 73a M. N.w. From London On A Branch Of The L.m.s.r. From Weedon. Pop. (i93i) 3,6o8. Daventry Is Situated On A Sloping Site In A Rich Undulating Country. The Parish ...
David I
David I. (1o84-1153), Ldng Of Scotland, The Youngest Son Of Malcolm Canmore And (saint) Margaret, Sister Of Edgar Aetheling, Married In 1113 Matilda, Daughter And Heiress Of Waltheof, Earl Of Northumbria, And Thus Became Possessed Of The Earldom Of Huntingdon. On The Death Of Edgar, King Of Scot Land, In ...
David Ii
David Ii. 0324-1371), King Of Scotland, Son Of King Rob Ert The Bruce By His Second Wife, Elizabeth De Burgh (d. 1327), Was Born At Dunfermline On March 5, 1324. In Accordance With The Terms Of The Treaty Of Northampton He Was Married In July 1328 To Joanna (d. 1362), ...
David Iii
David Iii. (d. 1283) Son Of Gruffydd And Thus A Nephew Of David Ii. His Life Was Mainly Spent In Fighting Against His Brother, The Reigning Prince, Llewelyn Ap Gruffydd. His First Revolt Took Place In I254 Or 12s5, And After A Second About Eight Years Later He Took Refuge ...
David Ii_2
David Ii. (c. I208—i246) Was A Son Of The Great Welsh Prince, Llewelyn Ap Iorwerth, And Through His Mother Joanna Was A Grandson Of King John. He Married An English Lady, Isabella De Braose, And, Having Been Recognized As His Father's Heir Both By Henry Iii. And By The Welsh ...
David I_2
David I. (d. 1203), A Son Of Prince Owen Gwynedd (d. 1169), Came Into Prominence As A Leader Of The Welsh During The Expe Dition Of Henry Ii. In 1157. In 1170 He Became Lord Of Gwynedd (i.e., The District Around Snowdon), But Some Regarded Him As A Bastard, And ...
David
David, King Of Judah And Israel, Was The Founder Of The Judaean Dynasty At Jerusalem. The Exact Date Of His Reign Is Un Certain. It Used To Be Reckoned From Io55–io15 B.c., But Is Now Generally Fixed At About Ioio-97o B.c. Our Principal Source For His History Is I Sam. ...
Davidists
Davidists, A Fancy Name Rather Than A Recognized Designa Tion For Three Religious Sects. It Has Been Applied (i) To The Fol Lowers (if He Had Any) Of David Of Dinant, In Belgium, The Teacher Or Pupil Of Amalric (amaury) Of Bena, Both Of Whom Taught Apparently A Species Of ...
Davies
Davies (davisius), John (1679-1732), English Classical Scholar And Critic, Was Born In London. He Was President Of Queen's College, Cambridge, And Was Considered One Of The Best Commentators On Cicero. He Edited The Tusculanae Disputationes 07°9), De Natura Deorum (1718), De Divinatione And De Fato (1725), Academica (1725), De Legibus ...
Davis Rich Dewey
Dewey, Davis Rich (1858— ), American Economist And Statistician, Was Born In Burlington, Vt., April 7, 1858. He Was Educated At The University Of Vermont And At Johns Hopkins University, And Afterwards Became Professor Of Economics And Sta Tistics At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology. He Was Chairman Of The ...
Davis Strait
Davis Strait, The Broad Strait Which Separates Green Land From North America, And Connects Baffin Bay With The Open Atlantic. At Its Narrowest Point, Which Occurs Just Where The Arctic Circle Crosses It, It Is Nearly Zoo M. Wide. This Part Is Also The Shallowest, A Sounding Of 112 Fathoms ...
Davos
Davos, A Mountain Valley In The Swiss Canton Of The Grisons (romansch Tavau), Lying East Of Coire (4o M. Distant By Rail), And North-west Of The Lower Engadine (18 M. By Road From Sus). It Contains Two Main Villages, 2 M. From Each Other, Dorfli And Platz (the Chief Hamlet), ...
Davy Lamp
Davy Lamp. If A Piece Of Metal Gauze Is Interposed Be Tween A Flame And An Explosive Gaseous Mixture, The Heat Of The Flame Is Absorbed And Conducted Away By The Metal Gauze So That The Gaseous Mixture Does Not Explode. That Is The Principle Of The Davy Lamp, Which ...
Dawari Or Dauri
Dawari Or Dauri, A Pathan Tribe On The Waziri Border Of The North-west Frontier Province Of India. The Dawaris Inhabit The Tochi Valley (q.v.), Otherwise Known As Dawar Or Daur, And Are A Homogeneous Tribe Of Considerable Size. ...
Dawlish
Dawlish, Urban District And Seaside Resort, Tiverton Par Liamentary Division, Devon, England, On The English Channel At The Mouth Of Dawlish Brook, 12 M. S. From Exeter By G.w. Rail Way. Pop. 0931) 4,578. It Lies On A Cove Sheltered By Two Head Lands, And Both Sides Of The Dawlish ...
Dawn
Dawn, The Time When Light Appears (daws) In The Sky. The Dawn Colours Appear In The Reverse Order From Those Of The Sunset. When The Sun Is Lowest In Both Cases The Colour Is Deep Red; This Gradually Changes Through Orange To Gold And Yellow As The Sun Nears The ...