Del Rio
Del Rio, A City Of South-western Texas, U.s.a., On The Rio Grande, I7om. W. Of San Antonio; A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Val Verde County. It Is On Federal Highway 90 And The Southern Pacific Railway. Across The Rio Grande Is The Quaint Mexican Town Of ...
Delagoa Bay
Delagoa Bay (portuguese For The Bay "of The Lagoon"), Officially Known As Bahia De Lourenco Marques (q.v.), An Inlet Of The Indian Ocean On The East Coast Of South Africa, Between 25° 4o' And 26° 20' S., With A Length Of 26 M. And A Breadth Of 22 M. It ...
Delaine
Delaine. A Term Which Applies Strictly To An All-woollen Fabric Of Light And Fine Texture And Constructed With The Plain Calico Weave. The Fabric May Be All White Or Piece-dyed, I.e., Dyeing The Cloth In The "piece," After Weaving, As Distinct From Coloured Cloth Woven From Warp And Weft Yam ...
Delator
Delator, In Rome, One Who Gave Notice (deferre) To The Treasury Officials Of Moneys Due To The Imperial Fiscus (see Aerarium). This Meaning Was Extended To Those Who Lodged Information As To Punishable Offences, And Further, To Those Who Brought A Public Accusation Against Any Person. Although The Word Delator ...
Delaware Indians
Delaware Indians; Tribes That Occupied The Drainage Of The River Delaware And The Shores Of Delaware Bay, Eastern United States. They Called Themselves Lenape Or Leni-lenape, And Were An Association Or Confederacy Of Three Algonkin Tribes, The Munsee, Unami And Unalachtigo. Their Speech Seems To Have Been More Similar To ...
Delaware River
Delaware River, A Stream Of The Atlantic Slope Of The United States, Meeting Tide-water At Trenton (n.j.), 13om. Above Its Mouth. Its Total Length, From The Head Of The Longest Branch To The Capes, Is 410m., And Above The Head Of The Bay Its Length Is 36om. It Constitutes In ...
Delaware Watergap
Delaware Watergap, A Borough And Summer Resort Of Monroe County (pa.), U.s.a., On The Delaware River, About Io8m. N. Of Philadelphia And About 88m. W. By N. Of New York. Population (1910) 446; (1930) 443. It Is Served Directly By The Delaware, Lackawanna And Western, And By The Belvidere Division ...
Delaware
Delaware, Popularly Called The "diamond State," Is One Of The 13 Original States Of The United States Of America. It Is Situated In The Eastern Part Of The Peninsula Formed By Chesa Peake Bay And The Estuary Of The Delaware River, Between 38° 27' And 39° 5o' N. Lat. And ...
Delaware_2
Delaware, A City Of Central Ohio, U.s.a., 24m. N. Of Columbus, On The Olentangy River; The County Seat Of Delaware County. It Is On Federal Highways 23 And 42, And Is Served By The Big Four, The Hocking Valley And The Pennsylvania Railways. The Population Was 8,756 In 192o; 193o ...
Delft
Delft, Town, Province Of South Holland, On The Schie, 5 M. S.e. By S. Of The Hague, Holland. Pop. Delft Was Founded In 1075 By Godfrey Duke Of Lower Lorraine, After His Conquest Of Holland, Passing Then To The Counts Of Holland. In 1246 It Received A Charter From Count ...
Delhi
Delhi (deli), Old Capital Of The Mogul Empire In India, And The New Capital Of British India, Lies On The Right Bank Of The Jumna, Practically In The Same Latitude As The More Ancient Cities Of Cairo And Canton. Since The Headquarters Of The Government Of India Was Transferred From ...
Delia
Delia. An Ancient Quadrennial Festival Of The Ionians, Held On Delos (hence The Name ; The Local Title Was Apollonia, Which Seems To Have Been Always Used For The Corresponding Yearly Festival) . It Was In Honour Of Apollo; After Great Brilliancy In Early Times, It Declined As The Political ...
Delian League Or Confederacy
Delian League Or Confederacy Of Delos, A Confeder Ation Of Greek States Under The Leadership Of Athens, With Its Headquarters At Delos, Founded In 478 B.c. After The Repulse Of The Expedition Of The Persians Under Xerxes I. This Confederacy, Broken Up By The Capture Of Athens By Sparta In ...
Delilah
Delilah, In The Bible, The Heroine Of Samson's Last Love Story (judges Xvi.). She Was A Philistine Of Sorek (mod. Surik), West Of Zorah, Who, Bribed By The "lords Of The Philistines" To Entrap Him, Coaxed Him (after Several Failures) Into Telling Her The Secret Of His Strength, Whereupon She ...
Deliquescence
Deliquescence, The Absorption Of Water From The Air By A Crystalline Hydrate (q.v.) To Give, Finally, A Solution. This Formation Of A Liquid Phase Occurs When The Presence Of Water Vapour In The Air Is Above The Vapour Pressure Of The Hydrate. ...
Delirium
Delirium, A Temporary Form Of Brain Disorder Apt To Occur In Acute Fevers, Diseases And Injuries Of Brain, Exhaustion And Some Poisons; E.g., Opium, Indian Hemp, Belladonna, Chloroform And Alcohol. It May Vary From Slight And Occasional Wanderings Of The Mind And Incoherence Of Expression, To Fixed Delusions And Maniacal ...
Delitzsch
Delitzsch, Town, In The Prussian Province Of Saxony, Germany, On The Lober, An Affluent Of The Mulde, 12 M. N. Of Leipzig At The Junction Of The Railways, Bitterfeld-leipzig And Halle-cottbus. Pop. (1925) 14,878. It Has An Old Castle Of The 14th Century Now A Female Penitentiary. Besides Kuhschwanz, A ...
Della Robbia
Della Robbia, The Name Of A Family Of Great Distinction In The Annals Of Florentine Art. Its Members Are Shown In The Following Table: ...
Delmedigo
Delmedigo, A Cretan Jewish Family, Of Whom The Follow Ing Are The Most Important : ...
Delmenhorst
Delmenhorst, A Town, Land Of Oldenburg, Germany, On The Delme, 8 M. By Rail W. From Bremen, At The Junction Of A Line To Vechta. Pop. (1933) 31,254. It Is Engaged In Wool Combing, Weaving, Jute-spinning And The Manufacture Of Linoleum. Delmenhorst Was Founded In 123o, And From 1247 To ...
Deloney
Deloney (or Delone), Thomas ?-1607 ?), Eng Lish Ballad-writer And Pamphleteer. In 1588 The Coming Of The Armada Inspired Him To Write Three Broadsides, Which Were Re Printed (186o) By J. O. Halliwell-phillipps. A Collection Of Strange Histories (1607), Known In Later And Enlarged Editions As The Royal Garland Of ...
Delos
Delos (mod. Mikra Dili, Or Little Delos, To Distinguish It From Megali Dili, Or Great Delos), An Island In The Aegean, The Smallest But Most Famous Of The Cyclades, And, According To The Ancient Belief, The Spot Round Which The Group Arranged Itself In A Nearly Circular Form. It Is ...
Delphi
Delphi (the Pytho Of Homer And Herodotus; In Boeotian Inscriptions Bex,fkot, On Coins Aax0o1), A Place In Ancient Greece In The Territory Of Phocis, Famous As The Seat Of The Most Impor Tant Temple And Oracle Of Apollo. It Was Situated About 6 M. From The North Shore Of The ...
Delphinia
Delphinia, A Festival Of Apollo Delphinius Held Annually On The 6th (or 7th) Of The Month Munychion (april) At Athens. All That Is Known Of The Ceremonies Is That A Number Of Girls Proceeded To His Temple (delphinium) Carrying Suppliants' Branches And Seeking To Propitiate Apollo, Probably As A God ...
Delphinium
Delphinium, A Genus Of Herbaceous Plants Of The Crow Foot Family (ranunculaceae), Comprising 15o Or More Species, Native To North Temperate Regions, Several Of Which Are Widely Cultivated For Their Irregular But Very Showy Flowers. The Rocket Larkspur (d. Ajacis) Occurs In Great Britain And Is Somewhat Naturalized In The ...
Delphinus
Delphinus, A Small Constellation (q.v.) Appearing In The Northern Hemisphere Not Far From Altair, The Brightest Star Of The Constellation Aquila (q.v.). As Its Name Signifies, It Was Supposed By The Ancients To Represent A Dolphin. 7 Delphini Is A Double Star, The Yellowish Component Being Of Magnitude 4, And ...
Delphos
Delphos, A City Of Western Ohio, U.s.a., In Allen And Van Wert Counties, 7om. S.w. Of Toledo. It Is On The Lincoln Highway, And Is Served By The Nickel Plate, The Northern Ohio And The Pennsylvania Railways. The Population Was 5,745 In 1920; 193o It Was 5,672. The City Has ...
Delta Rays
Delta Rays, A Stream Of Slowly Moving Electrons Emitted When A Particles Impinge On Matter (see Radioactivity). ...
Delta
Delta, The Tract Of Coastal Land Bounded By The Most Di Vergent Branches Of A River's Mouth, And Traversed By Other Tributaries Of The Stream. The Name Comes From The Shape Of The Delta Resembling The Greek (a) Letter Of That Name. This Triangular Area Is Formed From The Fine ...
Deluge
Deluge Is The Name Given To A Great Flood Of Water Sub Merging The Whole Or A Large Part Of The Earth's Surface. Legends Of Such Floods Occur In The Traditions Of Many Peoples. Collec Tions Of These Legends Have Been Made By Several Scholars, No Tably R. Andree (die ...
Delusion
Delusion Is An Erroneous Belief, Usually Rather Persistent And More Elaborate In Character Than Hallucinations Or Illusions, Inasmuch As It Is Commonly Based On More Or Less Elaborate, If Fallacious, Reasoning. Delusions May Result From Ignorance Or Prejudice, Or They May Be Due To Mental Abnormality, Known As "delusional Insanity." ...
Demades
Demades (c. B.c.), Athenian Orator. At One Time A Common Sailor, He Rose By His Eloquence And Unscrupulous Character To A Prominent Position. He Espoused The Cause Of Philip In The War Against Olynthus, And Thus Became The Enemy Of Demosthenes, Whom He At First Supported. He Fought Against The ...
Demagogue
Demagogue, A Leader Of The Popular As Opposed To Any Other Party (gr. Smuctycoyos, From Iiiyetv, To Lead, And 6ishuos, The People). Used In An Invidious Sense, A Mob Leader Or Orator, One Who For His Own Political Ends Panders To The Passions And Prejudices Of The People. ...
Demand
Demand. In Economics, As In Trade, Demand Denotes The Extent Of The Outlet Or Market Which The Wants And Preferences Of Buyers, Joined To Their Purchasing Power, Establish For Particular Goods Or Services. Demand Is Always Relative To Price, And The Character Of The Relation Is Commonly Exhibited In Treatises ...
Demaratus
Demaratus, King Of Sparta Of The Eurypontid Line, Suc Cessor Of His Father Ariston (doric Aaµapatos, Ionic Arlµaprltos). He Is Known Chiefly For His Opposition To His Colleague Cleo Menes I. (q.v.) In His Attempts To Make Isagoras Tyrant In Athens And Afterwards To Punish Aegina For Medizing. He Did ...
Demerara
Demerara, One Of The Three Counties Of British Guiana, Taking Its Name From The River Demerara. (see Guiana.) ...
Demesne
Demesne, That Portion Of The Lands Of A Manor Not Granted Out In Freehold Tenancy, But (a) Retained By The Lord Of The Manor For His Own Use And Occupation Or (b) Let Out As Tene Mental Land To His Retainers Or "villani." This Demesne Land, Originally Held At The ...
Demeter
Demeter, In Greek Mythology, Daughter Of Cronus And Rhea And Sister Of Zeus, Goddess Of Agriculture. Her Name Has Been Explained As (i) "grain-mother," From Hjai, The Cretan Form Of 'elac, "barley," Or (2) "earth-mother," Or Rather "mother Earth," 8a Being Regarded As The Doric Form Of Yrl. She Is ...
Demetria
Demetria, An Obscure Festival Or Rite Of Demeter, Prob Ably Athenian, In Which The Participants Beat Each Other With Whips Of Twisted Bark, A Well-known Fertility Charm (pollux. I. 37, Hesych. S.v. ?oporrov). Also A Name Given To The Attic Dionysia In Compliment To Demetrius Poliorcetes (plut., De Metrius, 12) ...
Demetrius Donskoi Of The
Demetrius Donskoi ("of The Don") 0350-1389), Grand Duke Of Vladimir And Moscow, Son Of The Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich By His Second Consort Alexandra, Was Placed On The Grand-ducal Throne Of Vladimir By The Tatar Khan In 1362, And Married The Princess Eudoxia Of Nizhny Novgorod In 1364. He Built ...
Demetrius I
Demetrius I. (d. Iso B.c.), Surnamed Soter, Was Sent To Rome As A Hostage During The Reign Of His Father, Seleucus Iv. Philopa Tor, But After His Father's Death In 175 B.c. He Escaped And Seized The Syrian Throne (162 B.c.) After Murdering King Antiochus V. Eupator. He Was Called ...
Demetrius Ii
Demetrius Ii., Son Of Antigonus Gonatas, Reigned From 239 To 229 B.c. He Had Already During His Father's Lifetime Dis Tinguished Himself By Defeating Alexander Of Epirus At Derdia And So Saving Macedonia (about 26o). On His Accession He Had To Face A Coalition Which The Two Great Leagues, Usually ...
Demetrius Iii
Demetrius Iii. (d. 88 B.c.), Called Euergetes And Philometor, Was The Son Of Antiochus Viii. Grypus. By The Assistance Of Ptolemy X. Lathyrus, King Of Egypt, He Recovered Part Of His Syrian Dominions From Antiochus X. Eusebes, And Held His Court At Damascus. In Attempting To Dethrone His Brother, Philip ...
Demetrius Ii_2
Demetrius Ii. (d. 125 B.c.), Surnamed Nicator, Son Of De Metrius I., Fled To Crete Af Ter The Death Of His Father, But About 147 B.c., With The Help Of Ptolemy Vii., Philometor, King Of Egypt, Regained His Father's Throne. In I40 B.c. He Marched Against Mithridates, King Of Parthia, ...
Demetrius Phalereus
Demetrius Phalereus (c. 345-283 B.c.), Attic Orator, Statesman And Philosopher, Born At Phalerum, Was A Pupil Of Theophrastus And An Adherent Of The Peripatetic School. He Governed The City Of Athens As Representative Of Cassander (q.v.) For Ten Years From 317. On The Restoration Of The Old Democracy By Demetrius ...
Demetrius
Demetrius, King Of Bactria, Was The Son Of The Graeco Bactrian King Euthydemus, For Whom He Negotiated A Peace With Antiochus The Great In 206 (polyb. Xi. 34). Soon Afterwards He Crossed The Hindu Kush And Began The Invasion Of India (strabo Xi. 516) ; He Conquered The Punjab And ...
Demetrius_2
Demetrius, A Cynic Philosopher, Born At Sunium, Who Lived At Corinth And In Rome During The Reigns Of Caligula, Nero And Vespasian. He Was An Intimate Friend Of Thrasea Paetus And Seneca. He Was Equally Impervious To The Bribes Of Caligula And The Anger Of Vespasian Who Banished Him. He ...
Demetrius_3
Demetrius, A Greek Sculptor Of The Early Part Of The 4th Century B.c., Who Is Said By Ancient Critics To Have Been Notable For The Life-like Realism Of His Statues. His Portrait Of Pellichus, A Corinthian General, Was Admired By Lucian. He Was Contrasted With Cresilas (q.v.), An Idealizing Sculptor ...
Demidov
Demidov, The Name Of A Famous Russian Family, Founded By Nikita Demidov (b. C. 1665), Who Was Originally A Black Smith Serf. He Made His Fortune By His Skill In The Manufacture Of Weapons, And Established An Iron Foundry For The Govern Ment. Peter The Great, With Whom He Was ...
Demijohn
Demijohn, A Glass Bottle Or Jar With A Large Round Body And Narrow Neck, Encased In Wicker-work And Provided With Handles. The Word Is Also Used Of An Earthenware Jar, Similarly Covered With Wicker. The Capacity Of A Demijohn Varies From Two To Twelve Gallons, But The Common Size Contains ...
Deming
Deming, An Incorporated Town Of South-western New Mexico, U.s.a., In The Mimbres Valley, 35m. From The Mexican Border, At An Altitude Of 4,33 2f T. ; The County Seat Of Luna County. ...
Demise
Demise, An Anglo-french Legal Term For A Transfer Of An Estate, Especially By Lease (see Landlord And Tenant). The Phrase "demise Of The Crown" Is Used In English Law To Signify The Immediate Transfer Of The Sovereignty, With All Its Attributes And Prerogatives, To The Successor Without Any Interregnum In ...
Demisemiquaver
Demisemiquaver, In Music, A Note Of The Duration Of Half A Semiquaver, A Quarter Of A Quaver, And So On, Represented As Follows :1. In The German Nomenclature, Which, In English Equivalents, Is Also That Employed In The United States, It Is Known As A Zweiunddreissigstel, Or Two-and-thirtieth Note, Being, ...
Demiurge
Demiurge (de'mi-urj) (gr. Demiourgos, Artisan Or Handi Craftsman). In Homer It Includes Hand-workers And Heralds And Physicians. In Attica The Demiourgoi Formed One Of The Three Classes, With The Eupatridae (q.v.) And The Gedrnoroi, Into Which The Early Population Was Divided. (see Eupatridae.) The Word Was Used In The Peloponnese, ...
Demmin
Demmin, Town In The Land Of Prussia, Germany, On The Navigable River Peene, 72 M. W.n.w. Of Stettin, On The Berlin Stralsund Railway. Pop. (1933) 14,283. It Has Manufactures Of Textiles, And An Active Trade In Corn And Live Stock. An Ancient Slav Town, It Was Important Under Charlemagne. It ...
Demochares
Demochares (c. B.c.), Nephew Of Demosthenes, Athenian Orator And Statesman, Was One Of The Few Distinguished Athenians In The Period Of Decline. He Is First Heard Of In 322, When He Spoke In Vain Against The Surrender Of Demosthenes And The Other Anti-macedonian Orators Demanded By Antipater. Dur Ing The ...
Democracy
Democracy, In Political Science, That Form Of Government In Which The People Rules Itself, Either Directly, As In The Small City-states Of Greece, Or Through Representatives (gr. 8rlµokcparia From 8i Uos, The People, And «paros, Rule). Aristotle Defined Democracy As The Perversion Of That Form Of Government, Which He Called ...
Democratic Party
Democratic Party, Founded By Thomas Jefferson, The Third President, The Oldest Continuously Existing Political Instrumentality In The United States. Though Up To 1929, It Had Since The Civil War Been Successful In But Four Presidential Elec Tions, For More Than Half The 14o Years Since The First President Was Chosen ...
Democritus
Democritus,, Probably The Greatest Of The Greek Physical Philosophers, Was A Native Of Abdera In Thrace, Or As Some Say— Probably Wrongly—of Miletus (diog. Laert. Ix. 34) . Our Knowl Edge Of His Life Is Based Almost Entirely On Tradition Of An Un Trustworthy Kind. He Seems To Have Been ...
Demography
Demography, The Science Which Deals With The Statistics Of Health And Disease, Of The Physical, Intellectual, Physiological And Economical Aspects Of Births, Marriages And Mortality (from Gr. Oigor, People, And P6.0ety, To Write). The First To Employ The Word Was Achille Guillard In His Elements De Statistique Humaine Ou Demographie ...
Demonetization
Demonetization, A Term Employed In Monetary Sci Ence In Two Different Senses. (a) The Depriving Or Divesting Of A Metal Of Its Standard Monetary Value. From 1663 To 1717 Silver Was The Standard Of Value In England And Gold Coins Passed At Their Market Value. The Debasement And Underrating Of ...
Demonology
Demonology, The Branch Of The Science Of Religions Which Relates To Superhuman Beings Which Are Not Gods (daiµwv, Demon, Genius, Spirit). Demons, When Regarded As Spirits, May Either Be Human, Or Non-human, Separable Souls, Or Discarnate Spirits Which Have Never Inhabited A Body; A Sharp Distinction Is Often Drawn Between ...
Demonstration
Demonstration Is Commonly Used As The Equivalent Of "proof" Or Of "exact Proof," Such As Is Met With In Mathematics Or In The "exact Sciences." Locke Confined The Possibility Of Dem Onstration To Relations Among Abstract Ideas (such As Those Of Mathematics) And Denied It To Matters Of Fact (such ...
Demosthenes
Demosthenes (d. 413 B.c.), Athenian General, First Ap Pears In History In 426 B.c. In This Year Demosthenes And Procles Were In Command Of 3o Ships On A Cruise Round The Peloponnese. The Attack Was First Made On Leucas, But This Was Abandoned For A Campaign Against The Aetolians, Which ...
Demosthenes_2
Demosthenes, The Great Attic Orator And Statesman, Was Born In 384 (or 383) B.c. His Father, Who Bore The Same Name, Was An Athenian Citizen Belonging To The Deme Of Paeania. His Mother, Cleobule, Was The Daughter Of Gylon, A Citizen Who Had Been Active In Procuring The Protection Of ...
Demotic Language And Writing
Demotic Language And Writing. The Name Demotic, "popular," Is Taken From Herodotus For The Ordinary Egyptian Handwriting Of Late Times. The Script First Appears About The 6th Century B.c. As An Improvement On The Particularly Obscure And Unsystematic Style Of Hieratic Writing Employed In Business Documents For Some Centuries Before ...
Demotica
Demotica, A Town Of Western Thrace In The Hebros Province, On The Maritsa Valley Branch Of The Constantinople Salonica Railway, About 35 M. South Of Adrianople. Pop. About I O,000. Its Mediaeval Name Of Didymoteichos Has Been Revived And Is Now In Use. Demotica Is Built At The Foot Of ...
Demurrage
Demurrage, In Merchant Shipping The Sum Payable By The Freighter To The Shipowner For Detention Of The Vessel In Port Beyond The Number Of Days Allowed For The Purpose Of Loading Or Unloading. (see Affreight Men T: Charter-parties.) In Rail Way Law The Charge On Detention Of Trucks; And In ...
Demurrer
Demurrer, In Common Law, An Objection Taken To The Sufficiency, In Point Of Law, Of The Pleading Or Written Statement Of The Other Side. (see Practice And Procedure.) ...
Denain
Denain, A Town Of Northern France In The Department Of Nord, 8 M. S.w. Of Valenciennes. Coal Mines And Iron-smelting Works Caused Its Growth From A Mere Village In The Early 19th Century To A Town Of 25,183 Inhabitants In 1931. Besides Iron And Steel Works, It Has Breweries And ...
Denbigh
Denbigh (dinbych), Municipal Borough, Market And County Town Of Denbighshire, Wales, On A Branch Of The L.m.s.r. Pop. 7,249. The Name Suggests An Early Fortification Din In Dinbych Means A Fort And The Pre-norman Fort Was Called Castell Caled Fryn Yn Rhos, Or "the Castle Of The Hard Hill In ...
Denbighshire
Denbighshire (dinbvch), A County Of The North Coast Of Wales, Made Up Of Two Linked Regions, North-west And South East. Area 662 Sq. Miles. The North-west Region Is Bounded West By The Conwy, Along The Line Of Which The Ordovician Rocks With Volcanic Elements To The West (see Carnarvonshire) Give ...
Dendera
Dendera, A Village In Upper Egypt, Situated In The Angle Of The Great Westward Bend Of The Nile Opposite Kena. Here Was The Ancient City Of Tentyra, Capital Of The Tentyrite Nome, The Sixth Of Upper Egypt, And The Principal Seat Of The Worship Of Hathor (aphrodite), The Cow-goddess Of ...
Dendrite
Dendrite. The Fibrous Process Of A Nerve-cell Or Neuron Which Conducts Impulses Toward The Cell Body. The Dendrites Of A Given Neuron Differ In Several Ways From The Axon, Which Is The Fibrous Process Conducting Away From The Cell Body. There May Be Several Dendrites, Whereas Ordinarily There Is But ...
Dene Holes
Dene-holes, The Name Given To Certain Caves Or Excava Tions In England, Popularly But Incorrectly Attributed To The Danes. The Word However Is Probably Derived From The Anglo Saxon Den, A Hole Or Valley. There Are Many Underground Excava Tions In The Chalk Districts Of The South Of England, But ...
Dengue
Dengue (deng'ge), An Infectious Fever Caused By A Filter Passing Virus (q.v.), Occurring In Warm Climates, And Transmit Ted By Mosquito Agency (see Entomology, Medical). The Symp Toms Are A Sudden Attack Of Fever, Accompanied By Rheumatic Pains In The Joints And Muscles With Severe Headache And Erythema. After A ...
Denia
Denia, A Town In East Spain In The Province Of Alicante; On The Mediterranean Sea And On The Coast-railway From Carcagente To Alicante. Pop. (193o) 13,063. Denia, Built On The Seaward Slopes Of A Small Hill Surmounted By A Ruined Castle, Lies Between The Limestone Ridge Of Mongo On The ...
Denim
Denim, The Name Originally Given To A Kind Of Serge. It Is Now Applied To A Stout Twilled Cloth Made In Various Colours, Usually Of Cotton, And Used For Overalls, Etc. ...
Denis Diderot
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784), French Man Of Letters And Encyclopaedist, Was Horn At Langres On Oct. 5, 1713. He Was ! Educated By The Jesuits, And Then Threw Himself Into The Vagabond Life Of A Bookseller's Hack In Paris. An Imprudent Marriage ) Did Not Better His Position. His Wife, Anne ...
Denis
Denis (dionysius), Saint, First Bishop Of Paris, Patron Saint Of France, Whose Feast Is Celebrated On Oct. 9. According To Gregory Of Tours (hist. Franc. I. 3o), He Was Sent Into Gaul At The Time Of The Emperor Decius. He Suffered Martyrdom At The Village Of Catulliacus, The Modern St. ...
Denison
Denison, A City Of Grayson County, Texas, U.s.a., 84m. N. By E. Of Dallas, And 4m. From The Red River, The Boundary Between Texas And Oklahoma. It Is On Federal Highway 75, And Is Served By The Frisco, The Kansas, Oklahoma And Gulf, The Missouri-kansas-texas, The Southern Pacific And The ...
Denizen
Denizen, A Dweller; A Stranger Admitted To Certain Rights In A Foreign Country; In England, An Alien Who Obtains By Letters Patent (ex Donatione Regis) Privileges Of A British Subject. By 12 And 13 Will. 3. Ch. 2 A Denizen, Unless Born Of English Par Ents, Cannot Be A Member ...
Denizli
Denizli, Chief Town Of A Sanjak Of The Aidin Vilayet Of Asia Minor (anc. Laodicea [q.v.] Ad Lycum), Altitude 1,167 Ft. Pop. It Is Beautifully Situated At The Foot Of Baba Dagh (mt. Salbacus), On A Tributary Of The Churuk Su (lycus), And Is Connected By A Branch Line With ...
Denmark
Denmark (danmark), A Small Kingdom Of Europe, Occu Pying Part Of The Peninsula Of Jutland (jylland) And A Group Of Islands Dividing The Baltic And North Seas, Lying Between 54° 33' And 5 7 ° 45' N. And Between 8° 5' And 12° 47' E., Exclusive Of The Island Of ...
Dennewitz
Dennewitz, A Village Of Germany, In The Prussian Prov Ince Of Brandenburg, Near Jilterbog, 4o M. S.w. From Berlin. It Was The Scene Of A Decisive Battle On Sept. 6, 1813, In Which Ney, With An Army Of 58,000 French, Saxons And Poles, Was Defeated With Great Loss By 5o,000 ...
Dennison
Dennison, A Village Of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, U.s.a., 8om. S. By E. Of Cleveland, On Stone Fork Of The Tuscarawas River, Served By The Pennsylvania Railroad. The Population Was 5,524 In 1920; 1930 It Was 4,529. It Has Railroad Shops, Sewer Pipe Factories And A Steel Casting Foundry. ...
Denomination
Denomination, The Giving Of A Specific Name To Any Thing, Hence The Name Or Designation Of A Person Or Thing (lat. Denominare, To Give A Specific Name). In Arithmetic It Is Applied To A Unit In A System Of Weights And Measures, Currency Or Num Bers. The Most General Use ...
Denotation
Denotation, In Logic, A Technical Term Used Strictly As The Correlative Of Connotation, To Describe One Of The Two Func Tions Of A Concrete Term (from Lat. Denotare, To Mark Out, Speci Fy). The Concrete Term "connotes" Attributes And "denotes" All The Individuals Which, As Possessing These Attributes, Constitute The ...
Density
Density. The Density Of A Substance Is The Mass Of Unit Volume Of The Substance. Density Determinations Are Comparatively Simple To Carry Out And A High Degree Of Precision Is Often Attainable. A Knowledge Of The Density Of A Material Is Of Considerable Interest Both From A Theoretical And A ...
Dent Du Midi
Dent Du Midi, A Conspicuous Peak Of The Swiss Alps 6 M. S.w. Of St. Maurice In The Lower Valley Of The Rhone, With An Altitude Of 10,696 Ft. See Alps. ...
Dental Rubber
Dental Rubber, A Form Of Vulcanite, Coloured Pink To Simulate The Human Gums, And Used Extensively, Strengthened With Metal, To Form The Setting Of Artificial Teeth, For Which It Is Ad Mirably Suited. It Is Manufactured From Over-vulcanized Rubber, I.e., Pure Rubber Which Is Rolled With About 4o% Of Sulphur, ...
Dentil
Dentil, In Architecture, A Small, Rectangular Block, Used In A Row As A Decoration For The Bed-moulding Of A Cornice. It Is Undoubtedly A Decorative Interpretation In Stone Of Projecting Beam Ends In Earlier Wooden Construction, And Many Of The Famous Rock Cut Tombs Of Lycia, In Asia Minor, Which ...
Dentistry
Dentistry, A Special Department Of Medicine, Dealing With Diseases Of The Teeth And Their Treatment. (for Anatomy See Teeth.) Until Well Into The Igth Century Apprenticeship Afforded The Only Means Of Acquiring A Knowledge Of Dentistry, But In Nov. 184o Was Established The Baltimore College Of Dental Surgery, The First ...
Denton
Denton, Urban District, Mossley Parliamentary Division, Lancashire, England, 41 M. N.e. From Stockport, On The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931), 17,383. In The Township Are Reservoirs For Manchester's Water-supply. The Leading Industry Is The Manu Facture Of Felt Hats. Coal Occurs In The District. ...
Denton_2
Denton, A City Of Texas, U.s.a., 35m. N.w. Of Dallas And N.e. Of Fort Worth; The County-seat Of Denton County. It Is On Federal Highway 77, And Is Served By The Missouri Kansas-texas And The Texas And Pacific Railways. The Population Was 7,626 In 192o, And Was 9,587 In 193o ...
Denver And Rio Grande
Denver And Rio Grande Western Rail Road, Originally Incorporated In 187o As The Denver And Rio Grande Railway Company, Was Organized To Construct A Narrow Gage (3' O") Railroad From Denver Southward Along The Front Of The Colorado Rocky Mountains With Branches And Lines Extending Into And Through The Mountains ...
Denver
Denver, The Capital Of Colorado, U.s.a., And The Largest City Between Kansas City And San Francisco, On The South Platte River, In The Centre Of "the West." The Population In 1920 Was 256,491 (83% Native White) , And Was 287,861 In 1930 By The Federal Census. It Is On Federal ...
Deodand
Deodand, In English Law, Any Personal Chattel Which, Hav Ing Moved Ad Mortem Or Been The Immediate Cause Of The Death Of Any Reasonable Creature, Was Forfeited To The King For Pious Uses. It Was Originally Designed As An Expiation For The Souls Of Those Suddenly Snatched Away By Violent ...
Deodar
Deodar. The Deodar Or "god Tree" (cedrus Deodara) Is A Species Of Coniferous Evergreen Tree Closely Allied To The Cedar, The Timber Obtained Therefrom Being Of Considerable Value. It Forms Extensive Forests In The Himalayas At Elevations Of From 7,000 Ft. And Is Also Found In Afghanistan And North Baluch ...
Deodorizer
Deodorizer, A Disinfectant Which Acts By Oxidizing Or Otherwise Changing The Chemical Constitution Of Volatile Sub Stances Disseminated In The Air. It Also Prevents Noxious Exhala Tions From Organic Substances, And In Virtue Of Its Properties Is An Effective Disinfectant In Certain Diseases. See Also Disin Fectants. ...