Elephant Mound
Elephant Mound. A Prehistoric Earthwork In The Upper Mississippi And Lakes Region—where Effigy Earthworks Are Common. It Is Near Wyalusing, Grant County, Wisconsin, And Received Its Name From Its Massive Form And A Conjectured Pro Longation Of The Nose, Supposed To Be A Part Of The Original Mound When First ...
Elephant
Elephant Is The Name Applied To The Two Existing Species Of The Proboscidea And Their Immediate Allies. The Existing Ele Phants Inhabit Respectively The Forest-lands Of India, Burma, The Malay Peninsula, Cochin China, Ceylon, Sumatra And The Con Tinent Of Africa South Of The Sahara. The Asiatic Elephants Are Distinguished ...
Elephantiasis
Elephantiasis, El-e-fan-ti'a-sis (barbadoes Leg; Bouc Nemia), A Disease Dependent On Lymphatic Obstruction And Char Acterized By Hypertrophy Of The Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue. Two Forms Are Known: (1) Elephantiasis Arabum, Due To Filariasis (q.v.); (2) The Non-filarial Form Due To Lymphatic Obstruction From Any Other Cause, As Erysipelas, The Deposit ...
Elephants Foot
Elephant's-foot, The Popular Name For The Plant Testudinaria Elephantipes, A Native Of The Cape Of Good Hope. It Takes Its Name From The Large Tuberous Stem, Which Grows Very Slowly But May Reach A Size Of More Than 3yd. In Circumference With A Height Of Nearly Aft. Above Ground. It ...
Elets
Elets, A Town In The Orel Province Of The Russian S.f.s.r., Situated On The Sosna R., A Tributary Of The Don, In Lat. 52° 3 7' N., Long. 38° Io' E. Its Population, 42,492 In 1926, Has Increased Rapidly Owing To Its Favourable Situation As A Junction For Five Railway ...
Eleusis
Eleusis, An Ancient City Of Greece About 14 M. W. Of Athens, On A Rocky Ridge Close To The Shore Of The Bay Of The Same Name Opposite The Island Of Salamis. Its Fame Is Due To Its Mysteries (see Mystery). Tradition Carries Back Its Origin To The Highest Antiquity. ...
Eleutherius
Eleutherius, Pope From C. 175 To 189. Allusions To Him Are Found In The Letters Of The Martyrs Of Lyons, Cited By Eusebius, And In Other Documents Of The Time. The Liber Pontificalis, At The Beginning Of The 6th Century, Says That He Had Relations With A British King, Lucius, ...
Eleutheropolis
Eleutheropolis, An Ancient City Of Palestine, 25 M. From Jerusalem, On The Road To Gaza, Mod. Beit Jibrin (gabriel) ; Pop. I ,000. ...
Eleuts
Eleuts. The Western Mongols, Certain Of Whom Are Called Kalmucks By Their Neighbours, Although This Term Has Been Very Loosely Used, Were Called Urat By The Manchus, U-lat By The Chinese, And In Western Languages, Through The Russian This Term Became Eleut. Some Of Them, Notably The Torgots (torgod) Have ...
Elevators
Elevators Are Designed To Transfer People Or Materials From One Level To Another In A Vertical Direction With Safety. Com Plete Installations Comprise The Elevator Machine With Its Motive Power And Controller, Platform And Enclosure In A Hatchway Operat Ing On Guides And With The Necessary Connecting Cables, Sheaves And ...
Elf
Elf, A Diminutive Supernatural Being Of Teutonic Mythology, Usually Mischievous, Causing Diseases And Evil Dreams, Stealing Children And Substituting Changelings ; Differs From The Romanic, Less Sinister Fairy. (o.e. Ael F ; Cf. Ger. Alp, Nightmare.) The Prehistoric Flint Implements, In England Known As "elf-bolts" Or "elf-arrows," Were Looked On ...
Elgin
Elgin, A Royal And Municipal Burgh, And County Town Of Moray, Scotland, Situated On The Lossie, 5 M. S. Of Lossiemouth Its Port, On The Moray Firth, And 37 M. N.e. Of Inverness, With Stations On The L.n.e.r. And L.m.s.r. Pop. (1931) 8,81o. It Was Created A Royal Burgh By ...
Elgin_2
Elgin, A City Of Kane County, Ill., U.s.a., On The Fox River, 36m. N.w. Of Chicago. It Is On Federal Highway 20, And Is Served By The Chicago And North Western, The Chicago, Aurora And Elgin, And The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific Railways. The Population Was 33,384 In ...
Elgon
Elgon, Also Known As Masawa, An Extinct Volcano In British East Africa, Cut By I° N. And 341° E., Forming A Vast Isolated Mass Over 4o M. In Diameter. The Outer Slopes Are In Great Meas Ure Precipitous On The North, West And South, But Fall More Gradu Ally To ...
Eli
Eli, A Member Of The Ancient Priesthood Founded In Egypt (i Sam. Ii. 27), Priest Of The Temple Of Shiloh, The Sanctuary Of The Ark, And Also "judge" Over Israel. In The History Preserved To Us He Appears In The Weakness Of Extreme Old Age, Unable To Control The Petulance ...
Elias Levita
Elias Levita , Jewish Grammarian, Was Born At Neustadt On The Aisch, Bavaria. He Preferred To Call Him Self "ashkenazi," The German, And Bore Also The Nickname Of "bachur," The Youth Or Student, Which Latter He Gave As A Title To His Hebrew Grammar. Before The End Of The 15th ...
Elias
Elias, Of Cortona (c. 118o-1253), Disciple Of St. Francis Of Assisi, Was Born Of The Working Class, Near Assisi. In 1217 He Was The Head Of The Franciscan Mission To The Holy Land, And In 1219 St. Francis Made Him First Provincial Minister Of Syria. When St. Francis Was Recalled ...
Elie
Elie, Police Burgh, Parish And Watering-place, Fifeshire, Scot Land, On The Firth Of Forth. The Population In 1931 Was 1,098 In Cluding In This The Figure For Earlsferry. It Is Io M. S. Of St. Andrews, But 20 M. Distant By The L.n.e.r., Which Follows The Coast. Though It Retains ...
Elijah Wilna Or Elijah
Elijah Wilna Or Elijah Ben Solomon, Best Known As The Gaon Elijah Of Wilna (172o-1797), A Noted Tal Mudist Who Hovered Between The New And The Old Schools Of Thought. Orthodox In Practice And Feeling, His Critical Treatment Of The Rabbinic Literature Prepared The Way For Later Scientific Investigations. He ...
Elijah
Elijah, A Prophet Of Tishbeh In Gilead, Contemporary With Ahab King Of Israel (c. 876-853 B.c.), And The Hero Of The Follow Ing Stories Preserved In The Books Of Kings : (a) R Kings Xvii., Xviii.—of The Marvellous Acts Of Elijah, And Of His Triumph Over The Prophets Of Baal: ...
Elis Or Eleia
Elis Or Eleia, An Ancient District Of Southern Greece, Bounded On The N. By Achaea, E. By Arcadia, S. By Messenia, And W. By The Ionian Sea. The Local Form Of The Name Was Valis, Or Valeia, And Its Meaning, In All Probability, "the Lowland." In Its Physical Constitution Elis ...
Elis
Elis, The Chief City Of The Ancient Greek District Of Elis, On The Ridge Now Called Kalaskopi, South Of The River Peneus, Where It Passes From The Mountainous Acrorea Into The Lowland. It Was Traditionally Founded By Oxylus, Leader Of The Aetolian Immi Grants, Whose Statue Stood In The Market-place. ...
Elisha Ben Abuyah
Elisha Ben Abuyah (fl. C. A.d. Zoo), A Unique Figure Among The Palestinian Jews Of His Day, Was Born Before The Destruction Of The Temple (a.d. 7o). He Refused To Accept The Current Rabbinical Views, Though The Talmud Cites His Legal De Cisions. Most Authorities Believe That He Was A ...
Elisha
Elisha, A Prophet, Reputed Successor Of Elijah (q.v.). He Is A Much More Shadowy Figure Than Elijah, Though He Occupies A Larger Space In The Books Of Kings. The Stories There Told About Him, Which Seem To Have Come From Several Sources And Not To Be In Their Original Order ...
Elixir
Elixir, In Alchemy, The Medium Which Would Effect The Transmutation Of Base Metals Into Gold ; It Probably Had A Wider Meaning Than "philosopher's Stone." The Same Term, More Fully Elixir Vitae, Elixir Of Life, Was Given To The Substance Which Would Indefinitely Prolong Life ; It Was Considered To ...
Elizabeth Amelie Eugenie
Elizabeth [amelie Eugenie] Con Sort Of Francis Joseph, Emperor Of Austria And King Of Hungary, Was The Daughter Of Duke Maximilian Joseph Of Bavaria And Louisa Wilhelmina, Daughter Of Maximilian I. Of Bavaria, And Was Born On Dec. 24, 1837 At The Castle Of Possenhofen On Lake Starnberg. She Inherited ...
Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City, A City Of North Carolina, U.s.a., 46m. S. Of Norfolk, At The Head Of Navigation On The Pasquotank River; A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Pasquotank County. It Is On Federal Highway 17, And Is Served By The Norfolk South Ern Railroad And By Steamers ...
Elizabeth Petrovna
Elizabeth [petrovna] (1709-1762), Empress Of Russia, The Daughter Of Peter The Great And Martha Skavron Skaya, Born At Kolomenskoye, Near Moscow, On Dec. 18, 1709. From Her Earliest Years She Delighted Every One By Her Extra Ordinary Beauty And Vivacity, And She Developed A Keen Political And Diplomatic Sense In ...
Elizabeth Tunnel
Elizabeth Tunnel, 6o M. N. Of Los Angeles, Calif., Is The Longest Of The 164 Los Angeles Aqueduct Tunnels, Being 5.1 M. In Length. It Was Constructed Through The Coast Range Moun Tains, A Region Of Great Topographic Difficulty, At A Cost Of $70.20 Per Ft., Requiring Five Years To ...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth (1533-1603), Queen Of England And Ireland, Born On Sunday, Sept. 7, And, Like All The Tudors Except Henry Vii., At Greenwich Palace, Was The Only Surviving Child Of Henry Viii. By His Second Queen, Anne Boleyn. Charles V.'s Ambassador, Chapuys, Hardly Deigned To Mention The Fact That The King's ...
Elizabethan Style
Elizabethan Style, In Architecture, A Term Loosely Applied To The Early Renaissance Work In England Up To The End Of The 16th Century. The Term Tudor Period (q.v.) Is Generally Limited To The Earlier Elizabethan Work, In Which Gothic Elements Are Still Dominant; The Jacobean Style (q.v.) Is Used Of ...
Elizabethton
Elizabethton, A Rapidly Growing City Of North-eastern Tennessee, U.s.a., At The Junction Of The Doe And Watauga Rivers, 1 , 5 7 5 F T. Above Sea-level; The County Seat Of Carter County. It Is Served By The East Tennessee And Western North Carolina And The Southern Railways. The Population ...
Elizabeth_2
Elizabeth ), Queen Consort Of England, Was Born On August 4, 1900. She Is The Youngest Of Three Daughters Of The Earl Of Strathmore And Kinghorne, Descendant Of Robert Bruce, Whose Castle At Glamis In Scotland Is Mentioned By Shake Speare In Macbeth. On April 26, 1923, She Married Albert, ...
Elizabeth_3
Elizabeth (1596-1662), Consort Of Frederick V., Elector Palatine And Titular King Of Bohemia, Was The Eldest Daughter Of James I. Of Great Britain And Of Anne Of Denmark, And Was Born At Falkland Castle, Fifeshire, In Aug. 1596. She Was En Trusted To The Care Of The Earl Of Linlithgow, ...
Elizabeth_4
Elizabeth English Princess, Second Daughter Of Charles I., Was Born On Dec. 28, 1635, At St. James's Palace. On The Outbreak Of The Civil War And The Departure Of The King From London, While The Two Elder Princes Accompanied Their Father, The Princess And The Infant Duke Of Gloucester Were ...
Elizabeth_5
Elizabeth (elisabeth Philippine Marie Helene Of France) Commonly Called Madame Elizabeth, Daughter Of Louis The Dauphin And Marie Josephine Of Saxony, And Sister Of Louis Xvi., Was Born At Versailles On May 3, 1764. At The Outset Of The Revolution She Foresaw The Gravity Of Events, And Refused To Leave ...
Elizabeth_6
Elizabeth, A City Of New Jersey, U.s.a., The County Seat Of Union County; On Newark Bay, Opposite Staten Island, With Which It Is Connected By The Goethals Bridge (opened On June 20, 1928). It Is On The Lincoln Highway, And Is Served By The Balti More And Ohio, The Central ...
Elk Or Moose
Elk Or Moose (alces Alces), The Largest Of The Deer Tribe, Inhabiting The Subarctic Forests Of Both The New And The Old Worlds, Though The American Form (to Which The Name "moose" Is Properly Restricted) Is Sometimes Separated As A. Americana. The Distinguishing Features Of The Elk Are The Huge ...
Elkins
Elkins, A City Of West Virginia, U.s.a., In The Mountainous Eastern Part Of The State ; The County Seat Of Randolph County. It Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio And The Western Mary Land Railways. The Population Was 9,338 In 1928; 1930 It Was 7,345. It Is In A ...
Ella
Ella (d. C. 514), King Of The South Saxons And Founder Of The Kingdom Of Sussex, Was A Saxon Ealdorman, Who Landed Near Arundel In Sussex With His Three Sons In 477. Defeating The Britons, Ella And His Followers Established Themselves Along The South Coast. In 491, Strengthened By The ...
Elland
Elland, An Urban District In Yorkshire, England, On The River Calder, 22 M. S. Of Halifax By The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931), 10,327. It Is Situated On The South Bank Of The Calder, On Gently Sloping Ground, Which Rises Steeply Away From The Town To An Altitude Of Boo Feet. ...
Ella_2
Ella (d. 588), King Of The Deirans, The Son Of Iffa, Became The First King Of Deira When, In 559, The Deirans Separated Themselves From The Kingdom Of Bernicia. When Ella Died In 588 Deira Was Conquered By Bernicia. One Of His Sons Was Edwin, Afterwards King Of The Northumbrians. ...
Ella_3
Ella (d. 867), King Of The Northumbrians, Became King About 862 On The Deposition Of Osbert, Although He Was Not Of Royal Birth. Afterwards He Joined Osbert In An Attack On The Danes, Who Had Invaded Northumbria, And Drove Them Into York. The Danes, However, Defeated The Northumbrians, And Both ...
Ellesmere
Ellesmere, Urban District, Shropshire, England, Situated Near The North-west Border Of The County In A Region Of Indeter Minate Drainage Between The River Systems Of The Dee And Severn. Pop. (1931) 1,872. It Lies On The West Shore Of The Mere—a Small Lake Of Glacial Origin—from Which It Takes Its ...
Ellice Lagoon Islands
Ellice (lagoon) Islands, An Archipelago Of The Pacific Ocean, Lying Between 5° And 11° S. And About 178° E., Nearly Midway Between Fiji And Gilbert. It Was Annexed By Britain In 1892, And Has Been Since Jan. 1916 Part Of The Gilbert And Ellice Isles Colony. It Comprises A Large ...
Ellichpur
Ellichpur, An Old Mohammedan Capital In Berar, India, Which Was The Headquarters Of A British District Now Merged With The District Of Amraoti. The Abolition Of The District Has Reduced The Importance Of The Town, But A Narrow Gauge Railway Connects It With Martizapur On The Main Line To Bombay. ...
Ellipse
Ellipse, In Geometry, A Closed Plane Curve Of Second De Gree (order And Class), Or A Conic Section (q.v.) Made By A Plane Cutting All Elements Of A Circular Cone, Considered Either As Solid Or As Surface. It May Be Regarded Either As The Plane Area Enclosed Or Preferably As ...
Ellipsographs
Ellipsographs. The Earliest Method Of Drawing Ellipses Is By Means Of A Stretched String, A Device Still Adopted By Garden Ers And Others In Setting Out Large Ellipses. It Is Based On The Property Of The Ellipse That If P Is Any Point On The Curve And F,f' Are The ...
Ellipsoid
Ellipsoid, A Closed Surface Of The Second Degree. Its Plane Sections Are Ellipses, Its Central (rectangular) Equation Being -2 =1, Ly It May Be Formed After The Analogy Of The Ellipse (q.v.) By Aline Transformation (see Affine Geometry) The Sphere By Compressing Uniformly, In The Ratios B/a And C/a, All ...
Elliptic Functions
Elliptic Functions. It Is A Familiar Result Of Ele Mentary Integral Calculus That, If R Is A Linear Or Quadratic Func Tion Of A Variable X, Air, 'rjr And, More Generally, F (x,,l R), Where F Is Any Rational Function, Can Be Integrated By Means Of Elementary Functions. In The ...
Ellipticity
Ellipticity, In Astronomy, Deviation From A Circular Or Spherical Form; Applied To The Elliptic Orbits Of Heavenly Bodies, Or The Spheroidal Form Of Such Bodies. ...
Ellis
Ellis (originally Sharpe), Alexander John (1814 1890), English Philologist, Mathematician, Musician And Writer On Phonetics, Was Born At Hoxton, London, On June 14, 1814. He Was Educated At Shrewsbury, Eton And Trinity College, Cambridge, And Took His Degree In High Mathematical Honours. He Was The First In England To Reduce ...
Ellora
Ellora, A Village Of India, In The Native State Of Hyderabad, Near The City Of Daulatabad, Famous For Its Rock Temples. The Caves Differ From Those Of Ajanta In Being Excavated In The Sloping Sides Of A Hill And Not In A Nearly Perpendicular Cliff. They Extend Along The Face ...
Ellore
Ellore, A Town Of British India, In The Godavari District Of Madras, On The East Coast Railway, 303 M. From Madras. Pop. The Canal Systems Of The Godavari And The Kistna Deltas Meet Here. There Are Carpet And Hosiery Manufactures, Cotton, Rice, Jute And Oil Mills, Cotton Ginning And Pressing ...
Ellwangen
Ellwangen, A Town Of Germany In The Land Of Wurt Temberg, On The Jagst. Pop. (1933) 5,924. The Benedictine Abbey Of Ellwangen Is Said To Have Been Founded In 764, But There Is No Record Of It Before 814. In 1460 The Abbey Was Con Verted, With The Consent Of ...
Ellwood City
Ellwood City, A Borough Of Lawrence County, Pa., U.s.a., On The Connequessing River, 36m. N.w. Of Pittsburgh. It Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio, The Buffalo, Rochester And Pittsburgh, The Pennsylvania And The Pittsburgh And Lake Erie Railways. The Population In 1920 Was 8,958 (21% Foreign-born White) , And ...
Elm
Elm (ulmus, A Well Marked Group Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Elm Family (ulmaceae) . There Are Some 18 Species Widely Dis Tributed Throughout The North Temperate Zone, Except Western North America, And Found Also In The Mountains Of The Tropics. The Common European Elm, U. Campestris, A Doubtful ...
Elmali
Elmali ("apple-town"), A Kaza In The Vilayet Of Adalia In Turkey, The Present Administrative Centre Of Most Of The Ancient Lycia. It Lies About 25 M. Inland, At The Head Of A Long Upland Valley (5,000 Ft.) Inhabited By Direct Descendants Of The Ancient Lycians, Who Have Preserved A Distinctive ...
Elmhurst
Elmhurst, A City Of Du Page County, Ill., U.s.a., 16m. W. Of Chicago. It Is Served By The Chicago And North Western, The Chicago, Aurora And Elgin, The Chicago Great Western, And The Illinois Central Railways, And Has A Commercial Airport, Eagle Field. The Population Was 4,594 In 1920, And ...
Elmira
Elmira, A City Of Southern New York, U.s.a., On The Chemung River, At An Altitude Of 85of T. ; The County Seat Of Chemung County. It Is Served By The Erie, The Lackawanna, The Lehigh Valley And The Pennsylvania Railways. The Population Was 45,393 In 1920 (88% Native White) And ...
Elmshorn
Elmshorn, A Town Of Germany, In The Prussian Province Of Schleswig-holstein, On The Kriickau, 19 M. By Rail N.w. From Altona. Pop. (1933) 17,374- Its Industries Include Weaving, Dye Ing, Brewing, Iron-founding And The Manufacture Of Leather Goods, Boots And Shoes, Margarine, Sugar And Machines. There Is A Con Siderable ...
Elne
Elne, A Town Of South-western France In The Department Of Pyrenees-orientales, To M. S.s.e. Of Perpignan By Rail. Pop. The Hill On Which It Stands, Once Washed By The Sea, Now Over 3 M. Distant, Overlooks The Plain Of Roussillon. Elne, The Ancient Illiberis, Was Named Helena By The Emperor ...
Eloi
Eloi (eligius), Saint (588-659), Bishop Of Noyon And Apostle Of The Belgians And Frisians, Was Born At Cadillac, Near Limoges. Trained As A Goldsmith, He Became Coiner To Clotaire Ii., King Of The Franks, And Treasurer To His Successor Dagobert. Both Kings Entrusted Him With Important Artistic Works, And Though ...
Elongation
Elongation, Strictly, "lengthening"; In Astronomy, The Apparent Angular Distance Of A Heavenly Body From Its Centre Of Motion, As Seen From The Earth ; Designating Especially The Angular Distance Of The Planet Mercury Or Venus From The Sun, Or The Apparent Angle Between A Satellite And Its Primary. The Greatest ...
Elsfleth
Elsfleth, A Maritime Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Oldenburg, In A Fertile District At The Confluence Of The Hunte With The Weser. Pop. (1933) 3,726. It Is One Of The Centres Of The North Sea Herring Fishery And Has Shipbuilding Yards. ...
Elsinore
Elsinore (dan. Helsingor), A Seaport Of Denmark On The East Coast Of The Island Of Zealand, 28 M. N. Of Copenhagen. Pop. 15,841. It Stands At The Narrowest Part Of The Sound, Op Posite The Swedish Town Of Helsingborg, 3 M. Distant. Railway Communication Is Maintained By Means Of A ...
Elster
Elster, The Name Of Two Rivers Of Germany. (i) The Schwarze (black) Elster Rises In The Lausitz Range, On The Southern Border Of Saxony, Flows North And North-west, And After A Course Of Ii2 M. Enters The Elbe A Little Above Wittenberg. It Is A Sluggish Stream, Winding Its Way ...
Elster_2
Elster, A Spa, In The Land Of Saxony, On The Weisse Elster, Close To The Bohemian Frontier On The Railway Plauen Eger, And 20 M. S. Of The Former, Has Industries Of Lace-making And Weaving, And A Population Of (1933) 2,205. The Mineral Springs, Saline-chalybeate, Have Been Supplemented By Baths ...
Elswick
Elswick, Ward, West Parliamentary Division, Newcastle Upon-tyne, England. It Contains The Great Ordnance And Naval Works Of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell And Co., Elswick Park. ...
Eltville Or Elfeld
Eltville Or Elfeld, Town Of Germany, In The Prussian Province Of Hesse-nassau, On The Right Bank Of The Rhine, 5 M. S.w. From Wiesbaden, On The Railway Frankfort-on-main-cologne. Pop. Eltville (originally Adeldvile, Lat. Altavilla), Is First Mentioned In A Record Of The Year 882, Was Given By The Emperor Otto ...
Eltz
Eltz, A Small River Of Germany, A Left Bank Tributary Of The Mosel. It Rises In The Lower Devonian Rocks Of The Eifel Range, And, After A Swift Course Of 5 M., Joins The Latter River At Mosel Kern, Nearly 20 M. S.w. Of Coblenz. Just Above Its Confluence Stands ...
Elvas
Elvas, An Episcopal City And Frontier Fortress Of Portugal, 17o M. E. Of Lisbon, And To M. W. Of The Spanish Fortress Of Badajoz. Pop. (193o) 13,423. Elvas Is Finely Situated On A Hill 5 M. N.w. Of The River Guadiana. It Is Defended By Seven Bas Tions And The ...
Elwood
Elwood, A City Of Madison County, Ind., U.s.a., 48m. N.e. Of Indianapolis. It Is Served By The Nickel Plate, The Union Trac Tion Of Indiana And The Pennsylvania Railways. The Population Was 10,790 In 1920 (96% Native White) And Was 10,685 In 1930 By The Federal Census. It Is An ...
Ely
Ely, A Cathedral City And Market-town, In The Administrative And Parliamentary County Of The Isle Of Ely, England, 144 M. N.n.e. Of Cambridge By The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. Of Urban District (1931) 8,382. Ely Stands On A Considerable Eminence On The West Bank Of The Ouse, In The Isle Which ...
Elyria
Elyria, A City Of Northern Ohio, U.s.a., On The Black River, 8m. S. Of Lake Erie And 25m. W.s.w. Of Cleveland; The County Seat Of Lorain County. It Is On Federal Highway 20, And Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio And The New York Central Railways, And By Inter-urban ...
Elysium Or
Elysium Or The Elysian Plain, Or Fields, The Pre-hellenic Paradise, Identified By The Greeks With Their Own Islands Of The Blessed. In Homer (od., Iv. 563) The Elysian Plain Is A Land Of Perfect Happiness, Ruled By Rhadamanthys, At The End Of The Earth, On The Banks Of The River ...
Ely_2
Ely, A City Of St. Louis County, Minnesota, U.s.a., On Long Lake, 117m. N. By E. Of Duluth, At The Entrance To The Superior National Forest. It Is Served By The Duluth And Iron Range Rail Road, And Is The Northern Terminus For Motor Travel In The "arrow Head Country." ...
Elzevir
Elzevir, The Name Of A Family Of Dutch Printers Belong Ing To The 17th. Century. The Original Name Was Elsevier, Or Elzevier, And Their French Editions Mostly Retain This Name; But In Their Latin Editions The Name Is Spelt Elzeverius, Gradually Cor Rupted In English Into Elzevir. Louis (154o-1617), Who ...
Emanation
Emanation, In Philosophy And Theology, The Name Of One Of The Three Chief Theories Of The Relation Between God And Men—the One And The Many, The Universal And The Particular (lat. Emanatio, From E-, Out, Manare, To Flow). This Theory Has Been Propounded In Many Forms, But The Central Idea ...
Emanuel I
Emanuel I. (portuguese Manoel) (1469—i 52i ), I4th King Of Portugal, Surnamed The "great" And The "happy" Knight Of The Garter And Of The Golden Fleece, Was The Son Of Duke Ferdinand Of Vizeu And Of Beatrice Of Beja, Grandchildren Of John I. Of Portugal. His Reign (1495-152i) Is Noteworthy ...
Embalming
Embalming, The Art Of Preserving Dead Bodies From De Cay. The Custom Of Embalming Had Its Origin In Egypt, Probably As Early As The 1st Dynasty. As Practised By The Egyptians And Other Peoples Of Antiquity And By Modern Races Of Relatively Low Culture, Embalming Is Usually Spoken Of As ...
Embankment
Embankment. In Engineering, Generally, A Mound Or Bank Of Earth, Stone, Or Other Material, Usually Narrow In Com Parison With Its Length, Artificially Raised Above The Prevailing Level Of The Ground. Embankments May Form Parts Of Works Or Structures Of Varied Character But Usually Serve For One Or Other Of ...
Embargo
Embargo May Be Either Civil Or Hostile. Civil Embargo Is The Restraint Placed By A Sovereign Upon His Own Subjects, By Prohibiting Them Or Their Vessels From Leaving The Realm. This Measure Was Taken By The United States In Retaliation For The Berlin And Milan Decrees Of Napoleon Of 1806 ...
Embassy
Embassy, The Office Of An Ambassador, Or, More Generally, The Mission On Which An Ambassador Of One Power Is Sent To Another, Or The Body Of Official Personages Attached To Such A Mission, Whether Temporary Or Permanent. The Word Is Also Used Of The Official Residence Of An Ambassador. (see ...
Ember Days
Ember Days And Ember Weeks, The Four Seasons Set Apart By The Western Church For Special Prayer And Fasting, And The Ordination Of Clergy, Known In The Mediaeval Church As Quatuor Tempora, Or Ieiunia Quatuor Temporum. The Ember Weeks Are The Complete Weeks Next Following Holy Cross Day (sep Tember ...
Embezzlement
Embezzlement, In Statute Law, A Form Of Theft, Which Is Distinguished From The Ordinary Crime Of Larceny In Two Points:—( ) It Is Committed By A Person Who Is In The Position Of Clerk Or Servant To The Owner Of The Property Stolen; And (2) The Property When Stolen Has ...
Emblem
Emblem, A Word Applied In Greek And Latin To A Raised Or Inlaid Ornament On Vases, Etc., Or To Mosaic Or Tessellated Work. In English It Is Confined To A Symbolical Representation Of Some Object, Particularly To A Badge Or Heraldic Device. ...
Emblements
Emblements, A Term Applied In English Law To The Corn And Other Crops Of The Earth Which Are Produced Annually, Not Spontaneously But By Labour And Industry. Emblements Belong Therefore To The Class Of Fructus Industriales, Or "industrial Grow Ing Crops" (sale Of Goods Act, 1893, S. 62). They Include ...
Embossing
Embossing, The Art Of Producing Raised Portions Or Pat Terns On The Surface Of Metal, Leather, Textile Fabrics, Cardboard, Paper And Similar Substances. Strictly Speaking, The Term Is Ap Plicable Only To Raised Impressions Produced By Means Of En Graved Dies Or Plates Brought Forcibly To Bear On The Material ...
Embracery
Embracery, In Law, The Attempting To Influence A Jury Man Corruptly To Give His Verdict In Favour Of One Side Or The Other In A Trial, By Promise, Persuasions, Entreaties, Money, Entertain Ments And The Like. It Is An Offence, Both At Common Law And By Statute, And Punishable By ...
Embrasure
Embrasure, The Opening In A Battlement Between The Two Solid Portions Or Merlons; A Crenel; Also The Splay Or Reveal Of A Window. ...
Embrun
Embrun, A Town In The Department Of The Hautes Alpes In S.e. France. It Stands 2,854 Ft. Above The Right Bank Of The Durance. It Is 271 M. By Rail From Briancon And 24 M. From Gap. Pop. (1931) 1,867. Embrun, The Eburodunum Or Ebre Dunum Of The Romans, Was ...
Embryo
Embryo, The Name Applied To The Developing Young Of An Animal Before Birth Or Before Hatching From The Egg. (see Em Bryology.) The Term Is Also Used Of That Part Of A Seed (q.v.) Which Will Develop Into The New Plant, In Contradistinction To The Endosperm Of Nutritive Tissue. (x.) ...
Embryology
Embryology Is The Science Which Treats Of The Develop Ment Of An Individual Animal From Its Beginning As An Egg To A Period Arbitrarily Determined When It Has Attained Or Nearly Reached Its Adult Structure. With Perhaps A Very Few Exceptions All Multicellular Animals, Both Parazoa And Metazoa, Reproduce Sexually, ...
Emden
Emden, A Maritime Town Of Germany, In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, Near The Mouth Of The Ems. Pop. 34,112. Emden (emuden, Emetha) First Mentioned In The 12th Century, Was Sold In 1252 To The Bishops Of Munster, But The Epis Copal Provosts And Castellans Soon Established Their Practical In ...
Emerald
Emerald, A Bright Green Variety Of Beryl, Valued As A Gem-stone. The Name Comes Indirectly From The Gr. Apapa'ysos (arabic Zumurrud), But Seems To Have Been Given To A Number Of Stones Having Little In Common Except A Green Colour. The Properties Of Emerald Are Mostly The Same As Those ...
Emergence
Emergence. The Difference Between A Mechanical Mix Ture And A Chemical Compound Was Among The First Things To Which The Attention Of One Who Entered A Laboratory More Than Half A Century Ago Was Directed. He Was Shown Finely Pulverized Charcoal And Sulphur Where The Relative Proportions Varied Between The ...
Emeritus
Emeritus, A Term Used Of Roman Soldiers And Public Offi Cials Who Had Earned Their Discharge From The Service, Applied, In Modern Times, To A University Professor (professor Emeritus) Who Has Vacated His Chair On Account Of Long Service, Age, Or Infirmity, And, In Certain Of The Churches, To A ...
Emery
Emery (ger. Smirgel), An Impure Variety Of Corundum, Much Used As An Abrasive Or Polishing Substance, And Occurring As A Granular Or Massive, Dark-coloured, Dense Substance, Having Much The Appearance Of An Iron-ore. Its Specific Gravity Varies With Its Composition From 3.7 To 4.3. Under The Microscope, It Is Seen ...
Emetics
Emetics Are Substances Given For The Purpose Of Producing Vomiting. It Is Customary To Divide Emetics Into Central, Those Which Act On The Vomiting Centre In The Medulla, And Gastric, Those Which Act Directly On The Stomach Itself. The Gastric Emetics In Common Use Are Alum, Ammonium Carbonate, Zinc Sulphate, ...