Emigration
Emigration, The Movement Of Population Out Of One Country Into Another. (see Migration.) ...
Emilia
Emilia, A Territorial Division (compartimento) Of Italy, Bounded By Venetia And Lombardy On The N., Liguria On The W., Tuscany On The S., The Marches On The S.e., And The Adriatic Sea On The E. It Has An Area Of 7,967 Sq.m., And A Population Of (1901), Which Had Grown ...
Emin Pasha Eduard Schnitzer
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Eminence
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Eminent Domain
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Emmanuel Or Immanuel
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Emmanuel Philibert
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Emmaus
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Emmendingen
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Emmerich
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Emmitsburg
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Emotion
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Empathy
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Empedocles
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Emperor Fish
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Emperor
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Empetraceae
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Emphysema
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Empire Marketing Board
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Empire Style
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Empire
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Empiricism
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Employee Representation
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Employee Stock Ownership
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Employment Exchange
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Empoli
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Emporia
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Empyema
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Empyrean
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Ems
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Ems_2
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Emu
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Emulsions
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Enamel
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Encaenia
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Encaustic Painting
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Enceinte
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Encephalitis Lethargica
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Enclave
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Encoignure
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Encore
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Encyclical
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Encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia. The Greeks Seem To Have Under Stood By Encyclopaedia (eyeuexohatuela, Or Eykvkxtos Irat5eia) Instruction In The Whole Circle (iv Kvkac.i) Or Complete System Of Learning--education In Arts And Sciences. Thus Pliny, In The Pref Ace To His Natural History, Says That His Book Treated Of All The Subjects Of ...
Encyclopaedias And Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias And Dictionaries Alsted's Encyclopaedia.—johann Heinrich Alsted, Born 1588, Died 1638, Published Encyclopaedia Septem Tomis Distincta (1630). It Treats Of A Wide Range Of Subjects, Including Not Only The More Important Sciences, But Paradoxologia, The Art Of Explain Ing Paradoxes; Dipnosophistica, The Art Of Philosophizing While Feasting; Cyclognomica, The Art ...
Encyclopedie And
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Endemic
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Endive
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Endocrinology
Endocrinology. This Science Deals With The Structure And Function Of The Organs Of Internal Secretion (endocrine Or In Cretory Organs), In Health And Disease, And Has Been Vigorously Developed Since 191o. Through Observations Upon Man In Private Clinics And In University Hospitals, And Through Experimentation Upon Animals In Laboratories, Many ...
Endoeus
Endoeus, An Early Sculptor, Who Worked At Athens In The Middle Of The 6th Century B.c. We Are Told That He Made An Image Of Athena Dedicated By Callias, The Contemporary Of Pisistratus, At Athens About 564 B.c. An Inscription Bearing His Name Has Been Found At Athens, Written In ...
Endogamy
Endogamy. The Law Of Endogamy Prohibits The Marriage Of An Individual Outside His Or Her Social Group. It Concerns Itself With Marriage Only, Not With Extra-marital Relations. The Most Famous Example Is Among The Hindus Who Do Not Permit Men And Women Of Different Castes To Marry. (see Caste.) Among ...
Endor
Endor, An Ancient Town Of Palestine, Situated In The Terri Tory Of Issachar, And A Place From Which The Manassites Could Not Expel The Canaanites ( Josh. Xvii. I R) . It Was The Scene Of The Rout Of Jabin And Sisera (ps. Lxxxiii. 9), But Is Chiefly Memorable As ...
Endothelium
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Endymion
Endymion, In Greek Mythology, Son Of Aethlius And King Of Elis. He Was Loved By Selene, Goddess Of The Moon, By Whom He Had 5o Daughters. Otherwise, He Was A Beautiful Youth, A Shepherd Or Hunter Whom Selene Visited Every Night While He Lay Asleep In A Cave On Mount ...
Energetics
Energetics May Be Defined As The Science Of Energy. In Systems Whose State Is Changing So Slowly That The Reactions Arising From Changing Motions Can Be Neglected, Whether These Systems Are In A Stationary Condition Or In A State Of Steady Motion, The Energy Depends Upon The Configuration Alone, And ...
Energici Or Energumens
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Energism
Energism, A Term Introduced By F. Paulsen (introduction To Philosophy, 1898) To Express His Conception Of The Moral Ideal As Consisting Not In A Condition Of Mere State Of Feeling (like Happiness) But In A Life Devoted To A Certain Kind Of Activity Or Work. The Term Energism Is Also ...
Energy
Energy, In Physical Science, A Term Which May Be Defined As Accumulated Mechanical Work, Which, However, May Be Only Partially Available For Use (from The Gr. Evepyeca: Ev, In, 'p-yov, Work). A Bent Spring Possesses Energy, For It Is Capable Of Doing Work In Returning To Its Natural Form ; ...
Enfidaville
Enfidaville [dar-el-bey] , A Town Of Tunisia, On The Railway Between Tunis And Susa, 3o M. N.e. Of The Last-named Place And 5 M. Inland From The Gulf Of Hammamet. Enfidaville Is The Chief Settlement On The Enfida Estate, A Property Of Over 300,00o Acres In The Sahel District Of ...
Enfield
Enfield, A Market Town And Urban District In The Enfield Parliamentary Division Of Middlesex, England, I I M. N. Of London Bridge, With Stations On The Great Northern And Great Eastern Sections Of The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. Of Urban District (1931) 67,869. Enfield Lies At The Northern Extremity Of The ...
Enfield_2
Enfield, A Town Of Hartford County, Connecticut, U.s.a., On The East Bank Of The Connecticut River, 2om. N. Of Hartford; Served By The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad. The Population In 193o Was 13,404. The Town Has An Area Of 35 Sq.m. And Embraces Several Villages, Of Which ...
Enfilade
Enfilade, A Military Term Used To Express The Direction Of Fire Along An Enemy's Line From Its Flank. (a French Word, From En Filer, To Thread, And So To Pass Through From End To End.) This Species Of Fire Is Most Demoralizing And Destructive As It Rakes The Greatest Length ...
Engadine
Engadine (ger. Engadin; Ital. Engadina; Latin, Engia Dm A), The Name Of The Upper Or Swiss Portion Of The Valley Of The Inn, Which Forms Part Of The Swiss Canton Of The Grisons. Its Length From The Maloja Plateau (5,935 Ft.) At Its South-western End To Martinsbruck (3,406 Ft.) At ...
Engaged Column
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Engelberg
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Enghien
Enghien, A Town In The Province Of Hainaut, Belgium, Lying South Of Grammont. Pop. In 1930, 7,302. It Is The Centre Of Considerable Lace, Linen And Cotton Industries. The Title "duc D'enghien" Was For Long Borne By The Eldest Son Of The Princely House Of Conde (q.v.). ...
Engine
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Engineering And Architectural Socie
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Engineering Articles
Engineering Articles. For Articles On Prime Movers See Engine, Which Gives Reference To The Various Orders Of Engines. For Articles On The Different Forms In Which Engineer Ing Is Concerned With The Application Of Power To Traffic On Land And Sea And In The Air, A Key Will Be Found ...
Engineering Education
Engineering Education. Engineering Education To-day Embraces Instruction And Training Not Only In The Older Divisions Of Civil, Mechanical, Mining And Electrical Engineering, And Their Subdivisions—highway Engineering, Harbour Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Machine Tool Engineering, Structural Engineering, Illuminating Engineering, Etc., But Also In Such Allied Branches As Chemical Engineering And Metallurgical Engineering. ...
Engineering Index
Engineering Index, A Card Index Issued Daily Or Weekly To Subscribers By Engineering Index, Inc., New York City, A Non Profit Organization. Also Available In An Annual Volume Which Is A Compilation Of All Cards Printed During The Year. More Than 2,000 Technical, Scientific, And Industrial Publications From 4o Countries ...
Engineering Insurance
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Engineering
Engineering In Its Early Uses Referred Specially To The Operations Of Those Who Constructed Engines Of War And Executed Works Intended To Serve Military Purposes. Such Military Engi Neers Were Long The Only Ones To Whom The Title Was Applied. But About The Middle Of The 18th Century There Began ...
Engines Of War
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Engis
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England
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Englewood
Englewood, A City Of Arapahoe County, Colorado, U.s.a., 4)n The Santa Fe Railway, Adjoining Denver On The South. It Is A Residential Suburb, And Also Has Various Manufacturing Industries, Including Iron Works, Aeroplane And Film Factories, And A Motion Picture Studio. The Population Was 4,356 In 192o, And Was 7,98o ...
Englewood_2
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English Channel
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English Collegiate Style
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English History
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Enoch Edwards
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Epidemiology
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Equations Of Equilibrium
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Ernst Engel
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European Electrical Schemes
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European Enamels
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Fanny Elssler
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Ferdinand Gotthold Eisenstein
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Fortification And Siegecraft Battering
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Francis Egerton Ellesmere
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Frederik Willem Van Eeden
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Friedrich Engels
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From Earliest Date To
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Further Applications Of Electricity
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George Edwards
Edwards, George (1693-1773), English Naturalist, Was Born At Stratford, Essex, On April 3, 1693. After Travelling Extensively Over Europe, He Was Appointed Librarian To The Royal College Of Physicians In London In 1733. His History Of Birds (4 Vols., 1743-51) With Three Supplementary Volumes, Gleanings Of Natural History (1758-64), Contain ...
George Eliot
Eliot, George, The Pen-name Of The Famous English Writer, Née Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans (5859-188o), After Wards Mrs. J. W. Cross, Born At Arbury Farm, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, On Nov. 22, 1819. Her Father, Robert Evans, Was The Agent Of Francis Newdigate, And The First 21 Years Of Her ...
George Ellis
Ellis, George (1753-1815), English Author, Was Edu Cated At Westminster School And At Trinity College, Cambridge. He Contributed To The Rolliad And The Probationary Odes Satires Against Pitt's Administration. In 1797 He Went To Lille As Secre Tary To The Embassy. He Continued To Write Political Satires In The Anti-jacobin, ...
George Elmacin
Elmacin, George (c. 1223-1274), Author Of A History Of The Saracens, Which Extends From The Time Of Mohammed To The Year Ii18 Of Our Era. He Was A Christian Of Egypt, Where He Was Born ; Is Known In The East As Ibn-amid ; And After Holding An Official Position ...
George Engleheart
Engleheart, George English Minia Ture Painter, The Great Rival Of Richard Cosway, Was Born At Kew, Surrey, In Oct. 1752, And Received His Artistic Training First Under George Barret, R.a., And Then Under Sir Joshua Reynolds. He Started On His Own Account In 1773 And Exhibited In That Year At ...
George Richards Elkington
Elkington, George Richards Founder Of The Electro-plating Industry In England, Was Born In Birmingham On Oct. 17, 1801, The Son Of A Spectacle Manufac Turer. Apprenticed To His Uncles, Silver Platers In Birmingham, He Became, On Their Death, Sole Proprietor Of The Business, But Subse Quently Took His Cousin, Henry ...