Fulk Nerra
Fulk Nerra (c. 970-1040), Count Of Anjou, Eldest Son Of Count Geoffrey I., "grisegonelle" (grey Tunic) And Adela Of Vermandois, Was Born About 970 And Succeeded His Father In The Countship Of Anjou On July 21, 987. He Was Successful In Repel Ling The Attacks Of The Count Of Rennes ...
Fulk
Fulk (d. Goo), Archbishop Of Reims, And Partisan Of Charles The Simple In His Struggle With Odo, Count Of Paris, Was Elected To The See As Archbishop In 883 Upon The Death Of Hincmar. In 887 He Was Engaged In A Struggle With The Normans Who In Vaded His Territories. ...
Fulk_2
Fulk, King Of Jerusalem (b. 1o92), Was The Son Of Fulk Count Of Anjou, And His Wife Bertracla (who Ultimately Deserted Her Husband And Became The Mistress Of Philip I. Of France). He Became Count Of Anjou In '109, And Showed Himself A Doughty Opponent To Henry I. Of England,' ...
Fullers Earth
Fuller's Earth, So Named From Its Use By Fullers As An Absorbent Of The Grease And Oil Of Cloth, A Clay-like Substance, Which From Its Variability Is Somewhat Difficult To Define. (ger. Lv Alkererde ; Fr. Terre A Foulon, Argile Smectique.) In Colour It Is Most Often Greenish, Olive-green Or ...
Fullerton
Fullerton, A City Of Orange County, Calif., U.s.a., 3om. S.e. Of Los Angeles; Served By The Pacific Electric, The Santa Fe, The Southern Pacific And The Union Pacific Railways. The Popula Tion Was 4,415 In 192o, And Was Io,86o In 193o By The Federal Cen Sus. Walnuts And Fruits Are ...
Fulmar
Fulmar, The Name Of Several Species Of Petrels, Fulmarus Glacialis, One Of The Largest Petrels (procellariidae) Of The North Ern Hemisphere, Is About The Size Of The Common Gull (larus Canes) And Not Unlike It In Coloration, Except That Its Primaries Are Grey Instead Of Black. The Bird Ranges Over ...
Fulminic Acid
Fulminic Acid, A Volatile Explosive Liquid, C : Noh, Hav Ing An Odour Of Prussic Acid, Has Not Been Obtained In A State Of Purity. It Is Set Free From Sodium Or Potassium Fulminate By Dilute Sulphuric Acid Followed By Extraction With Ether. The Chemical Constitution Of Fulminic Acid And ...
Fulton
Fulton, A City Of Missouri, U.s.a., 25m. N.e. Of Jefferson City, On Federal Highway 54 And The Chicago And Alton Railroad; The County Seat Of Callaway County. The Population Was 5,595 In 1920; 193o, 6,105. Cattle, Mules, Grain And Hay Are Raised In The Region, And There Are Coal Mines ...
Fulton_2
Fulton, A City Of Oswego County, New York, U.s.a., On The Oswego River And Canal, I2111. From Lake Ontario. It Is Served By The Lackawanna, The New York Central, And The New York, Ontario And Western Railways. The Population Was 13,043 In 1920; 1930 It Was 12,462. Ample Water-power Is ...
Fumaric And Maleic Acids
Fumaric And Maleic Acids, Unsaturated Organic Acids Showing Stereoisomerism. Fumaric Acid Is Found In Fumitory (fumaria Oficinalis), Various Fungi (agaricus Piper Atus, Etc.) And Iceland Moss. It Is Obtained By Heating Malic Acid Alone To 150° C, Or By Heating It With Hydrochloric Acid Or Hydro Bromic Acid. It May ...
Fumarole
Fumarole, A Vent From Which Volcanic Vapours Issue, Named Indirectly From Lat. Fumariolum, A Smoke-hole. The Vapours From Fumaroles Were Studied First By R. W. Bunsen In Iceland, And Afterwards By H. Sainte-claire Deville And Other Chemists And Geologists In France, Who Examined The Vapours From Santorin, Etna, Etc. The ...
Fumigation
Fumigation, The Process Of Producing Smoke Or Fumes, As By Burning Surphur, Frankincense, Tobacco, Etc., Whether As A Ceremony Of Incantation, Or For Perfuming A Room, Or For Pur Poses Of Disinfection Or Destruction Of Vermin. In Medicine The Term Has Been Used Of The Exposure Of The Body, Or ...
Fumitory
Fumitory, In Botany, The Popular Name For The British Species Of Fumaria, A Genus Of Small, Branched, Often Climbing Annual Herbs With Much-divided Leaves And Racemes Of Small Flowers. It Is Included In The Family Fumariaceae. The Flowers Are Tubular With A Spurred Base, And In The British Species Are ...
Fun J Fung Funniyeh
Fung (funniyeh, Fun J, Funcha), A Mixed Negroid Race, Occupying Parts Of Sennar And The Hilly Country To The South Be Tween The White And Blue Niles. They Traditionally Come From West Of The White Nile And Are Affiliated To The Negro Shilluks. The Fung Became The Dominant Race In ...
Funchal
Funchal, The Administrative Centre Of The Portuguese Archipelago Of The Madeiras ; On The South Coast Of Madeira, In 32° 3 7' N. And 16° 54' W. Pop. 31,352. Its White Washed Houses, In Their Gardens Full Of Tropical Plants, Are Built Along The Curving Shore Of Funchal Bay, And ...
Function
Function, In Mathematics, A Variable Whose Values Are Determined By Those Of One Or More Other Variables. The Word Variable Here Denotes A Symbol Which Stands For Any One Of A Class Of Things Called Values Of The Variable. Although The Terms Thus Defined Apply To Other Entities As Well ...
Functions Of Complex Variables
Functions Of Complex Variables I. Complex Numbers And Their Geometric Representa Tion.—the Operations Of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication And Division With Non-vanishing Divisor, When Applied To Real Numbers Yieici Only Real Numbers, But This Does Not Hold Good In The Case Of Root Extraction. We Must, For Example, Either Regard/ —1 ...
Functions Of Real Variables
Functions Of Real Variables I. The Development Of The Theory Of Functions Goes Back To Descartes' Publication Of His Work On Analytic Geometry (1637). The Abscissas X And Ordinates Y Of A Plane Curve Are Variables; The Curve Pictures The Dependence Of The One On The Other. The Word Function ...
Fundamentalism And Modernism
Fundamentalism And Modernism. Funda Mentalism Is The Name Given To A Religious Movement Which, Ap Pearing Independently In Different Denominations In The United States Immediately After The World War, Steadily Gathered Mo Mentum Until In 1925 It Became A Subject Of National, As Distinct From Denominational, Interest Through The Trial ...
Funded Debt
Funded Debt, That Portion Of The Indebtedness Of A Business Concern Or Of A Government Which Is Represented By Bonds. Such Indebtedness May Be Created Originally By An Issue Of Bonds For A Particular Purpose, Or May Have Resulted From The Funding Of Various Floating Debts, I.e., Paying Off The ...
Funen
Funen (danish Fyen), One Of The Larger Danish Islands, Second In Size To Zealand, Lying Between That Island And South Jutland. Area, 2,986 Sq. Kilometres. Its Physical Features Are Similar To Those Of Eastern Jutland. See Denmark. ...
Fungi
Fungi, A Large Group Of Plants Devoid Of Green Colouring Matter (chlorophyll) And Reproduced By Spores. They Include Many Of The Lowest Forms Of Plant Life. The Thallus Is Unicellular Or Composed Of Branched Tubes Or Filaments Which Have Apical Growth. The Spore May Consist Of One Or Many Cells. ...
Funkia
Funkia, In Botany, A Genus Of Handsome, Hardy, Herbaceous Plants Of The Family Liliaceae. There Are Five Species, Natives Of China And Japan. They Are Tuberous, With Broadly Ovate Or Heart Shaped Leaves And Racemes Of White Or Pale Lilac, Drooping, Funnel Shaped Flowers. They Are Useful For The Borders ...
Funnel
Funnel, A Vessel Shaped Like A Cone Having A Small Tube At The Apex Through Which Powder, Liquid, Etc., Is Passed Into An Other Vessel With A Small Opening. The Term Is Used In Metal Casting Of The Hole Through Which The Metal Is Poured Into A Mould, And In ...
Fur Bearing Animals Land
Fur-bearing Animals (land). The Classification Of Animals As Fur-bearing And Non-fur-bearing Has Always Been Arbitrary And With The Refinement Of Modern Methods Of Manipula Tion Of Skins The Terms Are Becoming Very Elastic. Roughly Speak Ing, The Term Fur Is Applied To Skins Which Have A Double Coating Of Hair, ...
Fur Farming
Fur Farming. The Keeping And Breeding Of Animals For Their Fur Is One Of The Oldest Occupations. The Chinese Have Farmed Goats And Dogs For An Unknown Number Of Centuries, Using The Flesh Of The Animals As Food, And Their Skins, Fur Or Hair Covered, According To Species, For The ...
Fur
Fur, The Covering Of The Skin In Certain Animals Lying Along Side Another Covering Called The Overhair, Or Guard-hair. The Fur Is Barbed Lengthwise, And Is Soft, Silky, Downy And Inclined To Curl. On The Living Animal The Overhair Keeps The Fur Filaments Apart, Prevents Their Tendency To Mat Or ...
Furfooz
Furfooz, A Village Some Io M. From Dinant In The Ar Dennes, Belgium. Three Caves Containing Prehistoric Remains Were Here Excavated In 1872. Of These The Trou Du Frontal Is The Most Famous. In It Were Found Human Skeletons With Brachycephalic Skulls, Associated With Animal Bones, Those Of The Reindeer ...
Furfuran Or Furan
Furfuran Or Furan (tetrol, Tetraphenol), A Colour Less Liquid Boiling At 317750 Mm., Slightly Soluble In Water But Miscible In All Proportions With Alcohol Or Ether. Its Specific Gravity Is 0.9444 At 15° C. It Occurs In The Most Volatile Portions Of Pine-wood Tar And Is Prepared Synthetically By Heating ...
Furfurol
Furfurol, An Organic Colourless, Aromatic, Volatile In Flammable, Oily Liquid, Which Turns Brown On Exposure To The Air Or It Is Obtained By Distilling Wood, Sugar Or Bran With Moderately-concentrated Sulphuric Acid. That It Be Longs To The General Class Of Aldehydes (q.v.) And Is A Derivative Of Furan Is ...
Furies
Furies, The Latin Translation Of Gr. Erinyes (q.v.), Corre Sponding To No Native Idea. The Resemblance Of Name Caused Occasional Confusion With The Very Ancient, But Obscure Roman Goddess Furrina, Worshipped On The Ianiculum, Whose Functions And The Derivation Of Whose Name Are Unknown. ...
Furlong
Furlong, A Measure Of Length, Originally The Length Of A Furrow In The "common Field" System (from The 0. Eng. F Urlang, I.e., "furrow-long") (see Cultivation ; Land Tenure). As The Field In This System Was Generally Taken To Be A Square, Io Acres In Extent, And As The Acre ...
Furnes
Furnes (fleur. Veurne), An Old-fashioned Little Town Amid The Dunes Near The Coast In West Flanders, Belgium, About 26 M. S.w. Of Bruges. Pop. (1930) 7,818. It Is The Centre Of A Con Siderable Area Extending To The French Frontier, And Its Market Is An Important One For The Disposal ...
Furness Withy And Company
Furness Withy And Company Limited, A British Shipowning And Shipbuilding Company, Dating Originally From 1870 And In 1891 Registered As Furness Withy And Company, Limited, With A Capital Of £700,000. The Total Issued Capital At Dec. 1927 Was £4,000,000 Ordinary Shares And I1,500,000 5% Preference Shares. The Shipping Companies And ...
Furness
Furness, A District Of Lancashire, England, Separated From The Major Portion Of The County By Morecambe Bay. It Is Bounded By Morecambe Bay, The Irish Sea, The Duddon Estuary, Cumber Land And Westmorland. Its Area Is About 25o Square Miles. It Forms The Greater Part Of The Lonsdale Parliamentary Division ...
Furniture Manufacture
Furniture Manufacture. Furniture Manufac Turing Is One Of The Oldest Industries. Up To The Latter Part Of The 19th Century, The Trade Was Essentially A Craft Industry. Little Of It Still Survives In That Form, Even In High-grade Work, Owing To The Introduction Of Machinery, Which Is Always Used For ...
Furniture Polish
Furniture Polish. The Two Varieties In Most Com Mon Use Are Furniture Creams And Furniture Wax Polishes, The Quality Of The Polish Differing With The Ingredients Used In Its Preparation. Furniture Creams Are Thick Milky White Liquids, And Are Made By Dissolving Beeswax In Turpentine By Means Of Steam Heat ...
Furstenberg
Furstenberg, The Name Of Two Noble Houses Of Germany. I. The More Important Ruled In A Mediatized Principality In The District Of The Black Forest And The Upper Danube, Which Com Prises The Countship Of Heiligenberg, About 7 M. N. Of The Lake Of Constance, The Landgraviates Of Stiihlinger And ...
Furstenwalde
Furstenwalde, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Brandenburg, On The Right Bank Of The Spree, And 28 M. E. Of Ber Lin On The Railway To Frankfort-on-oder. Pop. Furstenwalde Is One Of The Oldest Towns Of Brandenburg. From 1385 It Was The Seat Of The Bishop Of Lebus, Whose ...
Furth
Furth, A Manufacturing Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Bavaria, At The Confluence Of The Pegnitz With The Regnitz, 5 M. N.w. From Nuremberg By Rail, At The Junction Of Lines To Hof And Wurzburg. Pop. (1885) 35,455; Furth Was Founded, According To Tradition, By Charlemagne, And Was For ...
Fuse Or Fuze
Fuse Or Fuze, An Appliance For Firing Explosives In Blasting Operations, Military Shells, Etc. (see Blasting And Ammunition). The Spelling Is Not Governed By Authority, But Modern Convenience Has Dictated The Adoption Of The "z" By Military Engineers As A General Rule, In Order To Distinguish This Sense From That ...
Fusel Oil
Fusel Oil, A Term Applied To A Mixture Of Volatile Oily Liquids Of Characteristic Odour And Taste Which Arises During The Fermentation Of Potatoes, Beetroots, Grain, And The "mare" Of Grapes. The Amount Produced Is Comparatively Small, The Pro Portion Being Largest In The Case Of Potatoes. When Such Fet ...
Fuselage
Fuselage, The Central Structure Of An Aeroplane (q.v.), Connecting The Wings With The Tail Surfaces, And Containing The Are Not Essential, And Is Therefore Convenient When Large Cabin Space Is Required. In Practice However The Construction Of Fig. 2 Can Be Made Sufficiently Free From Obstructions, And Is Generally Preferred ...
Fusible Metal
Fusible Metal, A Term Applied To Certain Alloys, Gener Ally Composed Of Bismuth, Lead And Tin, Which Possess The Property Of Melting At Comparatively Low Temperatures. Newton's Fusible Metal (named After Sir Isaac Newton) Contains 5o Parts Of Bis Muth, 31.25 Of Lead And 18.75 Of Tin; That Of Jean ...
Fusion
Fusion. In Business And Finance, Fusion Is A Term Signify Ing A Complete Combination Of Several Concerns Into One. Fusion Is Accomplished By Two Methods, By Merger And By Consolida Tion. When The Fusion Of Two Or More Business Organizations Takes Place By Merger One Of Them Absorbs The Other ...
Fussen
Fussen, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Bavaria, At The Foot Of The Alps (tirol), On The Lech, 2,500 Ft. Above The Sea. Pop. (1933) 6,721. Rope-making Is An Important Industry. In The Castle Was Signed In 1745 The Peace Between The Elector Maxi Milian Iii., Joseph Of ...
Fustian
Fustian, A Technical Term Descriptive Of An Important Class Of Cotton Fabrics Comprising Sev Eral Distinctive Types And Vari Eties Of Which "moleskin," Cordu Roy, And Velveteen Are The Three Principal Types. Each Of These Types Also Comprises Various Mod Ifications In Respect Of The Minor Details Of Their Construction, ...
Futures
Futures, Contracts Which Provide For The Delivery By The Seller To The Buyer Of Some Commodity, Generally Wheat, Corn, Oats, Cotton, Coffee, Sugar, And So On, Or Foreign Exchange, Or Cer Tain Securities At A Specified Future Date. A Future Is Designated By The Name Of The Month At Which ...
Fyrd
Fyrd, The Name Given To The English Militia During The Anglo-saxon Period (see Army). In Early Times The Ealdor Man Of The Shire Was Probably Charged With The Duty Of Calling Out And Leading The Fyrd, Which Appears Always To Have Retained A Local Character, As During The Time Of ...
Fyzabad
Fyzabad, A City, District And Division Of British India In The United Provinces. The City Stands On The Left Bank Of The River Gogra, 78 M. By Rail E. Of Lucknow. Pop. To The East Of Fyzabad Is The Ancient Site Of Ajodhya (q.v.). Fyzabad Was Founded About 173o By ...
G Vibius Trebonianus Gallus
Gallus, G. Vibius Trebonianus, Roman Em Peror A.d. Or 4, Held A Command In The Army That Opposed The First Invasion Of The Goths In 251, And, According To A Possi Bly Inaccurate Tradition, Contributed By His Treachery To The Disaster That Followed, In Which Decius And Herennius Were Killed. ...
Gabardine
Gabardine. The Term Applied In The Cloth Trade Origi Nally To A Particular Type Of Water-proofed Fabric Employed For The Manufacture Of Raincoats, But Later As A General Description Of Several Varieties Of Worsted, Cotton, Silk, And Union Or Mixture Fabrics, Embodying Certain Features In Common, And Chiefly Made Up ...
Gabbro
Gabbro, In Petrology A Group Of Plutonic Basic Rocks, Holo Crystalline And Usually Rather Coarse-grained, Consisting Essentially Of A Basic Plagioclase Felspar And One Or More Ferro-magnesian Minerals (such As Augite, Hornblende, Hypersthene And Olivine). The Name Was Given Originally In North Italy To Certain Coarsely Crystalline Dark Green Rocks, ...
Gabelle
Gabelle, A Term Which, In France, Was Originally Applied To Taxes On All Commodities, But Was Gradually Limited To The Tax On Salt. In Process Of Time It Became One Of The Most Hated And Most Grossly Unequal Taxes In The Country, But, Though Condemned By All Supporters Of Reform, ...
Gaberdine Or Gabardine
Gaberdine Or Gabardine, Any Long, Loose Over Garment, Reaching To The Feet And Girt Round The Waist. It Was Commonly Worn In The Middle Ages By Pilgrims, Beggars And Alms Men. The Jews, Conservatively Attached To The Loose And Flowing Garments Of The East, Continued To Wear The Long Upper ...
Gabes
Gabes, A Town Of Tunisia, At The Head Of The Gulf Of The Same Name, And 7o M. By Sea S.w. Of Sfax, With Which It Is Connected By Rail. It Occupies The Site Of The Tacape Of The Romans And Con Sists Of An Open Port And European Quarter ...
Gabii
Gabii, An Ancient City Of Latium, 12 M. E. Of Rome, On The Via Praenestina, Which Was In Early Times Known As The Via Gabina. Its Early History Is Obscure, Though Its Importance Was Considerable; But We Only Hear Of It Again In The 1st Century B.c. As A Small ...
Gable
Gable, The Upper Part Of The End-walls Of A Building Cov Ered By A Roof That Slopes Down From The Centre To Each Side; Hence The Gable Is Always Pointed In General Form And Usually Triangular. In Cases Like The Gambrel Roof (q.v.) Where The Roof Is In Two Slopes ...
Gablet
Gablet, Diminutive Of Gable (q.v.), In Architecture, A Small Gable, Especially If Used For Decorative Purposes, Or To Form The Upper Termination Of A Buttress. In Many Cases Gothic Buttress Offsets Take The Form Of Gablets. Gablets Are Frequently Decorated With Finials (q.v) And Are Sometimes Crocketed (ornamented With A ...
Gabriel Hounds
Gabriel Hounds, A Spectral Pack Supposed In The North Of England To Foretell Death By Their Yelping At Night. The Legend Is That They Are The Souls Of Unbaptized Children Wandering Through The Air Till The Day Of Judgment. They Are Also Sometimes Called Gabriel Or Gabble Ratchet. ...
Gabriel
Gabriel, In The Bible, The Heavenly Messenger (see Angel) Sent To Daniel To Explain The Vision Of The Ram And The He-goat, And To Communicate The Prediction Of The Seventy Weeks (dan. Viii. 16, Ix. 21). He Was Also Employed To Announce The Birth Of John The Baptist To Zacharias, ...
Gabrieli
Gabrieli, A Family Of Great Italian Musicians Of The 16th Century, Of Whom Andrea And His Nephew And Pupil Giovanni Were The Most Important. ...
Gabrielino
Gabrielino. This Extinct Shoshonean Group Of California Indians Inhabited Santa Catalina Island; Named From The Fran Ciscan Mission Of San Gabriel. They Numbered About 5,000. They Shared Their Arts With The Adjoining Chumash Of Santa Barbara Channel And Had Developed A Religion With Named Gods. A Form Of This, Referring ...
Gabrovo
Gabrovo, A Town Of Bulgaria, Situated On The Upper Yantra, In The Northern Foothills Of The Balkan Mountains, On A Branch Of The Transbalkan Railway From Stara Zagora To Trnovo. Pop. 13,823. It Is The Centre Of The Textile And Tannery Industry. The Old Gabled Wooden Houses Along The Yantra ...
Gabun
Gabun, A District On The West Coast Of Africa, One Of The Colonies Forming French Equatorial Africa (q.v.). It Derives Its Name From The Settlements On The Gabun River Or Rio De Gabao. The Gabun, In Reality An Estuary Of The Sea, Lies Immediately North Of The Equator. At The ...
Gace Brule
Gace Brule (d. C. 1220), French Trouvere, Was A Native Of Champagne. It Has Generally Been Asserted That He Taught Thi Baut Of Champagne The Art Of Verse, An Assumption Which Is Based On A Statement In The Chroniques De Saint-denis: "si Fist Entre Lui [thibaut] Et Gace Brue Les ...
Gad
Gad, A Semitic Name. 1. A God Of Fortune, Originally, Per Haps, Aramaean, Whose Name Occurs Not Infrequently In Corn Pound Place Names. The God Himself Is Mentioned In Is. Lxv. 11 (r.v.). ...
Gadag Or Garag
Gadag Or Garag, A Town Of British India, In The Dhar War District Of Bombay, 43 M. E. Of Dharwar Town. Pop. (1931) 45,852. It Is An Important Railway Junction On The Madras And Southern Mahratta System, With Trade In Cotton And Silk And Cot Ton Stuffs, Factories For Ginning ...
Gadara
Gadara, An Ancient City Of Trans-jordan, A Member Of The Decapolis, Capital Of Peraea (so At Least Josephus), And Political Centre Of The District Of Gadaris. It Is Now Represented By The Group Of Ruins, Umm Kes, Which Are Spread Over The Summit Of A Hill 1,193 Ft. High And ...
Gaddi
Gaddi, The Name Of A Famous Florentine Family, Some Of Whose Members—father, Son And Two Grandsons In The 13th And 14th Century—were Artists. A Third Grandson, Zanobi (d. 1400) Was A Banker And Ambassador Of Florence To Venice. He Laid The Foundation Of A Large Fortune And Placed The Family ...
Gadidae
Gadidae, A Family Of Fishes Including The Cod, Whiting Haddock, Etc., Inhabiting The Waters Of The Northern Hemisphere. (see Fish, Cod, Whiting.) ...
Gadolinium
Gadolinium Is A Metallic Element Belonging To The Rare Earth Group (symbol Gd, Atomic Number 64, Atomic Weight 157-3). The Early History Of This Element Is In A Rather Confused State. Marignac In 1880 Obtained A New Earth In An Impure Condition And Termed It And Then In 1886 He ...
Gadsden
Gadsden, A Rapidly Growing City Of Etowah County, Ala Bama, U.s.a., On The Coosa River, 65m. N.e. Of Birmingham, Ala. It Is On Federal Highway 11, And Is Served By The Louisville And Nashville, The Nashville, Chattanooga And St. Louis, The Southern And The Tennessee, Alabama And Georgia Railways, And ...
Gadwall
Gadwall, The Common Name Of The Duck Anas Strepera. Its Habits And Distribution Are Very Similar To Those Of The Com Mon Wild Duck (see Duck), But, Save In India, Where It Is Abund Ant During The Cold Weather, It Is Hardly Anywhere So Numerous. Its Small Head, Flat Back, ...
Gaekwar
Gaekwar (gah'ik-war), The Family Name Of The Mahratta Rulers Of Baroda (q.v.), In India, Which Has Been Made By The English Into A Dynastic Title. It Is Derived From The Vernacular Word For The Cow, But It Is A Mistake To Suppose That The Family Are Of The Cowherd Caste ...
Gaelic Language
Gaelic Language. The Term Gaelic Is Used For The Surviving Celtic Languages Other Than Welsh, Cornish And Breton, I.e. For Erse, Manx And Scottish Gaelic. In These Languages The Qu Sound Is Often Used Where The P Sound Would Be Used In The Other Group. Gaelic Spread From Ireland To ...
Gaelic Literature
Gaelic Literature: See Irish Literature : Gaelic; Scottish Literature : Gaelic. ...
Gaeta
Gaeta, A Seaport And Episcopal See Of Lazio, Italy, Province Of Rome (anc. Caietae Portus), 5 M. By Rail West Of Formia (q.v.). Pop. (1931) 10,423, Town; 22,882, Commune. It Occupies A Lower Projecting Point Of The Promontory Which Forms The South West Extremity Of The Bay Of Gaeta. The ...
Gaetani Or Caetani
Gaetani Or Caetani, The Name Of The Oldest Of The Roman Princely Families Which Played A Great Part In History. They Are Of Longobard Origin, And The Founder Of The House Is Said To Be Dominus Constantinus Cagetanus, Who Flourished In The Loth Century, But The Family Had No Great ...
Gaetulia
Gaetulia, A District In The North Of Africa, Which In The Usage Of Roman Writers Comprised The Wandering Tribes Of The Southern Slopes Of Mount Aures And The Atlas, As Far As The Atlantic, And The Oases In The Northern Part Of The Sahara. They Were Distinguished From The Negro ...
Gaffney
Gaffney, A Town Of South Carolina, U.s.a., 2om. N.e. Of Spartanburg, On Federal Highway 29 And The Southern Railway; The County Seat Of Cherokee County. The Population Was In In 1920 (25% Negro) And Was 6,827 In 1930 By The Federal Census. It Has Large Cotton Mills, With A Total ...
Gag Laws
Gag Laws, A Series Of Laws Passed By The United States Congress Of 1836 In Direct Violation Of The First Amendment To The Federal Constitution, Which Provided For The Right To Petition In Matters Connected With The Abolition Of Slavery. This Report Formed One Of The Most Dramatic Incidents Of ...
Gage
Gage, A Pledge, Something Deposited As Security For The Per Formance Of An Agreement. A Particular Form Of "gage" Was The Glove Or Gauntlet Thrown Down As A Challenge To A Combat, And As A "pledge" That The Parties Would Appear On The Field ; Hence The Common Phrase "to ...
Gahanbar
Gahanbar, Festivals Of The Ancient Avesta Calendar Cele Brated By The Parsees At Six Seasons Of The Year Which Correspond With The Six Periods Of Creation : Maidhyozarernaya (mid Spring), (2) Maidhyoshema (midsummer), (3) Paitishahya (crea Tion Of The Earth), (4) Ayathrema (creation Of Plants), (5) Maidhyarya (winter Solstice), (6) ...
Gaillac
Gaillac, Town, South-western France, Capital Of An Arron Dissement In The Department Of Tarn, On The Right Bank Of The Tarn, 15 M. W. Of Albi On The Railway From That City To Toulouse. Pop. (1931) 5,073. Gaillac Grew Up Round The Benedictine Abbey Of St. Michel, Founded In The ...
Gainesville
Gainesville, A City In The Interior Of Florida, U.s.a., 70m. S.w. Of Jacksonville; The County Seat Of Alachua County. It Is Served By The Atlantic Coast Line, The Jacksonville, Gaines Ville And Gulf And The Seaboard Air Line Railways. The Popula Tion In 1925 (state Census) Was 8,466 (4o% Negroes) ...
Gainesville_2
Gainesville, A City Of Georgia, U.s.a.,' 54m. N.e. Of Atlanta, Near The Chattahoochee River; The County Seat Of Hall County. It Is On Federal Highways 19 And 129, And Is Served By The Gainesville And Northwestern, The Gainesville Midland And The Southern Railways. The Population Was 6,272 In 1920 (24% ...
Gainesville_3
Gainesville, A City Of Texas, U.s.a., 65m. N. Of Fort Worth And Dallas, Near The Red River ; The County-seat Of Cooke County. It Is On Federal Highway 77, And Is Served By The Missouri Kansas-texas And The Santa Fe Railways. The Population Was 8,915 In 193o. The Muenster Oilfield ...
Gains
Gains, In Architecture, A Support, Usually Taking The Place Of A Column Or Pilaster, And Consisting Of A Lower Form, Rectangular In Section And Tapering Downwards, And The Upper Portion Made By A Human Head, Shoulders And Bust, Either Male Or Female. Fre Quently The Whole Is Topped By A ...
Gainsborough
Gainsborough, Market Town, Lincolnshire, England; On The Right (e.) Bank Of The Trent. Pop. Of Urban District 18,684. It Is Served By The L.n.e.r., By Which It Is 1 B M. N.w. Of Lincoln. Gainsborough (gegnesburji) Was Probably In Habited By The Saxons On Account Of The Fishing In The ...
Gairloch
Gairloch, See Loch, Village And Parish In The West Of The County Of Ross And Cromarty, Scotland. Pop. Of Parish (1931) 2,380. The Parish Covers A Large District On The Coast, And Stretches Inland Beyond The Farther Banks Of Loch Maree, The Whole Of Which Lies Within Its Bounds. It ...
Gaiseric Or Genseric
Gaiseric Or Genseric (c. King Of The Van Dals, Son Of King Godegisel (d. 406) And King On The Death Of His Brother Gonderic In 428. In 428 Or 429 He Led A Host Of Vandals From Spain Into Roman Africa, And Took Mauretania, And Later Hippo. Having Pillaged And ...
Gaius Sulpicius Gallus
Gallus, Gaius Sulpicius, Roman General, Statesman And Orator. Under Lucius Aemilius Paulus, His Intimate Friend, He Commanded The 2nd Legion In The Campaign Against Perseus, King Of Macedonia, And Predicted An Eclipse Of The Moon On The Night Before The Battle Of Pydna (168 B.c.) . On His Return From ...
Gaius
Gaius, A Celebrated Roman Jurist. Of His Personal History Very Little Is Known. It Is Impossible To Discover Even His Full Name, Gaius Or Caius Being Merely The Personal Name (prae Nomen) So Common In Rome. His Works Were Composed Between The Years 130 And 180, At The Time When ...
Galago
Galago, The Name Of The Long-tailed African Lemur-like Primates (q.v.) ; Classed With The Lorises And Pottos In The Lorissiformes. They Are Characterized By The Great Elongation Of The Upper Portion Of The Feet (tarsus) And The Power Of Folding The Large Ears. They Pass The Day In Sleep, But ...
Galangal
Galangal, Formerly Written "galingale," And Sometimes "garingal," Rlaizoma Galanga, A Drug, Now Obsolete, Tasting Like Mingled Ginger And Pepper. Lesser Galangal Root, The Galangal Of Commerce, Is The Dried Rhizome Of Alpinia Oficinarur, A Plant Of The Natural Family Zingiberaceae, Growing In The Chinese Island Of Hainan, Where It Is ...
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Islands, An Archipelago In The Pacific, Consisting Of 12 Large And Several Hundred Small Islands On The Equator, 65o M. Due W. Of Ecuador, To Which Country They Be Long. They Were Discovered By The Spaniards Early In The 16th Century, But Only Three Islands Have Ever Been Utilized; ...
Galashiels
Galashiels, Municipal Burgh And Parish, Selkirkshire, Scotland. Pop. (1931) 13,102. It Is On Gala Water, Within A Short Distance Of Its Junction With The Tweed, 331 M. S.s.e. Of Edinburgh By The L.n.e.r. The Town Stretches For More Than 2 M. Along Both Banks Of The River, The Mills And ...
Galatia I
Galatia. I. In The Strict Sense This Is The Name Applied To A Large Inland District Of Asia Minor Occupied By Gaulish Tribes In The 3rd Century B.c. It Was Bounded On The North By Bithynia And Paphlagonia, West By Phrygia, South By Lycaonia And Cappadocia, East By Pontus. Galatia ...
Galatz
Galatz, A City Of Rumania, Capital Of The Department Of Covurlui; On The Left Bank Of The River Danube, 90 M. W. By N. Of Its Mouth At Sulina. Pop. (193o) 101,148, Including Many Jews. The Danube Is Joined By The Seret 3 M. S.w. Of Galatz, And By The ...