Kansu
Kansu, The Most North-westerly Province Of China. In Shape It Constitutes A Long Wedge Thrust Forward Between Tibet On The South And Mongolia On The North. Its South-eastern Border, Adjoining Shensi Province, Is 90o Miles Inland From Shanghai. The Greater Part Of It Is Drained By The Hwang-ho, Part Of ...
Kantian Philosophy
Kantian Philosophy, The Philosophy Of Immanuel Kant (q.v.), And, Less Accurately, The Developments Of That Phil Osophy By Kant's Followers. Pre-critical.—in Any Complete Account Of The Kantian Sys Tem It Is Necessary That There Should Be Constant Reference, On The One Hand, To The Peculiar Character Of The Preceding 18th-century ...
Kants Critical Theory
Kant's Critical Theory If This Result Is The Divorce Of Mind From Reality, Then The Underlying Conception Of The Critical Theory Of Kant (1724-1804) Is That Knowledge Or Experience Is Only Explicable In Terms Involving Equally Mind And Real Fact, Thought And Things. It May Be That, In The End, ...
Kara Kalpak
Kara-kalpak, An Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, N. Of The Khiva Oasis And Stretching S.e. From The Shores Of The Aral Sea Along The Right Bank Of The Amu-darya; It Is Linked Administratively With The Uzbek Republic (q.v.). Its Area Is 119,474 Sq.km. And For The Most Part It Consists Of ...
Karachaev
Karachaev, An Autonomous District, U.s.s.r., Of The North Caucasian Area, Lying West Of The Kabardin-balkar Autono Mous Area And Extending Westwards As Far As About Longitude 41°, Its Western Boundary Running Parallel With, But East Of The Laba River, And The Main Ridge Of The Caucasus Forming Its Southern Boundary. ...
Karachi
Karachi (kii-ralfche), A Seaport City On The West Coast Of India, Immediately To The North Of The Indus Delta. It Is At Once The Headquarters Town Of The District Of Karachi, The Capital Of Sind Province, Administrative, Commercial And Military, And The Third Port Of India. Its Population, Which Was ...
Karageorge
Karageorge (c. 1766-1817), Serbian Revolutionary Leader And Founder Of The Serb Dynasty Of Karageorgevic, Was Born In 1766 Or 1788, The Son Of A Peasant Of The Name Of Petrini. His Own Name, "black George," Was Derived From His Swarthy Complexion And Morose Disposition : He Signed Himself Indifferently In ...
Karakorum
Karakorum, The Famous Capital Of The Mongol Con Federacy Whose Ruins Lie In What Is Now Northern Or Outer Mon Golia. This Forms A Belt Of Open Steppe Lying Between The Gobi Desert On The South And The Siberian Forest On The North, And Has Been Occupied For Ages By ...
Karbala
Karbala, A Town In 'iraq Situated In 32° 40' N., 44' E., 6c M. S.s.w. Of Baghdad On The Husainya Canal, 20 M. W. Of The Hindiya Branch Of The Euphrates, On The Edge Of The Syrian Desert. The Population Is Estimated At 50,00o Of Whom 75% Are Persians And ...
Karelia
Karelia, An A.s.s.r. In The Russian S.f.s.r., Bounded On The West By Finland, On The North By The Murmansk Province, On The East By The White Sea And The Archangel Province, And On The South By The Leningrad Province. It Lies Mainly Between 6o° 4o' N. And 67° 4o' N., ...
Karen
Karen, The Collective Name For A Group Of Tribes Of Variant Culture Comprising Perhaps A Sixth Of The Population Of Burma And Occupying Much Of Eastern Burma Between The Shan States And Siam, And Found Also In The Irrawaddy Delta. Most Karens Of Lower Burma Are Divided Into The Sgaw ...
Karen Ni
Karen-ni, The Country Of The Red Karens, A Collection Of Small States, Formerly Independent, But Now Feudatory To Burma. It Is Situated Approximately Between 18° So' And 19° 55' N. And Between 97° I O' And 97° 5o' E. The Tract Is Bounded On The North By The Shan States ...
Karl 1854 1938 Kautsky
Kautsky, Karl (1854-1938), German Marxist And His Torian Of Socialism, Was Born On Oct. 16, 1854, At Prague. In 1883 He Founded The Socialist Paper Die Neue Zeit, Issued At First (1885-88) From London And Later (189o-1917) From Stuttgart. He Was A Friend And Disciple Of Marx, And After The ...
Karl Rudolph 183 2 1901
Konig, Karl Rudolph (183 2-1901), German Physi Cist, Was Born At Konigsberg (prussia) On Nov. 26, 1832, And Studied At The University Of His Native Town. About 1852 He Went To Paris. The Instruments For Which His Name Is Best Known Are Tuning-forks, Which Speedily Gained A High Reputation Among ...
Karl Theodor 1791 1813 Korner
Korner, Karl Theodor (1791-1813), German Poet And Patriot, Was Born At Dresden On Sept. 23, 1791. His Father, Christian Gottfried Korner (1756-1831), A Distinguished Saxon Jurist, Was Schiller's Most Intimate Friend. Karl Entered At 17 The Mining Academy At Frei Burg In Saxony, But Occupied Himself Less With Science Than ...
Karnak
Karnak, A Village In Upper Egypt Which Has Given Its Name To The Northern Half Of The Ruins Of Thebes On The East Bank Of The Nile, The Southern Being Known As Luxor (q.v.). The Karnak Ruins Comprise Three Great Enclosures Built Of Crude Brick. The Northernmost And Smallest Of ...
Karnal
Karnal, A Town And District Of British India, In The Punjab. The Town Is 7 M. From The Right Bank Of The Jumna, With A Railway Station 76 M. N. Of Delhi. Pop. (1931) 26.61o. There Are Manu Factures Of Cotton Cloth And Boots, Besides Considerable Local Trade And An ...
Karoly Charles Kisfaludy
Kisfaludy, Karoly [charles] Hun Garian Author, Was Born At Tete, Near Raab, On Feb. 6, 1788. His Birth Cost His Mother Her Life And Himself His Father's Undying Hatred. He Entered The Army As A Cadet In 1804; Saw Active Service In Italy, Serbia And Bavaria (1805-1809), Dis Tinguishing Himself ...
Karroo
Karroo, Two Extensive Plateaus In The Cape Province, South Africa, Known Respectively As The Great And Little Karroo. Karroo Is A Corruption Of Karusa, A Hottentot Word Meaning Dry, Barren, And Its Use As A Place-name Indicates The Character Of The Plateaus So Designated. The Little (also Called Southern) Karroo ...
Kars
Kars, A Vilayet Of Turkey. It Is A Mountainous, Or Rather A Highland, Country, Being In Reality A Plateau, With Ranges Of Mountains Running Across It. The Northern Border Is Formed By The Arzyan Range, A Branch Of The Ajari Mts., Which Attains Alti Tudes Of Over 9,000 Ft. In ...
Karst
Karst (ital. Carso), In The Limited Sense The Name Given To The Limestone Mountain Belt Which Extends From The River Isonzo Towards The Gulf Of Quarnero, North-east Of The Peninsula Of Istria. By Extension The Term Is Also Applied By Physical Geographers To The Type Of Scenery Characteristic Of Areas ...
Karun
Karun, An Important River Of Persia. Its Head-waters Are In The Mountain Cluster Known Since At Least The 14th Century As Zardeh Kuh (13,00o Ft.), And Situated In The Bakhtiari Country About I Oo Miles W. Of Isfahan. In Its Upper Course, Until It Emerges From The Hills Above Shushter ...
Kasai Or Cassai
Kasai Or Cassai, A River Of Africa, The Chief Southern Affluent Of The Congo. It Enters The Main Stream In 3° 1o' S. 16° 16' E. After A Course Of Over Boo Miles. The Kasai River-system As A Whole Consists Of Innumerable Consequent Streams Which Have Re Markably Parallel Courses ...
Kashan
Kashan, A Small Province And Town Of Persia, The Former Being Situated Between The Provinces Of Qum On The North And Isfahan On The South, On The Iranian Plateau. The Revenue In 1926-7 Amounted To 1,110,799 Krans (about L24,684). The Ad Ministrative Centre Is Kashan, In 34° N. And 51° ...
Kashgar
Kashgar, A City Of Chinese Turkistan, Situated At An Alti Tude Of Over 4,000 Ft., In 30' N., 75° 63' E., On The Kyzyl Su Or Kashgar Darya, Originally A Tributary Of The Tarim But Now Often Losing Itself In The Marshes Before It Reaches That River. The Town Is ...
Kashi Or Kasi
Kashi Or Kasi, Formerly The Persian Word For All Glazed And Enamelled Pottery Irrespectively; Now The Accepted Term For Certain Kinds Of Enamelled Tile-work, Including Brick-work And Tile-mosaic Work, Manufactured In Persia And Part? Of Moham Medan India, Chiefly During The 16th And I 7th Centuries. Undoubtedly Originating In The ...
Kashmir Or Cashmere
Kashmir Or Cashmere, Native State, India, Including Much Himalayan Country Of The Punjab. Famed For Its Beauty, It Is The Chief Health Resort For Europeans In India, While Politically It Is Important As Guarding One Of The Approaches To India On The N.w. Frontier. The Proper Name Of The State ...
Kashmiri Language
Kashmiri Language (properly Kamiri), The Name Of The Vernacular Spoken In The Valley Of Kashmir (properly Kaimir) And In The Hills Adjoining. By Origin It Is The Most Southern Member Of The Dard Group Of The Dardic Languages (see Indo-aryan Languages). The Other Members Of The Group Are Shina, Spoken ...
Kata Thermometer
Kata Thermometer. In Considering Measurement Of Ventilation We Must Bear In Mind That The Ordinary Thermometer Merely Gives The Average Temperature Of Its Surroundings. While The Human Body Produces Heat, And All Day Long Is Keeping Itself At Body Temperature, The Thermometer Does Not Produce Heat, But Just Registers The ...
Katagum
Katagum, Formerly A Sub-province Of The Province Of Kano, Northern Nigeria, Since 1926 Divided Between Kano And Bauchi Provinces. It Occupies A North Central Position Between Kano And Bornu. In This Region Are Several Small But Ancient Mohammedan Emirates—katagum, Misau, Jamaari (these Three Are Now In Bauchi Province), Gumel, Hadeija, ...
Katanga
Katanga, The Southernmost Province Of Belgian Congo, Being Bounded South And South-east By Northern Rhodesia. Area Approximately 180,000 Sq. Miles. Pop. (1927), Native, Estimated At 9oo,000; Whites, Over 5,000, Of Whom 3,00o Were Belgian And 700 British. The Katanga Plateau, From Which The Province Takes Its Name, Has A Climate ...
Katha
Katha, A District In The Sagaing Division Of Burma, With An Area Of 8,917 Sq.m., 3,73o Of Which Consists Of The Former Separate State Of Wuntho. Katha Now Includes The Former Separate District Of The Ruby Mines. The District Stretches From The Main Divide Between The Irrawaddy And Chindwin Valleys ...
Kathiawar
Kathiawar, A Peninsula Of India, Within The Gujarat Division Of Bombay, Giving Its Name To A Political Agency. The Peninsula Is Bounded North By The Ran Of Cutch, East By Ahmed Abad District And The Gulf Of Cambay, And South And West By The Arabian Sea. Excepting The Tangha And ...
Katsina
Katsina (or Katsena), An Ancient State Of The Western Sudan, Now Included In The Zaria Province Of The British Protec Torate Of Northern Nigeria. Katsina Was Amongst The Oldest Of The Hausa States. There Exist Manuscripts Which Carry Back Its History For About 1,000 Years And Tradition Ascribes The Origin ...
Kauffmann Maria Anna Angelica
Kauffmann (maria Anna) Angelica (1741 18o7), The Once Popular Artist And Royal Academician, Was Born At Coire In The Grisons, On Oct. 3o, 1741. Her Father, John Josef Kauffmann, Was A Painter. She Was A Very Gifted Child And Showed Marked Talents As A Musician And Painter At An Early ...
Kavirondo
Kavirondo, The General Name Of Two Distinct Groups Of Tribes, One Bantu And The Other Nilotic, Who Dwell In The Valley Of The Nzoia River, On The Western Slopes Of Mount Elgon, And Along The North-east Coast Of Victoria Nyanza. Both Groups Are Immi Grants, The Bantu From The South, ...
Kazakstan
Kazakstan, Formerly An Autonomous Republic Of The R.s.f.s.r., But Since Dec. 5, 1936, A State Member Of The U.s.s.r., Lying Between 4o° 15' N. And 3o' N., And 46° 3o' E. And 87° E. Its Area, 2,714,500 Sq.km., Is Second In The U.s.s.r. Only To Yakutsk (q.v.). Its Boundaries Are ...
Kazan
Kazan (called By The Cheremisses Ozon), The Chief Town Of The Tatar Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, Situated On The Kazanka River, In 50' N., 49° 1o' E., 3 M. From The Volga, Which Reaches The Town In The Spring Floods Only. Pop. (1933) 258,700, Mainly Russian, Though The Tatar Element ...
Kazbek
Kazbek (georgian, Mkitt-vari; Ossetian, Urs-khokh), One Of The Chief Summits Of The Caucasus, Situated In Lat. 42° 48' N., Long. 44° 29' E., Altitude Ft. It Rises On The Range Which Runs North Of The Main Water Parting And Which Is Pierced By The Gorges Of The Ardon And The ...
Kazvin
Kazvin (qazvin), A Province And Town Of Persia. The Province Is Bounded On The North By Gilan And Mazanderan, West By Khamseh, East By Tehran And South By Hamadan And Is Pre-eminently A Grain And Fruit Producing District, Great Quan Tities Of The Latter Being Dried And Exported. The Revenue ...
Kearney
Kearney, A City Of Nebraska, U.s.a., 15om. West Of Lin Coln And Just North Of The Platte River, At An Altitude Of 2,146ft.; The County Seat Of Buffalo County. It Is On The Lincoln Highway; Is Served By The Burlington And The Union Pacific Railways; And Has An Aviation Field. ...
Kearny
Kearny, Town, Hudson County, New Jersey, U.s.a., Between The Passaic And The Hackensack Rivers, Opposite Newark And Ad Joining Harrison. It Is On The Lincoln Highway And Is Served By The Central Of New Jersey, The Erie, And The Pennsylvania Rail Ways, Electric Trolleys, And Motor-coach Lines. The Manhattan Transfer ...
Kediri
Kediri, A Residency In East Java, Dutch East Indies, Bounded On The East By Pasuruan, On The West By Madiun, On The North By Surabaya, And On The South By The Indian Ocean. The Middle Eastern And Middle Western Parts Are Very Hilly, With High Mountains, Mt. Willis 7,481 Ft., ...
Keeling Islands
Keeling Islands (often Called Cocos And Cocos Keeling Islands), A Group Of Coral Islands In The Indian Ocean, Between 12° 4' And 12° 13' S., And 49'-57' E., But Including A Smaller Island In Fi° 5o' N. And 96° 5o' E. The Group Furnished Charles Darwin With The Typical Example ...
Keewatin
Keewatin, The Name Now Given To The Most Easterly Dis Trict Of The Three Divisions Of The North-west Territories Of Canada. It Is Bounded On The East By Hudson Bay And Foxe Channel, On The West By 102° W. Long. And On The South By Lat. 6o° N. The District, ...
Kei Islands
Kei Islands, A Group Of Islands Of The Moluccas, Dutch East Indies, Lying On A Ridge Which Extends South-eastwards From Ceram And Continues To Timor Laut (alternative Spelling, Ke; Native, Ewaf). They Are In The Residency Of Amboyna, And Are Separated By Deep Water From The Banda Isles To The ...
Keith
Keith, The Name Of An Old Scottish Family Which Derived Its Name From The Barony Of Keith In East Lothian, Said To Have Been Granted By Malcolm Ii., King Of Scotland, To A Member Of The House For Services Against The Danes. The Office Of Great Marishal Of Scotland, Afterwards ...
Keith_2
Keith, Police Burgh And Parish, Banffshire, Scotland, On The Isla, 53i M. N.w. Of Aberdeen By The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1930 4,424. A Branch Of The L.n.e. Railway Also Gives Access To Elgin, And There Is A Line To Buckie And Portessie On The Moray Firth. The Burgh Includes Old ...
Kellermann
Kellermann, Francois Christophe De (1735-182o), Duke Of Valmy And Marshal Of France, Was Born In Strasbourg Of A Saxon Family On May 28, 1735. He Entered The French Army And Served In The Seven Years' War And In Louis Xv.'s Polish Expedition Of 1771, After Which He Was Made A ...
Kells
Kells, A Market Town Of Co. Meath, Ireland, On The Black Water, 94 M. N.w. Of Navan By Rail. Pop. Of Urban District (1926) 2,198. St. Columbkille's House, Originally An Oratory, Was Converted Into A Church, The Chancel Of Which Existed In 1752. The Present Church Is Modern, With The ...
Kelso
Kelso, Burgh Of Barony, Police Burgh And Market Town, Roxburghshire, Scotland, On The Left Bank Of The Tweed, 52 M. (43 M. By Road) S.e. Of Edinburgh And Icy/ M. N.e. Of Jed Burgh By The L.n.e.r. Pop. (1931), 3,855. The Name Has Been Derived From The Old Welsh Calch, ...
Kendal
Kendal, Market Town, Municipal Borough, Westmorland Parliamentary Division, England, 251 M. North-west Of London On The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931) 15,575. The Town, The Full Name Of Which Is Kirkby-kendal Or Kirkby-in-kendal, Is The Largest In The County. It Is Picturesquely Placed On The River Kent, And Is Irregularly Built. ...
Keng Tung
Keng Tung (now Tung Keng) : See Shan States. Kenilworth, Market Town, Warwickshire, England; Sit Uated On A Tributary Of The Avon, On A Branch Of The L.m.s. Rail Way, 99 M. N.w. From London. Pop. (1931) 7,592. The Town Is Only Of Importance For The Ruins Of Its Old ...
Kennedy
Kennedy, The Name Of A Famous And Powerful Scottish Family Long Settled In Ayrshire, Derived Probably From The Name Kenneth. John Kennedy Of Dunure Obtained Cassillis And Other Lands In Ayrshire About 135o. John's Descendant, Sir James Ken Nedy, Married Mary, A Daughter Of King Robert Iii. And Their Son, ...
Kensington
Kensington, A Western Metropolitan Borough Of London, England, Bounded North-east By Paddington And The City Of West Minster, South-east By Chelsea, South-west By Fulham, North-west By Hammersmith, And Extending North To The Boundary Of The County Of London. Pop. (1931 ) 180,681. It Includes The Districts Of Kensal Green (partly) ...
Kent
Kent, One Of The Kingdoms Of Anglo-saxon Britain, The Dimensions Of Which Seem To Have Corresponded With Those Of The Present County (see P. 328). According To Tradition It Was The First Part Of The Country Occupied By The Invaders, Its Founders, Hengest And Horsa, Having Been Employed By The ...
Kent
Kent, A South-eastern County Of England, Bounded North By The Thames Estuary, East And South-east By The English Channel, South-west By Sussex, And West By Surrey. In The North West The Administrative County Of London Encroaches Upon The Ancient County Of Kent, The Area Of Which Is 1,554.7 Sq. Miles. ...
Kents Cavern
Kent's Cavern, A Large Limestone Cave Near Torquay, England, Which Has Yielded Some Of The Earliest Evidence Of Man's Co-existence With Extinct Animals. The Rev. J. Mcenery, Who Investigated The Upper Deposits (1825-29), Was Perhaps The First Man To Proclaim This Fact. In 1840 Godwin Austin Con Firmed Mcenery's View; ...
Kentucky
Kentucky, Popularly Known As The "blue Grass State" Because Of The Abundance Of Luxuriant Blue Grass Found In The Central Part, But Officially Styled The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, Is A South Central State Of The United States Of America. It Is Situated Immediately West Of The Allegheny Mountains, Between 36° ...
Kenya
Kenya, A Great Volcanic Mountain In Kenya Colony, Just South Of The Equator In 37° 20' E. It Is One Of The Highest Moun Tains Of Africa, Its Highest Peak Reaching An Altitude Of About 17,040 Ft. The Central Core, Which Consists Of Several Steep Pyramids, Is That Of A ...
Kenya Colony
Kenya Colony (formerly Known As British East Af Rica), A Country Of East Africa, Lying Between Tanganyika Ter Ritory In The South And Abyssinia In The North. It Adjoins Uganda On The West And Is Bounded East By The Indian Ocean And Italian Somaliland. Including The Rudolf Province Of Uganda, ...