Keokuk
Keokuk, A City Of Lee County, Iowa, U.s.a., In The South Eastern Corner Of The State, On The Mississippi River, At The Mouth Of The Des Moines. It Is On Federal Highways 61 And 161, And Is Served By The Burlington, The Rock Island, The Toledo, Peoria And Western, And ...
Kepler
Kepler As Laid Down By Ptolemy And Cardan. He, Moreover, Sought In The Events Of His Own Life A Verification Of The Theory Of Planetary Influences; And It Is To This Practice That We Owe The Summary Record Of Each Year's Occurrences Which, Continued Almost To His Death, Affords For ...
Kerch Or Kertch
Kerch Or Kertch, A Seaport Of The Crimean A.s.s.r. On The Strait Of Kerch Or Yenikale In 45° N. And 36° 28' E. Pop. (1926) 34,090. It Stands On The Site Of The Ancient Panticapaeum, And, Like Most Towns Built By The Ancient Greek Colonists In This Part Of The ...
Kerguelen Or Desolation Island
Kerguelen Or Desolation Island Or Land, An Island In The Southern Ocean, To The S.e. Of The Cape Of Good Hope, And S.w. Of Australia, About 2,000 M. S.e. Of Madagascar. Kerguelen Lies Between 39' And 44' S. And 68° 42' And 70° 35' E. Its Extreme Length Is About ...
Kerman
Kerman, A Large Province (ancient Karmania) And Town Of Persia. The Province, Which For Administrative Purposes Includes Persian Baluchistan (q.v.) And Makran, Is Bounded North By The Qainat District Of Khurasan And Yazd, West By Fars, East By British Baluchistan, While South It Extends To The Arabian Sea. Situated To ...
Kermanshah
Kermanshah, A Province And Town Of Persia. The Province Is Situated West Of Hamadan, North Of Burujird (luri Stan), South Of Kurdistan, And Extends To The Frontier Of 'iraq. It Is One Of The Richest Parts Of Persia, Producing Wheat, Maize, Rice, Clover. Castor-oil, Fruits And Opium, While The Hills ...
Kerry
Kerry, A County Of Ireland In The Province Of Munster, Bounded West By The Atlantic Ocean, North By The Estuary Of The Shannon, Which Separates It From Clare, East By Limerick And Cork, And South-east By Cork. The Area Is 1,159,356 Ac., Or 1,811 Sq.m., The County Being The Fifth ...
Keshub Chunder Sen Keshava
Keshub Chunder Sen (keshava Chandra Sena) Indian Religious Reformer, Was Born Of A High-caste Family At Calcutta In 1838. He Was Educated At One Of The Cal Cutta Colleges, And Became A Clerk In The Bank Of Bengal, But Resigned His Post To Devote Himself Exclusively To Literature And Philosophy. ...
Keswick Convention
Keswick Convention, An Annual Summer Reunion Which Was Held At The Above Town For The Main Purpose Of "pro Moting Practical Holiness" By Meetings For Prayer, Discussion And Personal Intercourse. The Convention, Which Met First In 1875, Had No Denominational Limits, But Was Largely Supported By The "evangelical" Section Of ...
Ketenes
Ketenes, In Chemistry, A Class Of Organic Compounds Con Taining The Carbonyl Group, Co, Combined With Either Methylene, Or Its Homologues, Rch And Where R May Be Either An Alkyl Or An Aryl Radical (see Chemistry, Organic; For Other Carbonyl Compounds See Aldehydes And Ketones). Ketene, The Prototype Of The ...
Ketones
Ketones, In Chemistry, Organic Compounds Containing The Carbonyl Group Co And Having The General Formula R.co.r', Where R And R' Are Alkyl Or Aryl Groups (see Chemistry : Or Ganic). If The Groups R And R' Are Identical, The Ketone Is Called A Simple Ketone, Of Which The Best Known ...
Kettledrum
Kettledrum, The Only Kind Of Drum (q.v.) Having A Definite Musical Pitch. The Kettledrum Consists Of A Hemispherical Pan Of Copper, Brass Or Silver, Over Which A Piece Of Vellum Is Stretched Tightly By Means Of Screws Working On An Iron Ring, Which Fits Closely Round The Head Of The ...
Keuper
Keuper: See Triassic System. Brick Structure, Now Known As Kew Palace. The Royal Botanic Gardens Of Kew Originated In The Exotic Garden Formed By Lord Capel And Extended By The Widow Of Frederick, Prince Of Wales, And By George Iii., Aided By The Skill Of William Aiton And Of Sir ...
Keyboard Or Manual
Keyboard Or Manual. The Two Principal Types Of Keyboard Instruments To-day Are The Organ And The Piano. Their Keyboards, Although Similarly Constructed, Differ Widely In Scope And Capabilities, That Of The Former Being Purely Mechanical In Its Action And Unlike That Of The Pianoforte, Therefore, In The Case Of Which ...
Kharga Waha El Kharga
Kharga (waha El-kharga, The Outer Oasis), The Largest Of The Egyptian Oases, And Hence Frequently Called The Great Oasis. It Lies In The Libyan Desert Between 24° And 26° N. And 3o° And 31° E., The Chief Town, Also Called Kharga, Being 435 M. By Rail S. By W. Of ...
Kharkov
Kharkov (eharldiv) (ukrainian Kharkiv), The Admin Istrati Centre Of The Ukrainian S.s.r., At The Junction Of Two Small Rivers, The Lopan And Kharkov, Which Are Not Navigable, In 5o° N., 36° 13' E. The Town Was Founded In 1654 As A Fort Of The Free Ukraine (i.e., Free From Polish ...
Khartoum
Khartoum, The Capital Of The Anglo-egyptian Sudan, On The Left Bank Of The Blue Nile Immediately Above Its Junction With The White Nile In 15° 36' N., 32° 32' E., And 1,252 F T. Above The Sea. It Is 432 M. By Rail S.w. Of Port Sudan, On The Red ...
Khasi And Jaintia Hills
Khasi And Jaintia Hills, A District Of British India, In The Surma Valley And The Hill Districts Division Of Assam. It Occupies The Central Plateau Between The Valleys Of The Brahma Putra And The Surma. Area, 6,022 Sq.m. ; Pop. (1921) 243,263. The District Consists Of A Succession Of Steep ...
Khazars
Khazars (known Also As Chozars, Akatziroi, Khazirs, Khwalisses, And Ugri Bielii), An Ancient People Who Occupied A Prominent Place Amongst The Secondary Powers Of The Byzantine State-system. They Were The Organizers Of The Transit Between The Black Sea And The Caspian, The Universal Carriers Between East And West. The Area ...
Khevsurs
Khevsurs, A People Of The Caucasus, Kinsfolk Of The Geor Gians. They Live In Scattered Groups In East Georgia To The North And North-west Of Mount Borbalo. Their Name Is Georgian And Means "people Of The Valleys." For The Most Part Nomadic, They Are Still In A Semi-barbarous State. In ...
Khidr
Khidr (pronounced Khisr By The Persians And Turks, And With Different Vocalization Pronounced Also As Khadir And As Khudr), A Mohammedan Saint Who According To The Popular Belief Still Lives As An Omnipresent Being. He Reveals Himself To Those Worthy Of His Companionship And Advises And Aids Them. He Watches ...
Khingan
Khingan, Two Mountain Ranges In East Asia Consisting Of Great Khingan And Little Khingan. Great Khingan, A Tilted Fault-block, Trends North-north-east By South-south-west, And Stretches Through 15° Of Latitude From The Northern Border Of Shansi Province In China As Far As The Northern Bend Of The Amur River, So Forming ...
Khiva
Khiva, A Town Of Asiatic Russia In The Kharezm District Of The Uzbek S.s.r. In 41° 3o' N., 6o° 18' E., Lying 25 M. West Of The Amu Darya, On Which It And The Oasis Around It Depend For Irrigation. Pop. (1926) 19,866. The Town Was Formerly The Centre Of ...
Khoi
Khoi. A District And Town In The Persian Province Of Azer Baijan, Lying In The North-west Corner Of Persia Between Lake Urmia And The R. Aras. The District, Which Contains Many Flour Ishing Villages, Consists Of An Elevated Valley 16 To 18 Miles Long And 8 Miles Broad, Well Drained ...
Khotan
Khotan, An Oasis In The Tarim Basin, Situated On The Yurung-kash River, On The Southern Edge Of The Takla-makan Desert, China. The Oasis Is About 200 M. S.e. Of Yarkand, And From The Earliest Times It Has Been The Largest And Most Important Of The Group Of Oases Along The ...
Khurasan
Khurasan Originally Signified A Vast Tract Of Country To The East Of Iran, Comprising The Lands Situated To The South Of The Amu Darya And To The North Of The Hindu Kush. To The Arab Geographers, Khurasan Had For Its Boundaries On The East Seistan And India, West The Desert ...
Khuzistan
Khuzistan (formerly Arabistan), A Province Of Persia Bounded West By The Frontier Of 'iraq And The Shatt Al Arab, North By The Provinces Of Burujird (luristan) And Gulpaigan, East By Those Of Isfahan And Fars, And South By The Persian Gulf. Khuzis Tan, Meaning The "land Of The Khuz," Was ...
Khyber Pass
Khyber Pass, The Most Important Of The Passes Which Lead From Afghanistan Into India, And Is Now Threaded By Road And Rail. It Is A Narrow Defile Winding Between Cliffs Of Shale And Limestone 600 To 1,000 Ft. High, Stretching Up To More Lofty Moun Tains Behind. No Other Pass ...
Kiamil Pasha
Kiamil Pasha Turkish Statesman, Was The Son Of An Artillery Officer, Salih Agha. Having Completed His Mili Tary Training In Egypt As A Cavalry Lieutenant, He Was Appointed By The Khedive, Abbas Pasha, Tutor In English To His Son Ibrahim. Pasha. In 1861 Kibrizli Mehemmed Pasha Took Him Into The ...
Kiangsi
Kiangsi, A Province In The Heart Of China, Lying Within The South China Highlands But Drained To And Linked Up With The Lower Yang-tze Valley. It Is Formed Essentially Of The Basin Of The Kan River With Whose Watershed The Provincial Boundaries For The Most Part Coincide. As The Life ...
Kiddush
Kiddush (hebrew "sanctification") And Habddlah (he Brew, "separation") Are In Judaism Respectively The Beginning And Concluding Ceremonies Of Sabbaths And Festivals. The Former Rite Includes The Blessing Or Sanctification Of The Day (hay Yom), Of The Wine (`al Hay-ydyin) And Of The Bread (al Hal-lehem) And Is Recited At The ...
Kiel
Kiel, The Chief Naval Port Of Germany On The Baltic, A Town Of The Prussian Province Of Schleswig-holstein. Pop. (1933) 218,123, Including The Incorporated Suburbs. The Name Of Kiel Appears As Early As The Loth Century In The Form Kyl (probably From The Anglo-saxon Kille=a Safe Place For Ships). In ...
Kiel Canal
Kiel Canal. The Kiel Canal Connects The North Sea And The Baltic. The Sluices At The Entrances At Holtenau (the Harbour Of Kiel) And Brunsbiittekoog (mouth Of The Elbe) Are 1,082.6ft. Long, 147ft. Wide And 45.9ft. High. The Canal Is 53.3 Nautical M. Long And 37.07ft. Deep. Vessels Are Admitted ...
Kildare
Kildare, A County Of Ireland In The Province Of Leinster, Bounded West By Co. Leix (formerly Queen's County) And Co. Offaly (formerly King's County), North By Meath, East By Dublin And Wicklow, And South By Carlow. The Area Is 418,496 Acres Or About 654 Sq.m. Pop. (1926) 58,035. The Greater ...
Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro (ki-li-man-jah'r6), A Mountain In East Africa, Its Centre Lying In 3° 5' S. And 37° 23' E. ; The Highest Known Summit Of Africa, Rising As A Volcanic Cone From A Plateau Of About 3,00o Ft. To 19,321 Feet. Though Completely Isolated It Is One Of Several Summits On ...
Kilkenny
Kilkenny, A County Of Ireland In The Province Of Leinster, Bounded North By Co. Leix, East By Carlow And Wexford, South By Waterford, And West By Waterford And Tipperary• Area 511,775 Ac. Or About Boo Sq. Miles. Pop. (1926), 70,965. The Greater Part Of Kilkenny Forms The South-eastern Extremity Of ...
Kilkenny_2
Kilkenny, A City And Municipal Borough, The Capital Of Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, On The Nore, 81 M. S.w. Oif Dublin By Rail. Pop. (1926) 10,056. Kilkenny Proper Owes Its Origin To An English Settlement In The Time Of Strongbow, And It Received A Charter From William Marshall, Who Married Strongbow's ...
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock, Municipal And Police Burgh, Manufacturing Town And Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland, On Kilmarnock Water, A Tributary Of The Irvine, 24 M. S.w. Of Glasgow By The L.m.s. Rail Way. Pop. (1931) 38,099. The Town Possesses An Institute With A Good Museum ; A Corn Exchange With A Tower; An Art ...
Kilwa
Kilwa, A Seaport Of Tanganyika Territory, East Africa, About 200 M. S. Of Zanzibar. There Are Two Kilwas, One On The Mainland—kilwa Kivinje ; The Other, The Ancient City, On An Island—kilwa Kisiwani. Kilwa Kivinje, On The Northern Side Of Kilwa Bay, Is Regularly Laid Out, The Houses In The ...
Kimberley
Kimberley, Town, 29° S., 24° 4o' E.; Altitude 4,012 Ft.; Centre Of The Griqualand West Diamond Industry, And 647 M. By Rail From Cape Town. Population, Including Suburbs, In 1931 Included 18,618 Europeans. In 1921 There Were 18,288 Euro Peans, 13,048 Natives, 92o Asiatics And 7,446 Mixed And Other Races, ...
Kindergarten
Kindergarten, The Name Given By Friedrich Froebel (q.v.) To An Institution Founded By Him In Blankenburg, Ger Many, In 1837, To Meet The Educational Needs Of Children Between The Ages Of Four And Six Years, Through The Agency Of Play. Froebel Was At This Time A Teacher Of Varied Experience ...
Kindi Or Alkindi Abu
Kindi Or Alkindi (abu Yusuf Ya (yob Ibn Ishaq Ul Kindi) (died C. 873), Sometimes Called "the Philosopher Of The Arabs," Was Born In Kufa Where His Father Was Governor, And Studied At Basra And Baghdad. In The Orthodox Reaction Under Motawakkil, When All Philosophy Was Suspect, His Library Was ...
Kinetic Theory Of Matter
Kinetic Theory Of Matter. The Kinetic Theory Of Matter Rests Upon Two Distinct, But Closely Related Hypotheses, The Hypothesis Of The Molecular Structure Of Matter And The Hypothesis That Heat Is A Manifestation Of The Random To-and-from Motion Of The Molecules. The Hypothesis Of The Molecular Structure Of Matter Forms ...
King
King, A Title, In Its Actual Use Generally Implying Sovereignty Of The Most Exalted Rank (0. Eng. Cyning, Abbreviated Into Cyng, Cing; Cf. O.h.g. Shun- Kuning, Chun- Kunig; M.h.g. Kiinic, Kiinec, /dim ; Mod. Ger. Konig; 0. Norse Konungr, Kongr ; Swed. Konung, Kung). Any Inclusive Definition Of The Word ...
Kingfisher
Kingfisher. The Common King Fisher, Alcedo Ispida, Is A Beautiful Euro Pean Bird, Extending Also To Northern Africa And South-west Asia To Sindh. Nowhere Very Abundant, The Brilliant Blue-green Back And Chestnut Breast Render It Conspicuous. The Sexes Are Alike. Its Food, Which It Obtains By Plung Ing Into The ...
Kings Evil
King's Evil, An Old, But Not Yet Obsolete, Name Given To The Scrofula, Which In The Popular Estimation Was Deemed Capable Of Cure By The Royal Touch. The Practice Of "touching" For The Scrofula, Or "king's Evil," Was Confined Amongst The Nations Of Europe To The Two Royal Houses Of ...
Kings Lynn
King's Lynn, A Town And Seaport In Norfolk, England, On The Estuary Of The Great Ouse Near Its Outflow Into The Wash. Pop. (1931) 20,580., As Lynn (lun, Lenne, Bishop's Lynn) Owes Its Origin To The Trade Which Was Carried By The Ouse And Its Tributaries, Its History Dates From ...
Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge, A Market Town Of Devonshire, England, M. S.s.w. Of Exeter, On A Branch Of The G.w.r. Pop. Of Urban District (1931) 2,978. Kingsbridge (kyngysbrygge) Was Formerly Included In The Manor Of Churchstow, The First Trace Of Its Separate Existence Being Found In The Hundred Roll Of 1276, Which Records ...
Kingston
Kingston, A City Of New York, U.s.a., On The W. Bank Of The Hudson, At The Mouth Of Rondout Creek, 9om. N. Of New York City; The County Seat Of Ulster County And The First Capital Of The State. It Is Served By The New York, Ontario And Western, The ...
Kingston On Thames
Kingston-on-thames, A Town And Borough In Sur Rey, England, Ii M. S.w. Of Charing Cross, London; On The S.r. Pop. (1931) 39,052. The Position Of Kingston On The Thames Where It Was Fordable Accounts For Its Origin; Its Later Prosperity Was Due To The Bridge Which Existed In 1223 And ...
Kinross Shire
Kinross-shire, County Of Scotland, Bounded On The North And West By Perthshire, On The South-west By Clackmannan Shire, And On The South And East By Fife; Area (excluding Water) 52,392 Acres. Excepting Clackmannanshire It Is The Smallest County In Scotland In Point Both Of Area And Of Population. In The ...
Kinship I
Kinship. I. Kinship In Human Culture.—birth, Suckling And The Tender Cares Bestowed By The Parents On Their Offspring Establish Bonds Of Union Between The Members Of A Family, Both In Human And In Animal Societies. The Devotion Of The Suckling Mother Is Not An Exclusively Human Virtue ; The Watchful ...
Kirghiz Republic
Kirghiz Republic, A Former A.s.s.r., Since Dec. 5, 1936, A State Member Of The U.s.s.r., Lying To The South-east Of Kazakstan, Which Forms Its Northern Boundary. It Lies Between 24' N. And 39° 17' N. And 7o° E. And 8o° E. Chinese Turkistan Lies On The East, The Autonomous Badakshan ...
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy, A Royal And Police Burgh, Parish, And Seaport, Of Fifeshirc, Scotland. Pop. 43,874. It Lies On The Firth Of Forth, 26 M. N. Of Edinburgh By The L.n.e. Railway, Via The Forth Bridge. Although Columba Is Said To Have Planted A Church Here, The Authoritative History Of The Town ...
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright (kur-kob'bri), Royal Burgh, Parish And County Town, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Pop. (1931) 2,311. It Is Situated At The Mouth Of The Dee, Crossed Here By A Bridge, 6 M. From The Sea And 3o M. S.w. Of Dumfries By The L.m.s. Railway, Being The Terminus Of A Branch Line. The ...
Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire (also Known As The Stewartry Of Kirkcudbright And East Galloway) , County, Scotland, Bounded North And Northwest By Ayrshire, West And South-west By Wigtownshire, South And South-east By The Irish Sea And Solway Firth, And East And North-east By Dumfriesshire. It In Cludes The Small Islands Of Hestan And ...
Kirkwall
Kirkwall, A Royal Burgh, Seaport And Capital Of The Orkney Islands, County Of Orkney, Scotland. Pop. (1931) 3,517. It Is Situated At The Head Of A Bay Of The Same Name On The East Of The Island Of Pomona, Or Mainland, 247 M. N. Of Leith And 64 M. N. ...
Kisfaludy Sandor Alexander 1772 1844
Kisfaludy Sandor [alexander] (1772-1844) Hungarian Poet, Elder Brother Of The Preceding, Was Born At Zala On The 27th Of September 1772, Educated At Raab, And Graduated In Philo Sophy And Jurisprudence At Pressburg. He Entered The Life Guards (1793) And Plunged Into The Gay Life Of Vienna. In He Was ...
Kistna Or Krishna
Kistna Or Krishna, A River Of Southern India. It Rises Near Mahabaleshwar In The Western Ghats, Only About 4o M. From The Arabian Sea, And Flows Across Almost The Entire Peninsula From West To East For A Distance Of Boo M. Before Discharging Into The Bay Of Bengal. Its Source ...
Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen Cabinet, A Kitchen Fitting In The Shape Of An Enclosed Dresser, Fitted With Doors, Drawers And Special Containers, Designed To Economize Space And To Save Labour By Giving Order And Handiness To Many Materials And Supplies. The Kitchen Is The Workshop Of The Home, And Any Appliance Which Will ...
Kite Flying
Kite-flying, The Art Of Sending Up Into The Air, By Means Of The Wind, Light Frames Of Varying Shapes Covered With Paper Or Cloth (called Kites, After The Bird—in German Drache, Dragon), Which Are Attached To Long Cords Or Wires Held In The Hand Or Wound On A Drum. When ...
Kiting Cheques
Kiting Cheques, A Method Of Obtaining Credit For Funds At A Bank, Or Of Keeping Up A Fictitious Balance By Means Of The Deposit Of A Cheque Backed By No Funds Or By Insufficient Funds. For Example, A And B, Having Accounts In Different Banks, May Exchange Cheques To Any ...
Kivu
Kivu, A Large Lake Of Central Africa, Lying In The Western Rift Valley And Mid-way Between Lakes Edward And Tanganyika; It Discharges Into The Latter By The River Russisi. It Is 55 M. Long And 3o M. Wide At Its Widest Point. It Is About 4,83o Ft. Above Sea-level And ...
Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, The Capital Of The Province Of Carinthia, Austria, In A Fertile Basin And On The Right Bank Of The Glan. It Is A Well-planned Town With Broad, Regular Streets And Large Squares And As The Centre Of A Rich Agricultural And Mining Region Is Important Both For Its Market ...
Klemantans
Klemantans. The Word Klemantan Is The Name By Which No Tribe Or Set Of Tribes Is Called, But Is A Convenient Generic Term Devised, At The Suggestion Of The Writer, By The Cambridge University Expedition Of 1898 To Comprise A Large Group Possessing Certain Common Characteristics. It Is Derived From ...
Knaresborough
Knaresborough, An Urban District Of The West Riding Of Yorkshire, England, 161 M. W. By N. Of York By The L.n.e. Railway And 31 M. N.e. Of Harrogate. Pop. (1931), 5,942. Its Situation Is Most Picturesque, On The Steep Left Bank Of The River Nidd, Which Here Follows A Well-wooded ...
Knight Service
Knight-service, The Dominant And Distinctive Tenure Of Land Under The Feudal System. Its Origin May Be Traced To The Mailed Horseman, Armed With Lance And Sword, Who Became The Most Important Factor In Battle. This Novel System Was Introduced After The Conquest By The Normans, Who Relied Essentially On Their ...
Knighthood
Knighthood And Chivalry. These Two Words, Nearly But Not Quite Synonymous, Designate A Single Subject Of Inquiry, Which Presents Itself Under Three Aspects. It May Be Regarded In The First Place As A Mode Of Feudal Tenure, In The Second Place As A Personal Attribute Or Dignity, And In The ...