Suborder Duplicidentata
Suborder Duplicidentata Two Pairs Of Upper Incisors Always Present, With Enamel Extend Ing Round To Their Posterior Surfaces. The Suborder Includes The Picas, Hares And Rabbits. The Family Ochotonidae Includes The Picas Or Tailless Hares, Which, In Addition To The Absence Of A Tail, Are Further Distin Guished From The ...
Suborder Simplicidentata
Suborder Simplicidentata Section Sciuromorpha.—in This Section The Zygomatic Arch, Which Is Slender, Is Chiefly Formed By The Jugal; The Angular Part Of The Mandible Arises From The Inferior Surface Of The Socket Of The Lower Incisor. Collar Bones Well Developed; Tibia And Fibula Distinct. This Section May Be Divided Into ...
Synthetic Resins
Synthetic Resins Synthetic Or Artificial Resins Possess Most Of The Physical Char Acteristics Of Natural Resins, And In Addition May Have, In Certain Types, The Unique Property Of Becoming Infusible And Insoluble After Heat Treatment. Chemically, A Certain Degree Of Resemblance Is Traceable Between The Phenolic Synthetic Resins And Japan ...
Synthetic Rubber
Synthetic Rubber No Product Identical To Natural Rubber In Its Physical And Chemical Properties Has Ever Been Artificially Synthesized. The Term "synthetic Rubber" Has, However, Been Used Indiscriminately To Designate Materials Possessing To Some Degree The Physical Properties Of Natural Rubber. Some Of These Closely Resemble The Natural Product, Others ...
The Beginnings Of Rome
The Beginnings Of Rome The Limestone Ridges That Border Latium Contain Numerous Remains Of Stone Age Settlements, And One Has Even Been Found On Monte Mario Within 3m. Of The Vatican In The Old Volcanic Stra Tum That Borders The Right Bank Of The Tiber. On The Left Bank, However, ...
The Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution Six Months From The Beginning Of The Revolution The New Re Public Was In A State Of Rapid Disintegration. The Provisional Government Was Formally Invested With Full And Sovereign Power And Was Responsible Neither To The Petrograd Soviet Nor To The Recently Convoked Pre-parliament. But Actually It ...
The Classical Period
The Classical Period The Classical Literature Of India Is Almost Entirely A Product Of Artificial Growth, In The Sense That Its Vehicle Was Not The Language Of The General Body Of The People, But Of A Small And Educated Class. It Would Scarcely Be Possible, Even Approxi Mately, To Fix ...
The Danubian Provinces
The Danubian Provinces, The Situation In Both Moldavia And Walachia Was Altered By The Peace Of Kutchuk Kainarji (1774) Which Ended The Russo Turkish War. Russia Restored The Principalities Which She Had Occupied, To The Sultan (moldavia, However, Being Reduced By The Bukovina, Which Austria Profited By The Situation To ...
The Defeat Of Bulgaria
The Defeat Of Bulgaria The Military Situation On The Eve Of The Offensive Was Numeri Cally Little Changed. The Bulgarians Had A Ration Strength Of Some 700,000 And A Rifle Strength Of 200,000—divided Into The Same Three Armies. The Allies Had A Ration Strength Of About 574,00o And A Rifle ...
The Founding Of Rhodesia
The Founding Of Rhodesia Cecil Rhodes.—the First Conception Of Rhodesia Came To Rhodes At Oxford In 1878. Sir Sidney Shippard, Who Afterwards Succeeded Him As Commissioner In Bechuanaland, Has Recalled How, Walking In Christchurch Meadows, Rhodes And He "discussed And Sketched Out The Whole Plan Of British Advance In South ...
The Four Vedas
The Four Vedas After This Brief Characterization Of The Various Branches Of Vedic Literature, We Proceed To Take A Rapid Survey Of The Several Vedic Collections. Rigveda.—the Rigveda-samhitd Has Come Down To Us In The Recension Of The Alcala School, Which Shows That It Consists Of 1,028 Hymns, Including Eleven ...
The Idea Of Sacrifice
The Idea Of Sacrifice In The Christian Church There Can Be No Doubt That The Idea Of Sacrifice Occupied An Important Place In Early Christianity. It Had Been A Fundamental Element Of Both Jewish And Gentile Religions, And Christianity Tended Rather To Absorb And Modify Such Elements Than To Abolish ...
The International Red Cross
The International Red Cross Committee (comity; International De La Croix-rouge) The Objects Of The International Red Cross Are Regarded As Being : To Extend The Red Cross Movement To All Countries; To Act As Guardian Of The Basic Red Cross Principles ; To Notify To Existing Societies The Constitution Of ...
The Letter S The
The Letter S - The 19th Letter Of The Alphabet. This Letter Corresponds To The Semitic W (sin). The Greek Treatment Of The Sibilants That Occur In The Semitic Alphabet Is Somewhat Complicated. Tury The Form Was And From This Descended The Irish And Saxon Forms R. The Carolingian Form ...
The Making Of City
The Making Of City Streets In The Principal Streets Of The World's Great Cities Where Highly Durable Paving Materials On A Concrete Foundation Have Long Been In Use—mastic Asphalt, Compressed Asphalt, Wood Blocks, Granite Setts, Etc.—recent Changes Of Method Are Mainly Confined To The Strengthening Of The Concrete Foundation By ...
The Muscovite Tsardom
The Muscovite Tsardom The Reign Of Ivan Iv. (the Terrible) Was An Epoch Of Great And Systematic Reform. It Gave Its Final Shape To The Muscovite Tsar Dom Which It Preserved Until The Epoch Of Peter The Great. At The Age Of 17 Ivan Demanded To Be Crowned As Tsar ...
The National Red Cross
The National Red Cross Societies The National Red Cross Societies Were Originally Constituted In Almost All Countries For The Single Purpose Of Supporting And Assisting The Army And Navy Medical Services In Time Of War. As Has Already Been Shown, Their Sphere Of Action Has Since Been Very Greatly Widened. ...
The Peoples Of Rumania
The Peoples Of Rumania Whereas The Population Of Rumania In 1914 Was 7,600,00o It Has, By The New Provinces Been Increased Two And A Half Times. The Distribution Of The Population Is As Follows: Within The Area Of The Old Boundaries There Were (193o) 8,388,905 Inhabitants. Transylvania And The Banat ...
The Physical Theory Of
The Physical Theory Of Relativity The Earliest Successful Attempt To Formulate The Laws Governing The General Motion Of Matter Is Found In Newton's Laws. The First Law States That : Every Body Perseveres In Its State Of Rest Or Of Uniform Motion In A Right Line Unless It Is Compelled ...
The Bruce 1274 1329 Robert
Robert I., "the Bruce" (1274-1329), King Of Scot Land, The Son Of Robert De Bruce Vii., Earl Of Carrick By Right Of His Wife Marjorie, Was A Direct Descendant Of A Norman Baron Who Accompanied William I. To England. He Was Probably Born At Turnberry, Ayrshire, On July Ii, 1274, ...
The First Romanovs
. The First Romanovs The Zemsky Sobor Which Elected Michael (1613-1645) Con Tinued Its Session For Three Years, Helping The New Tsar To Restore The Disorganized And Ravaged Country. A Second Zemsky Sobor Was Then Summoned Which Pursued For Three More Years The Work Of Pacification. The Co-operation Of The ...