Independent Order Of Odd
Odd Fellows, Independent Order Of. The Order Was Introduced Into The United States In 1806. Some Persons Who Had Been Members Of English Lodges Estab Lished A Lodge At Baltimore In 1819; And This Lodge Soon Received A Charter From The Man Chester Unity. The Lodges Already Established In New ...
Innesota
Inneso't.a, One Of The United States, Lies In Lat. 43° 30' To 49° N., And Long. 89° 29' To Iv.1 97° 5' West. It Is 380 Tn. In Extreme Length From N. To S., And From 183 To 337 From E. To W., Containing An Area Of 83.531 Sq. Miles. ...
Isonge
Isonge, Gasrann, Comte De Peluse. A French Mathematician And Physicist, Was H. Of Humble Parentage At Beaune, In Roe Department Of Cote D'or, May 10, 1746. When .mly Fifteen, Lie Went To Study Natural Philosophy At The Oratorian College Of Lyons. And Afterwards Obtained Admission Into The Famous Artillery School ...
Jacob Mould
Mould, Jacob Wiry, B. England, 1825; Educated In Cork, Ireland, For Matricula Tion At King's College, London, Which He Entered In 1s39, Graduating With Honors In 1842. • He Was Then Articled To The Celebrated Architect., Owen Jones, And Executed With His Own Hands, From Casts Or From Mr. Jones's ...
James Graham Montrose
Montrose, James Graham, First Marquis Of, Belonged To A Family That Can Be Traced Back To The Year 1128. Its First Notable Member Was Sir Joiin Graime Of Dundaff, Who Fell At The Battle Of Falkirk, July 22, 1298. Early In The 15th C., Sir William Graham Married For His ...
James Monmouth
Monmouth, James, Duke Of, Natural Son Of Charles Ii., Was Born At Rotterdam In 1649. His Mother, Lucy Walters, According To Evelyn, A " Browne, Beautiful, Bolde, But Insipid Creature," Came To England With Her Son In 1656, During The Commonwealth. She Is Said To Have Been Treated As Though ...
James Monroe
Monroe, James, Fifth President Of The United States, Was B. In Westmoreland Co., Virginia, April 28, 1758. He Was Descended From A Captain Monroe Of The Army Of Charles I., Who Emigrated, With Other Cavaliers, To Virginia. James Monroe Entered The Revolutionary Army At The Age Of 18, As A ...
James Montgomery
Montgomery, James, A Minor British Poet, The Son Of A Moravian Preacher, Was Born At Irvine, Ayrshire, Nov. 4, 1771, And At The Age Of Seven Was Sent To The Mora Vian Settlement At Fulneck, Near Leeds, In Order To Complete His Education For The Moravian Pastorate. At Fulneck The ...
Jean Baptiste Holtfre
Holtfre, .jean Baptiste (properly, Jean Baptiste Poquelin—the Name Of Moliere Not Having Been Assumed Till He Had Commenced Authorship, Was B. At Paris, Jan. 15, 1622. His Father, Jean Poquelin, Was Then An Upholsterer, But Subsequently Became A Valet-de-chambre To The King. Regarding The Boyhood Of Moliere Almost Nothing Is ...
Jean Marie Napoleon Desire
Nisard, Jean Marie. Napoleon Desire, B. France, 1806. In 1828 He Became A Contributor To The Journal Des J_mbats, Assuming A Vigorous Opposition To The Government Of Louis Xviii. After The Revolution Of 1830, For A Short Time He Gave A Warm Support To The Louis Philippe Government, Then Joined ...
Jean V1ctoe Moreau
Moreau, Jean V1ctoe, The Greatest General Of The French Republic, Except Bona• Parte, Was Born Aug. 11, 1763, At 3.1orlaix, In Bretagne; Was The Son Of An Advocate, And Was Sent To Study Law At Rennes. He Took Time Side Of The Revolution, Was Chosen To Command The Battalion Of ...
Joachim Murat
Murat, Joachim, King Of Naples, Was The Son Of An Innkeeper At La Bastide-for Tnniere, Near Cahors, In France, And Was Born There March 25, 1767 Or 1768. Ile Was At First Intended For The Priesthood, And Actually Commenced The Study Of Theology And Canon Law At Toulouse, But Entered ...
Johann Adam
Johann Adam, One Of The Most Distinguished Modern Polemical Divines Of The Boman Catholic Church, Was B. Of Humble Parentage At Igersheim, In Avtirtem Berg, May 6, 1796. Ife Received His Early Education At The Gymnasium Of Mergentheim, Whence, In His 17th Year, He Was Transferred, For The Higher Studies, ...
Johann Chrys0st031 Wolfgang Gottlieb
Mozart, Johann Chrys0st031 Wolfgang Gottlieb, One Of The Greatest Of Musical Composers, Was B. Jan. 27, 1756, At Salzburg, Where His Father Was Sub-director Of The Archiepiscopal Chapel. His Extraordinary Musical Talents Were Cultivated To The Utmost By His Father. At The Age Of Four He Played The Clavichord, And ...
Johann Jakob Moser
Moser, Johann Jakob, 1701-85; B. Germany; Made Professor Extraordinary Of Law At The University Of Tubingen In 1720. Six Years Later He Became Councilor At Stuttgart, And 1727 Lie Became Ordinary Professor Of Law At Tubingen. He Resigned This Chair On Account Of A Quarrel With His Colleagues, And For ...
Johann Lorenz Von Mosheim
Mosheim, Johann Lorenz Von, A Distinguished Church Historian Of Germany, Was B. At Lfibeck On Oct. 9, 1694, And Studied At Kiel. In 1723, Lie Became Ordinary Pro Fessor Of Theology At Helmstedt, From Which He Was Removed In 1747 To A Similar Office In Gottingen. He Died Chancellor Of ...
Johann Meander
Meander, Johann Aligust Wilarmat, By Far The Greatest Of Ecclesiastical Histo Rians. Was Born At G6ttingen, Jan. 16, 1789, Of Jewish Parentage. His Name Prior To Baptism Was David Mendel. By The Mother's Side, He Was Related To The Eminent Phil Osopher And Philanthropist Mendelssohn (q.v.). He Received His Early ...
Johann Muller
Muller, Johann, Historian Of Switzerland, Was B. Jan. 3, 1752, At Schaffhausen, Where His Father Was Clergyman And Rector Of The Gymnasium. He Studied At Gottingen Under Heyne, Schlozer, Welch, And Others. In 1772 He Was Appointed Professor Of Greek At Schaffhausen, And In The Same Year Published His First ...
Johann Muller_2
Muller, Johann, One Of The Most Eminent Physiologists Of The Present Century, Was B. At Coblenz On July 14, 1801. He Began To Study With A View To Orders In The Roman Catholic Church; But In 1819 He Abandoned His Theological Studies And Devoted Himself To Medicine, Taking, In 1822, ...
John Henry Newman
Newman, John Henry, D.d., Was B. In London. Feb. 21, 1801, And Educated At The School Of Dr. Nicholas, At Ealing, Whence He Passed In 1816 To Trinity College, Oxford. Of Which College He Became A Scholar By Competitive Examination In 1818. Having Graduated In 1820, He Was Elected Fellow ...
John Ii Morgan
Morgan, John Ii., 1826-64; B. Ala.- Settled In The Vicinity Of Lexington, Ky., In 1830 He Was Engaged In The War With Mexico, Holding A Commission Of Let Lieut. In Marshall's Cavalry, And Was Present At The Battle Of Buena Vista. Ile Was Afterwards In Business In Lexington, Manufacturing Bagging, ...
John Murray
Murray, John, The Name Of Three Generations Of English Publishers, Will Forever Remain Associated With The Palmiest Days Of English Literature In The 18th And 19111 Cen Turies. The Founder Of The House, John M`murray, Was Born In Edinburgh About 1745. He Obtained A Commission In The Royal Marines In ...
John Murray_2
Murray, John, 1741-1815; B. Alton, England. At The Age Of 11 His Parents Removed To Cork, Ireland. He Became A Methodist Under The Preaching Of Wesley And White Field. Having Read A Book Byjames Redly, A Universalist, He Was Led To Adopt His Views. For This He Was Excommunicated At ...
John Napier
Napier, John, Laird Of Merehiston, Was B. At Merchiston Castle, Near Edinburgh, In 1550• And (1, There On April 4. 1617. After Attending The Regular Course In Arts At The University Of St. Andrews. He Traveled For Some Time On The Continent, And Returned To His Native Country Highly Informed ...
John Natal
Natal, John' Irvidliani Colenso, D.d. Bishop Of, A Divine Of The Church Of Eng Land; Was B. In 1814, And Educated At St. John's College,cambridge, Where He Graduated As Second Wrangler And Smith's Prizeman In 1836. From 1838 To 1842 He Was One Of The Masters Of Harrow School, And ...
John Neal
Neal, John, An American Author And Poet, Of Scottish Descent, Was B. At Falmouth, Now Portland, Maine, Aug. 25, 1793. His Parents Belonged To The Society Of Friends, Of Which He Was A Member Until Disowned, At The Age Of 25, Because Be Failed To Live Up To The Rule ...
John Stimno Lld Newberry
Newberry, John Stimno. Ll.d. ; B. Conn., 1822. In 1824 His Father Emi Grated With His Family To Ohio. And Founded The Town Of Cuyahoga Falls. Newberry Graduated From Western Reserve College In 1846. And From The Cleveland Medical College In 1848. After Two Years Of Study And Travel Abroad ...
Join Oldham
Oldham, Join, 1653-83; B. England; Educated At Oxford, Where He Won Distinc Tion By His Proficiency And, Greek, And By His English Poetry. Want Of Means Forced Him To University' In 1674, And He Soon Secured Employment As An Usher At The Free Rehool In Croydon Surrey. The First Of ...
Joitann Karl August Miisaus
Miisaus, Joitann Karl August, A German Writer, B. In 1737 At Jena, Where He Studied Theology. Was Nominated To A Country Church, But Prevented From Entering Upon The Cure Committed To Him In Consequence Of The Opposition Of The Peasantry Of The Par Ish, Who Refused To Receive Him Ou ...
Joseph Nollekens
Nollekens, Joseph, Was B. In London In 1737. His Father, Who Was From Ant Werp, And By Profession A Painter, Died When He Was Young, And His Mother, A French Woman, Not Remaining Long A Widow, He Received But Little Education. Being Placed In The Studio Of Seheemakers, The Sculptor, ...
Karl Bob Nesselrode
Nesselrode, Karl Bob., Count, One Of The Most Eminent Diplomatists Of Modern Times, Was B. Dee. 14, 1780, At Lisbon, Where His Father, A Descendant Of An Ancient ?oble Family On The Lower Rhine, Was Then Russian Ambassador. He Early Devoted Him Self To A Diplomatic Career, Gained In A ...
Karl Immanuel Nitzsch
Nitzsch, Karl Immanuel, One Of The Most Distinguished Theologians That Modern Germany Has Produced, Was B. Sept. 21, 1787, At Borna. He Studied For The Church At Wittenberg, Where He..took His Degree In _1810, And Where, In 1813, He Became Parish Minister. Here His Religioui Opinions Underwent A Groacniddifieatioa, Through ...
Karl Otfried Muller
Muller, Karl Otfried, One Of The Most Genial, Richly Erudite, And Industrious Classical Archaeologists Of Modern Times, Was B. Aug. 28, 1797, At Brieg, In Silesia. He Was The Son Of A Clergyman, And Received A Careful Education. He Studied At Breslau And Berlin. His Taste For Philological And Archaeological ...
Karsten Niebuhr
Niebuhr, Karsten, A Distinguished Geoprapher And Traveler, Was B. In 1733, In The Hanoverian Territory Of Hadeln. On The Confines Of Holstein. Being Early Thrown On His Own Resources, Lie Spent Several Years Of His Youth In The Position Of A Day-laboter; But His Natural Energy Having Led Him To ...
Lady Mary Wortley Mowtagu
Mowtagu, Lady Mary Wortley, Was Eldest Daughter Of Evelyn, Earl, And After Wards (1715) Duke Of Kingston. She Was Born About 1690, And Is Said To Have Received A Classical Education. When Only Eight Years Of Age She Was Introduced By Her Father To The Famous Club, And Formally Admitted ...
Lake Ngami
N'ga'mi, Lake. The Existence Of Lakes In The Interior Of Africa Was Vaguely Known As Far Back As The Days Of Herodotus; And Time Earliest Modern Maps Show At Least Half A Dozen Large And Small, One Of Which Is About The Size, And Very Nearly In The Position Of ...
Laurence Oliphant
Oliphant, Laurence, B. England, 1829; Son Of Sir Anthony, Chief Justice Of Ceylon. He Went To India When Quite Young, And Visited The Nepaulese Court. He Pub Lished In 1852 A Description Of This Visit, Under The Title Of A Join- Ney To Ka Tmandhu, Or The .yepaulese Ambassador At ...
Laws As To Navigation
Navigation, Laws As To. By The Law Of Nature And Of Nations, The Navigation Of The Open Sea Is Free To All The World. The Open Sea Means All The Main Seas And Oceans Beyond 3 M. From Land. The Sea Within 3 M. From Land Is Called The Territorial ...
Laws Of Motion
Motion, Laws Of, Are The Fundamental Principles Connecting Force And Motion In The Physical Universe; And Are Obviously To Be Derived From Experiment Alone, Since Intuitive Reasoning Cannot Possibly Give Us Any Information As To What May Or May Not Be A Law Of Nature. Though These Laws Are Derived ...
Leopold Odonnell
O'donnell, Leopold, Duke Of Tetuan, Marsha/ Of Spain, B. In 1809, Was Descended From Tin Ancient Irish Family. He Entered The Spanish Army When Young, And Bravely Espoused The Cause Of The Infant Queen Isabella Against Her Uncle, Don Carlos. When The Carlists Were Overthrown, He Was Created Count Of ...
Lines Nodal Points
Nodal Points, Lines, And Sections. When A String Or Metallic Cord, Under Strong Tension, Is Made To Vibrate, We Hear, Besides The Principal Sound, Several Secondary And Shriller Sounds; These Are Denominated Harmonic Sounds, And Are Produced Each By A Certain Portion Of The Cord Which Vibrates Independently. Further Investigation ...
Little Namaqualand
Namaqualand, Little, Is A Division Of Cape Colony S. Of The Orange River, Form Erly Part Of The District Of Clanwilliam, And Included With The Country N. Of It Under The General Name Of Namaqualand. It Is A Very Barren Region, Covered With Rugged Volcanic-looking Hills, Through Which The Gariep ...
Malen Al Adel Noureddin Mailmoud
Noureddin-mailmoud, Malen-al-adel, One Of The Most Illustrious Men Of His Time, And The Scourge Of The Christians Who Had Settled In Syria And Palestine, Was Born At Damascus, Feb. 21, 1116. His Father, Omad-ed-din Zengui, Originally Governor Of Mosul And Diarbekir On Behalf Of The Seljuk Sultans, Had Established His ...
Marl Montalembert
Montalembert, Marl Renil, Marquis De, 1714-1800; B. And Educated In Angouleme; Entered The Army At The Age Of 18. And While Engaged In Military Service Made A Specialty Of Scientific Stiffly, And In 1747 Became A Member Of The :leadenly Of Sciences Of Paris. In 1751 He Constructed Foundries At ...
Mary Russell Mitford
Mitford, Mary Russell, A Well-known English Authoress, Was The Only Child Of A Physician, And Was B. At Airesford, Hants, Dec. 16, 1780. At The Age Of Ten She Was Sent To A Boarding-school At Chelsea, And Also Placed Under The Guidance And Tuition Of A Miss Bowden, A Lady ...
Meuse Lizard Mososaurus
Mososau'rus, Meuse Lizard, A Genus Of Huge Marine Lizards, Whose Remains Occur In Rocks Of Cretaceous Age. Three Species Are Known, One From The Upper Chalk Of Sussex, A Second From The Cretaceous Beds Of North America, And The Third From The .maestrielit Beds. This Last (3f. Hofmann) Was First ...
Miesissipei River
Miesissipei River (indian, Miclse Sepe, Great River, Literally, Father Of Waters), A River Of The United States Of America, The Principal River Of North America, And, Including Its Chief Branch, The Missouri, The Longest In The World, Rises In The Highlands Of Minnesota, In A Cluster Of Small Lakes, And ...
Minnesota
Minnesota (ante). In 1680 A Party Of French Fur-traders Ascended The Mississippi To The Falls Of St. Anthony, Where They Formed A Settlement. Louis Hennepin, A Fran Ciscan Priest, Accompanied Them, And Gave The Falls The Name Which They Have Since Borne. This Was The First White Settlement Made Within ...
Minor Barons
Minor Barons. The Word Baron, In The Earliest Period Of Feudalism, Signified One Who Held Lands Of A Superior By Military Tenure. The Superior Might Be The Sovereign, Or He Might Be An Earl Or Other Eminent Person, Who Held Of The Sovereign. According As He Was The One Or ...
Minots Ledge
Minot's Ledge, A Fight-house On A Ledge Of Cohasset Rocks From Which A Fixed Light Is Exhibited And A Fog Bell Is Rung. It Is 16 M. From Boston, And 8 M. S.e. Of Bos Ton Light, On The S. Coast, A Position Of Great Peril To Incoming Vessels. It ...
Minstrel
Minstrel, A Musician Of The Middle Ages Who Was Also A Poet And Singer: The Term Is Applied To A Class Of Persons Who Were To Administer Their Skill In Poetry And Music For The Amusement Of Their Patrons. The Various Ways In Which The Word Was Written Have Perplexed ...
Minuits Minuit
Minuit, Minuits, Or Minnewit. Peter, 1580-1641; B. Germany; A Deacon In The Protestant Or Church In Wesel, Who Removed To Holland Early In The 17th C., And After A Residence There Of Some Years Received From The Dutch West India Com Pany The Appointment Of Governor And Of New Netherland. ...
Miocene
Miocene (gr, Less Recent), A Term Introduced By Lyell To Characterize The Middle Tertiary Strata,which He Supposes To Contain A Smaller Proportion Of Recent Species Of Mol Luscs Than The Newer Pliocene. And More Than The Older Eocene. He Estimates Time Pro Portion Of Living To Fcipssid,w0ties In The Miocene ...
Mirabeau
Mirabeau, Iloxore Gabriel It..tquevrr, Comte De, Was B. Mar. 9, 1749, At Bignon, Near Nemours. He Was Descended, By His Own Account, From The Ancient Florentine Family Of Arrighetti, Who, Being Expelled From Their Native City In 1268, On Account Of Ghibelline Politics, Settled In Provence. Jean De Riquetti Or ...
Miracle
Miracle, A Term_commonly Applied To Certain Marvelous Works (healing The Sick, Raising The Dead, Changing Of Water Into Wine, Etc.), Ascribed In The Bible To Some Of The Ancient Prophets, And To Jesus Christ, And One Or Two Of His Followers. It Signifies Simply That Which Is Wonderful—a Thing Or ...
Miramon
Mir'amo.n, Mtucer., 1832-67; B. Mexico, Of French Extraction. He Was Educated At The Military Academy At Chepultepec, Near The City Of Mexico. And Was One Of The Defend Ers Of That Stronghold Against The American Assault, Sept. 8, 1847, Being Wounded And Taken Prisoner. At The End Of The War ...
Mirror
Mirror, A Reflecting Surface, Usually Made Of Glass, Lined At The Back With A Brilliant Metal, So As Strongly To Reflect The Image Of Any Object Placed Before It. When Mirrors Were Invented Is Not Known, But The Use Of A Reflecting Surface Would Become Apparent To The First Person ...
Mis Margaret Oliphant
Oliphant, Mis. Margaret (née Wilson), One Of The Most Distinguished Of Our Liv Ing Female Novelists, Was Born About The Year 1820. The Prevalent Impression That She Is A Scotchwoman, Naturally Enough Derived From The Obvious Fondness With Which Iu Her Earlier Works She Has Treated Scottish Character And Incident, ...
Misnomer
Misnomer, An Instance Of Erroneous Or Erratic Nomenclature, Often Proceeding On The Lucus A. Non Lacendo Principle, As In The Case Of The So-called " German Silver," Which Is Not Silver, Was Not Invented Or Discovered By A German, And Was In Use In China'ages Ago. Among The Large Number ...
Misrepresentation
Misrepresentation, In Point Of Law, Or, As It Is Most Frequently Termed, Fraudu Lent Misrepresentation, Is That Kind Of Lie For Which Courts Of Law Will Give Redress. It Consists In A Willful Falsehood As To Some Material Thing Connected Or Not Wit H Some Contract ; The Object Being ...
Missal
Missal (ante), Lat. Plenarium Or Plenarium, The Book Which Contains The Ritual For The Celebration Of The Various Masses Of The Roman Church, Was Called In The Early Western Church Sacramentarium, But At That Tome It Contained Only Parts Of What Is Now Included In The Missal. Those Copies Which ...
Missions
Missions, Enterprises Of The Christian Church For The Conversion Of The Nations To Christianity. By Sending To Them Teachers Called Missionaries. The First Christians Displayed Great Zeal In Preaching The Gospel To The Heathen; Christian Teachers Continued To Go Forth For This Purpose Into Heathen Countries Until About The 9th ...
Mississippi
Mississippi, One Of The South-western States, Lies In Lat. 30° 13' To 35° N., And Long. 88' 7' To 91' 41' West. It Is 332 M. From N. To S., And From 78 To 118 In. From E. To W., Containing An Area Of 47,156 Sq. Miles. It Is Bounded ...
Mississippi
Mississippi (ante). In 1539 Fernando De Soto, With A Hand Of Spanish Adventu Rers, Penetrated Into That Part Of The State Now Known As The Great Yazoo Bottoms, Remaining More Than A Year. It Was Not Until 1673, A Hundred And Thirty-two Years Later, That The French Explorers, Joliet And ...
Mississippi River
Mississippi River (ante). The Sources Of This Great River Are Lakes Itasca, Travers Or Petnidgi, Cass, Winnehigoshish, Fishing, Leech, And Mud, Lying Among Hills Of Drift And Bowlders, In The'midst Of Pine Forests And Marshes. From Lake Itasca To Travers The Stream Is About 12 Ft. Wide And 2 Ft. ...
Mississippi Scheme
Mississippi Scheme. The Gigantic Commercial Scheme Commonly Known By This Name Was Projected In France By The Celebrated John Law (q.v.) Of Lauriston, In 1717 And Collapsed In 1720. Its Primary Object Was To Develop The Resources Of The Of Louisiana And The Country Bordering On The Mississippi, A Tract ...
Missouri
Missouri, One Of The United States Of America, In Lat. 80° 30' To 40° 30' N., And Long. 89' To 95' 52' W., Being 277 M. From N. To S., And From 200 To 312 M. From E. To W., Hav Ing An Area Of 67,380 Sq.m., Or 43,123,200 Acres. ...
Missouri
Missouri (ante) Was A Part Of The Vast Territory Claimed By The French As Original Discoverers And Settlers, Which, In The Grant Of Louis Xiv. In 1712, Was Called Louisiana. The States Of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, And Nebraska Were Also A Part Of This Great Region. The Northern Portion Of ...
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise, The Proviso Contained In The Bill Admitting Missouri Into The Union, Feb. 28, 1821. Up To The Time When The Bill For The Admission Of Missouri Was Brought Before Congress In The Session Of 1818-19, An Equal Number Of Slave-holding And Non-slave-holding States Had Been Admitted„ Vermont, Ohio;. ...
Missouri River
Missouri River (ante), Drains An Estimated Territory Of. 500,000 Sq. Miles. It Joins The Mississippi At Lat. 38° 50' 50' N., And Long. 90° 13' 45' W. From Greenwich. From The Point Where The Kansas Enters It, Its Course Is Nearly E., And Within The State Of Missouri. Its Current, ...
Mistake
Mistake (ante), In Law, Is Defined By Story As Some Unintentional Act, Omission, Or Error, Arising From Ignorance, Surprise, Imposition, Or Misplaced Confidence. In Courts Of Equity, As Of Law, The Maxim Applies, Ignorantia Facti Excusat; Ignorantly Juris Non. Excasat—ignorance Of The Fact, Not Of The Law, Excuses. Thus Where ...
Mistletoe
Mistletoe (anglo-sax. Mistettan, Ger. Millet,- The Nil Of The Anglo-saxon Name Means A Tine Or Prong. A Shoot Of A Tree; Mistel Is Of Uncertain Etymology, But Probably The Same, In Meaning At Least, As The Latin Rtscus), A Genus (thrum) Of Small Parasitical Shrubs Of The Natural Order Loranthacece. ...
Mitaksrara
Mitaksrara Is The Name Of Several Commentatorial Works In Sanskrit, For Instance, Of A Commentary On The Text-book Of The Vedanta Philosophy, Of A Commentary On The Mimansa Work Of Kumarila, Of A Commentary On The Brihadaran'yaka (see Veda), Etc. The Most Renowned Work, However, Bearing This Title Is A ...
Mitchell
Mitchell. Sir Thomas T.tvingstone, 1792-1855; B. Scotland; Son Of John Mitchell. His Family Altered Its Name 'of Mitchell Upon Its Intermarriage With The Liv Ing.stones Thomas Mitchell Began His Service In The British Army In The Portugal Cam Paign Of 1808, And At The Close Of The Peninsular War Had ...
Mithras
Mithras (cf. Sanskrit Mitram, Friend), The Highest Of The Twenty-eight Second-class Divinities Of The Ancient Persian Pantheon, The Reed (lend. Razata), Or Genius Of The Sun, And Ruler Of Tlatirdivere.. Protector Anil Supporter Of Man In Thisaire; Lie Watches Over His Soul In The Next, Defending It Against The Unptire ...
Mitre
Mitre (lat. Mitra, Also Wake), The Head-dress Worn In Solemn Church Services By Bishops, Abbots, And Certain Other Prelates In The Western Church. The Name, As Prob Ably The Ornament Itself, Is Borrowed From The Orientals, Although, In Its Present Form, It Is Not In Use In The Greek Church. ...
Mitscherlich
Mitscherlich, Elliialid, A Distinguished Prussian Chemist., Was B. At Neuende, Near Jena, In 1794, And 0. At Berlin In 1863. In 1811 He Proceeded To The University Of Heidelberg, Where He Devoted Himself To History, Philology, And Oriental Languages; And He Continued The Study Of These Subjects At Paris And ...
Mixed Marriages
Mixed Marriages. In Various Countries Of Europe, Marriages Between Persons Of Different Religious Belief Have Either Been Prohibited Or Put Under Restrictions. The Canon • Law Forbade Marriages Between Christians And Non-christians; At One Time, It Merely Discouraged, At Another Altogether Prohibited The Marriage Of Orthodox Christians With Heretics. Subsequently ...
Mixed Races
Mixed Races. The Subject Of Mixed Races Is One Intimately Connected With On Enlarged Study Of Ethnology. It Involves A Consideration Of The Phenomena Attendant Upon The Sexual Union Between Individuals Belonging To Different Varieties Of The Human Race; As, For Instance—adopting The Classification Of Blumenbach—between The Euro Pean And ...
Moabites
Moabites (ante), The Descendants Of Moab, Son Of Lot, Whose Primitive Dwelling Place Was Zoar, On The South-eastern Border Of The Dead Sea. Gradually Supplanting The Original Inhabitants, They Obtained Possession Of The Fertile Highlands—extending 40 Or 50 M. In Length By 10 In Width On The E. Of The ...
Mobile
Mobile (ante). The City Is 6 M. In Length By 2 Or 3 Broad; Pop. '80, 31,205; A Decline From 1870 Of 729. It Is Chiefly Inhabited Along The Line Of The River And To A Dis Tance Of About A Mile Inland; Is Lighted By Gas, And Has An ...
Mobilier
Mobilier, Cnnrr. On Nov. 18, The French Government Sanctioned The Catutes Of A New` Bank Under The Name Of The &ate General (is !fredit Mobilier. The Name Was Intended As A Contrast To The Societes De Credit Fancier, Which Arc Of The Nature Of Land Banks, And Advance Money On ...