Mode
Mode, In Music. Every Musical Passage Is Referable To And Forms Part Of A Succes Sion Of Sounds Having Some Appreciable Relation To One Another. This Succession Of Sounds Is Called The Scale, And Is A Series Of Steps Leading From A Given Note Called The Key-note, Or Tonic (q.v.), ...
Modena
Mo'dena One. Illutina), Capital Of The Former Dirchy Of Same Name, A Fortified City Of Northern Italy, 24 In: W.n.w. Of Bologna. -per..71, 30,04. It, Stands Between The Livers Secchia And Pamir°, In A Pleasant Plain, Notes Far Its'rieh Soil And Salubrious Air, And From Its Surrounding Ramparts Commands Fine ...
Modern Navies
Navies, Modern. Dating The Modern Navies Of The World From The 16th Century, We Find The British Navy Rising From Insignificance By The Destruction Of The Spanish Armada In 1588; A Blow From Which Spain Never Recovered, And Which The Dutch, Whose Naval Force Had Acquired Tremendous Strength In Their ...
Modocs
Modocs, The Name Of A Tribe Of American Indians, Meaning "enemies," And Applied To Them By A Hostile Tribe. The Modocs Formerly Belonged To The Klamaths (q.v.). But Became Estranged From Them And Eventually Antagonistic. They Are Supposed To Have Originated On The Shores Of Lake Klamath In California. They ...
Moen
=moen, Tireonon, A Distinguished Writer On The History And Polity Of Ancient Rome, Was B. In 1817 At Garding, In Sleswick, Where His Father Was A Pastor In The Lutheran Church. Mommsen Studied First At Altona, And Subsequently At The University Of Kiel, Where He Graduated In Arts In 1843. ...
Mohammed
Mohammed, Th3 Name Of Four Sultans Of Turkey, Of Whom The Most Noted Is Mohammed Ii., Surnamed Blouk Or The Great, The Conqueror Of Constantinople. He Was Born At Adriancp2e In 1430, And Succeeded His Father Anntrath Ii., In 1450. His First Acts Were The Murder Of His Two Brothers, ...
Mohammed
Mohammed (arab. The Praised*),the Name Taken, At A Later Period, By The Founder Of Islam. He Was Originally Called Ifalabi. He Was Born About The Year 570 A.n., At Mecca, And Was The Son Of Abdallfth, Of The Family Of The Hcishim; And Of Amino. Of The Family Of Zuhra. ...
Mohammedan
Mohammedan Stets. "my Coiriniunity," Mohammed Is Reported To Have Said. "will Separate, Itself Into. T3 Sects; One Only Will Be Saved, All The Others Shall Perish." This Prophecy Has :been Largely Fulfilled... Even During The Illness, And Immediately After The Death Of The Fizinder, Malty, Differenees Of Opinion Arose Among ...
Mohaxitedanism
Mohaxitedanism, The Religion Founded By Mohammed, Or, According To Him, The Only Orthodox Creed Existing From The Beginning Of The World, And Preached By All The Prophets Ever Since Adam. It Is Also Called /skim, Resignation, Entire Submission To The Will -and Precepts. Of_god, Inits Exclusively Dogmatical Or Theoretiettipart, It ...
Molay
Molay, .tacques De, 1244-1314; H. Burgundy; Of The Families Of Longvie And Raon. Nothing Is Known Of His Early Life But That He Was Admitted To The Order Of Knights Tcmplars At Banne, In The Diocese Of Autun, And Was Promoted To Be Grand Master About 1298. This Was In ...
Moldavia And Wallachia
Moldavia And Walla'chia, Two States Forming The So-called Danubian Principal Dies, Which, Since Dec. 23, 1851, Have Been United Under One Prince And One Administra /aon, And Officially Bear The Single Name Of Roumania Or Rumania. Formerly Subject To 1:14e Porte, Roumania Proclaimed Its Own Absolute Independence In 1877. And ...
Mole
Mole, Talpa, A Genus Of Quadrupeds Of The Order And Family Talpidal. All The Ta/pid(e Live Chiefly Underground, And Their Structure Is Adapted To Their Mode Of Life. In Their General Form, The Character Of Their Fur, The Shortness Of Their Limbs, The Great Mus Cular Strength Of The Fore-parts, ...
Mole Cricket
Mole-cricket, Grifflota/pa, A Genus Of Insects Of The Cricket (q.v.) Family (achetidos Or Grmillida), Remarkable For Burrowing Habits, And For The Great Strength And Breadth Of The Fore-legs. The Other Legs Are Also Large And Strong, But Of The Form Usual In The Family.—the Best Known Species (g. Rulgaris) Common ...
Mole_2
Mole, Lours Mattmeii, Comte, A French Statesman, And A Descendant Of The Famous French Statesman And Magistrate, Matthieu Mole (b. 1584; D. 1653), Was B. At Paris, Jan. 24, 1781. His Father, President Of The Parliament Of Paris, Died By The Guil Lotine In 1704. Ilis Mother Was A Daughter ...
Moleskin And Cordiiroy
Moleskin And Cor'diiroy Are Varieties Of Fustian (q.v.), A Term Which Is Used In To Generic Sense To Include Also Velveteen, Velveret, Thick-set, Thick-set Cord, Beaverteen, And Other Stout Cotton Cloths For Men's Apparel—a Class Of Goods Largely Manufactured In Lancashire. The General Structure Of These Fabrics Is Described Under ...
Molesworth
Molesworth, Sir William, Right Honorable (eighth Baronet), English Statesman, Was B. In 1810. Lineally Descended From An Old Cornish Family Of Large Possessions (the First Baronet Was President Of The Council In Jamaica In The Time Of Chartes Il, And Sub Sequently Governor Of That Island), He Early Showed Promise ...
Molina
Molina, Louis, A Celebrated Spanish Jesuit Theologian, Was B. At Cuenca, In New. Castile, In The Year 1535; And Having Entered The Jesuit Society In His 18th Year, Studied. At Coimbra, And Was Appointed Professor Of Theology At Evora, Where He Continued To Teach For 20 Years. He Died At ...
Mollusca
Mollus'ca, One Of The Great Animal Sub-kingdoms, Including So Wide A Range Of Dis Tinct Forms That It Is Difficult To Frame A Definition That Shall Be Applicable To All Of Them_ The Lowest Forms, Termed Polyzoa (q.v.) Or Bryozoa, Present So Strong A Resemblance Zoophytes, That Until Recently They ...
Molly Maguires
Molly Maguires, A Secret Order Which Existed In 1854-77, And Probably Still. -exists, In The Anthracite Coal Mining Region Of North-eastern Pennsylvania. Here 400 Collieries Employed 60,000 Men; Americans, Germans, Welshmen, Englishmen, And Swedes Comprising One-half The Number, The Remainder Being Irish. Among The Latter Half Originated, In The Locality ...
Moloch
Moloch (more Correctly Molech), Also Milkom, 31aucom (their King), From Heb. Helech, King, The Chief Ammonite Deity (the Chemosh Of The Moabites), Whose Worship. Consisted Chiefly Of Human Sacrifices, Purifications, And Ordeals By I Fire, Mutilation, Per Petual Virginity, And The Like; Practices Specially Inveighed Against N The Mosaic Records. ...
Monachism
Mon'achism (gr. Monachos, A Monk, From Monos, Alone)'may In General Be Described As A State Of Religious Retirement More Or Less Complete, Accompanied By Contemplation, And By Various Devotional, Ascetical, And Penitential Practices. It Is, In Truth, Asceticism (q.v.), With The Element Of Religious Solitude Superadded. The Institution Of Monaellista ...
Monaghan
Monaghan, An Inland Co. Of The Province Of Ulster, Ireland, Situated Between Tyrone On The N., Armagh And Louth On The E., Meath And Cavan On The S., And Fer Managh On The West. Its Greatest Length From N. To S. Is 37 M.; Its Greatest Breadth E. And W. ...
Monarchians
Monarchians, "believers In One Fountain Or Source Of Being," Were Persons In The Early Christian Church Who Did Not Admit A Distinction Of Persons In The Divine Being. Believing Strictly In The Unity Of God, They Rejected The Orthodox Doctrine Of The Trinity. Traces Of Their Opinions Appeared At A ...
Monarchy
Monarchy (gr. Monarchia, From Monos, Alone, And Amid), To Govern; Literally, The Government Of A Single Individual) Is That Form Of Government In A Community By Which One Person Exercises The Sovereign Authority. It Is Only When The King, Or Chief Magis Trate Of The Community, Possesses The Entire Ruling ...
Monastery
Monastery Has Been Described Under The Lie?id Of Alonachism (q 7.) As The Generic Name Of The Residence Of Any Body Of Men, Or Even, Though More Rarely, Of Women, Bound By Monastic Vows. It May Be Useful, However, To Detail The Various Classes Of Monastic Establishments Of The Western ...
Monetary Commission
Monetary Commission Of Tim U. S. Congress, The Mistaken Demoneti Zation Of Silver By Congress In The Coinage Feb. 12, 1873, Passimg Almost Unnoticed During That Year, Soon Afterwards Attracted The Attention Of Thoughtful Men. Its Possible ,onsequences Loomed Portentously Into View, As The Subject Was More And More Studied. ...
Money
Money (ante). Originally, Those Substances In Nature Or Of Art Which Commerce Among Men Proved To Have The Most General Uniformity Of Value And Convenience In Use As Measures Of Exchange Of Other Commodities; Which Substances, Being Confirmed In Such Use, In Civilized Countries, By Laws Making Them The Sole ...
Mongolia
Mongolia (monnols, Ante), " The Country Of The Mongols," Comprises A Vast Extent Of Territory In The Interior Of Asia, And Forms A Part Of The Chinese Empire. It Extends Over An 'area Of 1,200,000 Sq.m., Between Lat. 37" And 54° N., And 85° And 125° E. Long., And Is ...
Mongols
Mongols, The Name Of A Numerous And Widely Spread Branch Of The Human Family— The Second In The Classification Of Blumenbach, And Corresponding In Almost Every Respect With The Branch Designated As Turanian By More Recent Etlindogists. See Turanian's. Under The Designation Of Mongols Are Included Not Only The Mongols ...
Monita Secreta Societatis Jesu
Monita Secreta Societatis Jesu, Secret Instructions For The Jesuitic Order, In A Volume First Published At Cracow, 1612, In Latin From The Spanish, By An Unknown Editor. It Was Then And Afterwards Regarded By Scholars As The Work Of Claude Acqua Viva, The General Of The Order, Exercising Over It ...
Monogram
Monogram (gr. Monos, Alone, And Gramma, Letter), A Character Composed Of Two Or More Letters Of The Hlphabet, Often Interlaced With Other Lines, And Used As A Cipher Or Abbreviation Of A Name. A Perfect Monogram Is One In Which All The Letters Of The Word Are To Be Traced. ...
Monomania
Monomania Has Loosely Been Made To Represent Every Form Of Partial Insanity; But Has Been More Rigidly Defined As That Mental Condition In Which A Single Faculty, Or Class Of Faculties Or Associations, Become Diseased, The Mind Generally Remaining Healthy. Slight And Solitary Aberrations, Such As Where A Savage Antipathy ...
Monophysites
Monophysites, The Name Given To A Widely Ramified Sect Of Christians Who Hold That Christ Has Only One Nature (gr. Monos, One; Apr's, Nature), A Human Nature Become Divine. Monophysite Views Were First Decidedly Put Forward In The Controversy Against Nestorius. Cyril Having Expressed The Opinion That The Flesh Of ...
Monopoly
Monopoly, From The Greek, Signifies Sole Selling Or Individual Selling, And Has Always Been Used To Express A Limitation To One Or More Persons Of The Right Or Power To Conduct Business As A Trader. It Is Generally Used In A Bad Sense To Express Something Injurious, But Economic Science ...
Monotiielites
Monotii'elites Ante), Persons In The Early Church Who, In The Effort To Explain The Mystery Of Christ's Person, Said That He Possessed Only One Will. Eutyches, About The Middle Of The 5th C., Had Taught That Christ Had Only One Nature, His Human Nature Having Been Absorbed By His Divine. ...
Monotremata
Monotrem'ata (gr. Monos, Single, Trema, An Opening), The Lowest Order Of Mam Inaba, In Many Of Their Characteristic Points Indicate An Approximation To Birds. Time Skull Is Smooth; The Brain-case Very Small As Compared To The Face; The Smolt Much Pro Longed, And The Jaws Unprovided With Soft Movable Lips, ...
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine, A Scheme Of Public Policy, Named After Its Author, .james Monroe, Fifth President Of The United States Of America, By Whom It Was Enunciated In His Message To Congress, Dec. 2, 1823. Mr. Monroe Set Forth In His Message That As A Principle, The American Continents, By The ...
Monsoon
Monsoon (malayan, Musim) Is Derived From The Arabic Word Mausim, A Set Time Or Season Of The Year, And Is Applied To Those Winds Prevailing In The Italian Ocean Which Blow From The S.w. From April To October, And From The Opposite Direction, Or Me., From October To April. The ...
Monstrosity
Monstrosity, In Anatomy. When An Infant, Or The Young Of Any Animal, Comes Into The World Impressed With Morbid Changes, Which Occur Only In Fetal Life, And Of Which It Has Never Been Observed That They Have Originated In The Same Way After Birth, Such An Infant Or Young Animal ...
Mont De Piete
Mont De Piete (ante). This Institution Originated With Francisco Di Viterbo, A Minorite Friar, In The 15th C., In Padua. He Preached Publicly Against Usurers, Particu Larly The .jews, Who Had The Most Of That Business In Europe; And Though Opposed Even By Sonic Of The Church Orders, Notably The ...
Montaigne
Montaigne, Mrener., Eyquem De, A Distinguished French Moral Philosopher, Was B. In 153:3, At His Paternal Home Of Montaigne, In Perigord. In Accordance With His Father's Eccentric Ideas On Education, He Was Taught, And Suffered Only To Speak Latin From His Earliest Infancy, In Consequence Of Which He Acquired Such ...
Montanus
Monta'nus, A Celebated Heresiarch Of The Early Christian Church, Was A Phrygian By Birth, And Made His First Public Appearance Shout 160 A.d., In The Village Of Ardabar, On The Confines Of Pbrygia And Mysia. He Was Brought Up In Heathenism, But Embraced Christianity With All The Fanatical Enthusiasm For ...
Montcalm De Saint Veran
Montcalm De Saint-veran, Louis Joseph', Marquis De, B. Near Nismes, 1712; Entered The Army At The Age Of 14, At 18 Was A Capt., Served In Italy And Germany For Many Years, And Was Wounded At The Battle Of Piacenza In 1746. Ile Became A Field Officer In 1756, And ...
Montenegro
Montenegro (an Italian Translation Of • The Native Name Czernagora, "black Mountain") Is A Small But Independent And Recently Extended Principality Situated Be Bosnia And Albania. Till 1878 It Was Separated From The Adriatic By A Narrow :strip; Now It Touches The Coast For A Short Distance At Antivari, Its ...
Montespan
Montespan, Fitaxgoise De Rociieciiouart De Mortimast, Marquise De, 1641-1707; Second Daughter Of The First Duke Of Rochechoua Rt. She Received A Good Education At A Convent, And Appeared In Society First Under The Name Of Mlle. De Tonnay- Charente, The Name Of The Chateau Where She Was Born. Beautiful, Witty, ...
Montezuma
Montezuma, The Name Of Two Of The Emperors Of Mexico.—montezuma I., The Most Able Of The Mexican Emperors, Ascended The Throne About 1437, And Soon After Com Menced A War With The Neighboring Monarch Of Chalco,whieh Resulted In The Annexation Of That Kingdom To Mexico. Tlatelolco, Cuiliixeas, And Tzompalmacan Were ...
Montfort
Montfort, Simox De, Earl Of Leicester, The Fourth Son Of The Preceding, Was B. In France About 1206. The Title Of Earl Of Leicester Came To Him By His Grandmother, Amicie De Beaumont, Sister And Heiress Of Robert Earl Of Leicester, But He Did Not Directly Or Immediately Inherit It; ...
Month
Month, Originally The Period Of The Moon's Revolution Round The Earth. If This Is Reckoned From The Position Of The Moon Among The Stars To Her Return To The Same. Posi Tion, The Period Is Called A Sidereal Month, And Consists Of 27 Days, 7 Hours, 43 Minutes, 111 Seconds; ...
Montmorency
Montmorency, Second Duc De, Grandson Of The Famous Constable De Mont. Moreney, B. At Chantilly,.april 30, 1595. His Godfather Was The Great Henri Quatre, Who Always Called Hith His " Son." When,be. Was 17 Years Of Age Lonvxiii. Made Hint Admiral, And He Defeated The Huguenots In Languedoc, And Took ...
Montpellier
Montpellier (lat. Mons Pessulanus Or Pueltarum), A City Of France, In The Depart Ment Of Heranit, In 43° 36' A. Lat., And 3' 50' E. Long. Pop. '76, Of The Town Alone, 51,838. Seen From A Distance, Montpellier Has An Imposing Appearance, From The Num Ber Of Its Towers, Steeples, ...
Montreal
Montreal, The Largest City Of Lower Canada And Of British America, Lies In Lat. 45' 31' N., Long, 73° 35' W., On The Left Think Of The St. Lawrence, 180 M. Above Quebec, And 200 Below Lake Ontario, 400 From New York, And 2,750 From Liverpool. Its East Ern Suburb, ...
Montrose
Montrose', A Royal And Parliamentary Burgh And Seaport On The N.e. Coast Of Scot Land, In The County Of Forfar, And Situated At The Mouth Of The River South Esk, About 80 N.e. Of Edinburgh, And 40 M. S. Of Aberdeen. It Stands On A Level Peninsula Between The Basin ...
Montyon
Montyon, Or Monthyon, Antoine Jean Baptiste Robert Angel, Baron De, (sometimes Erroneously Named Monthion), 1733-1820; B. In Paris. Left In The Possession Of Considerable Wealth While Young, He Soon Became Distinguished By His Noble Use Of It. An Advocate At 23, Member 'of The Council Of State At 27, At ...
Monumental Theology
Monumental Theology Designates The Scientific Study Of Theological Opinion And Feeling As Unconsciously Expressed In Works Of Art. While, In Written Language, Thought Is Presented By The Discursive Faculty In Elements Which Are Gradually Appre Hended, A Work Of Art, As A Completed Object Existing In Space, May Produce At ...
Moon
Moon, Tue, The Satellite Of The Earth, Revolving Round The Earth From W. To E. In A P-riod Of One Month (q.v.), And In Consequence Accompanying The Earth In Its Motion Round The Sun. As The Moon, To An Observer On The Earth, Advances More Than 13° To The E. ...
Moore
Moore, Sir John, English Gen., Born At Glasgow 1761, Was Eldest Son Of The Preceding. He Entered The Army As Ensign When Only 15, And Served With Distiuction In Corsica As Col.; In The West Indies As Brig.gen. ; In Ireland During The Rebel Lion Of 1798, And In The ...
Moors
Moors (lat, Mauri, Meaning Dark; Spanish, Morns) Are A People Who Form The Great Majority Of The Population Of Barbary. Their Appearance Indicates Their Origin, Which Is A Mixture Of The Maori (from Whom They Derive Their Name), Nuinidians, Phenicians, Romans, And Arabs, Who Have Successively Held Possession Of The ...
Moran
Moran, Tuomas, B. In Lancashire, Eng., 1837. When Seven Years Old His Family Came To Philadelphia, Where Thomas Was Educated In The City Schools, And Then Appren Ticed To Mr. Scattergood, An Engraver. During This Apprenticeship He Devoted'all His Spare Time By Clay To Painting In Water Colors And The ...
Morania
Morania (ger. ,lialtren.), A Crown-laud Of The Austrian Empire, Situated In 48° 40' To 50' U. Lat., And 15° 5' To 18" 45' C. Long. It Is Bounded N. By Prussian And Austrian Silesia, E. By Hungary And Galicia, S. By The Duchy Of Austria, And W. By Bohemia. The ...
Moravians
Moravians (called Also Uni!ed Brethren, Itforacian _brethren, Or Bohemian Brethren), A Religious Community, Tracing Its Origin To The Followers Of John Huss, Who Were Expelled By Persecution From Bohemia And Moravia In The Beginning Of The 18th C., And Of Whom A Small Company, Consisting At First Of Only 10 ...
Mordvins
Mordvins, A People In E. Russia, Between The Oka And Volga Rivers. They Be Long To The Volgaic Division Of The Finns. Their Number Is Estimated At 400,000. A Grammar Of Their Language Was Published By Ahlquist At St. Petersburg, 1871. More, Ilminv, D.d., 1614-87; H. Grantham, Lincolnshire, Eng.; Studied ...
Morea
Morea, The Name Borne By The Ancient Peloponnesus (q.v.) Since The Middle Ages, If Not From As Early A Period As The 4th Century. It Is Usnally Said To Be Derived From Mores, A Mulberry—the Outline Of The Peninsula Bearing A Resemblance To The Leaf Of That Tree; Others, However, ...
Morel
Morel, Norchelta, A Genus Of Fungi, Of The Division Hymenomyetes, Having A Fistu Lar Stalk, And A Roundish Or Conical Pileus, The Upper Surface Of Which Is Divided Into An Irregular Net-work Of Cells Or Pits, And Bears The Hymenium. They Grow On The Ground, And Wive A More Or ...
Morgan
Morgan, Lady (sydney), Was The Daughter Of A Theatrical Manager. Named Owen Son, Who Settled In Dublin. It Is Stated That She Was Born In 1786, But As She Refuses To Tell The Date Of Her Birth, "because Dates Are So Cold, False, And Erroneous," The Reader Of Her Autobiography ...
Morganatic Marriage
Morganatic Marriage (goth. Mor,qjan, To Curtail, Limit), Sometimes Called Left Handed Marriage, A Lower Sort Of Matrimonial Union, Which, As A Civil Engagement, Is Completely Binding, But Fails To Confer On The Wife The Title Or Fortune Of Her Husband, And On The Children The Full Status Of Legitimacy Or ...
Mormons
Mormons,* Or, As They Call Themselves, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Are A Religious Sect Founded By A Native Of The United States Named Joseph Smith. Smith Was 1111 Son Of A Farmer, And Was Born Iu The Town Of Sharon, Windsor Co., Vt., Dec. 23, ...
Morphia
Morphia (c,,hign061- 2 Aq) Derives Its Name From Morpheus, In Allusion To Its Narcotic Properties. It Is The Most Important Of The Alkaloids Existing In Opium, Of Which It Constitutes From One-eighth To One-sixteenth By Weight. It Occurs In Combination With Meconic, And Sometimes With Sulphuric Acid. It Is Obtained ...
Morristown
Morristown (ante), A T., The Capital Of Morris Co., N. J., On The Morris And Essex Division Of The Del., Lack., And Western Railroad, 32 M. W. By N. Of New York. It Was The Head-quarters Of The American Army During The Winters Of 1776-77 And 1719-80. The Traces Of ...
Mortar
Mortar, A Piece Of Artillery Which Differs From A Cannon In The Large Diameter Of Its Bore In Proportion To Its Length, And In The Circumstance That It Is Usually Fired At A Con Siderable Angle, So That The Projectile May Strike The Object Aimed At In A Direction Nu-re ...
Mortara
Mortara, Enoau, A Jewish Boy, Whose Case Recently Attracted Great And Painful Interest Throughout Europe. The Facts Arc As Follows: On June 23, 1855, Signor Monto!c Mortara, A Manufacturer And Wholesale Merchant Of Cloth In Bologna, And By Rag Ions Profession A Jew, Returning Home About Ten O'clock At Night, ...
Mortgage
Mortgage, In English Law, Is The Temporary Pledging, Of Land In Security Of A Debt; And As The Land Cannot Be Delivered Into The Creditor's Hand, He Acquires A Hold Over It By A Deed Called An Indenture, Or Deed Of Mortgage. The Ordinary Form Of A Mortgage Deed Resembles ...
Mortgage_2
Mortgage (rode). In Early Times The Only Way To Create A Mortgage Under The Common Law Was To Give Livery Of Seizure Of A Freehold Estate, Thus Passing The Estate To The Pledgee And His Heirs. Afterwards A Peculiar Form Of Mortgage Was Created As An Estate For Years. The ...
Mortmain
Mortmain (ante), The Alienation Of Real Estate To A Corporation. The Term, However, Is Generally Used Of Religious Corporations. In Consequence Of The Feudal Restrictions On Alienation, A Corporation Was Oblircd To Get A Mortmain License To Make A Valid Purchase Of Lands. One Of The Chief Objections To The ...
Morton
Morton, Wulram Thomas Green, 1819-1868, B. Mass.; Ccmmenced Studying Dentistry In Baltimore In 1840, Continued There For 18 Months And Settled In Boston. He Is, More Than For Anything Else, Known As The Introducer And Discoverer Of The Surgically Useful Anfesthetic Properties Of Sulphuric Ether. His Attention Was First Called ...
Mosaic
Mosaic, The Art Of Producing Artistic Designs By Setting Small Square Pieces Of Stone Or Glass Of Different Colors, So As To Give The Effect Of Painting. Both The Origin Of The Art, And Also Of Its Name, Are Buried In Obscurity; It Was, However, Much Practiced By The Ancient ...