Mosaylima
Mosaylima (little Moslem), One Of The Most Important Rivals Of Mohammed, Belong Ed To The Clan Dal, A Division Of The Tribe Of The Bani Hanifah, Of Yamdma In Nedjed. The Traditions About His Life And Age Are Extremely Contradictory And Legendary. It Appears, However, Tolerably Certain That He Had ...
Moscow
Moscow (russ. Merle.lca"), The Ancient Capital Of Russia, And Formerly The Residence Of The Czars, Is Situated In A Highly-cultivated And Fertile District On The Moskva, 400 M. S.e. Of St. Petersburg. With Which It Is In Direct Communication By Railway. Lat 55° 40' N., Long. 37' 33' East. Pop. ...
Moses
Moses, In The Classic Mythology, Divinities Originally Included Amongst The Nymphs, But Afterwards Regarded As Quite Distinct From Them. To Them Was Ascribed The Power Of Inspiring Song, And Poets And Musicians Were Therefore Regarded As Their Pupils And Favorites. They Were Firstlionored Among The Thracians, Ancr Aapieria Around Olympus ...
Mosque
Mosque, A Mohammedan House Of Prayer. The Word Is Derived, Through The Italian Moschea, Front The Arabic Medid, A Place Of Prayer. The Form Of The Oldest Mosques (at Jerusalem And Cairo) Is Evidently Derived From That Of The Christian Basilica, The Narthex Being The Origin Of The Court, With ...
Mosquito
Mosquito (span. Gnat), A Name Very Generally Given To The Most Troublesome Specks Of Cuter, And Allied Genera. See Gnat. The Name Mosquito Is Given, Accoidiug To Humboldt, In Some Parts Of Tropical South America To Species Of Ri9nuilit, Which Are Active During The Day, Whilst Species Of Enter, Active ...
Mosquito Coast
Mosquito Coast, Mosgurro Territory, Or 3tosurria, Formerly Fl Native King Dom, Under The Protectorate Of Britain, Lies On The E. Coast Of Central America, Having Honduras On The N., Nicaragua On The W., And Costa Rica On The South. The Area Is Estimated At 15,000 English Sq.m., But As 20,000 ...
Mosses
Mosses, Musa, An Order Of Acotyledonous Plants, Consisting Of Mere Cellular Tissue Without Vessels, And Distinguished From Hepatim (q.v.), The Order With Which They Are Most Nearly Allied, By Having Always A Leafy Stem, And An Operculated Capsule Or Urn (sporangium Or Theca), Which Opens At The Top, And Is ...
Moth
Moth, The Popular Name Of All The Insects Included In The Section Nocturna Of The Order Lepidoptera (q.v.). They Forated The Genus Plialtena Of Linnus, But Are Now Distributed Into Many Genera And Families, The Species Mug Extremely Munerous. Them Are The Very Largest Lepidoptera, And Also The Smallest. They ...
Mouldings
Mouldings. The Curved And Plane Surfaces Used As Ornaments In Cornices, Panels, Arches, Etc., And In All Enriched Apertures In Buildings. In Classic Architecture The Mouldings Are Few In Number, And Definitely Fixed In Their Forms. There Are Eight Kinds Of These Regular Mouldings, Viz, The Cyma, The Ovolo (or ...
Moulmein
Moulmein', A T. In The Province Of Tenasserim, British Burmah, Situated On The Gulf Of Itlartaban, In The E. Of The Bay Of Bengal, At The Junction Of The Rivers Salween, Gyne, And Attaran, In 16° 29' N. Lat.. And 97° 38' E. Long. Moulmein, One Of The Healthiest Stations ...
Mount Desert
Mount Desert, An Island In Maine, Having, Frenchman's Bay And Five Rocky Islands Called The Porcupines On The E.; Mount Desert Rock ';.0 Rn. S. In The Open Sea; And Soame's Sound Flowing Up Into Its S. Portion For About Six M.; The Island Being 12 In. In Width And ...
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, At South Hadley, Mass., Two M, E. Of The Connecticut River, And 4 M. S. Of The Mountain From Which It Takes Its Name. Its Founder Was Miss Mary Lyon, A Lady Who Combined. In An Unusual Degree, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Strength. During Ten Years ...
Mount Vernon
Mount Verno.n (ante), The Home Of George Washington, In Fairfax Co., Virginia, On The Right Bank Of The Potomac, 17 In. S. Of Washington. The Washington Mansion Is Of Wood, 2 Stories High, 96 Ft. Long, And 30 Ft. Deep. It Was Built In 1743, By Washington's Elder Brother, Lawrence, ...
Mount Of Olives
Olives, Mount Of, Called Also Olrvet, An Inconsiderable Ridge Lying On The E. Side Of Jerusalem, From Which It Is Only Separated By The Narrow Valley Orjeliosa 'amt. It Is Called By The Modern Arabs Jebel-el-tur, And Takes Its Familiar Name From A Magnificent Grove Of Olive-trees Which Once Stood ...
Mountains
Mountains. The Number And The Altitude Of The Mountains Of The Globe Are So Great That They Form Almost Everywhere Prominent Objects, And Operate To A Large Extent In Modifying The Climatic Condition Of Every Country In The World. Yet The Amount Of Solid Material So Raised Above The Ordinary ...
Mourning
Mourning, A Particular Habit Worn To Express Grief, Especially For The Decease Of Friends. The Usages Regarding Mourning Have Varied Much At Different Times And In Different Countries. Among The Jews, The Duration A Mourning For The Dead Was Gen Erally 7, But Sometimes Protracted To 30 Days; And The ...
Mouse
Mouse, Mus, A Genus Of Rodent Mammalia Of The Family .21furi&b (q.v.), Having Three Simple Molar Teeth In Each Jaw, With Tuberculated Summits, The Upper Incisors Wedge Shaped, The Lower Compressed And Pointed, The Forefeet With 4 Toes And A Rudimentary Thumb, The Hind Feet Five-toed; The Tail Long, Nearly ...
Movement Cure
Movement' Cure, A Hygienic And Therapeutic System For The Preservation As Well As The Recovery Of Health, Introduced By Peter Henry 'ling, A Native Of Smaland, In Sweden, B. 1766. It Is A Modified Form Of Gymnastics, And Being Systematized' And Specially Adapted To The Treatment Of Invalids In A ...
Mozambique
Mozambique', A Territory On The E. Coast Of South Africa, Nominally Belonging To Portugal, And Placed Under A Governor-general, Although The Actual Possessions Of Port Ugal Consist Only Of A Few Stations, And Her Authority In The Country Is Inconsiderable. It Extends From Cape Delgado, In Lat. 10° 41' S., ...
Mu
Mu • Ii Indicates That They Are To Be Played, • ...-.------ _i— . V Smoothly Or Fluently (legato)— So Omen= .. — Ma. • Pp ... When Notes Are To Be Played Short, Distinct, And Detached (staccato), A Dot Is Placed Over Them. A Clash Implies A Greater, And ...
Mucicers
Mucicers, The Popular Name Of An Extraordinary Sect, Which Sprung Up At Konigs Berg, In Germany, In 1835. The Movement Seems To Have Originated In The Dualistic And Gnostic Views Of John Henry Schonherr (who Was Born At Memel In 1771, And Died At Kiinigsberg In 1826) Concerning The Origination ...
Mucorini
Mucorini, An Order Of Fungi Very Widely Distributed, Comprising Chiefly What Are Known As The Common Moulds, Which Are Found On Decaying Bread And Other Articles Of Food, Or Vegetable Or Animal Matter Generally. One Species, Phycoffwees Nitens, Grows On Greasy Substances, A Habitat Not Usual With Most Fungi. Most ...
Mucous Membranes And Mucus
Mucous Membranes And Mucus. Under The Term Mucous System, Anatomists Include The Skin, Mucous Membranes, And True Glands, All Of Which Are Continuous With One Another, And Are Essentially Composed Of Similar Parts. As The Skin And The Glands Are Described In Special Articles, It Only Remains To Speak Of ...
Mud Ri
Mud Ri, Usually Spelled Moodkee, A Small T. Of N.w. Hindustan, 28 M. S.e. Of The Sutlej, And 70 M. S.c. Of The City Of Lahore, On The Ravi. It Has A Pop. Of About 6,000. Here The First Battle In The Sikh War Of 1845-16 Was Fought (dee. 18, ...
Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807; B. Penn.; Son Of Dr. Henry M. He Was Educated At The University Of Halle, From Which He Ran Away, And Passed A Year As A Private In The Dragoons. He Studied For The Lutheran Ministry Under His Father, And Was Ordained In 1772. He ...
Mulberry
Mulberry, Mores, A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Maracas, Natives Of Temper Ate And Warm Climates, With Deciduous Leaves, Unisexual Flowers In Short, Thick Spikes, 4-parted Perianth, Containing Either Four Stamens Or One Pistil With Two Styles, The Perianth Of The Female Flowers Becoming Succulent And Closing Over ...
Mulder
Mulder, Grit/km) Johan/tes, A Distinguished Living Chemist, Was B: In 1802 At Utrecht, Where His Father Was Practicing As A Physician. After Obtaining The Degree Of Doctor Of Medicine At The University Of His Native Town In 1825, He Commenced The Prae Tip Of His Profession At Amsterdam, Where He ...
Mulhausen
Mulhausen (fr. Mulhouse), A Town Of Germany, In The Imperial Territory Of Alsace Lorraine. Pop. '75, 58,513. Mulhausen Is Built On A Small Island Between The Ill And The Rhone And Rhine Canal, And Is An Important Station On The Strasburg And Basel Line Of Railway. It Lies In A ...
Mullein
Mullein, A Genus Of Plants (verbaseum) Of The Natural Order Scrophulariacere, Con Sisting Of Tail, More Or Less Woolly, Biennial Or Perennial Herbs With Flowers In Dense Spikes Or Terminal Racemes. Calyx Five-parted, Corolla Somewhat Unequally Five-lobed, Wheel-shaped. Five Woolly Stamens. And A Two-celled, Two-valved, Many-seeded Capsule. Three European Species. ...
Muller
Muller, Julius, A German Theologian, Was B. At Brieg. April 10, 1801, And Was A Brother Of Charles Otfried Muller (q.v.), The Antiquary. He Studied At Breslau And Gottingen, At First Devoting Himself To Law, But Afterwards To Theology. After Much Mental Struggle He Adopted Religious Views Opposed To Those ...
Muller Johann Friedrich
Muller. Johann Friedrich Wrr.nelm, 1782-1816; B. Germany; Studied Engrav Ing Under His Father, Johann Gotthard, At Stuttgart, And At The Academy And The Louvre In Paris. In 1808 His Engraving Of " St. John About To Write His Revelation," After Dom Enichino, Won Him A High Reputation, Which Was Maintained ...
Mullet
Mullet, A Genus Of Acanthopterous Fishes, The Type Of The Family Magilidce. In This Family, The Body Is Nearly Cylindrical, The Scales Are Large; There Are Two Widely Separated Dorsal Tins The First Of Which Has Only Four Stiff, Sharp Spines; The Teeth Are Ex Tremely Line; The Gullet Is ...
Munchhausen
Munchhausen, Kant, Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron Von, A Member Of An Ancient And Noble German Family, Who Attained A Remarkable Celebrity By False And Exaggerated Tales Of His Exploits And Adventures So That His Name Has Become Proverbial. He Was B. In 1720 At The Family Estate Of Bodenwerder, In Hanover, ...
Municipal Architecture
Municipal Architecture, The Style Of The Buildings Used For Municipal Purposes, Such As Town-halls, Guild-hails, Etc. These Were First Used When The Towns Of The Middle Ages Rose In Importance, And Asserted Their Freedom. Those Of North Italy And Belgium Were The First To Move, And Consequently We Find In ...
Municipal Corporation Municipality
Municipality, Municipal Corporation (from Lat, Municeps, From Munus And Capio, One Who Enjoys The Rights Of A Free Citizen), A Town Or City Possessed Of Certain Privileges Of Local Self-government; The Governing Body In Such A Town. Municipal Institutions Originated In The Times Of The Roman Empire. The Provincial Towns ...
Munster
Munster, Chief T. Of The District Of The Same Name, As Well As Capital Of All West Phalia, Is Situated In 51° 55' N. Lat., And 7° 40' E. Long., At The Continence Of The Aa With The Milmster Canal, 65 M. Me. Of Thisseldorf. The Pop. In 1871 Was ...
Muratori
Muratori, Thdovico Antonio, A Celebrated Antiquary And Historian, Was Horn At Vignola, In The Duchy Of Modena, Oct. 21, 1672. From A Very Early Period, His Predilection For Historical And Literary,pursuits Began To Manifest Itself; And, Having Entered Into Holy Orders, Without, However, Accepting Any Ecclesiastical Office, His Life Was ...
Muravief
Muravief, An Ancient Holm- Family, Originally Of Moscow, Which In 1488 Was Presented By Ivan Vasilievitch 1. With Large Estates Hi The Province Of Novgorod. Many Members Of This Family Took An Important Part In The Military, Literary, And Political History Of Their Country During The 18th And 19th Centuries, ...
Murchison
Murchison, Sir Ronenicii 1.31pey, Geologist And Geographer, Was Born At Tarradale, Ross-shire, In 1792. He Was Educated At The Grammar-school, Durham, And Having A Bias For Military Life, Next Studied At The Military College, Marlow. He Entered The Army At An Early Age, And Served As An Officer In The ...
Murcia
Murcia, A Former Province Of Spain, Now Subdivided Into Time Smaller Provinces Of Albacete And :murcia, Is Situated In The S.e. Of The Peninsula. It Is Bounded On The N. By New Castile, On The E. By Valencia, On The S. By The Mediterranean, And On The W. By Granada, ...
Murder
Murder Is The Crime Of Killing A Human Being Of Malice Aforethought, And Is Punish Able With Death. It Is Immaterial What Means Are Employed To Effect The Object. Black Stone Says That The Name Of Inurefer, As A Crime, Was Anciently Applied Only To The Secret Killing Of Another, ...
Murder_2
Murder (ante). The Common Law Inferred A Wrongful Intent From The Mere Fact Of The Killing, So That The Burden Lays Upon The Defendant Of Establishing His Innocence Of Malice. Under The Definition " With Malice Aforethought, Express Or Implied," Many Kinds Of Homicide Which Are Now Considered To Involve ...
Musce Volitantes
Musce Volitantes Is The Term Applied To Ocular Spectra, Which Appear Like Flies On The Wing, Or Floating Black Spots Before The Eyes. There Are Two Kinds Of Musem Voli Tantes—the One A Perfectly Harmless Kind, While The Other Is 'symptomatic Of One Of The Most Serious Diseases Of The ...
Muscle And Muscular Tissue
Muscle And Muscular Tissue. Muscular Tissue Is Specially Distinguished By Its Contractile Power, And Is The Instrument By Which All The Sensible Movements Of The Ani Mal Body Are Performed. When Examined Under A High Magnifying Power, The Fibers Of Which It Is Composed Are Found To Exist Under Two ...
Muscovite
Muscovite, The Most Common Variety Of Mica (q.v.); Synonyms—muscovy Glass, Biaxial Mica, Oblique Mica, Potash Mica„common Mica, Verve De Muscorie. Trimetric Crystallization. Usually In Hernihedral Forms, With A Monoclinic Aspect; Hexagonal Prisms; Cleavage Parallel To The Base, And Easily Separated, Forming Very Thin, Elastic Plates, Which Are Used In Stoves ...
Museum
Museum (gr. Mouseion), Originally The Name Given By The Ancients To A Temple Of The 3luses, And Afterwards To A Building Devoted To Science, Learning, And The Fine Arts. The First Museum Of This Kind Was The Celebrated Alexandrian Museum (see Academy). After The Revival Of Learning In Europe, The ...
Music
Music (gr, Mousike, From Mottsu, Muse: Let. Musica), A Combination Or Succession Of Sounds Having The Property Of Pitch, So Arranged As To Please The Ear. The Pleasure Derived From Music Arises From Its Exciting Agreeable Sensations, And Raising Pleasing Mental Images And Emotions. Apart From Words, It Expresses Passion ...
Music
Music (ante). The History Of Music In The United States Had Its Origin In The Quaint And Primitive Psalm-singing Of The Puritans, And Until 1825, When Italian Opera Was First Given In This Country, Church Music Was Cultivated To The Exclusion Of All Other Styles. It Appears That Ainsworth's Version ...
Music Record2r
Music Record2r. Many Forms Of Apparatus Have Been Invented For Writing Down Music In A Legible Form By The Very Act Of Playing It On A Keyed Instrument, Such As The Pianoforte Or Organ. Beginning With 1747, Various Attempts Had Been Made Practically To Effect This Object. When, In 1863, ...
Musk Rat Musquash
Mus'quash, Musk-rat, Or Oxnatea, Fiber Zibethicus, A Rodent Quadruped, A Native Of North America, It Is The Only Known Species Of The Genus To Which It Belongs Which Is Characterized By Dentition Similar To That Of The Voles; In Some Other Characters More Nearly Agreeing With The Beaver. The Musquash ...
Muskoka
Muskoka, An Electoral District In Ontario, Canada; 5,300 Sq.m.; Pop. '70, 6,919. Capital, Bract:bridge. Ox, Boa Moschatua, Or Ovilos Mopclatya, An Animal Of The Family Bovidm, Regarded As A Cennecting-link Between Oxen And Sheep. It Inhabits The Most Northern Parts Of America, Enduring The Winter Even Of Melville Island And ...
Mustard
Mustard, Sinapis, A Genus Of Plants Of That Natural Order Crneiftrir, Having Yellow Flowers, And Linear Or Oblong Pods, Which Terminate In A Sword-sht.p«1 Sad •onipresscal Or 4-cornered Beak, And Contain One Row Of Seeds. The Seeds Arc Globular, And Their Coty Ledons (q.v.) Conduplicate.—the Most Imiaortant Species Is Black ...
Mustard_2
Mustard, Ora, Ma The Seeds Both Of The Black And The White Mustard Yield By Expression A Large Quantity Of A Bland Fixed Oil, But They Do Not Contain Any Essential Or Volatile Oil Ready Formed. It Is Only The Black Mustard Which By Distillation Yields The Compound Usually Known ...
Mutiny
Mutiny (fr. Matiner, From Main, "malin" Is Connected With The Old French Mente, Still Seen In Gazente, A "sedition," And Is Therefore From The Latin Morere, " To Move" Or "stir Up." The Supposition That The Word Is Derived From The Latin ?natio, A " Muttering," Is A Mistake). The ...
Mutiny Act
Mutiny Act Was An Act Of The British Parliament Passed From Year To Year, Investing The Crown With Powers To Regulate The Government Of The Army And Navy, And To Frame The Articles Of War. By The Bill Of Rights, The Maiutenance Of A Standing Army In Time Of Peace, ...
Mutsuhito Or
Mutsuhito Or Mtars-urro. The Present Reigning Emperor Of Japan, And The 123t1 Mikado Of The Line. His Name Means The " Man Of Peace," Or "weak Man." He Has No Family Name. He Is The Second Son Of The Mikado Koine' Tenni) (1847-67); His Mother Fill•ore Asako. He Was Born ...
Muza Ibn Noseyr
Muza Ibn Noseyr, The Arab Conqueror Of Spain, Was Born 640 A.d. He Dis Played Bravery And High Military Talents In The Contests Of That Turbulent Period, So Much So That He Was Appointed By Time Caliph General Of The Army Which Was Raised For The Conquest Of Africa In ...
Mycetes
Mycetes, Of South American Monkeys See Howlen. Ante. (inaselakinarrowi, Is The Im•n Employed To =irihiey^ Intlamniation Of The Sob Stance Of The Spinal Cord. It May Be Either Acute Or Chronic, But The Latter Is By Far The Most Coramon Affection. The Chronic Form Begins With A Little Uneasiness In ...
Myriapoda
Myria:poda (gr. Myriad-footed), A Class Of Artieulakt, Resembling Aunclida In Their Lengthened Form, And In The Great Number Of Equal, Or Nearly Equal, Segments Of Which The Body Is-composed; But In Most Of Their Other Characters More Nearly Agreeing Insects, Among Which They Were Ranked By The Earlier Naturalists, And ...
Myrosalans
Myrosalans, The Astringent Fruit Of Certain Species Of Terminalia, Of The Natural Order Combrelacm, Natives Of The Mountains Of India. The Genus Terminalia Has A Deciduous Bell-shaped Calyx And No Corolla; The Fruit Is A Juiceless Drupe. 7'. Belerica, A Species With Alternate Eliptical Entire Leaves, On Long Stalks, Produces ...
Myrrh
Myrrh (het). Mur), A Gum Produced By Balsamodendron (q.v.) Myrrha, A Tree Of The Natural Order Amyriducem, Growing In Arabia, And Probably Also In Abyssinia.' The Myrrh Tree Is Small And Scrubby. Spiny, With Whitish-gray Bark, Thinly-scattered Small Leaves, Consisting Of Three Obovate Obtusely Toothletted Leaflets, And The Fruit A ...
Myrtle
Myrtle, Myrtus, A Genus Of Myrtacece, Having The Limb Of The Calyx 4 To 5 Parted, 4 To 5 Petals, Numerous Free Stamens, An Almost Globose Germen, And A 2 To 3 Celled Berry, Crowned With The Limb Of The Calyx, And Containing Kidney Shaped Seeds. The Leaves Are Opposite ...
Mysteries
Mysteries (gr. From Vino, To Close The Lips Or Eyes), Also Called Teletai, Orgia, Or, In Latin, Initia, Designate Certain Rites And Ceremonies In Ancient, Chiefly Greek And Roman, Religions, Only Known To, And Practiced By, Congregations Of Certain Initiated Men And Women. At Appointed Seasons, And In Strict Seclusion. ...
Mysteries And Xiracle Plays
Mysteries And Xiracle-plays Were Dramas Founded On The Historical Parts Of The Old And New Testaments, And The Lives Of The Saints, Performed During The Middle Aps, First In Churches, And Afterwards In The Streets On Fixed Or Movable Stages. Myste Ries Were Properly Taken From Biblical And Mlraele-plays From ...
Mysticism
Mysticism (gr. Mustikos, Mystical), It Term Used With Considerable Vagueness, But Implying Dint General In Might To Higher And More Intimate Comimmieation With The Divine, To Which, In Most Religions, Ancient And Modern, Certain Individuals Or Classes Have Laid Claim. In The Platonic Philosophy, And In The Eastern Systems, 11c ...
Myth
Myth And Mythology. The Word Myth (gr. Mythos) Originally Signified Speech Or Discourse, And Was Identical With The Word Logos. After The Age Of Pinda• And Herodo Tus, However, It Came To Be Synonymous With The Latin Word Fabula, .,fable Or Legend. According To The Present Use Of Our Language, ...
N1emcewiecz
N1emcewiecz, Jutaix Uttsfx, 1757-1841, B. Poland; Entered The Army As An Adju Tant At The Age Of 20, And Became An Intimate Friend Of Kosciuszko. After A Tow In England And On The Continent, He Left The Army In 1788, And Entered The Polish Diet As A Deputy From Livonia. ...
Nab Cent State
Nab Cent State, In Chemistry. When An Element Or Compound Is Liberated From Sonic Chemical Combination In Which It Had Previously Existed, The Element Or Compound So Liberated Is At The Moment When It Escapes Said To Be In A Nascent State; And It Is Then Often Capable Of Exerting ...
Nadir Shah
Nadir Shah, Of Persia, Belonged To The Afslmrs, A Turkish Tribe, And Was Born Hear Kelat, In The Center Of Khorassan. Persia, In 1688. When 17 Years Old, Lie Was Taken Prisoner By The Usbeks, But Escaped After Four Years Of Captivity; Entered The Service Of The Governor Of Khorassan, ...
Nags Head Consecration
Nag's Head Consecration. This Story, Which Was First Circulated By The Roman Catholics Forty Years After The Event, With Respect To Archbishop Parker's Consecration, Was To The Following Effect. On The Passing Of The First Act Of Uniformity In The First Year Of Queen Elizabeth. Fourteen Bishops Vacated Their Sees, ...
Naii Tilus
Naii Tilus, A Genus Of Tetrabranehiate Ecidialapoda (q.v.), Extremely Interesting As The Existing Representatives Of An Order Of Mollusks Now Redneed To A Very Few Species, But Of Which The Fossil Remains Attest The Great Abundance In Former Geological Periods. The Species Of This Genus Are Found Only In The ...
Nails
Nails Are Flattened, Elastic, Horny Plates, Which Are Placed As Protective Coverings On The Dorsal Surface Oltheterminal Phalauges Of Each Nail Con Sists Of A Root, In- Part Concealed Within A Fold Of The A Body; Or Exposed Part Attached To The Surface Of The .kin; And A Free Anterior ...
Nails_2
Nails, Pointed Pieces Of Metal, Usually With Fl..ttened Or Rounded Heads, Used For Driving Into Wood-work, For The Purpose Of Ito:jing The Pieces Together. A Variety, In Which The Head Is Very Large, And The Spike Portion Small, Used By Shoemakers For Pro Tecting The Soles Of Boots And Shoes ...
Nails_3
Nails (ante). The Whole Enormous Industry Of Nail-making In This Country, Except For Wall-mills And Shoe-nails, Which Are Cast, And Sprigs, Headless Brads, Etc., Which Are Cut Out Of The Plate, Involves Various Machines For Cutting And Heading. Nearly Two Dozen Patents For Improvements In These Machines Had Been Granted ...
Nairnshire
Nairnshire Is Bounded On The N. By The Moray Firth, And On Its Other Sides By The Counties Of Inverness And Moray, Of The Latter Of Which It Anciently Formed A Part. It Extends N. And S. 22 M., And 15 In. From E. To West. Its Area Is 215 ...
Namaquas
Nama'quas, The Principal Existing Tribe Of The Race Generally Known Under The Name Of Hottentot. They Inhabit The Region Called Great Namaqualand, N. Of The Gariep Or Orange River, And The Country A Few Miles S. Of It, As Far As The Kamieshergen. They Are A Pastoral People Of Rather ...
Namaycush
Namaycush (8atmo Namayeuelt), A Fish Nearly Allied To The ,salmon And Trout, A Native Of The Great Lakes And Interior Rivers Of North America. It Is Often Taken Of A Size Varying From 20 To 40 Lbs., And Is Said Sometimes To Reach 60 Lbs. It Is Much Esteemed For ...
Names
Names Or Railroads, And Corporations. Tions,valna 1879. Ashtabola. Youngstown And Pittsburg . $608,697 Atlantic And Great Western A 3,180,296 Cc " Agent U. S. Rolling Stock Co.... . 76,096 Cc 44 4c " Cleveland And Mt. Vernon Division.... 1,707,674 44 " C. And M. V. Div'n, Agt. U. S. Rolling ...
Nana Sahib
Nana Sahib, A Hindu, One Of The Leaders Of The Sepoy Revolt Of 1857. He Is Said To Be The Son Of A Brahman From The Deccan, And His Real Name Was Dhundu Punt. He Was B. About 1820, And Was Adopted As A Son In 1827 By Bajee Rao, ...
Nangasiri
Na.ngasiri, A City And Port Of Japan, Opened To Foreign Commerce By The Treaty Of 1858, On July 1. 181.9, Is Situated In 32°44' N. Lat.. And 129° 51' E. Long., On The Western Side Of A Peninsula In The A. W. Of The Island Of Kinsin. Previously To 1859, ...
Nanking
Nanking', Capital Of The Province Of Kiangsu, Formerly The Capital Of China, On The Yangtse River, 90 An From The Beginning Of Its Estuary, N. Lat. 32' 40' 40', E. Long 118° 47'. Its Name Signifies The Southern Capital. Since The Removal Of The Seat Of Government To Peking (northern ...
Nantes
Nantes (and. Or E:annetes), An Important Seaport T. Of France, Capital Of The Department Of Loire-infe•ieure, Is Situated On The Hait Batik Of The Loire, 30 M. From Its Mouth, And At A Point Of Confluence With It Of The Erilre And The Sevre-nantaise, Both Navigable Streams. Besides Roilways, There ...
Naphtha
Naph'tha -is Derived, Frpm The Word Varata, To Exude, And Was Originally Applied To An Inflammableliquidlyflrocarbon (or Rather A Mixture Of Several Hydrocar Bons) Which Exudes From The Soil In Certain Parts Of Persia. (according To Pelletier And Walter, It Consists Of Three Hydrocarbons—viz., Which Boils At 190*; Which Boils ...
Napier
Napier, Sir Charles, K. C. B., English Admiral, Was Cousin To The Hero Of Scinde And The Historian Of The Peninsula War. His Father Was The Hon. Capt. Charles Napier, R. N., Second Son Of Francis, Fifth Lord Napier. Lie Was Born March 6, 1766, At The Family Seat, Merchistouu ...
Napier_2
Napier, Sir Charles James, G.c.b., English Gen., One Of Several Brothers Distin Guished For Their Bravery, Three Of Whom—charles, William, And Geo•ge—were Known In The Peninsular War As "wellington's Colonels." They Were Sons, By A Second Mar Riage, Of Hon. Col. George Napier, Grandson Of Francis, Fifth Lord Napier, Who ...
Napiers Bones
Napier's Bones, An Invention Of The Celebrated Napier (q.v.) Of Merchiston Fur The Purpose Of Performing Mechanically The Operations Of Multiplication And Division. The "bones" Were Narrow Slips Of Bone, Wood, Ivory. Or Metal, About 3 In. Long By ?ohs Of An Inch In Breadth, And Divided By Transverse Lines ...