Oregon
Oregon, One Of The United States Of America, In Let. 42° To 46° 116° 40' To 124° 25' W. ; Bounded N. And E. Territory, From Which It Is Chiefly Separated By Columbia River; E. By Idaho, The Lewis Or Snake River Intervening; ,s. By Nevada And California; And W. ...
Oregon
Oregon (ante). The Name Oregon Originally Applied To All The W. Part Of The United States Possessions 31. Of The Spanish Province Of California. The Columbia River Was Once Known As The Oregon. Bryant, In " Thanatopsis," Alludes To It Under That Name In The Line— Etc. The Greek Navigator ...
Orel
Orel, A Thriving T. Of Great Russia, Capital Of The Government Of The Same Name, Stands On The Oka, As Its Confluence With The Orlik, 226 M. S.s.w. Of Moscow, And 678 M. S.s.e. Of St. Petersburg. It Was Founded In 1566, As A Stronghold In Defense Of What Was ...
Orenburg
O'renburg, A Russian Government In The Ural Region, Lies Partly In Europe And Partly In Asia, And Extends Between The Governments Of Tobolsk On The N.e. And Samara On The S.w. Area Of The Government, 73,600 Sq.m.; Pop. '70, 900,547. The Governmant Is Divided Into Four Districts — Orenburg, Verchne, ...
Ores
Ores. Any Mineral Or Combination Of Minerals Containing As Much Metal As To Be Profitably Extracted, Is Reckoned By Miners An Ore. The Proportion Necessary For This Purpose Is, Of Course, Very Various, According To The Value Of The Particular Metal And The Facility Or Difficulty Of Reducing The Ore. ...
Orfila
Orfila, Jose Bonaventura, A Celebrated Physician And Chemist., And The Recognized Founder Of The Science Of Toxicology, Was B. At Mahon In Minorca, April 24, 1787. His Father, Who Was A Merchant, Intended That His Son Should Follow The Same Pursuit; But Young Orfila Showed So Strong A Predilection For ...
Organ
Organ (ante). The Pipes Are Of Wood Or Metal. Metal Pipes Consist Of Tin, Pure Or With Some Alloy Of Lead, A Common Proportion Being One-third Tin With 'two-thirds Lead. Heavy Bass Pipes Are Made Of Zinc. The Fused Metal Is Poured Into A Large Box, From Which It Is ...
Organ
Organ (gr. Organon, A Contrivance Requiring Skill On The Part Of The User Of It), A Musical Instrument Played By Finger-keys, And In General Partly Also By Foot-keys, And Consisting Of A Large Number Of Pipes Of Metal And Wood Made To Sound By A Magazine Of Wind Accumulated By ...
Organic Analysis
Organic Analysis. When A Complex Organic Substance Is Submitted To Chemical Oxamination The First Point Is To Determine Its Proximate Constituents, Or, In Other Words, The Several Definite Compounds Of Which It Is Made Up. Opium, For Example, Is Thus Found To Have As Its Proximate Constituents Meconic Acrd, Morphia, ...
Organic Bases
Organic Bases. The Present Remarks Must Be Regarded As Supplementary To The Article Alkaloids. They Refer (1) To The Classification Of Organic Bases And (2) To Their Formation. (1) From The Fact That Nearly All Artificial Organic Bases Are (as Will Be Afterward Shown) Actually Constructed From Ammonia, And That ...
Organic Compounds
Organic Compounds. It Was Formerly Believed That The Compounds To Which The Term Organic Is Applied Could Only Be Produced By A Vital Force Acting In A More Or Less Complex Animal Or Vegez!tble Organism. It Is, However, Now Known That This View Is Altogether Untenable, And That Ninny Substances ...
Organic Organ
Organ, Organic, Organism. The Word Organ Is Derived From The Greek Organon, An Instrument, And Is Sometimes Employed Almost In Its Original Sense. But It Has Received A Signification More Peculiarly Its Own, And With Which Alone The Word Organism Is Connected, As The Designation Of Any Of The Parts ...
Organo Metallio Bodies
Organo-metallio Bodies. Tinder This Term Are Included A Large Number Of Chemical Compounds In Which Organic Radicals, Such As Methyl Ethyl (c,ii,), Etc., Are United •to Metals In The Same Way As Chlorine Is Combined With Zinc, Forming Chloride Of Zinc. If, For Instance, In Chloride Of Zinc (zucl) We ...
Ori On
Ori On, In Greek Mythology, Was A Gigantic Hunter, And Reputed The Handsomest Mart In The World. His Parentage Is Differently Given. According To The Commonly Received Myth, He Was The Son Of Hyrieus Of Hyria, In Bceotia, And Was Called In His Own Coun Try Kandaon. Another Account Makes ...
Orientation
Orientation. As Christians From An Early Period Turned Their Faces Eastward When Praying, So Christian Churches For The Most Part Were Placed E. And W., In Order That The Worshipers, As They Looked Towards The Altar, Might Also Look Towards The East. Modern Observation, However, Has Found That Few Churches ...
Original Sin
Original Sin. According To This Theological Tenet, When Stated In Its Extremest Form, Men Conic Into The World With The Reason And Will Utterly Corrupt. This Corrup Tion Originated In The Fall Of Adam, And Has Been Inherited Equally By All His Posterity, So That The Natural Man Is Not ...
Orinoco
Orinoco, A Great River Of South America, Flows Through Guiana And Venezuela, And Reaches The Atlantic Ocean S. Of Trinidad, In Lat. 8° 40' North. The Country In Which It Takes Its Rise Is Inhabited By An Aboriginal Race Called The Guaicas, Who Have Hitherto Prevented All Access By Foreigners ...
Orissa
Oris'sa, An Ancient Kingdom Of Hindustan, The Authentic History Of Which Goes Hack To 473 A.d., Extended From Bengal—a Part Of Which It Included—on The N., To The Banks Of The Godavari On The S., And From The Coast On The E. To The River Gondwana On The West. From ...
Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands, Which, With Shetland, Form One County, Separated From Caith Ness By The Pentland Firth (q.v.), Lie Between 58° 41' 24' And 59° 23' 2' U. Lat., And Between 2' 22' 2' And 3' 25' 10' W. Long.; And Are 73 Iu Number At Low Water, Of Which 28, ...
Orleans
Orleans, An Important Commercial T. Of France, Capital Of The Department Of Loiret, And Formerly Capital Of The Old Province Of Orlcannais, Which Now Forms The Greeter Part Of The Departments Of Loiret, Eure-et-loir, And Loir-et-cher, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Loire, Here Crossed By A Bridge ...
Orleans_2
Orleans, Louts Philippe Joseph, Due D', B. April 13, 1747, Was The Great-grand Son Of The Preceding. He Possessed Very Good Abilities; But Early Fell Into The Grossest Debaucheries, In Which 1,6 Continued To The End Of His Career. Louis Xvi. Disliked Him, On Account Of His Debased Character, And ...
Orloff
Orloff' (ante), The Name Of A Distinguished Russian Family Of Recent Origin In Euro Pean Family Annals. Ivex Was Noted, First, For Having Taken Part In A Mutiny In 1689 Against The Young Czar Peter (the Great). His Coolness At The Scaffold Obtained Him A Pardon, And A Commission In ...
Ormuzd
Ormuzd (ahurmazd, Auramazda. Hormazd, Ormazd), Corrupted From Ahurfl-mazdao, I.e., That Ahura (vedic Asura). Or "spiritual Being," Who Is Called Mazdao Vedic Medhils) = "creator Of All Things;" The Name Of The Supreme Deity Of The Ancient Per Sians, And Of Their Descendants The Guebres And Parsees. It Was At First ...
Ornithology
Ornithology (gr. Ornis, A Bird, And Logos, A Discourse), That Branch Of Zoology Of Which The Subject Is Birds. By Aristotle, Pliny, And Others Of The Ancients This Study Was Prosecuted To Some Extent, Along With Other Parts Of Natural History; But It Is Only In Modern Times That Ornithology ...
Oro Sius
Oro Sius, Paurus, A Spanish Presbyter And Historian, Was Born At Tarragona, And Flourished In The Early Part Of The 5th Century. He Went To Africa About 413 A.d., Where He Made The Acquaintance Of St. Augustine, And Thence To Palestine, To Study Under St. Jerome, Then Living At Bethlehem. ...
Orpheus
Orpheus, (supposed To Be The Vedic Ribhu Or Arbhu, And Epithet Both Of Indra And The Sun), A Semi-mythic Name Of Frequent Occurrence In Ancient Greek Lore. The Early Legends Call Him A Son Of Apollo And The Muse Calliope, Or Of Ceagrus And Clio Or Polymnia. His Native Country ...
Orrery
Orrery, A Machine Constructed For The Purpose Of Exhibiting The Motions Of The Planets Round The Sun, And Of The Satellites Round Their Primaries, Which Was In High Repute During The 18th And Beginning Of The 19th Centuries, Though Now Regarded As A„ ..mere Toy. It Was A Combination Of ...
Osages
Osages, A Tribe Of Dakota Indians, The Most Powerful And Warlike Of The Eight Tribes Of Southern Soiux, Who In 1673 Were Found By Marquette On Lands Watered By The Missouri And Its Tributaries. They Were Confederates Of The Illinois, But Were Forced To Abandon Their Settlement In 1700, And ...
Oscoda
Osco'da, A Co. In N. Michigan, Intersected Centrally By The Au Sable River; 570 Sq.m.; Pop. '80, 467-357 Of American Birth, 8 Colored. Its Surface Is Elevated Table Land, Uneven And Largely Covered With Timber. It Is Visited In The Season By Large Num Bers Of Sportsmen, The Au Sable ...
Osier
Osier (fr. Probably Of Celtic Origin), The Popular Name Of Those Species Of (q.v.), Which Are Chiefly Used For Basket-making And Other Wicker-work. They Are Of Low Bushy Growth, Few Of Them Ever Becoming Trees, Their Branches Long And Slender;: And They Are The More Valuable In Proportion To The ...
Osimo
Osi'mo (the Ancient Auximum), A T. In The Province Of Ancona, Italy; 8 M. From, Ancona On The Road To Loretto; Pop. About 7,000. It Has A Cathedral, An Episcopal Palace, A Museum Containing Many Statues And Ancient Inscriptions Found Near By, And_ Several Churches Containing Noteworthy Paintings. Auximum Was ...
Osmose Dialysis
Osmose; Dialysis. The Earlier Discoveries Of Dutrochet And Graham Have Been Briefly Described In The Article On Diffusion (q.v.). The Subject Has, However, Been Much Extended Recently, Principally By The Investigations Of Graham; And As The Whole Phenonama Are Exceedingly Interesting And Important, Since Secretion, Absorption, And Various Other Organic ...
Osnabruck
Osnabruck, The Chief T. Of The Territory, Lies In The Midst Of The Extended And Fruit Ful Valley Of The Hase, 80 M. W.s.w. Of Hanover By Railway. It Still Ranks As One Of The Principal Commercial Cities Of Hanover, Althotigh It Cannot Boast Of The Pre-eminence Which It Enjoyed ...
Osprey
Osprey, Pandion, A Genus Of Falconida;, Of Which Only One Species Is Known (p. .haliaetu8), Also Called The Fisiilng Hawk Or Fishing Eagle, And Sometimes The Bald Buzzard. It Is Singular Among The Falconithe In Preying Exclusively On Fish ; And To This Its Whole Structure And Habits Are Adapted. ...
Ostrich
Ostrich, Strutkio, A Genus Of Birds Of The Order Grallatores, And Tribe Breripennes (q.v.), In Cuvier's System—the Order Cursores (or Runners) Of Some Ornithologists. In This Genus The Bill Is Of Moderate Length, Broad, Flattened, Rounded At The Tip. The Mandi Bles Flexible; The Head Small; The Neck Long; The ...
Ostrich Farming
Ostrich-farming. Attempts Are Being Made To Increase The Supply Of Ostrich Feathers, Or To Facilitate The Procuring Of Them By Establishing Farms—inclosures Where The Birds Can Grow And Breed In Tameness. In 1859 The Bulletin Of The Society D'acclima Tation Contained A Note From Dr. Vavasseur Discussing The Question Whether ...
Ostrzoide
Ostrzoid.e, A Family Of Lamellibranchiate Mollusks Of Which The Common Oyster (ostrea) Is The Type. It Is Sometimes Made To Include Another Group, The Pectinidce, Com Prising The Scallops, And Is Sometimes Named Pectinidte, Instead Of Ostrwidre. The Following Are The Chief Characteristics Of The Ostraidce: Shell Inequivalve, Slightly Ine ...
Osymanmyas
Osymanmyas, The Name Of A Great King Of Egypt, Mentioned By Diodorus And Strabo, Who Reigned, According To These Authors, As The 27th Successor Of Sesostris. He Distinguished Himself, According To These Authors, By His Victories, And Invaded Asia With An Army Of 400,000 Men And 20,0( 0 Cavalry, And ...
Otago
Ota'go, One Of The Most Recent Settlements, But, At The Same Time, The Most Prosper Ous, Populous, And Likely To Become The Most Influential Province Of New Zealand (q.v.). Since The Re-incorporation Of Southland—a Portion Of Its Territory Which, In 1861. Was Parted From Otago And Raised Into A Small ...
Otary
' O'tary, Otaria, A Genus Of The Seal Family (phocida.), Distinguished From The Rest Of The Family By A Projecting Auricle Or Auditory Conch (often Popularly Called "external Car"), And By A Very Remarkable Character, A Double Cutting Edge In The Four Middle Upper Incisors. The Membrane Which Unites The ...
Othman Ibn Affan
Othman Ibn Affan; Third Caliph Of The Moslems, Was B. About 574. He Belonged To The Family Of The Prophet, And Was Cousimgerman Of Abu Soflan. One Of The Early Converts To Islam, He Was One Of Its Most Zealous Supporters, And Linked Himself Still More Strongly To Mohammed By ...
Otho
Otho, Mancus Salvius, Roman Emperor, Was Descended Of An Ancient Etruscan Family, And Was B. 32 A.d. He Was A Favorite Companion Of Nero, Who Appointed Him Governor Of Lusitauia, In Which Office He Acquitted Creditably. On The Revolt Of Galba Against Nero, Otho Joined Himself To The Former; But ...
Otho I
Otho I., Second Son Of Ludwig, King Of Bavaria, Was B. At Salzburg, June 1, 1815, And On The Erection Of Greece Into A Kingdom In 1832, Was Appointed By The Protecting Powers King Of Greece. Till He Attained His Majority, The Government Was Intrusted To A Regency, Which Was ...
Otho Ii
Otho Ii., Surnamed Ritfus, "the Red," Son Of Otho I., Was B. In 955, And Succeeded His Father In 973. For A Time Otho Was Content To Rule Under The Regency Of His Mother, The Empress Adelheid; But Differences Havina- Arisen Between Them, Through The Head. Strong And Ambitious Inclinations ...
Otho Iii
Otho Iii., Who Was Only Three Years Old At His Father's Death, Was At Once Crowned King Of The Germans At Aix-la-chapelle In 983. From Which Period Till 906, When He Received The Imperial Crown At Rome, The Government Was Administered With Nary Skill And Discretion By Three Female Relatives ...
Othoman Othman
Othman, Othoman, Or Osman I., Surnamed (" The Conqueror") The Founder Of The Turkish Power, Was H. In Bithynia In 1259. His Father, Orthogrul, The Chief Of A Small Tribe Of Ogfizian Turks, Had Entered The Service Of Alla-ed-din Kaikobad, The Seljuk Sultan Of Iconium, And Had Rendered Important Services ...
Otiiim
Otiiim, One Of The Most Valuable Of Medicines, Is The Dried Juice Of The Unripe Cap Sules Of A Species Of Poppy (q.v.), 'waver Sontnyeruna, Sometimes Called The Common Poppy, And Sometimes The White Poppy, Although Time Latter Name Is Really Appropriate Only To One Of Its Varieties. The Plant ...
Ottawa
Ottawa, One Of The Largest Rivers Of British North America, Rises In Lat. 48° 30' N., Long. 75° W. In The Watershed On The Opposite Side Of Which Rise The St. Maurice And Saguenay. After A Course Of Above 600 In., It Falls Into The St. Lawrence By Two Mouths, ...
Ottawa_2
Ottawa, The Capital Of The Dominion Of Canada, Is Situated 87 M. Above The Conflu Ence Of The River Ottawa With The St. Lawrence, 126 In. From Montreal, 95 From Kings Ton, And 450 From New York. Originally Called Bytown, After Col. By, Who In 1s27 Was Commissioned To Construct ...
Ottawas
Ottawas.. An Algonquin Tribe Who, When First Visited By The French Explorers, Lived In N.w. Michigan, And On The Manitoulin Islands, The Tribe Then Consisted Of The Keinonelies, Kiskakons, And Sinagos. They Were Worshipers Of The Water-god Mira Bichi, And Of The Creator Michabon. "the Great Hare." On The Fall ...
Otter
Otter, Lutra, A Genus Of Quadrupeds Of The Weasel Family (mustelida), Differing Widely From The Rest Of The Family In Their Aquatic Habits, And In A Conformation Adapted To These Habits, And In Sonic Respects Approaching To That Of Seals. The Body, Which Is Long And Flexible, As In The ...
Otto
Otto, Louis William, 1754-1817; Count Of •3losloy; B. In Baden, Germany; Edu Cated At Strasbourg; Entered Diplomatic Service, And Was An Attache Of The Chevalier Luzerne In The French Mission To The United States In 1779, First As Secretary, And After Went As Charge D'afaires Until 1792; Married A Daughter ...
Otway
Otway, Tliocas, An English Dramatist, Was B. Mar. 3, 1651, At Trotton, Near Med Hurst, Sussex. He Left Oxford Without Taking A Degree, And Went To London In Search Of Fortune In 1671. He Appeared On The Stage, But Made A Signal Failure; And Next He Applied Himself To Dramatic ...
Oudinot
Oudinot, Cliatiles Nicolas, Duke Of And Marshal Of France, Was B. At Bar-le-due, In The Department Of Meuse, France, April 25, 1767. At The Age Of 17, Be Entered The Army Hut Returned Home After Three Years' Service. Having Distinguished Himself In 1790 By Suppressing A Popular Insurrection In His ...
Outram
Outram, Sir James, Lieut.gen., G.c.b.; Indian Soldier Atid Statesman. Was H. 1803, At Butterley Derbyshire, The Residence Of His Father, Mr. Benjamin Oe:tram. A T Ivil Engineer Of Note. His Mother, The Daughter Of James Anderson Of Aberdeen Shire, Was Descended From Sir W. Scion. Lord Pitmedden. Outran Was Educated ...
Ovampos And Ovampoland
Ovam'pos And Ovampoland. The Ovampos Or Otjiherero Are A Tribe, Seemingly A Connecting Link Between The Kaffir And Negro Races, Who Inhabit The Region N. Of Great .namaqualand, In South Africa, Extending N. To The Cuanene River, And S. To The Pal Allel Of 23' S. Latitude. The Ovamno Tribes ...
Over Daraven
Over Daraven Is A Very Flourishing T. Of Lancashire, Situated Amid Moorland Hills, 3 M. S. Of Blackburn, And 191 Tn. U.w. Of Manchester, With %odell Towns It Is Connected By The Lancashire And Yorkshire Railnmy. It Has Risen Into Wealth Principally By A Trade With India And China In ...
Overbury
Overbury, Sir Tuomas, An English Author And 'courtier, Whose Mysterious Death Has Given A Peculiar Interest To His History, Was The Son Of Nicholas Overbury, A Glouces Tershire Squire, And Was B. At Compton Seorfen, Warwickshire, The Residence Of His Maternal Grandfather In 1581. At The Age Of 14 He ...
Overland Route
Overland Route To Tndia, The Route Generally Chosen By Those To Whom Time Is A More Important Consideration Titan Expense. The Management Of The Route Is In The Hands Of The Peninsular And Oriental Sown Company, Who Present The Traveler With A Choice Of Lines Of Route To Alexandria In ...
Overseers
Overseers Are Officers Appointed Annually In All The Parishes In England And Wales, Whose Prit»ary Duty It Is To Rate The Inhabitants To The Poor-rate, Collect The Same, And Apply It Towards Giving Relief To The Poor. These Officers Occupy An Important Position In All English Parishes. They Were First ...
Overyssel
Overys'sel, A Province Of The Netherlands, Is Bounded On The D. By Friesland And Drenthe; C. By Hanover And Westphalia; S And S.w. By Gelderland; And W. By The Zuyder Zee. It Has An Area-of 1274 Sq.m.; And (1874) A Pop. Of 263,008. The Soil Is Sandy, With Clay Lands ...
Ovibus
' Ovibus. See Mustz-ox, Ante. O'vid (pvin.rrs Ovintos Naso), The Descendant Of An Old Equestrian Family, Wash. On Mau. 20. 43 Tic.. At Sulmo, In The Country Of The Peligni. Lie Was Educated For The Bar, And Under His Masters, Arellins Fnscus And Porch's Latro, He Became Highly Proficient In ...
Oviedo
Ovie'do, A Pleasant And Healthy City Of Spain, Capital Of The Modern Province Of The Srme Name (the Ancient Asturias, Q.v.). Stands On A Plain Between The Rivers "nalon And Nora, 61 In. N.n.w. Of Leon, And 22 M. S.s.w. Of Gijon, On The Hay Of Biscay. In The Center ...
Ovoviviparous
Ovoviviparous, A Term Applied To Animals Of Which The Egg Is Hatched Within The Body Of The Mother, So That The Young Is Excluded Alive, Although The Fetus Has Been Inclosed In An Egg Almost To The Time Of Parturition. It Is Probable That The Egg Is Often Broken In ...
Owen
Owen, Dr. John, An Eminent Nonconformist Divine, Descended From An Ancient Welsh Family, Was The Son Of The Rev. Henry Owen, Vicar Of Stadham, In Oxfordshire, And Was Born At The Vicarage In In His 12th Year He Was Entered Of Queens' Col Lege, Oxford, Where He Worked With Amazing ...
Owen Sound
Owen Sound, A T., The Co. Seat Of Grey Co. Ontario, Canada, At The Mouth Of Sydenham River, On Owen Sound; On A Branch Of The Toronto, Grey, And Bruce Railroad; Top. '70. 3,;369. The Harbor Is The Best In Lake Huron, 12 M. Long, And 5 M. Wide At ...
Ownership
Ownership Is Not A Legal Term, Though It Is Used Frequently In Law To Denote The Highest Degree Or Kind Of Property Which Onecan Have In Anything. Owner Is Often Used In This Sense As Contradistinguished From An Occupier, Who Has Only A Temporary Interest In The Property. Thus A ...
Owyhee
Owy'hee, A Co. In Extreme S.w. Idaho, Bordering On Utah And Nevada To The S. And Oregon To The W.; Drained By Snake River, Which Forms The N. Boundary, And By The Bruneau And Other Small Streams; 13,600 Sq.m.; Pop. '80, 1420. The Owyhee Mountains Traverse The Surface, Which Is ...
Oxaiic Acid
Oxaiic Acid 4aq) Occurs In Colorless, Transparent, Oblique, Rhombic Prisms, Which Have An Intensely Sour Taste. And Are Soluble In Nine Parts Of Cold Water, And Much More Freely In Boiiimr Water. When Heated To 212', The Crystals Lose Their Four Equivalents (or 28.5 Per Cent) Of Water, And The ...
Oxford
Oxford, An Ancient And Famous City And Scat Of Learning In England, The Chief Town Of The Co. Of Oxford, Is Situated On The Me. Bank Of The Isis, A Tributary Of The Thames, A Little Above The Point It Is Met By The Cherwell. Both Streams Are Crossed By ...
Oxford University
Oxford University Is Said To Have Been Founded By King Alfred. Without Claiming For It An Origin Quite So Ancient, It Is Certain That From Very Early Times Students Resorted To Oxford In Order To Attend Lectures There Delivered By Learned Men, And That They Lived In The Houses Of ...
Oxus
Ox'us, The Ancient Name Of A Great River In Central Asia, Which 'is Called By The Turks And Persians Jintx, And A310 Or A310-dartit By The Natives Of The Country Through Which It Flows. The Oxus Rises In Lake Sari-kol, In The Elevated Plateau Which Separates Eastern And Western Turkestan. ...
Oxygen
Oxygen (symb. 0. Equiv. 8; New System. 16; Sg. Gr. 1.1056) Is A Colorless, Inodorous, Tasteless Gas, Long Regl,rded As A " Permanent " Gas, But Liquefied By Pietet Of Geneva For The First Lime In 1877. Its Chemical Affinities For Other Elementary Substances Are Very Powerful; With Most Of ...
Oxyiiiiis Vermictlaris
Oxyiiiiis Vermictlaris Is The Name Now Assigned By Most Zoologists To The Intes Tinal Worm Described As Ascaris (q.v.) Vermicalaris, Yet It Is The Original And True Asearis. For The Mode Of Recognizing The Presence Of This Worm, And Treating Patients Suffering From Its Presence, The Reader Is Referred To ...
Oyster
Oyster, °street, A Genus Of Lamellibranchiate Mollusks. Of The Section With A Single Adductor Muscle. See Lamellibranciiiata. Tire Shell Consists Of Two Unequal And Sonic What Irregularly Slurped Valves, Of Laminated And Coarsely Foliated Structure; And The Hinge Is Without Tooth Or Ridge, The Valves Being Held Together By A ...
Ozone
Ozone (gr. Ozo, I'smell). It Was Remarked Long Ago That A Peculiar Odor Was Pro Duced By The Working Of An Electrical Machine. Van-martini Found That, When Electric Sparks Were Passed Through A Tube Containing Oxygen, The Gas Became Powerfully Impregnated With This Odor—which He Therefore Called The "smell Of ...
Pachydermata
Pachyder'mata (gr. Thick•skins), In The System Of Cuvier, An Order Of Mammalia, Including Part Of The Britta (rhinoceros, Elephant), And All The Bellum (horse, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog, Etc.) Of Lintimus. Besides One Genus (hyrax Or (inman) Of The Limey:in (pr.'s, It Has Been Often Described As Less Natural Than Any ...
Pacinian Corpuscles
Pacinian Corpuscles Are Very Remarkable Structures Appended To The Nerves. I In The Human Subject They Are Found In Great Numbers In Connection With The Nerves Of The Hand And Foot, And Sparingly On Other Spinahnerves, And On The Plexuses Of The Sym Pathetic, But Never On Nerves Of Motion. ...
Pack Horse
Pack-horse, A Horse Employed In The Carriage Of Goods, Which Are Either Fastened On Its Back In Bundles, Or, If Weighty, Are Placed In Panniers, Slung One On Each Side Across The Horse's Back. The Saddle To Which The Bundles Were Fastened Consisted Of Two Pieces Of Wood, Curved So ...