Karl Wred2
Wred2, Karl Piixlirr, Prince Of, A Bavarian Field-marshal, Was Born At Heidel Berg, April 29, 1767. Belonging To A Noble Family, He Early Obtained Official Employ Ment, And In 1792 Was Assessor To The High Court Of Heidelberg; In 1703, Was Elected " Civil Commissary" In The Palatinate, And In ...
Lld We13ster
We13ster, Ll.d. (ante). He Published, 1783, In The Connecticut Courant, S Series Of Papers Signed Honorius, In Defense Of The Soldiers' Pay-bill; The Same Year His Spelling-book. He Traveled In The South To Procure The Enactment Of State Copy-right Laws, The Confederation Not Having The Requisite Power. The Publication Of ...
Medical Education Of Women
Women, Medical Education Of. The Medical Education Of Women Is Recent. Facilities Are Now Offered To Women For The Study Of Medicine In The United States, England, And The Continent Of Europe. Diplomas Have Been Granted To Women By The Faculty Of Paris, Where The Range Of Study Is Extensive ...
Metric
Metric," In Watts's Dictionary Of Ghemistry, Vol. 1. P. 259, Where The Method Is Fully Explained, And As An Example, The Preparation Of A Standard Solution Of Sulphuric Acid Containing T Grammes Of Hydrated Sulphuric Acid In 1 Liter Is Given. It Is Obviously Essential That The Greatest Care Must ...
Moselle
Moselle, And Rhine Wine. The Vineyards Of Austria Are Extensive, And Produce A Great Variety Of Wines, Which Are Mostly Consumed In The Country Itself, The Red Voslauer Being The Kind Principally Exported. Hungary Is Still More A Wine-growing Country, Producing Considerably More Than It Consumes, And Is The Home ...
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, American Author, Was B. At Portland, Me., Jan. 20, 1307. His Father Became The Publisher Of The Boston Recorder, Said To Be The First Relig Ions Newspaper Ever Permanently Established. Educated At Yale College, He Obtained In 1823 A Prize For Scriptural Poems. On The Completion Of ...
Nicholas Wiseman
Wiseman, Nicholas, Cardinal, And Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Westminster, Was B. Aug. 2, 1802, At Seville, Of An Irish Family Settled In Spain. He Was Brought To Ire Land In His Childhood, And Received His First Education At Waterford, Whence He Was Removed To The Roman Catholic College Of St. ...
Noah Webster
Webster, Noah, American Author And Philologist, Was Born At Hartford, Conn. Oct. 16, 1758, And Entered Yale College In 1774. In His Third College Year, Be Servea Under His Father, A Militia Capt. In The War Of The Revolution. He Was Admitted To The Bar In 1781, But Engaged In ...
Oxford Worcester College
Worcester College, Oxford, Was Founded, Like Trinity And St. John's, On The Site Of An Old Monastic College. The Ancient Institution Was Known By The Name Of Gloucester College, Because It Belonged To The Benedictine Monks Of That City. After The Dissolution Of The Monasteries, It Passed Through Various Hands; ...
Palliser Guns And
Palliser Guns And Projectiles.—siiicc The Issue Of That Portion Of The Eneyelo Pcedia Devoted To Great Guns, A Considerable Step In Advance Has Been Taken Under The Auspices Of Maj. Palliser, A Cavalry Officer On Half-pay. His Guns Have Resisted Charges That Would Have Instantly Shattered Any Others Yet Brought ...
Periodical
Periodical Wucips. Land And Sea Breezes.—these Are The Most General, As Well As Most Easily Explained, Of The Periodical Winds. On The Coast, Within The Tropics, A I Breeze Sets In From The Sea In The Morning, At First A Mere Breathing On The Land, Hut Gradually It Increases To ...
Philipp Veit
Veit, Philipp, A Distinguished German Painter, Was Born At Berlin, Feb. 13, 1793. His Mother, A Daughter Of 3ioses Mendelssohn, Had For Her Second Husband, Friedrich Schlegel, And Veit Became Devotedly Attached To The Religious And Artistic Ideas Of His Stepfather, Whom He Followed In His Renunciation Of Protestauism For ...
Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste
Villene1tve, Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Sylvestre De, Vice-admiral Of France, Descended From An Ancient And Noble Family, Which Has Supplied An Almost Uninterrupted Succession Of Distinguished Ornaments To Their Country, Was Born At Val Ensoles, In The Department Of Basses-alpes, Dec. 31, 1763, Entered The Navy In His 15th Year, ...
Richard Colley Wellesley Wellesley
Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquis, N.g., English Statesman, Was B. At The Town Residence Of His Family, Grafton Street, Dublin, June 20, 1706. The Family Of Wellesley Was One Of Saxon Origin, Belonging To The County Of Sussex, And Was Among The Most Ancient In Ireland, One Of Them Having ...
Richard John Wyatt
Wyatt, Richard John, An English Sculptor Of Great Eminence, Was B. In Oxford Street, London, On May 3, 1795. He Belonged To A Collateral Branch Of The Family Which Made The Name Of Wyatt Famous During Two Centuries In Connection With Architecture And Sculpture, Sharing Their Descent From A Stock ...
Richard Mutely
'mutely, Richard, Archbishop Of Dublin, Was Born In Cavendish Square, Lon Don', Feb. I. 1787, And Was The Fourth Son Of Dr. Joseph Whately Of Nonsuch Park, Surrey, Prebendary Of Bristol, Vicar Of Widford, And Lecturer At Gresham College. He Was Sent In Due Time To A Private School At ...
Richard Neville Warwick
Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl Of, Ma., Popularly. Named The King-maker, Was Eldest Son Of Richard, Earl Of Salisbury, And Alice, Daughter And Heiress Of Thomas Montaente. He Was Born About 1420, Shortly Before The Accession Of Henry Vi. Lord Richard Neville, As He Was Then Styled, Early Manifested His Distinguished ...
Richard Wagner
Wagner, Richard, A Contemporary German Operatic Composer. He Was Born At Leipsic In 1813, And Was Educated At Dresden And Leipsic. In 1836, He Was Kapell Meister At Magdeburg, And After Spending Some Time In Ki5nigsberg, Dresden, And Riga Successively, He Came To Paris In 1841, Where He Composed His ...
Richard Whittington
Whittington, Richard. As The Existence Of This Remarkable Man Is By Many Supposed To Be Wholly Mythical, It Has Been Thought Not Out Of Place Here To State Briefly The Few Authentic Facts Of His Life. Whittington Was Descended From A Good Gloucester Shire Family, And Was Born Probably About ...
Robert Wace
Wace, Robert, An Anglo-norman Poet Of The 12th Century. Many Different Ver Sions Of His Name Are Given In His Own Books, As Well As In The Other Books Which Mention Him. He Is Styled Vace,wace,waece,waice,waicce,waze; Gasse, Gaice, Guaee, Guazi, Guaze, Guascoe, Gazoe; And Again, Wistace, Huistace, Huace. It Has ...
Robert Wodrow
Wodrow, Robert, The Second Son Of James Wodrow, Professor Of Divinity In The University Of Glasgow, Was B. At Glasgow In The Year 1679. He Was Educated At The University Of His Native City, And After Passing Through The Classes In Arts, Studied Theology Under His Father. At An Early ...
Roger Williams
Williams, Roger, Founder Of The State Of Rhode Island, Was Born At Conwyl Cayo, Wales. In The Year In 1606. In His Youth He Came To London, And Attracted The Atten Ti Of Sir Edward Coke By His Short-hand Notes Of Sermons And Speeches In The Star Chamber; And Was ...
Rudolf Virchow
Virchow, Rudolf, Pathologist And Publicist, Was Born In 1821 At Cbslin, In Pomera Nia. He Was A Pupil Of The Great Physiologist, Johann Muller; Graduated In Medicine In 1843; And Became, In 1847, Prosector To The University Of Berlin. The Same Year He Was Commissioned By The Government To Investigate ...
Sacred Vestments
Vestments, Sacred, The Peculiar Habiliments Worn By Ministers Of Religion In The P Blic Discharge Of Their Office, And Sometimes In Other Sacred Ministrations, Even When Pr Vately Performed. The Use Of A Distinctive Costume In Public Worship Formed A Part No Only Of The Jewish, But Of Almost All ...
Saint Wilfrid
Wilfrid, Saint, An Anglo-saxon Bishop, Was Born, Of Noble Parents, In The King Dom Of Bernicia In 634. He Was Remarkable When A Boy For His Psi:id Looks, Graceful Spanners, And Ability. He Became At 14 The Attendant On A Saxon Nobleman, Who Had Retired To Spend The Last Years ...
Snow Fusing And Freezing
Snow; Fusing And Freezing Points; Heat. It Appears From The Researches. Of Arego And Fresnel, That Notwithstanding The Gradual Dilatation Of Water Below 39', Its Refractive Power On Light Continues To Increase Regularly, As Though It Contracted. Its Density At 60', And At The Level Of The Sea, Is Taken ...
Spelt
Spelt (triticam Spelta) Is Regarded As A Distinct Species From Common Wheat, And Is Supposed To Be A Cultivated Form Of Cegilops Candata, A Native Of The Countries Near The Mediterranean. The Spikelets Are Smaller Than In Common Wheat, And Each Spikelet Has Two Or Three, Rarely Four, Perfect Florets, ...
Stem Spore
Spore, Stem., Etc. We Shall Therefore Here Only Discuss One Subject, Which Has Not Been Separately Considered—namely, The Organs And Functions Of Reproduction In Plants. Although, As We Learn From Herodotus, The Babylonians Knew That There Were Male And Female Date-trees, And That The Female Required The Concurrence Of The ...
Substances Formed
Substances Formed. Name. Formula. - Carbonic + Water. — Oxyacid. Gen. 1. Vegetable Acids— Tartaric Acid H. = .4- 6110 — 100 Malic Acid 11. = 8co2 6h0 — 120 11 Citric Acid = 8h0 — 180 2. Carbo-hydrates Cellulose 0.211101e = T 10h0 — 240 Starch . 0 = ...
T Coamon Wheat
Coamon Wheat, T. Vulgare, Cestivum, Or Satipunt, Grows To A Height Generally Of 3 Or 4 Ft., And Has Ears Or Spikes Generally 3 Or 4 In. Long; The Spike 4-cornered, The Spikelets About 4-flowered; The Pales' Ventricose, Ovate, Truncate, Mucronate Or Awned, Com Pressed Under The Point, Rounded At ...
Tawny Vulture Or Griffon
Tawny Vulture Or Griffon ( V. Fu/v1140, Found In The'south Of Europe, The North Of Africa, And The West Of Asia. It Makes Its Nest On The Most Inaccessible Rocks Of High Mountains. As In The Alps And Pyrenees, And Sometimes In Tall Forest Trees. It Is A Very Large ...
Thomas Warton
Warton, Thomas, The Younger Brother Of The Preceding, Was Born In 1728, At Bas Ingstoke, In Hampshire, Of Which Place His Father Had Then Become Vicar. His Earlier Education He Received Chiefly At Home From His Father; And In 1743 Be Was Entered At Trinity College, Oxford, Where, In 1750, ...
Thomas Watts
Watts, Thomas, A Distinguished Philologist And Librarian, Was B. In London Early In The Present Century. At School He Studied Latin And French, And In Due Time Greek Es Well; But He Principally Distinguished Himself By His Attainments In English. He Read Every Book That Came-in His Way, And He ...
Thomas Wolsey
Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, Was Born Iu 1471 At Ipswich, In The County Of Suffolk, And Is Reputed To Have Been The Son Of A Butcher Of That Place. Though Thus Of Humble Origin, It Is Certain That By Some Means A Good Education Was Secured Him, And At An Unusually ...
Thomas Woolston
Woolston, Thomas, A Heterodox Divine Of The English Church, Equally Remarkable For Ingenuity And Learning, And For The Singularity Of His Opinions, Was Born At North Ampton In 1669. He Was Educated At Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; Was Elected A Fellow Of His College; Entered Into Holy Orders,. And In ...
Thomas Wright
Wright, Thomas, An English Antiquary And Historian,was B. Near Ludlow, In 1810, And Was Educated In The Grammar-school Of That Town. From School He Proceeded To Trinity College, Cambridge, Where He Took His Degree Of B.a. In 1834, And Subse That Of A..&. At An Early Age Wright Showed Considerable ...
Thomas Young
Young, Thomas, M.d., One Of The Most Ingenious And Original Philosophers Of This Century, And Almost As Eminent For His Scholarship And His Linguistic Discoveries As For His Contributions To Science, Was Born At Milverton, In Somersetshire, On June 13, 1773. His Parents, Thomas And Sarah Young, Were Quakers Of ...
Tiie City And Liberty
Westminster, Tiie City And Liberty Of, Now Forms Part Of The English Metrop Olis. It Is Bounded By Temple Bar On The E., The Thames On The S., Chelsea And Kensing Ton On The W., And Marylebone On The North. The Early History .of Westminste•is That Of The Abbey, Still ...
Treaties Vienna
Vienna, Treaties, Etc., Of. This Capital, From Its Central Position, And From The Prominent Part Which Austria Has Always Taken In The Wars Of Modern Europe, Has Been Oftener Selected Than Any Other City (paris Perhaps Excepted) As The Meeting-p.ace Of The Representatives Of The Various European Nations. The First ...
Treaty Westphalia
Westphalia, Treaty Or, Also Known As The Treaty Of Munster, Was Concluded At Munster And Osnabruck (towns In The Circle Of Westphalia) In 1648, And In Putting An End To The Thirty Years' War (q.v.), Restored Tranquillity To Germany, Established A New System Of Political Equilibrium In Europe, And Became ...
U K Xv 2
U. K. Xv.-2 But One, Taken In The Same Order Round, Are Jointly Equivalent To A Velocity Represented By That One Side, Taken In The Opposite Order; Also That A Point Which Has Simultaneously. Velocities Represented By The Successive Sides Of Any Polygon, Taken All In The Same Order Round, ...
University Of Virginia
Virginia, University Of (a Nte), Near Charlottesville, Albemarle Co.,va. ; Established By Thomas Jefferson,1825. In This Institution There Is No Curriculum Or Prescribed Course Of Study To Be Pursued By Every Student. In Establishing It Mr. Jefferson, For The First Time In America, Threw Open The Doors Of A University ...
University Of Wisconsin
Wisconsin, University Of, At Madison, The Capital Of The State; Organized 1849; Reorganized, 1866. It Is A State Institution, Unconnected With Any Religious Denomina Tion, And Open Upon Equal Terms To Students Of Both Sexes. Its Object Is To Provide The Means Of Acquiring A Thorough Knowledge Of The Various ...
Uorace Walpole
Walpole, Uorace, Third Son Of Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl Of Orford, Was Born In 1717. He Was Educated At Eton And Cambridge. After Finishing His Education, He Traveled Abroad For Some Years, Principally In Italy, Where He Seems To Have Acquired Those Tastes For Which He Afterward Became So ...
Variable
Variable Winns.—these Winds Depend On Purely Local Or Temporary Causes, Such As The Nature Of The Ground, Covered With Vegetation Or Bare; The Physical Configuration Of The Surface, Level Or Mountainous; The Vicinity Of The Sea Or Lakes; And The Passage Of Storms. Within The Tropics, All Except The Last ...
Vegetabianism
Vegeta'bianism, The Doctrine That Vegetable Substances Are The Solids Intended By Nature For The Sustenance Of Man, And That It Is Wrong—against Nature And Against Good Morals—for Men To Make Use Of An Animal Diet. There Have Never Been Wanting Among Speculative Persons Some Who Maintained That Fruits And Vegetables ...
Veii
Veii, An Ancient City Of Etruria In Early Times The Formidable Rival Of Rome. Its Very Site Is Disputed, But Is Now Generally Thought To Be At Isola Farnese, About 12 M. From Rome. The Struggle Between The Two Cities Is Recorded By Roman Historians To Have Commenced As Early ...
Veins
Veins, In Anatomy, If We Except The Pulmonary, The Portal, And The Umbilical Veins, Are The Vessels Which Carry Back Venous Blood From The Capillaries, And Enlarging As They Proceed, Finally Pour It Through The Ascending And Descending Vents Care Into The Right Auricle Of The Heart. See Circulation. Their ...
Veins_2
Veins, In Geology, Are Crevices, More Or Less Vertical, Caused By The Contraction During Drying Or Metamorphoses, Or By The Mechanical Disturbance Of A Rock, Which Have Been Filled By Materials Different From The Body Of The Rock. Veins Containing Sub Tames That Have Been Injected In A State Of ...
Velocity
Velocity (lat. Velar, Swift) Is The Common Term Employed To Denote Speed, Or Rate Of Motion. It Is Obviously Greater The Greater The Space Passed Over In A Given Time. But, For Its Accurate Measurement, We Must Distinguish Between Uniform And Varying Velocity. Nothing Is Easier Than The Measurement Of ...
Or Blistering Agents Vesicants
Vesicants, Or Blistering Agents, Are Substances Which, If Kept In Contact For Some Time With The Surface Of The Body, Excite Such Irritation As To Cause The Effusion Of Serum From The True Skin, Leading To The Separation And Elevation Of The Cuticle, And The Formation Of A Vesicle Or ...
Or Chemistry
Chemistry, Or The Chemistry Of Plants, Is So Extensive A Subject That ' It Is Impossible Here To Give Much More Than An Enunciation Of The Most Important Propositions, Without Entering Into Full Proofs Or Details. On Submitting To Incin Eration A Plant Which Has Been Dried At A Moderate ...
Or Clerk To The
Writer To The Signet, Or Clerk To The Signet, The Name Of An Important Body Of Legal Practitioners In Edinburgh, Who Derive This Designation From Having Been Originally Clerks In The Office Of The Secretary Of State, Where The Different Writs That Passed Under The King's Signet Were Prepared. Act ...
Or Paronycria Whitlow
Whitlow, Or Paronycria, Is A Painful Inflammatory Affection Of The Phalanges Of The Fingers, Almost Always Proceeding To Suppuration. There Are Several Varieties Of This Affection, According To The Texture Primarily Attacked; Thus, It May Be Situated In The Skin, The Cellular (or Connective) Tissue Beneath The Skin Or Under ...
Or Scriveners Palsy Writers
Writers' Cramp, Or Scriveners' Palsy, Is A Peculiar Kind Of Local Spasm,'in Which Every Attempt To Write Instantly Calls Forth Uncontrollable .movements In The Thumb, The Index And Middle Finger, So That The Pen Starts Up And Down On The Paper, And Instead Of A Legible Handwriting A Mere Scrawl ...
Or Veddaiis Weddahs
Weddahs, Or Veddaiis, Descendants Of The Original Inhabitants Of Ceylon, Win; Were Conquered And Nearly Exterminated By The Singhalese, 543 N.c., Under Wejaga, The First Singhalese King. They Inhabit Chiefly The Great Forests Of The Interior, And Also The Most Inaccessible Parts Of The Central Table-land. They Are Divided Into ...
Or Veleta Velleia
Velle'ia, Or Veleta, A T. Of Ancient Liguria, Situated Among The Northern Slopes Of The Apennines, 18 M. S. By E. Of Placentia (piacenza). Little Information Respecting It Can Be Gleaned From The Latin Writers. The Veleiates Are Mentioned By Pliny Among The Ligurian Tribes, And Seem To Have Been ...
Or Vermes Comparative Anatomy
Worms, Or Vermes (comparative Anatomy). Most Zoologists Regard The Worms As Constituting A Subdivision Of The Articulata; But One Of Our Latest And Best Writers On Classification—prof. Huxley—confines The Synonymous Terms Articulata And Ar Tiiropoda To The Insects, Myriapods, Arachnidans, And Crustaceans; And Places The Higher Worms, Or Annelids, With ...
Or Vitelliis Ovi
Vitelliis O'vi, Or The Yelk Of The Egg Of The Domestic Fowl, Is Employed In Phar Macy For The Purpose Of Administering Substances Insoluble In Water (the Oils And Resins, For Example) In The Form Of Emulsions. The White Is Employed As An Antidote, In Cases Of Poisoning By Corrosive ...
Or Vizier
Vizier, Or Vizin (pronounced Viz-eer'), The Title Of Various High Functionaries In The Ottoman Empire, And Other Mohammedan States. The Word, Which Is Of Arabic Origin. And Signifies "he Who Bears Or Supports (a Burden)," Was First Bestowed As A Title Of Honor On The Chief-minister Of The First Abbaside ...
Or Wahabites Wahabis
Waha'bis, Or Waha'bites, A Recent Mohammedan Sect, Now Dominant Throughout The Greater Part Of Arabia. The Movement May Be Considered A Puritanic Reform, Which Seeks To Purge Away The Innovations And Corruptions Introduced In The Course Of Ages, And To Bring The Doctrines And Observances Of Islam To The Literal ...
Or Walpitrgis Walpurva
Walpurva, Or Walpitrgis, Saint (otherwise Walburga), Followed Her Brothers St. Wilibald And St. Wunnibald (sons Of A King Of The Test Saxons), In The Time Of St. Boniface, From Her Nativo Country, England, To Germany, To Help Them In Extending Christianity. Wilibald Established The Bishopric Of Eichstadt About 741; And ...
Or Weever
Weever, Or Smo-flsit, Trachinus, A Genus Of Acanthopterous Fishes Of The Family Uranoscophhe, Also Called Trachinida. In This Family The Ventrals Are Composed Of A Spine And Five Jointed Rays, And Are Generally Situated Before The Pectorals. The Scales Are Cycloid, Or Wanting. The Eyeballs Are Capable Of Being Raised ...
Or Weir
Weir, Or Wear—called Also A Dam, And In The N, Of England And S. Of Scotland A Eauld—a Structure Placed Across A River Or Stream For The Purpose Either Of Diverting The Into A Mill-lade, Of Raising The Level Of The Surface Of The River And Thereby Increas Ing Its ...
Or Wheel Of Life
Z0'etrope, Or Wheel Of Life, An Optical Instrument, So Named From Its Exhibiting Pictures Of Objects As If Endowed With Life And Activity. Although Only Of Late Years Introduced From America, Under This Name, The Instrument Itself, Which Is Simply A Cylindrical Thaurnatrope, Was Invented And Made The Subject Of ...
Or Wigeon Widgeon
Widgeon, Or Wigeon, Ifareca, A Genus Of Ducks Of The Non-oceanic Section, With The Hind-toe Not Webbed, Having The Bill Shnrter Than The Head, And Of Equal Width Throughout, Much Rounded At The Tip, With A Broad Strong Nail; The ]amellm Of The Upper Mandible Prominent; The Wings Long And ...
Or Wilbrord Willibrod
Willibrod, Or Wilbrord, Saint, First Bishop Of Utrecht, And "apostle Of The Frisians," Claims Notice As Being One Of That Meritorious Band Of British And Irish Missionaries By Whom Christianity Was Established In Northern Germany. He Was B. About The Year 658, In The Kingdom Of Northumbria; And, Although Educated ...
Or Wilts Wiltshire
Wiltshire, Or Wilts (called By The Anglo-saxons Wiltonshire, From Their Capital Town, Wilton (q.v.), One Of The South-western Counties Of England, Bounded On The W. And N. By Somerset And Gloucester, And On The E. And S. By Berks, Hants, And Dorset 3hire. Area, 859,303 Acres; Pop. '71, '57,177 The ...
Or Wrack
Wrack, Or A Name Sometimes Applied Indiscriminately To Many Of The Larger Algce Of The Sea-shores, But Also Employed To Designate The Species Of The Genus Picas (see Fucack2e), :,ome Of The Most Abundant Ef Which Are Employed On The British Shores For The Manufacture Of Kelp (q.v.), And Are ...
Or Wrasse
Wrasse, Or Rock-fisu, Labrus, A Genus Of Fishes Of The Family Labri&e (q.v.), Of The Sectiou Having Cycloid Scales, Cyclolabricke Of Muller. They Have Spiny Fins, Large Thin Scales, And An Uninterrupted Lateral Line The Mouth Is Protrusible, With Thick Fleshy Lips, Folded So As To Appear Double. The Teeth ...
Or Xanthic Oxide Xanthine
Xanthine, Or Xanthic Oxide (cloh4n40,), Was First Described By Dr. Marcet, Who Regarded It As A Very Rare Constituent Of Urinary Calculi, And From Its Composition He Gave It The Name Of Uric Oxide. During The Last Ten Years It Has Been Proved To Be A Normal Ingredient (although To ...
Or Yarriba Yobuba
Yobuba, Or Yarriba, A Country Of Guinea, W. Africa, Lying To The E. And N.e. Of Dahomey, In N. Lat. 6° To 9°, And E. Long. 2° To 6°. Its Area Is About 70,000 Sq.m. ;' And The Pop. Is Estimated At 2,500,000. Palm-oil, Cotton, And Ivory Are The Principal ...
Or Yperen Ypres
Ypres, Or Yperen, A T. Of Belgium, Formerly Fortified, In The Province Of West Flanders, Is Situated In A Fertile Plain On Both Sides Of The Yperlee, About 29 M. S.s.w Of Bruges (53 By Railway). The Marshes Around The Town At One Time Rendered It Very Unhealthy, But Considerable ...
Or Zanguebar Zanzibar
Zanzibar', Or Zanguebar. The Territories Of The Sultan Of Zanzibar Comprise All That Part Of The E. Coast Of Africa Included Between Magdashooa, Situated In 2' And Cape Delgado In 10° 42' S. Lat. They Are Bounded On The Fi. By The Independent Tribes Of Somal And Gallas, And On ...
Or Zend Avesta
Zend-avesta, Or Rather (as The Pehlvi Hooks Have It), Avesta-zend, Is The Name Of The Sacred Writings Of The Parsees (q.v.). The Word Avesta (avastka) Means Text, Scrip Ture; Zend, Or Zand, Translation Or Commentary And Paraphrase. According To The Last Researches In This Province, It Would Seem As If ...
Or Ziricnitz
Ziricnitz, Or Cznixnerz, Lake (ger. Eziramiizersee,lucuslugeus Of Strabo), A Small Lake Of Austria, In Carniola, About 20 M. S.s.w. Of Laibach, And 30 In. E.n.e. Of Trieste, Is Situated In A Deep Valley To The S. Of Mt. Javornik, And To The N.e. Of Mt. Sli The Lake Is About ...
Or Zizxa Ziska
Ziska,* Or Zizxa, John, Of Trocznov, The Famous Leader Of The Hussites, Was B. At Trocznov, In The Circle Of Budweis, Bohemia. About 1360. His Family Being Noble, He Became A Page To King Wenceslas Of Bohemia, But His Gloomy And Thoughtful Tempera Ment Unfitted Him, While Yet A Mere ...
Or Zoroaster
Zoroaster, Or Rather Zattatiiiistra (which In Greek And Latin Was Corrupted Into Zarastrades And Zonoastres; While The Persians And Parsecs Altered It Into Zerdustit), Is The Name Of The Founder Of What Is Now Known As The Parsee Religion. The Original Meaning Of The Word Is Uncertain, And Though There ...
Or Zulu
Zulu, Or Amazultr, Is The Name Of That Portion Of The Kaffer Race Who Inhabit Natal And The Region N.e. Of It, Until They Gradually Merge Into The Mere Negro Of The E. Coast, N. Of The Zambesi. The Kaffer Organization Appears To Hold An Intermediate Place Between That Of ...
The Wandering Jew
Wandering Jew, The. The Legend Of The Wandering Jew. Who Cannot Die. But, As The Punishment Of His Sin, Is Obliged To Wander Over The Face Of The Earth Till Christ Shall Pronounce His Doom At The Last Day, Seems To Have Originated In That Passage Of The Gospel Of ...
The Womb
Womb, The, Professionally Known As The Uterus, Is A Flattened, Pear-shaped Organ, Whose Position And Various Parts Will Be Best Understood By A Reference To Fig. 1. It Consists Of A Body (1), A Base Or Fundus (2), A Neck, Or Cervix (3), And A Mouth Or Os Uteri (4). ...