Aiirantiater
Aiirantiater (from Aurantium, Modern Latin For An Orange), A Natural Order Of Exogenous Plants, Consisting Of Trees And Shrubs, Often Of Great Beauty. Both Leaves And Barkare Generally Very Smooth, And All Parts Are Filled With Little Transparent Recep Tacles Of A Fragrant Volatile Oil, Which Especially Abounds In The ...
Aiirelianus
Aiirelia'nus, Lucius Dominus—also Named Claudius Donitius And Valerits —one Of The Most Powerful Of The Roman Emperors, Was Of Very Humble Origin, His Father Having Been A Husbandman. He Was B. About A.d. 212, And Enlisting Early As A Common Soldier, He Rapidly Distinguished Himself, And Held The Highest Military ...
Albert Bitzius
Bitzius, Albert, Better Known Under The Nom De Plume Of Jeremias Gottlielf, A Swissquthor, Was B. At Morat, In The Canton Of Freiburg, 4th Oct., 1797. He Was Educated For The Chnrch; And After Holding Several Cures, Was Appointed, In 1832. Pas Tor Of In Emmenthal, Canton Of Bern, Which ...
Alexander Bain
Bain, Alexander, Writer On Mental Philosophy. Was B. At Aberdeen In 1818. He Entered Marischal College And University In 1836, Andgraduatedin 1840. From 1841 To 1844, He Assisted The Professor Of Moral Philosophy In )larischal College, And In 1811 15. Taught The Class Of Natural Philosophy. In The Winter Of ...
Alexander Dallas I3ache
I3ache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-67, An American Physicist; B. In Philadelphia. He Was Great-grandson Of Benjamin Franklin; Graduated At West Point, As Lieutenant Of Engineers, In 1825, Remaining Some Time In The Academy As A Teacher. He Was Employed Under Col. 'rotten On The Fortifications At Newport, Where He Married Nancy ...
Alexandre Beauharnais
Beauharnais, Alexandre, Vicomte De, B. 1760, In The Island Of Martinique, Served, Under Marshal Roehambeau, In The American War Of Independence. After Wards, He Went To France, But Though Well Received By The French Court, He Embraced The Popular Cause. Elected Deputy To The States-general By The Nobility And The ...
Alexandre Berthier
Berthier, Alexandre, Prince Of Neuchatel And Wagram, And Marshal Of The French Empire, Was B. At Versailles, Nov. 20, 1753. His Father, A Military Engineer, Trained Him For The Army, Which He Entered In 1770, And Fought With Lafayette In The American War Of Independence. At The Outbreak Of The ...
Alfonso De Bedmar
Bedmar, Alfonso De Creva, Marquis De, Was B. In 1572. He Has Won An Endur Ing Notoriety On Account Of His Daring And Unscrupulous Plot For The Destruction Of Ven Ice, To Which City He Had Been Appointed Ambassador From The Court Of Spain In 1607. It Was A Difficult ...
Alphonse De Beauchamp
Beauchamp, Alphonse De, A French Historian And 'publicist, B. At Monaco. 1767; D. In Paris, June 4, 1832. He Received His Education In Paris, And Entered The Sardin Ian Military Aervi•e. At The Outbreak Of The War With France, He Refused To Bear Arms Against His Country, And Obtained His ...
American Bible Society
Bible Society, American. The First Portion Of Scripture Printed In America Was The New Testament, Translated Into The Indian Language By John Eliot, And Printed At Cambridge, Mass., In 1661; A Translation Of The Whole Bible Followed In 1663. A German Bible Was Printed At Germantown, Penn., In 1743. In ...
Andrew Bell
Bell, Andrew, D.d., Author Of The Madras System Of Education, Was Born At St. Andrews In 1753, And Educated At The University Of That Place. Subsequently He Took Orders In The Church Of England; And After Residing For Some Time In British America Was Appointed One Of The Chaplains At ...
Angling Barbel
Barbel, Angling Fon. The B. Is A Ground-feeding Fish, Grubbing On The Bottom For His Sustenance. The Baits Principally Used To Capture Hint Are Worms And Maggots, Greases. And Cheese; And The Means Of Angling For Him Are Chiefly With A Dead-line. Called A Ledger. Or With Float-tackle. The Ledger ...
Animal
Animal Citarcom„ Or Ivony-black, Is Prepared From Bones By Heat Ing Them In Close Retorts Till They Undergo' The Process Of Destruefive Distillation, When Combustible Gases And Water, Together With The Vapors Of Various Salts Of Ammonia, And Oil, Are Given Off, And Boneblack Is Left In The Retort. It ...
Anna Letitia
Anna Letitia, An English Authoress, Was B. At Ribworth-ilarcourt, In Leicestershire—where Her Father, The Rev. John Ain', A Dissenting Clergyman, Kept An Academy—on The 20th June, 1743. Her Private Education, The Religious Influence Of Her Home, And Secluded Life In The Country Were Well Fitted To Develop Early Her Natural ...
Antoine Becquerel
Becquerel, Antoine Ci:s.tn, A Distinguished French Physicist, Was B. 7th ,mar., 1788, At Chatillon-sur-loing, In The Department Of Loiret. In 1808, He Entered The French Army As An Officer Of Engineers, And Served With Distinction In Spain Under Marshal Suchet. He Took Part In The Sieges Of Tortosa, Tarragona, Valencia, ...
Antoine Jacques Claude Josepit
Boulay De La Neurthe, Antoine Jacques Claude Josepit, Count, A Statesman Of The French Empire, Was B. In 1761 At Chanmousey, A Village In The Vosges. He Espoused The Cause Of The Revolution, But Held Moderate Principles. In 1797, He Was Elected To The Council Of Five Hundred, In Which ...
Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave
Barnave, Antoine-pierre-joseph-marie, A Distinguished Character And Victim Of The French Revolution, Was H. At Grenoble In 1761, Was The Son Of An Advocate, Adopted His Father's Profession, And Early Attracted Attention In The Parliament Of Greno Ble By The Talents Which He Displayed. A Pamphlet Which He Published Against The ...
Antoinette Eourignon
Eourignon, Antoinette, A Celebrated Religious Visionary, B. At Lille 13th Jan., 1616. Iler Father Wits A Niercpaut, And She Inherited Front Him A Considerable Patrimony. She Was So Ugly An Infant That There Was Some Thought Of Killing Her As A Monstrous Birth. Iler Intellect, However, Was Very Acute, And ...
Anton Alexander Auersperg
Auersperg, Anton Alexander, Count Von, 1806-76; An Austrian Statesman And Poet, More Widely Known By The Noes De Plume "anastasius Grun." Lie Belonged To An Old Sintwan Family Which Obtained Large Estates In Candolit. After Studying Raw And Philosophy In Vienna And Gratz Lie Traveled Over Europe And England, And ...
Armand De Gontault Biron
Biron, Armand De Gontault, Dile De, D. July 26,1.592; A French Gen. Of The 16th C.; Grand Master Of Artillery, Commanding At The Siege Of Rochelle And In Guienne. Ile Was Among The First To Declare For Henry Iv. Ile Brought Normandy Under Subjec Tion, And Dissuaded Henry From Going ...
Atigustine
Atigustine, Aumumtus Sr., The Greatest Of, The Latin Fathers, Was B. At Tagaste, A T. Of Numidia, On The 13th Of Nov., 354 A.d. His Father, Patricius, Was Poor, But Of Good Family, And Filled The Office Of Magistrate. Be Continued A Pagan Till Advanced In Years, And Was Only ...
Auditor
Auditor (lat. Audio, I Hear). The Name Given To Certain Officers Appointed To Examine Accounts In Behalf Either Of The Government, Of Courts At Law, Of Corporations, Or Of Private Persons. The Term Doubtless Owes Its Origin To The Old Practice Of Delivering Accounts Rirts Vore.—audit-office. In 1785. Public Auditors ...
Auditory Nerve
Auditory Nerve. By Anatomists. The A. N. Is Associated With The Facial, And Is The Seventh In Order Of Origin Front The Brain. Counting From Before Backwards. The Seventh Pair Consists Of The Portio Jura Or Facial, The Portio Mollis Or Auditory. And A Small Intermediate Portion. The Portio Mak ...
Augite
Au'gite (front Gr. Auge, Brilliancy), Or (from Gr. Pair, Fire, And Xenos, A Guest), A Mineral Very Nearly Allied To Hornblende (q.v.), Which Has, Indeed, By Sonic Mineralogists Been Regarded As A Variety Of It, Although The Distinction Between Them Is Undeniably Important, As Characterizing Two Distinct Series Of Igneous ...
Augsburg
Augs'burg, Historically One Of The Most In Germany, Is Situated In The Angle Between The Rivers Wertach And Lech, And Is The Chief City Of The Circle Of Swabia And Nenbnrg, In Bavaria. The Pop. Is (1875) 57,210. Though Presenting An Antique And Rather Deserted Appearance, A. Has Numerous Fine ...
Auguries
Auguries And Auspices. These Terms Are Familiar To Every Reader Of Roman History, And Are, Besides, So Frequently Employed In English In A Secondary And Meta Phorical Sense. That A Vague Notion Of Their Original Meaning Is Caught Up Even By Those Who Know Nothing Of Classical Antiquities. As. However. ...
Auguste Marseille Barthelemy
Barthelemy, Auguste-marseille, A French Poet And Politician Of Some Emi Nence, Was B. At Marseilles In 1796. Whilst Still Very Young, He Was Sent To The College Of Juilly; And He Had Scarcely Completed His Studies When Lie Began To Acquire Reputa Tion In 11.3 Native Town As A Poet ...
Aulic Council
Aulic Council (lat. Auto, Court Or Hall), One Of The Two Highest Courts Of The Old German Empire, Co-ordinate With The Imperial Chamber. It Crime Into Existence In 1495, And Seems To Have Been At First Employed Principally In Preparing Business Matters Regard Ing The Crown Lands And The Empire ...
Auricula
Auric'ula, Primula Aurkula, A Plant Of The Same Genus With The Primrose (q.v.), Much Cultivated In Flower-gardens. The A. Has Long Been A Florist's Flower. It Was Highly Esteemed By The Romans, And Has, At Least Since The Beginning Of The 18th C., Received Particular Attention From The Florists Of ...
Aurungzebe
Aurungzebe' (properly, Aurangztb, " Ornament Of Time Throne") Was The Most Power Ful Of The Great Moguls, The Last Who Ruled With Energy And Effect. He Was B. On The 22d Oct., 1618, And Was 10 Years Old When, His Grandfather Dying, His Father, Shah-jelman, Ascended The Throne. A. Early ...
Austerlitz
Austerlitz, A Small T. In Moravia, About 12 M. E.s.e. From The T. Of Brfinn. Stands On The Littawa, And Has A Pop. Of 3800. A. Has A Handsome Palace; But It Is Celebrated Chiefly As The Place Where Napoleon I., In Dec., 1805, Defeated The Combined Forces Of Austria ...
Austin
Austin, :eons, A Distinguished Writer On Jurisprudence, Was B. On Mar. 3, 1790. At The Age Of 16, He Entered The 'army, And Served As A Subaltern With His Regiment In Sicily. But He Left The Service After The Pence, And In 1818 Was Called To The Bar. In 1820, ...
Australia
Australia, The S.w. Division Of Australasia. By Some, It Is Strictly Defined To Be An Island—as, Indeed, May Either Of The Masses Of Land Called The Old And The New Worlds —while By Others It Is Loosely Described As A Continent. It Is Bounded On The W. By The Indian ...
Australian Explorations
Australian Explorations. Since The Article Australia In The First Issue Of The Eneydopadia Was Written, Additional Information Collected By Various Exploring Expedi Tions Has Largely Modified The Opinion Formerly Entertained With Regard To Its Interior. The Expedition Of Sturt From South Australia To The.center Of The Country In 1845, Dis ...
Auto Da
Auto Da (port. Act Of Faith) Was The Name Given To The Procession Or Ceremony That Used To Take Place In Spain And Portugal At The Execution Of Heretics Condemned To Death By The Inquisition. It Was Generally Held On A Sunday Between Whitsunday And Advent, Very Often On All-saints ...
Autograph
Autograph (gr.) Is A Term Applied To What Is Written With The Person's Own Hand, And Amt :by An.amanuensis. In Relation To Manuscripts, It Is Used In Opposition To A Copy. The .collection Of Autographs Has, Especially In Recent Times:become Sin Object Of Eager Pursuit..and.consequently They Form A Branch Of ...
Automaton
Automaton Is • Derived From Two Greek Words Signifying Self-movement., And Is Usually Implied To Machinery Constructed To Represent Human Or Animal Actions. The Construction Of Automata Has Occupied The Attention Of Mankind From Very Early Ages. Archytas Of Tarentum Is Reported, So Long Ago As 400 B.c.. To Have ...
Autotype
Autotype, One Of The Names Given To A Peculiar Kind Of Photographic Print. Gels, Tine, To Which Hichromate Of Potash Has Been Added, Has The Property Of Being, Like Paper, Treated With Certain Salts Of Silver, Sensitive To Light, But In A Different Way. Light Renders The Bichromated Gelatine Insoluble, ...
Auvergne
Auvergne, A Southern Central District Of France, Was Before The Revolution A Sep Arate Province, Composing Almost Exclusively The Modern Departments Of Cantal And Puy-de-dome. Between Composing Allier And The Upper Course Of The Dordogne And The Lot, A. Rises Into A Highland Region, Having Bourbonnais, Limousin, And Rimergue, As ...
Ave Maria
Ave Maria, Also Angel'ica Sall:ta'tio, Or The Angelic Salutation, Are Names Given By The Roman Catholics To A Very Common Form Of Address To The Virgin Mary. Ate Maria Are The First Two Words Of The Prayer, In Latin, Which Is Taken From The Angel Gabriel's Salutation (luke I, 28): ...
Avebury
Avebury, Allury, Or A'biry, A Small Village Of Wiltshire, Situated In N. Lat. 51° 25', And W. Long,1° 50'. 25 M. N. Of Salisbury, And 6 W. By N. Of Marlborough. It Is A Place Of No Importance In Itself, Having A Pop. Of 769; But It Is Remarkable As ...
Average
Average. If Any Number Of Unequal Quantities Are Given, Another Quantity May Be Found Of A Mean Or Intermediate Magnitude, Some Of The Given Quantities Being Greater, And Others Less, Than The One Found, Which Is Called The Average, The Exact Relation Is This: That The Sum Of The Excesses ...
Average_2
Average (in Marit. Law). A Rule Was Established By The Rhodian- Law (q.v.), And Has Prevailed In Every Maritime Nation, That Where A Loss Has Been Sustained, Or Expense Incurred, For The Geueral Safety Of The Ship And Cargo, A Contribution Should He Made, In Proportion To Their Respective Interests, ...
Averrhoes
Averrhoes', Properly, Tbn Rosi]. Or More Fully. Abul-walid Mohammed-ibn; Ahmed-ibn, 31olnurimed-ibn-roshd, The Moat Famous Of The Arabian Philosophers, Wat4 .1). At Cordova, In Spain, In 1140. His Father, Who Was Chief Judge And Mufti, Instructed Him In Mohammedan Jurisprudence. In Theology And Philosophy, He Had Thophail For His Teacher; And ...
Aveyron
Aveyron, A River And Department In The S. Of France. The River Rises Near Severae Le-chateau; Flows, For The Most Part, In A Westerly Direction Through The Department Of The Same Name; And, After A Course Of 90 M., Falls Into The Tarn—a Feeder Of The Garonne--below Montauban. It Touches ...
Avignon
Avignon (arent() Cararum), A City Of Provence, In The S. Of France, Capital Of The Department Of Vaucluse, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The Rhone, Which Is Here Crossed By A Long Bridge. The Pop. Is (1876) 33.189; The Streets Are Narrow And Crooked. There Is A Multitude ...
Awata
Awata, A Village In The Suburbs Of Kioto, Japan, Famous For Its Yellow Faience. A. Pottery Was Invented In The 17th C., Is Decorated, And By The Japanese Is Called (egg Ware). It Is Largely Exported To The United States. Awe, Loaf, A Lake In The Center Of Argyleshire. Extending ...
Axayoytl
Axayo.ytl. Emperor Of Mexico, The Father Of The Second Montezuma. About 1467 He Led His Aztecs To The Conquest Of Tehuantepec, And Afterwards Defeated N Rebellion That Threatened His Capital, The City Of Mexico. He Died Suddenly, About 1477. Half A Century Later The Soldiers Of Cortes Occupied A.'s Palace, ...
Axiox
Axiox, A Greek Word Meaning A Demand Or Assumption, Is Commonly Used To Signify A General Proposition, Which The Understanding Recognizes As True, As Soon As The Import Of The Words Conveying It Is Apprehended. Such A Proposition Is Therefore Known Directly, And Does Not Need To Be Deduced From ...
Axum
Axum, Once The Capital Of The Ethiopian Kingdom Of The Same Name, Is Situated In The Modern Abyssinian Province Of Tigre, Of Which It Is Capital. Lat. 40° 7' N.; Long. 39° 27' E. It Now Lies Mainly In Ruins, Among Which Stands The Principal Church Of Abyssinia, Built In ...
Ayeshah
Ayeshah, The Favorite Wife Of 31ohatruned. Was B. At Medina 610 Or 611 A.n. She Was Only Nine Years Of Age When Shy Tarried The Prophet. Her Father's Name Was Abdullah, But He Was Surnamed Abu-bckr, " Father Of The Virgin," In Consequence, It Is Said, Of His Daughter Being ...
Ayiintamiento
Ayiintamiento Is The Name Given In Spain To The Councils Or Governing Bodies Of Towns. Sprung From The Institutions Of The Romans, And Firmly Established During The Tong Struggles With The Moors, The Ayuntamientos Acquired Great Influence And Politics:] Power, The More So That The Nobility Were Not Excluded From ...
Ayora
Ayo'ra, A T. Of Spain, In The Province Of Valencia, And 50 M. S.w. From Valencia, On The Upper Part Of A River Of The Same Name, And Situated In An Extensive Hollow At The Base Of A Limestone Mountain. It Has Four Squares And Wide Streets. On The Summit ...
Ayrshire
Ayrshire, An Extensive Maritime Co. In The S.w. Of Scotland, Bounded, N., By Ren Ffewshire; W , By The Firth Of Clyde And The North Channel; S., By Wigton And Kirk Cudbright; E. And N.e., By Dumfries And Lanark. Its Greatest Length Is 78 Ni.; Its Greatest Breadth, 26—average 144; ...
Aytion
Aytion, The Surname Of Four Brothers, Called Respectively Alard, Richard, Guiscard, And Renaud, Sons Of Aymon Or Haimon, Count Of Dordogne, Who Figure Among The Most Illustrious Heroes Of The Chivalric Poetry Of The Middle Ages; But Their Historic Existence Must Be Considered Problematical, As The Deeds Attributed To Them ...
Ayton
Ay'ton, Sir Robert, A Scottish Poet And Favorite Courtier In The Reign Of James Vi. He Was A Younger Son Of Andrew Aytpn Of Kinaldie, Fifeshire, Where He Was Born In 1570. Ile Was Enrolled As A Student In St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, In 1584, And Took His Degree ...
Azais Pierre
Azais; Pierre Hyactxrue, 1766-1845; A French Author And Philosopher. He Was A Teacher In The College At Tarbes, But Not Liking The Duties Lie Became Secretary Tp The Bishop Of Oleron; He Soon Gave Up The Place, And Supported Himself By Playing The Organ In A Church. When The Revolution ...
Azalea
Aza'lea, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural' Order Ericcee, And Distinguished From Rhododendron (q.v.) Chiefly By The Flowers Having Five Stamens Instead Of Ten. Most Of The Species Of A. Also Differ From The Rhododendrons In Having Thin Deciduous Leaves. Some Botanists Unite The Genus A. To Rhododendron. ...
Azeglio
Aze'glio, Mas'srmo Marquis D', Famous As An Artist, A Publicist, A Romance-writer, And A Statesman, Was The Descendant Of An Ancient And Noble Family Of Piedmont. Lie Was B. In 1798 At Turin, Where His Father Held A High Military Position. In His Fifteenth Year. A. Followed His Father To ...
Azores
Azores', A Cluster Of Islands In The Atlantic, 800 M. Due W. Of The Southern Half Of Portugal, Ranging In N. Between 36° 55' And 39° 44', And In W. Long. Between 25° 10' And 31' 10'. In The First Half Of The 15 C., The A. Were Discovered By ...
Azotiis
Azo'tiis, The Ashdod Of The Old Testament (now Esdud), A Village On The Mediterra Nean, 21 M. S. Of Jaffa. Lat. 31°45' N., Long. 34° 37' E. It Was Formerly One Of The Chief Cities Of The Philistines, Strongly Fortified, And The Scene Of Numerous Contests Between That Race And ...
Aztec Children
Aztec Children. In The Year 1833, There Were Brought Over To This Country From America Two Diminutive Children, A Boy And A Girl, Said To Be Aged Respectively 17 And 11, And Who Were Represented As Descendants Of The Ancient Aztecs. The Height Of Each Was Under 3 Feet. Their ...
Azure Blue
Azure Blue Is A Pigment Prepared By Mixing 2 Parts Of Deep Blue, 1 Of Oxide Of Zinc, And 4 Of Lead Glass; The Latter Consisting Of 4 Parts Of Minium And 1 Of Sand. The Above Azure Blue Is For Skies, But A Pigment For More General Use Is ...
Azymites
Az'ymites, The Name Given By The Eastern To The Western Church, Arising From A Difference About The Use, In The Lord's Slipper, Of Leavened Or Unleavened Bread. The Western, Or Latin Branch, Insisted That Unleavened Bread Might Be Used, And The Greek Church Stigmatized The Latins As "azymites," From The ...
Baal
Ba'al, A Hebrew Word Signifying Lord, Owner, Or Master, And Applied As A General Title Of Honor To Many Different Gods. In Hosea Ii. 16, It Is Mentioned As A Name Which Had Been Given To Jehovah Himself; But When Used With The Definite Article, It Specially Designated The Principal ...
Baalbek
Baal'bek, The Name Of A Ruined City In The Ancient Ccele-syria, Signifies The "city Of Baal," The Sun-god, And Was By The Greeks, During The Seleucide Dynasty, Converted Into Heliopolis. Let. 34°1'30' N., Long. 36° 11' E. It Is Situated In The Plain Of Bukira, "at The Northern Extremity Of ...
Babbou
Babbou , Joun, An Eminent Scottish Poet Of The 14th C., Regarding Whom History Has Not Much To Record Beyond The Production Of The National Epic, Entitled The Truce. Nothing Is Known Of His Parentage, And Of His Birth It Can Only Be Conjectured To Have Been About 1320. The ...
Babel
Babel, Towmt Of. For An Account Of This Building, And The Confusion Of Tongues Which It Brought About, See The 11th Chapter Of Genesis. The Distinction Of Being A Remnant Of The Tower Of B. Has Been Claimed For Three Different Masses: 1st, For Nimrud's Tower At Akkerkuf; 2d, The ...
Babington
Babington, An English Gentleman Of The County Of Derby, Head Of A Con Spiracy In Favor Of Mary Stuart Of Scotland. The Rivalry Between Queen Mary And Queen Elizabeth Of England Was At The Same Time A Contest Between Catholicism And Protestantism. Accordingly, The Various Plots For Rescuing Mary From ...
Babism
Babism (from Bint, Or Baby); The Appellation Of A Sect In Persia, Founded By Seyd Mohammed Ali, B. About 1824, Who Assumed The Name. Of " Bilb," I.e. "the Sate." On Returning From A Pilgrimage To Mecca In 1843, Seyd Appeared In His Native City (shiraz) With A New Commentary ...
Baboon
Baboon, Cynocephazus, A Genus Of The Monkey Family, Or (see Alroxitmv), And Distinguished From All The Rest Of That Family By The Very Elongated Muzzle, Which Ter. Urinates Abruptly, And Is Pierced With Nostrils At The End Like That Of A Dog. The Face Has, Indeed, A General Resemblance To ...
Babuyantes Islands
Babuya'ntes Islands, In The Pacific Between The Loo Choo Islands And For Mosa; Calavan And Babuyan Arc The Most Important. They Are Fertile, And Furnish A Large Quantity Of Sulphur. Batan Is The Largest Town. Pop. Of The Islands Est. 8,000. Bab'ylon—banyeosta. Babylonia Was The Name Given In Ancient Times ...
Babylonish Captivity
Babylonish Captivity. In The Despotic Policy Of The East In Ancient Times, It Was A Rule To Remove The Rich And Lcauing Inhabitants Of A Conquered Province To A Distant Part Of The Empire, Where They Were Separated By Nationality, Language, Customs, And Religion From The Great Body Of The ...
Babylonish Captivity_2
Babylonish Captivity (ante), The Carrying Into Captivity Of 200,000 People Of Jewish Cities, About 713 B.c., By The Officers Of The King Of Assyria. Before This, How Ever. There Was The "assyrian Captivity," The Result Of The Invasion Of The Kingdom Of Israel By Three Or More Successive Assyrian Kings. ...
Bac Tria
Bac Tria, The Ancient Name Of The Imperfectly Known Land Lying Between The Western Part Of The Hindu Kush Mountains, And The River Oxus (amu, Or Gihon), Which Separated It From Sogdiana On The N. And N.e. Its Boundaries In Early Times ,can Not Be Precisely Ascertained, But It Is ...
Bach
Bach. Baron Alexander., An Austrian Statesman, Was B. Jan. 4, 1813, At Loosdorf, In Lower Austria, Where His Father Held A Judicial Office. The Young B. Received A Care Ful Education. At The Age Of 24, He Was Promoted To The Rank Of Doctor Of Laws, And Then Entered The ...
Bachelor
Bachelor (fr. Bachelier, Lat. Baccalaureus, Or, As It Is Variously Written In Old Docu Ments, Barcalarcus,•bacularius, And Bacillarius). This Word, Which First Makes Its Appear Ance In Middle-age Latin, Is Of Very Uncertain Etymology, And Its Primary Meaning Is Consequently Involved In Obscurity. The Usual Derivation, From Barca Laurea, A ...
Backergunge
Backergun'ge, A T. Of Bengal, Situated On B. Creek, An Offset From The Ganges, In Lat. 22° ' E., And Long. 90° 2' E.-125 M. To The E. Of Calcutta. Till Supplanted By Burrisol, Which Is 12 M. To The N„ It Was The Capital Of The District Of The ...
Backgammon
Backgammon Is The Modern Name Of A Game Of Considerable Antiquity In England, Where It Was Formerly Known By The Appellation Of " The Tables." The Words Back Gammon Have Been Ascribed To The Welsh Tongue, In Which They Are Said To Signify Little Battle; But Strutt, With Greater Plausibility, ...
Bacon
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, The Father Of Lord Bacon, Was B. In 1510, At Chiselhurst, In Kent. Ile Received An Excellent Education; And Being Gifted By Nature With Sound And Practical Abilities, He Quickly Prospered In The Legal Profession, To Which He Attached Himself. At The Age Of 27, He Was ...
Badajoz
Badajoz', Called By The Romans Pax Augusta, And By The Moors Beledaix, I.e., "land Of Health," Is The Capital Of The Spanish Province The Same Name. It Is Situ Ated About 5 M. From The Borders Of Portugal, In A Fruitful District On The Left Hank Of The Guadiana, Which ...
Badge
Badge, The Term By Which, In General, All Honorary Decorations And Special Cogni Zances Are Known. Badges Are Either Conferred By The State Or Sovereign, Or Assumed By The Individual For Purposes Of Distinction, The Former Class Havirg Very Frequently Had Their Origin In The Hitter. Of Badges Conferred By ...
Badger
Badger, Meles, A Genus Of Quadrupeds Of The Bear Family Or Ursida (see Bear), And Included By Linnmus In The Genus Ursas Or Bear, But Forming A Sort Of Connecting-link Between This Family And The Mustelidm Or Weasel And Otter Family. To The Skunks (q.v.), Which Are Ranked In That ...
Badger_2
Badger, Mfuro X, D.d., 1800-73; A Native Of Connecticut, A Graduate Of Yale, And In Theology At Andover; Pastor Of A Congregational Church There; Officially Connected As Secretary With The American Home Missionary Society For 38 Years, In Which Responsible Relation He Was Noted For Wise And Faithful Service. Dostrnoo, ...
Baer
Baer, Kaiil Eit.nst Vox, A Distinguished Russian Naturalist, B. Feb. 29, 1792, In Esthonia. During 1810-14, He Studied Medicine At The Uuiversity Of Dorptit, But Con Vinced That Russia As It Then Was Presented Very Few Advantages For The Aequisition Of Scientific Knowledge, He Went To Germany In 1814, Where ...
Baffins Bay
Baf'fin's Bay, A Gulf, Or Rather Sea, On The N.e. Coast Of North America, Extending Between That Continent And Greenland; Lat. 6s° To 78° N., And Long. 51° To 80° East. It Is About 800 In. Long, With An Average Breadth Of 280. Its Greatest Depth Is 6890 Feet. The ...
Bagdad
Bagdad, The Name Of A T. And Pashalic In The S.e. Of Asiatic Turkey. The Pashalie Extends From Lat. 30° To 38° N.. And From Long. 40° To 48° E.; And Is Bounded On The N. By The Pashalics Of Diarbekir And Van; On The W. And S.. By Syria ...
Bagdad_2
Bagdad, The Capital Of The Pashalic Of The Same Name, Is Situated On Both Banks Of The Tigris, In Lat. 33' 20' N.. And Long. 44° 23' E. Pop. Estimated At 60,000. The City Is Surrounded By. A Brick-wall, 5 M. In Circumference; The Two Parts Are Connected By A ...
Baggesen
Bag'gesen,
Bagnes
Bagnes, The Convict-prisons Of France. In Ancient Times, The Severest Punishment, Next To Death, Was That Of The Galleys (q.v.). In 1748, These Were Abolished, And The Convictswere Employed In Hard Labor In Arsenals And Other Public Works; And The Prisons In Which They Were Lodged Were Called Bagnes, From ...