BAYRHOFFER, KARL THEODOR, b. 1812; German philosopher and politician; professor of philosophy in the university of Marburg. He was prominent in the revo lutionary movement of 1848, a member of the diet of Hesse-Cassel, and for a time president of the chamber. After the defeat of his party (the democratic) lie migrated to America.
is a name applied to common salt which is obtained from sea-water by solar evaporation. It is extensively obtained from which exist along the coasts of France and on the shores of the Mediterranean. See SALT.
or (corruptly) BOW-WINDOW, a window peculiar to Gothic architec ture, so called because it forms a bay or projecting space outwards from a room. Tho external walls of bay-windows are, for the most part, either rectangular or polygonal, the semicircular form from which the term bow was probably derived having been unknown previously to the introduction of the debased Gothic. Though mentioned by
Chaucer, bay-windows are not found in any of the styles before the perpendicular, during the prevalence of which they were frequently introduced, particularly in halls. Bay-windows generally reach to the floor, and are frequently supplied with a seat, which is called the There are many very beautiful examples of bay-windows in the colleges and halls of Oxford and Cambridge. When used in upper stories, such windows arc supported ou corbels, or large projecting moldings. See ORIEL.
BA'ZA (the Basil of the Romans), a t. of Spain, in the province of Granada, and about 50 in. e.n.e. of the city of that name. It lies in a rich plain, is generally ill built and irregular, with no feature of architectural interest. Pop. about 11,000, who are chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits.