Chemistry
Chemistry Is That Branch Of Natural Science Which Takes Cognizance Of The Changes That Bodies Undergo When They Are Influenced By Affinity (q V.). Changes That Do Not Alter The Nature And Properties Of Substances—such As The Falling Of A Body By Gravity, Or Its Expansion By Heat—belongs To Physics ...
Chemistry
Chemistry. It Is Impossible In This Article To Do More Than Briefly Describe Some Of The Most Important Of The Numerous Changes Which Have Been Introduced Into The Science Of Chemistry Within The Last Few Years. 1. The System Of Measuring Temperature, Lengths, Weights, And Volumes Has Been Altered. The ...
Chenopodium
Chenopo'dium, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Eltenopodiaetue, Of Which Some Of The Native British Species Are Well Known By The Name Of Goosefoot, As Weeds Grow Ing In Gardens, Ou Heaps Of Rubbish, And In Waste Places. The Species Are Mostly Annuals, With Entire Or Toothed Leaves, ...
Cherbourg
Cherbourg, A Fortified Seaport T. And Arsenal Of France In The Department Of Manche, Is Situated At The Head Of A Deep Bay On The Northern Extremity Of The Penin Sula Of Cotentin, On The English Channel, And Opposite The W. Coast Of The Isle Of Wight, In Lat. 49° ...
Cherokees
Cherokees, In Their Own Tongue Called Tsanaghee, A Tribe Of Indians Of The United States, Now Settled In The Indian Territory, Where They Occupy 5,960 Sq.m. In The N.e., And 8,500 Along The N. Side. Their Original Home Was In The Country Now Forming Portions Of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, ...
Cherry
Cherry, Cerasus, A Genus Or Sub-genus Of Plants, Of Which The Best Knownyields One Of Our Most Esteemed Stone-fruits. This Is Usually Regarded As A Sub-genus Of Pru Nus (see Plum), But Is Erected By Some Botanists Into A Distinct Genus On Very Slender Grounds, The Most Obvious Distinction Between ...
Cherub
Cherub, In The Plural Cherubim Or Cherubs, Is The Hebrew Name Of A Winged Creature With A Human Countenance, Which In The Scriptures Is Almost Always Represented In Connection With Jehovah, And Especially As Drawing His Chariot-throne. Cherubim Are First Mentioned In The Old Testament As Guards Of Paradise; A ...
Chervil
Chervil, Anthriscus Cerefolium, An Umbelliferous Plant, Which Has Been Long Culti Vated As A Pot-herb, And Used In Soups And For A Garnish, Etc., In The Manner As Parsley. It Is Much More Used In Some Parts Of The Continent Of Europe Than In Britain. It Is A Native Of ...
Cheshire
Cheshire, A Maritime Co. In The W. Of England, Bounded N. By The River Mersey, And Partly Also By The Irish Sea, In Lat. 52° 56' To 53° 54' N., Long. 1' 47' To 3°01' West. Its Greatest Length From N.e. To S.w. Is 58 M. ; Greatest Breadth, 32; ...
Chess
Chess (fr. Echees, Ger. Schachl. The Origin Of This, The Most Purely Intellectual Of All Games Of Skill, Has Been Much Disputed; Thus Much May Now Be Considered As Cer Tain, That, Under The Sanscrit Name Of Chaturanga, A Game, Essentially The Same As Mod Ern C., Was Played In ...
Chester
Chester, An Ancient And Episcopal City, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And River-port, The Capital Of Cheshire, On The Right Bank Of The Dee, 22 M. From The Mouth Of Its Estuary, 16 M. S.e. Of Liverpool. It Stands On A Rocky Sandstone Height, And Is Mostly Inclosed In An Oblong ...
Chesterfield
Chesterfield, Earl Of (philip Dormer Stanhope), An English Statesman And Author, Eldest Son Of The Third Earl Of C., Was B. In London, Sept. 22, 1694, And Studied At Cambridge. In 1714, He Made The Tour Of Europe, And The Following Year Was Appointed A Gentleman Of The Bedchamber To ...
Chestnut
Chestnut, Castanea, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Eupuliferce, Closely Allied To The Beech (fagus), And Distinguished From It By Long Male Catkins, Longitudinally Set With Groups Of Flowers, A 5 To 8-celled Ovary, And Compressed Rounded Nuts. The Name Is Derived From The Town Of Castanum, Near ...
Chevalier
Chevalier, 3ircffel, An Eminent French Economist, Born At Limoges, Jan. 13, 1806, Was At The Age Of 18 Admitted A Pupil Of The Polytechnic School. Thence He Went To The School Of Mines, And Some Days Before The Revolution Of July, He Was Attached As An Engineer To The Department ...
Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase, The Name Of Perhaps The Most Famous Of British Ballads. In Its Present Form, The Piece Does Not Seem To Be Older Than About The Beginning Of The 17th Century. But More Ancient Versions, Doubtless, Existed; And Bishop Percy Has Published A Poem Of The 16th C., Which ...
Chiar Oscitro
Chiar-oscitro (ital.), An Artistic Term, Composed Of Two Italian Words, The One Of Which Signifies Light, The Other Darkness Or Shadow. But C. Signifies Neither Light Nor Shadow; Neither Is It Adequately Described By Saying That It Is Theart Of Disposing Of Both The Lights And Shadows In A Picture, ...
Chicago
Chicago (pronounced She-kawso), The Principal City Of Illinois, And Seat Of Cook Co., Is Situated On The South-western Shore Of Lake Michigan, At The Mouth Of The Chicago River, Lat. 41° 50' 20" N., Long. 87° 37' West. The Name Is Of Indian Origin, Signifying " Wild Onion," And Is ...
Chicago
Chicago (cnte). In 1831, When The First White Settlement Was Made At The Mouth Of The Chicago River, It Seemed An Unpromising Site For A Great City, And For Years After Wards There Probably Was Not Among Its Inhabitants One Who Expected That Such A City Would Grow Up On ...
Chichester
Chichester, A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough And Episcopal City In Sussex, 17+ M. E.n.e. Of Portsmouth. It Stands On A Plain Between An Arm Of The Sea And The South Downs, Which Rise Gently On The North. It Is Well Built, And Has Wide Streets. The Two Main Streets Cross ...
Chickasaws
Chickasaws, A Nation Of Indians Occupying A Section Of The Indian Territory, Embracing 6,840 Sq.m. On The Left Bank Of The Red River. According To Their Traditions And The Evidence Of Philology, They Are Closely Connected With The Creeks And Choctaws; And They Believe That They Emigrated With Those Tribes ...
Childrens Aid Societies
Children's Aid Societies, First Established In New York City, Chiefly By The Exertions Of Charles L. Brace, About The Year 1853. The Object Of This And Its Many Imitative Societies Is To Care For The Poor And Neglected Children Of Large Cities, To Rescue Them From Want And Crime, Afford ...
Chili
Chili (ante), Though Less Revolutionary Than Some Of Its Sister Republics, Has Been Subjected To Several Forcible Attempts To Change The Government. The Most Formidable Of These Was In 1851. At First The Insurgents Were Victorious, But After 4,000 Men Had Fallen In Battle And Great Damage Had Been Done ...
Chili
Chili, A Republic Of Spanish Origin, In South America, Is The Most Southerly State On The W. Side Of That Continent. It Lies Wholly Between The Water-shed Of The Andes And The Shores Of The Pacific, Stretching Coastwise From Bolivia To Patagonia, In Lat. 25° 30' To 43° 20' S., ...
Chiloe
Chiloe', The Insular Province Of Chili (q.v.), Is An Archipelago On The W. Side Of South America, Which Takes Its Name From Its Principal Island. It Is Separated From The Rest Of The Republic, Or Rather From Patagonia, By The Gulf Of Ancud, Extending In S. Lat. From 41°40' To ...
Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds. In Former Times, The Beech-forests Which Covered The Chil Tern Hills, In Buckinghamshire, Were Infested With Robbers, And In Order To Restrain Them, And Protect The Peaceable Inhabitants Of The Neighborhood From Their Inroads, It Was Usual For The Crown To Appoint An Officer, Who Was Called The ...
Chimes
Chimes (ante). This Class Of Music Is Believed To Have Originated In Some Of The German Monasteries, And The First Instrument For The Production Of C. To Have Been Made In 1487 At Alost, In The Netherlands. Among The Celebrated Chimes•of Europe Are Those Of Copenhagen, Ghent, And Amsterdam. A ...
Chimney
Chimney (fr. Chem.inge, Lat. Caminus). There Seems Reason To Believe That The C., In Its Present Sense Of A Funnel From The Hearth Or Fire-place To The Roof Of The House, Is A Modern Invention. In Greek Houses It Is Supposed That There Were No Chimneys, And That The Smoke ...
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee, Troglodytes Niger, A Species Of Ape; One Of Those Which In Form And Structure Exhibit The Greatest Resemblance To Man. It Is A Native Of The Warmest Parts Of Africa; To Which Also The Gorilla (q.v.), A Larger Species Of The Same Genus, Belongs. The C. Is Sometimes Called ...
Chinese Empire
Chinese Empire, A Vast Territory M Eastern Asia, Comprehending Five Great Divisions, Viz.: 1. Mantchuria (q.v.); 2. Mongolia (q.v.); 3. Turkestan (q.v.); 4. Thibet (q.v.); 5. China Proper Or The Eighteen Provinces (shih-pii-sang), Including The Two Large Islands Of Formosa And Hainan—the Former Being Reckoned In The Province Of Fuh-keen, ...
Chivalry
Chivalry (fr. Chevalerie, From Chevalier, A Knight Or Horseman), The System Of Knighthood, Together With The Privileges, Duties, And Manners Of Knights. The Social Arrangement To Which This Term Is Applied Seeing First To Have Assumed The Character Of A Positive Institution During The 11th C.; But So Far From ...
Chlorine
Chlorine (gr. Diloros, Pale Green) Is A Non-metallic Element Discovered By Scheele In 1774, And Named By Him Dealogbdicated Marine Air. Afterwards, In 1810, Davy Proved It To Be An Elementary Body, And Gave It The Name Which It Now Bears. In Nature It Is Always Found In A State ...
Chocolate
Chocolate Is Made From The Seeds Of Theobroma Cacao (see Cocoa), Reduced To A Fine Paste In A Heated Iron Mortar, Or By A Machine, And Mixed With Pounded Sugar And Spices, As Cinnamon, Clot-es, Cardamom, Vanilla, Etc. The Paste Is Then Poured Into Molds Of White Iron, In Which ...
Choking
Choking, The Obstruction Of The Gullet, Or Of The Passage Leading To It, By Morsels Of Food Imperfectly Chewed, Or Other Substances Accidentally Swallowed. The Consequences Of C. In The Human Subject Are Serious, And Will Be Best Considered In Connection With The Parts Concerned. See Pharynx And (esomiaous. What ...
Cholera
Cholera, A Greek Term Used In The Hippocratic Writings, But Of Indeterminate Etymology, Being Derived Perhaps From Mole, Bile, Or From Cholera, A Water-spout Or Gutter. It Is Now Universally Employed In Medicine As Indicating One Of Two Or Three Forms Of Disease, Characterized By Vomiting And Purging, Followed By ...
Cholera Infantum
Cholera Infantum. A Disease Of Infants Characterized By Intestinal Disturb Ance More Or Less Obstinate And Dangerous. Opinion Is Unsettled In Regard To The Nature Of The Complaint, And It Passes Under Different Names In Different Countries. In This Country, Besides C. I. A Common Name For It Is Summer ...
Chord
Chord, In Music, Is The Simultaneous And Harmonious Union Of Different Sounds, At First Intuitively Recognized By The Car, And Afterwards Reduced To A Science By The Inven Tion Of The Laws Or Rules Of Harmony. See Limixiony. Chords May Consist Of From Two To Five Parts. Absolute Chords Of ...
Chorea
Chorea (gr. Chorein,a Dancing Or Jumping), A Disease Popularly Called St. Vitus's Dance, And Consisting Of A Tendency To Involuntary And Irregular Muscular Contractions Of The Limbs And Face, The Mind And The Functions Of The Brain Generally Being Quite Unaffected. The Spasms Of C. Differ From Those Of Most ...
Chorus
Chorus, Among The Ancients, Meant A Band Of Singers And Dancers Employed On Festive Occasions Of Great Pomp, And Also In The Performance Of Tragedy And Comedy On The Stage. In The Time Of The Attic Tragedy, The C. Consisted Of A Group Of Persons, Male And Female, Who Remained ...
Chose In Action
Chose In Action, In The Law Of England, Is That Kind Of Property Which Consists Not In Possession, But Iu The Legal Right To Possess. As This Right Can, In General. Be Vindicated And Made Available Only By Means Of An Action, The Property To Which It Relates, Whether Real ...
Chouans
Chouans Were Bands Of Insurgent Royalists, Who, The French Revolution, Organized A Reactionary Movement In Brittany. They Obtained Their Name From Their Leader, Jean Cottereau. This Person, Who Had Been A Smuggler, Went By The Name Of Chouan—a Corruption, It Is Said, Of Chat-hi/ant (" Screech-owl ")--because, While He And ...
Christ
Christ, A Title Of Our Saviour (see Jr:sus), Now In General Use Almost As A Name Or As Part Of His Name. It Is Originally Greek, Signifies Anointed, And Corresponds Exactly In Meaning And Use With The Hebrew Word Messiah (q.v.); So That This Title Given To Jesus Of Nazareth, ...
Christchurch
Christchurch, Capital Of The Province Of Canterbury, In New Zealand, Situated On The River Avon, About 8 M. From The Sea. Its Port Is Littleton, With Which It Is Con Nected By A Railway, And It Is In Railway Communication With The N. And South. It Is The Center Of ...
Christian Connection
Christian Connection (ante), An Organization Of American Christians Drawn Mostly From The Baptist, Methodist, And Presbyterian Churches In Various Parts Of The United States. The Earliest Organizations Were "republican Methodists," Seceders From The Methodist Church In 1793, Who Took The Name Of " Christians." In 1800, There Was A Secession ...
Christian Era
Christian Era, Sometimes Called The Era Of The Incarnation, Is Now Almost Uni Versally Employed In Christian Countries, And Is Used By Some Eastern Nations. Its Epoch, Or Commencement, Is The 1st Of Jan. In The Fourth Year Of The 194th Olympiad, The 753d Year From The Foundation Of Rome, ...
Christian Kahl Josias Bunsen
Bunsen, Christian Kahl Josias, Baron, One Of The Most Distinguished Statesmen And Scholars Of Germany, Was B., 25th Aug., 1791, At Korbach, In The Principality Of Waldeck, And Studied Philologyat Gottingen (1809-13) Under Heyne. He Had Been Appointed Teacher In The Gymnasium Of Gottingen In 1811, But Quitted The Position ...
Christiania
Christiania, Capital Of Norway, Is Situated In The Province Of Agerbuns, In A Beautiful Open Valley On The Northern Side Of The Christiana Fiord. Pop. '15, 77,041. C. Is The Seat Of The Norwegian Government, The Superior Courts, And The Storthing. Besides The Suburbs Of Pipervigen, Ilammarsborg, Vaterland, And Greenland, ...
Christianity
Christianity. It Is Proposed In The Present Article To Give A Very Brief Outline Of The System Of The Christian Religion, And Of The Evidences By Which Its Truth Is Established. The Principal Parts, Both Of The System And Evidences Of C., Will Be Found Noticed Under Separate Heads. C. ...
Christina
Christi'na, Queen Of Sweden, Only Child Of The Great Gustavus Adolphus,was B. Dec., 1626, And Succeeded Her Father In 1632, When Only Six Years Old. Distinguished Equally By Beauty And The Possession Of A Lively Imagination, A Good Memory, And Uncommon In Telligence, She Received The Education Rather Of A ...
Christmas
Christmas, The Day On Which The Nativity Of The Savior Is Observed. The Institution Of This Festival Is Attributed By The Spurious Decretals To Telesphorus, Who Flourished In The Reign Of Antoninus Pius (138-61 A.d.), But The First Certain Traces Of It Are Found About The Time Of The Emperor ...
Christmas Box
Christmas-box, A Small Money-gift To Persons In An Inferior Condition On The Day After Christmas, Which Is Hence Popularly Called Boxingalay. The Term, And Also The Custom, Are Essentially English, Though The Making Of Presents At This Season And At The New Year Is Of Great Antiquity. A Number Of ...
Christmas Carols
Christmas Carols. The Word Carol (ital. Carols, And Fr. Carole, A Round Dance— Probably From Lat. Corolla; Welsh, Coroli, To Reel, To Dance; The Name Is Thence Applied To The Music Or Song Accompanying Such A Dance: Carillon Is Probably Allied) Signifies A Song Of Joy. The Practice Of Singing ...
Christology
Christol'ogy Is The Doctrine Of The Person Of Christ. The Word Itself Is To Be Found, Once Or So, In The Divines Of The 17t11 C. (see Dean Trench On The Study Of Lirords), But The Department Of Scientific Theology Which It Now Represents Is Ahnost Entirely The Growth Of ...
Christs Hospital
Christ's Hospital, Newgate Street, London, Was Founded On The Site Of The Greyfriars' Monastery, By Edward Vi., June 26, 1553, As A Hospital For Orphans And Foundlings. It Is Usually Called The " Blue-coat School," On Account Of The Dress Worn By The Boys. This Consists Of A Blue Woolen ...
Chro Nograph
Chro Nograph. Different Forms Of Time-measures, Or Time-recorders, Under This Designation, Have Been Invented Within A Recent Period. Benson's Chronograph Is Intended To Int:a:tire Intervals Of Time Down To Tenths Of A Second, For Use At Horse-races And Other Occasions Where A Seconds Watch Is Not Exactly Suited. It Has ...
Chromatics
Chromatics Is That Part Of The Science Of Optics (q.v.) Which Explains The Properties Of The Colors Of Light And Of Natural Bodies. Before 166g, When Sir Isaac Newton Began To Investigate This Subject. The Notions Which Prevailed Respecting The Nature Of Colors Were Purely Fanciful. Till Descartes' Time, Indeed, ...
Chromatype
Chromatype (gr. Chrome, Color; Typos, Impression), A Photographic Process, Thus Described By Its Discoverer, Mr. R. Hunt. One Dram Of Sulphate Of Copper Is Dis Solved In One Ounce Of Distilled Water, To Which Is Added Half An Ounce Of A Saturated Solution Of Bichromate Of Potash; This Solution Is ...
Chronicles
Chronicles, The Name Of Two Of The Books Of The Old Testament, As Found In The Common English Bible. In The Hebrew Canon The C. Form But One Hook, Which Is Entitled Events Of The Times—and This Appears To Have Been A Designation Commonly Applied To Special Histories—in More Definite ...
Chronology
Chronology Is The Science Of The Divisions Of Time. It Has Two Main Branches— Mathematical C., And Historical Chronology. Mathematical C. Is Engaged With Such Of The Units For The Measurement Of Time As Begin And End With The Period Of Complete Evolution Of Recurring Celestial Phenomena. See Articles Calendar, ...
Chrysanthemum
Chrysan'themum (gr. Gold-flower), A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Compo Sita3, Sub-order Corymbiferm; Having A Hemispherical Or Nearly Flat Involucre, With Imbri Cated Scales, Which Are Membranous At The Margin, A Naked Receptacle, The Florets Of The Disk Tubular And Hermaphrodite, Those Of The Ray Strap-shaped And Female, ...
Chtvtaii Chrevaii
Chrevaii, Chtvtaii, Or Hunting Leopard, Fe/isjubata Or Cynaiturus Jubattis,.all Animal Of The Feline Family, But Differing From All The Rest Of That Family In Its Longer And Narrower Feet And Less Retractile Claws, Which Are Also More Blunt And Less Curved. 'with These Peculiarities Are Associated A Greater Length Of ...
Chub
Chub, Leuciscus Cephalus, A Fish Of The Family Typrinidce, Of The Same Genus With The Roach, Dace, Bleak, Minnow, Etc. See Let:misers. The Color Is Bluish-black On The Upper Parts, Passing Into Silvery White On The Belly; The Cheeks And Gill-covers Rich Golden Yellow. The C. Rarely Attains A Weight ...
Church
Church, A Word Which Signifies Either A Place Of Christian Worship Or A Collective Body Of Christian People. It Is, In All Probability, Derived From The Greek Adjective Kyriakos (from Kyrios, Lord), The Place Of Worship Having Been Called The Lord's House, And The Worshipers The Lord's People. The Scottish ...
Church Discipline
Church Discipline, Disciplina Ecclesiastica, Includes All The Means Employed By The Christian Church, Besides The Ministration Of Word And Sacraments, To Secure On The Part Of Its Office-bearers And Members A Faithful Adherence To Their Profession And A Cor Responding Blamelessness Of Life. It Rests Upon The Authority Of Christ, ...
Church History Or Ecclesiastical
Church History Or Ecclesiastical History. The History Of The Christian Religion And Church Forms One Of The Most Important Parts Of The General History Of Man Kind, And Is Intimately Connected Not Only With The Political History Of The World, But With The History Of Philosophy, Of Literature, And Of ...
Church Rates
Church Rates, In England, A Tax Or Assessment Laid On The Parishioners And Occu Piers Of Laud Within A Parish, By A Majority Of Their Own Body In Vestry Assembled, For The Purpose Of Upholding And Repairing The Fabric Of The Church And The Belfry, The Bells, Seats, And Ornaments, ...
Churn
Churn, A Machine For Agitating Milk Or Cream For The Production Of Butter. The Principle Of The Operation Is Considered In The Article On Butten. Of The Great Variety Of Forms That Have Been Given To The Machine, It Is Very Difficult To Determine Which Deserves The Preference. It Is ...
Chyle
Chyle. The Food Undergoes Various Changes In The Alimentary Canal, Which Will Be Fully Noticed In The Article On Digestion. One Of These Changes Is Its Conversion In The Stomach Into A Pulpy Mass Termed Chyme. The Chyme, Which Passes Onward Into The Small Intestine, Is Acted Upon By The ...
Cicada
Cicada, A Genus Of Insects Of The Order Beviiptera, Sub-order Homoptera, Remarkable For The Sounds Which They Emit, The Loudness Of Which Is Very Extraordinary, When Con Sidcred With Reference To The Size Of The Creatures Producing Them. The Largest Euro Pean Species Are Only About An Inch Long. The ...
Cid Catipador
Cid Catipador Is The Name Given In Histories, Traditions, And Songs To The Most Celebrated Of Spain's National Heroes. There Is So Much Of The Mythical Inthe History Of This Personage, That Hypercritical Writers, Such As Masdea, Have Doubted His Exist Ence; But Recent Researches, More Particularly Those Of Dozy, ...
Cider
Cider Is The Fermented Juice Of Apples, And Is Extensively Prepared In Gloucestershire And Other Parts Of England, In Ireland, In The Northern Districts Of France, And In North America. In Normandy. A Vast Number Of Varieties Of Acid Or Bitter-apples Are Grown For The Preparation Of Cider. The Apples ...
Ciieops
Ciieops, According To Ilerodotus, An Egyptian King, Called Chombes By Diodorus, Souphis By Manetho, Saophis By Eratosthenes, And In Egyptian "khufu." He Was The Second King Of The Fourth Dynasty Of Manetho, And The Builder Of The Great Pyramid At Ghizeh. His Name Was Supposed To Mean "wealthy," Or "having ...
Ciipromancy
Ciipromancy, Fortune-telling By A Study Of The Human Hand (always The Left Hand), Once Widely Believed In And Still Practiced To Some Extent. The Points To Be Observed Are The Lines, The Projections, The Joints, The Nails, And The Contour Of The Thumb And Fingers. The Principal Line Is The ...
Cilicia
Cilicia, An Ancient Division Of Asia Minor, Now Included In The Turkish Eyelet Of Koniah. The Taurus Range, Which Separated It From Cappadocia, Bounded It On The N., The Gulf Of Issus And The Cilician Sea On The S., While The Amanus And Pamphylia Bounded It Respectively On The E. ...
Cinchona
Cinchona, A Most Important Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Einchonao,ce; Yield Ing The Bark So Much Valued In Medicine, Known As Peruvian Bark, Jesuits' Bark, China Bark, Quina, Quinquina, Cinchona Bark, Etc., And From Which The Important Alkaloids Quinia Or Quinine (q.v.), And Einehonia Or Einchonine, Are Obtained. ...
Cinchonacle
Cinchona'cle, A Natural Order Of Exogenous Plants, Consisting Of Trees, Shrubs, And Herbaceous Plants, With Simple, Entire, Opposite, Or Whorled Leaves, And Stipules Between Their Foot-stalks. The Calyx Is Adherent To The Ovary; The Corolla Is Tubular And Regu Lar, Its Segments Are Equal In Number To Those Of The ...
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, The Commercial Capital Of Ohio, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The River Which Gives Name To The State, And Separates It From Virginia And Kentucky. It Stands In Lat. 39° 6' 30' N., And In Long. 84' 26' Iv., 458 M. Below Pittsburg, In Penn Sylvania, Where ...
Cincinnati_2
Cincinnati (ante), The Chief City Of Ohio, Covers An Area Of 24 Sq.m., And Is Laid Out Upon A Plan Substantially Like That Of Philadelphia, The Long Streets And Avenuues, Mostly 66 Ft. Or More In Breadth, Being Generally Well Paved Or Macadamized, And Some Of Them Adorned With Shade-trees. ...
Cinnamic Acid And Vie
Cinnamic Acid And Vie Cinnamyl Series. Cinnamyl Is A Compound Radical, As Yet Unisolated, Which Is Represented By The Formula And Which Includes Amongst Its Compounds Cinnamic Acid Oil Of Cinnamon, Which Is Chemically A Slightly Impure Aldehyde Of Cinnamic Acid, Or A Hydride Of Cinnamyl (c,,,ii,0,11), Chloride Of Cinnamyl ...
Cinnamon
Cinnamon Is The Spicy, Aromatic, And Stimulating Bark Of Certain Species Of The Genus Einnamomum. This Genus Belongs To The Natural Order Louracea, And Was Formerly Included In !intros. It Contains A Considerable Number Of Species, Natives Of Tropical And Subtropical Parts Of The East. C. Has Been In Use ...
Cinque Ports
Cinque' Ports (fr. Five Ports). It Is Said That The Five Maritime Ports Of England Lying Opposite To The Coast Of France—sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney, And Hast Ings—were Enfranchised In The Time Of Edward The Confessor. But It Was Subsequent To Thebattle Of Hastings That The Conqueror, In Order That ...
Cintra
Cin'tra, A Small But Picturesquely Situated Town In Portugal, In The Province Of Estremadura, About 15 M. W.n.w. Of Lisbon, With A Pop. Of 4,000. It Stands On The Declivity Of The Sierra De Cintra, And Is Surrounded By Country Residences. There Is A Palace At C., A Strange Mixture ...