Encamment
Encamment (lat. Campus, A Plain) Is A Lodgment Or Home For Soldiers In The Field. There Are Intrenched Camps, Where An Army Is Intended To Be Kept Some Time, Protected Against The Enemy; Flying Camps, For Brief Occupation; Camps Of Position, Bearing Rela Tion To The Strategy Of The Commander; ...
Encaustic Painting
Encaustic Painting (gr. Encaustiite, Infired, Or Fixed By Fire), A Manner Of Paint Ing Practiced By The Ancients. As The Name Implied That Fire Was Used In The Execution, Some Have Been Led To Suppose That E. P. Was The Same As Enamel Painting; But Notices By Pliny And Other ...
Encaustic Tiles
Encaustic Tiles, Ornamental Tiles Made Of Earthenware, And Now Extensively Used For Paving Churches, Halls, Conservatories, Etc. Strictly Speaking, The Name Applies Only To Tiles With A Pattern Produced By Layers Of Different-colored Clays; But We May Also Include Those Made Of A Single Color Where Two Or More Kinds ...
Encke
Encke, Jou. Franz, The Well-known Astronomer, Was B. Sept. 23, 1791, At Hamburg, Where His Father Was A Clergyman. After Studying At Giatingen, He Served, During The Campaign Of 1813-14, In The Artillery Of The Hanseatic Legion, And In 1815, In The Prus Sian Army, As Lieut. Of Artillery. On ...
Encrinites
En'crinites, A Name Applied Generally To The Fossil Crinoidea, A Family Of Echino Dermata (q.v.). The Popular Name, Atone Lilies, Is Given To The Numerous Fossil Species, From The Resemblance Which Many Of Them Present When The Rays Are Closed To The Lily. Hence Also The Name Crinoidea. Crinoids Are ...
Encyclopedia
Encyclope'dia Means Properly A Book Or Work Professing To Give Information, More Or Less Full, On The Whole Circle Of Human Knowledge. The Name Is Compounded Of Two Greek Words, Enkyldios, Circular Or General; And Paideia, Discipline Or Instruction. These Words Were Used By The Greeks And Romans To Signify ...
Endemic
Endemic (from En, Among, And Demos, The People), A Term Applied To Diseases Which Affect Numbers Of Persons Shnultaneously, But So As To Show A Connection With Locali Ties As Well As With Their Inhabitants. Endemic Diseases Are Usually Spoken Of As Con Trasted With Epidemic (q.v.) And Sporadic (q.v.); ...
Endermic And Hypodermic Methods
Ender'mic And Hypodermic Methods Of Treatment. These Terms Are, As The Names Imply, Used To Designate Certain Methods Of Making The Skin An Agent For The Reception Of Medicines. The Endermic Method Consists In Raising A Blister By The Ordinary Process, Opening It By A Small Puncture, Which Must Not ...
Endosmose And Exosmose
En'dosmose And Ex'osmose (gr. Inward Motion And Outward Motion), Terms Applied By Dutrochet, The First Investigator, To The Transfusion That Takes Place When Two Liquids Or Two Gases Of Different Densities Are Separated By An Animal Or A Vegetable Membrane. As The Transmission Has No Necessary Relation To Out Wards ...
Endowed Schools Acts
Endowed Schools Acts. The Restrictions Placed Upon The Endowed Schools Of England, Both Those Of Royal And Private Foundation, In Regard To Terms Of Admission, Course Of Study, Etc., Were Found Inconvenient And Injurious To The Schools, And The Power Of Parliament Was Invoked To Make Certain Needful Changes; And ...
Endymion
Endy'mion, In Greek Mythology, Was A Son Either Of Zeus Or Of Aethlios, And Fol Lowed, According To Some Accounts, The Occupation Of A Herdsman Or Hunter, But Accord Ing To Others, Was King Of Elis. On Account Of His Uprightness, He Is Said To Have Received, At His Own ...
Enemy
Enemy. An E., According To The Civil Law, Is One Who Has Publicly Declared War Against Us, Or We Against Him; All Others Are Thieves Or Robbers. Hodes Hi S-unt Qui Nobis, Aut Tabus Nos, Publice Bellum Decrevimus; Aeteri Latrones Ant Pradones Sunt.—digest, I. 16, 118. Thus, In Order To ...
Enghien
Enghien, Lours Antoine Henri De Bounnox, Due D', Only Son Of Prince Henri Louis Joseph, Due De Bourbon, Was B. At Chantilly, 2d Aug., 1772. In 1789, He Quitted France, And Traveled Through Several Countries Of Europe. In 1792, He Entered The Corps Of Emigres Assembled By His Grandfather, The ...
Engineer And Engineering
Engineer And Engineering. Engineering, The Business Of The Engineer, Is The Art Of Designing And Superintending The Execution Of Works Of A Constructive Character, Such As Roads, Railways, Bridges, Canals, Harbors, Docks, Works For Supplying Water To Towns, Drainage And Sewerage Works, Mining Machinery, And The Working Of Metals. It ...
England
England, The Southern And Larger Section Of The Island Of Great Britain, And The Most Important Member Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland. The Geography Of E. Will Be Found Under The Head Of Great Britain, The Present Article Being Confined To A Sketch Of Its History ...
English Language
English Language, Which Is Now Spoken By Nearly 80 Millions Of The Earth's Inhabitants, Is In Its Vocabulary One Of The Most Heterogeneous That Ever Existed; A Fact, The Causes Of Which Are To Be Traced In The History Of England (q.v.). Its Composition And Grammatical Character Are Thus Described ...
English Literature
, English Literature, Like Every Other Mental Product, Is Qualified By The History Of The Nation To Which It Belongs. The Great Social Eras Of A Country's History Have Always Been Found To Correspond With The Great Intellectual Eras Of Her Growth. It Will, However, Be Sufficient For Our Purpose ...
Engraving
Engraving (ante). The 19th C. Has Produced Most Highly Accomplished Work In Line Engraving, Both In Figure And In Landscape. Its Characteristics, In Comparison With The Work Of Other Centuries, Are Chiefly A More Thorough And Delicate Rendering Of Local Colors, Light And Shade, And Texture. The Older Engravers Could ...
Engraving
Engraving, In Its Widest Sense, Is The Art Of Incising Designs, Writing, Etc., On Any Hard Substance, Such As Stone, Metal, Or Wood. Many Branches Of The Art Are Of Great Antiquity; Such As Gem-engraving. Cameo-cutting, And Die-sinking. The More Important Of These Ornamental And Useful Kinds Of E. Are ...
Engrossing And Regrating
Engrossing And Regrating. An Engrosser, Regrater, Or Forestaller, Is A Person Who Buys Grain, Flesh, Fish, Or Other Articles Of Food, With The Intention Of Selling Them Again At An Enhanced Price, Either In The Same Fair Or Market, Or In Another In The Neigh Borhood, Or Who Purchases Or ...
Enlistment
Enlistment Is The Mode By Which The English Army Is Supplied With Troops, As Dikinguished From The Conscription Prevailing In Many Other Countries. Enlistment Was In Private Hands Until The Year 1802, Middlemen Procuring Recruits, And Receiving A Profit Or Commission For Their Trouble. This System Being Subject To Much ...
Enlistment_2
Enlistment, In The Navy, Is Managed By The Admiralty, And Is Changed From Time To Time In Its Details, According To The Degree Of Willingness Among Sea-faring Men To Enter The Service. In 1830, An Act Was Passed To Give Certain Additional Advantages To Volunteer Seamen. In 1835, Another Act ...
Ennius
En'nius, One Of The Earliest Roman Poets, The Father Of The Roman Epos, Was B. At Rudite, In Calabria, About 240 Years Before The Christian Era, And Was Probably Of Greek Extraction. He Is Said To Have Served In The Wars, And To Have Risen To The Rank Of A ...
Enoch
Enoch, Bow( Of. This Book, From Which, Curiously Enough, St. Jude Quotes As If It Were History, Shows How Richly Mythical The History Of The Mysterious Antediluvian E. Had Become ! It Was Probably Written Originally In Aramaic, By A Native Of Pales Tine, In The 2d. C. B.c. The ...
Enomoto
Enom'oto Kaylairro, One Of The Japanese Young Men Of Promise Sent By The Tycoon In 1802 To Study In Europe. In Holland, E. Obtained A Solid Training In Science And Naval Practice, Returning To Japan In 1867, He Was Put In Command Of The Kaiyo Manz, A 26-guu Vessel Of ...
Enrollment
Enrollment, Entry Upon A Register Or Record. Enrollment Of Deeds.—in Order To Prevent The Secret Transfer Of Lands Which Was Effected In England By Means Of A Bargain And Sale (q.v.), It Was Provided By 27 Hen. Viii. C. 16, That The Deed Must Be Enrolled; But A Mode Was ...
Ensilage
Ensilage, Green Fodder, Preserved For Cattle, By A Process Not Unlike That Employed In The Preparation Of Sauerkraut. A Silo Or Pit, Large Or Small, Is First Prepared; Usually Placed, For Convenience Of Feeding, Contiguously To The Barn In Which Cattle Are Housed. It Must Be So Constructed That The ...
Entablature
Entablature, That Part Of A Design In Classic Architecture Which Surmounts The Columns (q.v.), And Rests Upon The Capitals. It Is Usually About Two Diameters Of The. Column In Height, And Is Divided In Every Style Of Classical Architecture Into Three Parts— Architrave, Frieze, And Cornice. These Parts Vary In ...
Entail
Entail, Or, As It Is Frequently Called In Scotland, Tailzie, From Fr. Tailler, To Cut, Properly Signifies Any Destination By Which The Legal Course Of Succession Is Cut Off, One Or More Of The Heirs-at-law Being Excluded Or Postponed, And The Settlement Of Land Made Upon A Particular Heir Or ...
Enteritis
Enteri'tis (gr. Enteron, The Intestines), Inflammation Of The Bowels, And Especially Of Their Muscular And Serous Coat, Leading To Constipation (q.v.) And Pain, With Colic (q.v.), And Sometimes Ileus (q.v.). E. Is Distinguished From These Last Affections, Indeed, Only By The Presence Of Inflammatory Symptoms—i.e., Pain, Tenderness, Fever, Etc., From ...
Entomology
Entomology (gr. Entomon, An Insect, Logos, A Discourse), The Science Which Has Insects (q.v.) For Its Subject. The Mere Collector Of Insects May Be One Of The Humblest Laborers In The Great Field Of Natural History, But His Labors Contribute Materials For The More Philosophic Naturalist Who Studies The Structures ...
Entomos1raca
Entomos1raca (gr. Insect-shells), A Term Introduced By Muller, And Adopted By Latreille, Envier, And Other Naturalists, To Designate The Second Of Their Two Great Divi Sions Of Crustaceans (q.v.). The Number Of Species Of E. Is Very Great. They Are All Of Small Size, Except The King-crabs (iimutus), Which In ...
Entophytes
En'tophytes (entophyta; Gr. Enton, Within, And Phyton, A Plant), A Term Usually Employed To Denote Those Parasitic Plants Which Grow On Living Animals. It Is Seldom Extended To Vegetable Parasites Which Grow On Living Vegetables, Whether On External Or Internal Parts, Nor Is It Restricted To Those Which Are Found ...
Entozoa
Entozo'a. This Term Is Applied To All The Animal Forms Which Live Either In The Natural Cavities (as, For Example, The Intestinal Canal), Or In The Solid Tissues (as, For Example, The Liver) Of Other Animals. The Number Of These Parasites Is So Great (there Being At Least 20 Distinct ...
Envelopes
En'velopes. Until The Introduction Of The Penny-postage System, E. For Written Letters Were Very Little Adopted; It Was Far More Customary To Secure, By Wafer Or Sealing-wax, The Sheet Of Paper On Which The Letter Was Written. When The Postage Was Rendered Uniform For All Distances, And Prepayment Enforced, Or ...
Envoy
Envoy, A Diplomatic Minister Of The Second Order, I. E., Inferior In Rank To An Ambassador. Envoys Ordinary And Extraordinary, Ministers Plenipotentiary, The Inter Nuncios Of The Pope, And All Other Inferior Diplomatic Ministers, Differ From Ambassa Dors In This, That Although They Receive Their Credentials, Like Ambassadors, Immediately From ...
Eocene
Eocene (cos, Dawn, And Kainos, Recent), A Term Introduced By Lyell To Characterize The Lower Tertiary Strata, From The Idea That The Fossil Shells Of That Period Contain An Extremely Small Proportion (3+ Per Cent.) Of Living Species. He Accordingly Looks Upon These Beds As Indicating The Dawn Of The ...
Epact
E'pact, In Chronology, Is The Excess Of The Solar Month Above The Lunar Synodical Month; Or Of The Solar Year Above The Lunar Year Of Twelve Synodical Months; Or Of Several Solar Months Above As Many Synodical Months; Or Of Several Solar Years Above As Many Periods, Each Consisting Of ...
Epaminondas
Epaminon'das, The Most Eminent Of Theban Generals And Statesmen, And One Who For A Long Period Elevated His Country To The Highest Point Of Honor And Prosperity, Was B. 414 B. C. He Was Descended From An Ancient But Impoverished Family, And Led A Retired Life Till His 40th Year, ...
Epecraem Symus
E'pecraem Symus, One Of The Most Celebrated And Prolific Ecclesiastical Writers Of The Syrian Church. Several Accounts Of His Life Have Been Handed Down To Us, But They All Bear More Or Less Such A Legendary Character, That The Real Facts To Be Gathered From Them Are But Scanty. It ...
Ephemera
Ephemera (gr. Lasting For A Day), A Linnman Genus Of Neuropterous Insects, Now Forming The Family Or Tribe Ephemerides. They Are Allied To The Libellulidos, Or Dragon Flies, But Differ From Them In Many Very Important Respects. They Have Received Their Name, To Which Corresponds The English Day-fly, Sometimes Also ...
Ephesits
Eph'esits, One Of The Twelve Ionic Cities Of Asia Minor, Was Situated In Lydia, Near The Mouth Of The River Caystrus, In The Midst Of An Alluvial Plain. It Does. Not Appear To Have Been As Old As The Trojan War, But Its Primitive History Has Been Confused By Myths. ...
Ephori
E'phori (gr. "overseers"), An Order Of Magistrates In Ancient Times Which Appears To Have Originated At Sparta, And To Have Been Peculiar To The Doric Governments. When Or By Whom The E. Were First Instituted, Is A Point Of Great Uncertainty. Herodotus Attributes Their Creation To Lycurgus, And Aristotle To ...
Ephraim
E'phraim, The Younger Son Of Joseph By His Wife Asenath, And The Founder Of One Of The Twelve Tribes Of Israel. It Is Possible That He May Have Received His Name, Which Signifies " Double Fruitfulness," From Having Been Born During The Seven Years Of Plenty. Ills Grandfather, Jacob, Shortly ...
Epic Poetry
Epic Poetry (gr. Epos, A Word, A Discourse, Or Narrative). The Two Chief Kinds Of Poetry Are E. P. And Lyric Poetry. E. P. Has Outward Objects For Its Subject, Of Which It Gives An Imaginative Narrative. The Events Themselves May He Partly Real And Partly Fictitious, Or They May ...
Epicte111s
Epicte111s, A Celebrated Disciple Of The Stoa, Was Born At Hierapolis, In Phrygia, About Fifty Years After The Birth Of Christ. He Was At First The Slave Of Epaphroditus, A Freedman Of Nero, At Rome, Whose Abusive Treatment He Is Said To Have Endured With The Composure Characteristic Of The ...
Epicycle
Epicycle. The Earlier Astronomers Assumed That All The Motions Of Heavenly Bodies Took Place In Circles, The Circle Being Held To Be The Most Perfect Of All Curves; And A Necessary Consequence Of This Assumption Was, That The Motions Must Have A Uniform Velocity. Another Part Of The Hypothesis Was, ...
Epidavrtis
Epidavrtis, A T. Of Ancient Greece, On The Eastern Shore Of The Peloponnesus, In The District Of Argolis, Was Situated On A Small Promontory, 15 Stadia In Circumference, In The Saronic Gulf, In Lat. 37° 38' N., Long. 23° 10' East. During The Most Prosperous Period Of Grecian History, E. ...
Epidemic Cerebral Meningitis
Epidemic Cerebral Meningitis Is A Disease Which Has Been Noticed And Described By Many American Physicians Since The Year 1811, When Dr. North Specially Drew The Attention Of The Profession To It. In 1838-40, It Appeared In France, And Com Mitted Great Ravages In Versailles, Where The Mortality Was 28 ...
Epidemic Mental Diseases
Epidemic Mental Diseases. When We Consider How Ordinary And Normal Thoughts And Emotions Spread From One Man To Many, And Sway Multitudes To The Same Views And Actions, It Is No Longer A Mystery That Morbid Conditions Of The Mind Should Become At Times.ndless Epui7emue Than Physical Tiliseases. Such, Af ...
Epidermis
Epidermis (gr. Epi, Upon, And Derma, The Skin), A Semi-transparent Membrane, Containing Neither Vessels Nor Nerves, And Everywhere Forming An External Covering To The Corium Or True Skin. See Skln. The E. Is Called In Ordinary Language The Scarf-skin. It Consists Of Two Layers, Chemically And Morphologically Distinct—viz., The Mucous ...
Epilepsy
Epilepsy (gr. Epi, Upon, And Lanthano, Future, Lepsi), I Seize), A Form Of Disease Characterized By Sudden Insensibility, With Convulsive Movements Of The Voluntary Muscles, And Occasionally Arrest Of The Breathing, Owing To Spasm Of The Muscles Of Respiration, And Temporary Closure Of The Glottis (q.v.). E. Was Called By ...
Epimus
Epimus, The Ancient Name Of A Part Of Greece, Bounded On The E. By The Chain Of Pindus, On The S. By The Ambracian Gulf, On The W. By The Ionian Sea, And On The N. By Illyria And Macedonia. It Formed The Southern Part Of Modern Albania, Or The ...
Episcopacy 1
Episcopacy. 1. After Much Discussion, Standard Writers On Both Sides Of The Question Now Admit That The Term " Episcopos," When It Appears As A Term Of Office In The New Testament, Is Synonymous With " Presbyter, ' The Same Officers Of The Church Being Called By Both Names—the One ...
Epistle To Tee Ephesians
Ephesians, Epistle To Tee (see Ante), Is Universally Admitted To Have Been Writ Ten By The Apostle Paul. It Is Expressly Ascribed To Him By Ignatius (if Indeed Any Writings Attributed To Him Are Genuine), Who Was Contemporary With Paul; Is Alluded To By Polycarp, A Friend Of The Apostle ...
Epistole Obscuroriim Virorimi
Epistole Obscuroriim Virorimi (lat. Letters Of Obscure Men) Is The Title Of A Collection Of Satirical Letters Which Appeared At The Commencement Of The 16th C., And Professed To Be The Composition Of Certain Ecclesiastics And Professors In Cologne And Other Places In Rhenish Germany. They Were Directed Against The ...
Epitaph
Epitaph (gr. Epi, Upon, And Taphos, A Hillock, Mound, Or Other Monument Placed Over A Grave). From Originally Signifying A Monument, This Word Is Now Used Exclu Sively To Designate The Inscription Commemorative Of The Deceased Which Is Placed Upon The Monument. This Perversion May In Some Measure Have Arisen ...
Epithelium
Epithelium Is The Term Applied In Anatomy To The Cell-tissues Which, In Layers Of Various Thickness, Invests Not Only The Outer Surface Of The Body, And The Mucous Mem Branes Connected With It—as, For Example, Those Of The Nose, Lungs, Intestinal Canal, • Etc.—but Also The Closed Cavities Of The ...
Epizoa
Epizo'a. This Term Is Applied To Those Parasitic Creatures Which Live On The Bodies Of Other Animals, And Derive Their Nourishment From The Skin. Our Space Will Only Allow Of Our Noticing Those That Infest Man. They May Be Divided Into Two Groups:. (1) Those Which Live Upon The Surface ...
Eprouvette
Eprouvette Is A Machine For Proving Or Testing The Strength Of Gunpowder. It Was Invented Or Suggested In The Last Century By Robins, But Was Greatly Improved By Dr. Hutton. The Gun E. Determines The Strength Of Gunpowder By The Amount Of Recoil Produced. A Small Gun, Usually A " ...
Equation Of Time
Equation Of Time. It Will Be Seen From The Article Equation Of Tue Center (q.v.) That The Earth's Motion In The Ecliptic—or What Is The Same Thing, The Sun's Appar • Ent Motion In Longitude—is Not Uniform. This Want Of Uniformity Would Of Itself Obviously Cause An Irregularity In The ...
Equations
Equations. An Equation May Be Defined To Be An Algebraical Sentence Stating The Equality Of Two Algebraical Expressions, Or Of An Algebraical Expression To Zero. From Another Point Of View, It Is The Algebraical Expression Of The Conditions Which Connect Known And Unknown Quantities. Thus (1), Xy = 24, And ...
Equisetum
Equisetum, A Genus Of Cryptogamous Plants, The Structure And Affinities Of Which Arc Not Yet Well Understood, But Which Many Botanists Regard As Constituting A Sub-order Of Ferns, Whilst Others Prefer To Make It A Distinct Order, Equisetacew. The English Name Horse-tail Is Often Given To All The Species. They ...
Eratosthenes
Eratos"thenes, An Eminent Greek Writer, Called, On Account Of His Varied Erudi Tion, Thephilo.7o,gist, Was B. At Cyrene 278 R. C. Among His Teachers Were Lysanias The Gram Marian, And Callimachus The Poet. By Ptolemy Euergetes, Lie Was Called To Alexandria To Superintend His Great Library. Here He Died Of ...
Ercilla
Ercilla Y Zits/10a, Alcm°, A Spanish Poet, Was B. At Madrid, Aug. 7, 1533. He Was The Third Son Of A Spanish Jurist, And At An Early Period Became Page To The Infanta Don Philip, Son Of Charles V., Accompanying Him On His Journey Through The Netherlands, And Some Parts ...
Erfurt
Erfurt, A City Of Prussian Saxony, Anciently Capital Of Thuringia, Stands In A Highly Cultivated Plain, On The Right Bank Of The Gera, 14 M. W. Of Weimar. Till 1873, E. Was Strongly Fortified, And Was Accounted A Fortress Of The Second Rank. Its Two Citadels, The Petersberg And The ...
Ergot
Ergot, A Diseased Condition Of The Germen Of Grasses, Sometimes Also Observed In Some Of The Cyperacem It Begins To Show Itself When The Germen Is Young; Different Parts Of The Flower Assume A Mildewed Appearance, And Become Covered With A White Coating Composed Of A Multitude Of Minute Spore-like ...
Eric
Eric Is The Scandinavian Form Of The Name Henricus, Enrico, And Henry Of South Ern Nations. Many Kings Of The Name Reigned Separately In Denmark And Sweden, And Some Ruled Over The Whole Of Scandinavia After The Union Of Calmar. The Memory Of The Two Earliest Rulers Of The Name ...
Erie
Erie, One Of The Five Great Lakes Which Empty Themselves By The St. Lawrence, Separates Upper Canada On Its Left Front Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, And New York On Its Right. It Is The Most Southern Of The Five, Receiving At Its South-western Extremity The Waters Of Lakes Superior, Michigan, And ...
Erie Canal
Erie Canal, Connecting The Hudson River At Albany And Troy With Lake Erie At Buffalo, Is 363 M. In Length. It Was Begun In 1817, And Completed In 1825, At A Cost Of $7,602,000. Its Construction Is Due Chiefly To The Foresight And Energy Of De Witt Clin Ton, And ...
Erie_2
Erie, A Port On The Lake Of Its Own Name In The Ttpte Of Pennsylvania, Stands In Lat. 42' 8' N., And Long. 80" 10' West. Its Harbor, One Of The Largest And Best On The Coast, Is Formed By An Island Of 4 M. In Length, Which, Under The ...
Erlau
Erlau (hung. Eger), An Episcopal City Of Hungary, In The Co. Of Heves, Of Which It Is Capital, Is Situated On Both Banks Of The River Erlau, In A Delightful Valley Skirted With Vine-clad Hills. It Is Surrounded By Old Walls, Pierced By Six Gates; Has Four Suburbs, In Which ...
Erne
Erne, Halieritus, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Falconidce, And Of The Eagle Group; Differing From The True Eagles In The Greater Length Of The Bill, In The Toes And Lower Part Of The Tarsi Being Destitute Of Feathers, And Generally, Also, In Frequenting The Sea Coast And The ...
Ernst
Ernst, Elector Of Saxony, The Founder Of The Erncstinian Line, Or The Elder Branch Of The Princely House Of Saxony, Was The Elder Son Of The Elector Friedrich The Mild, And Of Margaret, Archduchess Of Austria. When Only 14 Years Of Age, He Was Seized And Carried Off From The ...
Ernst Ettmuller
Ettmuller, Ernst Monrrz Ludwig, An Able Writer On German Antiquities, Was B. 5th Oct., 1802, At Gersdorf, In Upper Lusatia, And Studied Medicine At Leipsic From 1823 To 1826, But Subsequently The Language And History Of His Native Country. In 1830, Having Taken His Degree Of Ru.n. At Jena, He ...
Ernst I
Ernst I., Surnamed The Pious, Duke Of Saxe-gotha And Altenburg, Founder Of The House Of Gotha, Was B. At The Castle Of Altenburg, 24th Dec., 1601. He Was The Son Of That Johann, Duke Of Weimar, Mentioned In The Previous Article, Who Died In 1605, And Was Thus Connected With ...
Ernst Ii August Karl
Ernst Ii. (august Karl Johannes Leopold Alexander Eduard), Duke Of Saxe Coburg-gotha, Elder Brother Of The Late Prince Albert (q.v.), B. At Coburg 21st June, 1818. Both Brothers Received An Admirable Literary And Scientific Education. The Family To Which He Belongs Is A Branch Of The Ernestinian Line, Having Been ...
Erpeniits
Erpeniits (latinized From Thomas Van Erpen), One Of The Earliest And Most Emi Nent Of European Orientalists, Was B. At Gorkum, In Holland, 7th Sept., 1584. At An Early Age, He Was Sent To Leyden, Where He Directed His Attention First To Theology. But Afterwards More Particularly To The Study ...
Errors
Errors. In All Observations, E. Must Be Made. The Best Instruments Have Imper Fections; And .ao Man, However Equable His Temperament, Can Always Rely On His Making :a Proper Use Of His Senses. As In Astronomy Numerical Correctness In The Results Of Instrumental Measurements Is Of The First Consequence, It ...
Erskine
Erskine, Rev. Ebenezer, The Founder Of The Secession Church In Scotland, Was The Son Of The Rev. Henry Erskine, Minister Of Chirnside, In Berwickshire, A Descendant Of The Noble Family Of Mar, And Was B. June 22, 1680. He Studied At Edinburgh, And After Acting For Some Time As Tutor ...
Erskine_2
Erskine, Jeux, Of Carnock, And Afterwards Of Cardross, An Eminent Scottish Jurist, And Professor Of Scots Law. In The University Of Edinburgh, Was The Son Of The Hon. John Erskine Of Carnock, Third Son Of Lord Cardross, Whose Descendants Hare Now Succeeded To The Earldom Of Buchan. John Erskine, The ...
Esareiaddon
Esareiad'don Was The Son Of Sennacherib, King Of Assyria. Nothing Is Known, Positively, Concerning Him Until His Accession To The Throne After The Murder Of His Father By Two Other Sons. The Length Of His Reign Cannot Be Determined, But The Number Of His Military Expeditions And The Extent Of ...
Eschatology
Eschatol'ogy, The Doctrine Concerning The Last Things, In The Christian System, Treats Of The Millennium, The Future Coming Of Christ, The State Of Man After Death, The Resurrection, Last Judgment, And Final Condition Of Mankind. I. The Millennium And The Future Coining Of Xxth Chapter Of Revelation Speaks Of A ...
Escheat
Escheat' (fr. Echoir, From Lat. Cadere, To Fall Or Happen), An Incident Of The Feudal Law Whereby, When A Tenant In Fee-simple Died, Leaving No Heir Capable Of Succeeding, The Land Reverted To His Lord. By The Earlier Usages, This Effect Took Place Where There Was No Representative Of The ...