Frienich Heinrich Gesenius
Gesenius, Frienich Heinrich Wiluellr, One Of The Greatest Modern German Orientalists And Biblical Scholars, Was B. At Nordhausen, In Prussian Saxony, Feb. 3, 1785, And Educated_first At The Gymnasium Of His Native Town, Afterwards At The Univer Sities Of Helmstedt And U. After Having Been A. Short Time Teacher In ...
Frigate
Frigate (probably Connected With The Gothic Fargod, A Row-galley, And Also With The Latin Aphractus, An Undecked Galley), Formerly A Lqng Narrow Vessel Propelled By Oars And Sails, Used In The Mediterranean On Occasions When Speed Was Requisite. The Name Then Came To Be Applied To Men-of-war, Of A Class ...
Fringe Of The Garment
Fringe Of The Garment, An Appendage Worn By The Israelites On The Edges And Especially At The Corners Of Their Robes. It Was Originally Enjoined On Them By Moses, In Accordance With Divine Direction, As A Memento Of God's Conirmindinents, Which They Were Required Continually To Obey: Num. Xv. 38-41.• ...
Frisians
Frisians. The Frisians (lat. Frisii), An Ancient Teutonic Race, Dwelt In The N.w. Of Germany. The Origin Of The Name Is Lost In Antiquity, Though Traditions, Collected And Written In 47tet Oera Linda Doh, In The 13th C., Say That The F. Came Out Of India, And That Fr A, ...
Frisians_2
Frisians (ante). The Frisian Language Belongs To The Low German Branch Of The Teutonic, And Presents Special Interest To The English Philologist As The Nearest Of All Extant Forms To The Saxon Basis Of His Own Tongue. It Is Still Spoken In The Country Districts Of The Present Province Of ...
Frithjofs Saga
Frithjof's Saga, Which Was Probably First Written Down At The End Of The 13th Or In The Beginning Of The 14th C., Is An Ancient Icelandic. Myth, Which Records The Life And Adventures Of The Hero Frithjof (properly Frkihtajofr; I.e., "peace-destroyer"), Who Loved The Beautiful Ingeborg, The Daughter Of A ...
Frobisher
Frobisher, Sir Martin, A Distinguished Naval Adventurer Of The Elizabethan Period, The First Englishman Who Sought To Discover A N.w. Passage To China, Was A Native Of Doncaster, But The Year Of His Birth Is Unknown. For Many Years, He In Vain Labored To Impress English Merchants With An Idea ...
Froebel
Froebel, Frarnnrcir Wiluelii August, 1782-1852; A German Philosopher, Philanthropist, And Educational Reformer. He Was The Son Of A Priest, And Lost His Mother While In Infancy. An Uncle Gave Him A Home And Sent Him To School; But He Was A Strange Child, And Passed For A Dunce; So While ...
Frog
Frog, Rana, A Genus Of Batrachia, Having In The Adult State Four Legs And No Tail, No Gills, Four Toes On Each Of The Fore-feet, Five On Each Of The Hind-feet, The Feet More Or Less Webbed; The Head Flat, The Muzzle Rounded; The Mouth Very Large, A Row Of ...
Fronde
Fronde, The Name Given To A Political Faction In France During The Minority Of Louis Xiv., Which Was Hostile To The Court And The Prime-minister, Mazarin, And Caused Great Domestic Troubles From The Year 1648 To 1654. The Grasping And Despotic Policy Of Mazarin, To Whom Anne Of Austria, The ...
Frost
Frost. In A General Sense, Frost Means The Lowering Of Atmospheric Temperature At The Surface Of The Earth To Or Below The Freezing Point, 32" F. Iu A Special Sense, The Term Is Used To Signify The Deposition Of Atmospheric Moisture Upon Plants And Other Objects. It Is Usually Stated ...
Frost_2
Frost, Willtaikt Edward, B. England, 1810; An English Painter, Chiefly Of Por Traits. In 1839, He Exhibited "prometheus Unbound," For Which He Received The Acad Emy's Gold Medal. In 1843, Lie Won A Competition Prize By His Cartoon " Una Alarmed By The Fawns." Among His Works Are The "bacchanalian ...
Fruit
Fruit, Fructus, In The Botanical Use Of The Term, In Phanerogamous Plants, Is A Mature Ovary Containing A Seed Or Seeds; And In Cryptogamous Plants, A Spore-case (sporangium Or Theca) Containing Spores. Other Parts Of The Flower, Most Frequently The Calyx, Sometimes Remain After Flowering Is Over, Undergo A Further ...
Fruit Trade
Fruit-trade. The Trade In Fruit Is Divided Into Two Distinct Branches—the Fresh And The Dried Fruits. Fresh Fruits, Such As Those Which Grdw Abundantly In England, Are Sold For London Consumption Almost Entirely At Covent Garden Market; The Sales At The Borough And Other Metropolitan Markets Being Comparatively Small. There ...
Fruits
Fruits, In Law. The Fruits Of The Soil, In Their Legal Aspects, Fall Under Various Categories, And Follow Different Destinations According To Their Nature, And The Situation In Which They Are Placed. If Not Yet Separated From The Soil Which Produced Them, They Are Said To Be Pendentes, And As ...
Fucatee
Fucatee, According To Lindley, A Natural Order Of Acotyledonous Plants; But More Generally Regarded By Botanists As A Suborder Of A/gcs. The Species Are Numer Ous, About 500 Being Known, Mostly Growing In Salt Water. They Are Distinguished From The Other Algm By Their Organs Of Reproduction, Which Consist Of ...
Fuchsia
Fuchsia, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Onagracem, Containing A Large Number Of Species, Natives Of South America And Of The Southern Parts Of North America. They Are Half-shrubby Plants, Shrubs, Sometimes Climbers, And Small Trees, And Have Generally Pendulous Red Flowers; Of Which The Calyx Is Funnel-shaped, ...
Fuchss Soluble Glass
Fuchs's Soluble Glass Is A Peculiar Silicate,which Is Prepared By Melting Together 8 Parts Of Carbonate Of Soda, Or 10 Parts Of Carbonate Of Potash, With 15 Of Pure Quartz Sand, And 1 Part Of Charcoal, Which Is Added To Facilitate The Decomposition Of The Alka Line Carbonate. A Black ...
Fuel
Fuel. This Term Is Generally Applied To Combustibles Used For The Production Of Heat; Also, Less Frequently, To Combustibles Such As Oil, Paraffine-oil (q.v.), Used For Lighting. Under Articles Coal, Coke, Etc., Will Be Found Details Of The Physical Prop Erties And Chemical Composition Of The Various Fuels; The Following ...
Fuero
Fu'ero, A Spanish Word Derived From Lat, Forum, Signifies Strictly The Seat Of Justice, Jurisdiction. In This Last Sense It Was Transferred To Collections Of Laws, And Specially To The Civic Rights Granted By The Kings To Individual Cities, The Most Famous Of Which Were The F. Of Leon And ...
Fuggeb
Fuggeb, One Of The Most Remarkable Families In Germany, Which, By Industry And Commerce, Has Founded Numerous Lines Of Counts, And-even Princes. The Ancestor Of The Family Was John F., Master-weaver Iu Graben, Near Augsburg. Ills Eldest Son, .tohn F., Acquired By Marriage, In 1370, The Freedom Of Augsburg, And ...
Fugitive Slave Law
Fugitive Slave Law. Slaves Being Regarded As Property, Thing; And Not Per Sons, As The Roman Law Puts It, The Existence In Every State In Which Slavery Exists Of A Law Recognizing The Right Of The Master To Reclaim His Property Follows As A Logical Con Sequence. Accordingly, The-constitution Of ...
Fugue
Fugue, In Music, Is The Name Of A Composition Wherein The Parts Do Not All Begin At Once, But Follow Or Pursue One Another At Certain Distances; Thence The Name, F'uga, Flight Or Chase, Each Part Successively Taking Up The Subject Or Melody. Any Of The Parts May Begin The ...
Fulahs
Fulahs [properly Rae (sing. Pallo), Called Also Fellani (sing. Bafellanchl), And Fulian], The Name Of A Widely-spread Negro People In Upper &mom, Regarding Whose Origin There Is Much Diversity Of Opinion. 3f. Eichwaldt (see Journal De In Societe Etrenologique. 1841, Vol. I. P. 2, Et Seq.) Has Endeavored To Connect ...
Fulvia
Fulvia, A Roman Woman, Lived About 80-10 B.c. She Was The Daughter Of Fulvius Bambalio, And Was Married Three Times—her Third Husband Being Marc Antony, For Whose Sake She Abandoned A Dissolute Life. By Hint She Had Two Sons. When Lit Allowed Himself To Be Detained In Egypt By Cleopatra, ...
Functions
Functions, A Mathematical Term. When Two Or More Variables Are Combined With Constants In An Equation, And Are Such That A Change Of Value Of One Implies A Corre Sponding Change Of Value Of One Or More Of The Others, Then Such Variables Are Said To Depend On And To ...
Funeral Rites
Funeral Rites. The Methods Of Disposing Of The Dead Have Been So Various And Connected With So Many Ceremonial Observances Dictated By Affection, Religious Convic Tion:or Superstition, That A Full Consideration Of The Subject Would Occupy A Volume. Under The Article Burial Will Be Found A Description Of The Principal ...
Fungi
Fungi, An Order Of Acotyledonous Or Cryptogamous Plants, Containing A Very Great Number Of Species, Nearly 5,000 Being Known, Whilst It Is Probable That The Whole Number Existing Is Very Much Greater. They Are Amongst The Lowest Forms Of Vegetable Life, And Some Naturalists Of No Mean Reputation Have Entertained ...
Fur And Furriery
Fur And Furriery. The Skins Of Animals, Having Hair Or Fur As A Coating, Have Been Used In Europe As An Article Of Clothing For Many Centuries. Since Xuropean Countries, However, Have Become More And More Cleared And Inhabited, Fur-bearing Ani Mals Have Nearly Disappeared; And The Supply Is Now ...
Fur And Furriery
Fur And Furriery (ante). Trade In Furs Began With The First European Settle Ments In North America, And Beaver-skins Were Used In New Amsterdam And Elsewhere In Place Of Gold And Silver For Currency. The Figure Of A Beaver Is A Conspicuous Figure On The Escutcheon Of The City Of ...
Furniture
Furniture (ante), The Chattels And Fittings Required To Adapt Houses, Churches, Ships, Etc. For Use. The Sculptures, Paintings, And Metal Work Of Antiquity And Of The Later Ages, Now Kept In Museums And Private Collections, Have, With Few Exceptions, Formed Part Of Decorations Or-furniture Of Temples, Churches, Or Houses, Most ...
Furst
Furst, Jumus, A Distinguished Orientalist Of Jewish Parentage, Wash. May 12, 1805, At Zerkowa, In The Grand-duchy Of Posen, Prussia, Where His Father Was Lecturer On Circumcision In The Synagogue. F. Was Educated For The Rabbinical Profession, And Dis Played At A Very Early Age A Most Remarkable Power Of ...
Furstenberg
Furstenberg, The Name Of Two Noble Houses Of Germany. The Most Important Is In Possession Of A Mediatized Principality In The District Of The Black Forest And The Upper Danube, Which Comprises The Countship Of Heillgenberg, The Landgravates Of Stillilingen And Baar, And The Lordships Of Jungnau, Trochelfingen, Jiausen, And ...
Furze
Furze, Ulex, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Legaminosco, Sub-order Onacece, Distinguished By A Two-leaved Calyx With A Small Scale Or Bractea On Each Side At The Base, Stamens All United By Their Filaments, And A Turgid Pod Scarcely Longer Than The Calyx. The Common F. (u. Also ...
Fusing And Freezing Points
Fusing And Freezing Points Are Terms Applied To The Temperature At Which Solids Assume The Liquid Form, And Liquids Become Solid. The Following Table Gives Some Of The Best Determinations Of The Fusing Point: Mercury. —39° Alloy (1sri,2b1). . 286°' Oil Of Vitriol .. —30° • " (3sn,2pb) .. 333° ...
Fustic
Fustic, A Name Given To Two Kinds Of Dye-wood Used For Producing A Yellow Color, And With Chemical Additions, Other Colors, Such As Brown, Olive, And Green. The Name Seems To Be Derived From The French Piste& The Name Of The Venice Sumach (rims Entices, See Sumach), A Shrub Found ...
Future Debt
Future Debt Is A Debt Wherein The Obligation To Pay And The Time For Payment Is Fixed And Certain, But The Day For Performance Has Not Arrived. Of Such A Debt, It Was Mid In The Civil Law Dies Cedit Etsi Nondum, Renerit; And It Was Distinguished From A Con ...
Future Estate
Future Estate, An Estate Of Which Possession Is To Commence At Some Future Time. It Includes Remainders, Reversions, And Estates Limited To Commence In Posses Sion At A Future Day, Without The Intervention•of A Precedent Estate To Support Them, Which Last Arc Good In Common Law Only In The Case ...
Fyzabad
Fyzabad, A Rapidly Decaying City Of Onde, Stands On The Right Bank Of The Ghogr, A, Here A Navigable River, In Lat. 26° 47' N., And Long. 82° 10' East. Originally An Append Age, As It Were, Of Ayodha Or Oude, The Ancient Capital From Which The Country Took Its ...
G0thland
G0'thland (saved. Gottland), An Island In The Baltic, Lying Between 57°-58° N. W Lat., And 18c-19° 30' E. Long., With Faroe, Gotska, Sandoe, And Other Smaller Islands, Constitutes The Swedish Ken Or Province Of Gottland And Wisby. Pop. '76, 54,649; And The Superficial Area About 1200 Sq.m. ' Chief Town, ...
Gabelle
Gabelle, A French Word, Derived From The German Gift Or Tribute, And Origi Nally Used In A General Way To Designate Every Kind Of Indirect Tax, But More Especially The Tax Upon Salt. This Impost, First Established In 1286, In The Reign Of Philippe Iv., Was Meant To Be Only ...
Gable
Gable, The Triangular Part Of An Exterior Wall Of A Between The Top Of The Side-walls And The Slopes Of The Roof. The Whole Wall Of Which The G. Forms The Top Is Called A Gable-end; Party-walls, Or The Walls Which Separate Two Contiguous Houses, And Which Belong Equally To ...
Gachabd
Gachabd, Loris Prosper, Principal Archivist Of Belgium, Was B. In France About The Year 1930. He Was Originally A Conipositor;but Having Removed To Belgium. Lie Took Part In The Revolution Of 1830, And Was Naturalized In 1831. In The Same Year He Was Appointed To The Honorable Post Of Keeper ...
Gaelic Language And Literature
Gaelic Language And Literature, The Term Gaelic (gwyddelian Or Gad Belie) Is Used In Two Senses. In Its Wider Signification, It Designates The Northern Branch Of The Celtic Languages, Comprehending The Irish, The Highland-scottish, And The Manx. See Celtic Nations And Irish Language And Litenattere. In Its Narrower Signi / ...
Gaeta
Gaeta (the Cajeta Of The Latins), A Strongly Fortified Maritime Town Of Southern Ithly, In Tho Province Of Caserta, Is Picturesquely Situated On An Abrupt Promontory Projecting Into The Mediterranean, And Connected With A Mainland By A Low And Narrow Isthmus Protected By Inlid-walls. On The Summit Of The Promontory ...
Gainess Mill
Gaines's Mill, The Name Given To A Battle Fought June 27, 1862, On Nearly The Same Ground As The Battle Of Cold Harbor Two Years Later. Towards The End Of June, 1862, Lee, Who Had Succeeded To The Command Of The Main Confederate Army, Had Col. Lected Abdut 100,000 Men ...
Gaius
Gaius, A Roman Jurist, Most Probably Of The Age Of The Antonines, And The Chief Source Of Our Knowledge Of Roman Law Prior To Justinian. Considering The Important Place Which Lie Holds In Ancient Legal Literature, It Is Strange That His Personal History Should Be Almost Entirely Unknown, And That ...
Galacz
Galacz, An Important T. And River-port Of Moldavia, The Center Of The Commerce Of The Whole Roumanian Principality, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The Danube, About 3 Rn. Below The Point Where It Is Joined By The Sereth, And 82 In. Front Its Mouth. It Occupies A Slope ...
Galashiels
Galashiels', The Chief Seat In Scotland Of The Scotch Tweed Manufacture, Occupies 2 M. Of The Narrow Valley Of The Gala, Immediately Above The Junction Of That River With The Tweed. It Is 33i M. S. Of Edinburgh, And 4 N. Of Melrose On The Waverley Line. At Its Railway ...
Galatia
Gala'tia Was An Ancient Times The Name Of A Country Of Asia Minor, And Was So Called From A Body Of Gauls Who Settled There. In The 3(1 C. B.c., Great Hordes Of Gauls, Under Brennus, Invaded Greece. Some Of Them Took Possession Of Byzantium And The Propontis, Passed The ...
Galiani Ferdinando
Galia'ni. Ferdinando, An Italian Savant, Was B. In Chieti, A Province Of The Abruzzi, In 1728, And Exhibited At An Early Period An Extraordinary Aptitude For Learn Ing. Philosophy, History. Archmology, And More Especially The Science Of Political Economy, Were His Favorite Studies; But, Nevertheless, He First Attracted Notice By ...
Galicia
Galicia, A Crown Land Belonging To The Austrian Monarchy, Including The Former Kingdoms Of Galicia And Lodomcria, The Duchies Of Auschwitz And Zator, And The Grand Duchy Of Cracow. Ai•ea, 30,200 Sq.m.; -pop. '69, 5;444,689. With The Exception Of 114,000 Germans, And Near 500,000 Jews, The Inhabitants Are Of The ...
Galilee
Galilee (heb. Gala, A " Or "circuit "), A Name Latterly Applied To One Of The Four Roman Divisions Of Palestine, Originally Referred Only To A District Of The Tribe Of Naphtali. Here Were Situated The, 20 Towns Which. Solomon Gave To Hiram, King Of Tyre, For His Assistance In ...
Galileo Galilei
Galilei, Galileo, The Creator Of Experimental Science, Was Born At Pisa On Feb. 15 1564. He Belonged To A Florentine Family More Ancient Than Opulent. G., By Desire Of His Father, Exclusively Directed His Early Studies To Medicine, And The Prevailing Aristo Telian Philosophy, The Dogmas Of Which He Soon ...
Gall Fly
Gall-fly, Cynips, A Linmean Genus Of Insects, Now Forming The (let. Gall-inhabiting) Of Entomologists, And Belonging To The Order Hymenoptera (q.v.), Section Terebrantia (lat. Boring), Which Section Is Characterized By The Females Being Furnished With An Ovipositor. Gall-flies Arc Nearly Allied To Ichneumons, But Principally Differ From Them In Depositing ...
Gallas
Gallas (" Invaders"), A Race Inhabiting The S. And Of Abyssinia. The General Name By Which The Tribes Designate Themselves Is Oronta (orma, Men). Although Gen Erally Belonging To The Negro Race, They Are Not Purely Negroes, But Form With The Fulahs, Mandingoes, And Nubas, As It Were, The Transition ...
Gallic Acid
Gallic Acid Occurs In The Form Of Colorless Silky Needles Which Lose Their Water Of Crystallization At 212°; They Dissolve Slightly In Cold Water, But Require Only Three Parts Of Boiling Water For Their Solution, And They Are Freely Soluble In Alcohol. Solutions Of G. A. Have An Acid Reaction ...
Gallican Church
Gallican Church, The Church Of France, Less, However, Considered Under The Relation Of Geographical Boundaries Than In Its Constitution And Principles Of Church Government. The Christian Faith Was Widely Diffused In France, Even During The Life Time Of The Apostles; And It Especially Flourished Among The Descendants Of The Greek ...
Gallinaceous Birds
Gallina'ceous Birds (lat. Gallus, A Cock), Or Rasores (lat. Scrapers), An Order Of Birds, More Generally Valuable To Man Than Any Other Order, Containing At Once The Most Important Species Domesticated As Poultry, And Those Most Sought After As Game. The Common Domestic Fowl May Be Regarded As The Type ...
Gallitzin
Gallitzin, A Princely Family Of Russia, Of Which Many Members Have Been Nota Ble. In 1514, Prince Mikiiail Commanded A Russian Army Against The Poles; He Was Defeated By Ostrogski, And Kept A Prisoner 38 Years, With His Brother Dimitri. Soon After His Release, Mikhail Died In A Convent. Prince ...
Gallon
Gallon, The Standard Measure For Liquids And Dry Goods Throughout The United Kingdom. It Has Existed As A Measure From The Earliest Times, And, In Consequence, Has Undergone Many Changes. Lu The Time Of Henry Iii., It Was Enacted That The G. Should Oe 8 Lbs. Of 12 Ozs. Each, ...
Gallotannic Acid
Gallotannic Acid Is The Most Important Of The Various Forms Of Tannin Or Tannic Acid. It Usually Occurs As A Spongy, Light, Inodorous, Colorless, Or Faintly Yellow Mass, Which Is Easily Reduced To A Fine Powder, Which Possesses A Strongly Astringent, But Not A Bitter Taste. It Is Freely Soluble ...
Galloway
Gal'loway, An Ancient Province, In The S.w. Of Scotland, Now 'mostly Comprised In The Shire Of Wigtown And Stewartry Of Kirkcudbright. The Extent And Early History Of G. Are Alike Obscure. By Some Historians, It Has'bcen Asserted To Have Comprehended, In Addition To Kirkcudbright And Wigtown, Nithsdalc, Annandale, Teviotdale, Carrick, ...
Galt
Galt, Jon's', A Distinguished Scottish Novelist, Was B. In Irvine, On May 2, 1770. His Father, Who Was A Captain Of A Ship In The West Indian Trade, Left Ayrshire In 1780, And Fixed His Residence In Greenock. In That Town, G. Received His Education, And Was Then Placed In ...
Galvani
Galva'ni, Lumr, A Famous Physician And Anatomist, Was B. At Bologna, Sept. 9, 178z At An Early Age, He Evinced A Strong Inclination To Devote Himself To A Monastic Life, And His Studies In The University Of Bologna Were, With This View, Chiefly Directed To Scholastic Philosophy, Rather Than To ...
Galvanic Battery
Galvanic Battery. —when A Number Of Copper And Zinc Pairs, Similar To The One Already Referred To, Are Put Together, So That The Copper Plate Of One Cell Is Placed In Conducting Connection With Tile Zinc Plate Of The Next, They Constitute A Galvanic Bat Tery. The Term Battery Is ...
Galvanism
Galvanism Is That Branch Of The Science Of Electricity Which Treats Of The Electric Currents Arising From Chemical Action, More Particularly From That Attending The Dis Solution Of Metals. It Is Sometimes Called Dynamical Electricity, Because It Deals With Current Electricity, Or Electricity In Motion, And It Thus Distinguished From ...
Galvanized Iron
Galvanized Iron. This Name Is Given To Iron Which Has Been Coated With Zinc, To Prevent It From Rusting. The Iron Is Simply Dipped In Zinc, And Is Not Coated By Any Galvanic Process, As Its Name Would Imply. Zinc, After A Short Exposure To Air, Becomes Coated With A ...
Galvanoveters
Galvanoveters. —the Two Most Reliable Evidences Of The Strength Of The Galvanic Current Are Its Power To Deflect The Magnetic Needle, And To Effect Chemical Decompo Sition. To Measure One Or Other Of These, Is The Object Of A Galvanometer Or Voltameter. A. Magnetic Galvanometer Shows The Stlpength Of The ...
Galveston
Galveston, A City And Seaport Of The State Of Texas, North America, Is Situated On The N.e. Extremity Of Galveston Island, At The Opening Of The Bay Of The Same Name Into The Gulf Of Mexico; Lat. 29° 19' N., Long. 94° 46' West. It Is The Largest And Most ...
Galway
Galway, A Maritime Co. Of Ireland, Province Of Connaught, And, After Cork, The Largest Of All The Irish Counties. It Is Hounded On The E. By Two Navigable Rivers, The Shannon, And Its Affluent The Suck; And On The W. By The Atlantic Ocean. Area, 1,566, 354 Acres, Of Which ...
Galway_2
Galway, A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough Of Ireland, A Seaport, And County Of Itself, Stands At The Mouth Of The River Corrib On The N. Shore Of Galway Bay, 50 M. N.n.w. From Limerick, And 130 M. W.s. W. From Dublin. It Is Built On Both Sides Of The River, ...
Gamaliel
Gama'liel, The Greek Form Of The Hebrew Name Gamli' El (my Rewarder Is God; Or, Mine Also Is God), The Most Celebrated Bearer Of Which Is Gamaliel I., Or The Elder (hasaicen), Probably The One Mentioned In The New Testament (acts V. 34, And Xxii, 3). Both Here And In ...
Gambetta
Gambetta, Leon, A French Lawyer And Statesman, Was B. On Oct. 30, 1838, At Cahors. His Family Was Of Genoese Descent. He Studied Law; And In 1859 Joined The Paris Bar. It Was Not Till 1868 That His Name Came Prominently Before The Public. He Then Acquired Fame As Counsel ...
Game
Game. Certain Wild Animals Are Selected By What Are Called The Game-laws From All Other Animals, And Protected, For The Exclusive Benefit Of Those On Whose Lands They Are Found. Game-laws Of One Kind Or Another Exist In All Modern Countries, And Controversies Are Constantly Going On As To Whether ...
Gandersiieim
Gandersiieim, A T. In Germany, At The Head Of A Circle In The Duchy Of Bruns Wick, Situated On The Gande, A Sub-tributary Of The Weser, About 48 M• S.w. Of Brims Wick; Pop. '75, 2,454. It Has Manufactures Of Linen, Cigars, Beet-root Sugar, And Beer; And Possesses An Old ...
Ganges
Ganges, A River Prominent Alike In The Religion And In The Geography Of The East, Divides, At Least Towards The Sea, India In Its Largest Sense Into The Two Grand Divisions Of Hither And Farther. Its Entire Length Is More Than 1500 Miles. Its General Direction The First Half Of ...
Gannet
Gannet, Su/a, A Genus Of Web-footed Birds, Of The Family Pelecani&e, Having A Long, Strong, Conical Bill, The Face And Throat Naked, The Feet With Four Toes, Three Before And One Behind, All United By The Web. To This The Booby (q.v.) Belongs. Another Species Of The Common G., Or ...
Garancine
Garancine, A Manufactured Product Of Madder; Hence Its Name, Derived From The French Garance. The Discovery Of The Process For Making This Material Is Due To The French, And It Has Proved One Of The Most Valuable Additions To Our Dyeing Materials That Has Been Made During The Present Century. ...
Garat
Garat, Domixtque Joserrr, 1749-1833; A- French Statesman And Contributor To Newspapers. In 1785, He Was Named Professsor Of History At The Paris Athenwum, Where His Lectures Enjoyed An Equal Popularity With Those Of Laharpe On Literature. Pos Sessing Strongly Optimist Views, A Mild And Irresolute Character, And Indefinite And Changeable ...
Garde Nationale
Garde Nationale, The Celebrated Burgher Defenders Of Order In Paris And Certain Other French Towns, Was For The Iiitt Time Introduced Into Paris During The Revolution Of 1789. It Bad Existed For A Long Time Previous In Sonic Of The French Towns, Having Been At First Employed To Defend The ...