George
George King Of Great Britain, Son Of Ernst August, Elector Of Hanover, And Of Sophia, A Granddaughter Of James I. Of England, Was B. May 28, 1660. According To The Theory That The Blood Of James Ii. In The Direct Line Was "corrupted," He Was The Nearest Heir To The ...
George Iii
George Iii., Son Of Frederick Lewis, Prince Of Wales, Succeeded His Grandfather. George Ii. Lie Was Born June 4, 1738, And Died At Windsor Castle Jan. 29, 1820, In The 60th Year Of His Reign, Which Was Eventful As Well As Long. On Sept. 8. 1761, He Married The Princess ...
George Iv
George Iv. Became King Of Great Britain On His Father's Death. He Had Been Vir Tual Sovereign During The Long Period Of His Father's Last Insanity, As Prince Regent. He Was Born On Aug. 12,1762, And Died On June 26,1830. That He Should Have Lived So Long As 67 Years ...
George R Gliddon
Gliddon, George R, American Egyptologist, Antiquary, And Ethnologist, Wash. In 1807, In Grand Cairo, Egypt, Where His Father, John Gliddon, Was For Many Years U. S. Consul. Ile Resided For Thirty-two Years In The Valley Of The Nile And In The Levant, And Had Extraordinary Opportunities For Pursuing Those Scientific ...
George_2
George (the Bearded), Duke Of Saxony, Eldest Son Of Albert (the Brave), The Founder Of The Ducal Or Albertinian Saxon Line, Was Born In 1471. Ile Early Distributed A Strong Desire For The Acquisition Of Relitious Knowledge, And In 1481 Was Sett To Meissen To Pursue His Studies, With A ...
George_3
George, Known As Pisides Or Pisida; A Byzantine Writer Of The 7th C., Was, As His Surname Implies,' A Native Of Pisidia; But Of His Personal History Nothing Is Known Except That He Bad Been Ordained A Deacon, And That He Held, Either Simultaneously Or Successively, The Offices Of " ...
George_4
George Of Cappadocia, From 356 To 361 Arian Archbishop Of Alexandria. He Was A Native Of Epiphania, In Cilicie; But Universal Tradition Makes Him A Cappadocian. Gregory Nazianzen Tells Its That His Father Was A Fuller, And That He Himself Soon Became Notorious As A Parasite Of So Mean A ...
Georgia
Georgia, An Atlantic State Of The American Union, And One Of The 13 Original States, Extends In Lat. From 30' 21' To N., And In Long. From 80° 48' To 85' 40' West. It Is Bounded On The N. And N.e. By The States Of Tennessee, North Carolina, And South ...
Georgia
Georgia (ante); So Named In Honor Of George Ii.; One Of The 13 Original States Of The American Union, Lying On The Atlantic Between 301° And 32° Rt., And Running Inland Up To 35° N., And Between And W. It Has The Ocean On The E., South Carolina On The ...
Georgia_2
Georgia, The Name Formerly Applied In A General Manner To The Region Now Called Russian Transcaucasia (see Transcaucasia), Which Forms The Isthmus Connecting Europe With Turkey-in-asia, And Iskunded By The Caucasian Mountains On The And By The Armenian Mountains On The South. The Persian Name Is Gurjestan; The Bus San, ...
Geranium
Geranium, A Genus Of Exogenous Plants, The Type Of The Natural Order Geraniacea, The Limits Of Which Correspond With Those Of The Linnxan Genus. This Order Contains At Least 500 Known Species, Very Unequally Distributed Over The World, And Particularly Abounding At The Cape Of Good Hope, Of Which Country ...
Gerhardts Notation
Gerhardt's Notation. On Certain Theoretical Grounds, Gerhardt Doubled The Numbers That Had Hitherto Been Current, Expressing The Atomic Weights Of Certain Of The Chemical Elements—oxygen, Carbon, Sulphur, Selenia, And Tellurium ; The Other Num Bers Remaining Unaltered. We Give In The Following Table The Earlier System And Ger Hardt's Numbers: ...
Gerizim And Visal
Gerizim And Visal, Two Mountains Celebrated In Scripture Story. They Are Sepa Rated From Each Other By A Narrow Valley-about 200 Yards Wide, In Which Stands The Town Of Nitbulus, The Ancient Shechem Or Sychar, The Metropolis Of The Samaritan Sect. They Are Nearly Equal In Altitude, Neither Of Them ...
Germ Theory Of Disease
Germ Theory Of Disease. A Precise Definition Of The Term Germ Theory Of Disease Is Difficult, But In General There Are Three Theories, Viz.: The Vegetable Germ The Ory, The Bioplasmic Germ Theory, And The Physico-chemical Theory. The Vegetable Germ Theory, However, Is The One Usually Referred To When No ...
German Catholics
German Catholics Is The Name Generally Given To A Religious Sect That Has Recently Sprung Up In Germany In The Bosom Of The Roman Catholic Church. Though Retaining The Designation Catholic—i E.; Universal—they Form Independent Congregations, And Most Commonly Style Themselves Christian Catholics. So Far As Their General Principles Are ...
German Philosophy
German Philosophy. When'we Speak Of The Philosophy Of Germany, We Do Not Necessarily Imply That It Differs From The Philosophy Of Any Other Country In Respect Of The Problems It Seeks To Solve, Any More Than When We Compare The German Chemistry With That Of France Or England. To Characterise ...
German Silver
German Silver, The Name 'given To An Alloy Formed Of Copper, Zinc, And Nickel. It Is Variable In Its Composition According To The Requirements.of The Manufacturer, But May Be Stated, For General Purposes, To Consist Of Copper Zinc 30.0, Nickel 20.0; This Composition Is Very Malleable, Susceptible Of High Polish, ...
German Theology I
German Theology. I. Its New Life. At The Period Of The Reformation In Ger Many, The Spiritual Life Imparted Through The Instrumentality Of The Inspired Word, Pro Duced A Reconstruction Of Theological Doctrine As Well As Of Religious Institutions And Of Moral Practice. Belief In The Scriptures Was No Longer ...
German Wines
German Wines. The Culture Of The Vine Is Almost Southern And Western Germany, And Especially To The Rhine District. The Northern Limits Of Its Growth Extend From Bonn In A North-easterly Direction, Through Cassel To The Southern Foot Of The Harz, Crossing 52' N. Lat. On The Elbe, Running Then ...
Germander
German'der (teucrium), A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Labiatm, Having The Calyx Tubular, 5-toothed And Sometimes 2-lipped; The Corolla With The Tipper Lip Very Short And Bipartite, The Lower Lip Spreading And Trifid; The Stamens Much Exserted. The Species Are Numerous, And Very Widely Distributed. A Few Are ...
Germania
Germa'nia Was The General Name Under Which The Romans Designated Not Only Great Part Of Modern Germany, But Also A Portion Of Belgium And The N. And North Eastern Districts Of Gaul, The Two Last Being More Especially Characterized As "germania Prima" And " Secunda," While Germany Proper Was Also ...
Germanicus Cesar
Germanicus Cesar, A Distinguished Roman General, Belonging To The Imperial Family, Was The Son Of Nero Claudius Drusus, And Of Antonia, Daughter Of Mark Antony, And Niece Ot Augustus, He Was Born 15 B. C., In The Month Of September. In Accordance With The Desire Of Augustus, Who Had Even ...
Germany
Germany, From Lat. Germania (q.v:), Is The English Name Of The Country Which The Natives Call Deutschland, And The French L'allemagne. See Ai.emanni The Word Is Sometimes Used To Denote 'the Whole Area Of The European Continent Within Which The Germanic Race And Langwige Are Domidant. In This Broad Sense, ...
Gesta Roitanoriim
Gesta Roitanoriim Is The Title Of The Oldest Legendary Work Of The Middle Ages. The Stories Are Written In Latin, And For The Most Part Are Either Taken From The Hits Tories Of The Roman Emperors,-or At Least Are The Period In Which These Flour Ished. At A Later Period, ...
Gestation
Gestation, In Physiology, Is The Term Applied To The Period That Intervenes In The Inammalia Between Impregnation And The Bringing Forth Of The Young. The Period And The Number Of Young Produced At A Birth Vary Extremely In Different Mammals, But Usually Stand In An Inverse Ratio To One Another. ...
Geyser
Geyser (icelandic, Geysa, To Burst Forth Violently, Allied To Eng. Gush) Is A Term Applied To The Eruptive Thermal Springs And Wells Which Are Found In Various Parts Of The Earth's Surface In Evident Connection With The Volcanic Forces At Work Below. The Geysers In The Yellowstone (q.v.) Region Are ...
Ghazzali
Ghazza'li, Asir Ha.31rd 1110ha3131ed Inv Aidsad, Surnamed Zaineddm Of The Law), One Of The Most Eminent Mohammedan Philosophers And Divines, An One Of The Warmest Adherents Of Sufism (q.v.), B. In 450 Tr. (1038 A.d.) At Tus, In Khorassan, The Birthplace Also Of Firdusi, And Burial-place Of Harlin-al-rashid. The Surname ...
Gheel
Gheel, A Well-known Colony For The Insane, Is A Town In Belgium, In The Province Of Antwerp, And 26 M. E.s.e. Of The Town Of That Name. It Is Literally An Oasis In A Desert; A Comparatively Fertile Spot, Inhabited And Cultivated By 10,000 Or 11,000 Peasants, In The Midst ...
Ghent
Ghent (flem. Gelid, Ger. Gent, Fr. Gand), An Important City Of Belgium, Capital Of The Province Of East Flanders, Is Situated At The Confluence Of The Lys And The Scheldt, 81 M. W.n.w. Of Brussels. It Is Divided By Canals Into 26 Islands, By 270 Bridges, And Is Encompassed With ...
Gherardesca
Gherardes'ca, A Family Of Tuscan Origin, Which Enacted A Conspicuous Part In The History Of The Italian Republics During The Middle Ages. Their Vast Territorial Posses Sions Lay Between Pisa And Piombino. In The 13th C., The Counts Gharardesca Exercised A Preponderating Authority In The Republic Of Pisa, And Were ...
Ghiznevides
Ghiz'nevides, A Celebrated Dynasty, Which, In The Height Of Its Power, Possessed An Empire Extending From The Tigris To The Ganges, And From The Salon Or Sir-daria To The Indian Ocean. The Founder Of The Dynasty Was Alepteghin, Originally A Slave Belonging. To Abdultnelek, The Samani Ameer Of Bokliara, Who ...
Giants Causeway
Giants' Causeway (deriving Its Name From A Mythical Legend That It Was The Com Mencement Of A Road To Be Constructed By Giants Across The Channel To Scotland), Is A Sort Of Pier Or Mole, Of Columnar Basalt. Projecting From The Northern Coast Of Antrim, Ireland, Into The North Channel, ...
Giants And Dwarfs
Giants And Dwarfs. A Giant (from The Greek Word Gigas) Is An Individual Whose Stature And Bulk Exceed Those Of His Species Or Race Generally. Until The Beginning Of The Present Century, It-was Universally Believed That Giants, Of A Size Far Exceeding Those Who Are Exhibited In Our Times, Formerly ...
Gibbon
Gibbon, Hylobates, A Genus Of Apes, Or Tailless Monkeys, Natives Of The East Indies: They Arc Nearly Allied To The Orangs And Chimpanzees, But Are Of More Slender Form, And Their Arms So Long As Almost To Reach The Ground When They Are Placed In An Erect Posture; There Are ...
Gibeon
Gi'beon (heb. Signifies " Belonging To A Hill "), A Celebrated City Of Ancient Palestine, About 5 M. N.w. Of Jerusalem. At The Conquest Of Canaan By The Israelites Under Joshua, It Was Inhabited By The Hivites. By A Clever Stratagem, The Gibeonites Insured The Alliance And Protection Of The ...
Gibraltar
Gibraltar, A Rocky Promontory, 3 M. In Length And M. In Average Breadth, Forms The Southern Extremity Of Spain. It Is Situated At The Extremity Of A Low Peninsula, Which Connects It On The N. With Andalusia; Its Most Southern Headland, Point Europa, Is In Lat. 36° 2' 30" N., ...
Gideon
Gi'deon (heb. Signifies " A Hewer" Or " Cutter Down," I.e., " A Brave Soldier") Was The Name Of The Greatest Of All The Judges Of Israel: He Was The Youngest Son Of 3oash The Abiezrite, And Lived With His Father At Ophrah, In Manasseh. The Period In Which. His ...
Gifford
Gifford, Wrimr.e.m, An English Poet, Translator, And Critic, Was B. At Ashburton, In Devonshire, In April, 1756. At The Age Of 15 Lie Was Apprenticed To A Shoemaker, But Exhibiting A Very Decided Bias Towards Learning And Poetry, He Was Enabled, Through The Kindness Of Some Friends, To Acquire An ...
Gift
Gift, In English Law, Means A Gratuitous Transfer Of Property. Any Person Is At Lib Erty To Do What He Pleases With His Own Property, And To Give It Away With Or Without Consideration, If He Is So Inclined. When Lie Gives Away Goods Or Chattels, Mere Deliv Ery Of ...
Gilbert
Gilbert, Sir Humrunev, 1539-83, An English Navigator, B. In 1539 In The Co. Of Devon, Second Of The Three Sons Of Otho Gilbert, Of Greenway. By His Mother's Side, He Was Half Brother To Sir Walter Raleigh, Who Resembled Him In Many Points Of Char Acter, And Whose Early Life ...
Gilbert Islands
Gilbert Islands, A Group Ou The S.w. Coast Of The Archipelago Of Terra Del Fuego, Offer A Good Harbor In Doris Cove. Another Cluster Of The Same Name, Com Prising 15 Coral Islands, Forms Part Of The Mulgrave Archipelago In The Pacific, Between Lat. 1° S. And 2° 30 N., ...
Gilbert_2
Gilbert, Sir Jonri, B. 1817, Exhibited His First Picture In 1836, Which Was A Water Color Drawing Of " The Arrest Of Lord Hastings By The Protector Richard, Duke Of Gloucester." In 1839, He First Exhibited At The British Institution, And Since That Date Has Sent Many Pictures There And ...
Gilbert_3
Gilbert, Wn.liaisr, A Distinguished Natural Philosopher And Physician, Was B. In 1540 At Colchester, Of Which Town His Father Was Recorder. He Was A Member And Sub Sequently Fellow Of St. John's College, Cambridge; Was B.a. In 1560, M.a. In 1564, And M.d. In 1569. About The Year 1573, Be ...
Gilding
. Gilding. There Are Many Processes Of Gilding, Varying With The Nature Of The Substance To Be Gilded, And The Kind Of Effect Required To Be Produced, But They May All Be Classified Under Three Heads—namely, 1st, Mechanical Gilding; 2d, Chemical Gild Ing; 3d, Encaustic Gilding. The First Is Used ...
Ginckell
Ginckell, Godaitt Van, 1640-1703; First Earl Of Athlone. He Was The Head Of To Ancient And Noble Family, And Bore The Title Of Baron Van Reede. In His Youth, He Entered The Dutch Army, And In 1688 He Followed William, Prince Of Orange, In His Expeditions To England. In. The ...
Ginger
Ginger (zingzber), A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Salaminem Or Zingiberaceo3, Having The Inner Limb Of The Perianth Destitute Of Lateral Inner Lobes, And The Fertile Stamen Prolonged Beyond The Anther Into An Awl-shaped Horn. The Species Are Peren Nial Herbaceous Plants, With Annual Stems, And 'creeping Root-stocks ...
Gingerbread
Gingerbread. A Very Well-known Article Of Food, Which Has Been In Vogue Cer Tainly Since The 14th C., When It Was Made And Sold In Paris, According To Monteil In His .ifistoire Des Francais (tom. Ii. Pp. 47, 48); It Was Then Made Of Rye Dough, Kneaded With Ginger And ...
Girard
Girard, Stertren, 1750-1831; Was B. At Bordeaux, France. At The Age Of 13 He Commenced Life As A Sailor, And Followed His Avocation With Such Assiduity That He Was Enabled, Before The French Requisitions Of Age And Service Allowed, To Become Master And Capt. In Oct., 1773. His First Mercantile ...
Girardon
Girardon, Francois, 1628-1715; A Sculptor Whose Works Are Typically Charac Teristic Of The Epoch Of Louis Xiv. As A Boy, He Had For Master A Joiner And Wood Carve• Of His Native Town, Baudesson By Name, Under Whom He Is Said To Have Worked At The Chateau Of Liebault, Where ...
Girdle
Girdle, A Band Of Leather Or Other Material Worn Round The Waist, Either To Con Fine The Loose And Flowing Outer Robes So As To Allow Freedom Of Movement, Or To Fasten And Support The Garments Of The Wearer. In Southern Europe And In All Eastern Coun Tries The Girdle ...
Girondists
Giron'dists (fr. Girandins), The Name Given During The French Revolution To The Moderate Republican Party. When The Legislative Assembly Met In Oct., 1791, The Gironde Department Chose For Its Representatives The Advocates Vergniaud, Guadet, Gensonne, Grangeneuve, And A Young Merchant Named Ducos, All Of Whom Soon Acquired Great Influence By ...
Giulio Pippi
Giulio Pippi, Surnamed " Romano" From The Place Of His Birth, Was B. At Rome In 1492. And Became One Of Raphael's Most Distinguished And Beloved Pupils. His Excel Lence As An Architect And Engineer Almost Equaled His Genius As A Painter. Giulio Pippi Assisted Raphael In The Execution Of ...
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, Was B. At Nice, July 22, 1807, Of Respectable Parents. His Father, The Owner Of A Trading Vessel, Having Been Engaged All His Life In Maritime Pur= Suits, Young G. Soon Acquired A Strong Predilection For The Hazards Of A Sea-farina- Life. With The Permission Of His Father, ...
Giuseppe Giusti
Gius'ti, Giuseppe, The Most Celebrated And Popular Of The Modern Poets And Satir Ists Of Italy, Was B. In 1809, At Pescia, In The Vicinity Of Florence. Sprung From An Influential Tuscan Family, Giusti Was Early Destined To The Bar, And At Pistoja And Lucca Commenced The Preliminary Studies, Which ...
Glacier
Glacier Is A Name Given To Immense Masses Of Ice, Which Are Formed Above The Snow-line, On Lofty Mountains, And Descend Into The Valleys To A Greater Or Less Distance, Often Encroaching On The Cultivated Regions. The Materials Of The Glaciers Are Derived From The Snow Which Falls During Summer ...
Glad Bers Salt
Glad Ber's Salt (so Called From Glauber, Who Discovered It In 1658) Is The Popular Name Of The Neutral Sulphate Of Soda, Whose Chemical Composition Is Represented By The Formula 10aq. It Occurs In Long Four-sided Translucent Prisms, Terminated By Dihedral Summits, And Containing 10 Atoms Of Water. On Exposure ...
Gladden
Gladden, Wastrucomox, B. Penn., 1836; Graduated At Williams College In 1859. He Has Been Pastor Of Congregational Churches In Brooklyn And Morrisania, N. Y., And North Adams, Mass. • And Was An Editor Of The Independent, In New York, And The Sunday Afternoon, Afterwards Named Good Company, In Springfield, Mass. ...
Gladiator
Gladiator, Iu Antiquity, From Gladius, A Sword, Was One Who Fought In The Arena, At The Amphitheater At Rome, And In Other Cities, For The Amusement Of The Public. The Gladiators Were Generally Slaves, Bought And Trained For The Purpose, By Masters Who Made This Their Business. The Custom Is ...
Gladstone
Gladstone, The Right Hon. Wii,liaw Ewart, Statesman And Orator, The Fourth Son Of Sir John Gladstone, Bart., Of Fasque, In Kincardineshire, Was Born Dec. 29, 1809, At Liverpool, Where His Father, Originally Of Leith, Had Won Eminence And Wealth As A West India Merchant. Gladstone Was Sent To Eton, And ...
Glamorganshire
Glamorganshire (in Welsh, Gwlad Morgan), The Most Southerly Of The Counties Of Wales, Is Bounded On The S. And S.w. By Thebristol Channel, On The W. By The Co. Of Carmarthen, On The N. By Brecknock, And On The E. By Monmouth. Area, 547,070 Acres; Pop. '61, 317,752; '71, 397.859. ...
Glanders
Glanders Is A Malignant Disease Of The Equine Species, Characterized By The Appear Ance Within The Nostrils Of Little Holes Or Ulcers, Remarkable For Their Rugged, Inflamed, Undermined Edges, Their .discharge Of Sticky, Greenish, Unhealthy Pus, Their Tendency To Spread, And Their Resistance Of Treatment. The Blood Of Glanderous Subjects ...
Glands
Glands Arc Divided By Anatomists Into Two Great Classes, Viz., True Secreting Glands And Ductless Elands. The First Class Constitute Special Organs Which Are Destined For The Production Of The Chief Secretions; As, For Example, The Lachrymal, Mammary, And Salivary Glands, The Liver, Pancreas, Kidneys, Etc.; While The Suprarenal Capsules, ...