N1k0lai Gogol
Gogol, N1k0lai, A Russian Author Of Great And Original Genius, Was B. At The Village Of Wassiljewka, In The Government Of Poltova, In 1810. On Finishing His Studies, He Went To St. Petersburg, And Solicited Government Employment, Which Was Refused, On The Ground, That "he Did Not Know Russian." Shortly ...
New Zealand Flax
Flax, New Zealand, A Valuable Fiber Quite Different From Common Flax, And Obtained From The Leaf Of An Endogenous, Instead Of The Stem Of An Exogenous Plant. The Plant Yielding It Is Phopminin Often' Called N. Z. F., And Sometimes Flax Lily And Flax Bush. Belongs To The Natural Order ...
Oil Of Garlic
Garlic, Oil Of. When Cloves Of Garlic Are Distilled With Water, About 0.2 Per Cent. Of A Brown Heavy Oil, With An'acrid Taste, And A Strong Disagreeable Smell, Passes Over. • By Careful Rectification From A Salt Water Bath, About Two Thirds Of The Oil May Be Obtained In The ...
Optical Ghosts
Ghosts, Optical. Many Remarkable Exhibitions Have Been Introduced In Recent Years, Based On Certain Simple Laws Of Optics Long Known To Scientific Men. The Mys Terious Phantom Appearances Have Led To The Designation Of Ghosts; But Nothing Sarily Either Ghostly Or Ghastly Attaches To The Exhibition. No New Principle Has ...
Order Franciscans
Franciscans, Order Or, Also Called Minorites Or Lesser Brethren, A Religious Order Of The Roman Catholic Church, Founded By St. Francis Of Assisi. For An Account Of The Establishment Of The Franciscan Order And Its Earliest Fortunes, See Francis Of Assist. The Subsequent Progress Of The Order Was Equally Wonderful. ...
Order Garter
Garter, Order Of Tfie. The Order Of Tlie Garter Was Instituted By King Edward Iii., And Though Not The Most Ancient, Is One Of The Most Famous Of The Military Orders Of Europe. Selden Says That It "exceeds In Majesty, Honor, And Fame All Chivalrous Orders In The World." It ...
Order Of Good Templars
Good Templars, Order Of, A Secret Society Established In Ten Tral New York In 1851, Mainly ,through The Energy And Skill Of Nathaniel Curtis, Reformed By The Washingtonians. Its Basis Is Total Abstinence From Intoxicating Liquor As A Beverage, And The Prohibition Of Its Manufacture, Importation, And Sale For That ...
Orlando Gibbons
Gibbons, Orlando, An Eminent English Musician, Was B. At Cambridge, In 1583_ At The Age Of 21, He Became Organist Of The Chapel Royal; And In 1622, On The Recom Mendation Of The Learned Camden, Lie Received From Oxford University The Degree Of Doctor In Music. He Was The Best ...
Paleontological Geology
Paleontological Geology Treats Of The Structure, Affinities, Classification, And Dis Tribution In Time Of The Forms Of Vegetable And Animal Life Imbedded In The Rocks Of The Earth's Crust, Dealing Chiefly With Fossils. The First Question That Naturally Suggests Itself Is: How Came The Remains Of Plants And Animals To ...
Parallel Roads Of Glenroy
Glen'roy, Parallel Roads Of. The Roy Is A Small Stream In The District Of Lochaber, Invernessshire, Having A Course Of About 15 M., And Falling Into The Spean At Inverroy, Opposite To Ben Chlinaig, The Eastern Spur Of Ben Nevis. The Steep, Nar Row Valley Through Which The Roy Runs ...
Pedro Da Fonseca
Fonse'ca, Pedro Da, D.d., 1528-99; Prof. At Coimbra And Evora; Sometimes Called The " Portuguese Aristotle." He Wrote Commentaries On Aristotle's Works; Also A Treatise On Foreknowledge And Freewill. He Resided For Seven Years At Rome, And Was The Instructor Of Molina. Font (fans Baptismalis), The Vessel Used In Churches ...
Phi Lip Henry Gosse
Gosse, Phi Lip Henry, B. England, 1810; Early Exhibited Intense Fondness For Natural History, But Embarked In Mercantile Business In Newfoundland. He Visited Lower Canada, Studying Zoology, And Entomology, For Three Years. He Traveled Through The United States, And Resided In Alabama For A Year, Making A Collection Of Drawings ...
Pietro Giannone
Gianno'ne, Pietro, An Eminent Historian And Lawyer, Was B. 1676, At Ischitella, Village Of Capitanata, In Naples. He Early Distinguished Himself As An Able And Learned Practitioner At The Bar Of Naples, And Soon Realized An Easy Independence, Which Enabled Him To Devote His Time And Energies To His Favorite ...
Piiilippe Henri De Girard
Girard, Piiilippe Henri De, 1775-1845; A French Mechanician. In His Early Life He Manifested A Strong Aptitude For Mechanical Invention, And He Also At That Time Devoted His Attention To Botany, Painting, And Literature. When At The Revolution His. Family Took Refuge In Italy He Supported Himself There For Some ...
Prince Mikail Gortschakoff
Gortschakoff, Prince Mikail, Brother Of The Preceding, Was B. In 1795, Com Menced His Military Career As An Officer Of Artillery, And Distinguished Himself In 1828 At The Sieges Of Sidstria And Schumla. Chief Of The Staff 'of Count Pahlen In 1831, He Gave Prods Of Extraordinary Valor In The ...
Products Of Combustion
Products Of Combustion. Carbon, En Air (69.6) Oxygen, 16.0 Carbonic Acid, 22.0 Nitrogen, 53.6 Nitrogen, 53.6 75.6 75.6 Or, Assuming Carbon As Unity: Carbon, Air (11.6) Oxygen, 2.667 Carbonic Acid, 3.667 Nitrogen, 8.933 Nitrogen, 8.933 12.600 12.600 Carbon, Therefore, Requires About Twelve Times Its Own Weight Of Air For Perfect ...
Puller
Puller, Anditew, An Eminent Baptist Minister, And Theological And Controversial Writer, The Son Of A Small Farmer, Was B. At Liyicken, Cambridgeshire; Feb. 6, 1754. He Received The Rudiments Of His Education At The Free School Of Soham, And In His Youth Was Principally Engaged In Agricultural Labors. In His ...
Purging Flax
Purging Flax Pam Catharlicum) Is A Graceful Little Annual With Branching Stem, Opposite Leaves, And Small White Flowers, Common Iu Fields And Meadows Throughout Britain And-most Parts Of Europe. It Possesses Purgative And Diuretic Properties, Owing To The Presence Of A Substance Which Has Been Called Limn. As A Domestic ...
Resistances To The
Resistances To The Cureent.—it Is Found That The Dimensions And Material Of Substances Included In The Circuit Exercise An Important Influence On The Strength Of The Current. It Is Of The Greatest Importance To Ascertain The Relative Amount Of The Resist Ance Offered By Conductors Of Various Forms And Materials. ...
Robert Fortune
Fortune, Robert, A Distinguished Botanist And Traveler, Was B. In The Co. Of Berwick In 1813. After Completing His Education At A Scotch Parish School, He Served .an Apprenticeship As A Gardener, And Obtained Employment In The Royal Botanic Garden At Edinburgh. There He Had Good Opportunities Of Obtaining A ...
Robert Foulis
Foulis, Robert And Andnew, Two Eminent Printers Of Glasgow, Brothers, Whose Names Are Usually Classed Together.—robert, The Elder, Born In That City, April 20, 1707, Was Bred, And, Like Allan Ibunsay, For Some Time Practiced As A Barber—in Those Days Of Flowing Periwigs, A Profitable And Respectable Profession. Havingattended For ...
Robert Fulton
Fulton, Robert, A Celebrated American Engineer, Was B. At Little Britain, Penn Sylvania. His Parents Belonged To Ireland, Whence They Emigrated To America; And Being In Poor Circumstances, All The Education Young F. Acquired Was The Ability To Read And Write. He Made Good Use, However, Of What He Had ...
Russia
Russia Besides These Now Well-known Commercial Varieties, Others Are Occasionally Met With, As The Manilla, In Thin Cakes; The Para, Which Is The Most Remarkable Of All, Resembling Grapes Of A Reddish-brown Color, Growing From A Straight Thick Stem; These Are The Dried Ova Of The Sudis Gigas, A Large ...
Sae Vp Francis De
Francis De Sales, Sae Vp, 1567-1622; B. Savoy; Bishop Of Geneva, And A Well Known Roman Catholic:writer. He Received His Education At A Jesuit College In Paris, Stud Ied Jurisprudence At Padua, And Became An Advocate Of The Senate Of Savoy. But His Incli Nations Were Towards The Church Rather ...
Saint Francis Of Paola
Francis Of Paola, Saint, 1416-1507; B. Calabria; Founder Of The Order Of Minims. At An Early Age, For Reasons Unknown, He Retired To A Cave By The Sea-shore Near His Native Town, And Gave Himself Wholly To A Hermit's Life, Following The Example St. Francis, Having No Bed But The ...
Saint Fritmentius
Fritmen'tius, Saint, Apostle Of Ethiopia And The Abyssinians, B. In Phenicia To Wards The Beginning Of The 4th Century. At A Very Early Age, He And Another Youth, Named (edesius, Accompanied Their Uncle Meropius, A Greek Philosopher From Tyre, On A Voyage Undertaken For Mercantile, Or, According To Others, For ...
Saint George
George, Saint, A Saint, Venerated Both In The Eastern And Western Churches, Held In Especial Veneration As The Patron Of Chivalry, And Adopted As The Tutelary Saint Of England. His Origin Is Extremely Obscure, And The Very Oldest Accounts Of Him Which Are Extant, Contain A Strange Admixture Of History ...
Samcel Garth
Garth, Samcel, An Eminent Physician, And A Poet Of Considerable Reputation, Was B. At Bolam, In The C. Of Durham, In 1660. He Was A Member Of Pcterhouse, Cam Bridge, And Graduated As M.d. In 1691. In The Following Year He Settled In London, And Was Admitted Into The College ...
Samuel Foote
Foote, Samuel, Actor And Writer Of Comedy, Was B. Of A Good Family At Truro, In Cornwall, 1720. He Was Educated At Worcester College, Oxford, And About 1740 Entered The Temple; But After A Career Of " Pleasure," In The Course Of Which He Managed To Dissipate Two Fortunes Which ...
Sarah Margaret Fuller
Fuller., Sarah Margaret, Marchioness Ossoli, One Of The Most Remarkable ' Women Of The Time, Was B. At Cambridgeport, Mass., May 23, 1810. Her Father, Tim Othy Fuller, Was An Advocate, And Gave His Daughter An Excellent Education, And Nur- Tured Her With Great Care. At Eight Years Of Age ...
Sea Of Gennesaret
Gennes'aret, Sea Of, Called Also In The New Testament, The Sea Of Galilee, And The Sea Of Teberias (from The City Of Tiberias), And In The Old Testament The Sea Qf Chinnereth Or Cianeroth, From An Ancient Town Of That Name Situated On Or Near Its Shores. The Word Gennesaret ...
Servius Galba
Galba, Servius Sulmcius, Roman Emperor From June, 63 A.d., To Jan., 69, Was B. Dec. 21, 3 B.c., Of A Respectable Family. He Was Raised To The Consulship In 33 A.d.; And In The Administration Of The Province Of Aquitania Under Tiberius, Of Germany Under Caligula, Of Africa Under Claudius, ...
Sinking Fund
Fund, Sinking, A Plan Pursued For A Considerable Period For The Purpose Of Collect Ing Money For The Payment Of The National Debt Of Great Britain. It Was Begun In 1716 By Sir Robert Walpole. Certain Taxes Which Had Previously Been Laid On For Limited Periods Were Then Rendered Perpetual, ...
Sir Gorges
Gorges, Sir Ferdinand°, Lord Of The Province Of Maine; B. In Somersetshire, England, At A Date Unknown, D. At An Advanced Age In 1647. He Was Engaged In The Conspiracy Led By The Earl Of Essex, Against Whom Lie Was A Witness In The Trial Of 1601. After Serving For ...
Society Of Friends
Friends, Society Of, The Proper Designation Of A Sect Of Christians, Better Known As Quakers. Their Founder Was George Fox (q.v. For The Origin Of The Name Quakers), Born At Drayton, In Leicestershire, In 1624, Who At First Followed The Occupation Of A Shoemaker, But Afterwards Devoted Himself To The ...
Spiritual Gifts
Gifts, Spiritual, Are Not The Common Fruits Of Faith, But Special Manifested Powers Of The Christian Life Conferred And Directed By The Holy Spirit For Promoting The Welfare Of The Church. Each Gift Is The Principal Spiritual Endowment Of An Individual Christian By Which He Is To Do His Part ...
Spontaneous Generation
Generation, Spontaneous. From The Earliest Period To The Termination, Of The Middle Ages, No One Called In Question The Doctrine That, Under Certain Favorable Con Ditions, Of Which Putrefaction Was One Of The Most Important, Animals Might Be Pro Duced Without Parents. Anaximander And Empedocles Attributed To This Form Of ...
St Gall
Gall, St. (ger. St. Gallen), Abbey Of, A Celebrated Swiss Benedictine Monastery, Which Gives Its Name To The Canton In Which It Is Situated. It Was Founded Early In The 7th C. By St. Gall, Or Gallus, An Irish Monk, A Disciple Of Columbanus, And One Of That Distinguished Band, ...
Of Denmark Frederick Vi
Frederick Vi., Of Denmark, The Son Of Christian Vii. And Caroline Matilda Of England, Was B., In 1768, And Assumed The Regency Of The Kingdom In 1784, On Account Of The Insanity Of His Father, On Whose Death; In 1808, He Ascended The Throne. In This Reign, Feudal Serfdom Was ...
Of Francis
Francis, Of Assist, Founder Of The 'franciscan Order, And A Saint Of The Roman Catholic Church, Was One Of The Most Extraordinary Men Of His Age, And Merits A Detailed Notice, As Illustrating In His Career All The Most Remarkable Characteristics Of The Religious Life Of The Middle Age. He ...
Of Frederick Iii
Frederick Iii., Of Germany.—frederick, Who Was F. Iii. As Emperor Of Ger Many, F. Iv. As King Of Germany, And F. V. As Duke Of Austria, Was B. In 1415, Being The Son Of Duke Ernst, Of The Styrian Branch Of The House Of Hapsburg. At The Age Of 20, ...
Of Frederick Il
Frederick Il, Of Geraliny, Grandson Of The Former, And Son Of The Emperor Henry Vi., And Of Constance, Heiress Of Sicily, Was B. In 1194. His Mother Secured The Favor Of Pope Innocent Iii. For Her Infant Son, By Conceding Many Important Privileges To The Papal Chair; And After The ...
Of Prussia Frederick Il
Frederick Il, Of Prussia, Surnamed Great," Was The Son Of Frederick William I. And The Princess Sophia-dorothea, Daughter Of George I. Of Great Britain, And Was B. In 1712. His Early Years Were Spent Under The Restraints Of An Irksome Null: Tary Training, And A Rigid System Of Education. His ...
Of Prussia Frederick William Iii
Frederick-william Iii., Of Prussia, The Son Of Frederick-william Ii., Was B. In 1770. He Early Took Part In The Administration, And, On His Accession In 1797, He At Once Dismissed The Unworthy Favorites Of The Preceding Reign, And Accompanied By His Beautiful Young Queen, Louisa Of Mecklenburg-strelitz, Made A Tour ...
Of Prussia Frederick William Iv
Frederick-william Iv., Of Prussia, Son Of The Foregoing, Was B. Oct. 15, 1795. He Had Been Carefully Educated, Was Fond Of The Society Of Learned Men. And Was A Liberal' Patron Of Art And Literature. He Exhibited Much Of His Father's Vacillation And Instability Of Purpose; And Although He Began ...
Or Ambrogiotto Bordone Giotto
Giot'to, Or Ambrogiotto Bordone, A Great Painter, Architect, And Sculptor, B. In 1276, Was The Son Of A Poor Shepherd, And Passed The Earliest Years Of His Life In Watch Ing Flocks In His Native Tuscan Valley Of Vespignano. Here He First Essayed To Reproduce On A Fragment Of Slate ...
Or Angus Forfarshire
Forfarshire, Or Angus, Is A Maritime Co. In The E. Of Scotland, Being Bounded On The E. By The German Ocean, On The N. By Kincardine And Aberdeen Shires, On The W. By Perthshire, And On The S. By The Firth Of Tay. It Extends From N. To S. 38 ...
Or Blue Bottle Fly Flesh Fly
Flesh-fly, Or Blue-bottle-fly (musca Somitoria), An Insect Of The Same Genus, With The Common House-fly (q.v.), Which It Much Exceeds In Size, Although It Is Not Equal In Size. To The Blow-fly (q.v.). The Forehead Is Rust-colored, The Thorax Grayish, The Abdomen Blue With Three Black Bands. The Expanse Of ...
Or Camb0ge Gamboge
Gamboge, Or Camb0ge, A Gum-resin, Used In Medicine And The Arts, Brought From The East Indies, And Believed To Be The Produce Chiefly Of Cambogia Gotta, Also Known As Hebradendron Gambogioides, A Tree Of The Natural Order Guttiferw, A Native Of Ceylon, Siam, Cambodia, Etc. The Gamboge-tree Attains A Height ...
Or Camelopard Giraffe
Giraffe, Or Camelopard (camelopardalie Giraffe), The Tallest Of Quadrupeds, Ranked By Some Naturalists Among Deer (cervide), But More Properly Regarded As Con Stituting A Distinct Family Of Ruminants, Which Contains, However, Only One Species. It Is A Native Of Africa, From Nubia To The Cape Of Good Hope, Extensively Diffused, ...
Or Coal Tar Gas Tar
Gas-tar, Or Coal-tar, A Thick, Black. Opaque Liquid, Which Comes Over And Con Denses In The Pipes When Gas Is Distilled From Coal. It Is Slightly Heavier Than Water, And Has A Strong, Disagreeable Odor. Coal-tar Is A Mixture Of Many Distinct Liquid And Solid Substances, And The Separation Of ...
Or Colugo Flying Lemur
Flying Lemur, Or Colugo, Gateopithems, Sometimes Also Called Flying Cat And Flying Fox, A Genus Of Mammalia, Generallyregarded As Constituting A Distinct Family, Galeopithecidce, Which, By Some Naturalists, Is Placed, As By Envier, Among The Cheiroptera (see Bat), Although It Is Now More Commonly Associated With The Lemurs (q.v ), ...
Or Corradi Ghirlandajo
Ghirlandajo, Or Corradi, Do3restco, An Eminent Painter Of The Early Florentine School, Was B. At Florence In 1451. From His Youth He Was Educated To The Craft Of The Goldsmith By His Father, Who Received The Name Of Ghirlandajo On Account Of His Being The Inventor Of Some Silver Ornaments ...
Or Cultivation Of Flowers
Floriculture, Or Cultivation Of Flowers. From The Earliest Times, And Wherever Any Considerable Progress Has Been Made In Civilization, Plants Have Been Cul Tivated For The Sake Of Their Beautiful Or Fragrant Flowers. Flowers Have Been Very Gen Erally Employed Not Only To Afford Gratification, And For The Adornment Of ...
Or Fdlgentius Gottschalk
Gottschalk, Or Fdlgentius, A Prominent Figure In One Of The Most Important Theo Logical Controversies Of The Oth C., Was The Son Of I3erno, A Saxon Count, And, Having Been Devoted From Infancy By His Parents To The Monastic Life, Was Trained At The Monastery Of Fulda, During The Abbacy ...
Or Fii Kian Fur Been
Fur-been, Or Fii-kian (happy Established, Or The Consummation Of Happiness), One Of The Eastern Maritime Provinces Of China. It Lies To The S. Of Che-keang, Between The Parallels Of 23' 35' And 26° 47', And Is Backed By The Great Southern Range Of Moun Tains That Separates South-eastern China From ...
Or Flower
Flower, Or Blossom, That Part Of A Phanerogamous Plant In Which The Organs Of Reproduction (stamens And Pistils) Are Situated, And Which Consists Essentially Of A.single Group Of These, Generally Surrounded By Floral Envelopes (the Calyx And Corolla). Both The Organs Of Reproduction And The Floral Envelopes Are Metamorphosed Leaves, ...
Or Fluke
Fluke, Or Fr.une-wowst, Distoma Hepaticum, An Entozoon Common In The Liver And Biliary Ducts Of Ruminants, Particularly Of Sheep, In Which It Produces The Disease Called Rot, Often Causing Great Mortality In Flocks During. Wet Seasons„and On „ill-drained Lands. It Receives Its Common Name From Its Resemblance In Form To ...
Or Folkland Folcland
Folcland, Or Folkland, The Land Of The Folk Or People In England In Anglo-saxon Times. The F. According To Turner, Was That Portion Of The Kingdom Which Was Retained In Behalf Of The Public, And With A View To Increasing Population And The Grow In.- Wants Of The Community, And ...
Or Foucquet Fouquet
Fouquet, Or Foucquet, Nicolas, 1615-80; Viscount Of Melun And Of Vaux, Marquis Of Belle-isle, Superintendent Of Finance Under Louis Xiv. Carefully Educated With A View To Official Position, Lie Was Appointed Master Of Requests At The Age Or 26. He Was Only 35 When Lie Obtained The Post Of Procureur-general ...
Or Fowey
Fowey, Or A Borough T. On The S. Coast Of Cornwall, On' The Right Bank Of The River Fowey, 25 M. S.s. W. Of Launceston. It Is Sheltered By Hills, And Lies Amid Pictur Esque Scenery, Rude Sea-cliffs, And Promontories. The Harbor Admits Large Vessels At All States Of The ...
Or Fraticelli Fraticeliians
Fraticeliians, Or Fraticelli (" Little Brethren"), A Sect Of The Middle Ages, Ilfhich May Be Regarded As An Embodiment, Outside Of The Mediteval Church, Of The Same, Spirit To Which Is Due, Within The Church, The Franciscan Order With Its Many Offshoots. The Italian Word F•aticelli Originally Was The Popular ...
Or Fribourg Freiburg
Freiburg, Or Fribourg, A T. Of Switzerland, Capital Of The Canton Of The Same Name, Is Situated On Both Banks Of The Sarine, But Chiefly On A Hilly Promontory Formed By One Of Its Windings, About 18 M. S.w. Of Bern. Seen Front Some Distance, The Town Has A Highly ...
Or Frytii Frith
Frith, Or Frytii, John, 1503-33; B. In Kent; One Of The Pioneers Of The Reforma Tion In England; Educated At Eton And At Cambridge, Where Gardiner, Subsequently Bishop Of 'winchester, Was His Tutor. Immediately After Taking His Degree, Invited By Wolsey, He Transferred His Residence To. The Newly-founded College Of ...
Or Fuego Fogo
Fogo, Or Fuego, One Of The Cape Verd Islands W. Of Santiago; About 40 M. In Cir Cumference, Formed Almost Entirely Of The Slopes Of A Volcanic Mountain Of 9,157 Ft. Elevation. The Volcano Was First Known To Be In Action In 1680, And The Last Eruption, Which Was The ...
Or Fuji He
Fuji-he, Or Fun-he-she (ante), Usually Set Down As The First Of The Emperors Of China; Possibly A Real, But More Likely A Mythical Person. His Era Would Be About 3,000 B.c. It Was An Ancient Belief Of Chinese Writers That There Had Existed A Period Of 2,267,000 And Odd Years ...
Or Fulmar Petrel Fulmar
Fulmar, Or Fulmar Petrel, Procellaria Or Fulmaru. A Genus Of Birds Generally Referred To The Gull Family (larick), And Containing Some Gi The Most Strictly Oceanic Birds. See Petrel. The Bill Is Not Longer Than The Head—large, Strong, And Subcylin• Drical; The Upper Mandible Suddenly Hooked At The Point; The ...
Or Fuze Fuse
Fuse, Or Fuze (ante), For Firing Shells, Torpedoes, Blasts, Etc. A Time F. Is Regulated To Burn For A Given Time And Then Communicate Fire To The Exploding Charge. Another Time P. Is Known As The Borneman, And Is Regulated To A Quarter Of A Second. A Per Cussion F. ...
Or Galls
Galls, Or Gata.-nuts, Are Of Various Shapes, Hut The Oak Galls Chiefly Used In Com Merce Are Nearly Globular, With'slightly Pointed Excrescences Sparingly Placed On Their Surface. They Are Remarkable For Containing A Peculiar Acid Called Gallic, Which Is Only An Altered Condition Of Tannic Acid, And Their Value Is ...
Or Galuppi Galluppi
Gallup'pi, Or Galuppi, Pasquale, 1770-1846; An Italian Philosopher, Educated In The University Of Naples. He Entered The Government Service, And Was Fpr Many Years Employed In The Office Of The Administration Of Finances. Though Apart From Academic Influences, He Pursued His Favorite Studies; And It Was Not Till Lie Had ...
Or Gaming Gambling
Gambling, Or Gaming, The Art Or Practice Of Playing A Game Of Hazard, Or One Depending Partly On Skill And Partly On Hazard, With A View, More Or Less Exclusive, To A Pecuniary Gain. Games Of This Nature Were Forbidden By The Romans Both Under The Republic And The Empire ...
Or Gassend Glssendi
Glssendi, Or Gassend, Pierre, An Eminent French Philosopher And Mathemati Cian, Was B. Jan. 22, 1592, At Champtcrcicr, A Little Village Of Proveyce, In The Depart Ment Of The Lower Alps. His Unusual- Powers Of Mind Showed Themselves At An Early Age; And In 1616 He Became Professor Of Theology ...
Or Ghiiiiitrdjina
Ghiiiiitrdji"na, Or Kolfrldsi'na, A T. Of European Turkey, In The Eyelet Of Rumili, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Karadji, About 80 M. S.w. Of Adrianople. It Has Extensive Bazaars And A Small Citadel, And Is Supposed To Contain About 8,000 Inhabitants. Mita, Or Giiore, A Mountainous District ...
Or Giameelli Gianibelli
Gianibe'lli, Or Giameelli, Federigo, A Famous Military Engineer, Was Born At Mantua About The. Year 1530. After Serving For Some Time Iu Italy; He Proceeded To Spain And Offered His Services To Philip Il; But Having Failed To Obtain An Audience Of That Monarch, And Conceiving, Moreover, That He Had ...
Or Giiagra Ghogra
Gho'gra, Or Giiagra, One Of The Largest Affluents Of The Ganges, Joins That River From The Left In Lat. 25° 46' N., And Long. 84° 40' E., After A Generally S.e. Course Of 600 Miles. It Rises In Lat. 30° 28' N.. And Long. 80° 40' E., On The Southern ...
Or Gimp
Gimp, Or Gym?, A Kind Of Trimming For Dress, Curtains, Furniture, Etc., Made Either Of Silk, Wool, Or Cotton. Its Peculiarity Is That Fine Wire Is Twisted Into The Thin Cord Of Which It Is Made. Gin Is A Machine Used For Raising Weights, Driving Piles, Etc., And Consists Of ...
Or Glendwr Glendower
Glendower, Or Glendwr, Owen, A Welsh Chief, Who Was One Of The Most Active And Formidable Enemies Of Henry Iv. Of England. He Was Descended From Llewelyn, The Last Prince Of Wales, And Followed The Fortunes Of Richard Ii. To The Close, When, In 1399, Henry Of Bolingbroke Usurped, The ...
Or Globulin Globulins
Globulins, Or Globulin, And Globulins. Globuline, As It Was Spelled Until Recently, Was Considered In The Earlier Stages Of Scientific Physiology The Proteine Princi Ple Of The Red Blood Corpuscles. According To An Analysis Of Lehmann, It Constitutes About 282 Parts In 1000 Of The Blood Globules, Water Constituting 638 ...
Or Godefroy Gothofred
Gothofred, Or Godefroy, The Name Of A Noble French Family, Of Which Many Members Attained Distinction As Jurists Or Historians. The First, Whose Name Is Asso Ciated With The Active Study Of Jurisprudence, At The Close Of The 16th C., Was Denis Godevroy, 1549-1621. He Studied Law At The Universities ...
Or Goff Golf
Golf, Or Goff, A Pastime Almost Peculiar To Scotland, Derives Its Name From The Club (ger. Kolbe ; Dutch, Rolf) With Which It Is Played. It Is Uncertain When It Was Introduced Into Scotland, But It Appears To Have Been Practiced By Al] Classes To A Con Siderable Extent In ...
Or Goitelivad Gohilwar
Gohilwar, Or Goitelivad, A Region Of Gujerat In India, Comprising Several Tribu Tary States, Lies On The Eastern Coast Of The Peninsula Of Kattywar. The Native States In The " Goltilwar Division" Cover An Area Of About 11.000 Sq.m., And Have A Population Of Upwards Of 450,000. The Soil Of ...
Or Golyzin Galtzin
Galtzin, Or Golyzin, Also Frequently Galizin, Galit'zin, Or Gallitzin, One Of The Most Numerous, Powerful, And Distinguished Russian Families. It Derives Its Origin From The Lithuanian Prince Gedimin, Tile Founder Of The Jagellonian Dynasty Of Rulers In Poland, Hungary, And Bohemia. Among The Leading Members Of The Family May Be ...
Or Gour Gaur
Gaur, Or Gour, A Medimval City In Bengal. The Name Signifies "country Of Sugar." We Have The Names Of Dynasties, And Partial Lists Of The Kings, Which Bore The Title Of Lord Of Gaur, Or Guada, Before The First Mohammedan Invasion. The Last Of These Dynasties, That Of The Senas, ...
Or Gramont Grammont
Grammont, Or Gramont, Piiillibert, Count Of, A Celebrated French Courtier, Son Of Anthony, Duke Of Grammont, Was B. About 1621. While Still Very Young He Served As A Volunteer Under Conde And Turenne, And Distinguished Himself By The Most Chivalric Bravery. At The Court Of Louis Xiv., With This Reputation ...
Or Horticulture Gardening
Gardening, Or Horticulture, Differs From Agriculture In The Comparatively Small Extent Of Ground Used, The Much Greater Variety Of Productions Sought From It, And, Consequently, Also To No Small Extent In The Manner Of Cultivation. The Different Ordinary Productions Of The Garden Are Usually Classed Under The Three Heads Of ...
Or Metal Casting Founding
Founding, Or Metal-casting, Is The Art Of Obtaining Casts Of Any Desired Object By Means Of Pouring Melted Metal Into Molds Prepared For The Purpose. It Has Risen To Great Importance In Recent Times, On Account Of The Many New Applications Of Thin. Iron-founding. Brass-founding, Type-founding, As Well As Casting ...
Or Vriesland Friesland
Fries'land, Or Vriesland (ancient Frisia), One Of The Most Northern And Weal:11y Provinces Of The Netherlands, Lies Between 52' 40' To 53° 30' N. Lat. And 5 30' To 20' E. Long., And Is Bounded,.n. By The German Ocean•, W. And S.w. By The Zuiderzce. Jan. 1, 1875, Pop. 311.240. ...