St Gall_2
Gall, St., Canton Of, A Swiss Canton, Bounded On The N. By Thurgau And The Lake Of Constance, C. By The Vorarlberg, S. By The Grisons And Glarus, And W. By Zurich And Schwytz. The Country Is For The Most Part Mountainous; The General Slope Of The Surface Being Towards ...
Statute Of Frauds
Frauds, Statute Of. The Many Provisions Of The Celebrated English Statute Appear To Fall Under The Following Heads: 1. The Creation And Transfer Of Estates In Land, Both Legal And Equitable, Such As At Common Law Could Be Effected Without Deed. 2. Contracts Which In Certain Cases Could At Common ...
Stepiten Gardiner
Gardiner, Stepiten, A Celebrated English Prelate And Statesman, The Illegitimate Son Of Dr. Woodville, Bishop Of Salisbury, Brother Of Elizabeth Grey, Queen Of Edward Iv., Was B. At Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, In 1483. He Studied At Trinity Hall, Cambridge, And In 1520 Became Master Of His Hall. Soon After, ...
Stratigraphical Geology
Stratigraphical Geology Arranges The Rocks Of The Earth's Crust In The Order Of Their Appearance, And Interprets The Sequence Of Events Of Which They Form The Records. Its Province Is To Cull From All The Other Departments Of Geology The Facts Which May Be Needed To Show What Has Been ...
Structural Geology
Structural Geology Treats Of The Architecture Of The Earth's Crust, Beginning With Stratification And Its Accompaniments; Aqueous Or Rocks Are Arranged In Layers Or Strata, The Strata Expressing Their Leading Structural Feature. The General Aspects Of Stratification Will Be Best Followed In An Explanation Of The Terms By They Are ...
Structure Of The Foot
Foot, Structure Of The. In Describing The Structure Of The F., It Is Expedient To Commence With A Brief Notice Of The Bones Which Occur In It. In Man, These Are 26 In Number; And Are Arranged In Three Natural Groups—viz., The Tarsal Bones, Which Are The Hindermost; The Metatarsal ...
Sydney Godolphin
Godolphin, Sydney, Earl Of Godolphin, An English Statesman, Was Descended From An Old Cornish Family, And Was Born, It Is Thought, About 1640. After The Restora Ation, He Became One Of The Grooms Of The Bed-chamber To Charles Ii., Was Appointed One Of The Secretaries Of State In 1664, And ...
Systematic Fortification For Permanent
Systematic Fortification For Permanent Works.—adverting To The Most Ancient Fortifications Mentioned In History, We Find Greek Cities Surrounded With Walls Of Brick And Rubble, And Occasionally Of Stone In Huge Blocks. Babylon Had A Wall Of Prodigious Circuit-100 Ft. High, 32 Ft. Thick, And Surmounted By Towers. Jeru Salem, At ...
Taddeo Gaddi
Gaddi, Taddeo, 1300-66; Son Of Gaddo; A Florentine Artist, Bectrme One Of Giotto's Assistants. He Was A Painter, Mosaist, And Architect. He 'executed In Frescos For The Baroncelli Chapel, In The Florentine Church Of St. Croce, "the Virgin And Child Between Four Prophets," On The Funeral Monument At The Entrance; ...
Temperate
. Temperate Faunas.—to The Glacial Zone, Which Encloses A Single Fauna, Succeeds The Temperate Zone, Included Between The Isothermes (or Lines Of Equal Mean Tempera Ture) Of 32° And 74°, Characterized By Its Pine-forests, Its Maples, Its Walnuts, And Its Fruit-trees, And Inhabited By The Terrestrial Bear, The Wolf, The ...
The Effects Of The
The Effects Of The Galvanic Current May Be Classified Under Physiological, Mechanical, Magnetic, Heating, Luminous, And Chemical. The Mechanical Effects Relate To The Mutual Attraction Or Repulsion Of One Current To Another, Or To A Part Of Itself. These, Along With The Magnetic Effects, Will Be Found Treated Of Under ...
Theodor Dd Fliedner
Fliedner, Theodor; D.d., 1800-04; A Christian Philanthropist; B. At Eppstein, A Village On The Frontiers Of Hesse And Nassau, Where His Father Was Pastor Of The Parish Church. He Studied At The Universities Of Giessin And Gattingen, And The Theological Seminary Of Herborn; Was Licensed To Preach At The Age ...
Thomas Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, Thomas, Lord, D. 1536, Was Vice-deputy Of Ireland For His Father, Gerald, Ninth Earl Of Kildare, In The Reign Of Henry Viii. He Appears To Haye Accom Panied His Father To London Early In 1534, On Occasion Of The Third Summons Of The Bar]. To Answer Grave Charges Of ...
Thomas Gainsborough
Gainsborough, Thomas, One Of The Most Eminent English Landscape-painters, Was B. At Sudbury, In The Co. Of Suffolk, 1727, And Early Displayed A Decided Talent For Painting. "nature," It Has Been Said, "was His Teacher, And The Woods His Academy, Where He Would Pass His Mornings Alone, Making Sketches Of ...
Thomas Gibson
Gibson, Thomas Milicen; The Right Hon., Politician And Statesman, Only Son Of Maj. Milner-gibson, Was B. At Trinidad, 1807, And Educated At Trinity College, Cam Bridge, Where He Took A Wrangler's Degree In 1830. He Entered Parliament As M. P. For Ipswich In 1837, On The Conservative Interest. As His ...
Titus Qutnctius Flamininus
Flamininus, Titus Qutnctius, 228-174 B.c. ; A • Roman General And Statesman, The Liberator Of Greece. He Came Into Public Life As A Tribune Under Marcellus. In 199, He Was Made Quwstor, And The Next Year Rose To Consul, In Which Capacity He Was Sent To Macedonia, Where He Conducted ...
Treaty Of Ghent
Ghent, Treaty Of, Between The United States And Great Britain, Which Ended The War Between The Two Countries Known As The " War Of 1812." The Treaty Was Concluded Dec. 24,1814, Two Weeks Before The Battle Of New Orleans. The Main Provisions Were, 1st, Restoration Of All Territory; Places, And ...
Tricity
Tricity (including Magnetism); V. Animal Force; Vi. Vital Force, Having, As Some Most Irrationally Suppose, An Analogue In Inorganic Masses, Which May Be Called Crystalline Force. (this Idea Is Examined Further On.) Of These, I., Ii., And Some Forms Of Iii., Are Mare Immediately Connected With Matter Than The Others—that ...
Tropical Faunas
Tropical Faunas Are Distinguished In All The Continents By The Immense Variety Of Animals Which They Contain, And In Many Cases By The Brilliancy Of Their Color. Not Only Are All The Principal Types Of Animals Represented, Bat Genera, Species, And Indi Viduals Occur In Abundant Profusion. The Tropical Is ...
Vicente Gil
Gil, Vicente, The Father Of The Portugilese Drama, Was B. About 1470, Or According To Others, About 1485, Whether At Guimaraes, 13arcellos, Or Lisbon, Is Disputed. In Accor Dance With The Desire Of His Parents, He Studied Jurisprudence At The University Of Lisbon.; But His Poetical Tastes Soon Drew Him ...
Vincenzo Gioberti
Giober'ti, Vincenzo, A Remarkable Italian Writer And Thinker Of Modern Times, Was B. In 1801, At Turin. He Was Educated For The Church, Obtained His Degree Of Doc Tor Of Theology In 1823, And Was Ordained To The Priesthood In 1825. He Was Subse Quently Appointed Professor Of Theology In ...
Vincenzo Gioberti_2
Gioberti, Vincenzo (ante), 1801-52, An Italian Statesman And Philosopher, The Great Object Of Whose Life Was The Deliverance Of His Country. This, In His Conception Of It, Included Emancipation Not Only From Foreign Armed Force, But Also From Foreign Modes Of Thought, Which Were Contrary To Its Genius And Destructive ...
Volcanoes
Volcanoes.) In The Case Of Earthquakes, The Earth-wave Or Wave Of A Shock Underneath A Coun Try May Traverse A Wide Region And Affect It Violently At The Time Without Leaving Any Trace Of Its Passage. Loose Objects, However, Are Apt To Be Displaced. Thus Blocks Of Rocks Already Disengaged ...
William Goodell
Goodell, William, O.o (1792-1867); A Congregational Minister And Missionary, B. At Templeton, Mass., Educated At Phillips Academy, Andover, Dartmouth College, And Andover Theological Seminary. Having Been Accepted As A Missionary By The American Board, He Traveled From New England To Alabama As An Agent For Raising Funds, And Visited The ...
William Johnson Fox
Fox, William Johnson, Orator And Political Writer, The Son Of A Small Suffolk Farmer, Who Afterwards Settled As A Weaver At .norwich, Was B. In 1786. Lie Gave Early Promise Of Talent, And Was Sent To Homerton College, To Be Trained For The Ministry Of The Independents. He Subsequently Seceded ...
William Powell Frith
Frith, William Powell, R.a., An Eminent English Artist, The Son Of An Innkeeper At Ripon, Yorkshire, Was B. In That Town In 1819. In 1840, He First Exhibited, At The Royal, Academy, London, A Scene From Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, " Mal Volio Before The Countess Olivia," Which At Once Attracted ...
Willlam Godwin
Godwin, Willlam, An English Author, Was B. At Wisbeacb, In Cambridgeshire, Mar. 3, 1756. His Father And Grandfather Were Presbyterian Ministers, And He Was Educated To The Same. Profession, First At A School At Norwich, To Which Place His Father Had Removed In. 1767, Where Lie Made Rapid Progress In ...
The Family Of Gordon
Gordon, The Family Of. The Origin Of This Great Scottish Historical House Is Still Wrapped In Some Measure Of Obscurity. Uncritical Genealogists Of The 17th C. Affected To Trace Its Descent From A Mythical High Constable Of Charlemagne, A Duke Of Gordon, Who, It Was Said, Flourished About The Year ...
The Galaxy
Galaxy, The (gr. Gala, Galaktox, Milk), Or The Milky-way, Is The Great Luminous Band Which Nightly Stretches Across The Heavens From Horizon To Horizon, And Which Is ' Found, When Carefully Traced, To Form A Zone, Completely Encircling The Whole Sphere Almost In A Great Circle. At One Part Of ...