Grant
Grant, Sir Francis, Fourth Son Of Francis Grant Of Kilgraston In Perthshire, Was Born In Edinburgh, 1803. He Received His Education At Harrow And At The University Of Edinburgh, And Was, It Is Said, Originally Intended For The Scottish Bar, But Soon Aban Doned All Thoughts Of Legal Honors, To ...
Grant_2
Grant, Ur,vssns Simpson (ante), The Most Famous Of American Soldiers, And Presi Dent Of The United States From Mar. 4, 1869, To Mar. 4, 1877, Won His Great Reputation In The War Of Secession, Into Which He Entered As The Col. Of An Illinois Regiment, And Out Of Which He ...
Graphotype
Graph'otype Is One Among Numerous Modes Invented Within The Last Few Years Of Producing An Engraved Surface From Which Printing Can Be Effected By The Ordinary Press. Line-engraving, Mezzotiuto Engraving, Aquatint, And Etching Present The Design Or Picture In Intaglio On A Metal Plate, The Lines Being Cut, And Therefore ...
Grasses
Grasses, Gramineltt Or Graminame, A Natural Order Of Endogenous Plants, Containing Almost 4,000 Known Species, About One-twentieth Of All Known Plianerogamous Plants; Whilst The Social Habit Of Many Of Them, And The Vast Number Of Individual Plants Within Even A Limited Tract, Give Them A Still Greater Proportion To The ...
Grasshopper
Grasshopper, The English Name Of Many Species Of Insects, Forming A Family Of The Order Orthoptera, Section Saltatoria, Called Gryllida By Sonic (chiefly English) Entomo Logists, And Locustithe By Others—those Who Adopt The Former Name Designating The Crickets (q.v.) Acheticice. Locusts (q.v.), However, Do Not Belong To This Family, Although ...
Grate
Grate, The Iron Cage Which Supports The Coal For A Common Fire. Considerable Improvements Have Been Made Of Late Years .in The Construction Of Common Domestic Grates. Our Forefathers Simply Added An Iron Cage To The Old Form Of Fire-place Built Originally For Burning A Pile Of Wood. This Was ...
Gratian
Gra'tian, The Collector Of The Well-known Body Of Canon Law Which Is Commonly Cited Under The Title Of Decretum Gratiani. It Is Singular, However, That Although Few Authorities Have Been So Frequently Cited, Or Have Obtained So Wide And Permanent Acceptance As This Celebrated Collection, Hardly Anything Is Known Of ...
Grattan
Grattan, The Right Honorable Henry, Was B. In Dublin July 3, 1746. His Father Was Recorder And M.p. For That City Until His Death In 1766. The Year After That Event, Having Completed His University Studies With Distinction At Trinity College, Dublin, Grattan Entered As A Student Of Law At ...
Gratz
Gratz, The Capital Of The Crown-land Of Styria, In Austria, Is A Picturesque Old T, Built On Both Sides Of The Mur, And Encircled By Fine Gardens And Pleasure Grounds. It Is 140 In. S.s. W. Of Vienna, By The Vienna And Trieste Railway. The Civil Population Amounts (1869) To ...
Gravesend
Gravesend, A Market-town, Municipal Borough, And River-port Of England, In The Co. Of Kent, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Thames, 33 M. W.n.w. Of Canter Bury, And 24 M. E.s.e. Of London By The North Kent Railway. It Occupies A Somewhat Commanding Position On The First Rising ...
Gravita
Gravita, An Italian Term Used In Music, Signifying That It Is To Be Performed With An Earnest And Dignified Expression, While The Movement Progresses In A Slow, Marked, And Solemn Time. All Bodies, When Raised Into The Air, And Left Unsup Ported, Fall To The Earth In Lines Perpendicular To ...
Gray
Gray, Ate, An Eminent American Botanist, H. At Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov. 18,. 1810. He Took His Degree Of M.d. In 1831, But Soon Relinquishing The Practice Of Medi Cine, He Devoted Himself, Under Prof. Torrey, To His Favorite Study Of Botany. In 1834 He Received The Appointment ...
Grayling
Grayling (thymallus Mtlgath), A Fish Of The Family Salmonidce, And Of A Genus Dis Tinguished From Salmon, Trout, Etc., By Smaller Mouth And Much Smaller Teeth, And By The Greater Size Of The Dorsal Fin. The Scales Are Also Much Larger. The Grayling Is Found In Many Streams In England, ...
Grease
Grease. Various Kinds Of Tallow, Fat, Dripping, And Kitchen-stuff Receive The General Name Of Grease, As Applied To Several Manufacturing Processes; But The Name Is Now More Technically Given To The Lubricating Unguent Employed For The Rolling-stock Of Railway Companies. While Oil Is The Lubricator For The Delicate Parts Of ...
Great Britain
Great Britain. Under This Head Are Noticed-1. The Island Of Great Britain— Its Geology And Geography; 2. The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland—its General Statistics, Etc. Historical Sketches Of England And Scotland Down To The Union Of The Two Kingdoms Are Given Under Their Respective Names; The History ...
Great Cirele Or Tangent
Great Cirele Or Tangent Sailing. In Order To Have A Clear Idea Of The Advantages Of Great Circle Sailing, It Is Necessary To Re Member That The Shortest Distance Between Two Places On The Earth's Surface Is Along An Arc Of A Great Circle (see Sphere), For Instance, The Shortest ...
Great Eastern
Great Eastern. Time Mightiest Ship In Time World Has Had An Eventful History, Marked In Its Earlier Years By A Large Share Of Disaster. In 1852 An Steam Navigation Company" Was Formed, To Mcintain An Ocean Steam-route To The East Round The Cape, Of Good Hope. In 1853 The Directors ...
Great Grimsby
Grimsby, Great, A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough, Seaport, And Market Town Of England, In The Co. Of Lincoln, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Humber, 40 Rn. N.e. Of The T. Of Lincoln. It Consists Of Two Portions—the Older, Comprising A Num Ber Of Streets Irregularly Laid Out, ...
Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake, A Remarkable And Extensive Sheet Of Water In The N. Of Utah Territory, North America, Has Given Name To The Salt Lake City (q.v.), The Mormon Metropolis, Which Is Situated At Its South-eastern Extremity. It Lies In One Of The Great Valleys Or Basins Of The Rocky ...
Grebe
Grebe, Podiceps, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Colynthidee, Having The Feet Webbed Not In The Usual Manner, But By A Separate Membrane For Each Toe, United Only At The Base. The Tarsi (shanks) Are So Much Compressed As To Be Almost Like Blades. Thu Claws Are Large And ...
Grecian Architecture
Grecian Architecture. The Origin Of The Architecture Of Greece Is. Like The Origin Of Every Art And Science In That Country, Mixed Up With Mythical And Fabulous History. It Is Divided Into Three Styles, And Each Of These Has Its Mythical Origin. Thus, The Doric Is Said To Have Been ...
Greece
Greece. The Name By Which The Mincient, Greeks Delighted To Call Their Native Country Was Hellas (q.v.). The Terms Griecia And Grteci Were First Used By The Romans, Being Derived Probably From A Small Tribe In Epirus, Near Dodona, Called Graikoi, With Whom The Romans May Be Supposed To Have ...
Greek Music
Greek Music. The Existence Of Music As An Art Or Science Among The Ancient Greeks Has For Hundreds Of Years Been A Subject Of Inquiry And Discussion Among The Learned. With The Restoration Of The Art, And Sciences At The End Of The Middle Ages, The Veneration For Al] That ...
Greek Religion Ancient
Greek Religion (ancient), The Most Poetical And Most Humane Of Polytheisms, Presents Itself In Historical Times As A Plastic Worship Of Nature, With Its Visible Objects And Its Invisible Powers; Of Abstract Notions, Sensations, Propensities, And Actions; Of Tutelary Numina, Household Or Family Gods; And Of Exalted Men Or Heroes. ...
Greek Wines
Greek Wines. The Mountain Ranges Of Greece Offer Many Declivities; Sloping Towards The South. Most Favorable To Viticulture; But Its Vineyards Have For Centuries Been Much Neglected, And The Production Of Wine In Greece, Which Was Considerable At The Of The Venetian Supremacy, Has Sunk To A Relatively Insignificant Amount. ...
Greeley
Greeley, Ilott;xce (ante), The Eminent American Journalist, Never Enjoyed The Advantages Of. Cellegiate'education, But He Was An Apt Scholar And Made The Most Of Such Opportunities For Acquiring Knowledge As Were Within His Reach. His Father Was A Poor, Unprosperous Farmer, And The Boy, In His Earliest Years, Was Put ...
Green Colors
Green Colors. Although Every Shade Of Green Can Be Produced Both In Oil And Water-colors, And Also In Dyeing, Most Of Them Are Made By Mixing The Various Yellow And Blue Materials In Different Proportions. The Following Are The Green Paints In Use : Arsenical Green, Or Scheele's Green, Is ...
Green House
Green-house, A Building Appropriated To The Cultivation Of Such Exotic Plants As Do Not Require Much Artificial Heat, But Cannot Endure The Open Air, At Least In The Colder Part Of The Year. The Name Is Derived From The Original Use Of Such Buildings For The Preservation Of Oranges, Myrtles, ...
Green Sand
Green Sand, The Name Given To Two Divisions Of The Cretaceous Measures (q.v.), They Are So Called From The Occurrence In Some Of Their Beds Of Numerous Small Green Specks Of Silicate Of Iron, Someth»es So Abundant As To Give A Green Color To Them. The Term Is, However, Far ...
Greenland
Greenland, A Region Of Unknown Extent Northwards, Stretches From Its Southern' Extremity, Cape Farewell (q.v.). Along The Atlantic And Arctic Oceans On The E., And Davis' Strait, Battin's Bay, And Smith's Sound On The West. The W. Coast Pursues A N.n.w. Direction As Far As Cape Alexander, In 78° 10' ...
Greenock
Greenock, A Parliamentary Burgh, Market-town, And Important Seaport Of Scot Land, In The Co. Of Renfrew, Is Situated On The Southern Bank Of The Firth Of Clyde, On A Narrow Strip Of Shore, And On The Slopes Of The Hills Which Form Its Background, 22 M. W.n.w. Of Glasgow. It ...
Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital, Formerly A Home For Superannuated Sailors, Was A Royal Foundation, Erected By The Munificence Of William And Mary, Under Their Letters Patent Of 1694. For Many Generations A Royal Palace Had Occupied The Site, And Had Always Been A Favorite Resort Of The Sovereign. The Buildings Were Sufficiently ...
Gregarinide
Gregari'nide. This Term Was Applied By Leon Dufour To Designate A Group Of Microscopic Organisms Belonging To The Sub-kingdom Protozoa, Which Have Been Dis Covered As Parasites In The Intestinal Canal In Various Invertebrate Animals, Especially Insects, Arachnidans And Certain Chmtopodous Worms. They Seem To Have Been First Observed By ...
Gregorian Chant Or Tones
Gregorian Chant Or Tones, The Name Given To Certain Choral Melodies Intro Duced Into The Service Of The Early Christian Church By Pope Gregory The Great, Who Flourished Towards The End Of The 6th Century. The Music Of The Church In Earlier Times Was Founded On The Greek System, As ...
Gregory
Gregory Pre-eminently The Historical Representative Of The Temporal Claims Of The Mediaeval Papacy, Was B., About 1020, At Saona, A Village In The Southern Border Of Tuscany. Whether His Family Belonged To The Burgher Or The Noble Class, Is Disputed By His Biographers. His Family Name, Hildebrand, Would Imply A ...
Gregory Ii
Gregory Ii., By Birth A Roman, Was'elected Bishop Of That See In 715. His Pontifi Cate Is Specially Noticeable As Forming An Epoch In The Progress Of The Territorial Pre Eminence Of The Roman See In Italy. The Eastern Emperors Having Almost Utterly Abandoned The Government, And, Still More, The ...
Gregory Traiimaturvits
Gregory Traiimaturvits, Wonder-worker, Originally Called Theodore's, Sarrr, B. At Ncomsarea, In Pontus, Between 210 And 215. Sprung From An Illustrious And Wealthy Heathen Family, He Was Educated For A Rhetorician Or Advocate; But An Acquaint Ance Which He Formed With Origen At Caesarea, In Palestine, Allured Him To The Field ...
Gregory_2
Gregory Of Nyssa, Saint, A Greek Church-father, And The Younger Brother Of Basil The Great, Born About 332 At Sebaste, Devoted Himself At An Early Age To The Study Of Sciences And Philosophy, And Subsequently Married A Pious And Honorable Lady. In Consequence Of A Dream, However, He Separated From ...
Gregory_3
Gregory, Nazunzen—from His Erudition In Sacred Literature Also Called The Theologian—was B. About 329 At Arianzum, A Village Near Nazianzns, In Cappadocia, Not Far From Caesarea. His Father, Whose Name Also Was Gregory, And Who Had Originally Belonged To The Heathen Sect Of Hypsistatics, I.e., Worshipers Of The Most High, ...
Gresham
Gresham, Sir Thomas, Founder Of The London Royal Exchange, Descended From An Ancient Norfolk Family, Was The Second Son Of Sir Richard Gresham, An Opulent Mer Chant, Elected In 1537 Lord Mayor Of London. Born In 1519, He Was First Apprenticed To His Uncle, Sir John Gresham, A Wealthy London ...
Gretna Green Marriages
Gretna Green Marriages, The Name Given To Marriages Of English Persons Con Tracted At Gretna Green. This Spot Being The First Convenient Halting-place For Run Away Couples From England, Gave The Name To This Kind Of Marriage, Originally An Easy Mode Of Evading The English Marriage Act, Which Required The ...
Grey
Grey, Sir George, K.c.b., Governor And Commander-in-chief Of New Zealand, Was B. At Lisburn, Ireland, In 1812. He Was Educated At The Royal Military College At Sand Hurst, And On Attaining His Captaincy, Offered To Explore The Interior Of Australia, Then But Little Known, And On Receiving The Requisite Permission ...
Grey_2
Grey, Lady Jane, An English Lady Of Royal Birth And Singular Misfortunes, Was The Eldest Daughter Of Henry Grey, Marquis Of Dorset, Afterwards Duke Of Suffolk, And Lady Frances Arandou. Lady Frances Was The Daughter Of Charles Brandon, Duke Of Suffolk, And Of Mary, Sister Of Henry Viii., Who Had ...
Greyhound
Greyhound, A Kind Of Dog Distinguished By Great Slenderness Of Form, Length Of Limbs, Elongation Of Muzzle, Swiftness, And Power Of Endurance In Running. There Are Varieties Differing In Other Less Importaut Characters, But These Are Common To All. They Have Also Prominent Eyes And Very Keen Sight, But Their ...
Griesbach
Griesbach, Jonann Jakob, Author Of The First Critical Edition Of The New Testa Ment, Was B. At Butzbach, In Hesse-darmstadt, Jan 4, 1745. While Griesbach Was Still A Child, His Father Was Called To St. Peter's Church, In Frankfort-on-the-main, Where He Was Also Made Cousistorial Counselor. Griesbach Accordingly Received His ...
Griffin
Griffin (fr. Griron, Lat. And Gr. Gryp8), A Chimerical Creature, Which The Fancy Of The Modern Has Adopted From That Of The Ancient World. The Griffin Is First Men Tioned By Aristeas, Perhaps About 560 Fi.c. (see Liddel And Scott's Gr. Die.), Though The Accounts Of Aristeas Seem To Be ...
Grimms Law
Grimm's Law, The Name—derived From The Discoverer, J. Grimm (q.v.)—given To The Principle Which Regulates The Interchange Of The Mute Consonants In The Corresponding Words Of The Different Aryan Languages. A Historical Survey Of This Family Of Tongues Shows The Consonants To Go Through A Cycle Of Changes (ger. Lautverschiebung). ...
Grinding
Grinding, The Operation Of Shaping Any Hard Substance By Rubbing Away Its Surface With A Rough Stone Or With A Cutting Powder. It Is Similar To Filing, And Is Used In Cases Where, From The Hardness Of The Material, Or For Other Reasons, Filing Is Inap Plicable. Thus Cutting-tools And ...
Grinding And Crushing Machinery
Grinding And Crushing Machinery. Most Of The Improvements In Grinding And Crushing Machines Have Been Made Within The Last 30 Years, Particularly As Relates To Crushing And Breaking. Until The Development Of The Gold Fields Of Cali Fornia Subsequent To The Year 1849, In Which Was The Commencement Of The ...
Grisons
Gri'sons (ger. Granminden), The Largest And The Most Thinly Peopled Of All The Can Tons Of Switzerland, Is Bounded On The N. By St. Glarus, St. Gall, And The Vorarlberg; On The E. By The Tyrol; On The S. By Lombardy; And On The W. By Uri And Ticino. Its ...
Grotiits
Gro'tiits, Fluao, Or De Groot, Was B. At Delft, April 10, 1583. His Father, Jan De Groot, Was Burgomaster Of The Town, And Also Curator Of The University Of Leyden. In His 11th Year He Entered The University Of Leyden, Where He Enjoyed The Advantage Of Studying Under Joseph Scaliger. ...
Ground
Ground, In Painting, The Coating Or Preparation Put On The Surface Of The Panel, Board, Or Canvas On Which A Picture Is To Be Painted. Artists Attach Great Importance To The Color And Texture Of The Ground, As Tending In No Small Degree To Affect The Tech Nical Quality Of ...
Ground Pine
Ground-pine, The Popular Name Of The Lyc,opodium Elavatum, An Evergreen Vine Sometimes Three Yards Long. It Is Of The Genus Ajuga. Another Species Is The Club Moss, A Handsome Little Plant Of Tree-like Form About 8 In. High. In The Law Of England, Is The Rent Which A Person, Who ...
Grouse
Grouse, Tetrao, A Genus Of Gallinaceous Birds, Which, As Defined By Linnaeus, Included Partridges, Quails, And All The Birds Now Forming The Family Tetraonidce, And Divided Into Many Genera. The Let/won/dm Have A Very Short Bill, Rather Thick, Sharp, And A Little Curved, And Very Generally A Naked Red Patch ...
Guadalquivir
Guadalquivir (arab. The Great River; Ane. Bae(is), The Most Impor Tant River Of Spain, For The Mass Of Waters Which It Conveys To The Ocean, And For The Extent Of Its Natural Navigation; Has Its Origin In The Sierra Cazorla, Near The Eastern Border Of The, Province Of Jean; Flows ...
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe, One Of The Lesser Antilles In The "west Indies, And The Most Impor Tant Of Those Which Belong To France, Lies In Lat. 16'n., And Long. 61' 45' W., And Contains 500 Sq.m., With A Population (including Dependencies) In 1874 Of 167,344, Of Whom Three Fourths Are Colored. It ...
Guaiacum
Guaia'cum, A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Zygophyllacecr, Natives Of The Tropical Parts Of America, Having Abruptly Pinnate Leaves, And Axillary Flowers On One-flowered Stalks, Often In Small Clusters. The Flowers Have A 5-partite Calyx, 5 Petals, 10 Stamens And A Tapering Style; The Fruit Is A Capsule, ...
Guano
Guano (derived From The Peruvian Word Huano, Dung) Is The Excrementitious Deposit Of Certain Sea-fowl, Which Occurred In Immense Quantities On Certain Coasts And Islands Where The Eltinate Is Dry And Free From Rain. Although The Use Of Guano As A Manure Is Comparatively Recent In This Country And In ...
Guardian
Guardian, In English Law, Is The Legal Representative And Custodier Of Infants, I.e., Persons Under The Age Of 21, And Various Species Are Distinguished. Guardian By Nature Is Rather A Popular Than A Legal Term, Especially When Used In Reference To Is Father Or Mother, Who Are Often Called Guardians ...
Guarea
Guarea, A Genus Of Tropical American Trees Of The Natural Order Meliaear, Of Some Of Which The Bark Is Used As An Emetic And Purgative. G. Graholifolia Is Called Musk Itroon In Some Of The Islands Of The Wrest Indies; The Bark Smelling So Strongly Of Musk. That It May ...
Guatemala
Guatemala, Nominally A Republic, But Really An Oligarchic State Of Central America, Terminates This Division Of The New Continent Towards Then.w., Being Washed At Once By The Caribbean Sea And The Pacific Ocean. It Stretches In N. Lat. From About 14° To 17°, And In W. Long. From 88° To ...
Guatemala_2
Guatemala (ante). The Physical Features Of Guatemala Which Are Of The Most Practical Interest, Are Its Fine Rivers, Seine Of Which Are Navigable To Near Their Head Waters, And Its Lakes Which Furnish Agreeable And Salubrious Sites For Thriving Villages. The Geology Of The Country Displays Some Mineral Wealth, Lead ...
Guava
Gua'va (psidium), A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Natural Order Myrtacem, Mostly Natives Of Tropical America, And Some Of Them Yielding Fine And Much Valued Fruits. They Have Opposite Entire, Or Almost Entire Leaves, A 3 To 5-lobed Calyx, 4 To 5 Petals, And A 1 To 5-celled ...
Guayaquil
Guayaquil', A Term Of Various Application In Ecuador, South America, Indicates At Once A River, A Bay, A Department, And A City.--1. The River Is The Only Stream On The Western Coast Of South America, Which Can, Without Qualification, Be Said To Be Navig Able For Sea-going Vessels. It Is ...
Gudgeon
Gudgeon, Gobio, A Genus Of Fishes Of The Family Eyprinithr, Having A Short Dorsal Fin. A Short Anal Fin, And No Strong Serrated Ray In Either, The Body Covered With Rather Large Scales, And Barbules At The Angles Of The Mouth. The Common Gudgeon (g. Flurialilis) Is Abundant In Many ...
Gueiers
Gueiers, Gliebers, Gabers, Giiaveits (turk. Ghkur Or Glum)), The Followers Of The Ancient Persian Religion As Reformed And Consolidated By Zerdusht (zoroasterl. This Name, Guebers, Which Is Commonly, But Against All Linguistic Laws, Derived From The Arabic Kafir (a Word Applied To All Non-mohammedans, And Supposed To Have Been First ...
Guelphs And Ghibellines
Guelphs And Ghibellines, The Names Of Two Great Parties, The Conflict Of Which May Almost He Said To Make Up The History Of Italy And Germany Fi Om The 11th Till The 14th Century. The Origin Of These Names Was Formerly The Subject Of Much Speculation; But Antiquarians Are Now ...
Guercino
Guercino, " The Squint-eyed," Properly Gtan-francesco Barbieri, A Celebrated Master Of The Bolognese School Of Painting, Was B. In 1000at Cento, A Pretty Town Not Far From Bologna. Guereino Gave Early Proof Of His Intuitive Love Of Art By Sketching With The Roughest Materials On The House-door A "virgin" So ...
Guiana
Guiana, Durcif, Or Surinam', Lies Between British And French Guiana, And Is Separated From The Former By The Corentyn, Which Forms Its Western Boundary, While The Barony Separates It From The Territories Of The Latter, And Constitutes Its Eastern Boundary. To The N. It Is Bounded By The Atlantic, And ...
Guiana_2
Guiana, Frexclr, Includes The Districts Lying Between 2' And 6' N. Hit.. And 51? And 54r W. Long., And Is Bounded On The U. By The Atlantic; On The W. By The Marony River, Which Separates It From Dutch Guiana, And By The Little-known Districts Lying Beyond The Rio-branco; And ...
Guido Aretino
Guido Aretino, So Called From His Birthplace, Arezzo, Was A Monk Of The Bene Dictine Order, And Flourished About The Year 1030, But Neither The Elate Of His Birth Nor Death Is Known. He Has The Reputation Of Being The Inventor Of Musical Notation. And The Regenerator Of Music. The ...
Guildford
Guildford, A Market T., And Parliamentary And Municipal Borough Of England, Capital Of The County Of Surrey, Is Situated In A Depression In The North Downs, On The Navigable River Wey, 30 In. S.w. Of London. Here The Reading And Reigate Branch Of The South-eastern Railway Crosses The Direct Portsmouth ...
Guilds
Guilds (sax. Gildan, To Pay). Guilds Were Originally Associations Of The Inhabitants Of Particular Towns, For Promoting The Common Interest Of The Fraternity. They Are Said To Be Of Saxon Origin, But Unquestionably Similar Institutions Existed At A Very Early Period Among The Southern Nations Of Europe, Where They Were ...
Guillemot
Guillemot Uria, A Genus Of Web-footed Birds, Of The Group Braehypterce (q.v.) Or Divers, And Included By Linnaeus In The Genus Colymbus (see Divan), But Now More Gen Erally Ranked Among The Aleathe (see Aua) Than Among The Colymbithe (q.v.). The Bill Is Moderately Long, Straight, And Pointed, As In ...
Guinea
Guinea, The Name Of A Maritime Section Of Western Africa. It Extends From The Neighborhood Of The Senegal To The Vicinity Of Cape Negro, The Stream Being In Lat. 16° N. And Long. 16° 33' W., And The Headland In Lat. 15° 41' S. And About Long. 11° 40' E. ...
Gulf Stream And Ocean Currents
Gulf Stream And Ocean-currents. The Most Important And Best Known .of The Great Ocean-currents Derives Its Name From The Gulf, Of Mexico, Out Of Which It Flows, Between The Coast Of Florida On The One Side, And The Cuba And The Bahama Islands And Shoals On The Other. With Is ...
Gull
Gull, Lares, A Genus Of Web-footed Birds, Of The Family Brides (q. V.), Inhabitants Of The Sea-coasts Of All Parts Of The World. The. Feet Have Three Toes In Front Completely United By A Web, And A Small Hind-toe Not Included In The Web, And Sometimes Altogether Wanting. The Wings ...
Guluncha
Gulun'cha, Cocculue Eordifollus, A Plant Of The Same Genus Which Yields Calumba (q.v.), Extensively Used In The East Indies As A Tonic And Febrifuge. It Is Largely Cultivated In Some Parts. It Is A Climber, With Heart-shaped Leaves. It Exhibits A Wonderful Tenacity Of Life. When It Has Acquired The ...
Gum Resins
Gum-resins, Which Are Much More Mixed In Their Chemical Constituents; In General Terms, However, They May Be Said To Consist Of Certain Resins Soluble In Alcohol, And Of The True Gum, So That It Requires Both Water And Alcohol To Dissolve Them Entirely. They Are Chiefly Used In Medicine And ...
Gumti
Gum'ti, A River Of India, Remarkable, As Its Name Is Meant To Express, For Its Wind Ings, Rises In A Small Lake In Lat. 28° 35' N., And Long. 80° 10' E., And After A South Eastern Course Of 482 M., Enters The Ganges From The Left In Lat. 25° ...
Gun Boat
Gun-boat, A Small Boat Or Vessel Armed With One Or More Guns Of Heavy Caliber. From Its Small Dimensions, It Is Capable Of Running Close Inshore Or Up Rivers, And From The Same Cause It Has Little Chance Of Being Hit By A Larger Vessel At The Long Range Which ...
Gun Cotton
Gun-cotton, A Detonating Substance, Invented By Schonbein In 1846, And Obtained In The Following Manner: One Part Of Finely-carded Cotton Is Immersed In 15 Parts Of A Mixture Of Equal Measures Of Strong Nitric Acid (sp. Gr. 1.5) And Sulphuric Acid (sp. Gr. 1.845). The Cotton Must Be Completely Immersed ...
Gun Cotton_2
Gun-cotton. [from Supplement.] During The Last Few Tears, Great Improvements Have Been Effected In The Manufacture And Application Of This Material, And In Conse Quence, Its Use Is Rapidly Extending, Especially In Great Britain, Where It Is Fonnd Of Great Advantage In Mining Operations, Owing To Its Not Producing Smoke ...
Gun Trade Gunmaking
Gunmaking, Gun-trade. Although The Terms Gunnery And Gun Relatp Chiefly To Great Guns Or Cannon, The Word Gumnaking Is Always Applied To The Manufacture Of R Small-arms, Comprising Muskets, Rifles, Pistols, And Carbines. In England The Great Seat Of This Trade Was Formerly London, Whose Workmen Stood Unrivaled Throughout Europe ...
Gundulf
Gundulf, Perhaps "a Reformer Before The Reformation," In The 11th C. Gathered Disciples Around Him In The U. Of France, Particularly In Arras And Liege. Lie May Have Been An Artisan Who Had Settled In That Region Because Of The Flourishing Condition Of Manufactures There, And Among Ids Fellow-workmen Found ...
Gunner
Gunner, In Tile British Army, Is The Private Soldier Of The Corps Of Artillery; He Receives Pay At The Rate Of Ls. 2id., Per Diem: His Uniform Consists Of Blue With Red Facings, And Red Stripes On The Trousers; And His Arms Consist Of A Carbine And Sword Bayonet. At ...