Interperence
Interper'ence, A Term Employed To Express The Effect Which Rays Of Light, After Being Bent Or Diffracted, Produce On Each Other. If The Rays Meet After Diffraction, Their Light, When Allowed To Fall On A Surface, Will Be Divided Into Bars Or Stripes, Alter Nately Light And Dark, As Is ...
Interpretation
Interpretation, In Law, Is The Judicial Exposition Of The Meaning Of Consti Tutions. Treaties, Statutes, Contracts, Wills, And Other Papers, Or Parts Of The Same, That Affect The Rights Of Parties To Any Action In A Court Of Justice. It Often Happens That A Suit Is Determined By The Interpretation ...
Interval
Interval, In Music, Is The Difference Of Pitch Between Sounds In Respect To Height Or Depth, Or The Distance On The Stave From One Note To Another, In Opposition To The Unison, Which Is Two Sounds Exactly Of The. Same Pitch. From The Nature Of Our System Of Musical Notation, ...
Intoning
Intoning, According To The General Use Of The Word, Is The Recitative Form Of Offer Ing Prayer.• Intoning Differs From Ordinary Reading In Having Fewer Inflections Of The Voice, And These Only At Stated Parts Of The Prayers, And According To Certain Rules. The Greater Part Of The Prayer Is ...
Intoxication
Intoxication. Whether Induced By Fermented Liquors Or By Distilled Spirits, It Is Through The Alcohol Contained In Either That The Effects Of Intoxication Ensue. These May He Considered Under Two Heads: 1. As They Immediately Manifest Themselves During A Single Net Of Intoxication; And, 2. As They Gradually Arise Through ...
Inundations And Floods
Inundations And Floods Are Produced By The Overflow Of The Ocean Or Of Rivers. To These The Low Countries -adjacent To The Sea Or Rivers Arc Liable. Holland, Many Of Whose Cities And Fields Are Upon Ground Snatched Front The Ocean, Presents The Most Frequent Scene Of These Calamities. In ...
Inverness
Inverness', A Royal, Parliamentary, And Municipal Burgh, Situated At The Mouth, And Mostly On The Right Hank, Of The River Ness. It Is The Chief Town Of The County To Which It Gives Name. And May Be Regarded As The Capital Of The Highlands. Its Environs, Well Cultivated And Beautifully ...
Inverness_2
Inverness, A Co. Of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada; Pop. '71, 23,415; Soil Fertile. Coal And Petroleum Are Found. Fishing And Agriculture Are The Chief Occu Pations Of The People. Capital, Port Hood. The Largest Co. Of Scotland, Includes Badenoch, Glenroy, And The Valley Of The Spey On The ...
Investiture
Investiture (lat. In, And Restio, To Clothe), In Feudal And Ecclesiastical History, Means The Act Of Giving Corporal Possession Of A Manor, Office, Or Benefice, Accompanied By A Certain Ceremonial, Such As The Delivery Of A Branch, A Banner, Or An Instrument Of Office, More Or Less Designed To Signify ...
Invocation Of Angels And
Invocation Of Angels And Saints, The Act Of Addressing Prayers To The Blessed Spirits Who Are With God, Whether The Angels Or The Souls Of The Just Who Have Been Admitted To The Happiness Of Heaven. The Practice Of Addressing Prayers To Angels, Especially To The Angel-guardian, To The Virgin ...
Iodine
Iodine (symb. I. Equiv. 127) Is One Of A Group Of Four Non-metallic Elements To Which The Term Halogens (q.v.) Has Been Applied. It Derives Its Name From Gr. Violet-like, In Consequence Of Its Magnificent Purple Color When In A State Of Vapor. At Ordinary Temperatures, It Usually Occurs In ...
Iona
Io'na, The Modern Name Of The Most Famous Of The Hebrides, Is Believed To Have Originated In A Mistaken Reading Of 11 For 9.i; The Word, In The Oldest Manuscripts, Being Clearly Written Jolla. From The 6th C. To The 17th C. The Island Was Most Generally Called Ii, Ia, ...
Ionia
Io'nia, The Ancient Name Of The Most Flourishing Country Of Asia Minor. It Received Its Name From The Ionians (one Of The Four Most Ancient Tribes In Greece), Who, Again, According To The Mythological Account, Derived Theirs From Ion, The Son Of Apollo By Creusa, A Daughter Of A King ...
Ionian Islands
Io'nian Islands, A Group, Or Rather Chain, Running Round The W. Coast Of Epirus, And W. And S. Of Greece. It Consists Of About 40 Islands, Of Which Corfu, Paso, Santa Manra, Theaki, Cephalonia, Zante, Add Cerigo, Are Of • Considerable Size; The Total Area Is About 1000 Sq.m., And ...
Iowa
Iowa, One Of The United States Of America, Was Organized As A State, With Governor And Legislature. In 1846. It Lies Between 40° 20 And 43° 30' N. Lat., And 90° 12' And 90° 53' W. Long., And Extends 208 M, From N. To S., And 300 From E. To ...
Iowa State Agricultural College
Iowa State Agricultural College, At Ames, Story Co.; Organized In 1869, With An Endowment Of 204,309 Acres Of Land, Appropriated By Act Of Congress Of July 2, 1862; Annual Income, $41,000. The Collage Farm Contains 873 Acres, Of Which 60 Acres Are Included In The Lawn And Ornamental Grounds. The ...
Ipecacitanha
Ipecacitan'ha, The Name Both Of A Very Valuable Medicine And Of The Plant Produc Ing It. The Plant (cephaelis Ipecacuanha) Belongs To The Natural Order Einekonacem, And Grows In Damp Shady Woods In Brazil And Some Other Parts Of South America. It Is Somewhat Shrubby, With A Few Oblongo-lanceolate Leaves ...
Ire1te
Ire'1te, A Celebrated Byzantine Empress, Was H. In Athens About 732 A.d. Her Beauty And Talent Excited The Admiration Of The Emperor Leo Iv. Who Married Her, 769 A.d. She Is- Believed To Have Poisoned Her Husband, 780 A.d., After Which Event She Became Regent During The Minority Of Her ...
Ireland
Ireland, Cnuncit Of, The Irish Branch Of The Episcopal Church Of England And Ireland, Established By Law Iu Ireland, According To The Net Of Union Passed Jan. 1, 1801. The Established Church Of Ireland, Considering Itself The Rightful Successor Of The Modi Feral Roman Catholic Church, Took Possession Of The ...
Ireland
Ireland, An Island Forming Pait Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ire Land, Lies Between Lat. 51° 26 And 55' 23' N., And Long. 5° 20' And 10° 26' West. It Is Washed On The N., W,, And S..lay Tho Atlantic, And On The E, By A Strait, ...
Irish Gaelic Language And
Irish (gaelic) Language And Literature. (gaelic) Is One Of The Still Living Celtic Languages (see Celtic Natioxs). The Alphabet Consists Of The Follow Ing Eighteen Letters—a, B, E, D, E, F, G, K, I. 1. M, N, O, P, U, Corresponding In Their Forms With The Roman Characters Of The ...
Iritis
Iri'tis Is The Term Applied To Inflammation Of The Iris. See Elm. The Cavity Across Which The Iris Is Stretched, And The Iris Itself, Which Projects Into That Cavity, And Divides It Into An Anterior And A Posterior Chamber, Are Lined Or Invested By A Membrane S‘ Hich Resembles The ...
Irkutsk
Irkutsk, Capital Of The Russian Government Of That Name, Is The Residence Of The Gov.gen. Of Eastern Siberia, And The Seat Of A Bishop. It Is'sltuated On The Right Bank Of The Angara, Near Its Confluence With The River Irknt. In Lat. 52° 17' N., And Long. 104° 26' E., ...
Iron Mask
Iron Mask, Tin Man Witii Tiie. The Story Of The Prisoner So Called, Confined In The Bastile And Other Prisons In The -reign Of Louis Xiv., Has Long Kept Up A Romantic Interest. The First Notice Of Him Was Given In A Work Entitled Memoires Secrets Pour S3roir Ristoire De ...
Iroquois
Iroquois (ante), Or Six • Nations, A Confederacy Originally Consisting Of The Five Tribes, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, And Senecas, To Whom In 1712 Were Added The Tuscaroras. The League Was Then Called The Six Nations- They Inhabited The Central And Western Part Of New York, And Numbered About 15,000. ...
Irrigation
Irrigation (ante). Some Of The Ancient Works For Irrigation Were Stupendous. The Canal Of The Pharaohs, Which Connected Pelusium With The Red Sea, Was An Irrigat Ting Canal. There Existed A Work In Arabia, Probably Long Before The Time Of Solomon, Which, In Some Respect-z, Excelled All Works Of The ...
Irrigation
Irriga'tion (lat. Watering), A Method Of Producing Or Increasing Fertility In Soils By An Artificial Supply Of Water, Or By Inundating Them At Stated Periods. Irrigation Wits Probably First Resorted To In Countries Where Much Of The Land Must Otherwise Have Remained Barren From Drought, As In Egypt, Where It ...
Irving
Irving, Rev. Edward, Was B. In The Town Of Annan, Dumfriesshire, Aug. 15. 1792; Studied At The University Of Edinburgh, And, After Completing His Curriculum For The Min.. Istry, Became Assist Lit (in 1819) To Dr. Chalmers, Then A Minister In Glasgow. His Ser Mons Did Not Prove Very Popular. ...
Irvingites
Irvingites, The Common But Improper Designation Of A Body Of Christians Who Object To Any Designation Which Implies Sectarianism, And Therefore Use No Other Name Than The Catholic Apostolic Church. In The Winter Of 1829-30, The Rev. Edwtrd Irving (q.v.), Then A Minister Of The Scotch Church, Regent Square, London, ...
Isaac
Isaac (ante) Was Distinguished For Obedience To His Father, Combined With Resigna• Tion To The Will Of God. These Traits Of Character Were Conspicuous In His Quiet Submis• Sion To Being Bound Upon The Altar. This Event Has Had Various Explanations, And Its Account Has Been Viewed In Different Lights. ...
Isabella Ii Maria Isabel
Isabella Ii. (maria Isabel Lursa), Ex-queen Of Spain, The Elder Daughter Of Fer Dinand Vii. By His Fourth Wife, Maria Christina, Of The Two Sicilies, Was B. At Madrid, Oct. 10, 1830, And By A Decree Which Set Aside The Salle Law In Spain, And Was Con Firmed By The ...
Isaiah
Isaiah (heb. Yeshayahu, " Salvation Of •god"), The Most Sublime Of The Hebrew Prophets, Was The Son Of One Amoz. He Uttered His Oracles In The Reigns Of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, And Hezekiah, Kings Of Judah. Regarding. His Outward Life, Almost Nothing Is Known. He Appears To Have Resided At ...
Ishmael
Ishmael Mel). Yishmael, Will Bear"), The First-born Of Abraham, By Hagar, The Egyptian Handmaid Of His Wife Sarah. His Character Is Found Foretold Before His Birth By An Angel, Who Met Hagar Sitting By A Well In The Wilderness On The Way To Shur, Whither She Hiid,fled To Avoid The ...
Isidore Of Seville
Isidore Of Seville (ismoitus Htsralensts), One Of The Most Distinguished Ecclesiastics Of The 6th Century. He Is Particularly Remarkable As Among The Earliest Representatives Of The Church Of Spain, And Of That Great Movement In The Western Church By Which The Doctrinal And Moral System Of Christianity Was Brought Into ...
Isidorian Decrvtals
Isido'rian Decrvtals, Also Called False Decitetals, A Spurious Compilation Of The 9th C , Which, By A Singular Combination Of Circumstances, Obtained Currency In The Western Church, And Continued For Several Centuries To Enjoy Unquestioned Authority. Up To The 9th C., The Only Authentic Collection Of Dccretals, That Of Dionysius ...
Isis
Isis, The Name Of An Egyptian Deity, The Sister And Wife Of Osiris, Called By That People Iles, Daughter Of Seb Or Chronos, And Nu Or Rhea; According To Other Versions. Of Hermes And Rhea, Born On The 4th Day Of The Epagomenm, Or Five Days Added To The Egyptian ...
Ismailis
Ismailis, Is The Name Of A Very Advanced "free-thinking" Mohammedan Sect, Of The Shiite Branch Of Islam (see Suirres), Which Sprang Up In The 9th C. Al)... And Spread Throughout Mohammedanism. Recognizing All Alone As The Rightful Successor Of The Prophet, They Held Abu Bekr, Omar, Othman, Moawia, To Be ...
Isomerism
Isomerism (from The Greek Word Isorares, Composed Of Equal Parts), A Term Applied To Those Organic Compounds Which Are Identical In Their Ultimate Or Percentage Compo Sition, But Present Differences In Their Chemical Properties. Isomeric Compounds, Or Isomerides, Are Divisible Into Metameric Compounds, Of Metamerides, And Polymeric Com Pounds, Or ...
Isomorphism
Isomorphism (derived From The Greek Words Ism, Equal, And Morphe, Form) Strictly Signifies Similarity Of Form, But It Is Now Restricted By Chemists To Those Substances Which Are Not Only Similar In Their Crystalline Form, But Are Also Analogous In Their Chemical Composition. The Diamond (c), Magnetic Oxide Of Iron ...
Isothertial Lines
Isotherti'al Lines (gr. Isos, Equal, And Thermos, Warm) Are Lines Laid Down On Maps To Connect Together Places Of The Same Mean Temperature.—/sotheral Three (gr. Thgros, Summer) Are Those Which Connect Places Of Equal Mean Summer Temperature. — Livezeinzonal Lines (gr. Cheim5n, Winter) Connect Places Of Equal Mean Winter Tempera ...
Ispahan
Ispahan', Properly Isfailkx, A Famous City Of Persia, Capital Of The Province Of Trak• Ajemi. And Formerly Capital Of The Entire Country, Is Shinned On The Zenderud, In An Extensive And Fertile Plain. 226 M. S. Of Teheran; Lat. 32' 40' N., Long. 51° 43' East. The Zenderud Is Here ...
Italian Architecture
Italian Architecture. This Term Is Usually Limited To The Style Practiced By The Italian Architects Of The 15th, 16th, And 17th Centuries, And Which Has Since Been Adopted In Every Countryin Europe. This Style Originated In A Revival Of The Ancient Architecture Of Rome. Although Gothic Architecture Had Been Practiced ...
Italian Wines
Italian Wines. The Wines Of Italy Are Not Very Highly Valued In Other Coun T-ries, And Almost The Whole Quantity Produced Is Consumed At Home. Those Of The N. Are For The Most Part Disagreeably Acid, And Scarcely Any One Of Them Can Be Preserved Beyond One Year. The Vines ...
Italy
It'aly. The Geographical Territory Comprised Under The Name Of Italy Consists Of A Considerable Stretch Of Peninsular Mainland, Closely Resembling A Boot In Shape, Besides Several Islands, Situated In Southern Europe, Between Lat. 30° 35' And 47° N., And Between 6° 35' And 18° 35' East. From The Southern Extremity ...
Itasca
Itasca, A Co. Of Minnesota, Bounded By Rainy Lake And Rainy Lake River, S.w. By The Mississippi; 5,200 Sq.m.; Pop. '70, Exclusive Of Indians, 96. It Is Drained Partly By Big Fork River, And Partly By Some Tributaries Of Rainy Lake River. There Are Many Lakes, Marshes; And Pine Forests. ...
Itch Mite
Itch-mite, Acarus Scald, Or Sareoptes Scabiei, Is Supposed By Some Naturalists To Have Been Referred To By Aristotle In The 5th Book Of His Ilistoria A.nimaliam, Cap. 31. But Although The Itch Was Undoubtedly Known Both To The Greeks And Romans, There Is No Certain Evidence That A Mite Was ...
Itinerancy
Itinerancy, A Term Applied To Limited Pastorates In The Methodist Church. The System Originated With Wesley. To Accomplish What He Considered Necessary For The Revival Of Religion In England, Lie Traveled From Town To Town, And, Remaining But A Day Or Two In A Place, He Adopted The Plan Of ...
Itinerating Libraries
Itinerating Libraries Are Small Collections Of Books' For Popular Reading Con Tained Hi Boxes, One After Being Stationed In A Village For A Certain Length Of Time, Is Transferred To Another Village, When Another Takes Its Place; And So Ou With Any, Assigned Number Of Boxes, Each With Its Special ...
Ivan Andrejevitch Krylov
Krylov, Ivan Andrejevitch, A Celebrated Russian Fabulist, B. Feb. 13, 1768, At Moscow, Was The Son Of A Poor Officer In The Army, Received The Elements Of His Educa Tion At Tver From His Mother, And Learned French From I Frencit Tutor Who Was Resident In The House Of The ...
Ivory
Ivory Was The Name Formerly Given To The Main Substance Of The Teeth Of All Animals, But It Is Now Restricted To That Modification Of Dentine Or Tooth-substance Which In Trans Verse Sections Shows Lines Of Different Colors Running In Circular Arcs, And Forming By Their Decussation Minute Lozenge-shaped Spaces. ...
Ivry Sur Seine
Ivry-sur-seine, A Manufacturing T. Of France, In The Department Of Seine, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The River Of That Name, 3 M. Above Paris. Glass, Earthen Ware, And Chemical Products Are The Chief Manufactures. Pop. '76, 15,247. Ivy, Hedera, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order ...
J Ltdicium Populi
J-ltdicium Populi (judgment Of The People). In The Early Roman Days A Custom Prevailed Of Submitting To The People Dissensions Between Public Officers, Accusations: Against Them, Etc., As Matters Of Public Interest. It Is Supposed That The Judieia Ptiblica Of Later Days Were Evolved Out Of This Custom. We Know ...
Jaborandi
Jaborandi, A Name Given In South America To Several Species Of Plants Used As Diaphoretics. The Plant Grows Chiefly In Brazil, And Is Most Known Iu The Neighbor Hood Of Pernambuco. The Botanical Name Is Pilocarpus Pennatifolius (lemaire). The Leaves Are Imparipinnate, Composed Of 4 To 10 Short-stalked Leaflets About ...
Jacare
Jacare, The Crocodiles Scierops Of Schneider, Or More Recently The Jacare Sclerops, A South American Reptile Allied To The Alligator And Cayman, And Whose Place Has Not, Perhaps, Been Definitely Assigned. The Alligators And Caymans Belong To The Family Crocodilida, And It Has Been Proposed (see Alligator) To Constitute A ...
Jackal
Jackal (corrupted From Sp. And Fr. Chacal), The Common Name Of A Number Of Species And Varieties Of The Dog Genus. Abounding In Ninny Prrts Of Asia And Africa. But Not Found In Any Of The Other Spinsters Of The Globe, Except That One Of The Hinds Extends Into Greece. ...
Jacob
Jacob (ante), As To His Natural Character, Was Significantly Named." A Supplanter." In His Bargain With Esau He Was Unbrotherly And Selfish In That, Instead Of Gladly Succor Ing His Famished Brother, He Set A Price On The Nourishment Which He Hail Ready At Hand. And That Price Extortionate—the Birthright ...
Jacobins
Jac'obins, The Members Of A Political Club Which Exercised A Very Great Influence During The French Revolution. It Was Originally Called Time Club Breton, And Was Formed At Versailles. When The States-general Assembled There In 1789. It Then Consisted Exclu Sively Of Members Of The States-general, All More Or Less ...
Jacobites
Jac'obites (from Jacobus, The Latin Form Of James), The Name Given To The Adher Ents Of The Male Line Of The House Of Stuart In Great Britain And Ireland After The Revo Lution Of 1688. Many Of The Most Devoted Royalists Followed James Ii. Into France; But The Greater Part ...
Jacquard Loom
Jacquard' Loom, A Loom Fitted With The Jacquard Apparatus For The Purpose Of Pattern-weaving. This Apparatus Was The Invention Of M, Joseph Marie Jacquard, An Ingenious Frenchman, A Native Of Lyons, Who, Being Necessitated To Carry On The Weav Ing Business Of His Father, For Which He Had A Distaste, ...
Jacques Laffitte
Laffitte, Jacques, A French Banker And Statesman, B. Of Humble Parentage At Bayonne, Oct. 24, 1767, Was Early Employed As A Clerk By The Rich Banker Perregaux In Paris, And Succeeded Him Iu Business In 1809. He Soon Rose To Great Wealth And A Euro Pean Reputation. He Was Made ...
Jacques Leroy De Saint
Leroy De Saint Arnaud, Jacques, A French Marshal Of The Second Empire, Was B. At Paris, Aug. 20, 1801, Entered The Army In 1816, But Found It Necessary More Than Once To Leave It, So That, In 1831, After A Lapse Of Fifteen Years, He Was Only A Lieu Tenant. ...
Jaffna
Jaffna (ante), A District Comprising Several Islands Separated By Narrow Creeks, Which Lies D. Of The Island, And It Included In The Province, Of Ceylon. It Is 40 M. And 15 Wide; Its Population About 148,000, Of Whom 650 Are Whites, Mostly Descendants Of The Dutch And Portuguese, The Former ...
Jaguar
Jaguar', Fells Onfa, One Of The Largest Of The Cat Tribe, And By Far The Most Powerful And Dangerous Of The American Beasts Of Prey. It Is Sometimes Called The American Tiger. It Is Nearly Equal To The Tiger In Size; The Head Is Large, The Body Thick, And The ...
Jaisaita
Jaisaita, Aboriginally Xaymaca, Or Land Of Wood And Wafer, One Of The West India Islands, And By Far The Most Important Of Those Belonging To Great Britain Is About 90 M. To The S. Of Cuba, And Stretches In N. Lat. Between 17° 40' And 18° 30', And In W. ...
Jakob Michael Reiniiold Lenz
Lenz, Jakob Michael Reiniiold, 1750-92; B. Sessweven, Livonia; Studied At Konigsberg; Went To Strasburg In 1771 As Tutor To Some Russian Nobles, Where He Met And Became Enamored With Goethe's Friederieke Brion Of Sesenheim, Who Rejected His Otter Of Marriage. In 1776 He Associated With Goethe, Herder, And Other Literary ...
James
James (gr. Jacobos, And Really The Same Word As Jacob) Is The Name Borne By Two Or Three Persons In The New Testament. These Are James The Son Of Zebedee, And James The " Brother" Or "cousin " Of Our Lord, Who Is Considered By Many To Be The Same ...
James I
James I., King Of Scotland (1406-37), Was The Second Son Of Robert By Annabelle Drummond, Daughter Of Sir John Drummond Of Stobhall. His Elder Brother, The Duke Of Rothesay, Having Been Murdered By His Uncle, The Duke Of Albany, James Became Heir To The Throne. Fearing That Lie Also Might ...
James Ii
James Ii., King Of Scotland (1437-60), Was The Son Of James L And Queen Joanna, And Was B. In 1430. He Was Crowned At Edinburgh When Only In The Sixth Year Of His Age. Sir William Crichton, The Chancellor; And Sir Alexander Livingston, Contrived To Keep Possession Of The Person ...
James Ii Of England
James Ii. Of England And Vii. Of Scotland (1685-88), Son Of Charles I. And Henrietta Maria, Was B. Oct. 15, 1033. In 1643 He Was Created Duke Of York. In 1648, During The Civil War, He Made His Escape To France. For Some Time Lie In The French Army Under ...
James Iii
James Iii., King. Of Scotland (1460-88), Was The Son Of James Ii. And Mary Of Gel Derland, And Was B. In 1453. On The Death Of His Father, The Government Appears To Have Been Conducted By His Mother, Guided By The Wisdom Of Bishop Kennedy. On The Death Of The ...
James Iv
James Iv., King Of Scotland (1488-1513), Was The Son Of James Iii. And Margaret Of Denmark, And Was B. March 17, 1472. A Movement, Headed By Time Earl Of Lennox, Having For Its Object Time Subversion Of Time Mac* Government, Was Soon Quelled ; And The Rule Of The Young ...
James Jackson Jarves
Jarves, James Jackson, B. Mass., 1818; Educated In Boston, But Unable To Go Through A University Course On Account Of Impaired Eye-sight. Having Been Appointed U. S. Consul To The Sandwich Islands, He Resided At Honoluln For A Number Of Years, And Established The First Newspaper, The Polynesia, Ever Published ...
James Keith
Keith, James, Best Known As Marshal Keith, Second Son Of William, Ninth Ear Marischal Of Scotland, And Lady Mary Drummond, Daughter Of The Earl Of Perth, Was B. At The Castle Of Inverugie, In Aberdeenshire, On June 14, 1696. He And His Elder Brother, George, Earl Marischal, Had For Their ...
James Lick
Lick, James, 1796-1876; B. Fredericksburg, Lebanon Co., Penn.; Learned The Trade Of A Pianoforte Manufacturer In Philadelphia, And Followed The Business Successively In New York, In Buenos Ayres, Valparaiso, And Different Places In Peru. In 1847 He Set Tled In San Francisco, Bringing With Him A Capital Of $30,000, Which ...
James V
James V., King Of Scotland (1513-42); Was The Son Of Jafres Iv. And Margaret Of England. He Was B. At Linlithgow, April 10,1512. The Period Of His Long Minority Is One Of The Gloomiest In Scottish History. Such Was The Lawless Stale Of The Country That It Was Impossible To ...
Jan Daniel Tan Lennep
Lennep, Jan Daniel Tan, A Dutch Philologist, Was B. At Leeuwarden, In The Prov Ince Of Friesland, In 1724, And Studied At Franeker And Leyden. In 1752 He Was Appointed Professor Of Ancient Languages At Groningen, And Fifteen Years Afterwards At Franeker. He Died In 1771. The Works Which Principally ...
Jan Izaries
Jan Izaries New Soldiers), A Turkish Military Force, Originally Formed By The Osmanii Sultan Orkhan, About 1330. Of Young Christian Prisoners Compelled To Embrace Mohammedanism; And More Perfectly Organized By Stillan Amurath I. After 1362. When The Number Was Raised To About 10,000, And Especial Privileges Were Con Ferred On ...
Janus And Jana
Ja'nus And Jana, Two Very Old Latin Divinities, Male And Female, Whose Names Are Merely Different Forms Of .dianns (probably The Sun) And Diana Or Lun'r (certainly The Moon). The Worship Of The Former .held Highs Place In The -regards Of The Romans. In Every Undertaking His Name Was First ...