Josephiis
Jose'phiis. Fdavurs, A Celebrated Jewish Historian, Was B. At Jerusalem, 37 A.d. He Was Of Both Royal And Sacerdotal Lineage, Being Descended, On The Mother's Side, From The Line Of Asmouean Princes, While His Father, Matthias, Officiated As A Priest In The First Of The Twenty-four Courses. The Careful Education ...
Josepil Jenks
Jenks, Josepil D. 1683; B. England; A Metalworker, Supposed To Have Been The First Founder And Inventor In America, Having Settled In Lynn, Mass., In 1645. He Worked In Brass And Iron, But Experimented In Mechanics In Different Directions, And Is Recorded As Having Received A Patent In 1646 For ...
Joshua
Joshua (heb. Yeltoshua, "jehovah Helps"), The Name Of The Celebrated Hebrew Warrior Under Whose Leadership The Land Of Canaan Was Conquered. He Was The Son Of Nun, Of The Tribe Of Ephraim, And Was Born In Egypt. Before The Israelites Had Reached Sinai He Was Chosen By Moses To Command ...
Joshua Leavitt
Leavitt, Joshua, D.d., 1794-1873; B. In Heath, Franklin Co., Mass.; Graduated At Yale In 1814; Was Admitted To The Bar In 1819, And Practiced For A Time In Heath, Mass., And Putney, Vt.; Graduated At The Yale Divinity School In 1825, And During The Next Three Years Was Pastor Of ...
Josiaii
Josi'aii (heb. Yoshiyahu, Will Help"), One Of The Kings Of Judah, Was The Son Of Amon And Jedidah, And Succeeded His Father (641 U. C.) At The Age Of 8 Years. He Was Apparently Brought Up Under The Care Of The Priesthood, Early Manifested A, Pious Disposition, And Became A ...
Joun Leyden
Leyden, Joun, A Poet And Orientalist Of Some Celebrity, Was B. At Denbolm, A Village Of Lioxhurglishire. Scotland, Sept. 8, 1775. His Parents Were In Humble Circumstances; But Seeing His Desire For Learning, They Made An Effort For Ids Education; And After Pass Ing Through The Ordinary Course Of Study ...
Jourdan
Jourdan, Axiretne Jacqoes Louts, 1798-1848; B. Paris; Was A Surgeon In The Army And In Military Hospitals, And Took The Degree Of M:d. In Paris In 1819. He Pub Lished Trate Complet Des Maladies Vairiennes, 2 Vols.; Pharmacopee Unirerselle, 2 Vols. Dictionnaire Ilaisonne, Etymologique, Synonip*ae, Et Polyglotte Des Towles Mites ...
Jovianus
Jovia'nus, Fla'vius Clau'ruus, B. A.d. 331; The Son Of Veronianus, A Distinguished Gen. Under Coustantius; Of A Noble Mcesian Family. He Was Rapt. Of The Life-guards Of The Emperor Julian, Attending Him In His Disastrous Campaign Against The Persians. Julian Having Fallen In Battle, Jovian Was Proclaimed, A.d. 363. By ...
Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot, So Called To Distinguish Him From The Other Apostle, Judas Or Jude;, Who Was Also Named Lebbeus And Thaddeus. Of His Early Life Nothing Is Known, Though It Is Supposed That He Lived In Kerioth, A Village In Judea, And That His Name, Iscariot, Means Of Lierioth. He ...
Judge Advocate
Judge-advocate, The Title Of An Official Attached To Military Commissions, Or Courts-martial, Whose Duties Are Analogous To Those Of Prosecuting Attorneys In Civil Courts; But Whose Functions, In Relation To Military Law, Are Also Similar To Those Of A District Attorney, Or Corporation Counsel, In Being Of An Advisory Character. ...
Judges Of Israel
'judges Of Israel, A,name Given To Those Who At Intervals Directed The Affairs Of Life Israelites During The Four And A Half Centuries Which Elapsed From The•death Of Joshua To The. Reign Of Saul. Their Names Were Othoniel, Ehud, Shanigar, Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Lbzan, Lion, Abdon, ...
Judicial Separation
Judicial Separation, In English Law, Is The Separation Of Two Married Persons By Order Of The Court Of Divorce. Married Persons May, If They Please, Mutually Agree To Live Separate, And They May Enter Into A Deed Of Separation For That Purpose, Which To Some Extent Is Recognized As Valid ...
Judiciary In Tue United
Judiciary In Tue United States. In Other Countries The Judicial Is More Or Less Complicated With The Legislative Function; But In The United States The Three Departments Of Government, -legislative, Executive, And Judicial, Are Scrupulously Separ Ated From Each Other. The House Of Lords, Unlike The American Senate, Was Until ...
Jugurtha
Jugur'tha, King Of Numidia, Son Of 3lastanabal, Who Was A Natural Son Of Masi Nissa, Was Carefully Educated Along With Adherbal And Hiempsal, The Sons Of His Uncle. Micipsa, Who Succeeded Masinissa On The Throne. After Micipsa's Death Soon Caused Hiempsal To Be Murdered (118 N.c.). And Adherbal Fled To ...
Julalpur
Julalpur', A T. Of India, Capital Of The Pergunnah Of The Same Name, 100 M. S.w. Of Lucknow, On The River Betwa. It Is Said To Be A Place Of Some Importance, And To Con Tain A Pop. Of 10,000. The Country To The South Is Wild And Sterile, Being ...
Julius
Julius, The Name Of Three Popes, Of Whom The Second And Third Deserve To Be Noticed.—julius Ii., Originally Cardinal Della Rovcre, A Nephew Of Sixtus Iv., Was Born At Albizzola, Near Savona. He Was Vehemently Opposed During His Cardinalate To The Designs Of Alexander Vi. For The Avrandizement Of His ...
Juniper
Juniper, Janiperus, A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Natural Order Eoniferr, Sub Order Cupresszneee, Having Unisexual Flowers, The Male And Female Generally On Separate Plants, And The Fruit A Fleshy Galbuk (popularly A Berry), Containing Three Small Nuts. The Species Are All Evergreen, And Have Small, Darrow, Rigid ...
Jupiter
Jupiter (ante), The Largest Planet In Our Solar System. Having A Mass In Excess Of All The Other Members By Nearly Three-fifths. Its Orbit Is About Five And A Half Times As Far From The Sun As That Of The Earth, Or At A Mean Distance Of 475,692,000 M., And ...
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence (ante) Is A Part Of Practical Philosophy, Co-ordinate With Ethics, Politics, Political Economy, Etc. The Term Is Used In Two Senses: First, As A Body Of Positive,law, Regulating The Relations Of Individuals And Communities, And Enforced By Tribunals; Which May Be Called Practical Jurisprudence. This Includes All Law, Local, ...
Jury Trial
Jury Trial (fr. Jure, Sworn) Is A Mode Of Trial In The 'united Kingdom, By Which A Few Citizens, Selected For The Purpose, Are Constituted The Judges Of The Truth Of The Facts In Suits Between Parties, And Compelled To Discharge This Duty On The Sanctity Of Their Oath, Hut ...
Justice
Justice, One Of The Cardinal Virtues Of The Ancients, And The Name For A Principal Department Of Social And Moral Duty In All Ages. Practically, Justice Is Considered To Be Clear And Definite; But Theoretically, There Have Been Great Disputes As To Its Ultimate Analysis And The Source Of Its ...
Justice Of The Peace
Justice Of The Peace, In England, Is A Person Appointed By Commission Of The Crown, Or By Act Of Parliament Or Charter, To Exercise Certain Judicial Authority In A County Or Borough. The Person Who Practically Appoints To The Office Is The Lord Chan Cellor, Who In His Discretion May ...
Justices
Justices, Laois. From The Times Of The Norman And Plantagenet Kings It Has Been The Occasional Practice In England For The Sovereign To Appoint One Or More Persons Called Lords Justices To Act As His Substitutes In The Supreme Government During His Absence From The Kingdom. Subsequent To The Revolution ...
Justification
Justification, One Of The Most Common Terms Of Technical Theology. In Protes Tant Theology It Expresses An Act Of Divine Favor Whereby A Sinner Is Absolved From The Penalty Of His Sins And Accepted As Righteous, Not On Account Of Anything In Himself, But On Account Of The Righteousness Of ...
Justinianus
Justinianus (justiman) I., Flavius Armrrs, Nephew, By The Mother's Side, Of The Emperor Justin, Was Born 483 A.d., In The Village Of Tanresitim, Which Afterwards Grew Into The Splendid City Of Justiniana. And On The Site Of Which The Modern Kits Tendje Stands. Although Of Obscure Parentage He Shared The ...
Jute
Jute. The Jute Of Commerce Is A Fiber Produced From Two Species Of Tiliacea, The And Corchorus Capsularis, Two Plants, Alike In Qualities, Though Slightly Different In Appearance, And Sown Indiscriminately; The First Having Round Seed-pods And Reddish Stalk, The Latter Long Seed-pods And Bright Green Stalk. From The Fiber ...
Jute Manufactures
Jute Manufactures. The Extensive And Daily Increasing Use Of Jute As A Textile Material, Has Induced Us To Give A Brief Notice Of Its Manufacture Into Fabrics, By Way Of Supplementing What Has Been Already Said Under The Head Jute. This Now Gigantic Industry Has Sprung Up So Rapidly, One ...
Juvenile Offenders
Juvenile Offenders. The Practice Of Singling Out Offenders Of A Tender Age From Adult Offenders, And Subjecting Them To Different Punishment And Reformatory Treatment, Has Gained Ground Of Late Years. In The Eye Of The Law Persons Are Consid Ered Capable Of Committing Crime When Of The Age Of Seven, ...
Juvenile Offenders_2
Juvenile Offenders (ante), The Name Given To The Class Of Vagrant Children, Abounding In Cities And Large Towns, Whose Offenses Against The Peace And In Infringe Ment Of The Law, Taken In Connection With Their Youth, Are Not Grave Enough To Entitle Them To Be Denominated Criminals Within The Meaning ...
Kaaba
Kaaba (arab. " Square House"). The Name Of An Oblong Stone Building Within The Great Mosque Of Mecca (q.v.). According To The Legend, Adam First Worshiped On This Spot After His Expulsionarom Paradise, In A Tent Sent Down ,from Heaven For This Pur Pose. Seth Substituted For The Tent A ...
Kaliyuga
Kaliyuga, In Hindu Chronology, The Fourth Or Last Of The Periods Contained In A Malifiyuga Or Great Yoga (q V.). It May Be Compared To The Iron Age Of Classical Myth Ology. It Consists, According To Native Imagination, Of 432,0u0 Solar-sidereal Years, And Begins 3,101 Years Before The Christian Era. ...
Kalliiari Desert
Kalliia'ri Desert. The Kalihari Is A Vast Central And Nearly Uninhabited Tract Of Country Lying Between Great Namaqualand And Thu Betjuana Country, In South Africa, Extending From The Northern Banks Of The Gariep Or Orange River To The Latitude Of .21° S., Or The Verge Of The Nganti Region, Is ...
Kalmucks
Kalmucks, Or, As They Call Themselves, Thd Derben-ueirat (the Four Relatives), And Also Designated By The Name Cf Eleutes And Khalimik (apostates), Are The Most Numerous And Celebrated Of The Mongol Nations. Are Divided Into Four Tribes, The First Of Which. The Khoslaits (wa•:iors), Number Nearly 00,000 Families, Ano Inhabit ...
Kangaroo
Kangaroo', Macropus, A Genus Of Marsupial Quadrupeds, Of Which There Arc Many Species, Almost All Australian, Although A Few Are Found In New Guinea And Neighboring Islands. The Genus, Which Seine Naturalists Subdivide, Is The Type Of A Family Of Macro Pidce, Including Also The Kangaroo-rats Or Potoroos (q.v.), Which ...
Kansas
Kansas, One Of The United States Of America, Lying Between Lat. 37° And 40° N., And Long. 94° 40' And 102° West. Bounded On The N. By Nebraska, E. By Missouri, S. By Indian Territory, W. By Colorado. It Is 208 M. Broad, And 408 In. Long, And Con Tains ...
Kansas
Kansas (ante) Was A Part Of • The Territory Of Louisiana Ceded By France To The United States In 1803. When Missouri, Also A Part Of The Same Territory, In 1820, Prayed For Admission To The Union As A Slave State, A Fierce Controversy Arose, The People Of The North ...
Kansas City
Kansas City, In The State Of Missouri, On The S. Bank Of The Missouri River, At The Confluence Of The Kansas River, And Near The Boundary Line Between The States Of Mis Souri And Kansas, Which In Fact Runs N. And S. Through The Western Suburb Of The City. It ...
Kansas_2
Kansas, A Tribe Of Indians Of The Dakota]; Family, And A Branch Of The Osages. On 3farquctte's Map Of 1673 They Are Placed On The Missouri River, Beyond The Missouris And The Usages. The Jesuits Had A Mission Among Them In 1728. In 1815 They Were On The Kansas River ...
Kant
Kant, Immanum„ One Of The Greatest And Most Influential Metaphysicians Of All Time, Was The Son Of A Saddler, Of Scotch Descent, And Was Born At Konigsberg April 22, 1724. Ile Was Educated At The University Of His Native Town, And After Spending Some Years As A Private Tutor, Took ...
Karaites
Karaites. See Jewish Sects. Vux Stefanovitch, 1787-1864; H. Serbia; Educated At Karlovitz At The School For Dissenters From The Greek Church. Being Of A Delicate Constitution, Instead Of Joining The Insurgents In Their Struggle Against The Turkish Authorities Which Began In 1804, He Acted As Secretary To Their Chiefs, Who ...
Karl Lepsius
Lepsius, Karl Men., A Distinguished German Investigator Of Egyptian Antiquities, Was 1). At Naumburg, Dec. 20, 1813. His Father, An Advocate And Magistrate There, Was A Zealous Antiquary, And Published Many Works On The Antiquities Of That Part Of Ger Many. The Younger Lepsius Studied At Leipsic, Gottingen, Berlin, And ...
Kearney
Kearney, Dents, B. Ireland, 1847; At The Age Of Six Years Was Employed As Post Boy In His Native Village, Oakmont, Co. Cork; And When 11 Years Old Went To Sea As A Cabin-boy On A Voyage To New York. From This Time He Followed The 'sea Until 1872, When, ...
Keith
Keith, A Co. In S.w. Nebraska, Adjoining Colorado, Intersected By The Two Branches Of The Platte River, And Traversed By The Union Pacific Railroad; 2,016 Sq.m.; Pop. '80, 194. Iteith, The Family Or. The Origin Of This, As Of Most Other Scottish Historical Houses, Is Unaseertained, It First :wears In ...
Kelleys Island
Kelley's Island, One Of A Group Of Islands At The W. End Of Lake Erie, A Township Of Erie Co., Ohio. The Group Is Noted For Producing The Best Grapes For Wine Grown In The United States E. Of The Rocky Mountains. The Southerly Side Of The Island Is Only ...
Kellogg
Kellogg. Cla.na Louise, B. Sumterville, S. C., 1842, But Removed With Her Parents To New Haven, Conn., And Afterwards To New York, Where She Prosecuted Her Musical Education Tinder Albites And Other Excellent Teachers. She Made Her First Appearance In Italian Opera In The Season Of 1861-62, Playing " Gilda" ...
Kelly
Kelly, Jourt, B. N. Y., 1822; Began At A Very Early Age To Earn His Living., Being Employed In A Rope-maker's Shop When Only Eight Years Old, And After That With A Mdrod. In 1835 He Learned The Printer's Trade In The Office Where The N. Y. Herald Was Printed, ...
Kelso
Kelso, A T. In Scotland, Finely Placed On The N. Bank Of Tweed, Opposite To The Point Where That Stream Receives The Waters Of The Teviot. The Name Was Anciently Written Kaichu Or Caichon, And Is Supposed To Have Had Its Origin In A Precipitous Bank Abounding In Gypsum, Still ...
Kemble
Kemble, Jonx He Was Carefully Educated, With A View To His Adoption Of One Of The Learned Professions As A Career, His Father Not Designing That He Should Follow The Stage. Roger Kemble Was Both An Actor And The Manager Of A Pro Vincial Theater; And, One After Another, All ...
Kemper
Kemper, A Co. In E. Mississippi, Bordering On Alabama; 775 Sq.m,; Pop. 12,920— 7,211 Colored. It Is Intersected By The Mobile And Ohio Railroad, And Is Drained By A Number Of Streams, Chiefly By Sucarnoochee Creek. The Soil Is Fertile, But A Considera Ble Portion Of The Surface Is Covered ...
Kempis
Kempis, Thomas A, Was So Called From Kempen (now A T. Of 5,400 Inhabitants In The Prussian Rhine Province), Where He Was Born In 1379. His Family Name Was Hamerken (latinized, _mameans, "little-hammer"). He Was Educated At Deventer, And In 1400 Entered An Augustinian Convent In The Diocese Of Utrecht, ...
Kent
Kent, An Important Maritime Co. Of England, Occupies A Portion Of The S.e. Angle Of The Country, And Is Hounded On The N. By Tire Estuary Of The Thames, And The E. And S.e. By The Strait Of Dover. Area 1,004,984 Statute Acres; Pop. '71, 848,294. Besides The River Which ...
Kentucky
Kentucky, One Of The United States Of America, In Lat. 36° 30' To 39° Ii., And Long. 82° 2' To 89° 40' W., Is Bounded On The N. By Ohio, Indiana, And Illinois, E. By West Virginia And Virginia, S. By Tennessee, And W. By Missouri. Area, 37,680 Sq.m., Or ...
Kentucky
Kentucky (ante) Was Not Originally A Possession Of Any One Of The Aboriginal Tribes, But A Common Hunting-ground For Them All. The First White Explorer Was John Finley, Who In 1767 Went There With A Few Companions From North Carolina. Two Years Later Daniel Boone, Finley, And Four Or Five ...
Kerosene
Kerosene (gr. Keros, Wax), The Name Of A Mixture Of Certain Fluid Hydrocarbons Used For Illumination. It Has Been Prepared From Bituminous Coal And Shales, Asphalt Urns And Wood, And From Rosin, Fish-oil, And Candle Tar; But Is Now More Economically Obtained From Petroleum. The Density Of The Mixture Called ...
Kew Kiang Or
Kew-kiang: Or Krw-krarto (chinese, Nine Rivers), A Considerable Town Of China, In Kiang-si; 227 M. S.w. Of Nanking; At The Northern Boundary Of Poyang Lake, On The Banks Of The Yangtze River; The Most Convenient Outlet For The Green-tea, District. This Province Is Notable For The Taeping Rebellion, Which Had ...
Khedive
Khedive One Of The Titles Of The Ruler Of Egypt, A Tributary Prince Of The Sublime Porte, Who, Since 1867, Has Exercised Absolute Power Within His Own Dominions.. The First Khedive Was Ismail, Sovereign Of Nubia, Soudan, Kordofan, And Darfour, Sou Of Ibrahim Pasha (eldest Son Of Mohammed Ali Pasha, ...
Khida
Khida (anc. Chorasmia), Knaunezit, Ki1arasm, Or Kiwi:inge, A Khanate Of Turk Istan In Central Asia, Lies Between Lat. 37° 45! And 44° 30' N. And Long. 50° 15' And 63° E.,. And Contains About 25,000 Sq.m., The Surface Being Mostly A Sandy Desert, With Many Fertile Tracts Scattered Over It. ...
Khorassay
Khorassay (anc. Parthia, Margiana, And Aria), The Largest Province Of Persia, Lies Between Lat. 31° And 38° 30' N. And Long. 53° And 62° 30' E. ; Contains About 210,000 Sq.m., Of Which Nearly One-third Is A Vast Salt Waste; Of The Remainder, A .large Portion Consist& Of Plains Of ...
Kidnapping
Kidnapping Is Not A Legal Term, But Is Frequently Applied In Popular Language To The Offense Of Stealing Or Forcibly Carrying Off A Child Or Adult. The Offense Of Forcibly Carrying Off A Grown Person, In General, Now Amounts Only To An Assault Or False Impris Oninent, Though Formerly Punishable ...
Kiel
Kiel, Capital City Of The Prussian Province Of Sleswick-holstein, Lying On A Deep Fjord Or Hay Of The Baltic, Which Admits Large Ships To Anchor Close To The Town, Is The Station Of The Greatest Portion Of The German Navy, And Is Situated In Lat. 54° 20' A., And Long. ...
Kilauea
Kilaue'a, A Vast Crater In The E. Part Of The Island Of Hawaii, 10 M. From The Sea, On The E. Slope Of The Great Volcano Of Mona Loa, 4,000 Ft. Above The Sea, And 9,800 Ft_ Below The Summit Of Mona Loa. It Is 30 M. By Bridle-road From ...
Kildare
Kildare, An Inland Co. Of The Province Of Leinster, Ireland, Distant, At Its Eastern Border, About 14 M. W. From The English Channel. Its Greatest Length From N. To S. Is -40 In.; From E. To W., 27 M.; Area, 418,497 Acres, Of Which 356,787 Are Arable. Its Sur Face ...
Kildeer
Kildeer, An American Bird Belonging To The Plover Family, Of The Order Gralla Tares, Or Waders; Allied Therefore To The Cranes And Herons. It Is The Charadrius Wciferus Of Linnaeus, But Now Placed In Another Genus, Crgialitus, And Is Called Agialitus Vociferus. It Inhabits North And South America. Tt Is ...
Kilham
Kilham, A.lexaxuert, 1762-98 The Founder Of The "new Connection Of Wesleyan .lethodists," Often Called Kilhamites. He Was The First To Advocate The Representation Of The Lay Element In The Government Of The Church; Was Converted At The Age Of 18; And In 1785 Received By Wesley Into The Regular Itinerant ...
Kilkenny
Kilkenny, An Inland Co. Of The Province Of Leinster, In Ireland, Bounded On The S. By Waterford, Is 46 M. In Its Greatest Length From N. To. S. And 24 In Its Greatest Width From E. To West. Its Area Is 796 Sq.m., Or 509,732 Acres, Of Which 405,321 Are ...
Kiln
Kiln, A Name Applied To Various Kinds Of Furnaces, Ovens, Or Other Devices Stone, Brick, Or Iron, Or Of The Material Itself To Be Operated Upon. They May Be Divided Into Intermittent And Continuous, Or Perpetual; Or Into Furnace-kilns, Oven-kilos, And What May Be Termed Mound-kilns, Such As Are Used ...
Kindergarten
Kindergarten, The Name Of A New Kind. Of School Or Training-place For Young Children—name And Thing Imported From Germany. The Principle Was First Propounded And The System Invented By Friedrich Frbbel, B. 1782, D. 1852. He Was Early Impressed With The Insufficiency Of The Teaching And Training Given In The ...
Kinderiiook
Kinderiiook, A Township In Columbia Co., N. Y., 5 M. E. Of The Hudson- River, 20 M. S.e. Of Albany. It Was The Birthplace And Home Of Martin Van Buren, Eighth President Of The United States. The Township Contains 3 Villages—kinderhook, Valatie, And Niverville. Kiuderhook Village Has A Weekly Newspaper, ...
King
King, Ruins, Ll.d., 1755-1827; B. Scarborough, Maine. After His Graduation From Ilarvard College He Read Law With Chief•justice Parsons, And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1780. In 1782 He Took His Seat In The Legislature Of Mass., To Which Lie Was Several Times Re-elected. In This Capacity Lie Supported ...
King And Queen
King And Queen, An Eastern Co. Of Virginia; Bounded On The S.w. By The Mattapony River; 330 Sq.m.; Pop. '70, 9,709; Having An Undulating Surface And Valuable Marl Beds. Corn And Wheat Are The Staple Products. Capital, King And Queen Court, House. Or King-of-arms. The Principal Heraldic Officer Of Any ...
Kingfisher
Kingfisher, Alcedo, A Genus Of Birds Of The Order Insessores And Family Halcyonidct. The Name Is Often Extended To The Whole Family; The Only British And Almost The Only European Species Of Which Is The Common Kingfisher (a. Ispida), A Bird Not Much Larger Than A Sparrow, In Brilliancy Of ...
Kingsley
Kingsley, Rev. Charles, Late Chaplain In Ordinary To The Queen, Was Born At Holne Vicarage, Devonshire, In 1819. He Entered Magdalen College, Cambridge, In 1840, Where He Highly Distinguished Himself In Classics And Mathematics. In 1844 He Became Curate, And, Shortly After, Rector Of Eversley, In Hampshire. In The Same ...
Kingston
Kingston, A City In The Canadian Province Of Ontario, Lies In Lat. 44° 8' 30", Long. 76° 30' 1", On The 'le. Shore Of Lake Ontario, At The Mouth Of The Cataraqui And Of The Bay Of Quints, Where The Waters Of The Canadian Lakes Issue Into The St. Lawrence. ...
Kirkcuderightshire
Kirkcuderightshire, More Properly The Stewertry Of Kirkcudbright, A County In Scotland, Comprehending The Eastern District Of Galloway, Is Bounded On The N. And N.e. By The Counties Of Ayr And Dumfries, On The E. And S. By The Solway Firth And The Irish Sea, And On The Nv, By The ...
Kissingen
Kis'singen (ante). Kissinger Is A Walled Town. It Contains Five Mineral Springs. Pander, Discovered In The 16th C., Has A Temperature Of 50°, Used For Bathing. It Is Saline And Chalybeate. The Rakoczy Spring Was Discovered In 1787. It Has A Tempera Ture Of 52', And Is Used For Drinking. ...
Kitchen Garden
Kitchen-garden, A Garden Devoted To The Cultivation Of Culinary Vegetables, Or That Part Of A Large Garden Which Is Specially Appropriated To This Use. As The Crops Of The Kitchen-garden Are Not Generally Very Pleasing To The Eye, Care Is Taken, If Possible, That It May Not Lie Within View ...
Kite
Kite, Rilvus, A Genus Of Faiconidce, Or A Sub-family Including Elanets, Etc., Of Which Only One Species Is A Common Native Of Britain, And Another Is Amongst Its Rarest Visitants. The Kites Have Much Weaker Bill And Talons Than The Falcons And Hawks, But The Wings Are Much Longer, And ...
Kite_2
Kite, A Frame-work Of Wood Or Other Material, Shaped According To The Fancy Of The Maker, A Favorite Form Being That Of An Isosceles Triang:e, The Base Of Which Becomes The Top, And Is Surmounted By A Piece Of Cane Or Bambco, Bent In The Shape Of A Semi Circle. ...
Kittic Coins
Kittic Coins Is The Name Of The Earliest Mohammedan Coins, Inscribed With The Kufic Or Ancient Arabic Character (see The Following Article). According To Makrizi, The First Were Struck In The 18th Year Of The Hedjrali (63s Under Caliph Omar, Who, Ing To Make Islam Entirely Independent Of Foreign, Chiefly ...
Kitto
Kitto, Dr. Jolts, A Most Industrious And Respectable Writer On Biblical Subjects, Was B. At Plymouth, Dec. 4, 1804. In It's 12th Year He Lost His Power Of Hearing In Conse Quence Of A Fall From A-height Of 33 Feet. His Father's Circumstances Were At This Time So Wretched That ...
Klaproth
Klaproth, Hsaistmen Jumus Vox, Was The Son Of Martin Heinrich Klaproth, An Eminent Chemist, And Was B. At Berlin, Oct. 11, 1783. He Betook Himself To The Study Of The Chinese Language When Only A Boy Of Fourteen. In 1801 He Entered The Univer Sity Of Halle. Here He Published ...
Kleptomania
Kleptomania (gr. Klept, To Steal). Among The Ordinary Phenomena Of Minds That Are Not Regarded As Insane Or Criminal Are Observed'inordinate Tendencies To Acquire, To Collect, To Hoard. So Long As Such An Impulse Does Not Interfere With The Rights And Property Of Others, Or Involve A Flagrant Breach Of ...
Knee
Knee, In Ship-building, An Angular Piece Of Wood Or Iron Used To Connect The Deck Beams With The Ribs Of The Vessel's Sides. The Knees Are Fastened On Both Vertically, Above And Below, And Horizontally, Whereby Great Stability Is Imparted To The Whole Framework Of The Ship. The, Is The ...
Knights
Knights (saxon, Cntht, A Servant Or Attendant), Originally Men-at-arms Bound To The Performance Of Certain Duties, Among Others To Attend Their Sovereign Or Feudal Superior On Horseback In Time Of War. The Institution Of Knighthood, As Conferred By Investi Ture, And With Certain Oaths And Ceremonies, Arose Gradually Throughout Europe ...
Knights_2
Knights (ante). According To Tacitus. The Origin Of Knighthood Was Among The Ancient German Tribes, And Consisted In Conferring Upon Selected Persons The Privilege Of Citizenship. Under The Direct Supervision Of Dip Authority Of The State. The Ceremony Included The Investiture Of The Candidate With A Buckler And Javelin, And ...
Knot
Knot, A Twist Or Loop In A Rope Or Cord, So Made That The Motion Of One Piece Of The Line Over The Other Shall Be Stopped. The Knot Owes Its Power Of Passive Resistance To The Friction Of The Rope. The Uses Of Knots Are Infinite; In The Commonest ...
Knowledge
Knowledge. This Term Of Common Use Is Associated With The Greatest Problems And Controversies Of Philosophy. The Perception Of The External Or Material World (see Common Sense; Peilception), The Nature Of Belief (see Belief), Time Ultimate Analysis Of A Proposition Or Judgment (see Judgment), Are All Involved In The Discussion ...
Konigsberg
Konigsberg, A Small T. Of Prussia, In The Province Of Brandenburg, On The Horike, 45 M. N. Of Frankfort-on-the-oder. Tanning And Distilling Are The Chief Branches Of Industry. Pop. '75, 6,353. Numerous Other Places In Germany Bear This Name. Konigsberg, An Important T. And Fortress Of Prussia, In The Province ...
Konrad Iii
Konrad Iii., King Of The Germans, The Founder Of The Hohenstaufen (q.v.) Dynasty, Was The Son Of Frederick Of Swabia, And Was B. In 1093. While Under 20 Years Of Age Konrad, With His Elder Brother Frederick, Had Bravely Supported Henry V. Against His Numerous Enemies,- And In Return That ...
Konradin Of Swabia
Konradin Of Swabia, The Last Descendant Of The Imperial House Of Hohenstaufen. (q.v.), Was The Son Of Konrad Iv., And Was B. In 1252, Two Years Before His Father's: Death. Innocent Iv. Immediately Seized Upon The Young Prince's Italian Possessions Ou The Plea That The Son Of A Prince Mho ...
Kooidja Kuldja
Kul'dja, Kooi:dja, Kati:dstia, Or A Province In The Govern Ment Of Turkistan; 25,500 Sq.m.; Pop. "71, 114,337; Was Formerly Apart Of Suongaria, The Extreme N.w. Province Of China, Which Country Conquered It In 1754 From The Kal Mucks. Some Years Ago This Province Declared Its Independence Of China Under A ...
Krozet Islands
Krozet Islands. See Crozet, Ante. Intiidener, Juliana Von. A Religious And Enthusiast, Daughter Of Baron Von Vietinghoff, Was B. At Riga In 1766. When She Was But 14, She Married The Baron Von Kri)(leper, A Livonian Nobleman, Who Held The Post Of Russian Ambassador At Venice. Her Married Life, However, ...