Maormor
Maormor, The Old Equivalent Of The Earl In Scotland, An Official Similar To A Maor (q.v.), But Placed Over A Province Instead Of A Thanage, An Earldom Or County Instead Of A Barony, Exercising The Office Of Royal Deputy Or Steward Over The Territory Of Nvhich He Had At A ...
Maple
Maple, Aar, A Genus Of Exogenous Trees Of The Natural Order Aceracece. This Order Contains More Than Sixty Species, Natives Of The Temperate Parts Of The Northern Hemi Sphere, And Particularly Numerous In North America And The N. Of India. They Have. Opposite Leaves Without Stipules, Usually Lobed Or Palmate. ...
Marathon
Mara.thon (ante), Was Named From The Hero 3iarathos, And Known In Homer's Time. Here Legend Relates That Eurystheus Was Overcome By The Heraclidm And Iolaus, And Here Took Place The Contest Of Theseus And The Bull. -when Pisistratns Was Driven From Athens To Eubcea, Marathon Was The First Place Occupied ...
Marble
Marble, In Its Strict And Proper Sense, Is A Rock Crystallized In A Saccharoidal Manner, Having The Fracture Of Loaf-sugar, And Composed Of Carbonate Of Lime, Either Almost Pure When The Color Is White Or Combined With Oxide Of Iron. Or Other Impurities Which Give Various Colors To It. But ...
Marble_2
Marble (ante). Unstratified Statuary Marble Is White In Consequence Of The Action -to Which It Has Been Subjected During Some Stage Of Its Metamorphism. It Is Well Known That Blue Limestone When Burned Becomes White, And This Discharge Of Color Will Take Place Even Before The Carbonic Acid Gas Is ...
Marching
Marching, One Of The First Necessities To Distinguish A Body Of Disciplined Troops From A Mere Crowd Of Men, Is A Regular Cadenced Step, Taken By Every Individual At The Same Time And With The Same Foot. The Necessity Of This For Harmonious Action Is .obvious. The Ancient Roman Legions ...
Margaret
Margaret, Sometimes Called The "northern Semiramis," Queen Of The Triple Scan Dinavian Kingdom Of Denmark, Norway, And Sweden, Was The Second Daughter Of Val Demar Iii., King Of Denmark, And Wife Of Hakon Viii., King Of Norway. Margaret Wwi Born In 1353; And On The Death Of Her Father, Without ...
Marginal Credits
Marginal Credits, The Name (riven To Business Operations, In Which Bankers Lend The Credit Of Their Names, As It Were,°to Their Customers, And Thus Enable Them To Carry • Out Important Commercial Transactions Which Otherwise Could Not Be Gone Into, Or Only At Excessive Cost. A Merchant In This Countiy, ...
Mari Gold
Mari Gold, A Name Given To Certain Plants Of Thp Natural Order Compositce, Sub-order Corymbiferce, Chiefly Of The Genera Calendula And Tagetes. The Genus Calendula Has The Achenia Remarkably Curved, Variously Toothed, And Very Rough On The Back. The Species Are Annual And Perennial Herbaceous Plants And Shrubs, Of Which ...
Maria Christina
Maria Christina, Queen Of Spain, B. April 27, 1806, Was A Daughter Of Francis I., King Of The Two Sicilies. In 1829 She Became The Fourth Wife Of Ferdinand Vii. Of • Spain; Who In 1830 Restored The Law By Which, In Default Of Male Issue, The Right Of Inheritance ...
Maria Merian
Merian, Maria Snivm.a., 1647-1717; B. Germany; Daughter Of Mattmins Merian, A Swiss Engraver, And Sister Of The Historical Painter Matthilus Pierian; Had A Natural Talent For Drawing And Painting, Which Developed In The Direction Of Flowers And Insects. She Was The Pupil Of Abraham Mi,rnon, Celebrated For His Exquisite Representations ...
Marie Amelie De Bourbon
Marie Amelie De Bourbon, Queen Of The French, Wife Of King Louis Philippe, 1782-1866; B. In Sicily; Daughter Of Frederick Iv., King Of The Two Sicilies; Reared And Educated In Sicily, Naples, And Venice. Louis Philippe, Duke Of Orleans, While Ban Ished From France, Met Her, And They Were Married ...
Marie De Medici
Marie De' Medici, Wife Of Henri Iv. Of France, Was The Daughter Of Francis I., Grand-duke Of Tuscany, And Was Born At Florence, April 26, 1573. She Was Married To Henri, Dec. 16, 1600, And In The Following September Gave Birth To A Son, Aftenvards Louis Xiii. The Union, However, ...
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice
Macmaiion, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice De, Marshal Of France, Of Irish Descent, Was B. At Sully, July 13, 1808. Entering The Army, He Led A Distinguished Career In Algeria, And Commanded The Division That Stormed The 3ialakoff At Sebastopol In 1855. He Took A Conspicuous Part In The Italian Campaign ...
Marine Fortification
Marine Fortification Differs From Land Fortification In That The Approaches Of The Enemy Which Are To Be Resisted Take Place On The Level Of The Sea, So That He Can Come Near Without Having To Overcome The Dangerous Slope Of The Glacis. The Combat Is Shnply One Between Two Powerful ...
Marines
Marines Are Soldiers That Serve On Board Ships Of War. The Men Are Drilled' In Al! Respects As Soldiers (light Infantry), And Therefore On Shore Are Simply Ordinary Land Forces. On Board Ship They Are Trained To Seamen's Duties, But Still Preserving Their Inilitary Organization. Their Ordinary Functions Are As ...
Mariolatry
Mariol'atry (gr. Maria, And Latreia, Adoration), A Name Given By Polemical Writers To The -worship Paid By Roman Catholics To The Virgin Mary. This Name Is Intended To Imply That The Catholic Worship Of The Virgin Is The Supreme Worship Of Latreia Or Adora Tion, Which Catholics Earnestly Disclahn, Although, ...
Mark
Mark, A German Geographical Term, Signified Primarily The Mark Of A Country's Limits (the March); And Hence Was Applied As A Designation Of The Border Countries Or Districts Of Tbe German Empire, .conquered From Neighboring.nations. Thus, We Read Of The Marks Of Austria, Of Northern Saxony Or Brandenburg, Lausatia, Moravia; ...
Mark The Evangelist
Mark The Evangelist (ante), Called "john Whose Surname Was Mark," And Simply "john " In The Earlier Parts Of The Acts, But In A Subsequent Passage And In The Epistles " Mark " Only; Was, Perhaps, A Native Of Jerusalem, As His Mother Lived There In The Firet Days Of ...
Marmon
Marmon, The Founder Of The Marcionites, An Extremely Ascetic Gnostic Sect, -was The Son Of A Bishop Of Sinope In Pontus. In His Earlier Years He Was A Sailor Or Ship-master. Being Excommunicated By His Father, On Account Of His Heretical Opinions, He Went To Rome About 140 A.d. He ...
Marneil
Marneil, Iiecton, 1746-1818; B. Scotland; Educated By His Parents At Borne, And At A Commercial School In Glasgow. After Spending Some Titne In The Mercantile House Of One Of His Relatives At Bristol He Sailed For The West Indies, Where He Remained For Six Years. Some Two Years After His ...
Maronites
Mar'onites, A Christian Tribe Of Syria, Of Very- Ancient Origin, Regarding Which Con Siderable Controversy Has Arisen. The Most Probable Account Represents Them As 4lescendants Of A Remnant Of The Monothelite Sect (see Moxonremsm) Who, Fleeing From The Repressive Measures Of The Emperor Anastashis Ii., In The Early Part Of ...
Marquette
Marquette, Jacones,1637-75, B. France; Came To Canada As A Jesuit Missionary In 1666, And After Spending A Year And A Half In The Valley Of The Three Rivers Learning The Indian Languages Of Several Of The Algonquin Tribes, Was Assigned To The Mohawk Mission; But Before Going His Direction Was ...
Marriage
Marriage, The Union Of A Man And Woman In The Legal Relation Of Husband And Wife. This In One Form Or Another Is The Oldest Institution Of Society And The Source Of Its Most Ancient Laws. Society, Indeed, Could Not Long Exist Without Some Rules Being Imposed By Necessity For ...
Marrow
Marrow Onntroversy, One Of The Most Strenuous And Memorable Struggles Iu The Religious History Of Scotland, Took Its Name From A Book Entitled The Marrow Of Modern Ihvinity, Written By A Puritan Soldier In The Tinie Of The Commonwealth. The Highly " Evangelical " Character Of This Work, And Especially ...
Mars
Mars, A Contraction Of Mavers Or .3ltvous; In The Oscan Or Sabine Language, Mamers, The Name Of An Ancient Italian Divinity, Identified By The Grwcizing Romans With The Thracian-hellenic Ares. It Will, However, Be Better To Treat The Two Concep Tions Separately. The Roman Mars, Who As A War-god Is ...
Marshal
Marshal (fr. Marichal, Tent. Mare, Horse, And Male Or Seltalk, Servant), A Term, In Its Origin, Meaning A Groom Or Manager Of The Horse, Though Eventually The King's Marshal Became One Of The Principal Officers Of State In England. The Royal Farrier Rose In Dignity With The Increasing Importance Of ...
Marshall
Marshall, Joilx, Ll.d., 1755-1835; B.va. ; Educated At Westmoreland School And By A Private Tutor. He Began The Study °flaw In 1773, But Before He Was Called To The Bar The Revolution Broke Out, And Lie Soon Joined The Oulpeper Minutemen, A Virginia Com Pany, And Participated In The Battle ...
Marsi
Marsi, An Ancient Tribe Of Central Italy, Inhabiting The District Around The Lake Fucinus (lago Di Celano). Their Origin, Like That Of Other Italian Tribes, Is Involved In Obscurity And Fiction. They Were Probably Of Sabine Origin. They Are Worthy Of Notice , Chiefly On Account Of Their Warlike Spirit. ...
Marstrand
Marstrand, Wilhelm, 1810-73; B. Copenhagen; Studied Art There, At Munich, And At Rome. He Attained High Rank By His Genre Paintings, And Became A Professor And Director Of The Copenhagen Academy. His Most Meritorious Works Are, Perhaps, " Return Of A Society From A Popula-r Festival," And " Erasmus Montanus." ...
Marsupialia
Marsupia.lia (ante), One Of The Two Orders Of Non-placental Mammals, Includ Ing The Opossum And Kangaroo. The Other Order, Monotremata (q.v.), Includes The Orni Thorhynchus, Duck-mole Or Duck-bill (q.v.). The Marsupialia, With The Exception Of The Genus Didelphys (opossums), Are Exclusively Natives Of Australia, Van Diemen's Land, New Guinea, And ...
Marten
Marten, Ltartes, A Genus Of Digitig,rade Carnivorous Quadrupeds Of The Family Mus Telicla3, Differing From Weasels In Having An Additional False Molar On Each Side Above And Below, A Small Tubercle On The Inner Side Of The Lower Carnivorous Cheek-teeth, And The Tongue Not Rough--characters Which Are Regarded As Indicating ...
Marthas Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard (ante), An Island 20 M. In Length And 3 To 9 M. Wide, Off The S.e. Coast Of Massachusetts, Is A Part Of Duke's Co., And Is Separated From Barnstable Co. By Vineyard Sound, 3+ To 7 M. In Width; Pop. '70, 3,678. It Was Discovered By Bar ...
Martial Law
Martial Law Is A Collective Name For Those Laws To Which The Individuals Compos Ing The Military And Naval Forces Of A Country Are Subject, But Which Do Not Apply To Civilians. As, However, The Soldier Remains A Citizen, He Is Governed By The Common Law In All Matters Not ...
Martial Marcus Valeriiis Martials
Martial (marcus Valeriiis Martial's), The First Of Epigramnaatists, Was B. At Bilbilis, In Spain, 43 A.d. In 66 He Came To Rome, Where He Resided Till 100, When He Returned To His Native Town. There He Married A Lady Called Marcella, On Whose Property He Lived Till His Death (about ...
Martin
Ma.rtin (ante) I., Saint, D. 655; Son Of Fabricius, Succeeded Theodore I. In The Papal Chair, A.d. 640; Opposed The Will Of The Emperor Constans Ii. By Assembling The First Lateran Council At Rome In October, 649, In Which The Emperor's Decrees Were Denounced, The Pope Presiding Over 104 Bishops ...
Martin_2
Martin, Bishop Of Tours, And A Saint Of The Roman Catholic Church, Was B. In Pan Nonia About The Year 316. He Was Educated At Pavia, And At The Desire Of His Father, Who Was A Military Tribune, Entered The Arniy, First Under Constantine, And Afterwards Under Julian The Apostate. ...
Martin_3
'martin, Box Louis Henri, B. At St. Quentin, Feb. 20, 1810; Son Of A Magistrate Of That City. At The Age Of 20 He Was Recognized As A Youth Of Unusual Elevation Of Mind And Independence Of Spirit, Tempered With A Mild And Modest Manner. Educated For The Practice Of ...
Martta T Law
Martta T. Law (ante) Must Be Distinguished From Both Military Law And Military Government. The Last Denotes The Rule Of A Conquered Or Insurrectionary District By Military Authority, While Military Law Is That Branch Of The Law Which Regards Military Discipline And The Government Of Persons Employed In The Military ...
Martyr
Martyr (gr. Martyr, A Witness), The Name Given In Ecclesiastical History To Those Who, By Their Fearless Profession Of Christian Truth, And Especially By Their Fortitude In Submitting To Death Itself Rather Than Abandon Their Faith, Bore The "witness" Of Their Blood To Its Superhuman Origin. Of The Same Use ...
Marx
Marx, Kant, B. Prussia, 1818; Educated At Bonn And Berlin; In 1842 Went To Cologne, Where Lie Edited The Rheinische Zeitung For A Year, When It Was Suppressed. He Now Established Himself In Paris And Undertook, With Arnold Huge, The Publication Of An Edition Of Hegel's Phdosopky Of Jurisprudence, Revised, ...
Mary I
Mary I., Queen Of England, Daughter Of Henry Viii. By His First Wife, Catharine Of Aragon, Was B. At Greenwich On Feb. 18, 1517. She Was M Her Early Years A Great Iavorite With Her Father, Who Had Her Carefully Educated After The Masculine Fashion Of Her Time. Erasnaus Praises ...
Maryland
Maryland, One Of The Original 13 American States, Lies Immediately S. Of Pennsyl Vania. And Is Bounded On The E. By Delaware And The Atlantic Ocean, Between Lat. 37° 53' To 39° 44' N., And Long. 75° 4' To 79' 33' West. Area, 11.124 Sq.m. Or 7,119,360 Acres; Pop. '70, ...
Maryland
Maryland (ante). The First Settlement Within The State Was That Of Capt. William Clayborne And His Party, On Kent Island, In Chesapeake Bay, In 1631. George Calvert, The First Lord Baltimore, Explored The Virginia Settlements And Chesapeake Bay In 1628. And Was Delighted With The Country; But Being A Roman ...
Mascoutins
Mascou'tins, An Indian Tribe Of The Algonquin Family, Very Well Known In The 17th C., And Appearing Constantly In The History Of The Early French Settlers. Their Habitat Was The Country About The Northern Lakes, And They Were Found On The Wis Consin And Fox Rivers About 1669, And Later ...
Mason And Dixons Line
Mason And Dixon's Line (ante) Originated In The Difficulties Which Occurred In Tracing The Boundary Line Of A Tract Of Land Granted To William Penn In 1681. This Land Lay W. Of The Delaware And N. Of Marylaud, And A Part Of Its Southern Boundary Was Defined To Be " ...
Masonry
Ma'sonry, The Art Of Construction In Stone. The Earliest Existing Examples Are Among The Most Magnificent Specimens Of The Art. No Nation Has Excelled The Ancient Egyptians In Stonework, Whether We Ccasider The Size Of The Materials, Or The Unequaled Exactness With Which They Are Fitted Together. The Egyptians Did ...
Massachusetts
Massachusetts, One Of The 13 Original States Of The American Union, And Oldest Of The New England States, Lies Between Lat. 41° 15'--42° 53' N., And Long. 69° 56'-73° 32' W., Being 160 M. From E. To W., And From 47 To 110 From N. To S., With An Area ...
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (ante). There Is Reason To Believe That Portions Of South-easterm Massachusetts, Including The Islands Of Nantucket And Martha's Vineyard, Were Dis Covered By The Norsemen Not Far From 1000 A.d. , And That Various Settlements Were. Rnade In The Next 300 Years, None Of Which, However, Gained Permanence. In ...
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Massa.chusetts Agricultural College, At Amherst, Mass., Was Opened For Students In 1867. Its Endowment Was Derived From The Public Lands Appropriated For The Purpose By Act Of Congress In 1862, And The Faith Of The State Is Pledged For Its Maintenance And Support, The Endowment Is Estimated At $360,000, And ...
Massachusetts Indians
Massachusetts Indians. The Ply-mouth Colonists, On Their Settlement In Massachusetts Bay, Found That Part Of The Country Populated By Tribes Of The Algonquin Family, One Of The Three Great Aboriginal Races Of Red-men That Mhabited The Basin Of The St. Lawrence, And A Tract Of Country As Far South As ...
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, In Boston, Was Founded In 1861 And Went Into Operation In 1864. Its Endowment Consists Of One-third Part Of The Income Derived By The State From Lands Appropriated For Such Purposes By Congress In The Act Of 1862. It Provides A Series Of Scientific And Literary ...
Massasoit
Massasoit, Sachem Of The Wampanoag Or Pokanoket Indians. His Territory, At One Time Extended Over Nearly All The Southern Part Of Massachusetts From Cape Cod To Narragansett Bay, And His Tribe Numbered 30,000, But At The Time Of The La-nding Of The Pilgrims They Had Been Reduced By Disease To ...
Massena
Massena, A/4'mi, Duke Of Rivoli, Prince Of Essling, And A Marshal Of France, Was Born At Nice, May 6, 1758. In His Youth, He Served As A Ship-boy In A Small Vessel, And Afterwards 14 Years In The Sardinian Army, But Left It Because His Plebeian Birth Precluded Him From ...
Massoilait
Massoilait, Variously Derived From Massar (to Hand Down To Posterity—tradition), And Assar (to Bind, To Fix Within Strict Limits), Denotes Chiefly A Certain Collection Of Criti Cal Notes On The Text Of The Old Testament, Its Divisions, Accents, Vowels, Grammatical Forms, Letters, Etc.; All The More Necessary For The More ...
Masson
Masson, Dawn, B. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1822; Educated At Marischal College, Aberdeen, And The University Of Edinburgh, Became Editor Of A Scottish Provincial Paper At The Age Of Nineteen; Went To London In 1844, Remained A Year, Contributing To Fraser's Magazine And Other Periodicals. For Two Or Three Years He Was ...
Master
Master, In The Roy-al Navy, Was An Officer Ranking With, But Junior To, Limits., And Charged With The Details Of Sailing The Vessel, Under The General Orders Of The Capt. In Recent Years The Title Has Been Changed To " Navigating Lieut.:" The Change Of Name Carrying, In Several Particulars, ...
Master And Servant
Master And Servant. [from, Supplement.] The Act 30 And 31 Vict. C. 141, Called The Master And Servant Act, 1867, Having Caused Profound Dissatisfaction Among Workmen, A Royal Commission Was Appointed To Investigate And Report. The First Two Sections Were Found To Be Objectionable Because They Conferred A Power To ...
Master And Servant
Master And Servant. The Relation Of Master And Servant Is Constituted In Great Britain Entirely By Contract; For There Being No Status Of Slavery Recognized In Law, One Person Can Only Serve Another With His Or Her Own Free Consent. Being A Mere Contract, Rt May, Like Other Contracts, Be ...
Master And Servant_2
Master And Serva.nt (ante). In The United States The Common-law Rules Governing This Relation Have Been Modified By Statutory Enactment In A Very Slight Degree Only. The Law Of Contracts Almost Always Governs Without Being Restrained By Legislation Arising From Class Distinctions Or Rank. The Principles Of Common Law Apply ...
Mastodon
Ma.stodon (ante). The Mastodons Are Distinguished From The Elephants Princi Pally By Theirdentition. As In The Elephants, The Upper Incisors Grew From Permanent Pulps And Constituted The Tusks. In Most Cases, Moreover, The Mastodons Have Lower Incisors, And These Often Formed Short Tusks, Which, However, Usually Disappeared In The Adult. ...
Matches
Match:es, Pieces Of Various Inflammable Materials Prepared For The Purpose Of ,obtaining Fire Readily. One Of The First Forms Of This Useful Article Was The Brimstone Match, Made By Cutting Very Thin Strips Of Highly Resinous Or Very Dry Pine-wood, About 6 In. Long, With Pointed Ends Dipped In Melted ...
Materialism
Materialism. This The Name For A Certain Mode Of Viewing The Nature Of Mind, Namely, To Regard It Either As Mere Matter, Or As A Product Of The Material Organization. 'the Opposite View Is Called Spiritualism, And Means That The Mind, Although United With The Body, Is Not Essentially Dependent ...
Materialism
Materialism (ante). One Difficulty In Treating This Subject Is That Of Giving A Definition Of The Term Satisfactory- To All Parties. 'webster Defines A Materialist As " One Who Denies The Existence Of Spiritual Substances, And Maintains That The Soul Of Man Is The Result Of A Particular Organization Of ...
Mathematics
Mathematics (gr. Mathema, Learning), The Science Which Has For Its Subject-matter The Properties Of Magnitude And Number. It Is Usually Divided Into Pure And Mixed; The Grst Including All Deductions From The Abstract, Self-evident Relations Of Magnitude And Number; The Second, The Results Arrived At By Applying The Principles So ...
Mathew
Mathew, Rev. •treobald, Commonly Known As Father Miornew, Was Descended From An Illegitima.te Branch Of The Llandaff Family, And Was Born At Thomastown In Tipperary, Ireland, Oct. 10, 1790. On The Death Of His Father, While Mathew Was Still Very Young., The Kindness Of The Llandaff Family Enabled The Boy ...
Mathias Corvinus
Mathias Corvinus, King Of Hungary, Was The Second Son Of John Hunyady (q.v.), And Was B. In 1443. Having Been Released From The Hands Of The Treacherous Frederick Iii. Of Germany By Podiebrad, King Of Bohemia, He Returned To Hungary, And Was Elected King In 1458. His Accession Was Hailed ...
Mathilda
Mathilda, Countess Of Tuscany, Well Known In History Through Her Close Political Connection With Pope Gregory Vii., Was A Daughter Of Boniface, Count Of Tuscany, And Was Born In 1046. She Is Said To Have Married Godfrey (surnamed It Gobbo, Or The " Hunchback"), Duke Of Lorraine, In 1069, By ...
Matter
Matter. From A Physical Point Of View, Matter Is Anything That Can Affect The Senses, Or That Can Exert, Or Be Acted On By, Force. The Existence Of Matter, In The Sense Of Substance, Ha.s Been Doubted By Many Philosophers, Including Some Of The Great Est Of Experimenters. Indeed, As ...
Matterfiorn
Matterfiorn (fr. Mont Cervin.; Italian, Monte Silvio), The Grandest Mountain Mass Of The Alps, Located Near Zermatt In Switzerland Between The Canton Valais, And The Val D'aosta In Italy. Its Height Is 14,805 Ft., But That Fact Alone Gives Little Idea Of The Sublimity Of Its Abrupt Rise Above The ...
Matthew Lyon
Lyon, Matthew, 1746-1822; B. -wicklow Co., Ireland; Emigrated To New. York In 1755; Unable To Pay For His Passage He Was Committed By The Captain, According To The Custom Of The Time, To A Farmer In Connecticut, With Whom He Served Several Years; Subsequently Removed To Vermont; Became, 1775, Lieut. ...
Matthew Lyon_2
Lyon, Matthew, 1746-1822; B. Wicklow Co., Ireland; Emigrated To New. York In 1755; Unable To Pay For His Passage He Was Committed By The Captain, According To The Custom Of The Time, To A Farmer In Connecticut, With Wlkom He Served Several Years; Subsequently Removed To Vermont; Became, 1775, Lieut. ...
Matthias
Matthias, Emperor Of Germany, 155'7-1619; Son Of Maximilian Ii., And Grandson .of Charles V. His Eldest Brother. Rudolf Il. Had Succeeded To The Throne Upon The Death Of Their Father. Rudolf Resented The Influence Exerted By Matthias Iu The Affairs • Of The German Empire, And The Latter, To Strengthen ...
Mattison
Mattison, Iltrane, D.d., A Distinguished Divine Of The Methodist Episcopal Church ; 1811-68; B. Norway, Herkimer Co. N. Y. The First Years Of His Early Manhood Were Spent In Teaching, Hut At The Age Of Twenty-three His Mind Turned To The Ministry, And In 1836 He Entered The Black River ...
Maumee River
Maumee River Formed By The Confluence, At Fort' Wayne, Indiana, Of The Anglaize And St. Mary's River, And Flowing Thence 100 In. E.n.e. To Its Mouth In The Maumee Bay At The End Of Lake Erie. For 12 M. Above Its Rnouth It Is An Estuary Of The Lake; Its ...
Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa, A Volcanic Mountain Which Occupies Much Of The Central And Southern Portion Of Hawaii. From The Sea It Appears Domelike In Shape, Of No Great Elevation, And -with Very Gradual Slopes, Partly Covered With Forests And Sometimes Crowned With Snow. The Top Of The Mountain Is One Expanse ...
Maurice
Maurice, (duke And Afterwards Elector) Of Saxony, Eldest Son Of Duke Henry Of The Albertine Line (see Saxosv), And Nephew Of Duke George (q. V.) The Bearded, The Most Bitter Opponent Of The Reformation, Was B. At Freiberg, March 21, 1521; Espoused, In 1541, Agues, Daughter Of The Landgraf Philip ...
Maurice_2
Maurice, Rev. John Frederick Denison, D.d., A Distinguished Divine Of The. Church Of England, And One Of The Most Influential Thinkers Of His Age, Was The Son Of A Unitarian Minister, And Was Born In 1805. His Reputation At The University For Scholar Ship Stood High, But Being At This ...
Mausoleum
Mausole'um, A Sepulchral Monument Of Large Size, Containing A Chamber In Which Urns Or Coffins Are Deposited. The Name Is Derived From The Tomb Erected At Halicar Nassus To Mausolus, King Of Carla, By His Disconsolate Widow, Artemesia, 353, N.c. It Was One Of The Most Magnificent Monuments Of The ...
Maximilian I
Maximilian I., One Of The Most Distinguished Of The German Emperors, The Son And Successor Of Frederick Iii., Was B. At Neustadt, Near Vienna, March 22, 1459. In His 19th Year He Married Maria, The Only Child And Heiress Of Charles The Bold, Duke Of Bur Gundy, And Was Soon ...
Maxwell
Maxwell, J,ums Clerk-, One Of The Greatest Of Modern Natural Philosophers, Was The Only Son Of John Clerk-maxwell Of Middlebie, A, Cadet Of The Old Scottish Family Of Clerk Of Penicuick. He Was B. In 1831 And Died In November, 1879. He Was Educated In Boyhood At The Edinburgh Academy. ...
Maxwell_2
Maxwell, Sir Williaar Stirling, Ll.d., B. Near Glasgow, Scotland, In 1818; Bore The Name Of Stirling Until 1866, When By The Death Of Sir John Maxwell, His Mater Nal Uncle, He Succeeded To A Baronetcy And Assumed The Name Of Maxwell. He Gradu Ated At Cambridge In 1839, After Which ...
May Nooth
May Nooth, A Village Of The Co. Kildare, Ireland, 15 M. N.w. From Dublin By The Midland Great Western Railway; Pop., Including The College, '71, 2,091. It Is Of Some Historical Interest As The Seat Of The Powerful Family Of The Gera'dines, Of Whose Castle Large And Very Striking Ruins ...
Mayas
May'as, A Race Of Indians Found In The Countries Of Yucatan, Guatemala, And' Tobasco, Presenting- A Subject Of Interest 88 To Their Origin Aud Habits, And Their Position As Regards Civilization. They Differ Decidedly, And In Many Respects, From Other Native. Races Of That Region. By Some They Are Regarded ...
Mayer
Mayer, Juuus Robert, Dr., A German Physicist, B. In Heilbronn, Wrirtemberg, 1814. He Att,ended The G,ymnasium At Heilbronn, Studied Medicine At Tubingen, And Finished His Course At Munich And Paris. He Made A Voyage To Java In 1840, And While There He Made Observations On The Blood Which Led Him ...
Mayiani
Mayiani, Count Terenzio, An Italian Philosopher, Statesman, And Writer, B. In 1801, At Pesaro. Having Taken A Prominent Part In The Futile Revolutionary Outbreak Which Accompanied The Accession Of Gregory Xvi., Mamiani Was Compelled To Seek Safety In Flight, And Repaired To Paris, From Whence He Promoted With Energy The ...