Ain Geographical Environment
Ain - Geographical Environment. England Is Well Supplied With Riv Ers, Many Of Them Of Great Importance To In Dustry And Commerce. Most Of Them Carry Their Waters To The North Sea. If We Consider The Drainage As A Whole, Four Principal River Basins May Be Distinguished, Those Of The ...
Basal Notions
Basal Notions. Domain Rationality.— One Of The Most Fundamental Notions In Galois' Theory Is That Of A Domain Of Rationality Which Was First Clearly Formulated By Abel. When An Equation F(x) =--aan + + . . . + A.- – + (1) Offers Itself For Solution, Its Coefficients Are Sup ...
Cause Of Death By
Electricity, Cause Of Death By). The Amount Of Current Flowing Through The Body Depends Upon The Electric Pressure Or Voltage And The Resistance Of The Body. This Resistance Is Mainly The Skin Or Surface Resistance, Therefore Depends Upon The Nature Of The Contact Between Body And Electric Circuit. When Loosely ...
Chemistry Electrochemical Industries
Chemistry; Electrochemical Industries. Commercial Furnaces.— The Carborundum Furnace Employs A Continuous Core Of Coke Be Tween The Electrodes. This Core Of Broken Coke Constitutes The Resistance, And A High Tempera Ture Is Obtainable. The Material For Making The Carborundum Is Finely Divided Coke, Sand And Sawdust. These Being Packed Around ...
Course Of Veto Acts
Veto; Acts Of Congress; Bills, Course Of). This Fact Is Important Not Because Of The Fre Quency Of Presidential Vetoes, But Because It Enables The President To Dominate Congress In A Large Measure; By A Threat To Wield This Weapon He May Prevent The Passage Of Bad Laws And Compel ...
Direct Current Electricity
Direct Current; Electricity And Trical Alternating Current Machinery. The Small Electric Motor Has Displaced The Steam Engine In A Great Many Uses, And Con Tinues To Supplant It. In 1909 There Were More Than Half A Million Small Motors Made For Man Ufacturing Establishments In The United States. With A ...
Drama
Drama. At The Beginning Of The Victorian Period, The English Stage Was Still Contentedly Support Ing The Traditions Of Two Preceding Centunes. The Objects And Methods Of Both Actors And Plays Were Practically The Same As They Had Been At The Restoration. In Both, The Rhetorical Style Prevailed. The Two ...
Dry Batteries
Dry Batteries. The Ordinary Commercial Dry Cell Is Vir Tually A Leclanche Cell In Which The Electrolyte Is In The Form Of Paste Instead Of A Liquid. It Is, Therefore, Not Accurately A Dry Cell But A Moist Cell. It Is Made Inside Of A Cup Or Cylinder Of Sheet ...
Egypt
Egypt. (greek, Tarnrros,eliguptos • Hebrew, Cimd, Mizraim Or 'fl Mawr ; Also Called =nip, Pathros (is. Xi, It) And On Int/ Ham, "the Land Of Ham" (ps. Cvi, 22). Assyrian Le44 411, Magri; Arabic Tal , Misr Or Mon In Hieroglyphics, Do Mc' Kona). Its Present Same Is Derived From ...
Egyptian
Egyptian Arch/eology And Exploration. The Attention Of The World Was Drawn To Egypt As A Rich Field For Scientific Exploration In The Early Part Of The 19th Century. M. Boussard, A French Officer Under Bonaparte (1799), Discovered At Fort Julien, Near Rosetta, A Large Block Of Black Granite, With The ...
Egyptian Architecture
Egyptian Architecture. The Most Ancient Monuments Of The World's Archi Tecture In Stone Are Those Of The Nile Valley. The Mins Of Some Ancient Chaldean Buildings Are Probably Of Earlier Date, But They Are Almost Formless Piles Of Sun-dried Brick, While The Tombs And Pyramids Of The Early Egyptian Dynasties ...
Egyptian Arts
Egyptian Arts. Sculpture, Painting And Minor Sculptors Were Numerous And Very Prolific. Several Great Collections Of Extant Works Have Been Made In Modern Times; Of These The Greatest Is That Of The Museum Of Ghizeh, Next Come Those Of The Louvre, British Museum, The Vati Can, Florence, Turin, The Hague ...
Egyptian Language And Writ
Egyptian Language And Writ Ing. To Formulate An Opinion In Regard To The Group To Which The Ancient Language Of Egypt Belonged, It Is Best To Follow Step By Step The Gradual Process Of Interpretation And Secondly The Translation Of The Numerous Texts Existing In Inscriptions And Papyri. By So ...
Egyptian Literature
Egyptian Literature. The Advance That Has Been Made In Recent Years In The De Cipherment Of The Ancient Writings Of The World Enables Us To Deal In A Very Matter-of-fact Way With The Egyptian Inscriptions. Their Chief Mysteries Are Solved, Their Philosophy Is Almost Fathomed, Their General Nature Is Understood. ...
Egyptian Music
Egyptian Music. Our Knowledge Of The Music Of Ancient Egypt Is Very Meagre. We Have Short Accounts Of It In Greek Authors And We Find Specimens Of Their Musical Instru Ments And There Have Survived Numerous Illus Trations Of Others, Together With Scenes Repre Senting The Singing Of Odes To ...
Egyptian Religion And Soci
Egyptian Religion And Soci Ology. Religion.— No Satisfactory Treat Ment Of Ancient Egyptian Religion Has Ap Peared, Though The Subject Was One Of The First To Awaken Interest In Modern Times. The Names Of The Deities Of The Pantheon Are Well Known And Their General Characteristics Are Sufficiently Defined, But ...
Ehrenbreitstein
Ehrenbreitstein, Prussia, Town And Fortress On The Right Bank Of The Rhine, Opposite Coblenz With Which It Is Connected By A Bridge Of Boats And A Railroad Bridge. Tobacco, Flour, Leather, Soap, Bricks And Wine Are Manufactured And There Is A Large Trade In Corn, Wine And Iron. There Are ...
Ehrlich
Ehrlich, Paul, German Medical Scien Tist : B. Of Jewish Parents At Strehlen, Silesia, 14 March 1854; D. Homburg, 20 Aug. 1915. He Was Educated At The Universities Of Breslau, Strassburg, Freiburg And Leipzig. After Gradu Ating In Medicine In 1878 He Began His Researches Into The Relationship Existing Between ...
Eider Duck
Eider Duck, A Bird Of The Sub-family Fuliguline, Or Sea Ducks, Genus Somateria, Dis Tinguished By The Peculiar Form And Feathering Of The Bill, And Closely Allied To The Scoter Ducks. The Several Species Are Confined To The Northern Regions. The American Eider (s. Dresseri) And The European Eider (s. ...
Eight Hour Day
Eight-hour Day. In The Struggle For The Shortest Hours Of Labor Compatible With The Highest Efficiency, Begun In Great Britain Early In The 19th Century, The First Great Landmark Was The Ten Hours' Bill Of 1847, Enforcing In All Trades What Had Come About In Many. But The Golden Ideal ...
Eighteenth Century
Eighteenth Century, The. Car Lyle Made The 18th Century For Readers Who Accepted His Ideas, And They Were Legion, A Period Of Extreme Decadence And Even Deg Radation Of Interest In All That Was Best For Humanity. He Called It The Age Of Prose, Of Lying Sham, The Fraudulent Bankrupt ...
Eighth Century
Eighth Century, The. The 8th Cen Tury Is A Cardinal Epoch In Modern History Be Cause It Witnessed The Culmination Of The Strug Gle In The East And West Of Europe By Which It Was Decided That European Civilization Should Be Christian Rather Than Mohammedan In Char Acter. The Failure ...
Eikon Basilike
Eikon Basilike, Ikon Ba-sil'i-ke (gr. "the Royal Image'), A Work. The Full Title Of Which Is Eixtry Paces : 'the Pourtraicture Of His Sacred Majestie In His Solitudes And Suf Ferings.) It Was Published 9 Feb. 1649, 10 Days After The Execution Of Charles I, And Within 12 Months Ran ...
Einsiedeln
Einsiedeln, In'ze Den, Switzerland, (place Of The Solitaries Or Hermits), A Small Town In The Canton Of Schwyz, 2,895 Feet Above Sea-level And 26 Miles Southeast Of Zurich, Seat Of A Renowned Abbey Of Benedictine Monks Since The Middle Of The 9th Century. It Is A Famous Resort Of Pilgrims ...
Ejectment And Eviction
Ejectment And Eviction. Eject Ment In Law Is A Mixed Action, As It Is Resorted To In Order To Recover The Possession Of Land And Damages For The Wrongful With Holding Of It, Though The Damages Are Nominal Originally, It Was A Possessory Action — That Is Adapted To The ...
El Burlador De Sevilla
El Burlador De Sevilla. Tirso De Molina's Drama, (el Burlador De Sevilla Y Convidado De Piedra) ((the Gay Scoffer Of Seville And Feast Of The Statue)), Is The Parent Source In Literature Of The Famous Legend Of Don Juan Tenorio, The Unscrupulous Gallant And Blasphemer, Subsequently Presented Vari Ously By ...
El Gran Galeoto
El Gran Galeoto. Jose Echegaray's (the Great Galeoto,' Certainly The Most Famous Spanish Play Of The 19th Century Beyond The Limits Of Spain, And The Workwhich The International Reputation Of Its Is Founded, Is An Exceedingly Effective Example Of The Tra Ditional Calderonian Drama Of Jealousy, In Which The Honor ...
El Paso
El Paso, Cl Pa's6, Texas, City, Port Of Entry And County-seat Of El Paso County; On The Rio Grande, The, Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe, The Texas And Pacific, The Rock Island, Southern Pacific And Other Railways; On The Rio Grande River In The Extreme Western Of The State. It ...
El Reno
El Reno, Okla., City And County-seat Of Canadian County; On The Rock Island Lines, Junction Main Lines North And South, And East And West, Being Operating Headquarters For The Second District Of The System; Terminal For Saint Louis, El Reno And Western Railway, And Also For Oklahoma Railway Company — ...
El Sabio
El Sabio, Alfonso X, King Of Leon And Castilla: B. 23 Nov. 1221; D. 21 April 1284. He Was The Son Of Ferdinand Iii And Beatriz, Daughter Of Philip Of Suabia And Sister Of Fred Erick Ii Of Germany. Most Carefully Educated, He Succeeded His Father To The Throne In ...
El Sombrero De Tres
El Sombrero De Tres Picos (the Cocked Hat). The Journalist And Novel Ist Pedro Antonio De Alarcon (183341) Met With Little Acclaim For His More Ambitious Liter Ary Performances; In Fact, He Attained To No Measure Of Success In His Novels. With His Short Stories, However, He Gained A Well ...
Elasmobranchii
Elasmobranchii, Z-lis-mo-hrang'k1-i A Subclass Of Fishes, Containing The Sharks And Rays. The Skull Is Cartilaginous With Only Su Perficial Calcifications And No True Dermal Bones; The Gills Fixed And Shaped Like Pouches The Upper Jaw Is The Pterygo-palatine Bar, And The Lower Jaw Meckel's Cartilage, Attached To The Skull By ...
Elasticity
Elasticity. Every Solid, No Matter How Rigid We May Think It To Be, Will Have Its Dimensions Changed Upon The Application Of Force. If The Resulting Distortion Does Not Ex Ceed A Certain Amount It Will Disappear When The Force Is Removed. Bodies Which Recover From The Distorting Effect Of ...
Elberfeld
Elberfeld, Zi'btr-feld, Germany, Town In The Prussian Rhine Province, 15 Miles East Of Diisseldorf, In The Beautiful Valley, And On Both Sides Of The Wupper, Enclosed By Lofty Hills. It Has No Historical Or Antiquanan Im Portance. Its Prosperity Has Been Acquired Mostly Within The Last Century And Is Due ...
Elder
Elder, Sambucus, A Genus Of Shrubs Or Small Trees And A Few Perennial Herbs Of The Natural Order Caprifoliacea'. There Are About 20 Widely Distributed Species Characterized By Opposite, Pinnate Leaves, Small White Flowers Usually In Compound Cymes, And Black, Red, White Or Green, Juicy Fruits (berries Or Drupes). Many ...
Elders
Elders, In Certain Churches, A Body Of Men Elected By The Communicants From Among Their Number To Aid The Minister In Portions Of His Work. With The Minister, They Consti Tute The Executive Body Of The Congregation. Among The Jews The Elders Were The Rulers Or Magistrates Of The People. ...
Eldon
Eldon, John Scott, 1st Emu. Of, English Jurist And Lord Chancellor: B. Newcastle, 4 June 1751; D. London, 13 Jan. 1838. He Was Educated At Oxford, At University College, Re Ceiving His M.a. In 1773. In 1771 He Won An English Prize By His Essay On The Advantages And Disadvantages ...
Eldorado
Eldorado (from The Spanish El Do Rado, The Gilded Man), The Region Of Undis Covered Treasure In South America. In The Article Daba1ba We Have Traced The Famous Eldorado Myth Back To Those Stories Which, At The Beginning Of The 16th Century, Were Cur Rent Among The Indians Of Darien ...
Eleanor Of Aquitaine
Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Queen Of France And Afterward Of England: B. 1122; D. Fontevrault, France, 1 April 1204. She Was The Eldest Daughter And Heiress Of William Ix, Duke Of Guienne Or Aquitaine, And Was Mar Ried 2 Aug. 1137, To Prince Louis, Who In The Same Year Succeeded To ...
Election
Election, In Politics, The Mode Of Deter Mining The Person Who Is To Fill An Office By The Votes Of The Qualified Electors. Alternative Methods Are Selection By Someone Already In Authority Or By Lot. The Electors May Be The Entire Body Of Those Of The Citizens Of The Region ...
Elections
Elections, Contested. Under The Constitution, When The Electoral College Fails To Cast A Majority Vote, The Election Of Presi Dent Was Referred To The House And Of Vice President To The Senate. The Former Decided The Election Of Jefferson In 1801 And Of J. Adams In 1829, And The Latter ...
Elections
Elections. As Defined By The Courts An Election Is The Act Of Choosing A Person To Fill An Office By Any Manifestation Of Preference But Usually By The Vote Of Those Entitled To Exercise The Elective Franchise, As Distinguished From Appointment To Office By A Single Person Or Officer, As ...
Elections_2
Elections, Federal Control Of. Under The Constitution The Federal Government Pos Sesses A Large Measure Of Control Over Elections At Which Senators And Representatives Are Chosen. Each State Legislature Possesses The Power To Prescribe The Times, Places And Man Ner Of Holding Congressional Elections But Con Gress Is Authorized To ...
Elective Affinities
Elective Affinities, The. Goethe's Twahlverwandtschaften> (elective Affinities), First Intended For Insertion Among The Numerous Short Stories In The Second Part Of 'wilhelm Meister,) Grew Beyond The Limits Of Availabil Ity For Such Use Was Published Independ Ently In 1809. Ts Composition Is In The Lei Surely And Somewhat Oracular Style ...
Elective Courses
Elective Courses And Elective Studies, As Applied To Colleges And Univer Sities In Particular, And To All Schools In Gen Eral, May Be Defined Broadly As That Principle In Education Which Permits The Student To Choose His Own Subjects Of Study During The Time Of Attendance At School. The Or ...
Electoral Frauds And Safe
Electoral Frauds And Safe Guards Against. The Most Common Electoral Fraud Is Bribery (q.v.), Consisting Of The Gift Of Money Or The Promise Of Some Re Ward Either To Vote *rights Or To Remain Away From The Polls. Employers Of Labor Have Been Accused Of Attempting To Influence The Votes ...
Electoral Qualifications Terms Of
Electoral Qualifications; Terms Of And Qualifications For The Theory That Suffrage Is A Natural, Inherent Right, Belonging To Every Man, Is Now Generally Discredited. Political Rights Are Not Essential To Citizenship, And In A Dissenting Opinion In The Case Of Amy Vs. Smith (1 Litt. [ky.], 326, 333, 342), One ...
Electoral System
Electoral System Of The United States. All Elections, Whether For City, State Or Federal Offices, Are In All States Conducted By Ballot. To Save The Expense Of Distinct Pollings, It Has Been Long Usual To Take The Pollings For A Variety Of Offices At The Same Time. The Details Of ...
Electors
Electors, United States Presidential (as A Body, Termed The• Electoral College, A Term Informally Used Since About 1821, Prob Ably Suggested By The College Of Cardinals; 'college Of Electors* Appears In The Act Of 1845), The Intermediate Body For Whom, And Not Directly For President And Vice-president, Votes Are Cast ...
Electra
Electra. Benito Perez Gald6s' Drama 'electra,' One Of The Most Conspicuously Success Ful, As Well As One Of The Shortest-lived Of Modern Spanish Plays, Was Performed For The First Time In The Face Of Violent Protest At The Teatro Espafiol, Madrid, In 1901. Constructed With The Author's Customary Skill, It ...
Electra_2
Electra. Although Hugo Von Hof Mannsthal Possesses No Original Genius, He Is The Most Musical Of Poets Who In Recent Times Have Contributed To The Drama In German. His Power Of Verbal Expression, Rather Than His Dramaturgic Skill Or His Understanding Of Char Acter, Entitles Him To Praise. A Viennese, ...
Electric Alternating Cur Rent
Electric Alternating Cur Rent Machinery. A Loop Of Wire Re Volving In A Magnetic Field Is The Simplest Form Of An Alternating Current Generator. The Direc Tion Of Induced Electromotive Force In The Two Halves Of The Loop, Which Cut The Magnetic Flux In Opposite Directions, Is Such That The ...
Electric Alternating Current Machinery
Electric Alternating Current Machinery). The Next Step Was To Add To The Num Ber Of Coils On The Armature So That During Each Portion Of A Revolution Some Part Of The Armature Conductors Would Be Doing Maximum Work. Should An Additional Coil Be Added To The Ideal Generator, At Right ...
Electric Batteries
Electric Batteries. The Electric Battery Is A Device By Which Electric Energy Is Derived Directly From Chemical Action. There Are Two Types Of Electric Batteries: (1) Primary, And (2) Secondary. Secondary Batteries Are Usually Called °storage Batteries° Or °accumu Lators° And Are Discussed In Another Article. The Battery Unit Is ...
A Fable For Critics
Fable For Critics, A. Lowell's 'fable For Critics,' Though Considered By The Poet Himself A Mere Jeu D'esprit, Is The Best Known And The Most Successful Literary Satire In Verse By An American. It Was Written At Intervals Between November 1847 And July 1848, And Was Published In October 1848. ...