Fraction
Fraction, A Part Of Any Integer (whole Number), Or Unit. •for Example, 'two And A Means Two Units And That Part Of A Unit Which Can Be Distinguished, As One-half, Two-fifths And So On. In The Fraction Y3 In A Arithmetic, Or — In Algebra, The Figure 1, Or B ...
Fractional Crystallization
Fractional Crystallization. The Crystals Deposited At Different Periods During The Evaporation Or Cooling Of A Liquid Complex Are Not Alike In Composition, The Order In Which The Different Components Crystallize Being De Pendent Not Only On Relative Solubility But Upon The Proportions Present. That Is, While There Is A Certain ...
Fracture
Fracture, A Broken Bone. Inasmuch As The Greatest Variety In The Nature, Extent And Complications May Be Observed, A Certain Classi Fication Of Fractures Is Desirable. Modern Sur Geons Classify Them Into About Seven Different Categories Or Grpups. Group 1. According To The Degree Of The Fracture They Are Complete ...
Fragonard
Fragonard, Jean Honore, French Artist: B. Grasse 1732; D. Paris 1806. He Was The Son Of A Glover And Was Destined For A Notary's Career In Paris, But At 18 His Artistic Talent Was So Marked That Boucher Suggested Technical Study With Chardih, Later Taking Him Into His Own Studio ...
Framingham
Framingham, Mass., Town In Middle Sex County, On The Sudbury River, And On The New York, New Haven And Hartford, And The Boston And Albany Railroads, About 20 Miles West Of Boston. It Comprises The Villages Of Framingham, South Framingham, Saxonville And Nobscot. The Chief Centre Of Commerce And Industry ...
Franc
Franc, Frank, Martin Le, French Author: B. Normandy 1410; D. 1461. As Secretary To The Duke Of Savoy Who Became Pope Felix V He Secured Several Prominent Appointments, Notably That Of Secretary To Nicholas V. His Chief Works,
France
France, The Bank Of. Before The Bank Of France Was Established All Attempts Which Had Been Made To Create A Fiduciary Circulation Had Ended In Ruinous Failures. The Last And Most Disastrous Experience Had Been The Creation Of Assignats In 1789 By The Assemblee Constituante. The Assignats Were Government Currency ...
Francesca
Francesca, 'piero Della, Also Called Piero Borge Ese, Italian Painter And Writer: B. At Borgo-san-sepolcro, About 1401; D. Between 1494 And 1509. He Came Of A Family Of Some Note, And Was Given A Good Education, For His Time. He Studied Mathematics And Painting, And Was The First To Make ...
Franchise Tax
Franchise Tax, A Tax On Public Serv Ice And Private Corporations For The Purposes Of Governmental Revenue And Indirectly To Effect A Sharing Of Profits With The Public. In Its Widest Application It Includes Patents, Copy Rights, Inheritance, Etc., Besides Those Franchises And Rights Conferred By Government For Con Ducting ...
Francis De Sales
Francis De Sales, Sal; Fr. French Prelate, Founder Of The Order Tion: B. Of A Noble Savoyard Family, Inn. Teau Of Sales, Near Geneva, 21 Aug :.`": Lyons, 28 Dec. 1622. He Was Educated Jesuits At Paris, Studied Law At Padua R: Ing A Strong Bent To Theology And A ...
Francis I
Francis I, King Of France: B. Cognac, France, 12 Sept. 1494; D. Rambouillet, 31 March 1547. He Succeeded To The Throne In 1515, On The Death Of Louis Xii, Who Died Without Male Issue. As Grandson Of Valentino Of Milan, He Put Himself At The Head Of An Army To ...
Francis Joseph I
Francis Joseph I, Emror Of Tria And King Of Hungary: B. 18 Aug. 1830; D. Schoenbrunn Castle, 21 Nov. 1916. He Was The Eldest Son Of Archduke Francis Charles And Nephew Of Ferdinand I, Who Reigned From 1835 To 1848. On The Abdication Of The Latter And The Renunciation Of ...
Francis Of Assisi
Francis Of Assisi, Saint, Italian Founder Of Religious Order: B. Assisi, Umbria, Italy, 1182; D. Assisi, 4 Oct. 1226. Saint Francis Of Assisi Is The Founder Of The Friars Minor Who Are Usually Styled Francis Cans (q.v.). His Family Name Was Bernardone. At Baptism He Was Called John. Whether It ...
Franciscans
Franciscans, The Designation Borne By The Members Of Theihree Great Religious Orders Founded In The 13th Century By Saint Francis Of Assisi. The First Of These Orders Is That Of The Friars Minor, Known As The Greyfriars, And In France As The Cordeliers. The Second Order Is That Of The ...
Frith
Frith, Fit, Rhijnvis, Dutch Poet : B. Zwoll, Over-yessel, 7 Feb. 1753; D. There, 8 Feb. 1824. He Was Made Burgomaster And Afterward Re Ceiver At The Admiralty College In Zwoll, But Did Not Cease To Cultivate The Art Of Poetry And To Enrich Dutch Literature. He Tried His Powers ...
Germanic Origin
Germanic Origin. During The 5th Century The Barbarbians Founded In France Three Kingdoms: The Francs, Wisigoths And Burgonds, And It Is In Cumbent To Note What Modifications Were Made In The Institutions Of Romano-empiric• Origin. To Understand The Subject Clearly It Is First Of All Necessary To Know The Essential ...
Great Industries
Great Industries. In The First Rank Of Great Indus Tries Stand The Textile Industries, Which Really Include Cotton, Wool, Worsted, Flax, Hemp And Jute, And Also A Certain Number Of Secondary Industries, Each One Of Which Consists Of Two Principal Branches: Spinning And Weaving. To Avoid Mistakes We Shall Examine ...
History Of Riage
Riage, History Of. The Origin And Social Function Of The In The Sense Of A More Or Less Per Manent Group Of Parents And Offspring, The Family Exists To A Considerable Extent In The Animal World Below Man. Thus It Is Found Beginning With Some Of The Higher Fishes, Is ...
Indians
Indians. Counties And County-seats.— The State Has 54 Counties, Which, With Their Capitals, Are As Follows: Alachua, Gainesville Levy. Bronson Baker, Macclenny Liberty, Bristol Bay. Panama City Madison, Madison Bradford, Starke Brevard, Titusville Marion. Ocala Broward, Port Lauderdale Monroe. Key West Calhoun, Blountstown Nassau. Fernandina Citrus. Inverness Okeechobee, Okeechobee Clay, ...
Intermediary Law
Intermediary Law. General Summary Of The Work Of The Revolutionary Assemblies.— The Legislative Work Of The Revolution Has Been Qualified As Intermediary Law As It Formed The Transition Between The Old French Law And The New, The Law Covered By The Napoleonic Codes. The Intermediary Period Is By Far The ...
James J Walsh
James J. Walsh, Author Of The Thirteenth The Greatest Of Centuries,) Etc. 1301-08. Founding Of Important European Universities. 1302. Battle Of Courtrai. Flemish Democracy's Victory Over The French. 1303. Edward I Of England Invades Scotland. 1304. Birth Of Petrarch. 1305. First Assembly Of The States-general In France. Election Of Bishops. ...
James J Walsh_2
James J. Walsh, Author Of The Thirteenth The Greatest Of Centuries,) Etc. 301. Tenth Persecution Of The Christians. 305. Abdication Of Diocletian, Roman Emperor. Six Emperors Reign. 312. Constantine Defeats Maxentius At The Milvian Bridge And Becomes Western Roman Emperor. 313. Edict Of Milan Proclaims Full Rights To Christians. 323. ...
Kited States
Kited States). The Flags Of The British Do Aninions And Colonies Differ From Those Of The Mother Country By The Badge Of The Colony Being Placed In The Centre Bf Union Jack Every Battalion Of Infantry In The Brit Ish Army, Except The Rifles, Has Two Colors; Namely, The King's ...
Law Of Customs And
Law Of Customs And Roman Law Under The Old Monarchy. Here Again It Would Be Imprudent To Draw A Hard And Fast Line Between The Feudal And Royal Periods. The Subject Is One, Moreover, Of Sufficient Importance To Justify A Special Chapter Being Devoted To Its Study. Under The Frank ...
Length Of Lines
Length Of Lines In Operation 8 700 Kilometers ( 5,448 Miles) Granted 16,174 Kilometers (10,050 Miles) Million Francs By The State And Sundry 790 ($1513,000,111 By The Companies 8,884 1859-75.— The Situation Of The Companies Having Become Critical, The Government, On 11 June 1859, Induced Parliament To Ratify Agree Merits ...
Lewis M Isaacs
Lewis M. Isaacs. A Fish Able To Leave The Water When Alarmed Or Pursued, And Sustain Itself For Several Seconds In The Air. In Tropical Seas The Flying-fish Rise From The Water In Flocks, Or, More Properly, Shoals, Of Many Thousands At A Time, When Disturbed By The Passing Of ...
Massacre Of Barthowmew
Barthowmew, Massacre Of). How Far The Queen Mother Took Advantage Of The Popular Exasperation Against The Huguenots, It Is Quite Impossible To Say. The Legend That The King Fired A Shot By Way Of Signal Has Been Exploded, But It Is Probable That The Sympathies Of The Court In Favor ...
Materials
Materials. Space Does Not Permit Of A Discussion Of The Value Of Every Conceivable Variety Of Build Ing Material And Attention Must Therefore Be Directed To Those Which Are Commonly Used Or Are Of Especial Importance And Utility.. 1. Wrought Iron, Steel And Cast Iron.— Wrought Iron And Steel Are ...
Molding Or
Molding Or Pounding.— The Making Of Molds For Metal Castings. The Molds Are Made In Sand, Loam And Plaster Of Paris. With Or Without The Aid Of Patterns. There Are Three Classes Of Molding — Green-sand Molding. In Which Damp Sand Is Used, And The Castings Are Made In Damp ...
N Y Fort Edward
Fort Edward, N. Y., Colonial, On The Upper Hudson At Its Great Bend, Where Stands The Present Village Of Fort Edward; Known As The Great Carrying Place During The 17th And 18th Centuries (that Is, To Lake George And Lake Champlain), And An Obvious Advanced Post For Canadian Wars. Francis ...
Nature
Nature 0/ Industry Employed • • Cotton (textile) , I67,200 Wool (textile) ' 171,349 8dt (teatile) 11-3,599 Jax, Being, Jute (textile) 47,513 Lace , Etc. (texti Hosiery (textile) Le) 36,682 56.554 Ribbons (textile) 1 48,371 Clotting Of All Kiads 938,905 Linen Garments 212,716 Mineral Industries.-after The Textiles, The Industry' Which ...
Ortifications
Ortifications. From The Remotest Ization The Art Of Fortification, In Some E Or Another, Has Been In Practice By 'all Ons And Its Character Has Been More Or Influenced Not Only By The Natural Features He Country, But By The Political And Social Ditions Of Its Inhabitants. In Its Earliest ...
Price Asked
Price Asked Types Of Farming.- The Chief Factors That Determine The Type Of Farming In Any Region Are: Climate, Soil, Topography, Transportation, Distance To Market Or Shipping Point, Market De Mand And Supply, Capital, Labor, And Insects, Fungi Or Other Pests. These Factors Do Not Often Change Suddenly. A New ...
Principal Events Of The
Principal Events Of The Fifth Century. 400. Alaric The Visigoth Invades Italy. 406. German Tribes Invade Gaul. 407. The Saliana, The Chief Tribes Of The Franks Settled. In' Belgium. Burgundian From The Vistula Cross The Rhine. 409. German Tribes Invade Spain. 410. Mark Captures And Plunders Rome. 411. Burgundians Pass ...
Richard Ferris
Richard Ferris, Editorial Staff Of The Americana. Food Problems And The War. Corn The Moment That The European War Arted It Was Realized By Many People That Food Ould Play An Important Part In Deciding The Itcome Of The Conflict. It Is Doubtful, How 'er, If Anybody During The Early ...
Roman Origin
Roman Origin. Personal Status.—under Roman Institutions As They Existed In Gaul During The 3d And 4th Centuries Of The Christian Era, Modern Notions Of Liberty And Equality In Personal Status Were Unknown. Slavery Everywhere Was Rampant And Even Free Men Were Not All Treated On The Same Footing. A Sort ...
September 14
September 14 — Holy Cross Day. 29 — Michaelmas Day (saint Michael And All Angels). Ocrointa 18 — Saint Luke. 25 — Saint Crispin. November 1 — All Saints. 2 — All Souls. 11 — Saint Martin (martinmas). 23 — Saint Clement. 25 — Saint Catherine. 30 — Saint Andrew ...
Sir Fisher
Fisher, Sir John Arbuthnot, Baron Fisher Of Ku.voits•rone, British Naval Officer: B. 25 Jan. 1841, The Son Of Capt. William Fisher, 78th Highlanders. He Entered The Navy In 1854, Took Part In The Capture Of Canton And Peiho Forts. He Served In The Crimean War; In The China War Of ...
Sir Fox
Fox, Sir William, New Zealand States Man: B. Westoe, Durham, England, 1812; D. 1893. In 1832 He Was Graduated At Wadham College, Oxford, Went To New Zealand In 1842 As Agent Of The New Zealand Company. He Returned To England In 1850 And There Pre Sented The Claims Of The ...
Situation Of
Situation Of Faysai Railways Of Genes/al Brrgaasr Ix 1912 In Operation 40,750 Kilometers (25,320 Miles) Concessions 43,000 Kilometers (26,719 Miles) Million Preliminary Expenditure Francs By The State Or Localities 8,038 $1,607,600,000 By The Companies. 11,682 2,336.400,000 19,720 83,944,000,000 Characteristics Of The Present System Of French We Have Seen That The ...
Small Industries
Small Industries. • 'he Principal Small Industries For Which The Lch Are Especially Noted, On Account Of The They Have Shown For This Kind Of Manu Ure, Are °articles De Paris" — So Called Be ,e Manufactured In That City Or Its Suburbs. Y Can Be Divided Into 13 Groups: ...
States
States) Of The Different Colonies,— Aside From The Flags Of The Various Mother Countries To Which They Acknowledged Allegiance,— Spain, Holland, England And France. The First Attempt To Create Flags Came When Banners Were Needed For The Colonial Military Companies Which Were Raised In 1747. Ben Jamin Franklin In His ...
Or Adipose Tissue Fat
Fat Tissue, Or Adipose Tissue, The Deposits Of Fat In Various Parts Of The Animal Organism. Fat Tissue Consists Of A Specific Form Of Cells Which Occur Usually In Groups. When Fully Developed The Distended Cell Walls Filled With Fat Are Connected By A Special Delicate Form Of Connective Tissue, ...
Or Aliphatic Compounds Fatty
Fatty Compounds, Or Aliphatic Compounds, In Organic Chemistry, Are Those Compounds Whose Molecules Do Not Include A Closed Chain Of Carbon Atoms, As Distinguished From The Aromatic Compounds In Which This Closed Chain Does Obtain. (see Aromatic Com Pounds). The Name °fatty') No Longer Im Plies Any Necessary Relation To ...
Or Arkansas Post Fort
Fort Hindman, Or Arkansas Post, Battle Of. After General Sherman's Failure At Chickasaw Bayou (26-31 Dec. 1862), His Army And Admiral Porter's Fleet Returned To Milliken's Bend, Where, 4 Jan. 1863, Gen. J. A. Mcclernand Superseded Sherman In Com Mand And Moved Against Fort Hindman, Situated On The North Bank ...
Or Artificial Foun Tain
Fountain, Or Artificial Foun Tain, In Hydraulics, A Construction By Which Water Is Violently Spouted Or Darted Up; Called In French A Jet D'eau. There Are Various Kinds Of Artificial Fountains, But All Formed By A Pressure Of One Sort Or Another On The Water, Namely, Either The Pressure Or ...
Or Brandy Station Fleetwood
Fleetwood, Or Brandy Station, Battle Of. General Hooker, Suspecting That General Lee Was Gathering His Forces On The Upper Rappahannock For A Movement North Ward And Informed That General Stuart's Con Federate Cavalry Was At Culpeper Court House, Ordered General Pleasonton, Who Was At Cat Lett's Station, To Cross The ...
Or Eddy Currents Foucault
Foucault Currents, Or Eddy Currents, Are Electrical Currents Gener Ated By Induction Within The Substance Of A Massive Conductor That Is Moving In A Magnetic Field, Or Which Is Exposed To The Influence Of A Variable Field. If The Conductor Is Filiform, Like A Wire, No Current Can Be Produced ...
Or Fayoum Fayum
Fayum, Or Fayoum, The (egypt. Phiom, "marsh-land”, Province Of Egypt, Consisting Of A Nearly Circular Basin Or Oasis, 670 Square Miles In Area, Sunk Beneath The Level Of The Libyan Desert, About Half A Degree South Of Cairo, And Connected With The Nile Valley By A Narrow Pass, Through Which ...
Or Fecial Fetial
Fetial, Or Fecial, Feshial, One Of A College Of Priests In Ancient Rome, Said To Have Been Instituted By Numa, Consisting Of 20 Mem Bers, Who Presided Over All The Ceremonies Con Nected With The Ratification Of Peace Or The Formal Declaration Of War, Including The Pre Liminary Demand For ...
Or Federal Party Federalists
Federalists, Or Federal Party. In The United States; In Power 1789-4801; Died Nationally About 1817, Locally About 1823; The Lineal Ancestor In Succession Of The National Republican, Whig And Present Republican Par Ties. Its Origin (see Anti-federalists) Was On The Question Of Adopting The Constitution; But It Represented Two Unrelated ...
Or Fetichism Fetishism
Fetishism, Or Fetichism, Fetish Izm, The Worship Of Material Things (fetishes) As The Abodes Of Spirits, Or More Strictly The Belief That The Possession Of A Thing Can Procure The Services Of A Spirit Lodged Within It. It Closely Grades Into Idolatry, But Differs In That The Power Is Supposed ...
Or Fishkill N Y
Fishkill Landing, Or Fishkill N. Y., Formerly A Village In Dutchess County, On The East Bank Of The Hud Son River, The New York Central And Hudson River, And A Branch Of The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railways. It Is Connected With The West Shore. Railroad At Newburg ...
Or Flathead
Flathead, Or (properly) Salish Indians, A Tribe Of Indians Belonging To The Salishian Family To Which They Gave Their Name, With Uncompressed Skulls As Distinguished From The "peaked-heads" Who Did Compress Their Skulls, And Who Gave The Others The Name Of Flatheads. These Flatheads Are A Superior Tribe, Originally Dwelling ...
Or Flemming Fleming
Fleming, Or Flemming, Paul, Ger Man Lyric Poet: B. Hartenstein, Saxony, 5 Oct. 1609; D. Hamburg, 2 April 1640. He Studied At The University Of Leipzig, And Later At That Of Leyden Where He Received His M.d. Degree. In The Meantime, Having Joined As An Attache An Embassy To Russia ...
Or Fox Shark
Fox Shark, Or See Thresher. A Large Harmless Snake Vulpinus) Of The Northern Mississippi Valley, Light Brown In Color, Marked On The Back With Small Chocolate Spots Bordered By Black, And With A Series Of Smaller Spots Along The Sides And On The Yellowish Abdomen. It Reaches A Length Of ...
Or Frank Franck
Franck, Or Frank, Sebastian, German Humanist And Reformer : B. Donauworth, C. 1499; D. Basel, C. 1543. He Was Educated For The Catholic Priesthood, Studying At The Universities Of Ingoldstadt And Heidelberg. Ordained In 1524, He Held A Curacy Near Augsburg, But The Following Year Joined The Reformation Party At ...
Or Fust Faust
Faust, Or Fust, Johann, German Gold Smith Of The 15th Century And One Of The Persons To Whom The Invention Of Printing Was Long Mistakenly Ascribed. It Is Now Well Established That He Loaned Money To Gutenberg, Who Had Pre Viously Made Some Attempts With Movable Types At Strassburg, And ...
Or Pes Planus Flat
Flat Foot, Or Pes Planus, A Very Common Deformity Of The Foot Due To A Loss Of The Natural Arch. A Strong Ligament Holds The Os-calcis And Astragalus In Such A Position That An Arch Is Formed By The Bones Of The Foot And The Weight Of The Body Is ...
Or Pisciculture Fish Culture
Fish Culture, Or Pisciculture, The Artificial Propagation, Fertilization, Breeding, Rearing, Training And Protecting Of Fishes, Par Ticularly Food-fish. The Art Or Industry Was Known In The Early Ages In China, And Later In Germany And Sweden. In 1350, A Monk, Dom Pinchon, Hatched Fish Eggs By An Artificial Proc Ess, ...
Or Saint Francis Of
Francesco Di Paula, Or Saint Francis Of Paola, Italian Monk: B. Paula Or Paola, Calabria, 1416; D. Plessis-les Tours, 2 April 1507. At The Age Of 13 He Was The Inmate Of A Franciscan Convent; And At 19 Retired To A Cave Where He Inflicted On Him Self Every Species ...
Or Vlacich Flacius
Flacius, Or Vlacich, Matthias, Lutheran Theologian: B. Albona, Myna, 3 March 1520; D. Frankfort-on-main, 11 March 1575. He Is Usually Called Flacius Illyricus. After Studying At Venice, Basel And Tubingen He Went In 1541 To Wittenberg, Where He Became A Pupil Of Luther And Melanchthon. In 1544 He Became Professor ...
Or Voles Field Mice
Field Mice, Or Voles, Any Wild Mouse, Dwelling In Fields And Open Places May Be Called A Field Mouse; But The Name Applies More Strictly To The Robust, Short-tailed Mice Of The Arvicoline Group Of The Fatting Murithr, Representatives Of Which Occur Throughout The North Temperate Zone And Are Known ...