History Of German Music
History Of German Music. The Chief Epochs In The Of German Music Are These,— Sacred, Polyphonic Music, And Its Culmination In The Works Of Bach And Handel; The Birth And Development Of Modern Instrumental Forms; The German Romantic Opera,— Von Weber; The German Lied; The Romantic School, Schumann, Liszt; The ...
Insects
Insects. Insects Are Essentially Creatures Of The Air And The Land; Yet A Considerable Number Pass The Whole Or The Greater Part Of Their Lives In Rivers, Lakes And Ponds. Among Insects Aquatic In All Stages We Can Distinguish Between Those Which Glide Or Skate Over The Surface Of The ...
Land
Land, F Rants'-yo'ze F Lint, An Arctic Archipelago, North Of Nova Zembla, Extending, So Far As It Has Yet Been Explored, Between Latitude 80° And 83° N. It Consists Of About 100 Small Islands Divided By Fjords, Channels And Sounds. The Chief Islands Are Alexander In The West, Graham Bell ...
Laws
Laws. In The Colo Nies And Under The Confederation, Fugitive Slaves Could Be Reclaimed Only Through Inter Colonial Or Interstate Comity, And In Framing The Constitution, One Of The Chief Inducements For The South To Join Was A Fugitive-slave Clause. The Mandate To Deliver Them Up, How Ever, Was Only ...
Logical
Logical The Most Prominent Aspect Of Elementary Geometry Is The Logical Aspect: A Great Number Of Propositions, Termed Theorems, Are Deduced From A Comparatively Few Propositions As Sumed At The Outset And Termed Axioms Or Postulates. In The Ideal Treatment Of The Sub Ject, All The Assumptions Should Be Enumerated ...
M G Kains
M. G. Kains. The Hats Of The Family Pteropodieke, Called Also Fox-bats Or Flying Foxes, Because Of Their Fox-like Heads And Faces. They Compose One Of The Two Grand Subdivisions Of Bats, The Megachiroptera (see Bat), Con Fined To The Tropical Parts Of The Old World. These Are The Largest ...
Martha Krug Genthe
Martha Krug Genthe, Associate Editor (bull. Of The Amer. Geogr. Soc.) The Place Of Origin Of The Germans Is Doubtful And Even The Theory, Based On Similarities Of Language, That They Formed Part Of One Great Indo-european Race Is No Longer Tenable. One Race May Readily Impose Its Language On ...
Mrs Garrett Anderson
Garrett-anderson, Mrs. Elizabeth, First English Woman Doctor: B. London, 1836; D. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 17 Dec. 1917. She Was One Of The Pioneers Of That Phase Of The Move Ment For The *emancipation* Of Women Which Aimed At Throwing Open •to Them The Doors Of The Medical Profession. Her Attention Was ...
Mussels
Mussels, Bivalved Mollusks That Dwell In Lakes And Rivers; River Mussels, Or River-clams. They Belong To The Family Unionicke, Allied To The Cockles, Which Has A Large And Thick Foot, No Byssus, Siphon Short (when Present), And A Parasitic Em Bryonic Growth. The Shells Are Equivalve, Varying According From Thin ...
N Y Geneva
Geneva, N. Y., City In Ontario County, On The North Shore Of Seneca Lake And The Main Line Of The Lehigh Valley, The Auburn Branch And The Pennsylvania Division Of The New York Central And Hudson River Railroad. There Are Two Interurban Trolley Lines Connect Ing With Adjacent Towns. Rochester ...
N Y Glens Falls
Glens Falls, N. Y., City In Warren County On The Hudson River, Glens Falls Feeder To Champlain Canal And The Delaware And Hudson Railroad And Hudson Valley Trol Ley System (running From Warrensburg To Troy) •, About 56 Miles North From Albany, 50 Miles From Troy, 18 Miles From Saratoga ...
Non Euclidean Geometry
Geometry, Non-euclidean. In The Follow Ing, Acquaintance With The Elements Of Ordinary (cartesian) Geometry Will He Presupposed. One-dimensional Spaces: Range And Pencil; Elements At Infinity.— Any Geometric Entity In A Given Space May Be Taken As Generat Ing Element Of The Space, Which Is Then Regarded As The Assemblage Of ...
Poets Scientists
Scientists, Poets, Literati. Kant: "after Death The Soul Possesses Self-con Sciousness, Otherwise It Would Be The Subject Of Spiritual Death, Which Has Already Been Dis Proved. With This Self-consciousness Neces Sarily Remains Personality And The Conscious Ness Of Personal Identity." Benjamin Franklin: "life Is A State Of Embryo, A Preparation ...
Post Reformation
Post Reformation. Martin Luther: "the Scriptures Say That The Holy And Just Go Into The Unseen World, And There Enjoy The Most Pleasant Peace And Sweetest Rest. As In This Life They Were Wont To Fall Asleep In The Guard And Keeping Of God And Of The Dear Angels, Without ...
Problems And Constructions
Problems And Constructions. The Only Instruments Whose Use Is Implied In The Postulates Of Elementary Geometry Are The Ruler (straight-edge), For Drawing Straight Lines, And The Compass, For Drawing Circles. Only Those Problems Are Considered As Coming Within The Domain Of Elementary Geometry Which Can Be Solved By A Finite ...
S C Gaffney
Gaffney, S. C., City And County-seat Of Cherokee County, 110 Miles Northwest Of Co Lumbus, On The Southern Railway. Its Indus Tries Comprise Cotton And Cotton-seed-oil Mills, Fertilizer Works, Lime, Fibre Works, Tin And Monazite Mines, Etc. It Has Extensive Cotton Growing Interests; Has A Woman's College, A Carnegie Library, ...
San Germano
Germano, San, Or Cassino, Italy, Town Situated At The Base Of Monte Cassino, In The Province Of Caserta, About 50 Miles North Zprthwest Of Naples, It Contains Handsome Public Edifices, And Is Surrounded By The Re Mains Of Monuments And Buildings Of High Anti Quarian Interest; It Is Built On ...
Sir Franklin
Franklin, Sir John, English Navigator: B. Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 16 April 1786; D. Lancaster Sound, 11 Tune 1847. When Only A Boy He Went To Sea, And Later Entered The Eng Lish Navy. In 1806 He Was Present At The Battle Of Trafalgar, In 1814 At That Of New Orleans, And ...
Sir Frazer
Frazer, Sir James George, English An Thropologist: B. Glasgow, Scotland, 1854. He Became A Fellow Of Trinity College, Cambridge, And Was Appointed Professor Of Social Anthro Pology At The University Of Liverpool In 1907. His Works Are Of The Greatest Importance In The Study Of Anthropology, And Particularly Of Religion ...
Sir Frobisher
Frobisher, Sir Martin, English Navi Gator: B. Altof Ts, Yorkshire, About 1530 Or 1540 ; D. Plymouth, 22 Nov. 1594. He Was Sent To School In London And In 1544 Was Placed On Board A Ship Sailing To Guinea. He Was Later In The Public Service At Sea Off The ...
Sir Fry
Fry, Sir Edward, English Jurist: B. Bristol, 4 Nov. 1827; D. Failand House, Near Bristol, 19 Oct. 1918. He Was Educated At Bristol Col Lege And At University College, London. He Became A Barrister In 1854, And Queen's Coun Sellor And Bencher Of Lincoln's Inn 1809. He Presided Over The ...
Solid Fuels
Solid Fuels. Varieties Of Coal.—the Five Most Important Varieties Of Coal Are Anthracite, Dry Bituminous, Caking Bituminous, Cannel And Lignite. Anthracite Coal Is Found Principally In The Allegheny Mountains And In The • Rocky Moun Tain Region In Colorado. It Is A Hard, Lustrous Variety And Breaks Up Easily At ...
Space
Space. Space Is Tri-dimensional In Points, Three Independent Data Being Necessary And Sufficient To Determine The Position Of A Point. Of Such Data The Simplest Are The Distances, Cartesian Rectan Gular Co-ordinates, X, Y, 2, Of A Point P From Three Fixed Planes Xoy, Yoz, Zox, Each Per Pendicular To ...
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy. Correlation.— Practically All The Success That Has Been Attained In Working Out Earth His Tory In Detail Has Depended On The Ability To Correlate Beds Of Rock In Widely Separated Areas. Such Stratigraphic Correlation Rests On Two Highly Important Principles. The First Of These Is That In Regions Where ...
The German Army
The German Army. Historical Outline.— Modern Military Systems Trace Their Origin Back To The General Introduction Of Fire Arms, Which Toward The End Of The 15th Century Rendered The Knight In Armor And The Whole Consequent Structure Of Feudalism Obsolete. France Organized Companies Of Mounted Order Lies, Forming The First ...
The German Navy
The German Navy. Historical Outline.— The History Of The German Navy Dates Back To The 12th Century, When The Ger Man Emperor Henry Vi Made Important Be Ginnings In The Mediterranean. In 1226 Lu Beck Was Made A Free City And Developed An Oversea Trade And A Fleet Of Fighting ...
The Plane
The Plane. Cartesian Co-ordinates.—any Two Straight Lines, As Xx' And Yy', Are Assumed As Lines Of Reference, Or Co-ordinate Axes. The Former Is X-axis Or Axis Of Abscissa, The Latter Is Y-axis Or Axis Of Ordinates. The Point 0 Is The Origin Of Distances; The (half) Line Ox, The Origin ...
Thomas Gaffney Taaffe
Thomas Gaffney Taaffe. The Reservoir For The Bile, A Pear-shaped Membranous Sac, About Four Inches Long, One Inch In Breadth At Its Widest Part And Holds From An Ounce To An Ounce And A Half, Is Lodged In A Depression On The Under Surface Of The Right Lobe Of The ...
Traffic And Transporta Tion
Traffic And Transporta Tion In Germany. Germany's Railroads Are Nationalized And The Profits They Make Are Devoted To Governmental Purposes, Thus Lessen Ing The Burdens Of Taxation To That Extent. In The Year 1911 The Total .freight Earnings Of Ger Man Railroads Were $516,303,000 Or $8 Per Cap Ita Or ...
W Gauley Bridge
Gauley Bridge, W. Va., An Important Strategical Point At The Head Of Kanawha Val Ley, And One Of The Three Passes Of The Alle Ghanies. It Was The Objective -oint Of General Cox In His Campaign From T' E Ohio In July 1861, And W As Occupied By Lmn And ...
Well Wells Wathr Supply
Well; Wells; Wathr Supply. Any Natural Outlet For Ground Water Is A Spring. As A Rule Springs Are Most Abundant In Lowlands And Valleys Where The Ground Sur Face Is Nearest The Water Table. At Any Point, However, An Impervious Layer Beneath A Porous Bed May Prevent The Downward Seepage ...
Or Body Of Lib
Fundamentals, Or Body Of Lib Erties, A Colonial Collection Of Laws Pre Pared In 1641 By A Convention Of New England Freemen Who Resented The Arbitrary, Undefined Powers And Prerogatives Of The Magistrates. A Preliminary Draft Prepared By The Council Was First Submitted To The Local Magistrates And Elders, And ...
Or Claudius Galenus Galen
Galen, Or Claudius Galenus, Greek Physician: H. Pergamus, Mysia, 131 A.d. ; D. Sicily, About 201 A.d. He Began The Study Of Medicine At Pergamus, And Afterward Studied At Smyrna, Corinth And Alexandria. On His Return To His Native City In 158 He Was Appointed Physician To The School Of ...
Or Fusible Al Loy
Fusible Metal, Or Fusible Al Loy, Any Alloy, Or Metallic Mixture, Which Melts At A Comparatively Low Temperature, That Is, Below The Melting Point Of Tin (442° F.). (see Alloy; Amalgam; Bismuth; Cadmium ) Fusible Metals Are Either Binary, Ternary Or Quarternary Alloys Of Lead, Tin, Bismuth And Cadmium. These ...
Or Game Parks Game
Game Preserves, Or Game Parks, Are Large Reservations Of Land, Usually Includ Ing Mountain And Forest, Set Aside By The Gov Ernment Or Individuals, For The Propagation And Preservation Of Game. Game Preserves Have Been Well Known In Great Britain And On The Continent For Upward Of Five Centuries. Henry ...
Or Gaming Gambling
Gambling, Or Gaming, The Practice Of Playing For A Money Stake, Games Depending Solely On Chance, Like Roulette, For Instance, Or Those Other Games Into Which The Element Of Skill Enters, As In The Cases Of Whist Or Billiards. Strictly Speaking, Gambling May Be Understood As Gaming In Its Worst ...
Or Gelatin Gelatine
Gelatine, Or Gelatin (latin, Gelatus, °frozen,* So Named From The Tendency Which The Substance Has To Congeal And Become To A Certain Extent Solid), In Chem Istry A Substance Also Known As Animal Gluon, Obtained By Treating Bones With Dilute Hydro Chloric Acid, Which Dissolves The Mineral Con Stitucnts Of ...
Or Genest Genet
Genet, Or Genest, Zhene, Edmond Charles Edouard, French Diplomat : B. Ver Sailles, France, 8 Jan. 1765; D. Schodacic, N. Y., 14 July 1834. As His Father Was The Chief Of The Bureau Of Correspondence Of The Depart Ment Of Foreign Affairs, Young Genet Was Early Thrown Into Contact With ...
Or Gilteye Gilthead
Gilthead, Or Gilteye, English Names For A Small And Beautiful Sea-bream (chryso Phrys Aurata), With Conspicuous Gold-colored Spots Over The Eyes. It Abounds In The Mediter Ranean, And Ranges Northward To England And Southward To The Cape Of Good Hope. This Was One Of The Fishes Kept And Fattened By ...
Or Glycerol Glycerine
Glycerine, Or Glycerol. In 1783 Scheele Showed That By Acting Upon Olive Oil By Oxide Of Lead A Substance May Be Obtained Which Has A Sweetish Taste; And In The Follow Ing Year He Showed That The Same Substance May Be Had By Acting In A Similar Manner Upon Other ...
Or Godwine Godwin
Godwin, Or Godwine, Earl Of The West Saxons, An Anglo-saxon Noble: B. About 990; D. 1 April 1053. Godwin Became The Leading Englishman In The First Half Of The Ilth Cen Tury And Was Father Of The Last King Of The English Native Stock. He Ingratiated Himself With Ulf, Brother-in-law ...
Or Ibernians Georgians
Georgians, Or Ibernians, Or Gru Sinians. The People (about 600,000) Who Speak The Georgian Language Call Themselves Karthveli, But Are Also Named Grusini, And In Habit The Valley Of The Upper And Middle Kur, Those Of The Rion And Tchoruk, As Far As The Promontories Of The Ararat 'chain And ...
Or Ice Age Glacial
Glacial Period, Or Ice Age. Over Nearly All Of The North American Continent North Of The 40th Parallel And Over A Vast Tract Of The Continent Of Europe, Due To The Work Of Moving Ice Sheets Or Glaciers, Rock Surfaces Have Been Ground And Polished, Great• Boulders Have Been Carried ...
Or Jerusalem Arti Choke
Girasole, Or Jerusalem Arti Choke, A Species Of Sunflower, Of The Genus Helianthus, Native Of The Western Hemisphere. In Northeastern United States And Adjacent Canada This And Other Closely Allied Species De Velop Edible Tubers. The Tubers Arise From Un Derground Stems Or Earth-branches But Differ From The Potato In ...
Or Lium Glucinum
Glucinum, Or Lium, A Metallic Element Which Occurs In The Minerals Beryl, Chrysoberyl, Phenacite And Euclase. The Name Merylhum* Was Assigned To It On Account Of Its Occurrence In The Beryl, And The Name On Account Of The Sweetish Taste Of Its Salts. Its Chemical Symbol Is Sometimes Taken As ...
Or The German Em
Germany, Or The German Em Pire. In The Following Series Of Articles Will Be Found The History And Development Of Ger Man Civilization In Every Sphere Of Activity Up To The Beginning Of The Great World War In 1914. The War History Will Be Found Fully Described In Volume 29 ...
The German University Sys
. The German University Sys. Tem. The Conception Of A University Is, As Part Of The German Educational System, Free From All The Difficulties Of Determination Which Are Involved In The American Usage Of The Word. In The United States The University Means Some Times The Best Equipped Colleges As ...