Gutta Percha
Gutta Percha, Per'ka, A Substance Which Has Been Known Generally And Used In Western Countries Only Since About 1845, Though Travelers And Residents In The East Were Ac Quainted With It Long Before, And Had Seen Various Articles Made Of It, But Without Knowing The Nature Of The Material. The ...
Gutzkow
Gutzkow, Ginslo, Karl, German Drama Tist And Novelist: B. Berlin, 17 March 1811; D. Sachsenhausen, Near Frankfort, 16 Dec. 1878. He Is Best Known In German Literature By Rea Son Of His Connection With The Group Of Writ Ers Known As He Was Born Of An Extremely Poor Family, Not ...
Guyot
Guyot, Favii Arnold, American Geog Rapher: B. Boudevifliers, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 28 Sept. 1807; D. Princeton, N. L, 8 Feb. 1884. He Was Educated At Chaux-de-fonds, And Then At The College De Neuchatel. In 1825 He Went To Germany, And Resided In Karlsruhe Where He Met Louis Agassiz. Thence He Moved ...
Guzman De Alfarache
Guzman De Alfarache, Da Arfa Ra-cha. The Earliest Extensive Novel Of Roguery Is The Spanish Fiction 'guzman De Alfa Rache,> Published In Its First Instalment In 1599, And, In Its Second, In 1605. Mateo Aleman, The Author, Was A Government Official Inspired By The Success Of An Amusing Story, 'lazarillo ...
Guzman El Bueno
Guzman El Bueno. To A Dramatist Who Manifested But Mediocre Powers In His Other Works Is Due The Best Scenic Rendition Of The Tradition Of Guzman El Bueno. The Early Chronicles Have Much To Tell Us About The Un Swerving Loyalty Of This Doughty Old Spanish Warrior, Who Fought As ...
Gwalior
Gwalior, Gwale-or, India, A Mahratta State, Forming Part Of The Central India Agency. It Is Of Irregular Form, About 420 Miles Long From Northeast To Southwest, And Has An Area Of 25,041 Square Miles. The Main Portion Form Ing The Gwalior Assistant Agency Lies Between Rajputatia And The United Provinces ...
Gyges
Gyges, King Of Lydia, Founder Of The Third Dynasty (mermnadce), Reigned About 687 To 657 S.c. According To Herodotus, Kng Ucandauless (q.v.) (the Lydian King, Sadyattes), Boasted Of His Queen's Beauty To Gyges And Surreptitiously Introduced Him Into Her Cham Ber To Convince Himself. Indignant At The Im Propriety, The ...
Gylippus
Gylippus, Ji-lip'pfis, Spartan General Of The 5th Century B.c. His Father Was Clean Dridas, A Spartan Who Had Been Exiled On Charges Of Bribery. He Was Appointed General Of The Syracusan Forces Against The Athenians In 414 A.c., And Was Successful In Accomplishing Their Defeat In The Following Year. Commis ...
Gymnasia And
Gymnasia And Are Schools In Germany Which Correspond In General To The Grammar School In England And The Lycee In France. The Term Was Derived From The Greek "gymnasium," Which Was Orig Inally Applied To An Exercising Ground In Athens. Here Teachers Gathered And Gave Instruction Between The Hours Devoted ...
Gymnastics
Gymnastics, History Of. The Devel Opment Of Gymnastics Began In An Early Period Of Grecian And Roman History. Systematic Exercise Received The Stamp Of Approbation From The Most Eminent Educators Of Ancient Times And Has The Endorsement Of All Teachers To-day. Such Exercise Has Had Its Periods Of Decline In ...
Gypsies
Gypsies, Jlp'siz (from Egyptians, The Name By Which They Were Known In The English Statutes), A Race Of Wandering Tribes Scattered Over All The Civilized Countries Of The World, But More Especially Over Western Asia, Europe And Northern Africa. They Are Called By The French Bohemiens, From The Belief That ...
Gypsum
Gypsum (also Known As Gyp), A Native Hydrated Sulphate Of Calcium, Having The Formula Caso4+2}120; The Water Of Crystal Lization Being The Only Thing That Differentiates It, Chemically, From The Orthorhombic Mineral Anhydrite. Gypsum Is Usually Colorless Or White. It Crystallizes In The Monoclinic System, Contact Twins And Penetration Twins ...
Gypsy Language
Gypsy Language, A Tongue Spoken By A Wandering Race Scattered Over Europe, Si Beria And Most Of Western Asia, Egypt, North Ern Africa, Most Of The Countries Of The Amer Ican Continent And Parts Of Australia, India And China. It Is Not Known Definitely When The Gypsies Began To Flood ...
Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Moth (porthetria Distar L.). A Destructive Insect Pest In Europe, Introduced Into The United States In 1869 By A Naturalist Who Was Carrying On Experimental Work With Insects. Later In The Season Some Of The Cater Pillars Escaped And The Species Established It Self. The Female Moth Deposits A ...
Gypsy Religion And Folklore
Gypsy Religion And Folklore. The Gypsy Religion, Which Was Originally The Old Pantheistic Conception Of The Indo-european Tribes, Has Been So Extensively And Continuously Modified In The Course Of The Centuries Of Wanderings Of The Gypsy Tribes In Many Lands That The Ancient Belief, As A Religious System, Has Disappeared, ...
Gyroscope
Gyroscope, (from The Greek Guros, A Circuit, Skopio, I See), Scientifi Cally, Any Freely Suspended Rotating Body; Tech Nically An Instrument Making Use Mechanically Of Forces Developed By Rotation And The Compo Sition Of Rotations. The Gyroscope Is Simply A Manifestation Of The Laws Of Inertia. Its Inven Tion Is ...
Gzowski
Gzowski, Gah8dski, Sir Casimir Stanis Law', Canadian Engineer: B. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1813; D. Canada, 1898. He Studied Mik Tary Engineering At Kremnitz, And Joined The Army. However, His Sympathies With The Polish Patriots Soon Caused Him To Abandon This Post, In Order To Enlist His Services In Their Cause. ...
Habakkuk
Habakkuk, Book Of. The Question Of Authorship Is Puzzling. The Book Can Hardly Be By A Single Author. But There Is A Great Diversity In The Opinions Concerning The Details Of Authorship. The Views That Seem Most Probable Are Here Indicated. The First Portion Of The Book Consists Of I, ...
Habberton
Habberton, John, American Author : B. Brooklyn, N. Y., 24 Feb. 1842. At First A Printer He Subsequently Served In The Federal Army, And Later Undertook Editorial Work In New York. His Best-known Book, 'helen's Babies> (1876), Attained Great Popularity Both In America And In Europe. He Has Published Also ...
Habit As A Psychological
Habit As A Psychological Phenomenon. It Is Difficult To Overesti Mate The Importance Of Habit In Our Every-day Life And The Part That Must Be Assigned To It In The Explanation Of Both Thought And Action. In The Adult Practically No Act Is Independent Of Habit. Few Social Phenomena Can ...
Hadley
Hadley, Arthur Twining, American College President: B. New Haven, Conn., 23 April 1856. A Son Of James Hadley (q.v.), He Was Graduated From Yale In 1876, And Took Graduate Studies In Political Science At Yale And The University Of Berlin. In 1879-83 He Was A Tutor At Yale, And During ...
Hadrian
Hadrian, Ha'dri-an (pumas Ielius Habrianus), Roman Emperor: B. Rome, 24 Jan. 76; D. Bairn, 10 July 138. For His Ardor In The Study Of Greek He Earned,the Nickname Of Graculus. A Nephew Of Trajan, He Was Adopted By That Emperor, Fought Under Him Against The Dacians With Some Glory, And ...
Haeckel
Haeckel, Hek'c'1, Ernst, German Zoolo Gist: B. Potsdam, 16 Feb. 1834. After The Usual Gymnasium Course, He At First Devoted Himself To Botany At The University Of Berlin, But Ow Ing To His Father's Wishes Took Up The Study Of Medicine At Wiirzburg, Where He Enjoyed The Guidance Of Virchow ...
Hafiz
Hafiz, Persia's Greatest Lyric Poet And One Of The Renowned Lyrists Of The World: B. About 1325; D. About 1389. For Nearly Six Centuries The Odes Of Hafiz Have Received Uni Versal Acknowledgment As Masterpieces In The Lyric Vein. Hafiz Was A Native Of Southern Persia, Having Been Born In ...
Hagenbeck
Hagenbeck, Heg6n-b'ek, Karl, German Zoologist And Dealer In Wild Animals: B. Ham Burg, 10 June 1844; D. There, 14 April 1913. His Father, A Fish Dealer, Commenced A Trade In Live Animals About 1852, Which He Handed Over To His Son Karl In 1866. The Latter De Veloped The Business ...
Haggai
Haggai, Book Of. In Connection With The Work Of Haggai It Is Desirable To Notice The Historical Situation Just Preceding. The Precise Events Are Difficult To Trace With Certainty, Be Cause The Data Are Principally From The Work Of The Chronicler And Are Evidently Not Entirely Historical. The Accounts As ...
Hague
Hague, The (dutch Page, Hedge; Graven Hage, Count's Hedge), Holland, Court Capital Of The Country, The Commercial Capitals Being Am Sterdam And Rotterdam. It Lies 33 Miles South West From Amsterdam, About 15 Miles North West Of Rotterdam, Within 3 Miles Of The Sea. It Is The Residence Of The ...
Hague Court
Hague Court, The, A Permanent Tri Bunal For International Arbitration Established As A Result Of The International Peace Confer Ence, Held In May, June And July 1899 At The Hague, The Governmental Seat Of The Nether Lands. The Hague International Peace Conference Was One Of The Most Important Events Which ...
Haida
Haida, Hi'cla, The Native Name For The Indians Of Queen Charlotte Islands, In British Columbia And The Southern End Of Prince Of Wales Island, In Alaska. The Family Name Is Generally Given As Skittagetan. The Haida Are Very Closely Related Physically And Linguisti Cally To The Tlingit And Tsimshian, And ...
Hair
Hair, Strictly Speaking, The Peculiar Epi Dermal Covering Of The Body In Mammals, Al Though By Analogy The Term Is Loosely Applied Elsewhere, As To The Setae Of Annelids, The Slender Modified Spines Of Caterpillars, Etc. Hair Is Present In Every Mammal, Although The Amount May Be Greatly Reduced So ...
Hair Dye
Hair Dye, Any Preparation For Coloring The Human Hair More Or Less Permanently, Usually Applied To Darken Gray Hair, But Some Times Because A Person Is Not Pleased With The Natural Color. Men Often Dye Their Moustaches, Which Are Apt To Be A Little Higher In Color Than The Hair, ...
Hair Manufactures
Hair Manufactures. Hair Enters Into The Manufacture Of Many Civilized Con Veniences. It Is The Most Useful Material For Brushes, And The Stiff Bristles Of The Pig Go Into Tooth-brushes, Clothes-brushes, Etc., While Softer Brushes, As For Hats, Painting In Oils, Etc., Often Call For Softer Hair. For Special Purposes ...
Haiti
Haiti, Diplomatic Relations Of The Uni Ted States With. Haiti, Founded By Ex-slaves Who Revolted Against Their Masters And Confis Cated Their Property, Began Its Nationality As An International Outcast And Was Long Regarded With Disfavor By The Great Powers Which Had Neighboring Territory. Against Its Early Strug Gle For ...
Halbe
Halbe, Harbe, Max, German Dramatist: B. Guettland, Near Danzig, 4 Oct. 1865, Of An Old Family Of Peasants Who Had Immigrated Two Centuries Earlier From Westphalia. He Attended The Gymnasium At Marienburg, And The Universities Of Heidelberg (where He Studied Law, 1883), Munich (1884), And Berlin (1885-87), Where He Studied ...
Haldane Of Cloan
Haldane Of Cloan, I Sr Viscocorr, British Lawyer And Statesman: B. Perthshire, 30 July 18%. Richard Burdon Haldane Was Educated At Edinburgh Academy And The Uni Versities Of Edinburgh And Gottingen. Before He Went Abroad To Continue His Studies He Had Taken His M.a. Degree And 1st Class Honors In ...
Hale
Hale, Edward Everett, American Uni Tarian Clergyman, And Author: B. Boston, Mass.,' D. 10 June 1909. His Father Was Nathan Hale (q.v.), The First Editor Of The Boiton Daily 'advertiser, And The Son Was Educaped At The Boston Latin School And Har Vard College. Later He Studied Theology And Was ...
Hale_2
Hale, Irving, American Soldier And Elec Trician: H. North Bloomfield, N. Y., 28 Aug. 1861. He Removed With His Parents To Color- • Ado In 1865, Crossing The Plains By Wagon And Team, The Family Making Their First Settlement At Central City, Where The Boy Attended The Public School Of ...
Hale_3
Hale, John Parker, American Legislator And Diplomat: B. Rochester, N. H., 31 March 1806; D. Dover, N. H., 19 Nov. 1873. After Graduation From Bowdoin In 1827 And Study Of The Law At Rochester And Dover, He Was Ad Mitted To The 'bar In 1830, In 1832 Was Elected A ...
Hale_4
Hale, Nathan, American Revolutionary Officer: B. Coventry, Conn., 6 June 1755; D. New York 22 Sept. 1776. He Was Graduated At Yale In 1773, And Engaged As A Teacher, First At East Haddam, And Afterward At New London. His Parents Intended Him For The Ministry; But On The Lexington Alarm ...
Hales
Hales, Alfred Arthur Greenwood, Aus Tralian Novelist And Journalist : B. Kent Town, Adelaide, 20 July 1870. He Was Special Cor Respondent During The South African War For The London Daily News And He Served As An Officer In The Insurgent Army In Macedonia Against The Turks In 1903. His ...
Half Blood
Half Blood, In Law, The Relationship Of Persons Born Of The Same Father But Not Of The Same Mother, Which Is Called A Consan Guinean Relation; Or Of Those Born Of The Same Mother But Not Of The Same Father, Which Is Termed Uterine. In The Succession To Real Or ...
Halford J Mackinder
Halford J. Mackinder, Two, At Least, Of The Great Waves Of Conquest, Which Have Left Their Mark On The People And The In Stitutions Of Britain, Had Spent Their Force Be Fore Any Historian Arose To Record Them, And Are Thus For Us Like The Forgotten Events Of Our Unconscious ...
Halifax
Halifax, Canada, Capital Of The Province Of Nova Scotia And County-seat Of Halifax County, A City And Port Of Entry Beautifully Situated On Halifax Harbor On The Atlantic Seaboard In Lat. 44° 39' N. And Long. 63° 37' W. Topography.—the Harbor, Originally Known As Chebucto, "chief Of Is One Of ...
Hall
Hall, Asaph, American Astronomer: B. Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., 15 Oct. 1829; D. Annapolis, Md., 22 Nov. 1907. After Private Study He Attended Central College, Mcgraw Ville, N. Y., In 1854-55 Was For A Term A Pupil Of Francis Brunnow At The University Of Mich Igan, Taught At Shalersville, Ohio, ...
Hall Of Fame
Hall Of Fame, A Memorial To Famous Americans, At The New York University. In March 1900 The Institution Received A Gift Of $100,000, Afterward Increased To $250,000, From A Donor, Whose Name Was Withheld, For The Erection And Completion On University Heights, A Beautiful Site In Upper New York Overlook ...
Hall_2
Hall, Charles Francis, American Arctic Explorer: B. Rochester, N. H., In 1821; D. Thank God Harbor, Greenland, 8 Nov. 1871. Becoming Interested In The Fate Of The Franklin Expedition, He Devoted His Leisure To Gathering Information About Arctic America, And Made Two Search Expeditions, In 1860-62 And 1864-69, Living Alone ...
Halle
Halle, Hark, Or Halle An Der Saale, In-der-ale, Germany, A Town And Important Railway Junction Of Six Lines, In Prussian Saxony, About 20 Miles Northwest Of Leipzig, On The River Saale And A Cluster Of Small Islands. It Consists Of The Medieval Town With Narrow, Crooked Streets And Ancient Dwell ...
Halleck
Halleck, Henry Wager, American Sol Dier: B. Wcsternville, N. Y„ 16 Jan. 1815; D. Louisville, Ky., 9 Jan. 1872. He' Was Graduated At The United States Military Academy In 1839; Was Assistant Professor Of Engineering At West Point; Was Assistant To The Board Of Engineers At Washington 1840-41, And In ...
Haller
Haller, Albrecht Von, Arbast Fact Hailer, Swiss Anatomist, Botanist And Poet: B. Bern, 16 Oct. 1708; D. There, 17 Dec. 1777. Hav Ing Chosen The Medical Profession, He Went To The University Of Tubingen, Where He Studied Comparative Anatomy Under Duvernoy; And In 1725 Removed To Leyden, Then The First ...
Halley
Halley, Hal'i, Edmund, English Mathe Matician And Astronomer: B. Haggerston, Near London, 8 Nov. 1656; D. Greenwich, 14 Jan. 1742,. He Was Educated At Queen's College, Oxford. Before 'he Was 19 He Published 'a Direct Geometrical, Method Of Finding The Aphelia And Eccentricity Of Planets,' Which Supplied A Defect In ...
Hallstatt Epoch
Hallstatt Epoch, A Name Taken From The Necropolis Of Hallstatt, Upper Ans Tria, Not Far From Salzburg, And Applied To That Culture In Europe—parts Of Germany, France, Italy And In Switzerland, Bohemia, Etc.— Dis Tinguished As The Last Bronze And First Iron Stage, Dating Back At Least As Far As ...
Hallucinations
Hallucinations, Are Morbid Condi Tions Of Mind In Which The Patient Is Conscious Of A Perception Without Any Impression Having Been Made On The External Organs Of Sense. Hallucinations Are To Be Distinguished From De Lusions, For In These There Are Real Sensations, Though They Are Erroneously Interpreted. All The ...
Halo
Halo, A Luminous Circle, The Result Of Light Refracted From Minute Bodies, Which Is Seen Under Various Conditions, The Most Common Being Colored Circles Around The Sun And Moon. They Are Subject To Variation In Form, Double And Triple Circles Being Seen, Concentric Or Superposed In A Pattern, And Sometimes ...
Halstead
Halstead, Murat, American Journalist: B. Ross, Butler County, Ohio, 2 Sept. 1829; D. Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 July 1908. At 18 He Began Writing For Newspapers, Studied At Farmers' College, Near Cincinnati, And Did Local News Paper Reporting On Several Cincinnati Papers. In 1853 He Became Manager Of A Department On ...
Halvy
Hal$vy, Jacques Francois Fromental Elie, Zhak Fran-swa Fr6-m6o-tal French Composer : B. Of Jewish Parentage, Paris, 27 May 1799; D. Nice, France, 17 March 1862. He Studied Counterpoint Under Cherubini For Five Years, And In 1819 Was Sent To Italy To Fin Ish His Education. The First Of His Pieces ...
Hamburg
Hamburg, Ham'berg (ger. Germany, One Of The Constituent States Of The Empire, Officially Named Freie And Hanse Stadt Hamburg. Its Area Is 157.18 Square Miles, Of Which 30 Square Miles Are Comprised In The City Of Hamburg. The Greater Portion Lies On The Lower Elbe Between Schleswig-holstein On The North ...
Hamburg_2
Hamburg, Germany, A Free City Of Northwestern Germany. The City Occupies 30 Square Miles Of The State Of Hamburg's Total Area Of 157.18 Square Miles. The City Is The Greatest Commercial Port On The European Con Tinent, The Chief Of The Three Hanse Towns And The Seat Of The Upper ...
Hamilcar
Hamilcar, Hi-indlar, A Name Of Com Mon Occurrence At Carthage, And Borne By Sev Eral Of Its Most Distinguished Citizens, Among Whom The Chief Was Hamilcar Barca (rlight Nine) : B. Carthage; D. Spain, 228 Ri.c. He Was The Father Of The Celebrated Hannibal. While A Young Man He Was ...
Hamilton
Hamilton, Sift Ivan Standish Mon Teith, British General: B. Corfu, 16 Jan. 1853 Of Scottish Parents. Educated At Welling Ton College, He Entered The Army In 1873 As Lieutenant; Served In The Afghan War, 1878 80; Boer War, 1881 ; Became Captain 1882; Served With The Nile Expedition In 1884-85 ...
Hamilton
Hamilton, Alexander, American States Man And Soldier: B. Charles Town, In The Island Of Nevis, W. I. 11 Jan. 1757; D. New York, 12 July 1804. I., Mother, Rachel Fau Cette (fawcett) Of Huguenot Descent, The Daughter Of A French Physician, Unhappily Married To John Michel Levine, A Danish Land ...
Hamilton College
Hamilton College, An Institution Located At Clinton, Oneida County, N. Y.; Founded By Samuel Kirkland, A Congregational Missionary In 1793, As An Academy For Both White And Indian Children. The School Was Not Opened Until 1798, Although Gen. Frederick William Von Steuben Laid The Cornerstone In 1794. Lack Of Funds ...
Hamilton Inlet
Hamilton Inlet, Formerly Invux Toxe Or Esquimaux Bay, Labrador (q.v.), The Estuary Of The Hamilton Or Grand River And The Largest Of The Many Fiords Or Inlets Indent Ing The Labrador Coast. It Is Located In Lat. 54° 30' N., Is About 150 Miles Long And Has An Average Width ...
Hamilton_2
Hamilton, James, American Statesman: B. Charleston, S. C., 8 May 1786; D. At Sea, 15 Nov. 1857. He Was Educated For The Bar, But Entered The Army And Served With Credit As A Major In The Canadian Campaign Of 1812. At The End Of The War He Resumed The Practice ...
Hamilton_3
Hamilton, Six William, Scottish Meta Physician : B. Glasgow, 8 March 1788; D. Edin Burgh, 6 May 1856. Having Studied With Dis Tinction At Glasgow, In 1807 He Entered Balliol College, Oxford, Where He Gained First-class Honors, And In 1813 He Was Admitted To The Scottish Bar. His Taste Lay ...
Hamilton_4
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, City And Capital Of Wentworth County, Situated On The Shores Of Burlington Bay At The Western Extremity Of Lake Ontario, 40 Miles From Toronto, 42 Miles From Niagara Falls And 70 Miles Northwest Of Buffalo. It Was Laid Out And Settled In 1813 By George Harrill, Ton, ...
Hamlet
Hamlet. No Other Play Of Shakespeare's Offers So Many Complex And Interesting Prob Lems As Critics Of The Text Find In The Variations Between The First Quarto (1603), The Second Quarto (1604) And The. First Folio (1623) Some Baffling Questions Of Textual Criti Cism. The Second Quarto, ((newly Printed And ...
Hammer
Hammer, A Tool For Driving Nails Or Wedges And For Beating Malleable Materials. (see Mallet). There Are Hand Hammers, Steam Hammers And Electric Hammers. The Or Dinary Hammer Of To-day Is Essentially. An American Product. Exactly When The Ham Mer Came Into Use Is Not Told In History, But It ...
Hammond
Hammond, John Hays, American Min Ing Engineer: B. San Francisco, 31 March 1855. He Was Graduated From The Sheffield Scientific School Of Yale In 1876, Studied At The Royal School Of Mines, Freiburg, Saxony, And Became An Expert On The United States Geological Sur Vey And Mineral Census, With The ...
Hammond_2
Hammond, Ind., Was First Organized As I A Town In 1883 And In 1884 Became A City. It Is Located In The Extreme Northwest Corner Of Indiana, Bordering Over Seven Miles Upon The Indiana-illinois State Line And Two Miles On Lake Michigan. It Is Immediately Connected With The City Of ...
Hampden
Hampden, John, English Statesman: B. London 1594; D. Thame, Oxfordshire, 24 June 1643. He Was Educated At Oxford And, Possess Ing An Ample Estate, Led For Several Years The Usual Career Of Country Gentlemen. He Was Cousin-german, By The Mother's Side, To Oliver Cromwell. He Entered Parliament In The Be ...
Hampton Normal And Agri
Hampton Normal And Agri Cultural Institute, A School For Negroes And Indians, Opened In 1868, In Hamp Ton, Va., Under The Auspices Of The American Missionary Association. It Was Chartered By The State In 1870. The School Is Owned And Controlled By A Private Corporation, Adminis Tered By 17 Trustees. ...
Hancock
Hancock, Winfield Scott, American Sol Dier: B. Montgomery Square, Pa., 14 Feb. 1824; D. Governor's Island, New York Harbor, 9 Feb. 1886. He Was Graduated From The United States Military Academy In 1844, And After Fron Tier Service In The Sixth Infantry, Fought With Credit In The Mexican War, Was ...
Hand
Hand. The Human Hand Is Composed Of 27 Bones, Namely, Eight Bones Of The Carpus Or Wrist Arranged In Two Rows Of Four Each, The Row Next The Fore-arm Containing The Scaphoid, The Semi-lunar, The Cuneiform And The Pistform, And That Next The Metacarpus, The Trapezium, The Trapezoid, The Os ...
Handel
Handel, George Frederick (properly Georg Friedrich Haendel), English Composer: B. Halle, Saxony, 23 Feb. 1685; D.' London, 20 April 1759. His Father, Intending Him For The Law, Discouraged The Strong Passion Which He Evinced Early In Life For Music. But Although Forbidden The Use Of Musical Instruments, He Contrived To ...
Handwriting
Handwriting, Expert Analysis Of. A Mental Image May Be Made Either Consciously And With Attention To Every Detail, Or With Vary Ing Degrees Of Consciousness Amounting In Some Cases To Almost Complete Automatism, But It Must In Any Case Be Largely Influenced By The Machine Which Produces It. No Matter ...
Hanfstangl
Hanfstangl, Franz, Flints Hanr Stengl, German Lithographer: B. Rain, Germany, 1804; D. 1877. He Studied Art At The Munich Academy, And In 1826 Went To Dresden Where He Began His Series Of Lithographic Copies Of Pictures In The Dresden Gallery, Which He Com Pleted In 1852. He Later Returned To ...
Hankow
Hankow, Han-kow' Of The Han"), China, A City And River-port In The Province Of Hu-peh, At The Junction Of The Han With The Yang-tse (yangtsze Or Yangtze) River, 600 Miles Above The Mouth Of The Yang-tse, Which Is Navigable For Large Vessels Up To The Town. On The Opposite Bank ...
Hanna
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, American Poli Tician: B. New Lisbon, Ohio, 24 Sept 1837; D. 15 Feb. 1904. In 1852 His Family Moved To Cleveland, Where He Was Educated In The Public Schools And He Also Took A Year's Course Of Study In Western Reserve University. He Left College To Enter ...