Jacob
Jacob, From Hebrew Word Ya-aqob, Lit Erally "to Seize The Or Also Called Israel, Third Patriarch And Son Of Isaac And Rebekah. The Story Of His Life As Told In Genesis Has Many Dramatic Incidents. The Struggle Before Birth Between The Two Brothers, Their Antagonism Due To The Episode Of ...
Jacobi
Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich, German Phi Losopher: B. Dusseldorf, 25 Jan. 1743; D. Munich, 10 March 1819. He Was Educated At The University Of Geneva, And In 1764 Entered Upon A Commercial Career In His Native Town; After A Few Years He Retired From Business, And In 1770 Became A Member ...
Jacobins
Jacobins, Jaleo-binz, The Most Famous Of The Clubs Of The First French Revolution. When The States-general Assembled At Versailles In 1789 It Was Formed And Called The Club Briton. On The Removal Of The Court And National Assem Bly To Paris It Acquired Importance And Rapidly Increased. It Adopted The ...
Jacobites
Jacobites, A Party In Great Britain (so Styled From Lat Jacobus, James), Who After The Revolution In 1688 Continued To Be The Adherents Of The Dethroned King James 1.1, His Descendants And, After The Death Of The Last Male Representative (cardinal York) .in 1807 Of The Descendants Of Charles I. ...
Jacotot
Jacotot, Jean Joseph, Aim Zha-lco-to, French Educator: B. Dijon, 4 March 1770; D. Paris, 30 July 1840. He Studied At The University Of Dijon, Became Professor Of Latin, Then Studied Law And During The Revolution Was Successively Soldier, Secretary To The Minister Of War, And Deputy-director Of The Polytechnic School, ...
Jacquard
Jacquard, Joseph Marie, Zha-kar, French Inventor : B. Lyons, 7 July 1752; D. Oullins, Near Lyons, 7 Aug. 1834. His Parents Were Silk Weavers, And He Learned The Same Trade. After A Long Period Of Hardship, During Which He Shared In Some Of The Cam Paigns Of The Revolution, He ...
Jaffa
Jaffa, Jarfa Or Yhtfa (ancient Joppa ; Ar. Yata; Heb. Yapho, Beauty), Asiatic Turkey, In The Western Part Of Palestine On The Mediter Ranean Sea, About 35 Miles From Jerusalem. Jaffa Is An Old Phoenician Town Mentioned In Several Places In The Bible. It Was The Port Of Entry For ...
Jaguar
Jaguar, Jag'ii-ar Or Jfig'war, A Great American Spotted Cat (feltz Onca), Once Numer Ous As Far North And East As Arkansas, But Since The Early Part Of The 19th Century Rare Even In Mexico. It Resembles The Leopard, But Is More Robust (exceeding The Cougar In Weight), Has A Rounder ...
Jahn
Jahn, Otto, German Philologist: B. Kid, 16 June 1813; D. Gottingen, 9 Sept. 1869. He Was Educated At Kiel, Leipzig And Berlin And Subsequently Traveled For Three Years In France And Italy. In 1839 He Was Appointed Privat Docent At Kiel, And In 1842 Removed To Grief S Wald As ...
Jainism
Jainism, Jiniz'm, Is One Of The Many Re Ligions Of India, Followed By Only About One Million People, Mostly In The Northwest Region. It Closely Resembles Buddhism, Being A Reaction Contemporary With It In The 6th Century }lc., From The Precedent Brahmanism. These Revolts Arose From Several Causes: (1) The ...
Jamaica
Jamaica, From "haymaca," A Native In Dian Word Signifying "island Of Fountains' Or More Literally '
Jambs I
Jambs I, King Of England, And Vi Of Scotland, The Only Child Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, By Her Cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darn Ley: B. Edinburgh Castle, 19 June 1566; D. Palace Of Theobalds, Hertfordshire, 27 March 1625. In 1567 He Was Solemnly Crowned At Stirling, And From That ...
James
James, Henry, American Novelist And Es Sayist: B. New York, 15 April 1843; D. London, 28 Feb. 1916. He Was The Son Of A Clergyman, Henry James (q.v.), Who Gained Fame As A Writer On Philosophico-theological Subjects, First From The Sandemanian And Afterward From The Swedenborgian Standpoint. The Novelist, Known ...
James Ii
James Ii, King Of England, Second Son Of Charles I And Of Henrietta Of France: B. London, 15 Oct. 1633; D. Saint Germain, France, 16 Sept. 1701. He Was At Once Declared Duke Of York, Though Only Formally Raised To That Dignity In 1643. At The Restoration In 1660 He ...
James_2
James, Jesse W., American Outlaw : B. Clay County, Mo., 1847; Shot To Death, Saint Joseph, Mo., 3 April 1882. During The Civil War The Family, Sympathizing With The Cause Of The South, Suffered Greatly At The Hands Of Their Neighbors Who Favored The Union Side. Jesse Became A Member ...
James_3
James, Thomas Lemuel, American Banker And Postmaster-general Of The United States: B. Utica, N. Y., 29 March 1831; D. New York, 11 Sept. 1916. He Early Learned The Printer's Business And Bought Out A Weekly Whig Paper, The Madison County Journal, At Ham Ilton; And In 1856 Changed Its Name ...
James_4
James, William, American Psychologist And Philosopher: B. New York, 11 Jan. 1842; D. Chocorua, N. H., 26 Aug. 1910. He Was The Son Of Henry James, Theologian, And Brother Of Henry James, Novelist. He Was Educated In New York And Abroad, Studied In 1861-63 At The Lawrence Scientific School Of ...
James_5
James, Epistle Of, One Of The Seven New Testament Epistles Called "catholic* Or "gen Eral,* Because Addressed, Unlike Paul's Writings, To No Specific Group Or Individual, But "to The Twelve Tribes Of The Dispersion,* The Latter Term Being Given No Such Local Limitation As Is At Tached To It In ...
Jameson
Jameson, Sit Leander Starr, South African Statesman: B. Edinburgh, Scotland, 9 Feb. 1853; D. London, 26 Nov. 1917. He Studied Medicine, Took His Degree, And Was Gaining A Reputation As A Skilful Young Surgeon When He Went To South Africa In 1878, Where He Made The Acquaintance Of Cecil Rhodes ...
Jamestown
Jamestown, Va., In James City County, The First Permanent English. Settlement In The New World, And Capital Of Virginia 1607-98, On What Was A Peninsula Of The James River Some 32 Miles From Its Mouth, Nearly Opposite The Present Williamsburg, With A Neck Over Flowed At High Tide, And Since ...
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre, Ar. For Its Day Eyre,' Published In 1847, Was A Most Unconventional Novel. It Came In The Wake Of Multitudes Of Sentimental Novels In Which The Heroines Were Perfect And Lifeless Beings, And The Heroes Were All Handsome And Correct In Their Conduct. Against This Unreality, Eyre' Was ...
Janesville
Janesville, Wis., City And County-seat Of Rock County, On The Rock River And On The Chicago, Milwaukee And Saint Paul And The Chicago And Northwestern Railroads, About 91 Miles Northwest Of Chicago And 71 Miles Southwest Of Milwaukee. The First Permanent Settlement As A Village Was In 1837, And It ...
Janin
Janin, Jules Gabriel, French Critic: B. Saint Etienne, Department Of The Loire, 16 Feb. 1804; D. Paris, 20 June 1874. He Was Educated At Saint Etienne And At The College Louis-le Grand; Studied Law And Became A Private Tutor In The Latin Quarter Of Paris; And Then Turned To Literature ...
Jansenism
Jansenism, Strictly Speaking, Denotes Both A Theological System In The Matter Of Grace And Free Will, And The Christian Sect That Has Arisen From That System. In A Loose Sense, Jan Senism Is The Rigid, Straightlaced Severity Of The Jansenists In The Application Of The Principles Of Morality,— Especially In ...
Japanese Ceramics
Japanese Ceramics. The Ancient Kameoka Ware Of Japan Brinkley Considers As Pottery Of The Aborigines Who Were Displaced By The Early Invaders Who Conquered And Set Tled In Japan. The Ware Is Too Crude To De Scribe; The Same May Be Said Of Ware (found In Graves) Made By The ...
Japanese Poetry
Japanese Poetry. The Oldest Japanese Verses In Existence Are Those Contained In The (kojiki) (vide Cham Berlain's Translation) And The This Work Was Written In The Beginning Of The 8th Century And Contains The History Of Japan From The So-called Ugod Period° Nearly Down To The Time Of Writing. Therefore ...
Japanese Students In Amer
Japanese Students In Amer Ica. In The Latter Days Of Her Hermitage, Un Der The Laws Of Exclusion And Inclusion, For Mulated By Iyeyasu (q.v.), Far-sighted Japan Ese Urged The Importation Of Foreign Experts And The Sending Of Young Men To Study Abroad. In 1861, Six Were Dispatched To Holland ...
Japanese Waifs In America
Japanese Waifs In America. The Question Of The Aboriginal Peopling Of The American Continent, Presumably From Asia, Re Ceives Light From The Historic Record Of Ships With Men And Women, Mostly Fishermen And Boat People Blown Out To Sea And Into The Kuro Shiwo (q.v.), Whence They Would Drift Or ...
Japanese And Oriental Arms
Japanese And Oriental Arms And Armor. Nippon's Upper Classes Have, From The Very Distant Past, Shown A Depth Of Study And Reverence For The Fashioning Of Arms And Armor, Including A Complex Etiquette, That Amounts To A Military Cult. Their Samurai Were Fighting Nobles Devoted To Military Achievement. As A ...
Japheth
Japheth, A Son Of Noah And Progenitor Of The Branch Of The Human Race Called Japhetic, Born When His Father Had Attained His 500th Year (gen. V, 32). For His Act Of Filial Respect To His Father (gen. Ix, 23-27) He Received The Latter's Blessing And Promise Of Future Enlarge ...
Jasmin
Jasmin, Zhas'ma'n', Jacques Boe, Pro Vencal Poet : B. 6 March 1798; D. 4 Oct. 1864. Of Humble Parentage, He Became A Wig-maker; But Devoted All His Leisure To Reading And Study. From His Father He Inherited A Talent For The Composition Of Poems And Songs In The Pro Vençal ...
Jastrow
Jastrow, Morris, Jr., American Orien Talist: B. Warsaw, Poland, 13 Aug. 1861. He Was A Son Of The Preceding And Coming To Philadelphia With His Parents In Early Childhood (1866), He Was Trained In The Schools Of That City, Was Graduated From The University Of Pennsylvania In 1881, And From ...
Jaundice
Jaundice, Jan'- Or Jiin'dis, A Morbid Con Dition Arising From The Circulation Of Bile In The Blood, With Consequent Staining Of The Tissues And A Peculiar Train Of Symptoms Resulting From The Poisoning. The Tint Of The Skin And Certain Mucous Membranes Varies From A Light Yellow To A Brownish ...
Jaures
Jaures, Jean Leon, Alin 16-66 Zho-ra, French Socialist: B. Castres, 3 Sept. 1859; D. Paris, 31 July 1914. He Taught In Albi And Toulouse, And In 1885 Entered Politics And Was Elected To The Chamber Of Deputies From Tarn; At This Time He Was A Moderate Republican. In 1889 He ...
Jays
Jays, A Group Of Birds Forming With The Magpies A Sub-family (garrulitur) Of The Cor Vide, Or Crow Family. They Are Readily Dis Tinguished From The True Crows (corvinar) By Their Relatively Short Wings, Long Conspicuous Tails, And Usually Showy Plumage, In Which Blue Colors Are Prominent. They Are Generally ...
Jean Christophe
Jean Christophe, Zhan Icrls't6f, By Romain Rolland. One Of The Most Noteworthy Novels To Appear In France, From The Death Of Zola To The Opening Of The World War, Was The 'jean Christophe' Of Romain Rolland. Its Im Portance Lies Partly In The Novelty Of Its Infor Mal Manner And ...
L The Mixing Of
L. 'the Mixing' Of Pups. And. Aid By Means Oi Carburetors And Atomisers. These Problems Are Of A Chemico-physico Mechanical Nature, And Are Intimately Inter Woven. Eac.lia Abe Rqqiiirqmots Cannot, How Ever, Be Realized" 'to Its Hitheit 'degree. For Instance, Wiile'rotattl Tor'sertist-'tontlftfons, It Is Very Desirable To Keep The Cooling ...
La Divina Commedia
La Divina Commedia. Though Doubtless His Other Writings Suffice To Place Dante Among Those Illustrious Italians Whose Composition Will Always Be Read, It Is Be Cause Of Divine Comedy) That Dante Ranks As The Chief Glory Of His Nation, Crowned With The Same Immortality As Belong To Shakespeare And Homer. ...
Life Insurance
Insurance, Life, Statistics. The Growth Of Life Insurance And Its Large Place In Modern Affairs Can Best Be Appreciated From A Tabulation Of The Aggregate Results Since Its Be Ginnings In America Three-quarters Of A Cen Tury Starting In Great Britain Near The Opening Of The 18th Century. The Idea ...
Manganese
Manganese Manganese.— Manganese Acts In Two Op Posite Ways On Cast Iron. It Increases The Power Of The Iron To Hold Carbon In Solution And Conse Quently Tends To Increase The Combined Carbon And Hardness. It Unites With The Sulphur And Forms A Sulphide Of Manganese Which Separates Out Before ...
Mirth And Marvels 1837 40
Mirth And Marvels (1837-40), By The Rev. Richard Harris Barham ("thomas In Goldsby"), A Collection Of Tales, Mostly Versified And Nearly All Laughable, Sets The Standard For Its Kind. Other English Humorous Narrative Verse May Equal Or Surpass It In One Quality Or Another —thackeray's Surpass In The Delight Ful ...
My Dias
My Dias Ginurruu.:— I Have The Pleasure Of You A Commission Of Brigadier-general In The Army; And To Feel You Merit It. May Your Advancement Increase Your Usefulness To The State. Very Truly, R. E. Um But It Was In The Battle Of First Manassas (bull Run) That Jackson Won ...
N Y Ithaca
Ithaca, N. Y., City And County-seat Of Tompkins County, On Cayuga Lake (42 Miles Long), And On The Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley And Central New York Southern Railroads. It Derives Water Power From Several Streams And Has Manufactories Of Autophones, Silent Roller Chains, Flour, Advertising Signs, Cement, Furni Ture, Calendar Clocks, ...
N Y Jamestown
Jamestown, N. Y., City In Chautauqua County, On The Chadakoin Which Is The Outlet Of Chautauqua Lake Upon The Southern End Of Whichh. Jamestown Is Lo Cated; On The Main Line Of The Erie Railroad And Connected With The Main Lines Of The New York Central And Nickle Plate Railroads ...
Over
Over. The Employment Manager Is Necessary To Apply The Art Of Mental Testing And Vocational Guidance In Ascertaining The Fitness Of Pros Pective Employees. He Best Can Direct Indus Trial Training To Provide The Talent Which The Employment Records Show To Be Most Needed. He Knows The Process Of Establishing ...
Phosphorus
Phosphorus. Phosphorus, Phosphorus Confers Both Beneficial And Harmful Properties On Cast Iron. Cast Iron Generally Contains From 02 To 1.5 Per Gent Phosphorus, But On Account Of Its Injurious Effect It Should Be Kept Below 1 Per Cent For Light Thin Castings, And Below 0.5 Per Cent In Heavy Castings. ...
Pietro Orsi
Pietro Orsi, Professor Of Modern History, Royal Lyceum Of Venice. Co. Italian History From 181s To 1907. Before The French Revolution, The Territory Which Now Forms The Kingdom Of Italy Was Inhabited By About 17,000,000 People, And Was Composed Of Nine Principal States: The Kingdom Of Sardinia With Piedmont And ...
Restoration And Constitutional Imprrial
Restoration And Constitutional Imprrial Administration. Subsequent To The Restoration Of The Admin Istrative Authority And The Overthrow Of The Tokugawa Shogunate, The Shogun's Household Troops And Some Of The Territorial Nobles, Owing To Their Dissatisfaction With The Attitude Of The Choshu And Satsuma Clans, Attempted Revolts, All Of Which, However, ...
Silicon
Silicon. Silicon Is Of Value To Cast Iron On Account Of Its Influence Upon The Carbon. Sili Con Of Itself Would Add No Beneficial Quality As Its Effects Are Indirect And Through The Carbon. Pig Iron Generally Contains From Two-tenths Of 1 Per Cent To 12 Per Cent Silicon. The ...
Sir Irving
Irving, Sir Henry (originally John Henry Brodribb), English Actor: B. Near Glas Tonbury, 6 Feb. 1838; D. Bradford, 13 Oct. 1905. He Was A Clerk In London, But Adopted The Theatrical Profession, His First Appearance Being At Sunderland In 1856. He Appeared First In London At The Princess' Theatre, In ...
Sir Jay
Jay, Sir James, American Phisician, Brother Of John Jay (q.v.) : B. New York, 27 Oct. 1732; D. Springfield, N. J., 20 Oct. 181 . He Studied Medicine And Established Himself As A Physician. He Was Associated With Rev. Dr. William Smith In 1755 In Securing An Endowment For The ...
Sulphur
Sulphur. Sulphur.— Sulphur Acts In Two Ways In Cast Iron. First Through The Carbon And Second By Uniting Directly With The Iron. On Account Of Its Injurious Action Sulphur Is Generally Kept Below 0.15 Of 1 Per Cent, And For Light Work Below 0.08 Of 1 Per Cent. Condition Of ...
T J Jackson
T. J. Jackson. Major-general. He Had Defeated The Advance Of Fremont Under Milroy And Driven It Back In Great Con Fusion. Then Followed In Rapid Succession The Uniting Of Ewell's Division With His At Luray, The Driving In Of Banks' Flank At Front Royal, The Cutting Of His Retreating Column ...
The Age Of Imperial
The Age Of Imperial Administration. 1.. The First Emperor Jiminn And The De Velopment Of The Empire.—the Emperor Jimmtii The First Emperor, Valiant And Wise, Left With His Forces The Old Palace Of Hynga, In The Southern Part Of Kyushu And Settled In Yamato, The Central Part Of Japin:. Subtitling ...
The Age Of Military
The Age Of Military Dictatorship. .1. The Kamalcura Epoch.—after A Deci Sive Battle At Dan-no-ura, Yoritomo Was Created Grand General Of Expedition (seii-taishogun), Founded The Shogun's Government At Kamakura, And The Age Of Military Dictatorship Of About 700 Years Begins. Under A Pretext Of Arresting Fugitives Of The Taira Clan, ...
Of The Middle Ages
Irish Schools And Schoolmen, Of The Middle Ages. Christianity Was Introduced Into Ireland In The 4th Century And, After, The Year 432, The Date Of The Arrival Of Saint Patncic, Spread With Extraordinary 'ra Pidity. Within The Generation After The Death Of The Apostle, Monastic Schools Were Founded With A ...
Or I W W
Industrial Workers Of The World, Or I. W. W., A Labor Organization Of Revolutionary Character, With Tenets Similar To Those Of The Syndicalists. The Strike Of The Western Federation Of Miners At Colorado In 1903 Brought To A Head The Grievances Of Labor And Its Need For New Centralization. A ...
Or Intent Of Con
Intent, Or Intent Of Con Sciousness, In Psychology Is Virtually Identical With The Goal Of Conscious Endeavor At A Specific Moment In Time. In German The Word Meinen Is Probably The Nearest Equivalent To Our Word Intent, Though Either Sagenwollen, Or The Phrase In Sinne Haben Might Answer The Purpose ...
Or Intracoastal Interc Oastal
Interc Oastal, Or Intracoastal, Canal, The, Of Louisiana And Texas, A Government Project In Process Of Construction For The Purpose Of Providing An Inland Water Way Around The Coast Of Those States, And Con Necting The Mississippi River With The Rio Grande. An Act Of Congress Of 3 March 1873 ...
Or Ipecacuanha Ipecac
Ipecac, Or Ipecacuanha, A South American Plant Of The Order Rubiacece Vari Ously Called By Botanists Cephcelis Ipecacuanha And Psychotria Ipecacuanha. The Plant, Which Is Found Mainly In Moist Shady Forests In Brazil, Is A Creeping Herb Or Sub-shrub With Mostly Bare Stems, Only The Extremities Pro Ducing Leaves. The ...
Or Jessamine Jasmine
Jasmine, Or Jessamine, A Genus (jasminum) Of Beautiful Plants Of The Olive Family, Including Many Cultivated Species And Varieties. Most Of These Are Shrubs With Long Slender Branches Bearing Usually Compound Leaves And Panicles Of Fragrant White Or Yellow Flowers. They Are Natives Principally Of The East Indies. The Common ...