Zinzendorf
Zinzendorf, Nicholas Ludwig, Count Vox, German Religious Leader, Founder Of The Society Of United Brethren: B. Dresden, Saxony, 26 May 1700; D. Herrnhut, Upper Lusatia, 9 May 1760. From 1716 To 1719 He Studied At The Orthodox University Of Wit Tenberg, And Subsequently Traveled In Holland And France, Describing His ...
Zircon
Zircon, The Native Zirconium Silicate. Zrsio.. Its Crystals Are Tetragonal And [40070i Pbous With Thorite, Xenotime, Cassiierize And Ruble. Though Its Crystal Forms Are Very Varied, They Are Usually Prisms Terminated By Pyramids, The Base Being Rare. Small Crystals Frequanly Show A Wealth Of Faces, Among Which The Tziroonoids; Or ...
Zirconium
Zirconium, A Chemical Element Named After The Mineral Zircon In Which Klaproth Dies Covered The Oxide Zirconia (1789), And Obtained By Berzelius In 1824 As An Iron-gray Powder. Afterward Found In Many Other Minerals. Some Of The Most Important Being Eudialyte, Hyacinth, Polymignite, Etc. It Has Many Physical And Chemical ...
Zirknitz
Zirknitz Tsirk'nits Or Zirknitzer Zee. Or Czirknitzer See. Austria, A Phenomenal Periodical Lake In Carniola, 30 Miles East-northeast Of Trieste, In A Deep Valley Sur Rounded By Mountains, The Principal Of Which Are Javornik, Succhi, Slivinza And Sternitz. The Lake Takes Its Name From 7.irknitz, Situ Ated At An Elevation ...
Ziska
Ziska, Zisica (properly Fica, Thlzh'ke). John. Bohemian Hussite Leader: B. Trocznov, Near Budweis, About 1360 (by Some Authori Ties As Late As 1380): D. Ptbyslav 11 Oct. 1424. He Was Educated At The Court Of King Wenceslas At Prague, Entered The Profession Of Arms, Joined The Contingent That Went From ...
Zizyphus
Zizyphus, A Genus Of The Family Mums Nacea, Shrubs Or Small Trees, With Spiny Stip Ules, Alternate Three-nerved Leaves, A Spreading Five-cleft Calyx, Five Hood-like Petals, Five Sta Mens, A Five-angled Disc, Adhering To The Tube Of The Calyx, And Having Enclosed Within It The Two- Or Three-celled Ovary. Fruit ...
Zoar
Zoar, Zo'ar, Separatists Society Of. The Separatists Society Of Zoar Was A Communistic Religious Organization Located At Zoar, On The Tuscarawas River, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They Were German Protestant Peasants, 225 In Number, Who Emigrated From Wurttemberg In April 1817. Their Chosen Leader Was Joseph Baumler, Whose Name Was Later ...
Zobrir
Zobrir, Rahama, Egyptian Pasha And Sudanese Governor: B. 1830. He Came Of A Family Claiming Descent From An Uncle Of Mo Hammed. By 1860 He Had Established His Leader Ship Among The Arab Ivory And Slave Traders On The White Nile And In The Bahr-el-ghseal. And Although Nominally An Egyptian ...
Zodiac
Zodiac. The Zodiac Is A Belt Of The Tides. Tial Sphere, Extending 8° On Each Side Of The Ecliptic, Or The Path Of The Sun Among The Stars. 'the Name Is Derived From Cissz A Liv Ing Creature, Because The Constellations In It (except Libra) Are All Figures Of Animals. ...
Zodiacal Light
Zodiacal Light. °the Zodiacal Light Is A Faint Column Of Light Rising From The West Ern Horizon Of Ter Twilight In Winter Or Spring Evenings; And Before Daybreak In Summer Or Autumn. It Extends Out On Each Side Of The Sun, And Lies Nearly In The Plane Of The Ecliptic. ...
Zohar
Zohar, Z6'hir, The Bible Of The Kabbal Ists, Long Reverenced By Jewish Mystics And Re Garded By Some As Higher Than The Bible And The Talmud But Proved A Clever Forgery. The Secret Science Of The Kabbala Received A Marked Development At The Beginning Of The 13th Century, When A ...
Zola
Zola, Zeal (fr. Emile Edouard Charles Antoine, French Novelist: B. Paris, 2 April 1840; D. There, 29 Sept. 1902. He Was Educated At The College Of Aix, From Which He Went To The Lycee Saint Louis At Paris With A Scholarship In 1858. His Career There Was Un Distinguished, And ...
Zollicoffer
Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, American Soldier: B. Maury County, Term, 19 May 1812; D. Near Mill Springs, Ky., 19 Jan 1862. He Entered The Printer's Trade, Published A Weekly Newspaper At Paris, Tenn.. For About A Year, And Afterward Was Editor Of The Observer At Columbia. Tenn., His Duties Being Temporarily ...
Zollverein
Zollverein, Union”. The Feeble German Confederation Formed In 1815 Failed In Many Respects To Meet The Desire For Union Among The German People, Or Even To Satisfy Their Practical Re Quirements. The Trade Of Germany In Particular Suffered Much From The Obstructions Caused By The Different Customs Systems Of So ...
Zolnay
Zolnay, George Julian, American Sculp Tor: B. Pecs, Hungary, 4 July 1863. Although Educated For The Diplomatic Service, He Eventu Ally Entered The Royal Art Academy Of Bu Charest And Later The Imperial Academy Of Fine Arts Of Vienna, Graduating With Highest Honors From Both Institutions. In 1894, After His ...
Zone
Zone, The Term Applied To Any Portion Of The Earth's Surface Bounded By Two Parallels Of Latitude, But More Particularly Applied To Fire Such Zones, The Position Of Which Is Marked By Natural Boundaries. These Five Zones Are Called The Torrid, Northern And Southern Temperate, And Northern And Southern Frigid ...
Zoogeography
Zoogeography, The Science Of Map Ping Out The Surface Of The Earth With Reference To Its Fauna; The Study Of The Distribution Of Animal Life. It Has Always Been Obvious To Trirs Elers, And Even The Most Superficial Students Of Nature, That The Various Regions Of The Earth's Surface Were ...
Zoology
Zoology, That Branch Of Biology, Or The Science Of Living Things, Which Treats Of Animals. The Scope Of The Science May Be Gathered From The Following Enumeration Of Its Main Branches: (1) Morphology, Which Treats Of The Outer Form And Internal Structure Of Animals, Their Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Etc.; (2) ...
Zoology
Zoology, History Of, The Record Of Dis Covery In The Science Of Zoology. We Have No Evidence That The Study Of Zoology Was Prose Cuted To Any Considerable Extent Before The Time Of Aristotle. In His Hands It Became At Once A Science, And The Foundations Of A System Of ...
Zoroaster
Zoroaster, Religious Reformer Of An Cient Persia. Termed Zarathustra In The Avesta Or Primitive Iranian Code, And In Later Persian Zardusht, Its Meaning Has Teen Vari Ously Interpreted—one Of Its Roots Is Un Doubtedly 'camel.' Its Modern Form Zoroaster Was Adopted From. The Greek And Latin. The Story Of His ...
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism, The Religious System Of Ancient Persia As Founded By Zoroasses. Whose Religious Teachings Are Preserved In The Avesta, One Of The World's Oldest Sacred Bodes The Character Of The Persian Religion In Pre Zoroastrian Times Has Been A Frequent Subject Of Inquiry, But While Authentic Is Known. There Is ...
Zschokkr
Zschokkr. Johann Heinrich Daniel, Swiss Author: B. Magdeburg, Germany, 22 March 1771; D Blitmenhalde. Near Aarau, 27 June 1848. He Left His Native Place In 1788, And For Come Time Uanderrd About The Country As Play-writer To A Strolling Company Of Actors Hut Afterward Studied At The Lini Versity Of ...
Zueblin
Zueblin, Charles, American Sociologist: B. Pendleton, Ind., 4 May 1866. He Studied At The University Of Pennsylvania, Was Graduated At Northwestern University In 1887 And At Yak In 1889. Later Studying At Leipzig. He Became An Instructor In Sociology At The University Of Chicago In 1892; Was Assistant Professor In ...
Zuloaga
Zuloaga, Ignacio, Spanish Painter: B. Eibar, A Town In The Basque Provinces. 11;170 He Is Descended From A Family Of Artistic Craftsmen, His Father Having Been A Noted Damascener (placid* Zuloaga), And His Great Grandfather The Organizer And Director Of The Royal Armory At Madrid. He Was At First Sent ...
Zululand
Zululand, Zooloo-lind, South Africa, A Country Lying On The Southeast Coast Of Africa, Now A Province Of Natal, And Since 31 May 1910 A Part Of The South African Union; It Is Bounded On The North By Portuguese East Africa And The Transvaal And On The West By The Orange ...
Zurbaran
Zurbaran, Dsoor-bi-rin', Frandsco Do Spanish Painter: B. Fuente De Cantos. Estrum Dura, 7 Nov. 1598; D. Seville, 1662. He Was Educated In The School Of Juan De Roelas In Seville, And Early Formed His Style On That Of Caravaggio. He Is Thence Frequently Known As The Spanish Caravaggio. He First ...
Zurich
Zurich, Zoo'rik. Switzerland; (1) A City. Capital Of The Canton Of The Same Name, Situated At The Northeast Extremity Of The Lake Of The Same Name. It Is Divided By The Limmat Into Unequal Parts, Forming An Upper And Lower Town, Connected With Their Suburbs By Several Bridges. The Streets ...
Zweibrucicen
Zweibrucicen, Tsyrbrok-tsrt (latin, Botosstiaws; French, Dnur-posots. • Two Bridges*), Germany, A Town In The Rhine Palatinate, On The Schwarzbach River, 54 Miles Southwest Of Mannheim. It Was The Capital Of The Mediaeval Duchy Of Zvreibriichen, Until The End Of The 18th Century. It Is Well Built And Has Protestant And ...
Zwinger
Zwinger, The, A Public Building In Dresden. Cnntanting A Valuable Collection Of Of Art And .ctentific Treasures. The Word Zik Ingrr Ic A General Name For A Prison Or Any Mnfinvd Place. Ger. Or Rlformer, Was A Contemporary Of Luther (q S ). And Was Born At Wildhaus, Canton Of ...
Zznobia
Zznobia, Z4-no'b1-4, Queen Of Palmyra (q V.). Her Native Name Was Septimia Bath Zabbai, And She Was Instructed In The Sciences By The Celebrated Longinus, And Made Such Progress That Besides Her Native Tongue She Spoke The Latin, Greek, Coptic And Syrian Lan Guages. She Also Patronized Learned Men, And ...