Biblical
Biblical Arch/eology. New Testament—the Contribution Of Archwology To The Understanding Of The New Testa Ment Has Not Been Less But Rather More Than To That Of The Old, Since, While It Has In Deed Come From Various Quarters, Yet The Largest Element Has Proceeded From A Source Far Less Prolific ...
Biblical Archaeology
Biblical Archaeology. Old Archaeology Is Literally °ac Count Of The Old," But It Has Become Limited In Application, First, To The Old In Relation To Man, Thereby Distinguished From Geology And Palm Ontology, And Secondly, To Man As A Creator Of Civilization, Thereby Distinguished From Palmol Ogy And Palmethnology. As ...
Biblical Criticism
Biblical Criticism. Textual Crit Icism Of The Bible.— The Object Of Textual Criticism Is To Ascertain The Original Text Of A Literary Work, As Written By The Author Or Authors. Since Its Objects And Principles Do Not Vary Essentially In Different Fields Of Operation, Its Application To The.bible Gives It ...
Bibliography
Bibliography. A Leading Contribu Tion In 'the Papers Of The Bibliographical Society Of America) (vol. X, No. 4, October 1916), Supplies The Observation That May Very Well Stand At The Beginning Of A Study Of This Subject. Mr. Feipel Writes That "bibliography, Or The Compilation Of Bibliographies, Is One Of ...
Bibliomancy
Bibliomancy, Divination Per Formed By Means Of The Bible, Also Called Soetes Bibliccr, Or Sortes Sanctorum. It Consisted In Taking Passages At Hazard, And Drawing Indi Cations Thence Concerning Things Future. It Was Much Used At The Consecration Of Bishops. It Was A Practice Adopted From The Heathens, Who Drew ...
Bibliomania
-bibliomania ("book-madness0), A Word Formed From The Greek And Signifying A Passion For Possessing Rare Or Curious Books. The True Bibliomanist Is Determined In The Purchase Of Hooks Less By The Value Of Their Contents Than By Certain Accidental Circum Stances Attending Them. To Be Valuable In His Eyes They ...
Bichat
Bichat, Best* Marie Francois Xavier, French Physician: B. Thoirette, Department Of Jura, 14 Nov. 1771; D. 22 July 1802. His Father, A Physician, Early Initiated Him Into The Study Of Medicine, Which The Young Bichat Prosecuted At Lyons And Paris, Where He Studied Under The Direction Of Desault (q.v.), Who ...
Bickersteth
Bickersteth, Edward Henry, Eng Lish Divine And Hymn-writer: B. 25 Jan. 1825; D. London, 16 May 1906. His Father Was A Church Of England Clergyman And At The Age Of 14 He Decided To Take Holy Orders. Though Not Eminently Successful In Other Subjects Dur Ing His University Career, He ...
Bicknell
Bicknell, Thomas Williams, Ameri Can Author, Educator, Historian: B. Barrington, R. I., 6 Sept. 1834. He Was Educated At Thet Ford Academy, 1850-53; Amherst, 1853-54; Brown University, 1858-60. He Was School Teacher And Principal, 1860-69; Commissioner Of Education For Rhode Island, 1869-75. He Founded The New Normal School, Rhode Island, ...
Bicycle
Bicycle, A Light Steel Vehicle Consisting Of Two Wheels Arranged Tandem, United By A Frame With The Rider S Seat Upon It; Propelled By His Feet Acting On The Pedals Connected With One Of The Axles, At Present That Of The Rear Wheel; And Steered By A Handle-bar Guiding The ...
Biddeford
Biddeford, Me., City In York Coun Ty, On The Right Bank Of The Saco River, Six Miles From The Sea, And On The Boston & Maine Railroad, /5 Miles Southwest Of Portland. The River Separates It From Saco (q.v.) And, Like That City, Biddeford Grew Up As A Manufactur Ing ...
Biddle
Biddle, Clemtmt, American Revolu Tionary Soldier: B. Philadelphia, 10 M4y 1740; D. There, 14 July 1814. He Was Educated In The Tenets Of The Society Of Friends (quakers) And In Early Life Engaged In Commercial Pur Suits In His Native City; But Notwithstanding His Qualccr Training, He Joined A Number ...
Biddle_2
Biddle, John, English Socinian Writer And Founder Of English Unitarianism: B. Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, 14 Jan. 1615; D. London, 22 Sept. 1662. He Entered Magdalen College, Oxford, In His 19th Year And Graduated A.m. In 1641. Being Led To Doubt The Doctrine Of The Trinity, He Drew Up 'twelve Arguments' On ...
Bidpai
Bidpai, Bid'pl, Or Pilpai. When We Consider The Wonderful History Of 'bidpars Fables,' Their Fame And Their Charm, We Nat Urally Mvest Their Supposititious Author With A Personality. And A Name. In Fact, However, Nbidpai* Is Probably A Changed Form Of An Indian Word For Ucourt-scholar,p Misunder Stood As A ...
Bieberstein
Bieberstein, Adolf Marachall Von, Baaon, German Statesman : B. Karlsruhe, Ger Many, 1831; D. Badenweiler, 24 Sept. 1912. Son Of A Court Chamberlain Of Baden, He Studied Law At Heidelberg And Freiburg, And Entered The Civil Service Of His Native State. In 1878 He Was Sent To The Reichstag As ...
Bielas Comet
Biela's Comet, A Comet Of Short Period, Named After Its Discoverer, Wilhelm Von Biela (q.v.), Who Discovered It In 1826 And Furnished Such Data Regarding Its Movements As To Convince The Other Astronomers Of His Day That He Had A Proprietary Right To It. The Same Comet Had Been Noticed ...
Big Horn
Big-horn, The Wild Sheep Of The Moun Tains Of Western North America, So Called On Account Of The Massive, Spiral Horns Of The Ram, Which Resemble Those Of The Asiatic Argali. They Originally Ranged Throughout The Whole Mountain System From New Mexico To North Ern Alaska, And As Far Down ...
Bigamy
Bigamy, In The Canon Law, Means Being Twice Married; In The Common Acceptation Of The Word, As A Term Of Ordinary Law, It Means The Being Married To Two Wives Or Husbands At The Same Time. The Laws Relating To Plurality Of Wives Or Husbands Might Be Supposed To Come ...
Bigelow
Bigelow, Poultney, American Author: B. New York (son Of John Bigelow) 10 Sept. 1855. After A Cosmopolitan Training In The United States, France And Germany Where Emperor William Ii Tvas His Fellow Pupil In 1871-72, Their Friendship Persisting Until 1896, When The Jameson Raid Ranged Mr. Bigelow In Political Opposition ...
Biglow Papers
Biglow Papers, The. Lowell's Mas Terpiece, 'the Biglow Papers,' One Of The Most Delightful Books Ever Written By An American, Embodies The Best Humorous And Satirical Verse Since Byron. The Papers, First And Second Series, Are Made Up Of One Prose Paper And Of 19 Poems In A Variety Of ...
Bigordi
Bigordi, Be-gor'-de, Domenico, Italian Painter: B. Florence 1146; D. 11 Jan. 1494. He Was Nicknamed Ghirlandajo, A Name Already Borne By His Father, Tommaso. He Studied Painting And Mosaics Under Alesso Baldovinetti. At The Same Time He Studied Mosaccio's Fres Coes. After 1480 He Painted A 'last Supper) For The ...
Bile
Bile, The Most Important Secretion Of The Liver. It Is Formed Directly By The Liver Cells, Largely From The Blood, Is Collected By The Bile Ducts, And Discharged Through The Hepatic Ducts. Most Of The Bile Is Stored In The Gall-bladder, From Which It Is Discharged In Man By The ...
Biliousness
Biliousness, A Popular Term To Express Some Affection Of The Liver, But In All Prob Ability It Is Frequently A Condition Of Disturbed Gastric And Duodenal Digestion, And Having Nothing Whatever To Do With The Liver. In The Article On Bile (q.v.) The Passage Of This Liver Secretion Into The ...
Bill
Bill, A Paper, Written Or Printed, Giving A Statement Of The Particulars Of An Account Or Action. A Printed Proclamation, An Advertise Ment, An Act Of Congress Or Parliament, Or A Tradesman's Account Is A Bill. In Legislation.— A Term Used To Signify A Special Act Passed By The Legislature ...
Billiards
Billiards, The Generic Name Of A Group Of Games; Is Played In The United States Usually On A 5x10 Table, Fitted On Each Side And At The Ends With Rubber Acting As Cushions. Ivory Balls Driven By A Wooden Cue And Varying In Size From 2 5-16' Inches To 2 ...
Billings
Billings, John Shaw, American Sur Geon And Librarian: B. Switzerland County, Ind., 12 April 1839; D. 1913. He Was Graduated At Miami University In 1857, And At The Ohio Medical College, 1860; Was Demonstrator Of Anatomy In The Last Institution, 1860-61; Entered The Union Army As An Assistant Surgeon, 1861; ...
Bills
Bills, Course Of. Public Bills Are Those Which Affect The Interests Of The People At Large And Private Bills Are Those Which Affect The.in Terests Of A Person Or Persons Whether They Be Private Individuals Or Corporations (see Bills, Private). The Term °bill° Is Applied To A Pro Posed Law ...
Bills_2
Bills, Private. A Private Bill Is Dis Tinguished From A Public Bill In That It Affects Only A Particular Person Or Place, Whereas The Latter Affects All Persons In The State Generally Or All Persons In A Class. Private. Bills Are Usually Designed To Benefit Some Particular Per Son, Corporation ...
Bimetallism
Bimetallism. A Monetary System Wherein Gold And Silver Are Both Used As Stand Ard Money And Coined Without Limit At A Fixed Ratio Imposed By Legislation. Bimetallism Proper Implies, First, That The Money Unit Shall Be Represented In Two Metals; Second, That These Metals Shall Enjoy Equal And Unlimited Coinage ...
Binet
Binet, Be'-ni, Alfred, Director Of The Laboratory Of Research At The Sorbonne, Paris: B. Nice, 4 July 1857; D. 1911. He Went To Paris In 1871, Where He Made A Study Of Medicine And Law. For A Time He Was Uncertain Which Career He Should Follow; But His Deep Interest ...
Bingen
Bingen, Germany, Town Of The Grand Duchy Of Hesse, 17 Miles West Of Mainz, On The Left Bank Of The Rhine And The Right Of The Nahe, Opposite Rudesheim. It Contains A Gothic Church Dating From The 15th Century. The Castle Of Klopp And The Sanctuary Of Saint Roch Are ...
Binzer
Binzer, August Daniel Von, German Author: B. Kiel, 30 May 1793; D. Reisze, 20 March 1868. He Studied Law At The Universi Ties Of Kiel And Jena, After Which He Was Both Teacher And Newspaper Editor For Some Years. Among His Works Are (die Dammerungsstun Den Der Familie Abert) (altona ...
Biograph
Biograph, An Apparatus That Displays In Rapid Sequence A Long Series Of Photographs. It Belongs To A Class Of Apparatus Which Fol Lowed The Invention Of The Lcinetoscope, And Includes The Vitascope, Cinematograph, Phan Toscope, Etc. It Differs From The Kinetoscope In That Instead Of Showing Small Pictures Through An ...
Biographia Literaria
Biographia Literaria. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's (biographia Literaria' Was Originally Intended As A Mere Preface To A Col Lected Volume Of His Poems, Explaining And Justifying His Own Style And Practice In Poetry. The Work Grew Under Colendge's Hands To A Literary Autobiography, Including, Together With Many Facts Concerning His Education ...
Biography
Biography, In Its General Sense, Litera Ture Treating Of The Lives Of Individuals; In Its Restricted Meaning The History Of A Person's Life. When Composed By The Subject Of The Narrative It Is Called An Autobiography. Biog= Raphy Has Existed In One Form Or Another From The Most Ancient Times. ...
Biology
Biology. The Study Or Science Of Living Organisms, And The Phenomena Of Life. Its Field Is The Whole Breadth Of The Organic World, And It Seeks To Mark The Boundaries Which Separate Living From Inorganic Nature,— To Discover The Principles That Unify It, The Processes By Which Living Things Have ...
Bionomics
Bionomics, In Biology, The Study Of The Habits And Modes Of Life Of Animals Or Plants And Their Relations To Each Other, To All Living Beings And To The World Around Them. It Cor Responds To (ecology)) And To °biology') As Used By German Naturalists. Wasmann Defines Bi Ology In ...
Biot
Biot, Jean Baptiste, French Mathemati Cian And Physicist Of Distinction: B. Paris, 21 April 1774; D. There, 3 Feb. 1862. He Was Edu Cated At The College I-ouis-le-grand And In 1793 Entered The Artillery Service. Shortly After Ward He Entered The Ecole Polytechnique And Thenceforth Devoted Himself To The Study ...
Birch
Birch, Samuel, English Egyptologist: B. London, 3 Nov. 1813; D. There, 27 Dec. 1885. At The Age Of 23 He Was Appointed An Assistant In The Department Of Antiquities In The British Museum And Latterly Became Keeper Of The Department Devoted To Egyptian And Oriental Antiquities, A Post Which He ...
Birch_2
Birch (betula), A Genus• Of Trees Belong Ing To The Family Betulace
Birds
Birds. The Birds Form That Class (aver) Of Warm-blooded Vertebrate Animals Most Dis Tinctive, Most Easily Defined And Most Popu Larly Known And Interesting. They Are At Once Distinguished By Their Covering Of Feathers, Which Is Possessed By No Other Sort Of Animal; And By The Modification Of Their Fore-limbs ...
Birds
Birds, Fossil. Birds Are Rare As Fos Sils, Compared With Other Vertebrates, And Little Is Latown About Their Early Evolution. Four Or Five Hundred Extinct Species Have Been De Scribed, As Against 12,000 Living, And Most Of Them Are From Very Fragmentary Remains, Found In Widely Scattered Places. The Explana ...
Birds_2
Birds, Plants Attractive To. Certain Trees, Shrubs And Herbaceous Plants Bear Fruits Which Afford Food For Birds. These Have Been Discovered By Observation, And By The Scientific Examination Of The Contents Of Birds' Stomachs. By Planting Those Species, Therefore, Which Have Been Proved Most Desirable And That Are Suited To ...
Birds_3
Birds, Protection Of. During All The Early History Of This Country Little Or No Atten Tion Was Paid To The Destruction Of Birds Or Other Wild Animals. Probably The Earliest Law On The Subject Was One Passed In Massachusetts In 1817, Establishing Closed Seasons For Certain Animals And Birds Shot ...
Birds_4
Birds, The, A Play By Aristophanes, First Performed In 414 B.c. The Happy Thought Of The Birds Is The Establishment Of Cloud Cuckoo Town Or Nephelococcygia, A City In Mid-air, In Order To Starve Out The Gods By Cutting Their Communications With The Earth And Restore To The Birds Their ...
First Bann Of The
First Bann Of The United States Hamilton As Secretary Of The Treasury Proposed A National Banlc In His Report For 1790. Contrasting The Superiority Of The Pro Posed Bank To An Emission Of United. States Notes, Hamilton Pointed Out That The Right To Issue Paper Of This Character Was °so ...
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen, Prince Of Transyl Vania: B. 1580; D. 1629. He Was A Member Of A Prominent Protestant Family Of Upper Hun Gary, Which Also Held Large Estates In Transyl Vania. At The Age Of 17 He Entered The Service Of Gabriel Bathori, Prince Of Transylvania, Fought Under His Orders ...
George Calvert
George Calvert, The 1st Lord: B. About 1580, Kipling, Near Bolton Castle, Yorkshire: D. 15 April 1632. He Graduated From Trinity Col Lege, Oxford, 1597; Traveled Abroad, And After His Return Became Secretary To Sir Robert Cecil (afterward Lord Salisbury), Clerk Of The Crown Of Ireland, 1606, And Clerk Of ...
I Bank And Trust
I& Bank And Trust Company Advertising. Endeavoring, By Forceful, Well-planned Advertising, To Secure New Depos Itors And Customers For A Banking Institution, Or To Increase The Dealings Of Present Customers With It, Is A Comparatively Recent Development Of The Business, Both In The United States And Abroad. Formerly, About The ...
I3erthelot
I3erthelot, Pierre Eugene Marcellin, French Chemist And Politician: B. Paris, 25 Oct. 1827; D. There, 18 March 1907. He Early Studied Chemistry, And Was Brought Into Notice In 1854 By His Thesis For A Doctor's Degree, In Which He Gave An Account Of His Arti Ficial Reproduction Of Natural Fats. ...
Independent Treasury System
Independent Treasury System. Following Experiences With The Bank Of The United States And The State Banks As Cus Todians Of Public Funds, The Independent Treas Ury System, By Which The Government Might Take Charge Of Its Own Funds, Dame Into Exist Ence By The Act Of 4 July 1840, Though ...
Ingoldsby Legends
Ingoldsby Legends. (or Yuhanna Abul Faraj), Syrian Bishop And Historian: B. Mala Tiah 1226; D. Maragha, 30 July 1286. His Father Was A Jew By Birth And The Son Became Known As Bar-hebrzus, That Is, °son Of The Hebrew." His Father Having Moved To Antioch Bar-he Brwus Completed His Education ...
John Baptist
(john' Baptist), Italian Traveler: B. Padua 1778; D. 3 Dec. 1823. Destined For A Monastic Life He Was Educated At Rome, But Left The City When It Was Occupied By The French And In 1803 Went To England, Where He Acted In Ast Ley's Amphitheatre. Here He Acquired, Besides An ...
Leonard Calvert
Leonard Calvert, Younger Brother Of Cecilius, Was Sent Out By The Latter As First Gov Ernor Of The New Colony: B. About 1606; D. June 1647. He Set Sail 22 Nov. 1633, In The Ark And The Dove-, With About 200 Roman Catholic Set Tlers Of Good Families; Arrived 24 ...
Lord Beresford
Beresford, Lord, British Admiral: B. Ireland, 10 Feb. 1846. Charles William De La Poer Beresford, Second Sot1 Of The 4th Marquis Of Waterford, Was For Many Years Known By His Courtesy Title Of °lord Charles." On His Elevation To The Peerage In 1916 He Adopted The Title Of Baron Beresford ...
Mq R S Q
Mq R S Q R 1/2 .500 .600 .400 1.111 .333 .667 1/2 .667 .667 .333 1.333 .500 .500 % 1.000 .750 .250 1.556 .667 .333 % 1.429 .857 .143 1.778 .833 .167 1 2.000 1.000 .000 2.000 1.000 .000 This Shows That There Is A Wide Difference In Coefficients ...
N Y Batavia
Batavia, N. Y. Town And County-seat Of Genesee County, 37 Miles East Of Buffalo And 33 Miles West Of Rochester, On Tonawanda Creek, And On The New Yorjc Central, The Lehigh Valley And Lake Erie And Western Rail Roads. It Is In An Agricultural Region; Has Manufactories Of Plows, Threshers ...
N Y Beacon
Beacon, N. Y., City Of Dutchess County, On The Hudson River, And The New York Cen Tral & Hudson River And The Central New Eng Land Division Of The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads, 60 Miles North Of New York City. The City Was Formed By The Merging ...
N Y Binghamton
Binghamton, N. Y., City And County Seat Of Broome County, At The Junction Of The Chenango And Susquehanna Rivers And On Sev Eral Railroads, 50 Miles East Of Elmira. It Stands More Than 867 Feet Above Tidewater, And Both Rivers Are Here Spanned By Several Bridges. The City Is Supplied ...
Oliver M W Sprague
Oliver M. W. Sprague, Professor Banking And Finance, 1-f Arvard University_ 3. World The Banking Institutions Of Europe, With The In Crease Of Capital, The Development Of Industry And The Growth Of International Relations, Have Naturally Conformed To These Influences, With The Result That There Is An Approximation Every Where ...
Or Baireuth Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Or Baireuth, Bavaria, On The Red Main, 41 Miles Northeast Of Nuremberg, Capital City Of The Government District Of Upper Franconia. The Principal Edifices Are The Old Palace Now Occupied By Public Offices, The New Palace, With Garden And Park Open To The Public; The Opera House, A Gymnasium, ...
Or Bankok Bangkok
Bangkok, Or Bankok, Siam, Capital Of The Kingdom, Extending For Three Or Four Miles On Both Sides Of The Menam, Which Falls Into The Gulf Of Siam About 15 Miles Below. It Consists Of Three Parts—the Town Proper, The Floating Town And The Royal Palace. The Town Proper Occupies An ...
Or Barque Bark
Bark, Or Barque, A Three-masted Ves Sel Whose Foremast And Mainmast Are Square Ngged, But Whose Mizzenmast Has Fore-and-aft Sails Only. The Distinction Between A Barlc And A Barkentine Is That The Latter Has But One Mast Square-rigged, The Main And Mizzen Being Both Rigged Fore-and-af T. Members Of The ...
Or Bass Bast
Bast, Or Bass, The Thin Layer Of Fibrous Tissue Formed By, But Outside The Layer Of, Cam Bium (q.v.), Or In Popular Phrase The Inner Bark Of Dicotyledonous Shrubs And Trees. Less Fre Quently It Occurs In The Leaves And Pith Of Dicotyledonous Herbs And In The Stems Of Cer ...