Border States
Border States, Before The Civil War, The Line Of Slave States Lying Next The Free States: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky And Missouri. The Term Was Some Times Improperly Made To Include North Caro Lina And Tennessee, Probably Because Their Mountain Districts Held So Large A Proportion Of Loyalists; And For ...
Bordier
Bordier, Be Edel, Henri Leonard, French Historical Writer: B. Paris, 8 Aug. 1817; D. There, 31 Aug. 1888. He Graduated In Law, Making A Special Study Of Palmographic Archives (1840), And Continued To Devote His Energy To Historical Studies. He Became Successively As Sistant To The Historian Auguste Thierry; Assist ...
Borghese
Borghese, Camillo Filipo Ludovico, Formerly Duke Of Guastalla, Prince Of France, Etc.: B. 1775; D. Florence, 10 April 1832. When The French Invaded Italy He Entered Their Serv Ice And Showed Great Attachment To The Cause, In Particular To General Bonaparte, Whose Sister, Marie Pauline, He Married. In 1804 He ...
Borghese_2
Borghese, Marie Pauline (panrcess), Sister Of Napoleon: B..ajaccio 20 Oct 1780; D. 9 June 1825. When Her First Husband, General Leclerc, Was Sent To Saint Domingo With The Rank Of Captain-general, Napoleon Ordered Her To Accompany Her Husband With Her Son. She Embarked In December 1801, At Brest, And Sup ...
Borgia
Borgia, Bor'ja, Cesare, Italian Ecclesias Tic And Soldier: B. 1476; D. 12 March 1507. He Was The Natural Son Of Rodrigo Borgia And A Roman Lady Named Vanozza. His Father, Who In 1492 Became Pope, With The Title Of Alexan Der Vi, Made Him A Cardinal. When Charles Viii Of ...
Borgia_2
Borgia, Stefano, Italian Ecclesiastic: B. Velletri, 3 Dec. 1731; D. Lyon, 23 Nov. 1804. He Was Brought Up By His Uncle, Alexander Borgia, Archbishop Of Fenno, And In 1750, On Becoming A Member Of The Etruscan Academy Of Cortona, Commenced At Velletri To Form A Museum Which Has Since Become ...
Borglum
Borglum (john) Gutzon (de La Mothe), American Sculptor And Painter: B. Idaho, 25 March 1867. He Studied At The San Francisco Art Association, And The Julian Academy Of Paris 1890-93. In 1893 He Returned To California, Removing To London In 1895. From 1896 To 1901 He Exhibited Both Painting And ...
Borgognone
Borgognone, Ambro Gio Di Stefano, Also Called Am Brogio Da Fos Sano, Or Il Bergognone, A Distinguished Italian (lombard) Painter: B. At Or Near Fossano About 1445; D. 1523. The Best Studies Of His Life And Works Are By L. Beltrami And G. Zappa, And The Substance Of Their Accounts ...
Boring
Boring, A Species Of Circular Cutting In Which A Cylindrical Portion Of A Substance Is Gradually Removed. When Tubes Of Metal Are To Be Formed, A Cast Is, In Some Cases, Made In Solid Metal, And The Whole Of The Bore Is Pro Duced By The Boring-machine: In Others The ...
Boris Fodorovich Godunov
Boris Fodorovich Godunov, Bo Res' Go-doo-nor, Tsar Of Russia: B. About 1551; Ascended The Throne 1 Sept. 1598; D. 15 April 1605. He Was A Descendant Of A Tartar Noble Man Chet, And Began His Military Service Under Ivan The Terrible. When In 1581 The Tsar, In A Fit Of ...
Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov. Under The Influence Of Historical Studies, Chiefly Karamzin's (russian History' And Shakespeare's Chronicle Dramas, Pushkin Tried To Give An Objective Ac Count Of The Troubled Period In Russian History, From February 1598, To June 1605, And For His Subject Matter He Accepted Karamzin's Version, Which Was Based On ...
Boris Godunov_2
Boris Godunov, Grand Opera In Three Acts (often Subdivided Differently In Per Formance) By Modeste Petrovich Moussorgski (libretto Based On A Drama By Pushkin). First Produced At Saint Petersburg 24 Jan. New Style 6 Feb.) 1874. Moussorgski Was One Of A Group Of Amateur Musicians Whose Life Purpose Was The ...
Borneo
Borneo (a Corruption Of Bnrni, And This From Beruni Or Bruni, The Capital Of The Ancient Sultanate Of Bruni), The Great Island Of The Malay Archipelago, And The Second Largest Island In The World, Following New Guinea. It Is Rudely Triangular In Outline, With The Apex Toward The North. It ...
Borodin
Borodin, Bore Den, Alexander Por Firyevich, Russian Composer: B. Saint Peters Burg, 12 Nov. 1834; D. There, 27 Feb. 1887. He Studied Medicine And Chemistry And Was Made Professor Of Chemistry At The Medico Surgical Academy Of Saint Petersburg And In That Capacity Took A Prominent Part In Pro Moting ...
Borolum
Borolum, Solon Hannibal, American Sculptor: B. Ogden, Utah, 22 Dec. 1868. He Spent His Youth In Fremont, Neb., And His Early Manhood On A Cattle Ranch. At The Age Of 24 He Turned To Art, Spent Two Years With His Brother Gutzon In California, And In 1895 Entered The Art ...
Boron
Boron (from One Of The Non Metallic Elements. In Nature It Is Never Found In The Uncombined Or Elementary State, Though It Occurs Abundantly In Combination With Other Elements, Especially In Regions That Are Or Have Been Volcanic. The Principal Com Pounds Of It That Are Found In Nature Are ...
Borough
Borough, In England, Either An Incor Porated Municipality With An Organized Gov Ernment And A Charter Of Special Privileges (municipal Borough), Or A District Which, Either By Itself Or In Conjunction With Other Boroughs, Returns A Member Of Parliament (parliamentary Borough). The Burp (hill) Was Originally A Hill-fort; Then The ...
Borromean Islands
Borromean Islands, Four Small Islands In A Bay Of Lago Maggiore, North Italy, And Named After The Borromeo Family, And Named Respectively Isola Bella, Isola Madre, Isola Dei Pescatori And L'isolino. The Isola Madre Lies Farthest From The Shore Of The Lake. It Is Laid Out In Seven Terraces, Rising ...
Borrow
Borrow, George, English Traveler., Lin Guist And Writer On Gypsy Life: B. East Norfolk, 1803; Cl Oulton Broad, Suffolk, August 1881. On His Father's Side He Was De Scended From A Cornish Family, And His Moth Er Was Of Norman Extraction. His Father Was A Recruiting Officer, Who Was Constantly ...
Borthius
Borthius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, Roman Statesman And Philosopher: B. About 480 A.d., In Rome Or Milan; D. 524. He Was Educated In Rome, In A Manner Well Cal Culated To Develop His Extraordinary Abilities. Theodoric, King Of The Ostrogoths, Then Master Of Italy, Loaded Him With Marks Of Favor And ...
Boscawen
Boscawen, Edward, British Admiral: B. Cornwall, England, 19 Aug. 1711; D. Near Guildford, Surrey, 10 Jan. 1761. He Was The 3d Son Of The 1st Viscount Falmouth. Hav Ing Entered The Navy He Distinguished Himself At Porto Bello (1740) And Cartagena (1741), Where He Stormed A Battery At The Head ...
Bosch
Bosch, Hos, Hieronymus, Dutch Painter: B. S'hertogenbosch, Brabant, About 1450; D. 1516. His Name Is Often Given As Hieronymus Van Aeken, Which Probably Means That His Family Came From Achen (aix-la-chapelle). The Painter's Residence, At Least For Many Years, Was S'hertogenbosch (bois-le-duc), Brabant. We Have In The Register Of A ...
Boscovich
Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe, Ital Ian Jesuit, Mathematician, Astronomer And Phi Losopher: B. Ragusa, 18 May 1711; D. Milan, 12 Feb. 1787. After Elementary Education He Entered The Society Of Jesus In His 15th Year And During A Novitiate Marked By Brilliancy In Mathematics And Philosophy, Before Grad Uation, Was Appointed ...
Boselli
Boselli, Paolo, Italian Statesman, His Torian And Economist: B. Savona, 18 June 18313. At 22 He Had Graduated, Taken His Ll.d. Degree At The University Of Turin, And Begun His Literary Career On The Italia Letterarsa, Then Recently Founded And Edited By Angelo De Gubernatis. His Style Was Of A ...
Bosnia
Bosnia (serbian Bosna) And Herze Govina, The Extreme Northwestern Prov Inces, Or Pokraine Of The Balkan Peninsula, Bounded North By Croatia And The River Sava, West By Dalmatia And The Adriatic, East By Serbia, From Which They Are Separated By The River Drina, And South By Montenegro, Are Now Constituent ...
Bossuet
Bossuet, Bos-swa', Jacques Benign, Bishop Of Meaux: B. Dijon, 27 Sept. 1627; D. 16 April 1704. While Attending The Jesuit College At Dijon He Got Possession Of A Latin Bible, Which Made An Indelible Impression Upon Him. At The Age Of 15 He Was Sent To Paris, Where He Entered ...
Bost
Bost, Paul Ami Isaac David, Swiss Ecclesiastical Writer: B. Geneva, 10 June 1790; D. La Forge, France, 14 Dec. 1874. He Studied Theology At The University Of Geneva, Grad Uating In 1814. After Four Years Spent As A Minister In Switzerland, He Began His 'mis Sionary Journeys" Under The Auspices ...
Boston
Boston, England, A Municipal And Par Liamentary Borough And Port Of Lincolnshire, Situated On The River Witham, About Five Miles From The Sea, 30 Southeast From Lincoln. It Derived Its Name (a Corruption Of Botolph's Town) From Saint Botolph, Who Founded A Mon Astery Here About The Year 650. Its ...
Boston
Boston, Mass., The Capital Of The State, And, According To The United States Census Of 1910, Fifth City In Population In The United States. It Is Situated On The Western Shore Of Massachusetts Bay. The Settlement From Which It Has Grown Was Made In 1630 By Members Of The Massachusetts ...
Boston Case
Boston Case, In The History Of Slav Ery, A Case Where A Georgia Slave Hid Or Was Hidden On The Ship Boston Returning From Georgia To Maine And On Her Arrival Escaped To Canada. The Governor Of Georgia Issued A Requisition To The Governor Of Maine For The Surrender Of ...
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre, A Riot In Boston, 5 March 1770, Provoked By The British Regi Ments Quartered There. On Friday The 2d, Some Rope-makers Started A War Of Insults With Pass Ing Soldiers And On Being Challenged To A Box Ing Match, Used Sticks Instead, To Which The Soldiers Retorted With ...
Boston News Letter
Boston News Letter, The First Real Newspaper Of America, Edited By John Campbell (q.v.), A Scotch Bookseller And Post Master Of Boston, Who Had Been Actively Writ Frig And Sending "news Letters" Of European Occurrences To New England Governors For A Year Or More And Thought It Would Save Trouble ...
Boston Port Bill
Boston Port Bill, Of 31 March 1774, Was Great Britain's Retort To The Destruc Tion Of The Tea In Boston Harbor, 16 Dec. 1773. (see Bosrox Tea Party). The Maintenance Of English Authority By Force, Or Abdication In Favor Of A Party Which Would Maintain It, Were The Only Alternatives ...
Boston University
Boston University. This Institu Tion Was Chartered By The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts In 1869. The Three Men Named In The Charter As The Original Corporators Were Isaac Rich, Lee Cla1in And Jacob Sleeper. The Power To Hold And Administer Funds, Estab Lish Departments Of Instruction, Appoint Offi Cers, And, In ...
Boston And Maine Railroad
Boston And Maine Railroad. The Boston And Maine System, As It Stands To-day, Is One Of The Most Remarkable Examples Of Railroad Evolution And Consolidation To Be Found In The World. Including The Constituent Roads Owned, Leased, Controlled And Operated, While It Is Impossible To Give Anything Like A Complete ...
Boswell
Boswell, James, English Writer, The Biographer Of Samuel Johnson: B. Edinburgh, 29 Oct. 1740; D. London. 19 May 1795. He Was The Son Of A Scotch Judge, Lord Auchin Leek, Who Took This Title From The Name Of His Estate. He Was Educated At Edinburgh And At Glasgow, And Early ...
Bot Fly
Bot-fly, Name Common To Several Dip Terous Insects Of The Family Oestrida Which Are Parasitic In Their Early Stages Upon Or Within Certain Domestic Or Wild Animals. The Body Is Stout, Hairy, Like The Bumblebees, And They Are Easily Recognized By Having The Opening Of The Mouth Very Small, With ...
Botanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens. The Term Botanical Garden Is Used To Designate A Limited Area Of Ground On Which Is Grown A Collection Of Plants Including A Large Number Of Species Brought Together To Subserve Scientific, Educa Tional, Esthetic Or Economic Purposes. In The Broadest Sense, It Is A Museum Of Plants ...
Botany
Botany. That Branch Of Biology, Or The Science Of Living Organisms, Which Deals With Plants, And Is Thus Distinguished From Zoology, Which Deals With Animals. An Individual Plant, Considered As A Living Or Once Living Organism, May Be Studied In Two Ways—with Reference To Its Structure Or With Reference To ...
Botetourt
Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, A Conspicuous Actor In American Colonial History: B. England 1718; D. Williams Bur, Va., 15 Oct. 1770. He Was The Descendant J Of Ohn Berkeley, The Cavalier, Who Was En Nobled By Charles Ii In 1660. He Was Sent To Virginia As Royal Governor In 1768, Just ...
Bothriocephalus
Bothriocephalus, A Genus Of Ces Toid Worms Which Is Found Very Abundantly In The Intestines Of Predaceous Flshes, And One Species Of Which Is Sometimes Found In The In Testinal Canal Of Man. It Belongs To The Same Family As The Tapeworm (ta'nia Solium), But It Is Distinguished From It ...
Botticelli
Botticelli, Sandro, Italian Painter: B. Florence, Probably In 1444; D. There, 17 May 1510. He Was Originally Ales Sandro Filipepi, But According To Vasari Was Apprenticed To A Goldsmith Named Botticello, Whose Name He Assumed. Modern Research Tends To Show That The Boy Was Cared For By Giovanni, His Brother, ...
Bottle
Bottle, A Vessel Designed To Hold Liquids, Constructed Of Various Materials And In Various Forms According To The Necessities Of Local Manufacture And The Demands Of The Kind Of Liquid To Be Enclosed. It Is Now Un Derstood To Mean A Vessel Made Of Glass, With A More Or Less ...
Bottle Charts
Bottle Charts, Maps Of The Ter Minal Points Of The Voyages Of Sealed Bottles Thrown Into The Sea And Either Drifting To Land Or Picked Up Afloat. These Bottles Had Long Been Used By The Victims Of Shipwreck To Convey Messages Or Record Their Fate, Or By Travelers Or Seamen ...
Bottling
Bottling, The Process Of Enclosing Liquids In Bottles, Including The Operation Of Stopping Or Corking. The Use Of Bottles For Re Taining Liquids Involves Three Requisites: That They Shall Be Clean Enough Not To Injure The Purity, Taste Or Looks Of The Contents, Or The Looks Of The Bottle, Or ...
Bottomry
Bottomry Is The Hypothecation Or Pledge Of A Vessel For The Payment Of A Debt. The Creditor Has No Right To Take Possession Of The Ship Until The Expiration Of The Time For Which The Loan Is Made, And Then (under A Bottomry Contract In The Usual Form) Only By ...
Boucher
Boucher, Francois, French Painter: B. Paris, 29 Sept. 1703; D. 1770. He Was The Son Of A Designer Of Embroideries, Who Was His First Teacher. Later He Studied With Lemoyne And Then Took Up Engraving As A Means Of Livelihood; At 20 He Won The First Prize At The Academie. ...
Boucher De Crevecceur De
Boucher De Crevecceur De Perthes, Jacques, French Anthropologist: B. Bethel, 10 Sept. 1788; D. Abbeville, 5 Aug. 1868. Through His Father, An Active Botanist, He Came Under The Notice Of Napoleon And Was Employed In Numerous Missions To Italy, Germany, Austria And Hungary. After The Restoration He Lived At Abbeville, ...
Boucher_2
Boucher, Bow'cher, Jonathan, English Clergyman: B. Blenoog, 12 March 1738; D. Ep Som, 27 April 1804. He Came To America About 1754 As Pnvate Tutor In A Virginia Family. He Continued Teaching And Tutoring For Several Years, During Which Time He Counted Among His Pupils The Stepson Of George Washington. ...
Boucicault
Boucicault, Boo'se-lco, Dion, Origin Ally Called Bourcicault, Irish Dramatic Author And Actor: B. Dublin, 26 Dec. 1822; D. New York, 18 Sept. 1890. He Was Educated At London University And Wrote His First Play, 'london Assurance,' Under The Pseudonym Of "lee Morton') When He Was Only 19 Years Old. This ...
Boudinot
Boudinot, Elias Cornelius, Cherokee Lawyer, Soldier And Legislator: B. Near Rome, Ga., August 1835; D. Fort Smith, Ark., 27 Sept. 1890. The Maiden Name Of His Mother Was Harriet Gold. Her Father Was A Prominent Citizen Of Cornwall, Conn., Where His Father, Elias Boudinot (galagina), A Cherokee In Dian, Had ...
Bouguereau
Bouguereau, Adolphe William, French Painter: B. La Rochelle, 30 Nov. 1825; D. Paris, 20 Aug. 1905. He Was Opposed In His Desire To Become An Artist By His Father, But Through The Assistance Of A Rela Tive He Was Enabled To Study, Coming To Paris In 1845, Where He Entered ...
Bouilhet
Bouilhet, A, Louis Hyacinthe, French Poet: B. Cany, 27 May 1822; D. Rouen, 19 July 1869. He First Achieved Fame With (melcenis,' A Poem In Five Cantos. It Deals With Roman Manners In The Days Of The Em Peror Commodus. 'the Fossils,' A Series Of Delineations Of Antediluvians, Attracted Atten ...
Bouillon
Bouillon, Boo-c-yon, The Name Of One Of The Most Distinguished Historical Families Of France. The Last Duke Of Bouillon Of The First Line, The Famous Godfrey Of Bouillon, Had Sold The Duchy To The Bishop Of Liege, But A New Line Arose Toward The End Of The 15th Century. It ...
Bouillon_2
Bouillon, Originally A German Duchy, Now A Large District In The Province Of Lux Embourg, Belgium, 9 Miles Wide And 18 Long, On The Borders Of Luxembourg And Liege. This Woody And Mountainous Tract Consists Of The Town Of Bouillon With 2,800 Inhabitants, And 25 Villages With 20,000 Inhabitants. The ...
Boulanger
Boulanger, Georges Ernest Jean Marie, French Soldier: B. Rennes, 29 April 1837; D. Brussels, 30 Sept. 1891. He Went To Algeria In 1853, Where His Coolness Under Fire Was Very Noticeable. In 1859 He Was Severely Wounded At The Battle Of Turbigo, And Was Awarded The Cross Of The Legion ...
Boulger
Boulger, George Simonds, English Botanist: B. Blechingley; Surrey, 5 March 1853. He Has Been Professor Of Botany And Geology At City Of London College From 1884 And Has Published (1886-£49) ' • 'the Uses Of Plants) (1889); (biographical Index Of British And Irish Botanists,' With Britten (1893) • (the Country, ...
Boundaries Of The United
Boundaries Of The United States, Exterior And Interior, And Dis Putes Regarding. As Laid Down By The United States Supreme Court In The Insular Decisions Of 1901 (see Insuuis Cases), The Term United States Has Three Applications, (1) To The Combined Area Of The States Of The Union ; (2) ...
Bounties
Bounties, A Term Applied To A Grant Or Benefaction From The Government To Those Whose Services Directly And Indirectly Benefit It, And To Whom, Therefore, It Desires To Accord Some Recompense, Or At Least Recognition. Nature And In Law Or Com Merce A Fiscal Bounty Is A Premium Paid By ...
Bouquet
Bouquet, Boo-ka, Henry, British Officer In The French And Indian Wars: B. Rolle, Swit Lerland 1719; D. Pensacola, Fla., 23 Aug. 1765. He Entered The Army Of The States-general Of Holland, Then Served In The Sardinian Army Against France And Spain But Returned To The Dutch Service In 1748 As ...
Bourbon
Bourbon, Charles (duke Of Bourbon Nais), French General Known As Constable De Bourbon; Son Of Gilbert, Count Of Mont Pensier And Clara Of Gonzaga: B. 17 Feb. 1489; D. 6 May 1527. He Received From Francis I, In The 26th Year Of His Age, The Sword Of Constable. By The ...
Bourbon Family
Bourbon Family. The Founder Of This Family, Which Has Governed France, Spain, The Two Sicilies, Lucca And Parma, Was Robert The Strong, Who, In 861, Became Duke Of Neustria And In 866 Lost His Life In A Battle Against The Normans. Some Trace His Descent From Pepin Theristal, Others From ...
Bourdaloub
Bourdaloub, Boor-da-loo, Louis, The Founder Of Genuine Pulpit Eloquence In France: B. Bourges, 20 Aug. 1632; D. Paris, 13 May 1704. He Was 16 When He Entered The Society Of Jesus, And His Instructors Successively En Trusted To Him The Chairs Of Polite Letters, Rhetoric, Philosophy And Moral Theology. In ...
Bourdon De Loise
Bourdon De L'oise, Lwaz, Francois Louis, French Revolutionist: B. Saint Remy, About 1750; D. Cayenne, Guiana, After 1797. He Figured In The Attack On The Tuileries, 10 Aug. 1792, And Did Much To Bring To Pass The Execu Tion Of The King And The Fall Of The Girondists, But From ...
Bourges
Bourges, Boorzh, France, Capital Of The Department Of Cher, 12i Miles South Of Paris, On The Canal Of Berry And The Central Railroad, In An Extensive Plain At The Confluence Of The Auron And The Nrevrette. When The Romans Invaded Gaul It Was Known As Avaricum, The Capital Of Biturigescubi. ...
Bourget
Bourget, Paul, French Novelist: B. Amiens, 2 Sept. 1852. After A Brilliant Course At The Lyceum Of Clermont-ferrand, Where His Father Was Professor Of Mathematics, And The College Of Sainte Barbe, He Graduated With High Honors In 1872. He Began To Write In 1873, But It Was 10years Before He ...
Bourne
Bourne, Francis Cardinal, English Catholic Clergyman: B. Clapham, 23 March 1861. His Father Was A Convect To The Church, And The Future Archbishop Was Educated At Ushaw; At Old Hall, Ware; At Saint Sulpice, Paris, And At Louvain University. He Was Or Dained In 1884 By Bishop Coffin And Spent ...
Bourrienne
Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Psalmlet De, French Historian And Diplomatist: B. Sens, 9 July 1769; D. Caen, 7 Feb. 1834. He Was Educated With Bonaparte At The School Of Brienne, Where A Close Intimacy Sprang Up Be Tween Them. On Their Separation In 1785. When Bonaparte Set Out To Attend The ...
Bouterwek
Bouterwek, Friedrich, German Philosopher: B. 15 April 1766, At Oker, A Village Not Far From Goslar, In North Ger Many; D. Gottingen, 9 Aug. 1828. He Was At First A Follower Of Kant But Finally Attached Himself To Jacobi. In 1791 He Became Lecturer At Gottingen And Six Years Later ...
Bouts
Bouts, Dierick Or Thierry, Early Dutch Painter: B. Haarlem, Probably About 1420; D. Louvain, 6 May 1475. For A Long Time He Was Confused With A Contemporary Painter Of Lou Vain Named Stuerbouts, But Recent Studies Have Disentangled The Two Personalities. It Is Thought That Bouts May Have Studied With ...
Boves
Boves, Jose Tomas, Military Adventurer In Spanish America; D. 5 Dec. 1814. At The Age Of 30 He Was Employed As A Naval Officer To Guard The American Coast, But Betrayed His Trust, And Was Condemned And Imprisoned. After His Release, He Joined The Royal Forces, But Began To Wage ...
Bovidie
Bovidie, One Of The Most Extensive And Important Families Of Mammals, Charater Ized Pre-eminently By The Possession Of Hollow Persistent Horns In Both Sexes, And The Form Of Digestive Apparatus Which Involves Chewing The Cud. The Family Consists Of The Large Herbivorous Animals With Cloven Hoofs, Which Are Most Prominent ...
Bow Porcelain
Bow Porcelain. England's First Por Celain Factory Was Established, At Stratford-le Bow, In The Outskirts Of London At That Time Probably As Early As 1730. From 1744 To 175 It Would Appear, From Documentary Evidence, That This Ware Was Made From Unaker (an Im Ported American Clay) And Glass. In ...
Bowdich
Bowdich, Bou'dich, Thomas Edward, African Traveler, One Of The Victims Of The At Tempts To Explore The Interior Of The Dark Con Tinent: B. Bristol, June 1791; D. 10 Jan. 1824. He Was Sent To Oxford, But Was Never Regularly Matriculated. At An Early Age He Married, And Engaged In ...
Bowditch
Bowditch, Nathaniel, American Mathe Matician: B. Salem, Mass., 26 March 1773; D. Boston, 16 March 1838. The Son Of A Cooper He Went To School Till 10 Years Of Age, When He Entered His Father's Shop. Later He Was Appren Ticed To The Ship Chandlery Business, Which He Followed Till ...
Bowdoin
Bowdoin, Bediin, James, American Statesman: B. Boston, 8 Aug. 1727; D. There, 6 Nov. 1790. Graduating From Harvard In 1745, He Inherited In 1747 A Large Fortune From His Father, A Wealthy Merchant, And Was Thus Pro Vided With Means To Gratify His Taste For Scientific Investigation. In 1751 He ...
Bowen
Bowen, Francis, American Educator And Author: B. Charlestown, Mass., 8 Sept. 1811; D. Cambridge, Mass., 21 Jan. 1890. He Was Graduated From Harvard In 1833, And For A Time Taught Mathematics In Phillips-exeter Academy. He Became Instructor In Natural Philosophy And Political Economy At Harvard, 1835; Studied In Europe, 1839-41, ...
Bower
Bower, Frederick Orpen, English Botan Ist: B. Ripon, 4 Nov. 1855. He Was Educated At Repton And Trinity College, Cambridge, And Has Been Regius Professor Of Botany At Glasgow University Since 1885. His Works Include Of Practical Instruction In Botany' (3d Ed., 1891) ; Botany For Be Ginners> (1894) ; ...
Bowring
Bowring, Sts John, English Statesman And Linguist: B. Exeter, 17 Oct. 1792; D. There, 23 Nov. 1872. While Still Very Young He En Tered A Business House In His Native Town And In 1811 Became Clerk To A London Firm, On Whose Business He Traveled To Spain. Soon Afterward He ...
Bows And Arrows
Bows And Arrows. These Weapons Were Used For Distant Attack And For Hunting. Bows Are Differentiated Into Two Classes: Sim Ple And Composite, According To Whether They Are Composed Of One Piece Or Made Up Of Sev Eral Parts Or Pieces. The History Of Bows And Arrows Dates Back To ...
Bowser
Bowser, William John, British Colum Bia Statesman: B. Rexton, N. 3 Dec. 1867. He Was Educated At Mount Alison Academy And At Dalhousie University, Halifax, N. S.; Became A Barrister Of New Brunswick In 1890; Removed To British Columbia And Qualified In That Province In 1891. He Was Elected As ...
Boxers
Boxers (and Boxer Rebellion), The Name Given To The Members Of A Powerful Secret Society In China. Its Avowed Object Is The Driving Out From China Of All Europeans Or Other Foreigners. The Chinese Name For The Association Is I-ho-ch'uanwhich Is Variously Rendered In English. Tice Active Efforts Of American ...
Boxing
Boxing, As Now Practised And Popularly Defined, Is A Contest Of Skill, Endurance And Pluck Between Two Contestants Striking At Each Other With The Closed Hand, Or Fist, Covered With A Soft Leather Glove Stuffed With Horsehair. Contests Of This Nature In Various Forms Are Probably Coeval With Man. The ...