Burlington
Burlington, Iowa, City And County Seat Of Des Moines County, 206 Miles West Southwest Of Chicago On The West Bank Of The Mississippi River At The Intersection Of The Chicago, Burlington And Quincy, The Chicago, Rock Island, And Pacific, The Muscatine North And South And The Toledo, Peoria, And Western ...
Burlington_2
Burlington, Vt., City, Port Of Entry And County-seat Of Chittenden County, On Lake Champlain And The Central Vermont And Rut Land Railroads, 40 Miles Northwest Of Mont Pelier. It Has A Very Large Lake Commerce And Manufactories Of Lumber, Cotton And Woolen Goods, Furniture, Boxes, Refrigerators, Brushes, Paper, Toys, Medicines ...
Burma
Burma, India, The Largest Province Of British India, On The East Side Of The Bay Of Bengal, At One Time Formed The Greater Portion Of A Native Kingdom Or Empire, Which Is Said To Have Extended From Lat. 9° To 26° N., And From Long. 92° To 104° E. Its ...
Burnes
Burnes, Sit Alexander, Scottish Soldier And Traveler: H. Montrose 1805; D. Cabul, 2 Nov. 1841. Having Obtained A Cadetship, He Fouled The Bombay •native Infantry In 1821; Here His Proficiency In Hindustani And Persian Procured Him Two Regimental Appointments As Interpreter, And Contributed Greatly To His Promotion. In 1830 He ...
Burnet
Burnet, Gilbert, British Prelate And His Torian : B. Edinburgh, 18 Sept. 1643; D. London, 15 Maid' 1715. Having Graduated At Marischal College, Aberdeen, He Zealously Devoted Him Self To The Study Of Law And Divinity. In 1661 He Qualified As A Probationer In The Church, And Traveled Into Holland ...
Burnet_2
Burnet, Thomas, English Divine And Philosopher: B. Croft, Yorkshire, About 1635; D. London, 27 Sept. 1715. He Was Educated Under Dr. Ralph Cudworth At Cambridge, And Afterward Traveled As Tutor To Several Young Noblemen. In 1681 He Made Himself Known By His Theoria Sacra,' Which He Subse Quently Translated Into ...
Burnouf
Burnouf, Eugene, French Orientalist : B. Paris, 12 Aug. 1801; D. There, 28 May 1852. He Commenced His Studies At The College Of Louis-le-grand, Became A Pupil In The &wt. Des Chartes In 1822, Passed As A Lawyer In 1824 And Soon After Devoted Himself To The Study Of Oriental ...
Burns
Burns, Anthony, American Fugitive Slave: B. Virginia, About 1830; D. Saint Catherine's, Ontario, 27 July 1862. Escaping From Slavery He Worked In Boston During The Winter Of 1853-54; But On 24 May 1854— The Day After The Repeal Of The Missouri Compromise And The Passing Of The Kansas-nebraska Bill Had ...
Burns
Burns, Robert, Scottish Poet : B. Near Ayr, Scotland, 25 Jan. 1759; D. Dumfries, 21 July 1796. His Father, William Burnes Or Burness, A Native Of Kincardineshire, Had Been A Gar Dener, But At The Time Of The Poet's Birth Was A Nurseryman On A Small Piece Of Land On ...
Burnside
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, American Soldier: B. Liberty, Ind., 23 May 1824; D. Bris Tol, R. I., 13 Sept. 1881. He Served An Appren Ticeship To A Tailor, But Received A Nomination To West Point, Where He Was Graduated In 1847. After Serving Some Years In Garrison Duty, He Left The ...
Burr
Burr, Aaron, American Statesman: B. Newark, N. J. (son Of The Preceding), 6 Feb. 1756; D. Port Richmond, Staten Island, 14 Sept. 1836. Before He Was Three Years Old His Parents Died, Leaving Him A Considerable Estate. He Entered The Sophomore Class Of Princeton College In 1769, And Was Graduated ...
Burroughs
Burroughs, John, American Essayist And Literary Naturalist: B. Roxbury, N. 3 April 1837. In His Youth He Taught School For About 10 Years; He Began Early To Write For The Magazines; In 1863 He Became Clerk In The Treasury Department At Washington, D. C., Where He Worked For 10 Years, ...
Burton
Burton, John Hill, Scottish Historian: B. Aberdeen, 22 Aug. 1809; D. 10 Aug. 1881. He Was Educated At The Grammar School And Marischal College In That City. He Studied Law And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1831. He Never Succeeded In Gaining Much Practice And Soon Turned His Attention ...
Burton_2
Burton, Six Richard Francis, English Traveler, Linguist And Author: B. Barham House, Hertfordshire, 19 March 1821; D. Trieste, Aus Tria, 20 Oct. 1890. He Was Educated At Oxford With The Intention Of Entering The Church, But In Deference To His Own Urgent Request His Father Obtained A Commission For Him ...
Bury Saint Edmunds
Bury Saint Edmunds, England, Parliamentary And Municipal Borough In West Suffolk, Situated On The Lark, 26 Miles North West Of Ipswich. It Contains Two Fine Churches, Those Of Saint James And Saint Mary. Among Other Buildings A Shire-hall, A Guild-hall, A Corn Exchange, Athenaeum With Library, Etc. Agricul Tural Implements ...
Bushbuck
Bushbuck, Any Of Several African Ante Lopes, Frequenting Thickets And Bushy Regions. The Name Applies Especially To The Diminutive Antelopes Of The Genus Cephalolophus, Which The Dutch Of South Africa Called Muykers° (q.v.). These Include The Smallest Members Of Their Race, Some Of Them Standing Only 13 Inches High At ...
Bushnell
Bushnell, Horace, American Theolo Gian: B. Litchfield, Conn., 14 April 1802; D. Hartford, 17 Feb. 1876. He Was Graduated At Yale In 1827, Engaged In Journalistic And Edu Cational Work, Then Studied Law And Theology At Yale, Where For A Time He Was Tutor, And In 1833 He Began His ...
Bussu Palm
Bussu Palm, A Plant (manicaria Suc Cifera), Common In The Swamps Of Northern Brazil. Though It Rarely Exceeds 15 Feet In Height, It Has Huge Leaves, Said To Be The Largest Undivided Leaves Produced By Any Palm, Even Reaching 30 Feet M Length By 4 Or 5 Feet In Width. ...
Bustards
Bustards, A Family Of Game Birds (otidida') Of The Old World, Which, However, Are Not Gallinaceous, But Are Related In Structure On The One Hand To The Cranes, And On The Other To The Plovers. They Are Inland Birds, Haunting Dry, Grassy And Sandy Plains, And In The More Settled ...
Butcher
Butcher, Samuel Henry, Irish Classical Scholar: B. Dublin, 16 April 1850; D. 29 Dec. 1910. He Was Educated At Marlborough Col Lege, And Trinity College, Cambridge, And Was A Lecturer At University College, Oxford, 1876 82. From 1882-1903 He Was Professor Of Greek In The University Of Edinburgh, And In ...
Bute
Bute, John Stuart (3d Earl Or), British Statesman: B. Edinburgh, 25 May 1713; D. 10 March 1792. His Grandfather Was Created A Peer In 1703, And The Family Was Connected With The Royal Stuart Line. In 1737 He Entered Parlia Ment As One Of The Scottish Representative Peers, But Was ...
Butler
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, American Lawyer And Soldier: B. Deerfield, N. H., 5 Nov. 1818; D. Washington, D. C., 11 Jan. 1893. He Was Graduated At Waterville College (now Colby University); Studied Law,. Was Admitted To The Bar In 1841, And Beginning Practice At Lowell, Mass., Became Distinguished As A Crim ...
Butler_2
Butler, Charles, English Roman Cath Olic Historian: B. London. 15 Aug. 1750; D. There, 2 June 1832. He Was Nephew Of The Rev. Alban Butler (q.v.). He Was Called To The Bar In 1791, And Was The First Roman Catholic Who Was Admitted, After The Passing Of The Relief Bill ...
Butler_3
Butler, James (duke Of Ormonde), English Statesman: B. London, 19 Oct. 1610; D. Kingston Hall, Dorsetshire, 21 July 1688. When Strafford Became Lord-lieutenant Of Ireland, Butler Was Made Commander Of The Army, But As It Consisted Of Only 1000 Men, And He Was Overruled By The Lords Justices, He Could ...
Butler_4
Butler, Joseph, English Philosopher And Theologian : B. Wantage, Berkshire, England, 1692; D. 1752. Although Reared A Presbyterian, He Became A Member Of The Episcopal Church, And Entered Oriel College, Oxford, In 1714. After Receiving His Degree He Took Orders And Was Appointed Preacher At The Rolls Chapel, Where He ...
Butler_5
Butler, Nicholas Murray, American Educator: B. Elizabeth, N. J., 2 April 1862. In 1882 He Was Graduated At Columbia University With The Highest Honors. In 1882-84 He Served As Fellow In Philosophy And Studied In Berlin And Paris For One Year. In 1885 He Became Assistant Professor Of Philosophy And ...
Butler_6
Butler, William Orlando, American General: B. Jessamine County, Ky., 1791; D. Carrollton, Ky., 6 Aug. 1880. He Was About Devoting Himself To The Legal Profession When The War Of 1812 Broke Out. Enlisting As A Private Soldier In Captain Hart's Company Of Kentucky Volunteers He Gained Distinction In The Battles ...
Butte
Butte, But, Mont., City And County-seat Of Silverbow County, On The Great Northern, The Northern Pacific, The Chicago, Milwaukee And Saint Paul And Other Railroads. It Is On The High Plateau Between The Rocky Mountains And The Bitter Root Mountains, 5,800 Feet Above The Sea-level. The City Is Well-built, The ...
Butter
Butter, A Product Of Milk,' Particularly Cow's Milk, Consisting Chiefly Of Its Fatty Con Stituent. It Is Obtained By Churning Or Other Wise Violently Agitating Milk Or Its Cream, And Working The Product To Remove Water And Other Constituents. Butter Fat Is Not A Simple Fat, But Is A Mixture ...
Butter Tree
Butter-tree, Various Tropical Or Sub Tropical Trees Of Different Genera And Even Families. Their Seeds Yield Fixed Oils Which Resemble Butter And Are Similarly Used Or Are Employed For Lighting. The Leading Group Is Perhaps The Genus Butyrospermum Of The Family Sapotacee. Of This Genus The Best-known Species Are B. ...
Butterfly
Butterfly, One Of The Day-flying Lepi Doptera Of The Sub-order Rhopalocera (compare Morn). This Group Is Distinguished From The Moths By The Slender, Knobbed Antenna, Which Are Never Hairy Or Pectinated. The Body Is Small, But There Is A Greater Equality In The Size Of The Three Regions (head, Thorax ...
Button
Button, A Small Circular Disc Or Knob Of Mother Of Pearl, Horn, Metal Or Other Material, With A Shank Or Perforations Through Its Centre For Attachment To An Object, And Made To Fit Into A Hole Formed In Another One For Its Re Ception, The Two Fastening The Objects Together. ...
Buttress
Buttress, In Architecture, A Structure Of Masonry Used To Resist The Thrust Of An Arch Or Vault. It Takes The Form Of A Great Proportion Ate Thickening Of The Walls At The Point Where The Thrust Affects The Wall, The Thickness Some Times Increasing Until The Mass Of Masonry Is ...
Byington
Byington, Cyrus, Missionary Among The Indian: B. At Stockbridge, Mass., 11 March 1793; D. Belpre, Ohio, 31 Dec. 1868. His Early Educational Advantages Were Limited, But In His Youth He Was Taken Into The Home Of Joseph Woodbridge In His Native Town, Under Whose Tuition He Studied Latin And Greek ...
Byles
Byles, Mather, American Clergyman: B. Boston, 26 March 1706; D. There, 5 July 1788. He Was Graduated At Harvard In 1725; Was Ordained To The Ministry In 1733 And Was Placed Over The Church In Hollis Street, In Boston, In The Year 1733, And Obtained A Distinguished Posi Tion Among ...
Byron
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Lord, Eng Lish Poet: B. London, 22 Jan. 17:: ; D. Misso Longhi, Greece, 19 April 1824. He Was The Son Of 'wad Jack Byron,' A Good-looking, Profligate Soldier, Who First Married The Divorced Marchioness Of Carmarthen, And Had By Her A Daughter Augusta, Later Mrs. ...
Byrons Letters
Byron's Letters. The Letters Of Lord Byron Are Numerous. In Moore's
Byzantine Architecture
Byzantine Architecture Desig Nates The Style And Type Of Architecture Which Were Developed In The Byzantine Empire After The Fall Of Rome, And Which Spread Thence Westward Into Italy And Northward Into What Is Now Russia, Where It Still Persists In Atten Uated And Almost Grotesque Form. The Pic Torial ...
Byzantine Art
Byzantine Art. The Style Which Pre Vailed In The Byzantine Or Eastern Roman Em Pire As Long As It Existed (330-1453) And Which Has Prevailed Since In Greece, In The Balkan Peninsula And In Rumania, Southern Russia And Armenia, With Other Parts Of Asia Minor. Byzantine Art Is Divided Into ...
Byzantine Literature
Byzantine Literature. Byzan Tine Literature Comprises The Writings Of The Greeks From Constantine The Great (324 A.d.) To The Fall Of The Byzantine Empire (1453). The Period, However, Down To The Time Of Justinian (527) Is Generally Regarded As Be Longing To The Ancient Greek Literature. The Byzantine Literature Does ...
Byzantium
Byzantium, Bi-zin'shi•iim, The Name Of The City Of Constantinople Before Its Name Was Changed By Constantine The Great. It Was Founded By A Colony Of Greeks From Megara, Who, Under A Leader Named Byzas, Settled On What Seemed A Favorable Spot At The Entrance To The Thracian Bosporus, In 658 ...
Byzantium
Byzantium, Bank Of. In The Remotest Historical Times Byzantium Was Not Only A City Of Commercial Importance, It Was The Feeder To Ilion, Tyre And Carthage, And The Port Through Which Flowed Not Merely The Envied Products Of The Orient, But Also Its Science, Its Art And Its Delusions. It ...
Bzovius
Bzovius, Abraham (pol. Bente/ski), Polish Scholar And Divine: B. Proszowice, Near Miechow, 1567; D. Rome, 31 Jan. 1637. At The Request Of Pope Paul V, He Spent Several Years Of The Latter Part Of His Life In The Vatican, As Librarian Of The Virginio Dei Ursini, And Actively Engaged In ...
Caaba
Caaba. See Kaaba. One Of Several Species Of Porpoise-like Cetaceans Of The Killer Family (orcida'), Characterized By Its Globose Head; Properly Globiocephalus Melas, Of The North Atlantic Ocean. It Is From 16 To 24 Feet Long, 10 Feet In Diameter At Its Thickest Part And Weighs Between 5,000 And 6,000 ...
Caballero
Caballero, Pertain, Lya'ro, Pseudonym Of Cecilia Bohl Von Faber, Spanish Novelist, Daughter Of A German Who Settled In Spain And Married A Spanish Lady: B. Morges, Near Lausanne, Switzerland, 25 Dec. 1796; D. Seville, 7 April 1877. Brought Up In Germany, She Went To Cadiz With Her Father In 1813. ...
Cabbage
Cabbage, A Biennial Plant, Too Well Known To Need Description, And Constituting One Of The Most Valuable Classes Of Vegetables. The Brassie(' Oleracea, The Original Species From Which The Numerous Varieties Of Cultivated Cab Bages Are Derived, Although In A Wild State Very Remote In Appearance From The Full, Round ...
Cabeiri
Cabeiri, Ka-brri, Or Cabiri, Heroes I Or Divinities, Venerated By The Ancients Samo Thrace, Lemnos, And In Different Parts Of The Coasts Of Greece, Phoenicia And Asia Minor, As The Authors Of Religion And The Founders Of The Human Race. The Multiplicity Of Names Ap Plied To The Same Character, ...
Cabet
Cabet, Icii'-b3', Etienne, French Com Munist: B. Dijon, 2 Jan. 17::; D. Saint Louis Mo., 9 Nov. 1856. He Was Brought Up For The Bar, And Was Appointed Attorney-general Of Cor Sica, From Which Office, However, He Was Soon Dismissed. He Was Sent To The Chamber Of Deputies In July ...
Cabeza De Vaca
Cabeza De Vaca, Ka-ba'th4 Dri Valca, Alvar Nunez, Spanish Explorer: B. Jerez De La Frontera 1490; D. About 1564. He Was Sec Ond In Command In The Ill-fated Expedition Of Panfilo De Narvaez To Florida In 1528. After The Loss Of Their Commander, Cabeza De Vaca, With A Few Survivors, ...
Cabinet And Cabinet Govern
Cabinet And Cabinet Govern Ment. The Word Cabinet Was Originally Ap Plied To The Small Chambers, Closets Or Private Apartments In Which Sovereigns, Ministers And Other High Officials Consulted Their Trusted Ad Visers. In Modern Times, Where Used In Connec Tion With Governmental Affairs, The Word Is A Collective Name ...
Cable
Cable, George Washington, American Novelist And Miscellaneous Writer: B. New Or Leans, La., 12 Oct. 1844. His Father Died When He Was 14 Years Of Age, And He Had To Leave School And Seek Employment As A Clerk In Order To Assist In The Support Of His Mother And Sis ...
Cable
Cable, Submarine Specially Con Structed Ropes Of Wire, Hemp And Gutta-percha, Or Other Waterproofing And Protecting Materials, Laid On Ocean Or River Beds For The Purpose Of Providing Means Of Electrical Communication Across Large Bodies Of Water. Until The Discovery Of Gutta-percha Such Communication Was Impossible, As Water Is So ...
Cable_2
Cable, A Large, Strong Rope Or Iron Chain Used As A Mooring Tie. The Term Is Most Frequently Used In Its Nautical Sense To Desig Nate The Means By Which A Ship Is Connected With Her Anchor. The Large Ropes Used For Towing, Or For Making A Vessel Fast To ...
Cabot
Cabot, John, Or Giovanni Caboto (in The Venetian Dialect, Zuan Caboto), An Italian Navigator In English Employ; The Dis Coverer Of The Continent Of North America. On 5 March 1496 He Was Given By Henry Vii Of England Letters Patent Authorizing Him To Take Possession Of Any Countries He Might ...
Cabot_2
Cabot, Sebastian, English Navigator: B. Bristol, About 1474; Other Authorities Say 1477; D. London 1557. He Was The Son Of John Cabot (q.v.). Sebastian Was Early Instructed In The Mathematical Knowledge Required By A Seaman, And At The Age Of 17 Had Made Several Voyages. In 1496 John Cabot Obtained ...
Cabrera
Cabrera, Ramon, Carlist General: B. Tortosa, Catalonia, 31 Aug. 1806; D. Went Worth, England, 24 May 1877. He Was Brought Up For The Clerical Profession, For Which, How Ever, He Was Unfitted By His Love Of Pleasure And Dissipation. When Civil War Broke Out Be Tween The Partisans Of Don ...
Caceres
Caceres, Andres Avelino, Peruvian Military Officer And Statesman : B. Ayacucho, In Southern Peru, 10 Nov. 1836; D. 20 Nov. 1911. While Still Young He Was Actively Engaged In Political Strife, Serving As An Officer Under Castilla And Prado, And When The Latter Was Overthrown Was Imprisoned For A Year. ...
Cactus
Cactus, The Common Name For All Mem Bers Of The Family Cactacea', A Group Of Dicoty Ledons, Found In Luxuriance In The Arid Sections Of North And South America. Like The Water Melon, They Have The Faculty Of Absorbing A Vast Bulk Of Water, Making The Stems Most Suc Culent. ...
Cadastral Survey F
Cadastral Survey (f. Cadastre, From It. Catastro, From Low Lat. Capitastrum, °a Register For A Poll-tax"; Lat. Caput, °the Head"), A Territorial Survey In Which Objects Are Represented In Their True Relative Positions And Magnitudes. A Cadastral Survey Differs From A Topographical One, In Not Magnifying The Principal Objects. It ...
Cadet
Cadet, Ka-dee, A Word Having Several Significations. It Is Of French Origin, And Was Written Capdet In The 15th Centuty, From Caps Tetto, Little Chief, Inferior Head Of A Family. Fr. Pron. Kii-de. 1. A Younger Son Of A Family; That Is, One Junior To The Eldest Or Heir By ...
Cadiz
Cadiz, Ici'deth Or Ka-diz (anciently Gades), A Seaport And One Of The Handsomest Cities In Spain, 95 Miles South-southwest Of Seville By Rail, Is Situated At The Extremity Of A Long Tongue Of Land Projecting From The Isla De Leon, Off The Southwestern Coast Of Andalusia. The Narrowness Of The ...
Cadmium
Cadmium, A Metallic Element Resembling Zinc In Its Chemical Properties, And Discovered By Stromeycr In 1817, In A Specimen Of Zinc Carbonate. Cadmium Often Occurs In Ores Of Zinc To A Small Extent, Blende Sometimes Con Taining As Much As 3 Per Cent Of Cadmium Sul Phide. The Commercial Supply ...
Cadmus
Cadmus, In Greek Mythology The Son Of Agenor And Grandson Of Poseidon. With His Brothers He Was Sent By His Father To Seek For His Sister, Europa, Who Had Been Carried Away By Zeus, And He Was Not To Return Without Her. After Several Adventures, The Oracle At Delphi Commanded ...
Cadorna
Cadorna, Ki-dor-na, Luigi, Count, Italian General, Son Of General Count Raffaele Cadorna: B. 1'allanza 1850. After Receiving His Early Education At A Cadet School He Passed The Staff College And Was Attached To His Father's Staff In 1870 When The Latter — A Bril Liant Soldier—led The Italian Army Into ...
Caen
Caen, Kin, France, Town In The Depart Ment Of Calvados, And The Ancient Capital Of Normandy, 125 Miles Northwest Of Pans, And About Nine Miles From The Mouth Of The Orne, Which Is Here Navigable And Crossed By Several Bridges. There Is A Dock Connected With The Sea By Both ...
Caesalpinus
Caesalpinus, Andreas, Or Andrea Cesalpino, Italian Physiologist: B. Arezzo, Italy, 1519; D. 23 Feb. 1603. He Is First Men Tioned In Public Life As A Professor Of Botany In The University Of Pisa. He Was Subsequently Made Chief Physician To Clement Vii, And Lived During The Remainder Of His Life ...
Caesar
Caesar, Gaius Julius, The Greatest Repre Sentative Of The Genius Of Rome, A Man Of Con Summate Ability Alike As A General, A Construc Tive Statesman And A Writer. He Was Born, Ac Cording To All The Ancient Authorities, 12 July 100 A.c., But Mommsen, In His 'history Of Rome,' ...
Caesarea
Caesarea, Ses-a-rea, The Ancient Name Of Many Cities: (1) Cesare:a P H Ilippi, Or Paneas (deriving Its Second Name From The Local Deity, Pan, To Whom The Neighboring Grotto, The Source Of The River Jordan, Was Dedicated), Named After Philip, Tetrarch Of Galilee, Son Of Herod The Great, Who Founded ...
Caesium
Caesium, Se'zi-um, A Metallic Element Dis Covered In 1860 By Bunsen And Kirchhoff, In The Form Of The Chloride, In A Mineral Spring At Diarkheim, Bavaria. It Has The Historic Dis Tinction Of Being The First Element Discovered By The Agency Of The Spectroscope. The Metal Is Widely Disseminated, But ...
Cagayan
Cagayan, Ka-ga-yan', An Island Of The Philippine Group; The Largest Of Six Small Islets, Known As The Cagayan-sulu Group. It Is Five Miles Wide And Eight Miles Long. Pop. About 3,500. There Are Mountains Attaining A Height Of 1,100 Feet. The Chief Products Are Tobacco And Sugar. There Are Pearl ...
Cagliostro
Cagliostro, Alessandro (count Of) (real Name Giuseppe Balsamo), Italian Charlatan : B. Palermo, 8 June 1743; D. Saint Leon, Italy, 26 Aug. 1795. He Entered The Order Of The Brothers Of Mercy, Where He Found An Opportunity To Cultivate His Talents For Medical Science, By Which He Afterward Dis Tinguished ...
Cagots
Cagots, Ica-a, A Race Or Caste Of Men, Living In The South Of France In The Region Of The Pyrenees, Regarded As Pariahs Or Social Outcasts. In Former Ages They Were Shut Out From Society As Lepers, Cursed As Heretics And Abhorred As Cannibals; Their Feet Were Bored With An ...
Caillie
Caillie, Ka-ya, Rene, French Traveler: B. Manx& Poitou, France, 19 Sept. 1709; D. Paris, 8 May 1838. He Became An African Traveler Early In His Career, Obtaining His Liv Ing By Trading With The Moors, Who Taught Him Arabic. On His Travels He Dressed In Arabic Style And Passed As ...
Cairo
Cairo, Ki'ro (arabic El Kahira, Ethe Victorious," Or Masr El Kahira), Egypt, Capital Of The Country And Largest Town Of Africa, Situ Ated On The Right Bank Of The Nile, About Nine Miles Above The Point Where It Divides To Form The Two Main Branches Of Its Delta. The Town ...
Cairo_2
Cairo, Ill., City, Port Of Entry And County Seat Of Alexander County, Situated At The Junc Tion Of The Mississippi And Ohio Rivers, In The Southernmost Part Of The State, With Ken Tucky On The East And Missouri On The West, 150 Miles Southeast Of Saint Louis, On The Nois ...
Caithness
Caithness, 'ratline's, A Maritime County In The Extreme Northeast Of The Mainland Of Scotland; Area, 686 Square Miles. The Surface Is Generally Level Or Undulating, And There Are Few Hills Of Any Height, Except On The Suther Land Border. Much Of The Surface Is Deep Moss Or Peaty Moor, But ...