Capistrano
Capistrano, Ka-pe-stra'nd, Giovanni Di, Or Capistftanus, Johannes, Saint, Italian Monk: B. Capistrano, A Small Neapolitan Town Of The Abruzzi, 24 June 1386; D. Illock, Slavonia, 23 Oct. 1456. He At First Studied Law, But In His 30th Year, Impelled By A Vision, Entered The Franciscan Order, And Was Soon Distinguished ...
Capital
Capital, In Architecture, The Uppermost Member Of A Column, That Is To Say, A Separate Piece Of Stone Set Upon The Shaft And Supporting An Epistyle Or The Abutment Of An Arch— In Short The Mass Of The Building Which Is Imposed Upon The Column. A Column Must Always Have ...
Capital
Capital. As A Factor In The Mod Ern Economic System Is Wealth, Other Than Land, Which Is Used By Its Owner To Secure An Income Rather Than For Direct Enjoyment. Land As A Natural Agent Is Usually Treated In A Class By Itself, And Is Distinguished From Products Of Human ...
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment (latin Caput, °the Head°; Hence Capitalis, ;pertaining To Or Affecting The Head'; Hence ;affecting The Life'), The Punishment Of Death. The Questions Most Commonly Discussed Byphilosophers And Jurists Under This Head Are: (1) As To The Right Of / Overnments To Inflict The Punishment Of Death; 2) As ...
Capitals
Capitals (majuscule!), The Large Letters Used In Writing And Printing, Most Commonly As The Initial Letters Of Certain Words, Or Of All Words In Certain Positions, And Distinguished From The Small Letters (rninuscula). As Among The Ancient Greeks And Romans, So Also In The Early Part Of The Middle Ages, ...
Capitation
Capitation Is Applied To Anything That Concerns A Number Of Persons Individually. Thus A Capitation Tax Is A Tax Imposed Upon All The Members Of A State, Each Of Whom Has To Pay His Share, And Is Distinguished From Taxes Upon Merchandise, Etc. A Capitation-grant Is A Grant Given To ...
Capitol
Capitol, Now Carnpidoglio, The Citadel Of Ancient Rome, Standing On The Capitoline Hill, The Smallest Of The Seven Hills Of Rome, An Ciently Called The Saturnine And The Tarpeian Rock. It Was Planned And Said To Have Been Be By Tarquinius Priscus, But Not Completed Till After The Expulsion Of ...
Capitol At Washington
Capitol At Washington, The. After The National Capital Had Been Located On The Potomac In 1789, Washington And Maj. P. C. L'enfant Selected Sites For The Public Buildings. On The First Map (1791), The ((con Gress House Is Situated As Now, On A Low Hill Commanding The Best View In ...
Capitulary
Capitulary, (lat. Capitula, "chapters"), A Writing Divided Into Heads Or Chapters, Es Pecially A Law Or Regal Enactment So Divided Into Heads. Laws Known By This Designation Were Promulgated By Childebert, Clothaire, Car Loman And Pepin, Kings Of France; But No Sovereign Seems To Have Put Forth So Many Of ...
Capitulation
Capitulation Oa Writing Drawn Up In Heads'), In Military Language, The Act Of Sur Rendering To An Enemy Upon Stipulated Terms, In Opposition To A Surrender At Discretion. The Word Is Also Used To Designate The Instrument Containing The Terms. The Proposition To Enter Into Such A Compact May Originate ...
Capitulations
Capitulations, Turkish, The Decrees Governing The Privileges And Powers Of Eu Ropeans Resident On Turkish Soil, So Called Ap Patently For The Reason That They Were Divided Into Articles Or Chapters. After 1453 Such Privileges Were Frequently Granted By The Sultans; They Were Personal Grants, However, And Valid Only For ...
Capmany Y De Montpalau
Capmany Y De Montpalau, Kip Mi-ne E Antonio De, Spanish Critic And Historian : B. Barcelona, 24 Nov. 1742; D. Cadiz, 14 Nov. 1813. He Served In The Wars With Portugal In 1762, Left The Army In 1770 And Joined Olavide In His Scheme For Colonizing And Cultivating The Sierra ...
Capo Distrias
Capo D'istrias, Ki-pd-des'-tre-as, Or Capo D'istria, Ioannes Antonios, Count, Greek Statesman: B. Corfu, 11 Feb. 1776; D. Nauplia, 9 Oct. 1831. His Family Had Been Settled In Corfu Since 1373, But Originally Came From The Illyrian Town Of Capo D'istria. He Devoted Himself To Political Life, And In 1809, After ...
Cappadocia
Cappadocia, Icap-pa-do'shl-a, In An Tiquity, One Of The Most Important Provinces In Asia, Once A Famous Kingdom; In Its Widest Extent Bounded West By Lycaonia, South By Cilicia And Syria, East By Armenia And North By The Pontus Euxinus. In The Period Of The Persian Government Cappadocia Comprehended All The ...
Capri
Capri, Kr-pre, Italy, An Island In The Beautiful Gulf Of Naples, Which Contributes Not A Little To The Charms Of This Favorite Scene Of Nature. Capri, Five Miles Long And Three Broad, Lies At The Entrance Of The Gulf, And Consists Of Two Mountains Of Limestone, Remarkable For Their Picturesque ...
Caprification
Caprification, The Fertilization Of The Flowers Of The Smyrna Fig With Pollen Derived From The Wild Fig, Or Caprifig. From Time Im Memorial It Has Been The Custom Of Orientals To Break Off The Fruits Of The Caprifig, Bring Them To The Edible-fig Trees And Tie Them To The Limbs. ...
Capsicum
Capsicum, A Genus Of Plants Of The Or Der Solanacecr, Consisting Of Annual Or Biennial Plants, Bearing Membranous Pods Containing Several Seeds, Noted For Their Hot, Pungent Qualities. C. Annuum, A Native Of South Amer Ica, Furnishes The Fruits Known As Chillies. These, As Well As The Fruits Of C. ...
Capstan
Capstan (fr. Cabestan, Probably From A Derivative Of Lat. Capistrum, A Halter, From Capere, To Hold), An Apparatus Largely Used On Ships For Moving Heavy Weights And By Various Methods For The Application Of Power. Con Structed On The Mechanical Principle Of The Wheel And Axle, Its Axis, Unlike That ...
Captivi
Captivi, Cap-te'-ve ('the A Comedy Of Plautus, Declared By Lessing To Be The Finest Piece That Had Ever Been Put Upon The Stage. Such An Estimate, Even From So Great A Literary Critic, Savors Rather Of Enthu Siasm Than Of Judgment. But The Play Has Unusual Merits. The Plot, While ...
Capua
Capua, Ica'poo-i, Italy, City In The Prov Ince Of Caserta, 18 Miles North Of Naples, On The Volturno, Which Is Crossed By A Handsome Bridge. The District Is Very Fertile, But Some What Unhealthy. It Is The Seat Of An Archbish Opric, And Was The Principal Fortress That Cov Ered ...
Capuchins
Capuchins, An Order Of Mendicant Friars In The Roman Catholic Church Founded In 1528 In Virtue Of A Bull Of Clement Vii. Its Founder, Matteo Di Bassi, Was A Member Of The Rigorist Section Of The Observantine Franciscans, Who Sought To Restore The Rule Of Perfect Poverty And Humility, And ...
Car Building Industry
Car Building Industry. The Memory Of Men Still Living Is Sufficiently Elastic To Stretch Back To The Beginnings Of Steam Rail Roads In This Country, And To Comprehend The Various Changes By Which The Modern Railway Has Become A Highly Organized And Elaborately Equipped Mechanism. We Borrowed The Rail Way ...
Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela, City And Capital Of The United States Of Venezuela, Was Founded In 1567 By Diego De Lazada, Who Called The City Santiago De Leon. But In Popular Usage A More Distinctive Name Was Adopted— That Of The Ca Racas Tribe Of Indians, Formerly Inhabiting The Valley In Which ...
Caravaggio
Caravaggio, Icii-ri-vad'a Michel Angelo Merisio (or Merisi) Da, Italian Painter: B. Caravaggio, In The Milanese, 1569; D. Near Porto Ercole 1609. He Was At First A Journey Man Mason, But Soon Applied Himself To The Study Of Painting, Studied In Milan And Venice, And Afterward Went To Rome Where He ...
Caravan
Caravan, A Persian Word, Used To De Note Large Companies Which Travel Together In Asia And Africa For The Sake Of Security From Robbers, Having In View, Principally, Trade Or Pilgrimages. Such Companies Often Have More Than 1,000 Camels To Carry Their Baggage And Their Goods. These Walk In Single ...
Carbide
Carbide, In Chemistry, A Binary Com Pound Of Carbon With A Metallic Element, Or With Certain Of The Non-metallic Elements. Of The Known Carbides Those Of Iron And Calcium Are Most Important. Carbide Of Iron Occurs In Steel, And Is Undoubtedly Concerned In Some Manner, With The Hardening Of That ...
Carbohydrate
Carbohydrate, In Chemistry, A Com Pound Consisting Of Carbon, Hydrogen And Oxygen, And Having The General Formula C..11.70o. As Will Be Seen, The Number Of Car Bon Atoms In A Carbohydrate Is Always Divisible By Six, And The Oxygen And Hydrogen Are Present In The Same Proportion In Which They ...
Carbolic Acid
Carbolic Acid, A Substance Having A Formula Glis.oh, Possessing Feebly Acid Properties, And Occurring Chiefly In That Part Of The Distillate From Coal-tar Which Passes Over At Temperatures Between 310° And 440° F., Known As The °middle Oils° Or °carbolic Oils.° It Is Also Found In Small Quantity In The ...
Carbolineum
Carbolineum, Derived From The Latin Word Carbo, Coal, Oleum, Oil, To Form A Trade Name For A New Commodity, Is A Distillation From Coal-tar Or Bituminous Shale, Con Taining Phenoloid Hydrocarbons Of A Highly Pre Servative Nature. Extensive Deposits From Which Carbolinuem Is Obtained Are Found In The Grape-growing Countries ...
Carbon
Carbon, A Non-metallic Element, Exist Ing In Nature In Large Quantities, Both In The Free And Combined States. It Exhibits Marked Allotropy, At Least Three Distinctly Different Forms Of It Being Known. These Are (1) Amorphous Carbon; (2) Graphite; And (3) Diamond. Amorphous Carbon Is Formed When Wood Or Coal ...
Carbon Compounds
Carbon Compounds, In Chemistry, Those Compounds Which Contain The Element Carbon. These Are Of Two Classes, The Organic And The Inorganic, The Former Being By Far The Larger And More Important;• So Much So That The Chemistry Of The Carbon Compounds Is Practically Synonymous With 'organic Chem Istry.' Until Within ...
Carbonari
Carbonari, Kir-b6-na're (colliers, Or More Strictly, Charcoal-burners), The Name Of A Large Political Secret Society In Italy. Accord Ing To Botta's 'storia D'italia' The Republicans Fled, Under The Reign Of Joachim (murat), To The Recesses Of The Abruzzi, Inspired With An Equal Hatred Of The French And Of Ferdinand. They ...
Carbonic Acid Gas Carbon
Carbon Dioxide, Carbonic Acid Gas, Or Carbonic Anhydride, Coi, Is Formed Whenever Carbon Is Burned In The Presence Of Excess Of Oxygen Or Air. It Is A Colorless, Odorless Gas About 1.53 Times As Heavy As Air, Bulk For Bulk, And Soluble To A Considerable Extent In Cold Water, Especially ...
Carboniferous
Carboniferous, The Name Applied To The Last Period Of The Paleozoic Era, And To The System Of Rocks Formed During That Period. The Carboniferous Has Been Variously Subdi Vided, The Following Being The Current Usage Of The United States Geological Survey: Permian. Pennsylvanian (coal Measures, Upper Car Boniferous). Mississippian (sub-carboniferous ...
Carborundum
Carborundum, A Trade Name For Silicon Carbide (sic). This Compound Is Produced By Heating Sand And Carbon Together In The Electric Furnace. It Is Characterized By Extreme Hardness, And Its Principal Use Is For Abrasive Purposes, As A Substitute For Corundum And Emery. It Was Discovered In 1891 By E. ...
Carcassonne
Carcassonne, Icir-k;-son', France, Capital Of The Department Of Aude, On Both Sides Of The River Aude And On A Branch Of The Canal Du Midi, 53 Miles South Of Toulouse. It Consists Of An Old And A New Town Which Communicate By A Bridge Of 12 Arches Spanning The River. ...
Carchemish
Carchemish, Kar'kem-ish, An Ancient City On The Euphrates, Formerly Thought To Be The Same As The Roman Circesium, But Now More Generally Located Near Jerabis, A Village On The West Bank Of The Euphrates. The Earliest Known References To Carchemish Are Found In The Cuneiform Texts In The British Museum ...
Card Indexing
Card Indexing, Commercial, The Adaptation Of The Principle Of The Modern Library Card Catalogue To The Multifarious Uses Of Industrial, Mercantile And Commercial Life. Following The Practical American Development And Improvement Of The Various Old-world Principles And Rules Laid Down For The Cata Loguing Of Libraries, And The Establishment After ...
Cardiff
Cardiff, Wales (welsh, Caerdydd, Per Haps The Fortress On The Tad But But Derivation Uncertain), A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, Raised To The Rank Of A City (with The Title Of Lord Mayor For Its Chief Magistrate) By Royal Charter In 1905, A Seaport On The Bristol Channel, The Capital ...
Cardigan
Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, Earl Of, English General: B. Hambleton, 16 Oct. 1797; D. 28 May 1868. He Was Educated At Christ Church, Oxford, And Was Gazetted 6 May 1824, As Cornet In The 8th Royal Irish Hussars, Under The Courtesy Title Of Lord Bru Denell. His Family Influence And ...
Cardinals
Cardinals, College Of, An Ecclesias Tical Body Consisting Of The Highest Dignitaries In The Roman Catholic Church. The Name Car Dinal Is Applied To One Of The Principal Advisers Of The Supreme Pontiff As It Is To The Principal Virtues Or To The Four Points Of The Compass; Etymologically Cardinal ...
Cards
Cards, Pieces Of Cardboard, Oblong In Shape, Bearing Certain Figures And Spots; Spe Cifically, Playing-cards Used In Various Games Of Chance And Skill. Playing-cards Are Prob Ably An Invention Of The East, And Some Assert That The Arabs Or Saracens Learned The Use Of Cards From The Gypsies And Spread ...
Carducci
Carducci, Kar-doo'clie, Giosue, Italian Poet: B. Valdicastello, Tuscany, 27 July 1835; D. Bologna, 15 Feb. 1907. During His Boyhood, Which Was Spent In Tuscany, His Father, A Dis Sipated, Hot-headed Doctor, Was His Only Teacher. An Ardent Admirer Of Manzoni, Latin Literature And The French Revolution, He In Spired His ...
Carey
Carey, William, English Orientalist And Missionary: B. Paulerspury, Northampton Shire, 17 Aug. 1761; D. India, 9 June 1834. He Was Early Apprenticed To A Shoemaker, And Continued To Work At His Trade Till He Was 24. With What Assistance He Could Procure He Acquired Latin, Greek And Hebrew, And Studied ...
Carib
Carib, Icarlb, A Native American Race Which Attained Its Highest Development In The West Indies. Originating In The Valley Of The Orinoco, This Race Spread Along The Coasts, Northward And Southward, To A Great Distance, And Especially From Island To Island Of The Lesser And Greater Antilles And The Bahamas. ...
Caribbean
Caribbean, Kir-i-bean, Sea, A Part Of The Atlantic Ocean Occupying A Basin 750,000 Square Miles In Area, Bounded By South And Central America And The Greater And Lesser Antilles. Its Perimeter Is Wholly Mountainous. Mountain Folds (continued In Submarine Ridges From The Greater Antilles To Honduras) Mark Its Limits On ...
Caribbean_2
Caribbean, American Interests And Diplomatic Relations In The. The United States Has Had A Long Historical Interest In The Caribbean And Its Problems. This Interest Was Early Expressed By The Long Struggle To Obtain Trade With The British West Indies, The Western Desire For A Trade Outlet At The Mouth ...
Caribou
Caribou, Ki-ri-boo, The Name Of Two Or More Species Of Reindeer Inhabiting Canada, Which Are Of Great Importance As A Source Of Food And Clothing To The Natives Of Arctic And Sub-arctic Regions, And Also Are Of Much Inter Est To Sportsmen. The Caribou Is So Completely A Reindeer (q.v.) ...
Caricature And Caricatur Ists
Caricature And Caricatur Ists. A Tendency To Burlesque And Caricature Is A Feeling Deeply Implanted In Human Nature, And It Is One Of The Earliest Talents Displayed By People In A Rude State Of Society. An Ap Preciation Of, And Sensitiveness To, Ridicule, And A Love Of That Which Is ...
Carinthia
Carinthia (ger. Kaawthen), A Duchy And Crownland, Between Lat. 24' And 47° 7' N., And Long. 12° 35' And 10' E., Bounded On The North By Salzburg And Styria, On The East By Styria, On The South By By Camiola And On The West By Italy And Tyrol; Area, 3,986 ...
Carl
Carl, William Crane, American Organist: B. Bloomfield, N. J., 2 March 1865. He Was Educated In Paris Under Alexander Guilmant; Received The Degree Of Mus.d. From The Uni Versity Of New York 1911 — Officier De !in Struction Publique, And Member Of The French Academy Of Music (conferred' By The ...
Carleton
Carleton, William, Irish Novelist And Short-story Writer: B. Prillisk, County Tyrone, 20 Feb. 1794; D. Sandford, 30 Jan. 1869. His Father Was A Farmer On A Small Scale. The Son, Intended For The Priesthood From A Tender Age, Spent His Boyhood In Pursuit Of An Education, And Managed, In Spite ...
Carlos
Carlos, Don, Don Wallas, Infant Of Spain, Son Of Philip Ii And Maria Of Portugal: B. Valladolid, 8 July 1545; D. 1568. He Was Sickly, And One Of His Legs Was Shorter Than The Other. The Extreme Indulgence With Which He Was Educated By Joan, Sister Of The King, Confirmed ...
Carlos De Bourbon
Carlos De Bourbon, Dox Maria Isima, Second Son Of Charles Iv Of Spain And Brother Of Ferdinand Vii: B. 29 March 1788; D. Trieste, 10 March 1855. In 1808 He Was Com Pelled By Napoleon Along With His Brother, Who Had Now Succeeded To The Throne, To Renounce All Claims ...
Carlstadt
Carlstadt, Andreas Rudolf Boden Stein, German Theologian: B. Carlstadt, Fran Conia, 1480; D. Basel, Switzerland, 25 Dec. 1541. He Is Celebrated In The History Of The Reforma Tion For His Fanaticism As Well As His Misfor Tunes. He Studied At Erfurt (1500-03), Cologne (1503) And Wittenberg (1510), Where He Was ...
Carlyle
Carlyle, Thomas, Scotch Essayist, His Torian And Miscellaneous Writer: B. Ecclefe Chan, Near Annandale, In Dumfriesshire, Scot Land, 4 Dec. 1795; D. London, 4 Feb. 1881. Carlyle's Ancestors Were Said To Have Come To Annandale From Carlisle, England, In The Time Of David Ii, But At The Author's Birth The ...
Carman
Carman, Bliss, Canadian Poet And Journalist: B. Fredericton, N. B., 15 April 1861. He Was Educated At The Universities Of New Brunswick, Edinburgh And Harvard. In 1890 He Became Office Editor Of The New York In Dependent, Where He Remained About Two Years; Since Then He Has Had Editorial Positions ...
Carmelites
Carmelites, One Of The Four Mendi Cant Orders Of The Roman Catholic Church ; Its Full Title Is Friars Of Our Lady Of Mount Car Mel. The Order Has, Traditionally, A Very An Cient Origin, But As A Religious Order Approved By The Roman Catholic Church Is Contemporary With The ...
Carmen
Carmen. Merimee's Short Novel,
Carmen_2
Carmen, An Opera Comique In Four Acts By Georges Bizet (libretto By Meilhac And Halivy, Founded On A Tale By Prosper Men Mee) First Produced At Paris On 3 March 1875. Not Only Bizet's Masterpiece, But The Greatest Opera That Has Come Out Of France, Was Not At First A ...
Carnation
Carnation, A . Half-hardy Perennial Herb (dianthus Caryophyllus) Of The Family Silenacecr, A Native Of Southern Europe. It Has More Or Less Erect Stems With Enlarged Joints, Linear Opposite Leaves Covered With A Bloom, And Solitary, Variously Colored, Terminal, Perfumed Flowers, Which Naturally Appear Dur Ing Summer, But Which Are ...
Carneades
Carneades, Greek Philosopher: B. Cyrene, Africa, About 214 B.c. ; D. 129 B.c. The Date Of His Birth Is Uncertain. Cicero States Be Was 90 Years Old At The Time Of His Death, Which Would Place His Date Of Birth In 219 B.c. He Studied First Under Diogenes The Stoic, ...
Carnegie
Carnegie, Andrew, American Iron Master, Manufacturer And Philanthropist: B. Dunfermline, Scotland, 25 Nov. 1835. None Even Of The Mighty Makers Of Their Own Fortunes Began Closer To Absolute Zero; Cer Tainly None Who Have Owed Success Not To Fortunate Speculations, But To Steady Labor, Sagacity And Self-culture, The Natural Working ...
Carnegie Desert Laboratory
Carnegie Desert Laboratory, One Of The Most Important Of All The Many Research Departments Allied With The Carnegie Institution At Washington, Situated Near Tuc Son, Ariz. In Connection With The Department Of Botanical Research, This Laboratory Was Es Tablished In 1903 And Almost At Once Took Its Place Among The ...
Carnegie Endowment For In
Carnegie Endowment For In Ternational Peace, An Institution Created And Maintained By A Fund Of $10,000,000 Set Apart By Andrew Carnegie In 1910. The Purpose Of The Endowment, As Outlined By One Of Its Prominent Active Members, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President Of Columbia University Is 'to Work For The ...
Carnegie Foundation
Carnegie Foundation. The Car Negie Foundation For The Advancement Of Teaching Had Its Inception On 16 April 1905, With A Fund Of $10,000,000. The Act Of Incor Poration Was Passed By Congress And Approved By The President Of The United States On 10 March 1906. The Aim Of This Institution ...
Carnegie Hero Fund
Carnegie Hero Fund. During 1904, Through The Munificence Of Mr. Carnegie, A Fund Called The Carnegie Hero Fund Was Created For Adequately Rewarding Such Persons As Should Perform Deeds Of Heroism Which Would Otherwise Receive No Appreciation Beyond A Possible Paragraph In A Daily Newspaper. Mr. Carnegie Endowed The Fund ...
Carnegie Institution Of Washington
Carnegie Institution Of Washington. This Institution Was Founded By Andrew Carnegie On 28 Jan. 1902, With An Endowment Of $10,000,000 Of Registered 5 Per Cent Bonds; To This Fund He Added $2, 000,000 On 10 Dec. 1907, And $10,000,000 On 19 Jan. 1911. The Institution Was Originally Organ Ized Under ...
Carnegie Yacht
Carnegie Yacht. The Carnegie Is One Of Those Little Known Developments Which Prove, First, How Far From Perfection The Science Of To-day Is, And, On The Other Hand, How Far It Has Advanced Even Within A Quarter Of A Century. The Peculiarity Of This Yacht Is That It Is Non-magnetic; ...
Carniola
Carni'ola (german, Krain ), Austria, A Province With An Area Of 3,856 English Square Miles. It Is Bounded By Carinthia On The North, Styria On The Northeast, Croatia On The East, Southeast And South, And Istria And Garz On The West. It Is Covered With Lofty Mountains, Some Of Which ...
Carnival
Carnival. The Same Views Which Led Men To Propitiate The Higher Invisible Powers By Gifts, Sacrifices And Purifications, Also Intro Duced Fasts, Abstinence From Pleasure, And Pen Ances. By Fast Is Meant An Abstinence From The Usual Means Of Nourishment, In Order To Mortify The Appetites, And Thereby To Propitiate ...
Carnivora
Carnivora, Broadly, Those Animals Which Prey Upon Other Animals; But In A Re Stricted Sense, That Order Of Mammals More Or Less Adapted For Predatory Life And Including Most Animals Popularly Called Beasts Of Prey. To This Order The Cat, Dog, Bear And Seal Be Long. The Head Is Small ...
Carnivora_2
Carnivora, Fossil A Few Remains Of Animals Regarded As Belonging To The Carnivore Have Been Found In Rocks Of Eocene Age, But They Are Extremely Generalized Forms, And Have A Doubtful, If Any, Connection With The Earlier Creodonts (see Ciumeowta). The Miocene Rocks Have Yielded More, But Still Of Very ...
Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous Plants, Plants Of Various Genera Which Subsist Partly Upon Insects And Other Small Animals Which They Entrap In Various Ways. The Apparatus In Each Case Is A Modified Leaf Or Part Of A Leaf, And In Some Cases The Modifications Are So Curious, So Well Adapted To The Use ...
Carnochan
Carnochan, John Murray, American Surgeon, Famous For His Bold And Skilful Operations: B.• Savannah, Ga., 4 July 1817; D. New York, 28 Oct. 1887. He Studied At Edinburgh And At Various European Uni Versities; And Began His Practice In New York In 1847. In 1851 He Became Professor Of Sur ...
Carnot
Carnot, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, French Soldier And Statesman: B. Nolay, Bur Gundy, 1753; D. Magdeburg, 2 Aug. 1823. From His Youth He Exhibited An Uncommon Talent For The Mathematical And Military Sciences, Entered The Corps Of Engineers, And Rose In Office By The Favor Of The Prince Of Conde. He ...
Carnutes
Carnutes, Kar-nfetez, Or Carnuti, An Ancient Tribe Living In Central Gaul, At War With Cesar In 52 }lc., Having Joined Ver Cingetroix. Cesar Burnt Their Chief Town, Called Cenabum. Augustus Made The Carnutes, A Acivitas Fcederate (an Allied State) And Per Mitted Them To Retain Their Own Institutions. Their Chief ...